The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-03-07
UTAH STATE NEWS.


IN the senate to appropriate $4,000
for improvements at Fort Douglas.
The olearings Of the Salt Lake banks
for February aggregated s22lsl,52o'
which Ia gain Of si,ii2.s4i over the
same month Of last year.
The Salt Lake Ministerial Associa-
tlon attended In a body an oposaum
dinner given by the colored baptist
church one day last week
There Is now talk Of n state base ball |
league for the coming season, In which !
clubs from Ogden, salt Lake, Prove,
Logan and Lagoon will take part
a committee composed Of prominent
0unnison men has been appointed 20
solicit subscriptions towards bonus
for the installation Of sugar factory.
Snow 10 the depth Of twelve inches
fell In Cache county on the 2sth.
Farmers are happy, siucc u insuresa
plentiful supply Of water Tor next SUM
mer.
Az the Salt Lake Athletic club, FRI
day night Of last week, Jim Flynn put
George Coudle out Of the eight in the
second round Of what was 10 have been
atweuty.round 20.
Isaac Russell Of Salt Lake, a member
Of the Utah batteries that fought in
the Philippines, has been chosen as
editor OF the college paper published
at Stanford university.
NJ. Anderson Of Salt Lake came near
losing his life one day last week by
eating stale canned eornod beef He Is
now suffering from the effects Of So
we're case OF ptomains poisoning.
Two sons Of DR.. bowers Of Salt Lake,
aged II and years, quarrsied one day
last week. when the younger lad threw
. pair OF scissors at his brother, In
dieting slight wound In tho left
aide.
The maps Of tho Milford a Beaver
Railroad company have been hled In
the United states land ofiee. The
route runs from Milford to Beaver aud
thence short distance beyond up the
canyon.
The town OF Lyman. In Wayne
county. has, after several years at the
task. finished n pipe line OF between
I've and ak miles. which furnishes the
town with good spring water for its
waterworks.
Frank Buckwalter, aged IS, was
thrown from street car 10 salt Lake
by tho sudden turning OF curve and
seriouaiy injured. Ito was stand
,na ~. tisc rear atform when the 40
: eident occurred.
A number Of Salt Lake women be-
longing TO select society circles declare
they arc tired OF trying to solve tho
servant girl problem and will import
Japanese servants TO take tho place Of
the Irresponsible girls.
The news Is current In Salt Lake
that tho Colorado & Northwestern rail.
road will start on the extension Of the
road westward to make a new eonnee-
tlon between Denver aud Salt Lake
within the next few months.
The acknowledgement has ordered
a quadrenniAl rewolghlng OF United
siotes rails carried on all railroad
routes 10 THAT Is known as tho fourth
contract section, including Utah,
Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.
Mrs. Joseph Chamberliu, OF Salt
Lake, died last week as the result Of
ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. chAmberlln
took dinner at the home OF a friend
and ate some pork sausage. At mid
night she was taken III and died the
next morning.
withA reasonable amount OF rain
fall this spring. Rabbit valley, In
Wayne county, Is promised water sum-
client for It's crops. The johnson Valley
reservoir Is full OF water, as Is tho Fish
Lake reservoir, which Will furnish
water until late In the summer.
The endeav6r TO obtain 81 100000
from the national treasury for the pur-
pose Of converting Utah lake into n
great reservoir has been brought to an
end because OF n rupture among tho
canal companies that were to be bene-
dciarleA Of the project.
The secretary OF the interior has
withdrawn from entry nearly 5000
square miles Of land In the Wasatch
range OF mountains In Utah, taking in
nearly all OF the important watersheds
Of the entire range. The aggregate
humber OF acres Withdrawn Is over
e,000,Oo0
Prof. soloman AGREE OF tho univors-
ny Of Utah has been appointed chem
lat for the San Pedro, Los Angeles 8
Salt Lake Railroad Co. The company
in Its construction and future investi-
cations win have considerable work
for chemist.
The contract for fourteen and one
half miles OF grading work on the Og-
den-Lueln cutoff OF tho southern Pa
oiho has been let TO the Utah con-