The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-29
UTAH STATE NEWS.


A cigarette dropped into wood.boS
came near causing destructive Ore at
The Park City hotel last week.
Another cot Ia the price Of sugar has
been made. Itsnables the laying down
Of foreign sugar 10 Utah u sios por
sack.
Appraisers have Fixed the value Of
the estate OF Patrick Phe'an, which
was left 10 Kearns' st. Ann orphanage,
At s7o, go.
Mrs. Mary Judge Of Salt Lake has
donated two memorial windows TO 81.
Mays Cathedral. the estimated cost Of
which is eco, 900.
salt Lake county pays state taxes to
the amount Of s3e7, 5s0.57, out OF total
Of $500. $3.50. san Juan county pays
the least. sa.5O1s0.
Orson iloughton. Salt Lake mail
carrier, was last week iued SIS for not
notifying the authorities Of a case OF
scarlet fever In his family.
Mrs J. II. SLEEVES Of Salt Lake In.
horits over a million dollars from the
McCllntock estate, valued at sis, $780,
900. The eatAie has been In the courts
Cor fourteen years
Salt Lake City has appropriated the
unused water Of Parley'a creek, esti-
mated at 200 cubic feet per second, and
q water supply for a city OF 10000
people Ia thus secured.
II. NJ. Dukes. a California oil expert.
has asked for perpetual lease Of Salt
Lakes sewer farm, for the purpose OF
boring for oil and gas. lilo proposes TO
pay the city 10 per cent.
II IL said there IA movement on foot
BY an eastern syndicate TO secure
lease on mineral lands In tho Uintah
Indian reservation Ia n locality 10 DO
determined after two years prospect
ing.
Denver papers say that d. O Dodge,
formerly Of the Rio Grande Western,
may become the head Of the Colorado
Midland, aud that the Midland may
extend to connect with The Clark road
near Salt Late.
The Utah Fuel company has put In a
new crushing plant for the mRuuiao-
turo Of coke at sunnyside, The quality
Of the product has been greatly i'm
proved aud Il now considered equal 70
any requirement.
Mike Holmes Ia under arrest at Park
City on n charge ofattemptlng TO rob n
maa named boyle. Holmes knocked
Boyle down, but the cries OF the latter
brought the police before he had been
relieved Of his cash
Mrs. Louisa Pearson, widow Of Mar
Tin Pearson, IL suing Sandy Lodge, l.
o. O, H., for sick benefits which she
alleges Mr.. Pearson was entitled TO,
amounting TO Sass. II Ia the first case
OF the kind ever tlled In Utah.
The continual spread OF scarlet fever
and dlghtherla Ia Salt Lake, aud their
vlrulcney this year, has led to the ap.
poinlment Of two quarantine inspec,
tors who will endcayor 10 secure a
more strict enforcement Of quarantine.
The lake level Ia stationary aud the
prediction IL made that II will gradu.
ally rise, aud next summer will be
higher than II has been for some years.
With a good snowfall this winter the
lake will not be 90 low again for some
years
w. 0, II, orrocis OF RichAeld has re-
Gently opened up promising prospect
on the east side OF the sevier valley
north OF Glenwood, ton Of ore taken
from tho face OF the vein showing 90
per cent lead aud trace OF gold and
silver.
A. a result Of the prevalence OF scar.
let fever aud diphtheriA In Salt Lake
City, the board OF health OF Tooels
county has quaraniined against salt
Lake county, aud children under u
years Of age who cross the boundary
line will subject their parents or guar
diana to peaalties foe mlsdemeanor.
sanpets citizens are moving for the
establishment OF a forest reserve In the
.wasateh mountains In the outhern end
Of that county. II is eontended that
tho destruction OF the little timber
there Il working havoc with the water
shed from which Gunnison, Centerneld
Mayheld, Willow Creek aud Sterling
receive great benefits.
The price OF -four was twice advanced
IN price TO the retailers by millera las
week. The Importation OF eastern iioul
by retailers who can pay so cents
hundred freight aud then compel,
with Utah nour has checked the rails
80 price
Ex-Queen LilluokAlAni OF tho Ha
wahan islands was Salt Lake vlslto
last week, aud besides visiting all IN
places OF interest and lsteAing to Al
organ recital at the Tabernacle. wa