The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-24
UTAH STATE NEWS.
UTAH.


In the streets of Mt. Pleasant at the
end o1 last week.
Ward Murray threshed 2,0S6 BUSH
els 70 wheat in one day in Uintah
county, and thinks 1t the best record
there.
A fight has begun for the reward
for the capture of Nick Haworth,
two different parties claiming the re
ward.
Neal NJ. Madsen of Mt. Pleasant is
reported to have found a mine east OF
indlanola containing rich gold and
silver ore.
The enlargement OF the Utah Con.
smelter, in the Salt Lake valley, when
completed, will have a capacity of 75O
tons Of ore a day.
st. George has raised its saloon II.
cense to $1,000 per year, and has i'm
posed a license Of 800 per year on
the manufacture of wine.
James Lynch, who was shot in the
arm last week in an attempt to escape
from the Utah state prison, will not
lose his arm, as was expected.
Provisions and clothing found
cached near the penitentiary are be-
lieved to have been intended for the
convcts who made break for lib.
erty last week.
Word comes from Ogden that the
Southern Pacific is to lay off a number
of men in order to curtail expenses,
but It is not believed that the shops
in Ogden will be affected.
The state board of horticulture has
issued a circular letter to orchard
lists and Tlrserymen of the state, say
ing that more precaution must be
taken in the spraying of their trees.
It is now a settled fact that two
tickets will be placed in the field for
the city election at Manti, and warm
time is expected. It was thought for a
time there would be but one ticket In
the field.
Mrs. J. NJ. Stout, residing at Salt
Lake City, committed suicide last
week by swallowing an ounce Of car
bolic acid. Desertion on the part Of
her husband was the cause Of her talk
ing her life.
The bartenders OF Salt Lake City
are about to organize a union The
object Of the organization is said to
be the betterment Of conditions gen.
orally. The sign writer's and shoe
cobblers have also decided to organ
ize.
Patrick O'Brien. aged 70 years, was
found dead in bed last week at the
Salvation Army mission. at Salt Lake
City. General debility is supposed to
be the cause Of his death II Is said
he has a wealthy daughter living In
Omaha,
Walter Hendricks of Richmond, was
killed by Short Line train near Ran
som, one night last week. Hendricks.
with a companion, were on their way
to their work on a canal and sat down
by the railroad, both falling asleep.
Hendricks was truck by the engine
and killed, and his companion had a
narrow escape.
Tho Engineering and Mining Jour
nal Of New York. reporting dividend
payments Of mines in September,
says: Twenty.three gold, silver and
lead properties paid s1,091,45 the
largest payers being the Daly-West
and Silver King Of Utah. which yield
SO and 40 per cent annually.
Joseph Sullivan, confined in the
Weber county Jail, came near making
his escape by unlocking the door OF
his cell with a key he had manufac
tured. The Yale & Towne Lock COM
pany have a standing reward OF $4,000
for any one who can manufacture
key without model which would
ppti NhS iONht buN ouillNdu says IL
easy.
Warren Hughes OF Salt Lake City
was approached by two men one night
last week, who told him to throw up
his bands, when Hughes, thinking the
men were attempting to play joke
on him, demonstrated and was struck
over the head with a slungshot.
Hughes regained consciousness in
about five hours, and found he had
been robbed.
meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Salt Lake e. Los Angeles railroad has
been called at Salt Lake City to con-
slider the proposition OF extending Its
line into the Deep Creek region. It is
estimated that 1t will cost about 49,
600 900
p. ". Devlin, a young man OF Salt