Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27
DEsERET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY o. 1901

Last Monday night Edward Harrison
and George Wanless, two young men
OF this place, entered the chicken coop
OF Mr., William Ball and stole three
chickens thereffom. Tuesday morning
they were arrested and were fined s2b
each or rs days In jail. il Is presumed
they will buy their chickens In the
market hereafter.
The Utah County Light and Power
company has received carload Of
poles and VIII commence soon TO put
UP a pole line from Lehl TO the pumps
at the mouth OF the Jordan river, They
VIII furnish power for the running OF
these pumps for the next three years,
and as II will require 400 horse power
It will also necessltate the putting IN
OF q heavier line from the plant In
American Fork canyon TO Lehi. A car
load OF wire has Just been received for
this purpose.
Mr.. s. w, Ross the present occu-
pant. has been appointed by the pres-
dent as postmaster for the next four
years. The postmaster-general has
changed the name Of this postoilice
from "Lehi City" TO Lehi, the city"
appendage will be eliminated In all OF.
fetal correspondence after March 81,
and Will save much red tape, as this
postofiice Is universally known as Lehi.
PUPIL INJURED.
While taking manual training In the
Central schoolhouse last Friday Elgin
Bone stuck knife In Jay Smuin, The
knife struck one Of young smuin's ribs.
otherwise the injury might have proved
fatal. Several contradictory accounts
ere being told OF the affair but from
the best information obtainable Prof.
q. N. Childs thinks that the Smuin
boy. while passing water to the stu
dents who were painting and carving
various articles, accidentally spilled
some water on young Bone, who being
quick tempered, grabbed the Smuin
boy and, having his carving knife
which is very sharp and pointed In his
hand II accidentally stuck IN him. He
showed much sorrow as soon as the
accident happened and did all IN
his power to make amends. Young
Smuin Is confined TO his ROOM and the
wound, while very sore, is not com
sidered dangerous,
HOME FROM BIG HORN.
Hon. George Austin has Just returned
from an extended visit of six days
travel through the Big Horn country,
Wye, IN company with Apostle A. o.
Woodruff. He reports that FIVE or six
towns have been built up there during
the past four years, and that over 5000
Utah people are among the settlers
there They have an abundance of
land and water and apparently u very
good climate. Three crops OF alfalfa
are grown In one season and other
things In proportion, and he was agree
ably surprised to see the extensive
work that had been accomplished In
making homes, canals, etc.
George ). Schow returned yesterday
from two years mission TO North
Carolina, He has had good health and
enjoyed his labors very much.
The two weeks-old babe OF Mr. and
Mrs. James Gray died Saturday and
was buried on Sunday at ~ m.
Miss Lulu Trane Is home from Salt
Lake City, where she has Just COM
pleted and graduated IN a course OF
elocutlon under the eminent elocution-
list, Miss Maud May Babcock.
Ex-Mayor John S, Willis has plans
for an extensive addition to his house
In the early spring.
All the snow IL off the ground, the
weather Is quite warm and the farm
ers are fixing up their tools and lmple-
metns for spring work.
Messrs, Otto Hudson and s. j. Taylor
have sold some valuable limestone
property In Rush valley to the United
States smelter officials for good figure
and It Is probable that the Salt Lake
valley smelters may obtain their future
supply OF lime rock from this source,