The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-01-12
UTAH NEWS.

Three new gas wells arc 70 be sunk
90 the gas fields south Of salt Lake.
An extensive tract Of country con.
ilruous 10 vernal is TO be sectionired
this spring.
uintah county shipped -four carloads
Of honey the past season, beside sup
plying the local market
The first consignment Of trout eggs
for the state fish hatchery has arrived
and been placed In the troughA
Its expected the railroad grade will
be finished aud trains be running from
Belknap To Marysvale by March 1.
No new smallpox cases have devcl-
oped at Payson and the quarantine Is
TO be raised and tho schools opened.
A case Of smallpox has developed at
sAlem. Utah county, but the authori.
ties do not fear n spread OF the dis
ease.
The business men Of vernal provided
Christmas tree for several hundred
children. which was duly appreciated
by the little ones,
The amounts paid for leather, shoes.
harness and other leather goods shipped
into Utah aggregate more than a mill
lion dollars annually.
The past year has been one Of pros
perity with tho brlcsmakers Of the
state. they finding Il almost impossible
70 All all their orders.
Twenty-Five makers Of cheese report
their product for 1899 TO be i,3o7.ys7
pounds itrequires ten pounds Of milk
70 make a pound Of cheese.
Hawnrth. the man now confined In
in the Davis county jail. charged with
the murder OF Waterman Sandal, II
said TO DO on the verge Of insanity.
Work IL progressing favorably at tho
University grounds Brick Ia being
laid al the normal building. and foun-
dations are going la At the physical
building.
"Iliatory Of the Utah Volunteers" IL
the title OF book 10 be published In
the near future. II IL 10 be a history
OF tho volunteers written by the volun.
tsera themselves
Lehl. which for the past two years
has been prohibition town, will In
the future have licensed saloons. tho
citizens having decided that the prohI-
billion laws were a failure.
The public schools OF Rlchaeld have
reopsned after four weeks vacation,
three weslss Of witch va. owing 70 the
s-sssapas sces-. 'rnevo " no frrthsr
fear OF the disease In that Vicinity.
A hide aud pelt dealer estimates the
export from Utah Of hides the past year
stafty carloads. valued at sioo. 900; and
the pclts at over forty carloads, worth
$4,000, bringing the total up TO $780,
900.
The uepoaita OF guAno on one OF the
islands Of Great salt Lake are eatl-
mated At not leas than ESQ, 900 tons. aud
II has been decided by the courts that
these deposits may be worked as placer
eiaimA
Albert Adair, aged II, Of Provo, while
climbing on passing wagon, tell under
. hlnd wheel aud his pelvia' was 40
badly crushed that he succumbed 10
his injuries, despite tho best OF medical
attendance.
The fees paid Into the Office Of the
secretary OF state, mainly for lnoorpor-
atoms aud Insurance, during the past
year, amounted TO $50, a25 es, an In
crease OF about sic 600 over 1898 This
Ia equal To tax OF $40 Of mill on all
the taxable property Of the state.
A consignment Of Lafayette dollar.
was received by Salt Lake bank last
weei. aud the souvenirs soon found
their way into the pockets OF tho cltl-
rens. The coin Ia the weight aud dne.
ness OF the average silver dollar, but II
sells for twice that sum.
Twooi spanish Forks school ma'am,
grew tired Of the enforced vacation
caused by the smallpox scare aud were
married last wrel,i aud now there,
any number Of school ma'ama who
would like TO secure position in thai
town.
Roy Jones, aged 3, Of spanish Fork
vi, waIi y. p o was s.S,:sa 10 The .'om
sch by playmate, but coneealsn hI