Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-01-23
UTAH STATE NEWS.


A permanent organization of the
Draper Commercial club was perfected
last week.
Niels Morton Peterson. the pioneer
Of all pioneers of Richheld, is dead, at
the age of 81.
The engineering corps on the
bennington cut-off VIII soon ne
through with that work.
The distance to Los angeles from
Salt Lake by the future San Pedro
road is said to be 7SG miles.
The. Black Hawk war veterans OF
Ephraim are making arrangements for
the perfection of an organization.
After receding to the lowest point
on record, the water level of the Great
Salt Lake mas again begun to rise.
lbapah, the Indian who beat his
father TO death last August in defens.
OF his mother, has been granted par
don.
>IAnother big rabbit hunt is being
arranged for between the sportsmen
of Mt. Pleasant and Ephraim. IL is
understood the hunt will be for $500
purse.
Verna Raymond, aged 20, is in Jail
In Salt Lake City with a charge of
burglary flied against her. II is
claimed she entered a mans room and
stole SAT from his clothing.
A rabbit hunt was held at West
Weber last week, resulting in the
death of 5s5 bunnies T. losing side.
beaten by five rabbits, put up ban
quet and oall at the West Weber
amusement hall.
No track will be laid on the Lean
ington cut-ou beyond Stockton until
the weather permits, except that lit
tie stretch from the present terminus
TO the station at Stockton, which is
to be the next terminus.
Il is extremely probable that the
licensed physicians of the state will
soon take action to secure legislation
prohibiting such persons as they des-
ignate ''quacks" from carrying on any
further business in the state.
The Wasatch Anchor Fence com
pany has filed articles of incorpora-
ton. The company is being organized
for the purpose of supplying Utahns
with steel, iron andAwood fences 10 |
= maj nf,s<assa In y state
|1lThe hual poultry show of the
Utah Poultry association was held in
Salt Lake City last week. While the
number OF birds on exhibition was not
as great as IN previous years, the ex-
hibition was a very creditable one.
Belle Wolfey, the eleven-year-old
daughter OF widow living near Muir
ray, met death in a horrible manner
last week She was watering the fam
lily COW and had tied the picket roap
around her waist, when the cow be-
came frightened and dragged the child
for over half a mile, death ensuing
an hour later.
!. Oscar Johnson, aged 10, came near
being burned 10 death at Pleasant
Grove last week. He was taking
part in an entertainment, his dress
being composed of quantity of cot
ton batting. Another boy applied
lighted match to the cotton, Young
Johnson being severely burned before
the flames were extinguished.
During 1902 over $50 state patents
to lands were issued by the board of
hand commissioners. In eight counties
lands were offered for sale at auc-
ton, as follows: Rich, 41,727.64 acres;
Carbon, S2,513.,S; sanpete, s,2l7l5;
Grano, zI,72s77; Morgan, S1,774.7O;
Juab, 56,474Ss; Pluto, S6,2s1.44; Salt
Lake, 1s,o52.7z.
Enos briggs, the boy who set fire
to Oscar Johnson's clothes at Pleas
ant Grove, had hearing before Jus
tice J. l.. Harry at that place, and
was found guilty OF assault and SEN
fenced to fifteen days in the county
Jail.
The report OF the board Of commits
sioners of the state insane asylum
shows the number of patients in that
.jnstitution November 80, was 175; "a
mitted during December, 4; dis
.eharged, 81 died, 8; remaining De-
cember 81, 1853.
A young man who registered as
Sullivan, but whose name is believed
20 be streight, suiclded in Salt Lake
lodging house last week, taking an
overdose of morphine. He was a
stranger in the town and no cause Is
known for the deed.
While about fifty OF the male stu
dents OF tie Bingham Young sisdemy
at Provo were working In tbs gym
nasium, q sneak thief entered the
dressing room and went through sew
eral pockets. securing nearly 500.