The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-07-19
UTAH STATE NEWS.

Wy "a fiitfultffas hnlt LAKE county
outside The city, Ia taxed az $1,000, 7s2
Judge Hall at salt Lake, last week
decided against Mrs. Hilton in her suit
for part Of Dr. John u. Parks estate.
The water supply Of Salt Lake ls
At the present time, i0.OOo,ooO gallons
per day, es per cent greater than last
year at this time
The new salt works near Garfield
Beach, on Great salt Lake. IA nearing
completion aud will be ready Ia a few
weeks to market salt.
The remains Of Private GEORGE y.
simpson, who was killed at Luzon, =.
l4 gust last, arrived In Salt Lake
sunaAy and were Inferred In the sol
diers plat at Nj OliveL
The contest Tor queen Of the mer.
chants street fair resulted In the selec.
ton Of Miss Ethlyn May Markham, the
postofiice cmploye, by r. margin Of 1900
votes over Miss Florence Lewis.
The property holdings In Utah Of the
late 4. c. Chambers have been apprais-
ed At sps7,ois, but recent advances 10
the price Of some OF his holdings has
brought the value above a million.
Charles La Belle, the Salt Lake man
who discovered solvent for the by.
drocarbous Of Utah, claims TO have sold
his secret FOR $1,000, 900, with royalties
that may bring him millions more.
Farmers near The Gcrmania smelter
NJ Murray claim that fumes from the
plant iniuriously effect growing crops.
and an appeal viii be made 10 the
smelter management 10 abatc the cause
for complaint
The gross earnings Of the Rio GrAnde
Western Tor the fiscal year ending June
40 were ti,sio,Ooo, au Increase Of near
ly half a million over any previous
year Tho month Of june contributed
sii9,4oo TO the total.
A special arrangement for tho cx-
hlbit Of Utah silk will be- made nj the
state fair this year. A room In the cx-
position building will be fitted up by
the silk commission 70 give greater in
dlviduality 10 the display,
Robbers accompanying the Epworth
League exourslonists through the state
committed many robberics, taking all
the money the excursionists had Ia
many cases. A number OF excursion.
iats were left stranded In salt Lake.
Q. A. Hlekenlooper, special agent Of
the state Horticultural society. has
not found any San Jose scale la salt
Lake county, but discovered Instances
Of the pest In Utah county, at Provo,
Pleasant Grove, Lehi aud Springvillc.
A landslide caused by heavy rains
occurred above Altns tunnel, ON the
Rio Grande between Salt Lake and
Park City, Thursday, caused the tim
bers Ia the tunnel To give way, block.
Ing traffic on the read for several days
Mrs June Wilson, who was shot In
the neck June 10, at her home In Holt.
day by a crowd Of drunken boys who
dred at the house, died at ST. Marks
hospital, salt Lake Friday. Frank
Wilson shurtlld Is accused Of having
ared the shot
Tho little daughter Of DR.. Mayo Of |
Salt Lake City, was attacked by lion
In fur store last week, and but for
the prompt action Of attendants, would |
have been killed The lion, which was
considered harmless, was probably en-
ragged by oppressive heat
A box car containing twenty-five
tons OF powder was set ire In the Rio
Grande Western yards Mt Salt Lake
last week by eaboose which was de-
stroyed alongside H. One end OF the
powder car was destroyed, but tho tire
was extinguishcd before the powder
was reached.
Proves streets arc TO be renamed.
using the same system as that In vogue
in salt Lake, except that two base
streets viii be used instead Of one.
Center street extending west from the
asylum will be one OF the base streets,
aud Academy avenue Cnow J street,
will be- the other
The coroner's Jury which inquired
into the death Of James l.. DAVIS, who
died at Salt Lake last week from
bloodpoisoning caused By an abrasion
by stone thrown by Howard Young,
~ years OF age decided that the lad
was not eriminally liable, aud he will
not be prosecuted.
r. ID. Miller, salt Lake business
man, while driving ON Fifth East last
week was run into by street car 20.
sng north while trying TO avoid one
going In tho opposite direction, losing
his buggy, and sustaining serions per-
soual injuries.
Prime Evans, city attorney OF Lehl, /
died In Salt Lake hospital last week |
from loclSjaw, lie recently ran rusty
nail IN his foot but II was supposd all |
danger had passed when his jaws be-