The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13
UTAH STATE NEWS.

RiohGeld farmers shipped $50 tons Of
bccu this season. there being only ~
acres planted mostly as an expert
mcnt
The Deserot National Bank Of Salt
Lake will pay u special dividend Of :
per cent during the holidays, making
"a per cent for the year
James jeiiries the champion pugil-
Jet, will give an exhibition at the Salt
Lake Athletic club Saturday evening.
boxing six rounds with his brother
Jack.
The boot and shoe workers Of Salt
Lake have formed a union. The u. @.
NJ l., Robinson Bros, aud Solomon
Hros employees generally joining the
union.
The Judge memorial home for miners
10 be built at salt Lake IA estimated 10
cost si2s, 900, and will be the largest
donation Tor a charitable purpose ever
made 10 the state.
Last month was the warmest No
vembcr known In Utah since the es-
tablishmcnt Of n weather Office. Al
Salt Lake the mean temperature was
4odegrees aud the maximum o.
The price Of sugar advanced ~ cents
per hundred last week, which means
nearly siOo, 900 to the Utah Sugar
company. whose prices were advanced
In sympathy with eastern prices.
A new opera house was dedicated At
GrhntAvllle last week. The building
ia tsxso feet Ia dimensions, and has a
seating capacity OF 600. II cost tl0,-
600, with ", 1000 added for furnishings.
John + Dubois Of Penusylyania aud
y. A II. Franklin viii begin develop
ment In a body OF oil shale near Eph-
rain rs soon o. machinery can be Sc
cured. An analysis OF the shale on the
surface shows 20 per cent oil.
OIL experts have been looking over
the territory between 'wanship aud
Rockport, summit county. aud have
located tract Of land which they will
develop for oil. Local people arc 10
catlng claims In that vicinity.
A meeting Of the Utah State Teach
ers association will be held IN Salt
Lake dnrlug chrlatmas week. An
effort Il being mnbc 10 hocure large
Attendance, and county superlntend-
enia arc especially being appealed to.
The Salt Lake City council has passed
an ordinance providing that oil school
books shall be provided with paper
covers only, and that tablets and pens
ellis shall not be exchanged by pupils.
An effort IL being made 10 lesson the
liability Of contagious diseases In tho
schools.
Soldiers stationed at Fort Douglas
have been pawning thoir clothes aud
government blankets. II Is a criminal
oifense 10 buy such articles. aud pawn
brokers have been notified 10 cease
buying government property aud we're
compelled 10 surrender what had been
purchased
Utah has a total OF 81, iel children Of
school age, Salt Lake City has a., $40
and Ogden s.629. Salt Lake county
has 1887, ana San Pete comes next,
With s,isd San Juan has only IFS aud
Garfield 100. Seven counties have less
than 1000 school children, aud eleven
less THAI 1900,
Eugene IIumphries, shaft boss at the
Sensation mine In nig Cottonwood can.
yon, Salt Lake county, was killed last
Frids' ~ aanowsllde which he started
IN auafptlng to go from the lower to
the Ger workings for candlesilcls.
He had been warned Of the danger OF
such trip, but persisted In going.
William Webb, i7-year.old boy,
while hauling heavy load Ia City
Creek canyon, Salt Lake, Friday last,
was run over by his wagon, crushing
his left leg and breaking his right
ankle He crawled 700 yards after the
accident, to whore some meu we're
working, who took him TO the city.
Nv @f'fANM'hANNN nAht nAli AAtNkuNt
including Salt Lake, Ogden, Pocatello,
Butte. Helena aud Great Falls, was
organized at Butte last week. spokane
wrs omitted, owing TO excessive trav-
cling expenses that would necessarily
be incurred.
a new salt nill is TO be built on the
lake opposite Pennington by the Sears
Utah company. The output will In.
clude salt Of every grade up TO the du-
est table variety, and the capacity OF
the plant viii be greatly ia excess Of
the present
Articles Of incorporation Of the og-
den Packing company have been iiled.
The company will erect suitable
plant and engage In a general business
Of buying, selling, curing and storing
meats In Ogden The stock is divided
into shares Of the par value OF $50.
According to George T. Henry, vol.
untary weather observer at Marysvale,
NJ.