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Show THE UTAH BUDGET The present population of the Uintah basin Is about U'.OUU and is rapidly Increasing. Willis 1'ersall. a negro, who was arrested some I lino ago at. Ogdcn for parading the streets In his suit of pajamas, pa-jamas, has been adjudged insane. It Is estimated that the slate of Utah will lie a beneficiary to the extent ex-tent of more than a million dollars In inheritance taxes from the estates of tbe victims of the Titanic disaster. Frank Malizln, charged with murder mur-der In the first degree, following the. killing of John llayden In Salt Lake several months ago. Is a free man. u ,,11 ry having returned a verdict of not guilty. Club women of Salt Nike hiive petitioned pe-titioned the city commission to hi polnt u municipal board of censorship censor-ship to paH uikui motion plctur Hliii1' before they are permitted to bo exhibited. ex-hibited. William Newberry, an Iron-worker, Is In the Salt Lake Jail, while his wife Is lu a hospital In u critical condition, con-dition, it being charged that she was beaten by Newberry while he was lu-toxlcated. lu-toxlcated. That the city of lrice has shown moro rapid growth nnd development during the paBt few months than perhaps per-haps any other city in Utah, outside, of Salt lke. Is asserted by residents of that city. Showing more than $1. 7.10.000 Increase In-crease In tho assessed valuutlon of property of all sorts In Salt Nike county. Including the cities and towns, t he assessment for the year 1 1 2 was announced last week. John Simdniun, one of I lie sunlvois of the Titanic disaster, a former resident resi-dent of Salt Lake City nnd llingham, arrived In Salt Lake Sunday. Mr. SuiKlman left it few months ago for a visit to bis former home in Sweden. Hafael Puecl. partner of Frank Ma-ll.ia Ma-ll.ia in the affair which led to th killing or John llayden In Salt Lake alst December and ror which crime. Mallzia won acquitted, will likely not be prosecuted In connection with the case. At the end of ten rounds of fast milling. In which there was little sparring or fighting at long range. Fighting Dick Ilyland of Salt Lake was returned the winner over Matty Baldwin of HomIoii at Salt Luke Monday Mon-day night. Declaring that tbe observance of the Sabbath Is g really neglected In Salt Lake. Chief of Police (!rant bas gone on record as being strongly op-losed op-losed to the operation on Sunday of theaters, picture shows, baseball parks and similar places. Chained to the floor by means of a dog leash, tho sttel collar of which dog leash, the steel collar of which tender flesh was raw, a 9 year-old boy was rescued by the Salt l.ake j.ollcw from his mother. A full Investigation of the case Is to be made. Morgan Evans, one of the N-hl's most prominent citizens, passed away April 2fi, after an Illness lasting from the first of the year, lie was 4S yeara of age and bad lived in l ehl all bis life. He had held probably more positions posi-tions of importance than any other citizen. The legal department of Salt Nike Ci!y Is engaged In preparing a draft of an ordinance granting Samuel New-house New-house and his associates a franchise for an lnterurban railroad, which Is planaed to run from Salt Lake City to Spanish Fork and tbe coal fields of southern Utah. Sandy farmers are In the throes of a hay famine. They are unable to purchase the product at any price. As a result many of the farmers havo been compelled to turn their cattle snd stock out on the bills to grazo tor their own living until the new crop comes in. The crops on the Lcvan ridKe are not so far along this year as usual, on account of the wet and cold spring, but all the farmers feel sure that with a spell of warm weather, together with the large amount of moisture that has fallen of late, tbe crops should be bigger than ever. The fruit crop at Nephl promises to be an abundant one this year. The apples, peaches, etc.. bave not been Injured In-jured by frosts and show every Indication Indi-cation of giving an excellent )Uld. The apricots bave been slightly injured in-jured by frost because In bloom during dur-ing a recent cold snap. Following the custom of offering special Inducements In order to In crease the mining and shipping of coal during the summer mouths, th Oregon Ore-gon Short IJne officials announced a 2.1-cent reduction per ton on coal shipped between May 1 and July P.I. The rate applies to I'tah. Idaho and vv yornlng. C.ust Ilethanls. a Greek, aged P.9 years, died at a Salt Luke hio-pital of injuri s received April 1:0 at the Garfield smelters. Ilethanls w caught between two biadei! slag cars while coupling the-m. He was badly crushed and Injured Internally. Sta- convicts have been worklnii for three months between St George and Washington. Five miles of first-Cla first-Cla road has been made. Tht- toad wkr first turnpiked and tnn surfaced with clay and gravel. This made the r.'-tj a s'tiooth and as haul paed roi.d. In connection with the annual contention of the National A'.u tion of Master Plumbers t be held in Salt Lake July 15 to 1. i: has I. ten definitely decided by the anan:e-ments anan:e-ments committee to hold a dfl:t) oi lambing manufacture. |