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Show w. - i- - zp- - - - .JX . THE MORGAN COUNTY STAR, MORGAN, UTAH. UTAH STATE NEWS Lightning struck the barn of Hyrum Fuhritaan at logan, the barn and contents being burned. All schools in Payson will begin active work September 8. . The buildings PRINCE OF MONACO TO VISIT AMERICA Prince Albert of Monaco, noted for bia Internet la adentiflc atudlea aa well aa for the fact that he rulea over Monte Carlo, haa Informed the atate department at Washington that he to vialt the United States early in September. An practical proprietor of the gamAlbling monopoly of Europe, Prince bert. doubtleea, will take much Inter eat in New Yorka night life. The prince, however, aaaerta that be hatea gambling. He la a scientist, and a deep atudent of oceanography, and recently entertained the International Zoological Congreaa at Monaco. Nevertheless, the prince's principal source of Income la from the Monsieur Blanc" rentajl of Monte Carlo. The corporation to which is leased the gambling privilege la known as Mona Blanc." Prince Albert la of the ancient house of Grimaldi, which has ruled the tiny principality of Monaco since the tenth century. The prince wee born November 13, 1848. He married in 1869, but thla marriage resulted unhappily Lady Mary Douglae-Hamiltoand waa canceled. The divorced wife of the prince married Count Faaailo Featetics, a Hungarian nobleman, and in 1869 the prince wedded the wife of the Due de Richelieu, a Jewess. Thla experiment in matrimony alao reaulted unhappily, and waa annulled. 8lnce then the prince haa fought ahy of matrimony. n are being renovated and repaired. Brigham City will probably havo a municipal telephone system to add to he; already extensive public utilities. Crops in Box Elder county never were better, except for one cutting of hay that was spoiled by aa Untimely rain. A new fish hatchery, the fourth under state supervision, will be established in Uinta county, according to the state fish and game commissioner. The people of Park valley are planning to hold a big fair on September 20 and 21 for the purpose of exploiting that rich section of Box Elder ' county. The past week has been one of much anxiety to the people of Gunnison as three cases of smallpox have broken out and the entire town haa been exposed. The big ditching machine at Corinne Is helping to put the land mto condition to bloom, since the ditches are being tiled and alkali is being JOHN LIND NAMED MEXICAN MEDIATOR The first step by the Wilson administration looking to the pacification of Mexico was taken the other day when former Governor John Lind of Minnesota was sent to that disturbed country under Instructions to act as a mediator between the opposing tactlona The official statement concerning Mr. Lind given out by Secretary Bryan Is as follows: John Und of Minnesota has been sent to Mexico as the personal representative of the president to act as adviser to the embassy In the present situation. When the president Is ready to communicate with the Mexican authorities as to the restoration of peace, ho will make publio his views." Mr. Linds selection aa mediator was a surprise In Washington. It had been understood there that John E. Lamb of Indiana would act as the personal representative of the president. he having been designated as the successor of Henry Lane Wilson. . vns a member of congress from the Fiftieth Mr. Und is a lawyer-an- d to the Fifty second sessions, being a colleague of Mr. Bryan. -- MANUEL CALER0 OF MEXICO former Mexican ambassador to the United States under the Mad era regime, the suavest a who ever walked up Pennsylvania avenue, a lawyer of great ability and extraordinary cunMexining, Is picked by prominent cans as the successor of President Victoriano Huerta. Many diplomatists and officials in Washington see him looming as the chief figure in the remarkable crisis now confronting Manuel Calero, Latln-America- Mexico. Calero is one of the most remarkable characters, under Porflrlo Dias, that have appeared in decades between the Rio Grande and the Isthmus. years old his last birthday. Calero is at his best mentally. With rich experience in three Mexican administrations behind him. he has the steering gear to direct his remarkable powers In the delicately tangled present situation, out of which he hopes to pluck both hands full ef prizes. Although Calero stands but five feet seven inches in his generously heeled French shoes, he is an imposing figure of a man. He is broad. A tinge of gray lends distinction to his hair. The excellence of the English that Calero speaks Is only excelled by the suavity of his manners. Forty-eigh- t Everybody Everywhere. This contest open to everyone. Some one is going to get these premiums. WHY NOT YOU? Send your answer today. GREAT CHANTICLEER PUZZLE , eradicated. Florence Thomas and Albert Osborne, narrowly escaped death for serious injury at Murray when the rooming house In which they were . sleeping waa destroyed by fire. Members of the Mormon church In Mexico are no longer molested, according to a message received at the first presidency from Ray L, Pratt, president of the Mexican mission. Brigham City will probably be chosen as the distributing plant for a largo eastern lumber company that Is contemplating establishing wholesale and retail lumber yards in Utah and Idaho. Illness of three Following an months, Isaac L. Clark, head of the I. L. Clark Sons company and pioneer merchant of Ogden, died An gust 26. Mr. Clark was born In Ogden in 1653. Joseph Gurr was seriously wounded and F. A. Wade and Miss Pstsy Mease slightly wounded la a shooting affray which took place la the lobby of the Orpheus theater at Vernal. Gurr began the shooting. Nick Fooo, a bartender in a Bingham saloon, took four shots at Percy Cornford as the. latter ran from the saloon. None of the bullets did any damage. It is said Cornford attacked Foco. who then fired at him. John Sparcherich, resident of Bingham for qnly three months, was shot and mortally wounded In the Copper King saloon Thursday. Ell Churvlch, owner of a boarding house at High-lanBoy, is in Jail, charged with ths crime. Lewis Marango, a Mexican miner, was probably fatally stabbed in e fight at the Dennis boarding house at Bingham. The name of his assailant Is not known. He escaped, although it U said that ho waa also severely wounded. Norman Wold Morgan county was fined 100 on a charge of dynamiting fish by Samuel Francis, Justice of the peace, last week. Wold was arrested by a warden la Morgan county. This Is the first sentence under the new fish and game law. The Uintah basin fair this fall, to bo held at Fort Duchesne September 18, 19 and 20, will excel the extensive exhibits of last year, and the sports and other attractions will be bigger and better than ever before in connection with a fair in that basin. Following an address by Robert P. Cross, general manager of the Chicago Land show, members of the Provo Commercial club decided to make farther investigations, with the view of sending a Utah county exhibit to the Chicago show this fall. The fruit harvesting and shipping in the Provo district Is now well under way. The crop is the largest ever produced, the quality le good and the prices promise to be good. About the only present cause for complaint on the part of the growers Is scarcity of help. As the result of a heavy rainstorm at Ephraim, the business district, as well ag. the residence portion of the town, was oovered with mud and had it not been for the hard work of some of the men it would have entered all the stores. Sacks of sand were used to turn its coarse. During a severe electrical storm that passed over Mt. Pleasant, lightning struck the washhouse of O. F. Wall, tearing a hole In the roof and other wise damaging the building. No one was hurt, although Mrs. Wall had left the building and gone into the house a few steps away but a moment before the stroke. Dan Cupid established a record for matrimonial operations at Ogden last week when he brought about the marriage of Henry S. Blancet, aged 74 years, and Mrs. Charllla Welch, aged 84 years. It Is the fourth marriage for each of the contracting parties. Murn Bertram, 21 yeara of age, waa sentenced' to ten days In the county Jail by Precinct Justice David Reid of Pleasant Green for ragging" at Saltalr. The sentence of Bertram is said to have been made in view of setting an example to put a stop to Increasing ragging" at Saltalr. While Mrs. Patrick Callahan of Price was taking the body of her husband, recently killed at Blackhawk, to Colorado Spring for interment, someone entered her house and appropriated Jewelry and other articles f value to the amount of about 8200, t A patron saint on a large scale la Charles Page, the Oklahoma oil millionaire, who has adopted 300 waifs and Is planning to make the number a thousand before he relinquishes his Interest Being a patron saint on a large scale Is not an unusual under taking for Mr. Page; he is accuatomed to doing things on a large scale. He haa made money on a large scale, built up business on a large scale, built a city on a large scale and now he proposes to father on a large scale all the helpless, needy children who come his way. ft was some fifteen years ago that be made a lucky strike In gold up In Colorado. When they, struck oil in Oklahoma he was on the spot and was one of the first to develop that resource. He was lucky again and today he Is probably the richest man in Oklahoma, having piled up seme I5.M0.R And he Is having a lot of fun with that money. Ha has a tract of 6,000 acres near Tulsa, on which he has developed a park where all the children of the city are welcome these hot says of summer. He owns the railroad and every morning a car goes to the rlty to convey the little ones to the park at Sand Springs, where a deaconess and paid attendants care for them during the day. The ear them home again at night PREMIUMS IN VALUABLE Mn la a raaater Bad aevea heaa. DIRECTIONS la Ik above I, See if you can find FIVE of them. No matter how many you find, trace the outlines: numbering them For the correct 2, 3, etc., on this or a separate sheet of paper. Mail or bring your fjuwer to our office. answers WE WILL GIVE ABSOLUTELY FREE be notified by mall and the premiums to be selected from the list of premiums given herewith. 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