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Show 1 UTAH STATE NfcWS ' Ike Curnon, about 55 years of age, in old-time miner, dropped dead in a pool hall at Bingr-m. A year of prosperity in the coai fields of Utah is predlcter by J. E. Pettit, state coal mine inspector, in his annual report. Merchants' licenses will be reduced reduc-ed approximately 25 per cent as the result of an ordinance passed by the Salt Lake city commission. More and better evidence against violators of the state dairy and food, laws is the policy to be carried out in 1914 by the state dairy and food department. de-partment. Development an4 improvement in V Utah certain at the beginning of the year give every prospect of the most prosperous twelvemonth the state has ever known. Marion Halliday, aged S, was acci- J dentally shot on Mew Year's day at J Provo. The bullet struck youn Hal- I iiday on the forehead, but did not I penetrate the skull. I The Brigham City Commercial club ' celebrated New Y'ear's day by keep- J ing open house for its members and J their friends from 12 o'clock noon un- r I til 7 p. m. in the clubrooms. '.L During the year 1913 permits were issued by the city building inspector of Salt Lake calling for building construction con-struction costing $2,040,9S5. A total of 7S6 permits were issued. A gradual increase in insurance businsess in Utah is shown in a comparison com-parison of the filing fees received in the last four years at the office of Willard Done, state insurance com missioner, j Philip Iden, better known as "Phil J Dugan," a horse collar maker by - . . J trade, was found dead in his room, in -4 Salt Lake City. Death was caused, it is thought, by alcoholism and pneu- monia. James Baker, aged 22, is in the Provo hospital, having accidentally shot himself in the leg while hunting on the reservation. After the accident acci-dent he walked twelve miles and then rode twenty-two miles. A piece of potato which lodged in the throat resulted in the death of David, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David Berlin of Hunstville. Strangulation Strangu-lation resulted before the physician summoned could arrive. W. H. Neal and W. J. Stewart, arrested ar-rested in Salt Lake while they were ' trying to dispose of a team and i buggy, said to have been stolen from w, Bancroft, Idaho, have been taken It back to Idaho for trial. II Because she was arrested in a raid T on a chili parlor, in Salt Lake, Bessie 'j Bacitalipi, 23 years of age, according i to her own story, attempted suicide j by drinking carbolic acid, but it is i believed sho will recover. I Harold J. Christense,n, 16 cyears of I age, son of Bishop Joseph Christen-sen Christen-sen of the Tetnh ward, Salt Lake, died early Wednesday morning of lockjaw, which resulted from injuries received December 14 while coasting. A verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree without a recommendation recommen-dation of mercy was returned by the jury that tried John Anselmo for the '"K killing of Patrolman Thomas F. Grif-fiths Grif-fiths of Salt Lake. Ameslmo shot Griffiths on June 25, 1913. Because of the popularity of the ' club during its two years' existence, j the members of the Congregational church congregation have decided to rebuild the Country club near the foothills east of Ogden. The building was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. Aiming at the ultimate inaugura-! inaugura-! tion of full valuations in making as-; as-; sessments on taxable property, the ! State hoard nf onnQHo irm loo l out letters to the county commission- - v era of all counties in the state calling for a concerted effort in that direction. direc-tion. The Lehi sugar factory closed its campaign for the season on the 30th, when the last , bag of sugar beets was sacked and placed in the storehouse. There were 25,713,700 pounds of sugar sug-ar made, nearly all of which is now stored in the company's big warehouses ware-houses in Lehi. The new stafety match law passed at the last session of the legislature svent into effect January l. The law-makes law-makes it a misdemeanor for any dealer to offer for sale any matches other than safety matches. The old-fashioned old-fashioned parlor match can no longer be sold in Utah. Max Measom, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Measom . of " Lake Shore, fell into a tub of scaldinsr j water and died of the burns three ( I da'S later. The child was playing in ) j the yard, where the father was kiii- I ing a pig, when ho stumbled back-ward back-ward into the boiling water. J j With state officials, the higher off! J cials of the Mormon church and some I I of the most prominent educators of 'f ; the state on the speakers' stand, I j funeral services for A. C. Nelson, tne I late state superintendent of public J instruction, were held in Assembly J b;i, Salt Lake, on Tuesday. Jj The new district school building of i Srantsville will be dedicated by Jan- uary 5. 1914. Governor William Sprv will be one of the speakers. The L .building was begun in 1912, but ov- I ! ing to the lack of funds, was not com- rVS pleted until this year. The cost will ' lie about $6.1,000. f While cutting hay in a stack near ' ' his home at KaysUlle, Christoi.luM- ,' j Hurton, Sr.. who would have been 7" ' J years old the next day. was suddenlv . Bfricken with death.. A neighbor who ( v.-.ls passing found i(,n iyillK ,lle j r.'cund de:ui T |