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Show The Western Retail Lumbernw association held a three-day tonv tion in Salt Lake last week. The new Salt Lake high sc)lM built at a total cost of about $7ooJ will be opened for use the first iu" day in May. ' fr The Farmers Round-up opened Richfield, with an attendance of lv men and S2 women. R. D. Young anj Mrs. A. K. Hansen were ennirmen Mike Yokel, champion middleweisi,, wrestler, defeated Jack Harbetsoij two straight falls at Ogden, althuup'i, it took him over two hours to get ti, first fall. The Olmstead power plant, about seven miles northwest of Provo, vlls put out of commission when 250 fe,. of the fume leading to it from Pro,t river went out. John Svich, 27 years of age, a miner, mi-ner, was instantly killed when he stumbled and fell thirty feet throujt a shaft at the Boston Consolidauj workings at Bingham. A vice commission to handle ail questions involving public morals such as are now within the province of tk police department, is proposed by one of the Salt Lake commissioners. Between ten and twelve tons ot common fish taken from Utah luke by the state fish and game department was distributed without charge to the people pf Salt Lake on February 12. Increase of salaries for eighth grad teachers and a raise in the maximum for all grade teachers from $1,020 to $1,200 probably will be decided upon by the Salt Lake board of education. Mike Butera, an Italian from Castle Gate, was shot through the neck and body by 'Marshal Cook at Helper, when Butera drew a gun and threatened the marshal. Buerta is in a Salt Lake hospital and will probably recover. J. S. Page of Payson was elected president of the State Horticultural society at the Murray meeting to succeed suc-ceed Hugh J. Cannon, who has served for the last year. Mr. Page is i prominent fruit grower of Utah county. coun-ty. Motion picture films will play an important im-portant part in the study of zoological, botanical and geographical subjects at the Salt Lake high school. The hoard of education has appropriated $10o ror the rental of films dealing with these subjects. Because of the deep snow in Ogden valley, the Weber county board of education edu-cation has made arrangements to carry car-ry the children in sleighs to the schoolhouse- in Liberty. Some of the students must walk more than a mile ; and a half. Celebrating the one hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln, founder of the Republican Republi-can party, more- than 800 attended j the reception and ball given by the associated Republican clubs at Salt j Lake on February 12. t : A "hatless league" has" been organized organ-ized by students of the L. D. S. U. at Salt Lake and the movement is he- , coming popular with the "bald heads" of that institution because of the he- : lief that it will tend to produce a more i luxuriant growth of hair. Inability to obtain work caused ; Andrew Moe, aged 2S, to attempt sui- ' cide in the rear of a saloon in Salt j Lake. Moe used his suspenders in an j attempt to hang himself, but the suspenders sus-penders broke, he was discovered by a policeman and placed under arrest George Hulteen, 20 years of age. track walker for the Oregon Short Line, was struck by a westbound passenger pas-senger train a short distance north of . Murray and sustained dangerous in- : juries. His left leg was severed below , the knee and his right foot was cut off J above the ankle. i The city commission has practically , agreed to accept the offer of the Utah ; Light & Railway company to furnish ; the city of Salt Lake a blanket bond for $50,000 to protect the municipality j against liability arising from ths ; presence of electric signs over 'the ! streets and sidewalks of the business district. John P. Meakin of Salt Lake City j has been chosen to . represent the . grand domain of Utah Knights o." , Pythias lodges at the golden jubilee, commemorating the fiftieth anniver- , sary of Pythian Knighthood, to h? held in Washington, D. C, February 19. More than 8,000 delegates, representing repre-senting nearly 75,000 members will 'J sent to the celebration. Twenty thousand pounds of resl fish from Utah lake, sufficient to imp-ply imp-ply two or three thousand far.nli" for several days, have been dona.es to Salt Lake county by the state !i and game department for distribute among the poor. Salt Lake's average death rate pef ; 1,000 during 1913, was 9.90, includiK . deaths of all classifications occurrin, . within the city. The rate pertaini. , to actual residents was 7.00. one . the lowest death rates recorded m tu , world. James Brandow, 63 years of a?f. died at a Salt Lake hospital as tn result of injuries received last jl' I while working in the mill of the on . Copper company at Lark. Urando . , was standing near a large belt nt , it broke and he was struck by , end of the belt. j Charging G. R. Huntsman, a F more merchant, with violation ot tn j minimum wage law, A. 1- Toone. uty commissioner or Immigration, t Uor and statistics., has tiled two com- ; plaints against him, following an ( vestigation lasting several ri'.iys. |