The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-18
UTAH STATE NEWS.
UTAH.

The Independent Telephone com.
pany will open its exchange in Salt
Lake City about July 1.
Kanosh has been invaded by an
army Of crlckets. which are doing a
great deal OF damage to grain and lu.
Germ.
Linemen employed by the Bell Tel
ephone company in Salt Lake City
are on strike, demanding shorter
hours.
The estates Of a number Of the
Greeks who were killed in the explo.
sion at Jackson siding Feb 10 last are
now In court.
No new cases of smallpox having
appeared at Mt. Pleasant recently, the
board of health has decided to raise
the quarantine.
Lionel Jones, aged II, of Salt Lake
City, is dead as the result Of falling
from n tree while looking for birds
eggs, his skull being fractured
James Lynch, the man who alleged
that he had been thrown from train
near Roy by a brakeman, both his legs
being crushed, has succumbed to his
injuries.
Parties who have been travelling
throughout the state declare that
never before in the history of the state
has Utah had such crops as she viii
have this year
A rise of lie inches in Salt lake
within the past ten days is reported &c
the weather bureau. The surface is
1.5 feet above zero, and some 3 inches
higher than at any time last year.
Drillers for water on quarter sec
ion of land about three miles north.
west Of Fillmore, Willard county. have
struck oil. While only small guam
tity Of oil has been found, the quality
is good.
John Rice. tried in Salt Lake City
for the murder of Fred Beutler OF
February %, 1897, was discharged last
week by jury the evidence agains,
Rice being considered insufficient fol
conviction
Salt Lake grocery men say that foi
this time Of the year, the farmers are
bringing in less produce to the city
than for almost a decade. The deal
ers are unable to account for this
scarcity of fruits and vegetables.
The Lehi Public Sen Alumni as
sociation will hold itsAHlunion this
year on June 20 at the forks OF the
American Fork canyon. The ladies
will prepare luncheon and the gentle.
men will furnish the Conveyances.
John Ernest Rees, Is years old, EN-.
ployed as an extra elevator boy in the
Mccormick building, in Salt Lake City,
was instantly killed Sunday morning
by falling down the elevator shaft
from the sixth floor Of the building.
The ball game in Salt Lake City on
Sunday last ended In row, the spec.
tators surging upon the grounds. mob.
bling the umpire, who promptly called
the gaut While the umpire was
jostled around he was not injured.
Utah railroads expect to carry more
beets and beet sugar this year than
ever before From the present out
look, Utah will ship nearly one-fourth
as much sugar as the largest beet
raising state in the Unlon-Michigan
AS the result OF fight in Ogden
canyon, William F. Stone is dead and
Harry Moss Is in jail. Stone died from
a knife wound said to have been in
iticted by Moss. The men had been
drinking and fought with the above
result.
John Barter. a lineman, was struck
by train near Hooper, and knocked
over an embankment sustaining
broken leg, and being compelled TO lilo
bi INC tulDdHNlueul LOT tWtnty-IOuT
hours before being discovered by
passers-by.
The Trades and Labor assembly OF
Ogden has passed resolutions deplor-
ing the disaster at Cripple Creek and
asking the public to suspend judgment
pending investigation. They accuse
the Mine Owners association Of the
dynamite outrage.
Christian Peterson, who stabbed
John CoflH with pocket knife at
Huntsville on November 7, has en-
tered q plea Of guilty to the charge OF
assault with a deadly weapon Coffin
has recovered, although he had mar.
row escape from death.
Prospects look little brighter for
the north end OF Iron county than for
some time, The Colorado Fuel G. Iron
company now has twelve men work
ing on its iron claims on Little Creek
canyon and expects to put more on in
a short time.