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Show STATE NEWS MAY RESTRICT PEDDLING. Provo. Aug. 9. The question of prohibiting the peddling of fruit by chi'dren to train passengers at th-union th-union depot is being considered by the city commission and will be fully I Investigated before any action Is taken. The p ft R. G. railroad officials of-ficials have entered a protest on the ground that the practice is unsafe to the young merchants, who arc fre-quentlj fre-quentlj In danger of being thrown under the moving trains, through their carelessness and push In trying to effect sab s. The argument In fa- I or of permitting the selling to con-I tltiue Is that the travelers appreciate the chance to buy fruit, andjha the boyB, many of them, need the mbney obtained by the traffic City Attorney Attor-ney Jacob Coleman is of the opinion that til.' present cltv ordinances applicable ap-plicable (o the subject does not pro-! hlblt peddling fruit on the platform If the commission decides the practice prac-tice should be stopped, a prohibitory ordinance will be enacted If It does I not and the railroad company Is determined de-termined to stop it it will probably be stopped anyway by means of action for trespass on the oompanv s property, prop-erty, or by some other proceeding. FREIGHT TRAIN IS WRECKED Price, Aug. 9 A costh wreck occurred oc-curred on the Southern Utah railway today about one-quarterof a mllo east of Gaylord The track had buckled with the extreme heat and while the engine passed over safely, four following fol-lowing cars went In to tho ditch. Brakeman George N'lckerson was on top of the first car and was thrown forty feet, but escaped with a few bruise All traffic was tied up for ten nours. STEALS WATER FOR CROPS Brigham City. Aug 9 A Japanese beet grower residing north of Honey-vl Honey-vl lie was brought before Justice H. M. Flggins yesterday charged with appropriating ap-propriating water from the Hammond canal. Dan P. Woodland was engaged en-gaged as interpreter for the Japanese, who pleaded guilty to the charge, but explained to the court that his crops are dying for want of water, that u , ijid uuij 1 lit nau lui stealing water. He was fined $10 and given to understand that if he is brought up again on a similar charge that the fine will be much greater. PLAN "GUN" TOURNAMENT Bingham, Aug 9 About twenty enthusiastic citizens of Bingham, who bavo recently organized a gun club, have arranged for a big tournament to be held August 17. with the purpose pur-pose of arousing Interest sufficient to raise funds warranting the establishment establish-ment of permanent quarters and grounds. The movement has behind it a number of Bingham's progressive meu. and among those who have offered of-fered loving cups and other trophies to be competed for at the tournament are Highland Boy Mercantile company, com-pany, Chandler grocery S. J. Hays, Miners' Mercantile company, Standard Stand-ard Mercantile company. F. J. Bogan, F L Byron. IN CRITICAL CONDITION. Bingham, Aug 9 J H Glbbs. aged -'6, an employee of the Utah t opper company, who yesterdaj evening fell from a work train on the company a line, and was taken to the Bingham Miners' hospital. Is tonight In a crlti cal condition. The Injured man suffered suf-fered a concussion of the brain in addition ad-dition to numerous severe bruises. Dr. F. E. Straup, who Is attending Glbbs, believes that be has a good chance to recover. SINISTER MEANING SEEN IN SITUATION Salt LaJke, Aug H Brown from the sun and liro'out of doors, D H Chrls-tensen, Chrls-tensen, superintendent of public schools, returned to the city yesterday yester-day after a vacation spent in California. Califor-nia. He appeared at bis desk yesterday yester-day morning, and begau the work of preparing for the opening of schools the first week In September. Mr. Chrlstonsen visited Los Angelos and San Francisco while gone, but he spent most of his time In the mountains, moun-tains, enjovlng a real outing. "I was 'impressed particularly on the coast by the intense interest felti over the Mexican situation," he said "While I was there. General Felix Dlas .the real head of the reigning faction In the southern republic, arrived, ar-rived, spending several clays In San Francisco, on his way to Vancouver. I from where ho sailed for Japan on an Important mission. The people of California appeared 10 be greatly interested in-terested in this man and his doings, tlis movements were followed by c row da. "Never before have I seen an official of-ficial so In fear of his life and so closely guarded Diaz moves only when his bodyguard Is about him. A score of alert detectives dog his every step, ann no man Is allowed to get within striking distanco of the dictator. There is a feeling prevalent on the coast thai the visit of Diaz to Japan is laden with significance, and that It portends a sinister understanding under-standing between Mexico and Japan with relation to the United States." OGDEN WILL BE HOST. Brlgham H, Aug. 9 President; William J. Lowe of the Box Klder Commercial club received a letter during the week from President H M Rowe of the Weber club of Ogden extending an Invitation to the members mem-bers of the local club to Join the Ogdenltes in an excursion to Pro-montor Pro-montor Point on August JI It Ik anticipated that quite a number of local people will fake this opportunity opportu-nity of viewing the wonders of the Luclu cutoff PROVO PARAGRAPHS Provo, Aug. S - Richard John Vler-tel. Vler-tel. son of Mr and Mrs Gustav A. Ylertel of Eureka died hero today from appendicitis and peritonitis, at the age of 9 years The remains wort-taken wort-taken to Payson fur interment. Wilfred I ( ole of Nephi, who Is home on a business trip from the Sandwich islan Is, is here visiting his sister. Mrs 1 Elmer Jacobson. Mr Cole's family Is in the islands and he will return after a brief stay. w ; Oram, J. B Cosgriff and 1 E Cosgiiff are in Dtah count' Inspecting Inspect-ing the progress on the Sail Lake & 1 tah Interurban construction U C T. AT HEBER CITY Heber city. Aug. 8 Members of the Utah Commercial Travelers asso I elation held their annual outing here today A special train carrying 300 or more traveling men, their wives and friends, brought them to this city where thoy had, as many expressed themselves, 'the best time of their lives " Ha racks carried the trav eler; to the Midway, where a chicken dinner was served, after which came baseball base-ball games, ring contests, a band J concert and a dane at Heber amuse ment hall. NEW POWER COMPANY IS GIVEN FRANCHISE Park City, Aug 8. At the regular meeting of the cit council In Id last evening, the franchise fer the new Light. Heat ft Power companv, which has been under consideration by the members of the council was granted b a vote of four to one, the adverse vote being registered by Councilman Thompson, the only Republican m w-in w-in the council. Mr Thompson argued that the present company the Utah Power -Light company, now furnishing ibis city light Is giving the locsl people I good, service and In his opinion the light rates charged could be greatly reduced if the council would ghe the company a chance President McGlll J argued that the Utah Power & Light company had been piren all the' chance necessary and that It bad pos-j Itlvely refused to meet the prUe of fered by the new company He held that the new company should be given giv-en a chance to get at Its work Mayor Welsh agreed that all possible In the way of getting concessions had been none Attorney Frank Evans of Salt I-ako j read tho ordinance. The franchise Is asked for by Louis A. Jeffs, nho I agrees to furnish tho light, heat and j power for a period of twenty-five v ears from tho date of passage. The grantee agrees to do all of the work of erection of poles and wires In approval of the city and further agrees not to obstruct any of the streets, alleys or lanes any more than is absolutely necessary The city is given the free use of , poles for the police signal service and ; foi fire alarms, provided that the wires do not interfere with proper I use of grantee's wires The distributing wires shall be placed under the ground on Main 1 street between the intersection of I Heber avenue on the north and Wood-Side Wood-Side canyon on tho south The other wires above ground shall be twentv j feet above the sidewalk and not less j than twenty-five feet above the eur-I eur-I face at the crossings. The grantee offers to furnish lights to the private users at the rate of T5 cents per month with a discount of 10 per cent If paid on or before the 12th of the month. The now company experts to be operated op-erated In Park City on or before January l, 191 SHOOTS HER HUSBAND FOR ALLEGED ATTACK Bingham, Aug. 8 J W Foote an engineer for the Utah Copper com pany, was shot and serious!) wounded wound-ed by Mrs Foote at 7 o'clock this morning, when the husband returned home and. according to the wife's statement, made an attack upon her while he was Intoxicated. foote Is In the Blngbam hospital in a serious condition, having been shot at close range through both hipd with a ,44-caliber revolver Mrs Foote has not been placed under arrest, ar-rest, as the husband steadfastly refuses re-fuses to make any complaint against his wife. After shooting her husband. Mrs Foote telephoned the police and asked that medical aid be summoned Sht told the officers who answered the call that Footo came home after making a night of it " out. and as boon as he entered the house approached ap-proached her with threats and blows She saw the revolver lying on the table, and ln desperation, she savs, grabbed It. and fired once in self de-ronse de-ronse Foote sank to the floor and ihe woman dropped the gun and summoned sum-moned officers When Foote refused, after bein.; takon to the hospital, to discuss thi ease or to make any statement incriminating in-criminating his wife, no formal action was taken against her and she was permitted to remain at home FOOte Is about :$ jears of age. hU JhS 18 fey 2ti- They have one child, a nmfctir, ased - - |