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Show UTAH STALE NEWS The citizens of Union are organizing organiz-ing a Commercial club. Approximately 25,000 school children chil-dren of Salt Lake took part in the annual field day and outing at Wanda-mere Wanda-mere on June 2. There is every reason to believe that the city of Logan will secure from the Carnegie corporation funds for a library building. The Utah Educational association will hold its annual convention De-cember De-cember 20, 21 and 22, but the conven. tion city has not been selected. t The fees for Utah county in May to-taled to-taled $1,395.65. All but about $75 of this amount was collected in the offices of-fices of the county clerk and county recorder. An unidentified man who was found lying at the bottom of a stairway in the rear of a saloon in Salt Lake City, died in the city emergency hospital without regaining consciousness. Traffic on the Denver & Rio Grande was delayed about seven hours on account of both main tracks being obstructed ob-structed by a dirt and rock slide at Scenic, just west of Soldier's Summit Three persons were injured when a portion of the grandstand at the University Uni-versity of Utah campus collapsed at the conclusion of the outdoor performance perform-ance of a "Midsummer Night's Dream." Mrs. F. C. Garrett, 23 years old, of Denver, attempted suicide by drinking i solution of ten grains of bichloride if mercury at her room at a hotel in 3alt Lake, but it is believed she will ecover. His flesh cooked by scalding steam, the dead body of an unidentified man vas found lying upon a carload of cln-lers cln-lers at Ogdeii. Authorities are in-dined in-dined to the opinion thai death was .ccidental. Julia LaRose, 27 years of age, suicided sui-cided at Salt Laks, taking poison. 3he left a brief mte addressed to lohn Hansen, her former husband, ;aying in substance that she was veary of life. A stay of execution in Ihe case of he state against Jesse Gesas, recent-y recent-y convicted at Salt Lake of involun-ary involun-ary manslaughter for the killing of Idward Davies in an automobile acci-lent, acci-lent, has been ordered. A parade of babies is to be one of -.he features of the Pioneer day cele-iration cele-iration in Cgden, July 24. This pa-ade pa-ade will be a separate feature from he big pageant planned for the morn-ng morn-ng and prizes will be given. Since his disappearance last December Decem-ber no trace has been found of J. B. Jorenson, postmaster of Redmond, vho was indicted by the federal ;rand jury on a charge of having ab-- ab-- conded with more than $2,000. N. R. Rawley, 41 years of age, the rthur plant millmau who was struck iy a stage auto driven by Glen Jen-en Jen-en while Rawley was riding a bicycle bi-cycle near Garfield, died at a Salt ,ake hospital from his injuries. The American Pencil company and he Dixon Graphite company have a epresentative who is going into the Jintah basin and Millard county to urvey the graphite deposits which ire controlled by the two companies. A little girl's attempt to recover rom the street a small "Preparedness ay" American flag which a compan-on compan-on had dropped led Marion Nelson, ged 3, of Salt Lake, to be run down y an automobile and almost instantly :illed. George W. Cockley, former secre-ary, secre-ary, and Romulus Cortio, former reasurer of the Idaho Bonanzo Min-ng Min-ng company, will be returned to Salt ake City to face trial in the federal :ourt November 13, on the charge of ising the mails to defraud. Blowing the safe of W. H. Elmer's aloon in Mammoth and breaking into he store of the Silver City Mercantile lompany at Silver City during the light, burglars secured $1,300 in money and negotiable checks and a tuantity of plate and jewelry. That the fruit crop of Utah outside of the "Dixie" country was practically practic-ally destroyed by the frosts and cold weather of the past six weeks Is shown in a comprehensive survey conducted con-ducted by the extension division of the Utah Agricultural college. The Grand Army of the Republic, department of Utah, has filed with the governor a petition for quarters in the state capitol. The organization desires a place in which its records and relics can be safely kept and where offices can be maintained. While defending his aged mother against an atack by Frank and John Franish, at Park City, Thomas Scan-Ian, Scan-Ian, aged 24 years, received a fracture frac-ture of the right upper arm and injuries injur-ies to the back which may prove serious. se-rious. The Franish brothers have been arrested. It is rumored about the capitol that Frank De Pretto, sentenced to death for complicity in the murder of Eugene Allen at the Highland Boy store in Bingham canyon two years go, would be granted a commutation if sentence at the meeting of the tate pardon board June 17. Friends of Ben E. Rich, former pres. lent of the southern states and east-rn east-rn states missions of the Mormon hurch, unveiled a tablet to his mem-ry mem-ry at Salt Lake on Decoration day. i. H. Roberts and J. Golden Kimball, -oth of whom were associated with im In the mission field, were the I rincipal speakers. May passed without breaking up the -ought which has hovered over Salt ake and vicinity since March, a total ,rl fn f preciP'tan bo'ng re- 1 34 in hr 6 mnth' a decency of 1.34 inches over the normal rainfall. |