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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Roy Wardleigh, aged 10, of Ogden, will probably, lose one of hi:-) hands as Itio result of a hunting accident. It (s estimated that the mail order Ijii.slness in Salt Lake will he increased at leant 25 per cent by the parcel post. Crushed between the engine and a freight car when hia train wag Hwitching In the Provo yards, J. H. Hendricks, a brakeman, was fatally Injured. Salt Lake county's representation in the legislature is fifteen members, out of a total of sixty-three. Of eighteen eigh-teen members la the senate, Salt Lake lias five. The new Utah capltol will be larger than that of Idaho, more attractive than that of Montana, and woll ahead of Wyoming, Colorado, and the old ' capltol of California. ' While preparing a turkey 'for the New Year feast, George Folkman, o! Ogden, found a nugget of gold in the :ra.w of the bird. The turkey came from a farm in Morgan county. As Indicating the abundance of potatoes pota-toes in 'this region the tubers are retailing re-tailing on the Salt Lake markets at 80 cents a hundred. In the Twin Falls, Idaho, country they are selling at 35 cents. Henry Ackart, aged 5, was probably fatally wounded by William Boo'.h, aged 14, at Ogden, when the Booth boy pointed a gun which he thought was unloaded at the little fellow and pulled the trigger. Canning factories throughout Webei county practically all have contracted for next season's supply of tomatoes, Tho price will be $10 per ton, and thu canners agree to handle all the toma. delivered them. vivv11 on the canals and laterals for ' --Trf'ilson Irrigation company, .which V,ivVlrriEate 2,000 acres south f VV ' a alous Snake river, will be re-'Av". re-'Av". in a few days, after a short de 'yi0 XjU account of snow, i The Btate sanitary inspector reports that there -has been .thousands of cases of .measles in Garfield county, and that six or seven persons have died. It is said tho officials have d3-i d3-i 1 Biialred of enforcing a quarantine. ' '"he Salt Lake . Commercial club'a campaign to increase its membership ' to the 2,000 mark by the new year successfully terminated December 31, ' a Jis "-hen It was announced that the de-Jiaejtse. de-Jiaejtse. ed number had been secured. A god'alling over toy baby carriage " allows: 'die playing with his little sister, (o-bert Pierpont Emery,. 2 years old, son of George R. Emory of the presi-I- dency of Salt Lake stake, was taken t ' wit convulsions and died in an hour. 'Cache county's annual poultry Bhow I7FDv'll be held at Logan January 13 to 8. Many producers have fine flocks i'xperientrds which they are preparing for tr if.bition. The valley's poultry show ,: known throughout the state as one I the largest. To Plans for the reapportionment of in fed he state in order to get more equif.a-loclt, equif.a-loclt, tle distribution of the senators and wtirthropresentatives in the state legisla-dncks'ure legisla-dncks'ure are being suggested, and an ef-ihey ef-ihey n'ort will be made to secure the reap-bs reap-bs portionment of the state by the forth-thi forth-thi coming legislature. j lui Caleb Tanner, state engineer, .is now: wi in Oregon where he is looking over the rhev lavs of that state regarding the ad-, er L, judication of water rights with a view e ato incorporating the best features of tr the Oregon laws in his recommenda-o. recommenda-o. , tions for new laws for Utah. v"U. It is announced that the committee rose of three appointed to secure relief for the nomeseekiug refugees from the Mor-mon Mor-mon colonies in Mexico, have applied i"t to the first presidency of the Mormon l-lfc church for temporary assistance in'es-JlitS) in'es-JlitS) tablishing a new colony in Texas. The parcel post law is now in, effect and kenceforth packages of fourth-class fourth-class matter weighing not more than eleven pounds and not exceeding six j feet in length and girth combined will le accepted and delivered by the Unit-i Unit-i ed States postoffice department. A girl baby, apparently not more J,Jaii tiree tours old, was left on the doorstep of Carl Allison at Ogden. No clew has been obtained as to the Identity of those who abandoned the I infant and Mr. Allison said that he and his wife will adopt the child. One man was instantly killed, three J-Etb:rs sustained dangerous, although so) probably not fatal wounds, and a Hums' Hum-s' jel bet wre seriously injured when an en- girte pushing a snow plow and loaded jiui with men rolled over the embankment ui-y at the Boston Consolidated at Bingham. Bing-ham. f'i Wakened by the barking of a dog of about 4:30 in the morning, Mildred and v. Armabsile Burmister, daughters oi e Frank Burmister, tenant of Governo.' & Spry on the executive's home farm ot Grantsvtlle, escaped from the burning house with only a few personal ef- a fects. Jsjnes Stewart & Co., lowest bid- tiers, -will build the Utah state capitol. The Sti-wart company's bid. according to original plans, was $1,040,000, but extras in the way of better materials and ornamentation will likely bring " the cost to approximately $2,000,000. r There are a dozen big banks in Salt Lake City with a capital of $4,400,000, and more than $44,000,000 in deposits. de-posits. .lf an attack of sheep scab that has 'broken . out in Skull valley assumes a -virulent, form, Tooele county sheep jnay have to be quarantined. bo |
