The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-08
UTAH STATE NEWS.

Gust OF AAuiVNH
The number Of arrests for drunken
meas on sunday has increased In Salt
Lake since sunday closing has been
inauguratsd.
Utah oil In the Green River district
is claimed 10 be thc.hnest In the world,
and will have = market value Of from
eleven 10 dfteen dollars per barrel n
found In any quantity.
walter Britton, a sheepherder WHOSE
home Ia at Oakley, Idaho. shot himself
In the knee while cleaning a revolver,
near saltair. Monday Of last week.
The wound Is not serious.
The executive committee OF the Utah
Woolgrowera' association has appoint
cd 100 delegates and 100 siternates TO
attend the National livestock conven.
sion at Chicago, December too
George Gibbs, editor Of tina Universe.
" Chronicle, who was suspended last
week for hershly crltioiaing the facul-
~, has been reinstated. Tho incident
created quite a stir among the stu
dents.
The state loan board has repaid the
loan Of $40, $50 made OF the National
Park bank Of New York In July,
which enabled the cashing Of war
rants ON the general fund until taxes
came In.
Tho White Star oil company, operat-
log 10 Dairy Fork, In southern Utah
county, Mt depth Of 27s feet pcne-
trated an oil bearing strata which
yielded twenty barrclsof oil Drilling
will continue
Ed Frey, who played ball with the
Park City team la 1897 and 1895, was
drowned In the Columbia river, In
Washington, last week, by the over
turning OF a canoe In which he was
shooting rapids.
MrA Hannah van wagonen Smith.
one OF the pioneers who came 70 Utah
ia ls47, died at her home In Provo last
week Of general debility, aged 80 years
sho has been resident Of Provo for
hirty-nve years.
Attorney.GenerAl Breeden has glvea
an opinion W State Auditor Tlngey.
that any officer riding ON n railway
pass Is not entitled TO collect mileage
from the state. A. the law contemplates
only actual expenses.
A report Of the condition Of Utah
national banks shows loans and dis
counts. A,0oi, iit; gold coin. ssei, issi
eaali reserve, sosi,seJi individual de-
posits, se.ass.sis. aud average reserve
held. 4o.os per cent
W. II. schulter, a Salt Lake plumber,
woa knocked down almost In front OF
his own door, last week. by four men
wearing soldiers uniforms, beaten into
insensIbility aud robbed Of a silver
watch aud $3.50 In money.
The Salt Lake board Of education
has decided to establish military de-
partment In the high school A uni
form will be selected, and the drill will
be compulsory unlssa pupils are eK-
cused upon request OF parents.
George Snow. aged 30, died at Provo
last week, a victim OF DO Lamar mill
dust lie worked In the mill at Do
Lamar, Nevada. few months, since
which time he has been Rlling. lie
began to fail about year ago,
The Lohi sugar factory Is turning
out ies tons Of sugar every twenty-four
houra. The factory will handle $500
acre. Of beets, estimated at 81, 500 tons,
and lle output OF the factory will DO
nsA. 100000 pounda Of sugar. with
q value of 100000.
J. J. wardle, OF Gale, resident OF
Salt Lake valley for over forty years,
disappeared October 10 after having
cashed a check for 500 At the DeSeret
National bank, Salt Lake, and no trace
OF him has since been found. He IL o.
years OF age and well known to early
settlers.
About 700 tons os sugar beets we're
shipped to the Lehi factory from Mt
Pleasant this season. The largest
yield was 1919 tons per acre, grown by
y. N. Macarthur. About fifteen cars OF
potatoes will be shipped from there
soon, for which the growers will real
lac about 40 cents per buShel.
Leslie stewart, i7-year-old son Of j.
J. Stewart, OF Richdeld. was fatally
shot Wednesday Of last week by son
OF Heber Smith. OF Draper, by the ac-
eidental discharge OF a revolver which
the Smith boy was carrying. The
wound Is said TO be almost identical
with that which eauaed ths death Of
President Mckinley.
The recedinR Of the lake has made II
necessary TO dredge the sandbAra at
saltair beach, and a strip four rods
wide and as long as necessary, along
the south wing Of bath houses, will be
deepeued about two feet The sand
has washed in badly the past summer