The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-01-11
UTAH STATE NEWS.

UTAH OIAI u NEN 10.
Public samplers las, year handled
asa, 600 tons Of ore.
The last day OF December was tile
coolest day Of 1900
Utah produced wheat to the value Of
tl,sis, 1853 last year
-Four million dollars worth Of hay
was grown In Utah In 1000,
Surveys were approved for s7o,sie
acres OF public land last year
The salt production Of the state last
year approximatcs 10000 tons.
Salt Lake City used nm average Of 7i3
tons OF coal every day last year.
The state insane asylum IA becoming
crowded and more room is needed.
The egg aud poultry products OF
Utah Last year are estimated nj $780,
600.
Two hundred cars o. plaster Of paris
was the product Of tho Neph works In
1900.
Salt Lake jobbers did business OF
$4,000, 900 In 1900, the largest In her
history.
More than go, 900. 900 was on deposit
In Salt Lake banks the beginning Of
the year.
John Johnson, Jr.. Of Clinton, Davis
county, died Of smallpox last week. lie
leaves a wife and family.
The state entered the new century
with bonded Indebtedness Of 5000, 900,
with $3.50, $40 cash on hand.
The Continental oil company has let
contract for the construction Of n
$4,000 warehouse a. Salt Lake.
The receipts OF the salt Lake City
postofilee during the year were $780,
sUo.4o. compared with si7O,s5is9 for
1909.
Utah odd Fellows and Knights Of
Pythlas collected sas, o0e.io for tho
benefit OF scoheld mine sufferers last
year.
The cash receipts at the land Office In
Salt Lake for the year past were sso,-
1880. an increase OF about 90 per cent
iver 1890.
IL Is estimated that H.ooo,OOo was
added TO the bank accounts OF Utah
,heep owners last year from sales OF
mutton and wool
The stockmcn's convention promises
20 be- the largest gathering OF non
residents Utah has ever been called
upon 10 entertain. q
- eccmhcr "a MA ,A',a-sai;ssi dr<ii'
1900 nj Salt Lake. bclHg 2 dekrter'ivt
tcro. The next coolest was February
II, 10 degrees above.
Itia estimated that 1854 employees in
Salt Lake received si,Aei,o1o In wages
last year for the production Of articles
valued at sio,sla,ooo.
Salt Lake eorn,y fruit growers and
nurserymen Melted about $4,000 In
1900, according 70 tho report Of the
county fruit tree inspector.
The farmers OF Paradise, Cache eoun-
~, will build new creamery 10 that
town. Tho plan Of organization will
~ on the cooperative basis.
The Provo wooden mills at Provo pro-
duced manufactured articles OF u value
OF $3.50, 900 last year, with payroll Of
$4,000. aud paid $4,000 for wool.
The dissolution Of the Salt Lake
county millerH' association the hrst OF
the year resulted In material decline
In the price Of nour and other mill pro-
duetA
The report OF the sheriff OF Salt Lake
county shows that during the year
processes were served In go civil aud
SOS criminal cases. The fees amounted
20 7,ssi.oA.
Davis county has refused 10 pay n
board bill for s79 prescn,ed by Warden
Dow OF the state pcnltentiary for the
keeping OF Nick Hayworth siues his
conviction.
The assessed live stock valuation Of
the state for 1900 was ss.0oO,Ooo, The
assessment covers 10000 horses and
mules, ioe,ei6 cattle, 1850, iOi sheep
and I5,sls swine.
Only about 500, 900 Of the 100000
acres OF public land owned by the state
have been sold or applied for during
the Ave years OF statehood. The pur-
ehabera Of public lands number $50.
A call has been issued for a meeting
OF all the hheepmen OF Utah, TO be held
on the 10Th, TO discuss means OF getting
rid Of the coyotes which arc increasing
over the state aud doing great deal OF
damage.
Payson was In darkness all last weel,
a. the lighting plant was frozen aud
could not furnish electric light. The
coolest night was Sunday, 10 degrees
below Monday, below; Tuesday, O
degrees above zero.