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Show UTAHISIMS Little Items of Interest From All Over the Great State of Utah Plre at School. Ogden, Oct.18. A dastardly incendiary incend-iary attempt was made this morning to burn the Plngrce school at the corner cor-ner of thlrleth street and Plngrce avenue, and had It not been for the piescnco of mind of Principal E. It. Thomas and his stall tho disaster would have been serious Indeed. Because of good discipline and control, con-trol, all of the ISO pupils in the school got out of the building without trouble. The school authorities believe they have a clue to the Identity of the criminals, but for the present they and the police decllno (o talk. A quantity of paper had been carefully care-fully Ignited, and piled over this was, first prepared kindling, and above, stovewood of a size and kind that would easily Ignite. To retard any efforts that might be made to put out the expected blaze, a number of unused un-used desks from the basement had been placed in the recess under the steps. Hired by His Mother. The first of the Juvenile court boys to run away from the Morris school or detention home was up befoto .fudge Hrown Tuesday, says The News, and after signing a pledge to tell the truth in the future was hired out to his own mother at fifty cents per week. The boy's name ls Earl llcnt. and at the conclusion con-clusion of his hearing he wrote out tho foiling pledge and signed It: "I will tell tho truth If It kills me or not." On Saturday ho left the Morris school without leave and went to his home and that night slept In a de livery wagon. Judge Urown gave the boy a lectin 0 and told him that he did not care for his mother so he would hire him out to her and he could expect ex-pect to be treated as a hired man. The bargain was made and the boy went home and promised to return to tho public school this afternoon. Favorable for Sheep. Hon. Jesse M. Smith reports the sheep situation as on the top notch, with prices high for wool and mutton, and sheep bringing $2.60 and $:i.G0 per head. There Is a big shipment out of the state at prices so enticing that new people aro going into tho bust-ncss. bust-ncss. Many sheep aro changing hands, with more buyers than sellers, There aro approximately 2,000,000 sheep in Utah, with very little change from y;ar to year. Sheep aro In g-o(l condition con-dition In Utah and adjoining stales, tho winter rangca aro in excellent shape, and tho sheep aro now free from scab. Mr. Smith says there is no reason, that he knows of, why Utah dry farmers cannot grow Held poas for fattening sheep, and he Is going to try it himself tho coming spring. Will Advertise. TI10S.L. Commorclalclub will advertise adver-tise the town by a Kaleidoscopic picture display, with electric lighting, at the corner of Second south and Main streets, tho display being in tho nature na-ture of views of the various points of Interest in and out of the city.' This scheme is part of a unique system of advertising operated by a company which had twenty cities on Its list, and the Commercial club has a three years contract with the company. Tho views are changed by an electric motor, mo-tor, automatically. Fair a Great Success. The number of admissions to the recent state fair has been footed up, and Is found to be f0,t;00. The directors direc-tors also llnd the society $."j,ooo ahead, which is a source of gratlticatlon. As to the price of admission in 1000, that will not be settled until next year, but there Is a possibility of a return to the old time "two bits" Instead of ,'1j cents as charged this year. New Republican Paper. The Utah State Journal at Ogden, heretofore a democratic paper, comes out in favor of the republican ticket. Not alone are the dcmociats amacd, but also many of the republicans not on the Inside are asking themselves the question. What has caused it. Salt Lake Low. The reading of tiie guage of tho (Jrcat Salt Lake on Monday, showed a falling of one foot In the level below that of a j cur ago. The unusually dry summerIt Is said, Is responsible for the great decrease, the season Just passed having been much longer and hotter than the previous summer. Gets Five Years. William It. Swan, of Ogden, was convicted of county frauds Tuesday and sentenced to live years In tho stato prison. IIs has appealed tho case, putting up $7."0 cash bond. |