The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-02-09
UTAH NEWS.

big cooking main for $500 side.
Iiase ball enthusiasts Of the southern
part Of the state will endeavor 10 or.
ganizc league Tor the seasons spori.
Bicycle racing promises TO be lead.
ing sport at Ephraim this senson, work
having already begun on a now four
lap track.
There IL no snow TO speak ~ In the
hills around Park City, aud The cattle
are still feeding on the ranges, fat and
10 tine condition.
A new $4,000 school houss was dcdi'
Gated At Spring city on Monday. many
prominent people from all over the
state being present
The new SIS. 900 court house NJ Toocle
"a being rapidly occupied by the county
officials and the district court will hold
It's session there next month.
The people Of Green River were very
much excited last week over n suspected
ease Of smallpox. which has since been
pronounced - light form Of smallpox.
More material IL being hauled upon
the sanpetc stake academy grounds, Mt
Ephraim, preparatory 20 resuining the
construction OF the building In the
spring.
Eastern Utah people will hail with
delight the change 10 train service
which enables them to receive their
mail from tho capital ak hours earlier
than heretofore.
saloon men Of Rlchacld who have
been allowing gambling are not enjoy
ing much peace at present and are con
tribuilng 10 the finances Of the ely
most literally by way Of fines.
now star route has been established
between Stateliuc aud ursine, New, -
distance Of twenty-five miles, and the
carrying Of mails between the two
points will begin ON the 18th inst
There ARE eleven large coal mines In
tho state aud eighiy-nlne employing
less than Nix men Twcuty.siv mines
were In operation In 1903, but last year
forty-oight new ones were opened and
only two were abandoned.
The Salt Lake officers have been in
siructcd TO vigorously enforce the ordi'
nance against cSpcctoratlng on tho
sidcwaiks. the law having become a
dead letter on account OF a relaxation
u vigilance on the part Of the oficer.
Il,o new creamery ~ rooeie Ia rap
idiy nearing completion aud workmeu
are now actively engaged In putting In
the machinery prior To starting up
next mouth. which will form another
source oiincome Tor tho Tooele farmers,
Mana Withcck aud Emma Mathiesou,
the two girls who arr wanted M wit
nesses In the Bcnbrook murder case,
have been located In Kansas city, and
will 10 nh probability be brought bacl,
10 Salt Lake In time 10 testify Mt the
trial
ncsidcs the amount Of bituminous
coal produced In this state Last year,
cyl. sli tons were imported and s3s, $50
tons exported. leaving 0aa, az tons con-
sumed Ia Utah, Only ton tons OF au'
thracitc were produced, but 5000 tons
we're imported.
Arthur aud Lew Hutchlson have dis.
appeared from Nernnl, leaving num-
her OF creditors TO mourn their sudden
departure. The wife Of Arthur aud the
bctrothed Of Low, who were popular
school teachers OF vernal, departed
with the brothers,.
Mrs. Ann Reid. an aged salt Lake
womau met death In runaway last
week She was sitting In a wagon
when the horse was frightened by 4
dog and ran through an apple orchard
Mrs Reld's head striking limb, death
resulting In few moments
The teachers OF Salt Lake have been
alarmed over their enforced vacation
fearing they would not receive thell
salaries, but the courts have decided IL
parallel eases that full salaries must b'
paid, aud since this discovery the ped
Rgogues are breathing easier.
n. +. Larsen committed suicide nea
Rlchdeld, the body being found sus
pended from rafter by piece Of rope
When found his feet rested nauy OF
the floor and his knees were bent, In
dicatiug that he had drawn up his fee
and strangled himself 10 death,
Natural gas Ia considerable quaint
ties has been discovered just west o
Ogden, on the farm OF John h. Fife
who Graf started boring for artesial
water The gas is issuing from tive
inch pipe aud burning night and day
throwing fame three feet high.
Plans and specifications are bein
prepared for SIS, 900 Mormon meetin
house TO be built at Lehi twill be Q
brick with stone trimmings aud wi
have a seating capacity Of 1900. III
stone for the foundation Is being haule
and construction will begin at onco.
Sergeant Arthur W. Rrown, formerl
OF battery A, has received "A oommlssio
a - 4. -.