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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Vernon Cheevcr, the fourteen-year-old son of Joseph Cheever, of Provo, was drowned in the Provo river Sunday. Sun-day. Ogden druggists have decided to close their places from 1 to 6 p. m. Sundays and at 9 o'clack Sunday night. The Woodrow. "Wilson club of Utah has been organized in Salt Lake, fifty prominent Democrats attending the meeting at which organization was perfected. Professor G. E. P. Smith, irrigation engineer for the University of Arizona at Tuscon, is a Utah visitor, and will conduct an investigation into Utah irrigation ir-rigation methods while here. H. Junius Compton, aged 10, who was injured by the accidental discharge dis-charge of a rifle while hunting with his father near Brigham City, died at an Ogden hospital on the 5th. The home of Frank Beattie at Slat erville, Weber county, was destroyed by fire last week, even the clothing and personal effects of the family being be-ing lost. The fire is believed to have been caused toy a defective flue. Governor Spry has received a letter from Ernest P. Bickwell, national director di-rector of the Red Cross 'Society, notifying noti-fying him that the collection of funds for the relief of Mississippi river flood sufferers is no longer necessary. D. H. Madsen, deputy fish and game commissioner for Utah, has gathered 2.500 000 fish eggs from the native trout in the Provo river above the Telluride dam. He opened Ue spawning station there May 25 of this year. Bunted over by a ram while at her heme in Vernon, Mrs. Jens Hansen, 75 3 ears of age, is in a serious condition. The aged woman is suffering from a fractured leg bone and a number of severe bruises on different parts of her body. A company of boys from the First and Second wards of East Bountiful Js being drilled to join the M. I. A. ecouts on their march over the old pioneer trail, starting from Echo July 19th, and arriving at Salt Lake City, July 24t.h. Harry M. Torrence, until a few weeks ago the manager of the Tintic branch of the Mountain States Telephone Tele-phone company's business, died very suddenly at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. E. Duvall, at Salt Lake, last Sunday afternoon. Flames developing from soot and grease in a flue leading from the kitchen at the Hotel Utah at Salt Lake caused damage estimated at $3,000 tp the huge electric sign and network of wiring in the beehive dome of the hostelry early Saturday morning. T. A. Allen of Coalville, who has trying for a number of years past to utilize the flood waters of the Weber river to irrigating the land along our foot hills which has little or no water, but who was never able to realize his anticipations, is again showing up among the farmers with his fourth and by far the best proposition. MacDakin Burnison,- university of Utah football player, fraternity man and student leader, met death recently recent-ly from poisonous gases in a cyanide cyan-ide reduction plant at Goldfield, Nev. Jay Smith, the seven-year-old son of Bert. Smith, night policeman ot Tooele, had a narrow escape from being be-ing seriously burned, and a stack of hay and barn, valued at $250, were destroyed Sunday. Lars C. Johnson died Sunday at, his residence at Hooper, Utah, of heart disease. He was born in Sweden June 24, 1S40, and came to Utah in 1S64. He leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. Homer J. Wlxcey, the sixteen-year-old son ot William T. and Mary B. Wixcey. of Salt Lake, died Sunday nt the St. Mark's hospital, following an operation several days ago for ap pendicil is. Articles of incorporation have been filed at Ogden by the Hydrocarbon Process company, which Is to make liquid fuel converters and injectors, and other mechanical devices. The company is capitalized for $10,000 of the value of $100 per share. Those Interested in forming the corporation are William F. Burton, Edgar R. Holmes Hol-mes and Robert I. Burton. The police force of Provo discovered discov-ered that bicycle thieves have been stealing wheels and taking them I part, readjusting different parts in order to hide the identity of them. Four wheels were picked up recently Rud were taken apart, and made to fit with each other, after which some of them were placed with second hand dealers in this city for disposal. Ernest Hall of Price came to town Inst week to arrange for the publication publica-tion of a fifty-page booklet containing reasons why Price is the leading town of southern Utah and why home seekers seek-ers and Investors should turn their eyes toward that flourishing town. The bouse com mi (too on public lands has favorably reported Senator Pmoot's bill granting to the city of calt Lake a right-of-way for a pipe line over hinds jn Big Cottonwood canyon in the Wasatch national forest for-est to provide for an extension otthe city's water system. |