The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-27
UTAH STATE NEWS.


women in the state mental hospital.
Some eighteen or twenty cases Of
smallpox are reported from Lake
Shore.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company is doubling its capacity In
Richfeld.
The scarlet fever and diphtheria sit
uation at Richfield is reported to be
growing quite serious.
There are now being smelted In the
valley smelters 2300 tons Of ore per
day Of twenty-four hours.
A number OF Santaquin farmers were
ploughing on the 18th, and that night
twelve inches of snow fell.
Thirty-four new cases of smallpox
were reported In Salt Lake City for
the week ending March 81.
There are eighty-seven cases Of
smallpox under quarantine In Salt
Lake City at the present time.
A son of A. f. Abbott of Lehi was
kicked in the face and stomach by a
horse last week, and seriously injured.
A bar Of gold bullion, worth $23,500,
shipped from Salt Lake last week, was
stolen from an express car at Detroit.
The big rabbit hunt at Parowan last
week resulted in the killing of 1,O45
rabbits. The champion hunter bagged
65.
The eighteen-months-o son of Mrs.
William Carter of Joseph last week
waded into an irrigation canal and was
drowned.
G. II. Glines of Buena Vista Is dead
from injuries received some time ago
from a falling tree which caught him
in its descent.
An agreement has been reached by
the Oregon Short Line company ia.
vorable to the raise of wages request
cd by the employees some time ago.
The snowstorm at Lehi last week
was the heaviest in years, the fall
being twelve inches on the level, and
in many places drifts were ten feet
high.
The laws enacted by the Fifth legis.
lature cost the taxpayers of Utah $27,.
S57.27. The house spent $iS,105.67,
while the senate bills footed up 49,.
741.60.
In the wrestling match in Salt Lake
City Saturday night. Charlie Ross de
feated G. G. Mclaughlin, securing
three falls out of five in stubborn
contest.
Charles Gunderson, aged IS, fell
from the roof a barn In Santaquin
and a piece of wood pierced the lower
abdomen about five inches. The boy
died after suffering terribly.
The Grass Valley Creamery com
Dany, with q capitalization Of $4,000
win take hold of the creamery now be
ing operated at Koosharem, and max,
q number Of improvements.
A passenger train on the Rio Grandt
struck a faulty frog at Price on the
goth, and the mail and baggage cal
and three coaches went into the ditch
but fortunately no one was hurt.
Charles Nash of Salt Lake City fell
from street car while the car wai
rounding a corner. his left arm falling
ACROSS the track, his hand being 80
badly crushed amputation was neces
sary.
Mayor Taylor Of Provo is contem.
plating making call on citizens to
plant trees along the drive to the lake
on Arbor day. and in this manner Sc.
cure row of trees on each side OF
the drive.
SEWER county's prospects for the i'm.
mediate installment of an electric light
plant are brighter than ever before.
as a movement is now on foot to erect
a plant to light all the towns of any
consequence in Sewer county.
While Luther Coates and Charles
Beck were sinking a shaft near Lehi.
Coates lost control of the windlass,
was struck in the head, receiving an
Ugly scalp wound, while Beck, who was
n the shaft, would surely have been
killed had the windlass not jumped
from its socket, stopping the bucket
before it struck him.
The Koosharem Grazing & Pasture
company was organized at Richfeld
asst week. The object of the company
S to obtain possession and control of
pasture and range lands, 80 that sheep
IAN be excluded and the land used for
.attle.
Mr.. John L. Bench, Jr.. proprietor OF
he Manti creamery. made the state
nent lately that his creamery at Fair.
1iew DISTRIBUTED $4,000 to patrons last