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Show THE UTAH BUDGET A pair of snowshoes from Alta waa th first freak to come to the Salt Lake gostoffic through the parcel post During th past year 2,130 marriage licenses were granted la Salt Lake City, while Cfi suits for divorc were Instituted. Dr. Ned W. Hewett, among the most prominent member of the dental profession pro-fession In Bait Lake, died last week after an Illness of only about ten daya. Tneumonla finally caused his death. Wlille working on the state roads about twenty mllea north of St. George, Thomas La Crosse, a convict escaped, but was recaptured before be had gone more than sixteen mile A determined effort will be made by wool growers of Utah to get the annual Convention of th National Wool growers' grow-ers' aaeoclatlon for 1914. It la planned to send a larg delegation to the convention con-vention In Cheyenne. The report comes from Provo that Jesse Knight had offered $100,000 as a contribution toward completing the Utah links of the Midland trail, which bas been proposed as a route for the first transcontinental highway. Th Farmlngton hotel, well known among automobll tourists and others (or many years as a popular stopping (lace on th road between Salt Iake nd Ogdcn, waa almost totally d-troyed d-troyed by fir Sunday afternoon. Cap'aln Job Taylor Smith. 84 years Id, pioneer of IMS, member of the blgh priesthood of Granite stake, who captained an ox team company over the plains in isr.4, died laat week in ' Ealt Uk City, of Urlght'a diseaue. Keieal of th present method of In- 1 dieting th death penalty, by bunging, 1 or shooting, and th substitution of ' the clctrlo chair, is urged by the tat board of corrections In Rs blen- ' Dial report Died with Governor Spry. Suit to recover $10,000 on each of 1 two counts haa been filed agalnm the ' Denver A Rio Grande by Mrs. Kmma j J. Nielsen who declares she waa forced from out of the company's pasienger trains near Tucker after purchasing ' ticket. " Though more money haa been spent " during the last blentilum on the gen- f ral upbuilding of the state than ever before, ther remains on band In the tale treasury, over and above all ' mounts required for outstanding warrants, war-rants, $1,441,029.29. Confessions I.av been obtained n from four of th flv bandit suspects , . , arrested in connection with the whol. ( .... sale larceny of copper wire) from tha f . Garfield plant of th Utah Copper com. ' psny, the Rlverton bank burglary and highway depredations. b Chicken thieves In their hast to de- j part with their plunder from the hen p bouse of William Plmlogg, at Ogden, left lighted matches burning which se t fire to the abed and, burning Its way r, to the summer kitchen ot Plmlogg'i P home, for a tlm threatened "the en- u lire building. 0 While attempting to alight from ti moving train George W, llale. Den- a Yfr k Rio Grande switchmen, who4 tl bom Is In Salt I.ke, waa Instantly m hilled in th wards at Ogden, being a truck by a switch stand and thrown e under the wheels, th car passing over tl his body. d 8truck by a panger train while tl walking the tracks In the Red lr Narrows near Thistle, a man about 60 d' years of age, wbos name la thought tl to be George Ragsdale, waa hurled al from lh right of way and received ft ... , ucb sever Injuries that be died In m a short time. oi The stat dairy and food bureau ai will commence the new year with a r thorough "bouse cleaning" in all the dairy districts of th atat. Every dairy owner will be required to clean up bis place and mak It conform to trlctly to th state laws covering Y dairy sanitation. ci FJrebtrwi are blamed for the burning Of the $10,000 residence of Lout 8m!tb. ,fl at Kama. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were not aroused until the entire first floor f1' was blanlng and they fled In their ,l right cMhes. 8mlth was aeverely 01 burned In an endeavor to save soma bl Of the household goods. Lars NleUen. th yellow man" of ,n Logan, so called because of bla habit T" Of wearing clothes In which yellow M! predominated, Is dead, bis death oc- tb currlng at he city Jail, where he waa " taken that he might be properly cared " for whll 111. For yeara he had been 1 cared for by charitable Institutions. The wonderful growth of Utah's pl1 tet sugar Industry to second place 0 In th list of western statea Is told by the official figures Issued from th v census bureau. Tom a total produo- ,n i.on of 15.000 tona In 1855. valued at n' C36S0O0. the production la 1'i9 reach- hc d 413.141 tons, valued at $1,100,000. of Fire completely destroyed the Jones amusement hall, one of th oldest building In Reaver. The Ur started oa th main floor, which la u-ed aa a roIIr skating rink, and waa not dla covered until It tad practically gutted ao tb entlr upper part of the building On man was Instantly killed, tbref a Others sustained dangerous, althou.!) dl probably sot ratal wounds, and a nnro ber were erloijr injured when aa en In - floe paining a snow plow and loadad with meo rolled over th abaaktBeBt cr at tb Boston Consolidated at cing- m fcsm. |
