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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Ogden druggists have decided to close their places from 1 to 6 p. m. Sundays and at 9 o'clock Sunday night. Tyson Shaw, one of three miners Injured by a premature explosion of dynamite at Bingham June 25, died at Salt Lake last week. While cleaning a rifle at Park City on the Fourth, G-eorge Robbins in jured two fingers on his left hand, the weapon being accidentally discharged. A lively demonstration was held in Salt Lake City Tuesday night to celebrate cele-brate the nomination of Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States. Firing of salutes started the observance ob-servance of the Fourth at Nephi -which was marked by little other . noise. The ordinance against the sale of fireworks was strictly enforced. Osborne Clark, aged 43, dropped dead of heart failure near the Provo Meat & Packing company's slaughtei house, two miles from Provo. Mr. Clark was employed by the packing company. American Fork has lost one of Its curiosities, now that "Catalo," A. R. Shemmin's famous half-breed buffalo bull, is dead. The animal became so vicious as to be unmanageable ana had to be shot. There is an exceptionally large crop of cherries throughout Weber county this year. The average price will be 5 cents a pound, as compared wi'ii 9 cents last year.' There are many new trees bearing fruit. . The dairymen and breeders of Utah county are improving their Jersey stock as rapidly as possible and within with-in a very short time the county will be able to boast of the most pure bred Jersey dairy cattle in the west. Closing with a confetti ball which followed a display of fireworks, the celebration of Independence day in Bingham drew a big crowd of visitors, visit-ors, many coming from the capital city to take part in the festivities. . Adam Deaton Gledhill, whose body Was lowered into the grave at Ogden Wedensday, was a pioneer railroad man of the west. He came to Utah in 1872 and entered, the service of the Bleel horse over twenty years ago. While slumbering in a hay loft in Salt Lake, J. W. Young, a horse trader of Wilson, N. D., declares he was robbed of $1,200 in currency. The money was removed from a canvas belt which Young wore next to his body. Additional honor has come to Utah Agricultural college through the appointment ap-pointment of E. G. Watson to the position po-sition of secretary of the farm management man-agement section of the International dry farming congress at Lethbridge, Canada. For the fiscal year ending ffune 33 twenty-eight bankruptcy cases wera filed in the federal court. Of these fourteen were given the benefit of the bankrupt law, six were adjudged bankrupt and eight were referred to referees. A call for a Roosevelt convention may be made In a few days In Salt Luke City, as a result of a meeting held last week, where Rooseveltians from several section of the state discussed dis-cussed plans for the establishment of a third party. Many dry farmers of Utah county are harvesting their wheat. From present Indications they will reap the largest crop ever taken from dry farm land in that county. In places the grain will run as high as forty-flve forty-flve bushels per acre. While the celebration was in full blast at Spanish Fork on the 2nd, the Bheriff of Utah county secured a warrant war-rant to search the premises of Fred Dart for liquor. Twelv bottles " of beer, three barrels of empty bottles and twelve empty liquor barrels were found. Ir. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the et:ite board of health, announced last week that one of the most important public health measures ever inaugurated inaugur-ated in Utah had been launched ami would be vigorously pushed until success suc-cess was gained. This is the extermination extermi-nation of flies. C. C. A. Christensen, an old-time resident of Kphralm and a pioneer, died July 3. He came to Utah in ' lS.r7. Mr. Christensen has composed numerous hymns and is known for his many paintiu.es. having been a v student In the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Patriotic oratory, music and sports Tor old and young characterized the nation's birthday ami the final festivities festiv-ities of the throe-day celebration at Spanish Fork for the opening of the Strawberry tunnel. Several thousand persons participated, many of them coming from surrounding tewns. An injury received five ars ago is believed to have been indirectly responsible re-sponsible Tor the -death of Samuel Waymcnt. who died at his home near Warren. While employed as engineer at a laundry he was strucK on the bead by a piece of steel. Lerov Adams, a cook employed at a. llingham Cafe, is hold at the county Jail suspected of being one of the, two bandits who. armed and masked, helil up the Yampa saloon in Bingham, forced six men to got down on tcir knees, and escaped with $-00 taee from the safe and the patons. ( 1 |