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Show UTAH STATE NEWS The Murray Commercial ' club Is taking the initiative in the formation of a Murray band. Arthur Nelson, aged 8, had both log! and a hand cut oft as the result ol being run down by a swiltch engine at Garfield. Wednesday, January 15, was old folks' lay In American Fork and was a gala day for all citizens over the age of 60 years and all widows. Albert Armstrong, 29 years of age who suffered a broken back in a l'al , of fifty feet from a trestle at tht Garfield smelter, died in a Salt Lake i hospital. Because he refused to pay $3 pel week for the support of his three nil nor children, Robert Bess of Salt Lake has been sentenced to ninety days in the county jail. Three Greeks arrested at Bingham on a charge of holding up the Jap anese camp at Barney station, were bound over to the district court on 11,000 'bond each. A system of Irrigation legislation modeled upon that now In use in Oregon Ore-gon and Wyoming will be urged by Caleb Tanner, state engineer, upon the present legislature. Senator George J. Kelly has introduced intro-duced a bill regulating the deposits of state funds in banks and providing for the payment of Interest to the state at a rate not less than 2 per cent pei year, computed on daily balances. The portion of the school tax the University of Utah receives is Insuf ficient to carry on the work of tne school, according to President Kingsbury, Kings-bury, who finds that the deficits range from $40,000 to $54,000 each year. Pleas of not guilty to the charge that they murdered Thomas E. White, a public chauffeur, last October 5, were entered by Caleb A. Inlow and his wife, Genevieve, when arraigned in a Salt Lake court on Wednesday. The Denver & Rio Grande depot at Spanish Fork was burglarized Thursday night, but after an investigation investi-gation it was found that the heaviest loss was several cases of eggs which had been taken from the store room. In line witk a determined effort to stamp out the sale of short-weight butter in Utah, several complaints against Utah dealers will be filed with the county attorney at Salt Lake by Willard Hanson, state' dairy and food commissioner. Frank Young, 31 years old, veteran veter-an of the Spanish-American war, attempted at-tempted suicide on the street in Sail Lake, shooting himself, the ball pass ing through his hody, but he will re cover. Young was despondent ovel family difficulties. Thomas La Crosse, declared to be a degenerate, who escaped from the Toquerville convict camp in Washington Washing-ton county January 4, but was. recaptured recap-tured in seven hours, is hack in the state prison with eight years added to the ten he had been serving. Carl Peter Carlson, 92 years old, veteran cabinet maker and builder who erected the old officers' quarters still in use at Fort ouglas, and who made the first furniture and wheelbarrows for Henry Dinwoodey, pioneer furniture furni-ture dealer, died at Salt Lake, January Janu-ary 15. A proposed law regulating and standardizing packing of fruit and the necessity of getting together in a strong effort to complete organization of the society occupied the attention of members of the State Horticultural commission at a meeting in Salt Lake on Thursday. It is said that unless the Westers Passenger association will announce low:er rates than the regular summei tourist rates from eastern points which it has refused to do as yet; the , 1913 convention of the National Education Edu-cation association will not be held iD Salt Lake City. The J. C. Penney company organized organ-ized under the laws of Utah last week with a capital of $1,100,000 to do a general gen-eral business in dry goods, clothing and shoes in a chain of stores that stretches from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast. The stores are known as the Golden Rule stores. According to Utah bankers and business men, the financial situation is satisfactory, with indications that the year 913 will bring marked improvement im-provement even over the excellent conditions con-ditions that prevailed in 1912. Mrs. Mary Holland, city recorder of Park City, who refused to resign at the request of the city council, following fol-lowing the discovery of a shortage in her accounts, has changed her mind and handed in her resignation. Word comes from Spanish Fork that the sugar factory which was to v be moved from Nampa, Idaho, to that place may not be moved because little of the machinery. could be used in tne plant to be built at Spanish Fork. The Newhouse hotel in Salt Lake will be completely finished by next fall according to a statement made by officers of the company. A force of men are now at Work putting up the exterior brick walls, laying the floors and putting on the roof. The annual convention of the Stale Municipal league was held at American Ameri-can Fork on the 11th. More than200 members attended the two sessions and the banquet at night. The sessions ses-sions were conducted by President J F Voyes. Logan was chosen as the meetlns P" of the 1914 convention. |