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Show UTAH STATE NEWS A bible institute to include delegates dele-gates from the intermountain states will be held in Salt Lake August 24 to 31, inclusive. Mrs. Ben Molof of Ogden received painful burns on botli hands and arms when a pan of gasoline ignited from some unknown cause. Approximately 2,0U0 tourists from points east and west stop in Salt Lake in one day, either on their way home or en route to the Pacific coast. Credit men from all parts of the United States are in Salt Lake this week to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Credit Men. Five horses were badly burned and another suffered such severe burns that he had to be killed, in a fire which partially destroyed the barn of David Jones at Salt Lake. Mrs. Bertha Eccles Wright of Ogden, Og-den, and representing Weber stake, won first prize in the advanced senior se-nior public speaking contest, finals of which were conducted in Salt Lake last week. M. S. Browning, president of the First National bank of Ogden, was elected president of the Utah Bankers' Bank-ers' association at the closing session ses-sion of the two days' convention at Salt Lake. No more applications for water from the Sevier river or its tributaries will be approved by the state engineer, engi-neer, according to an order issued by him last week, until it can be shown 'hat there is unappropriated water in the river. The Norwegian celebration of San-te San-te Hans (midsummer day) June 24, will be held at Wandamere, Salt Lake, with all the features and symbols sym-bols belonging to that day, according to the traditions of the nation. No expense will be spared to make it a success. Because they believe that such a road would be one of the finest automobile auto-mobile drives in the state, auto enthusiasts en-thusiasts of Logan and other Cache valley towns are endeavoring to arouse interest in Ogden for the establishment es-tablishment of a road over the divide between Ogden and Cache valleys. That Salt Lake alone is big enough to build a first-class highway across the state from the Wyoming-Utah line to the Nevada-Utah line and that the investment would bring returns be-ond be-ond the greatest expectations is the opinion of Henry B. Joy, president of the Lincoln National Highway association. More than 200 members of . the Hone family attended a reunion of the family at Benjamin last . week. The function begun with a family dinner at the school house. This Was followed by a program and a dance. The Hone family, now numbering nearly 400, are all descendants of five brothers. v,- Frank D. Beall, for many years chief" timekeeper in the superintendent's superinten-dent's office of the Denver '& Rio Grande, died last week at Salt Lake. Mr. Beall was struck by a runaway horse some weeks ago. On Main street and was well on the road to recovery when complications set in which caused his death. Freight traffic officinls of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line have ibeen advised by the officials of the state of Wyoming that the quarantine regulations against live stock shipments from Utah and Idaho have been modified to meet the needs of the shippers from these states having live stock for eastern markets. .. ' The plan having been approved by the managers of two of the lines, the residents of Cache valley towns and Preston, Idaho, are planning a big celebration in Ogden next fall to mark the completion of the Utah in-terurban in-terurban system that will then connect con-nect all the principal cities and towns between Provo and Preston. For having his nose chewed off by a bulldog, David J. Peterson, of Salt Lake, has filed suit against John Mayo, Riley Mayo and Charles Benn-deto, Benn-deto, claiming $5,000 damages. It. is alleged by plaintiff that defendants did not have the dog properly restrained, re-strained, and that the injury permanently perma-nently disfigured him. Joseph Peterson, aged 19 years, Jack Perry, 18, and F. C. Kelly, 19, who in a complaint issued by the county attorney, are charged with grand larceny in connection with the alleged theft of an automobile from Clark L. Whitney, city license assessor, asses-sor, were brought back to Salt Lake rora Price, where they were arrested. As a result of a quarrel between prisoners at the county jail at Salt Iake, William Anderson is at the county hospital with his throat slash ed almost from ear to ear and his windpipe severed at the larynx, and Gregorious Pologeorgi is charged with the assault. " The twentieth annual conference of the Young Men's and Young Ladies' La-dies' Mutual Improvement association' and the thirteenth annual conference of the primary association of the Mormon Mor-mon church were held in Salt Lalio lust week. In caring for deaf and blind persons per-sons of the state since the establishment establish-ment of the Utah school for the deaf and the blind, the state bus spent .?. IH)0,0i;ri. During its thirty years the school has taught 2!U young men and young women and there are 135 students in the school now. The Salt Lake Passenger associa--i'n is distributing copies of a new fo'der in eastern cities. .More than .'oO.O'iO of these folders, advertising the sights of Salt Lake and vicinity, have been sent, to bureaus of inToni'ii-tien inToni'ii-tien and railroad offices. |