Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-02-09
OTAH NEWS.


Game chicken fanciers Of Salt Lake
have challenged Montana parties 10
big cooking main for s., 500 a side
Base ball enthusiasts Of the southern
part OF the state will endeavor "a a.
ganize league for the seasons snort
bicycle racing promises TO be a lead.
Ing sport at Ephrnim this season. vorl,
having already begun on new fopr
lap track.
There is no snow to speak of in the
bills around Park City. and the cattle
are still feeding on the ranges, fat and
in fine condition.
A new 10000 school house was dedi.
catedAt Spring City on Monday, many
prominent people from all over the
state being present.
The new sl5, 900 court house at Tooe,e
is being rapidly occupied by the county
officials and the district court will hold
: its session there next month
The people Of Green River were very
much excited last week over a suspected
case Of smallpox, which has since been
pronounced II light form of smallpox.
More material is being hauled upon
the Sanpete Stake academy grounds, at
Ephraim, preparatory to resumiug the
construction of the building in the
spring.
Eastern Utah people will hail with
delight the change in train service
which enables them to receive their
mail from the capital six hours earlier
than heretofore
Saloon men of Richfeld who have
been allowing gambling are not enjoy
ing much peace at present and are con-
tributing to the finances of the city
most literally by way OF fines.
new star route has been established
between Stateline and Ursine, New, IL
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
the state and eighty-nine employing
less than six men Twenty-six mines
were in operation in 1898, but last year
y forty eight new ones were opened and
only two were abandoned.
The Salt Lake officers have been in
structed to vigorously enforce the ordi-
nance against expectoratng on the
sidewalks, the law having become a
dead letter on account Of a relaxation
Of vigilance on the part of the officers
The new creamery at Tooele is rap
idly nearing completion and workmen
are now actively engaged in putting in
the machinery prior to starting up
next month, which will form another
source ofincome for the Tooele farmers.
Mana Witbeek and Emma Matheson,
the two girls who are wanted as wit
nesses in the BenbroolS murder case,
have been located in Kansas City, and
vail in all probability be brought back
to, Salt Lake in time to testify at the
trial.
BESIDES the amount of bituminous
coaT produced in this state last year,
291, s31 tons were imported and $780, $50
tons exported, leaving 639, AIT tons con-
sumed in Utah, Only ten tons of an
thracite were produced, but 1896 tons
were imported.
Arthur and Lew Hutchinson have dis
appeared from Vernal, leaving num-
Der of creditors to mourn their sudden
departure The wife of Arthur and the
betrothed of Lew, who were popular
school teachers of Yernal, departed
with the brothers..
Mrs. Ann Reid, an aged Salt Lake
woman met death in a runaway last
week. She was sitting in a wagon
when the horse was frightened by
dog and ran through an apple orchard,
Mrs Reid's head striking limb, death
resulting In a few moments.
The teachers Of Salt Lake have been
alarmed over their enforced vacation,
fearing they would not receive their
salaries, but the courts have decided in
parallel cases that full salaries must be
paid, and since this discovery the ped
agogues are breathing easier.
II. p. Larsen committed suicide near
Richfield, the body being found sus-
pended from rafter by piece of rope.
Whom found his feet rested fatty on
the floor and his knees were bent, in
dicating that he had drawn up his feet
and strangled himself to death.
Natural gas in considerable quanti-
ties has been discovered just west OF
Ogden, on the farm of John K. Fife,
who first started boring for artesian
water. The gas is issuing from two
inch pipe and is burning night and day,
throwing flame three feet high.
Plans and specifications are being
prepared for SIS, 900 Mormon meeting
house to be built at Lehi II will be Of
brick with stone trimmings and will
have a seating capacity of 200. The