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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Farmers in southern and central Ttah are looking forward to a good season this year. Snowslides have begun on Ileber bench in Utah county and ,are ex-pfcted ex-pfcted to continue through the winter, win-ter, to the detriment of traffic. The citizens of Redmond and vicinity were -shocked last week by the tragic death of Louis Hansen, who committed suicide by cutting his throat. Several workshops and sheds have been erected on the capitol grounds by the construction company prepar- atory to beginning work on the new L state capitol. I The call for the sheepmen's convention con-vention at Salt Lake, March 7 and 8, has been sent out by C. B. Stewart, Stew-art, secretary of the Utah Woolgrow-ers' Woolgrow-ers' association. At the present time the farmers of Spanish Fork, Salem and Benjamin have signed up for 4,800 acres of Bugar beets for 1913 and for 5,800 acres for 1914. The Knights of Pythias of Ogden are to have a temple of their own. The building Is to be erected by the local lodge No. 2, and is to be completed com-pleted by early spring. One dollar is all the solace given R. J. Goodwin for the injuries received re-ceived by being knocked off a sti'eet car in Salt Lake by the conductor. Goodwin sued for $5,000. Charles P. Williams, 90 years old, "veteran plumber and pioneer of 1862, Iied at Salt Lake last week of injuries in-juries received three weeks previous "when he fell, fracturing his hip. Dealers in berries will have to use full measure boxes during the coming com-ing season or take chances on being prosecuted under the. city ordinance if they attempt to do business in Salt Lake. The executive committe of the National Na-tional Educational association last week announced that it had decided to hold the next convention of the association as-sociation in Salt Lake, Utah, July 8 to 14, inclusive. Measles lead all communicable diseases dis-eases in Utah for the month of January, Jan-uary, according to the monthly bulletin bul-letin of the state - board of health. During the month 1S96 cases with 15 deaths were reported. Enraged because he had been called a "scab," George Chorak, a Greek, attacked Pete Toneu, a fellow countryman, coun-tryman, at the Yampa mine at Bingham, Bing-ham, with a candlestick, inflicting a painful wound in the back. About 600 farmers from Spanish Fork, Lake Shore, Benjamin, Salem, Palmyra and Leland met in the Provo opera house last week and formed a farmers' union for the purpose of securing a sugar factory for Provo. While excavating for a sewer In Ogden a workman unearthed a skeleton, skele-ton, which had . the appearance of having been underground 'or many years. The bones indicate that the person must have been about six feet in height. Revised surveys of the state line between Utah and Arizona, in Kane county, reported to the state land board, have developed the fact that the hoard has sold forty-eight acres of supposedly Utah land which in reality belongs to Arizona. A bill legalizing boxing matches and creating a boxing comission to control the sport was passed by the Utah house of representatives last week. The bill is similar to the New York-law, except that it makes the limit 15 rounds instead of 10. Notwithstanding Captoria Froh-man, Froh-man, the negress who shot and killed kill-ed Lulai Dickerson, also colored, at Ogden, was exonerated by the coroner's cor-oner's jury, which returned a verdict of self-defense, a charge of murder will be filed against her by the county attorneys. Warren Jones, 25 years of age, employed em-ployed in the Silver King Coalition mine at Park City, was instantly killed by a fall of more than 1,000 feet down the shaft. His body was horribly crushed, one foot being missing miss-ing Iwhen the dismembered body was recovered in the sump. Jamaica ginger, when it inebriates, is an intoxicating liquor In the construction con-struction of the law. This is the opinion of Lorenzo D. Creel, special agent of scattered bands of Indians in Utah. On this ground it is likely that he will institute proceedings against several people. Having been refused an abatement of license tax on the ground that theyf are artists and art should not be taxed, the photographers of Salt Lake have presented a new petition to the" city commission setting forth that- they are skilled mechanics and are -entitled to freedom from tax. After-a hearing which lasted over a perfbd .of three hours, Chris M. Chris-tenseri,'-charged with the murder of his "wife, Christine Christensen, at Salt LaUe, on the night of Janaury 7, was found over to the district court without, with-out, bail. Utah lake is frozen to a depth of twenty-two 1 inches, according to the statement of Madsen brothers of Provo who are conducting fishing operations through the ice. This is a record for recent years. Automobiles ' and wagons are driven all over the lake. : :. |