The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-17
UTAH STATE NEWS.

being hooked by n COW.
Dry farming in Utah the past sea,
son has proven remarkably successful.
The yield being entirely satisfactory.
The week on the Salt Lake mining
exchange closed on an output of 1922
o32 shares of stock, for which SIS.
oSS.52 was paid
The Presbyterian mission school at
Manti was opened on the 18th. The
tuition will be free, and the text books
are also furnished free.
The city of Salt Lake will probably
purchase an asphalt bed located at
Thistle, and ship the asphalt to Salt
Lake for use in paving.
In the year 1903 the state of Utah
added to the wealth of the world an
output of lead, copper, silver and gold
amounting to about S2G,0OO,O0O
A number of bowling enthusiasts
have organized to put in set of first
class alleys in Ogden and upward OF
$4,000 has already been promised
w. II. Williamson, working for the
Utah Construction company, while
asleep on the track of the Salt Lake
route below Moapa, was beheaded by
train.
John Westmark, who shot and killed
John Hoagland in saloon brawl in
Park City, has been bound over to the
district court on a charge of man.
slaughter.
One hundred and fifty teachers have |
been engaged for the public schools OF
Salt Lake City, and probably ten or .
twelve more will be needed after the
first few weeks
The managers of the state fair are
making arrangements for the entry OF
some of the best horses in the coun.
try at the races to be held during fair
week In Salt Lake City
According to reports just received
from Clifton district in the Deep
Creek county. gold ore worth So a
pound, or $4,000 a ton, has been dis
covered in that district.
An ordinance has been passed by the
city council of Salt Lake which re
uuires that all automobiles and driving
horses keep to the right when ira
versng the city streets.
During the past week 9O6,753 pounds
OF copper bullion, containing gold and
silver, was shipped from the Valley
copper plants to the eastern refineries.
breaking all previous records.
pocketbook containing about $500
In drafts was recently found on the
track at Promontory Point, where Il
had evidently been thrown by some
thief who had first extracted the cash.
According to Salt Lake butchers the
packing house strikes have caused the
fall in the price of western live beef
to cents a pound. This means a loss
10 cattle raisers of from IS to $12 a
head.
Within short time the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake will establish
a regular train service between Salt
Lake City and Moapa. The last named
station is seventy.ive miles below
Callente.
Richard Johnson, aged ~, was
struck by rapidly moving street car
In Salt Lake City, but escaped with 1
slight bruises. Had the car not been
provided with fender the boy would
have been killed. ,
William Bates, the employe OF the ,
Ringling Bros. circus who on Aug. s,
last, at Ogden, struck a fellow employe E
on the head with an AK, has been sen. !
fenced to serve 1G5 days in the county {
Jail. Bates was after another man. c
put in the excitement struck a friend. I
The recent heavy storms in Amerl.
can Fork canyon killed thousands of
trout in the streams. One party who :
lives on the creek succeeded in get !
ting two forty-gallons barrels of these !
slaughtered trout and sailed them !
down for future use. q
Labor day was celebrated in an Ella. I
borate manner in Ogden. Every bust. I
ness house In the city was closed, and I
thousands thronged the streets as the
parade passed, The procession was a
mile in length, and fully a thousand :
men were In line
High school teachers in Ogden dur
ing The coming school year will be re. ,
purol 20 remain in their rooms after
school half an hour after dismissal in
the afternoon for the purpose of in. ,
structiug lessons and answering ques.
lions that may be asked by pupils.
A Butte dispatch announces the fact
that II. S. Cooley, who recently ar