The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-01
UTAH STATE NEWS.

Work was commenced Monday on
the canal for the electric light plant
for sprlngyilc Tho plant is being
put In BY tho city.
John Alexander. carpenter. is
dead from injuries sustained by fall.
Ing from a building ON which he was
working In Salt Lake City
Judah llowcls Of Salt Lake city
90 tho owner Of freak calf born last
wcok. Tho calf has nvc legs AMI
three toca on some Of its foot.
There "a a strong probability that
tho National Guard OF Utah will go
into camp this summer With the reg.
ulars At some point In Wyoming.
President Roosevelt viii not par.
tlcipato In the proposed buffalo hunt
on Antelope island. owing 10 the lin.
itod tlmo he viii remain In Salt Lake
City.
At tho close Of last week twonty.slx
cases Of smallpox remained In quaran.
tine In Salt Lake city. sixtoon now
cases having developed during tho
week
Government experts will probably
Investigate tho grasshoppor pest IN
sanpoto county with Wow 90 nnd.
Ing some means 10 oxtorminato tho
little posts
Dlphihcna and mcmbunous Group
havo been ycy prevalent In Troplo
and vicinity this spring. claiming no
less than twenty.ono victims. all under
~ years Of age. a rigid quarantine Is
In force
Dr. Washington franklin Anderson,
who died In Salt Lake City last week
nj tho age Of 80. was tho first proai.
don't OF tho Utah Medical society, aud
attended President brigham Young IN
his last Illness.
Clyde Ellison. who shot and killed
Undertaken a. s. Watson In Salt Lake
City, is on trial for his life. Ellison
viii cndoayor to prove that no was
Justified In killing Watson on account
q family iroublos.
Tho loss OF sheep In this state dur
ing tho past winter. according TO a
report issued by tho agricultural do.
pnrtment. was rs per cent through |
exposure and 81 per cont through
disease. or s59,i90 sheep In all.
As tho result OF a fall from a horse.
the i3yoarold son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Davis, OF Brooklyn. near Elslnoro. !
Is lylng at deaths door As the boy !
was alone at the time Of the accident.
II is not known how II happened.
Little Alada Ross. aged 3. OF Salt
Lake City. while playing In tho yard |
at her home, was struck by stray |
bullet fred by small boys who were
using a target gun. the bullet enter,
ing tho thigh, innletlng painful
wound
Victor NJ. Clement. tho well known
mining engineer OF Salt Lake City.
died Sunday morning In saltlllo. Mex.
leo, as tho result OF an operation
which he had undergone few days
previous. MIR. Clement had world.
wide reputation as u mining engineer.
Three accidents occurred In the fam.
fly Of George Barney OF Brooklyn with
In week A 7yearold daughter waa
run over by roller and severely IN
Iufod, another child foil from tho shot
and broke Ito cCllav homo. Whlle
third ION Into canal and was hshod
out just In time 10 proyont itB death,
Sheep Inspector Candland OF san.
pete county aftor visiting the east
aud wost deserts estimates the loss
OF sheep through tho past winter and
spring at 20 per cont Tho local flock.
masters assert their loss viii not
reach this figure,
Charles Christensen, 16.yearold
Rlchneld lad has been convicted OF
breaking Into the tabernacle In that
city and stealing purse which had
been loft on scat by tho janltor. Tho
lad has been sentenced TO Eve years
in the state Industrial school.
The committee from tho Agrlcui.
tural college OF Utah, charged vita
tho selection OF sites for tho i've dry
land experiment farms In Utah. has
definitely settled upon two tracts OF
land. ono Of the farms viii be In
Juab county and one Ia Iron county
The memorial adopted by the last
Legislature asking that portion Of
Utahs vast forest reserve DO opened
20 settlement viii probably bear fruit.
Secretary Hitchcock having stated
that much OF the land In question will
DO restored 10 the public domain at
an early date
The work on the Lucln cutoff has
reached a polnt three miles beyond
the Promontory point and work is
being rushed. Tho pile drivers ara
being worked two shifts by the Hight
furnished from the electric plants.
Piles are arriving eyeTy day.