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Show UTAn STATE NEWS. HM ' Ogdon lias been clioscn as tho placo H (or tho stnto convention of Elks, which H to to bo licit! September 20 and 21. NMMJ J At Qarlnnd contracts liavo boon let H t tor the rnlslng of G.G00 ncrcs or bcots HMMj i this year, as ngnlnst 2,900 for last year H j Tho opldomlc of smallpox, which MMMj has been so prevalent In Ixia for soma MMMj ' tlrao pnst, Is now con lined to a fow MMMJ 1 oasos. MMB A prisoner on tho chain gang In Salt MMMJ Lnlto City mtulo his cscapo ono day MMMJ f last week, taking tho ball anil chain H attached to his leg along with him. MMMj A BChcmo Is on foot looking to ro- MMMJ placing with nntomobllus ttio horeo MMMJ YClilclcB now used on tho stago lino MMMj from Juab and Clear Creek to Fill- MMMj xnoro. MMB Martin Christiansen of ICphralm had MMM K ono of his hands badly lacoratod one MMB , day last week by coming In contact HI with tho knives of a Jointer In a plan- B log mill. MMMF Mrs. John Llndqulst of American MMMj i Fork was seriously Injured In a run HI away nccldcnt last week, being thrown MMMj , from tho wagon and qulto badly MMMj bruised. HM ' Tho Ilocky Mountain Doll Tele phono MMM eompany has a largo forco of men nt MMM Work at Illnghnm Junction making pro- MMM parntlons for tho Installation of a local MMM exchango. Hi Two of tho earliest sottlors of Jos- HM ' pta, Mart Morritt and James II. Wells, Hi dlod last week. Hoth wero among tho MMM most prominent and highly rospected MMM citizens of tho town. MMM Forty-tlvo marrlago licenses woro Is. MMM sued In Salt Lako City botweou Mora. MMM day morning and Thursday night of MMM last week, many of tho contracting par- MMM ties being from othor states. B B. II. Schottlcr, tho formor Salt MMM 1a1o bankor, has been hold to tho dls- NMM ' trlct court on tho chargo of having to- MMM folvod deposits when ho was awari MMM that his bank was Insolvent. MMM Tho report comes from Uoston that MMM a big combination of coppor proper- MMM ties In Utah Is In progross, and, whllo MMM not yot consummated, that thcro la Hi evory probability of Its going through. MMM Chestor Uouton, tho boy bandit who Hi aided In holding up and robbing a MMM Btroot car conductor In Salt Lako City MMM ' on tho night of February 22, has bcon MMM Eentonced to ten years In tho ponltcn- MMM Vary. MMM Tho Utah commissioners havo ro- NMM turnod from I'ortland after making nr MMM rongoments for tho erection of a stato HM building and tho display of Utah'a Ha products at tho Iowls and Clark Con- HM tonnlal exposition. MMM A ? 100 purso Is being raised in Salt MMM LaUo City for tho purposo of defraying MMM tho espouses of tho Commercial club MMM committee In Investigating tho foas! kg blllty of tho freight routo botwecn MMM Callonto and Goldtleld. H 1 Tho Grantsvlllo pcoplo aro on tho MMM lookout for tho building of tho West- MMM t orn Pacific railroad which will touch MMM within six miles of Grantsvlllo about MM ono-half tho distance of tho present MMM station of tho San Pedro. MMM Attorney General M. A. Drcedon is, it Is said, preparing to take legal stops MM to thin out tho building and loan so- MMM cletles, Eomo of which ho claims aro HM lrrcsponsihlo and swindling ouWts, MMM f and should bo suppressed. U Eugcno Sulllvnn, aged 29, of Eu- HM roka, accidentally shot hlmsolf on MMpj Sunday whllo cleaning a rovolvor, tho HM bullet striking him In tho abdomen ftp ami passing through his body, death HM resulting a fow hours later. John Cardwcll, a teamster of Forost HM IiUo, wus struck in tho chin by a stray MM bullet whllo driving In tho outskirts of MMM town. It is thought tho shot catuo from MMM tho gun of a boy, who probably was MM practicing aud meant no harm. MM August Thtolomado an nttompt upon MM tho liro of C. V. Worthlngton, advor- MM Using managor of tho Kolth-O'13rien MH company, of Salt Lako City, Worthing- MH ton saving his llfo by grappling with MM bis assailant and disarming him. Tho MMM men had formerly bcon friends, and no MMM - causo Is known for tho attack. Mr A now grain, called spolz, is to bo MMMJ Introduced iu Utah. This grain Is a MMM natlvo of Ilussla, In which country it MM Is usod both for brcad-makiug purposes MB and as food for nil kinds of stock. It MM lo said to bo peculiarly adapted to arid MB countries, and stands drouth remark- MMM ably well. MMM Ilopson, tho man who shot Lynch In MMM tho Oregon Short Lino box car, noai MMM Ogdcn, a fow weeks ago, and who was MB convicted of voluntary manslaughter MMM by a Cacho county jury, has bocn sen- MMM tenccd to seven yoars In tho stato pen- MB ltcntiary. MMM Whllo playing with bi-r C-yoar-ola MMB brother about a brush bonflro, little Hk-1 jj Mabel Anderson, tho 4-yoar-old daugh- HB n tor of Mr. and Mrs. Adolpb Andorson MB of Foterson, Morgan county, was fa- Hfl . 'I tally burned, her dress taking flro from MMB V ' e flames. H 'iHHHHm |