The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
UTAH NEWS.

Corn and potstoes are coming up
nicely, and there are no complaints OF
poor stands.
Utah furnishes more than three
fourths Of all the lucern seed Ia the
United States.
Al the Utah railroads largely In.
creased their earnings last month over
the month Of May, ISIS.
Fifty cars Of sheep will be moved
from Southern Utah this month to Ten.
nessee Pass In Colorado.
The yield Of strawberries will he
much smaller this season than usual,
owing TO the cold weather.
The weather seems TO have been quite
favorable To the sugar beet, and tho
reports on that crop are very encourag.
ing.
While people In the east are suooumb.
Ing 10 the intense heat, the citizens Of
Utah feel very comfortable under their
blankets these nights.
The Syracuse Canning company has
commenced the erection Of new
building which will enable them 10
eouble their output this year.
Bphraim's city officials are attempt.
ing 10 enforce the curfew ordnance. and
small boys found on the streets after o
y. m. ate assessed one dollar.
The last shipment Of Utah Hour re-
seived at IIongkong brought top-notch
prices, and Utah millers will In the
tuture disposed Of their surplus stock
IN the markets Of the Orient
A cub bear on the mountain side near
Pennington furnished lively chase
for local sportsmen one day last week.
The bear won the race, however, being
too swift Of foot for IL pursuers.
The Utah a Pacific has booked one
hundred cars Of cattle for this month
to be shipped from Modena. Forty cars
were shipped Saturday aud forty more
will be moved In about ten days.
The Danish vice.consul In Salt Lake
City has received from the management
of the Zoo at Copenhagen request to
purchase specimens Of Rocky mountain
wild anlmals for the Zoo gardens.
II the worst fears are realized re-
gArdlng the loss Of tomatoes occasioncd
~ the recent frost In Davis eoun,y,ths
sutput Of the canning plants will be
reduced this season about $4,000.
Utah Is fast forging to the fronta a. a
ssgsr producer. with two factories In
active operation, one under course OF
construction, and prospects OF two or
three ruorc being erected Ia tho near
future.
There arc seven canning plants In
Davis aud Weber counties During the
season they ordinarily put up 100000
eases 81 tomatoes. twenty.four two and
sne-half pound cans TO the case, be-.
side tho regular run OF fruit.
"Sllver Tip" alias Hawkins, M al.
legged member Of the Robbers Roost
hand Of outlaws, who was captured by
Joe Bush down In southern Utah near
the Arizona line. has been placed In
the Provo jail for safe keeping
Carl NJ. Aamodt, a Rio Grande West
ern section hand. felt under the wheels
Of a moving train at Pennington on
the 9TH, aud was almost cut In two, lie
fingered In agony about two hours, dy.
Ing shortly after being removed to the
hospital.
Morgan, the youthful desperate who
IA To be executed In July Tor the murder
Of Police Captain brown OF Ogden, now
occupies the same cell al the state pen.
itentiary In which Patrick Coghlan.
who was executed In December, 1899,
passed his last days
Hyrum Wilcox, Waterman for the
Pleasant Valley Coal company. lilled.a
large mountain lion near Castle Gate
Two OF these animals have been killing
stock In the vicinity for some time,
and killed several horses belonging 10
the coal company.
The state land board has decided 10
purchase the San Juan county bond
issue. The amount voted is $4,000. but
the county will only dispose OF bonds
TO the amount Of sa,OOo at pres,nt
The proceeds will be used In paying on
warrant lndebedtedness.
one OF the members OF the Salt Lake
Gre department was visited by eollec-
tor last week, when the hre laddics
gave the visitor good bath, ON the
grounds that "a collector has no right
to live Now the funny debtor IN ON
a ''dshing trip FOE few days,
An eight-yeAr.old boy while In at.
tendance at party in Robinson was
induced by some older boys to imbibe
too freely OF intoNicants, and on his
way home the little fellow fell into a
cellar and broke his arm. Ills parents
will prosecute the guilty parties.
The Freedom Irrigation & Water
works company, an organization formed
by twenty-slx residents of Sanpete
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