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Show NEWS OF PROVO. Provo, Jan. fi A snowsllde In Provo Pro-vo canyon, Just below Donnaus, this morning at 7 o'clock blocked the road fo the train from here to Heber City could not make the regular run. The slide is about forty feet deep and 200 feet across. A work train w ith a gang of men was sent up at once, but It 13 rot expected that the track can bp cleared so trams can run before Friday Fri-day or Saturday. A. A. Noon, the section sec-tion foreman on the Heber branch, witnessed the slide, and ho says ha thought It "was sure the tail end of the Sicilian earthquake disaster." He bad just passed by where the slide piled up on his way down the canvon. No one was Injured, and no damage vfls done other than blocking the road. Through the efforts of Deputy Fish rnd Game Warden Brig Madsen. J. II. dinger and others have leased the Powella sloughs in Lake View to the state for a term of firty years. The consideration is ?l and the sloughs are to be used as a bass hatch-cry. hatch-cry. The sloughs will now be improved im-proved and adapted to hatching bast? and In a few years will supply the hike with fry and will also be able to furnish bass for other waters of the fctatc. Cleveland Chase of Sprlngville has begun suit In the district court for divorce against Hazel Rohlnson Chase on the ground of desertion. The parties par-ties were married in Salt Lake City, Jsuiuary 2G, 1007. Funeral services over Hie remains of Mrs. Hyrum F. Thomas will ne held Friday at. 1 o'clock p in., from tho First Ward meeting house. A marriage license has been granted grant-ed to Preston G. Peterson and Erin a J. Loose, both of Provo Dan Kelly and Frank Fitslmmons were arraigned before Justice A. A. Noon this morning on a charge of stealing a ham from Miss Thomas at Colton. The defendants catered pleas of guilty and wore sentenced to serve thirty days In the county Jail. |