The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-03
UTAH STATE NEWS.
UTAH,

Eleven hundred dollars have been
offered for the capture of Mako Sigich,
wanted for the murder of Bill Faro at
Murray.
The total assessed valuation of We
Der county, comprising the assessment
made by the state board and the coun.
~ assessor, is s13,559,O12.
Farmers of Davis county have or
ganized an Agricultural social and will
work together in an endeavor to Sc
cure an experienced station in that
county.
About 10000 bushels of small grain
will be threshed out this season at
Santaquin. That means double the
amount of the crops raised for the
last five years.
1t is now generally believed that Will
ford Yermillion, the Salt Lake drug
gist who was found dead in his store,
was murdered At first it was thought
he had suicided.
Frank Dechery, the Frenchman who
was stabbed at Sunnysde some time
ago by an Italian striker, and who was
reported several times to be dead, is
on the road to recovery.
Threshing has commenced in the
Ashley valley, and reports from over
the county indicate that while the
wheat crop is above the average,
there is considerable smut.
J. p. White, lineman employed in
Salt Lake City, fearing a pole upon
which he was working was failing with
him, jumped thirty feet to the ground,
breaking both of his ankles.
In TIE Salt Lake ore ard bullion
market the week closed upon a new
record, the settlements for that period
aggregating $622 100, this compared |
with $4S5, 400 for the previous week.
The war between the saloon men
and restaurant proprietors of Salt Lake |
has resulted in the restaurant men |
raising a fund to be used in running
down saloon men who violate the or
dinanceB.
Beuaregard II. Frauseau, Rays.
vile man, has disappeared, and his
family fear he has met with foul play.
He started for Pocatello to find EN-.
ployment, and nothing has been heard |
of him since.
From the copper furnaces OF Salt
Lake valley there was forwarded to
the eastern refineries during the past
week $685. Gil pounds of copper bullion.
containing gold and silver, and of a
value exceeding 100000.
A. +. Nelson, n miner, was entombed
for Twelve hours in the Continental
mine at Alta, owing to a cave-in, but
when his comrades succeeded in dig,
ging him out, he was found to be none
the worse for his experience.
The encampment of the Black Hawk
war veterans at Springville was one
of the most successful that has been
held and the old Indian fighters were
well pleased with the grounds and their
treatment by the Springyille people.
The joint station of the Rio Granda
and the Salt Lake Route at Silver
City has been closed, owing to the
lack of business al that camp. Since
the closing of the mines in that section
of the Tintic district shipments have
not been sufficient to justify maintain,
Ing depot.
The United States Smelter company
has completed the two-mile spur con.
Meeting its mammoth limestone quar-
ries with the San Pedro, Los Angeles
A. Salt Lake railway The big lime.
stone deposits are located about five
miles south of Mercur on the east
side Of Rush valley.
The ah canning factories will turn
out 100000 cases of tomatoes this
year The crop this year will bring
SIZE per case, and the tomatoes and
canned fruits combined will bring at
least Sl,OOO,OOO to the Utah producers.
James H. Gardner, general superin-
tendent OF the Utah d Idaho Sugar
company, announces that the factory
at American Fork will start on or
about September 10. The farmers will
begin digging bcets about September
lOJh.
The Mormon colony in Alberta, Can
ada, are holding out inducements to
the officials of the new Grand Trunk
Pacific railroad TO have a line built
through their region. During the last
few years hundreds OF Mormons have
gone from Utah to settle in Canada.
A rainstorm, the heaviest for many
years, fell Saturday afternoon east of
the Wasatch range, flooding everything
along the Price river and towns south