The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-08-06
UTAH STATE NEWS.
UTAH,

MRS nichols, the salt Lake woman
whom Clarence Kenney attempted to
murder with knife, is recovering.
The Blackhawk Indian war veterans
of Sanpete county will hold a camp.
fire and reunion in Mant on August
II, IS and 10.
At the Pioneer day celebration at
Garland seventeen floats were in the
procession, which was the greatest in
the towns history.
Pearl Frisbee, an aeronaut, while
making an ascension at Huntsville.
fell a distance Of forty feet and had
several ribs broken.
A severe electrical and windstorm
at Garland did considerable damage
to dry land wheat and much fruit wa,
blown from the trees.
1t is announced that the proposed
electric railway from Santaquin, this
state, to Preston, Idaho, will be under
construction before long.
The auxiliary plant of the Utah SUI
gar company at Leland is nearing COM
pletion, and within another month will
be ready for the fall crop.
A private in the Utah National
Guard has been sentenced to nine
days in the Salt Lake county Jail
for refusal to attend drill.
The recent strike i'm the Ontario
mine in American Fork canyon has
been the means OF inducing much
activity in the mines in that district.
Sewer valley has experienced some
severe rains during the past week,
some damage having been done to
grain by beating it down to the ground.
James Bottomer, who shot Pat
smythe in Ogden on July 10, will have
to face a charge of assault with In
tent to murder. Smythe is recovering
from his injuries.
During the Pioneer day celebration
at Richfield a game of base ball be
tween the girls and young married
women of that town was witnessed
BY a large crowed. The girls won.
The electrical storm which strucB
Salt Lake City on Thursday night Of
last week did $1,000 damage to the
street railway, while a messenger boy
vas severely shocked by lightning.
The first appropriation for the shov
plant of the Short Line in North Salt
Lake, amounting to nearly 100000
has been approved by the executive
committee of the road in New York
city.
Frank c. Gattung, OF Salt Lake City.
while erecting an awning, fell to the
pavement, striking on his head, and
was SO severely injured that he has
been deranged ever since the ao-
eident.
Harry Buckwey aged IL, was smoth-
cred to death while playing In a sand
bank In Ogden. The boy had dug a
hole in the bank, which caved in on
him, and before he could be rescued
he was smothered.
Reed Baker, whose home is in Mus
kogon, Michigan, tried to board
freight train at Cotton, for the pur.
pose Of going to Salt Lake fell un.
derneath the wheels and suffered the
loss of his foot
Native Utah asphalt is being used
In repairing pavements in Salt Lake
City, the crude asphalt Just as 1t comes
from the mines, near Thistle, being
used. The Utah product is being
used as an experiment.
The production of coal in the state
of Utah during the year 1903 is placed
at 1851, 400 tons, valued at S2,O26, O3S.
This is an increase over the produc-
ton OF the previous year Of 1OG,3l4
tons, valued at S22S5S4.
Complaints have been made to the
State Board of Health to the effect
that cattle suffering with tuberculosis
are being slaughtered in various parts
OF the state and put upon the market,
and the board is investigating.
The leading business men of Lehi
will organize Il business mems as.
sociation, which will hold regular
meetings, for the purpose of further
ing The interests of Lehi and building
up the business of the town.
Reuben Fuller, aged IL, was
drowned in the Sanltarium, in Salt
Lake CIR c.. lie 21th, but no one no.
ticed the Lad and his body was &C.
cidentally found after he had been un,
der the water for some time.
New Harmony, in Washington
county was visited by cloudburst
last week which did damage to thu
amount of about $4,000. Several per
sons lost everything they had, but
fortunately no lives were lost