The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-19
UTAH STATE NEWS.
UTAH,

In a debate at Marysvalc tho other
night It was decided that Russia is in
the right against Japan.
irector.Gencral Whitaker has gone
to st. Louis to superintcnd the install
lation of Utah's exhibit at the fair
The Iron County Farmers Institute,
held at Cedar City, was well attend.
ed and much interest was manifested,
The city council of Ccalvile has
been asked for a ffty.year franchise
to install in the city an electric light
plant
The Japanese in Utah will contrib
ute about $4,000 to the war fund
Each Jap in the state is to contrib,
ute $50.
Plans have been completed and
ground will be broken in short time
for the Y. NJ. c. A. building to be
erected at Helper
A shipment OF trees and shrubbery
for the southern Utah experiment
farm near st. George was received
last week from Fresno, Cal.
The report comes from Sunnyside
that at present there are 602 men EN-.
ployed In the various branches of coal
mining and the coke industry.
Christopher Aadnesson, who died at
Ogden last week at the age OF 80.
came to Utah in 1869. and had lived
in Ogden about third OF a century.
A movement is on foot to install an
immense electric light and power
plant at Richfield. II being the inten.
ton to supply electricity for all the
towns Of the valley.
An Interstate track meet for high
school athletes has been proposed.
and from present indications such
meet viii be held in Salt Lake City
some time in May.
The supreme court has denied the
petition for rehcarng in the case OF
the State VS.. Charles Botha, under
death sentence for murder in the first
degree.
The town OF Lewiston, in Cache
county is to be Incorporated The
town will embrace what is now known
as the Lewiston school district, and is
about three by six miles In extent.
The Salt Lake road was opened TO
Riverside. Cal. on the 10Th with a spe-
cial excursion and local celebration.
The Salt Lake route now has 1Oi miles |
of track in operation in California
A wholesale drug corporation with
a capital stock of 5000. 900 or $3.50 900 |
is one OF the new business PROPOSE. |
lions in immediate prospect for Salt
Lake.
The Commercial club OF Salt Lake is |
making an effort to get n permanent |
home for the National Mining con.
gress established in Zion. A commit |
tee Ia at work on the matter.
John Jones of Salt Lake City, who
was recently severely injured while |
employed as n conductor on street |
car. has been awarded $4,000 damages
in his suit against the street car com.
pany.
Information has Just reached Salt |
Lake friends of the death OF Captain |
James e. Brett. u s, A., retired, for
merly an officer of the Twenty.fourth |
stationed at Fort Douglas, and we'll |
known In Utah
The city officials OF American Fork |
made visit TO Ogden one day last
week in order to view the parks of
that city for the purpose OF securing
pointers for perfectlng plans for the |
city park at American Fork.
An unknown man about G5 years OF
age. was killed by Rio Grande pas.
senger train near Sprlngville on the
night Of the 18th, the body being
found wedged on the cowcatcher when
the train arrived Mt Springville.
The OgdenLucin cutoff, elimlnat.
Ing las miles Of the main line OF the
Southern Pacific over Promontory
mountain and shortening the road by
43 miles was opened to regular traf.
fic on the Sth. The first train to cross
the lake was composed Of 80 cars of
Asiatic freight
Frank Rose, who on Christmas day
shot and killed his wife and left his
2-year-old boy for two days without
food and alone in the room with
his murdered mother, has been SEN
fenced to be shot to death on April %.
Ogden millers report scarcity OF
wheat and as n result the output OF
the mills Is materially reduced. It
does not appear 10 be a shortage in
the supply of wheat, but the terrible
condition of the roads leading into
the city preventing the marketing OF