The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-10-22
UTAH STATE NEWS.
UTAH.

Citizens Of Manti have begun an ac-
tive campaign against the removal Of
the county seat from that place.
Fifty thousand head Of sheep are be
Sng shipped from Marysvale to the
Kansas City and Chicago markets.
John Hunter had his leg so badly
crushed in a cave-in in a coal mine at
Sunnyside that amputation was nee.
essary.
There is great demand by the pub.
lie school authorities of Salt Lake City
At present for substitute teachers In
the grammar grades.
Higbwaymen beat and robbed Par.
ley Garfield, the stablsman at Wings
livery in Lehi. They got but rs cents
for their pains, however.
The Salt Lake route has reached the
Vegas ranch, l16 miles from Caliente.
The Vegas ranch is but forty-seven
miles from the California line.
More business has been done
through the Utah custom house dur
Ing the past month than in all the
time before since 1t has been estab.
hshe1.
II Ia now almost certain that the
big railroad shops and iron foundries
which It was announced some months
ago were to be built at Ogden are to
DO erected.
Death has claimed the Oldest citizen
Of Richfield. II not of Sewer county
At the age OF 80 years and G months
Mrs. Ruth II. Hayward has passed
away at Richfeld.
A dispatch from Mexico City says
representatives of the Mormon church
Of Utah are negotiating for the pur.
chase OF tract OF 100000 acres OF
land in the state OF Tabasca
Nick Smith of Ogden is lying at the
point OF death in an Ogden hospital
as the result of his revolver dropping
from his pocket and exploding, the bull
let passing entirely through his body.
A fruitgrowers' union and canning
factory are the remedies suggested for
the glut Of the fruit market in Utah ir
report adopted at the meeting of the
Salt Lake County Horticultural society
held last week
A curiosity was exhibited in Salt
Lake City last week in the shape OF
two strawberry plants with buds, bios.
SONS, green and ripe fruit. The plants
were grown indoors in cans by farm.
er of East Mill creek.
An escaped lunatic, armed with
revolver, terrorized part of Salt Lakes
residential district one night last
week. 1t Is believed he is the same |
man who attempted to murder Miss |
Burton on Main street.
Considerable horsestealing has been |
going on in the vicinity Of Marysvale |
recently. The last fragrant case oc.
Cured few days ago, when team OF
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Potter were stolen from a pasture.
A free night school has been started !
in Salt Lake City for boys and girls
who are unable to attend the public
schools. The school opened with an
enrolment of seventy-three pupils be
tween the ages of II and 10 years. Rev
Elmer !. Goshen, pastor of the First
Congregational church, has charge OF
the school.
The apples in American Fork and
vicinity are moro than abundant this
year. Many thousands OF bushels are
going TO waste. Some of the choicest
are selling at 30 cents per bushel. I'm.
mense quantities are being made into
cider.
DR.. J. II. Epperson Of Ogden has |
been appointed deputy grand comman.
der of the Knights Templars, with jur |
isdiction over the states of Utah, Ne !
vada and Arizona The members OF |
the local commandery are highly elat
ed at the appointment,
The report that the tomato crop in
Weber county had been seriously dam.
aged by frost proves to be a canard
The farmers continue to bring toma.
toes Of splendid quality to the factor.
les in such quantities as to tax their
capacity for handling them.
The petitions of Ephraim citizens
20 get the question of the removal OF
the county seat from Mantl TO Eph-
rain before the voters of Sanpete
county have been before the county
commissioners, and II is now up to the
voters to settle the matter.
Otto Weinshank, a Leadville, Colo,
musician, died in the Salt Lake City
Jail last week, as the result, it IS said,
of family troubles and drink. Vein
shank became a ravlng maniac when
he reached Salt Lake CITY from Lead