The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-08
UTAH,
UTAH STATE NEWS.

shot two of his toes of while out hunt.
ing.
David Madsen of Mt. Pleasant was
badly injured about the head last week
by a hay fork striking him.
Louis Iseman of Salt Lake City is
suffering from blood poisoning caused
by the coloring matter in a pair of
black socks
Many tons CT hay will be lost In the
vicinity of Junction through the
storms preventing the farmers from
gathering it in.
The people of Salt Lake City use
but 1900 gallons of milk day, and
It is claimed that less milk is used
in Zion than in any other city.
Richfeld now has n perfectly or
ganized fire department and with the
completion of the waterworks that
town will be well protected from fire.
The assessed value of all the prop
erty of Juab county for the year Is
$2.744,1GS, of which $3S2,352 is repre-.
scented by the net proceeds of the
mines.
A Salt Lake woman attempted to
rid n bod of bcdbugs. one day last
week, with lighted candle. She got
rid of the bcdbugs, also the bed and
contents of the room.
Frank Holmes Of Salt Lake City,
while oiiing some machinery in the ce.
ment works, was caught in the belt
Ing his arm being torn from his body,
death resulting in "A short time.
J. b Morrison of Richheld. while
driving moving machine across
ditch, was thrown to the ground, bad.
ly dislocating his neck His life was
despaired of for time. but he Is now
out Of danger.
In the ore and bullion market of
Salt Lake the month of July closed on
settlements aggregatiug $l,S29,25O,
this independent entirely from the
wealth that poured from the furnaces
OF the copper shelters.
In an alteration In saloon in
Stockton, John Bra2ier was badly
w,unded with a knife in the hands of
b man named PlNton. The knife would
have severed the juglar vein. but that
1t struck a stilly stlrched collar
At Junction last week lightning
struck one of the shade trees in the
Lot L Oh
was tied twenty-five feet from the
tree, and stunning three men who
were at least sevpnty-ive feet away.
Mrs. Miles may loso her hand for
thoughtlessly taking hold Of a cable.
She was in bathing at Saltair and
thought It would add to her enjoy
ment to catch hold of the cable that
moves the raft. Instead of that she
placed her hand IN a cog wheel, tho
member being badly mangled
H E. Gregory, who it Is claimed for
merly lived in Utah has been arrest.
cd at Georgetown, Colo, charged with |
making threats to blow up the dam
of the United Light & Power COM
pany. 1t is claimed this is the out
come of trouble between members of |
The miners union and their employers.
A Salt Lake Judge has decided that
there is no valid poll tax ordinance in
Salt Lake City and has not been since
the city ordinances were repealed by
the legislature in 1898. A man who
had been sued for poll tax took the
case into court and won. The city
council will pass a new ordinance at
once.
The second crop OF alfalfa Is max
ing a rapid growth and cutting has al
ready begun in some few localities.
The hot winds and dry weather have
had detrimental effect on this crop
and the yield will probably fall short
OF the average,
For the first time in four years the
pest house in Salt Lake City is with
out patient in it. Four years ago
when smallpox broke out an old
house was secured for an isolation
hospital and there have been patients
there ever since.
The body of Roy Larkin, the l4-year.
old lad who was drowned while bath
ing at Saltair on the 23rd, was found
on the 2Sth ON Antelope island, al
point -four miles from where his com
rade, II. Il. Wells, landed after Larkin
had gone to the bottom.
Mart Sanderson has a badly injured
hand, the result of a fall while unload.
Ing hay at his home at Fairview. He
was carried up distance on load in
which the fork was sticking up and IN
falling ran tine of a pitchforli
through a finger and hand
f. M. Roberts, a dGserter from Fort
Douglas, suicided in Park City on Sun
lay, taking forty four grains Of NOR
,hne, He left letter in which he
aid he had made two previous at :
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