The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-07-21
UTAH NEWS.


The bicycle track at the Salt Palace,
Salt Lake City, is said 10 be the fastest
in the world.
Merchants throughout the state gan
orally report business from 30 TO 100
per cent better than last year
The flood In Wayne county OF last
weeks did thousands Of dollars dam
age TO growing crops and canals.
There Is a movement on foot 10 have
Especial train bring the Utah volun.
teers from San Francisco to Salt Lake.
Work has begun on the "right.hand
fork road 10 Benz Lake county, for
which the legislature appropriated
1000
The banks OF salt Lake city report
over $4,000. 900 on deposit at the pres
cot time, 5000, 900 being deposited In
one bank.
Al junction last week several fami
lies were forced 10 leave their homes
and seek higher ground for safety
from high water
business men Of Salt Lake are ogl-
Eating mid week half.holiday, on
the ground that II will help TO solve
the Sunday observance question.
The electric light plant at Provo will
be la full operation by the 22nd inst.
when the Garden city will be lighted
by electric lights, as II was In the early
pos
The demand for cattle aud sheep
throughout the state Ia unusually
strong aud prices are correspondingly
high. The farm prospects were never
bettcr.
prominent Eastern Utah sheepmAn
last week disposed Of his clip Of ~, 900
pounds at 10 cents per pound Nearly
all thu wool in that section has been
disposed OF.
The Lehi Sugar company will build
an auxiliary plant IN Sal, Lake county.
This will be located at bingham June.
ton, where the juice will be extracted
and pipcd to the factory at Lchi.
Five car loads OF eighty-pound steel
rails for use on the sunuyside branch
Of the Rio Grande Western railroad
arrived last week, aud track laying
will begin IA soon as the rails are dis.
triuutsa Wicng rnc Eruor.
Utah will undoubtedly experience n
substantial building boom this season.
From all over the state comes the
plant that vacan, houses are not 10 he
found, and more buildings must DO
ertctod TO supply the demand.
John bingham OF Trenton, lost laC
tons Of hay, cattle sheds and several
sets Of harness last week by fire. pre-
sumably caused through waddIng from
shot gun falling into the hay whll'
sportsmen were shooting at mag
pies.
The amount OF internal revenue Of
war taxes paid by the Utah banks las
year was 81, 800 at the rate OF 81 pc
$1,000 OF capital aud surplus. III,
amount 10 be paid this year will no
b. greatly In excess Of that OF las
year
The crowd OF Mt Pleasant boys VIII,
went 10 Idaho to shear sheep are al
home again. Some OF them did N,
more than pay expenses. others, VIII,
secured work ON the machine shcArers
did we'll. The steam shearers are
great success.
ID. W. Barrowman fell through al
ore chute from the 500 to the 900 leve
Ia the Mammoth mine aud was Ia
Htautly killed, Barrowman was goin
through the mine without light, hi
candle having gone out, and he did no
stop to light H.
The honey crop OF uintah and En-
cry counties this year will be secon
only In value TO the wool clip. Hun
dreds Of crates Of ive-gallon tin can
In which shipments are made hay
been sent TO the market during III
past two weeks.
Now that the White River utes hay
held their harvest dance" consume
few barrels OF hrewater, and woun
up the ceremony in u drunken row
which two were killed and sever
severely injured they will probabl
be good for a few days
The arst crop of lucern is being c,
In Castle valley, aud It will be Il
largest ever raised In any year In IN
part OF Utah. Big as II will be, how
ever, there win not be, from the pre-
ent outlook, enough for home consum
ton by more than halt
Ami oakley Of spriugville was hau
ing hay, and in descending h.ll, .
the brake on his wagon. The frictiS
set the brake-block ON are aud Il
flames sliced upon the hay, The wa
on was saved from the conaagrati,
by tipping the load over.
While Eddie simpson. aged 10, al
Henry Vincent aged o, were playh
In an excavation 10 sand bank in Su