The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-24
UTAH STATE NEWS

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altogether impractcabe. owing to its
location.
famine, and the owners of lawns are
permitted to water their lawns only
twice each week.
George Anderson was severely in
Iured at the Ontario mine, in Park
City, being struck with piece of iron
swinging from the end of derrick.
Pleasant Grove is jubiating over
the fact that her people have voted
bonds for water system. The vote
was 1G1 for the bonds to As against.
An anti-gamblng crusade has been
started in Park City. a determined eff.
fort being made by some of the citi.
zens to close all of the gambling
houses.
was slightly injured by falling down a
flight of stairs. The lady started
down flight of steps in the dark,
and missed her footing.
The president has modified his proc
lamation of the 9Th instant, withdraw
ing from entry certain lands in the
Uintah Indian reservation and has
restored about $4,000 acres.
Edward Brown, miner was
stabbed in a Japanese restaurant in
Salt Lake by waiter in a dispute
over the price of steak. Brown is
in the hospital and will recover.
A big black bear was killed by
Irving Jones within a few miles of
Ogden one day last week while he was
hunting for chickens bruin being laid
low by charge from shotgun.
The accident to Soren C. Peterson
Of Elsinore, while unloading hay at
that place, proved fatal Wednesday
of last week. Besides the breaking
OF his wrists he was hurt internally.
While burglarizing the Springville
drug store, the burglar was surprised
by Deputy Marshal Johnson and in an
effort to capture him, the crook was
shot In the legs and finally run down.
There is now ON exhibition in Salt
Lake stone image, found in cave in
Buckskin mountains, that Is supposed
to be 1000 years old. 1t is fifteen
inches high and represents the body
and head of cliff dweller.
The names of two lucky Parkites are
included In the first 100 numbers
drawn at Provo, William McQueeney,
No. 30, and George w. Morse, No. 6S.
Both men are in the employ of the
Silver King Mining Company,
A resident of Spring City, Sanpete
county, claims to have solved in
measure the problem of perpetual mo-
tion. He has invented pump which,
If 1t does what he says it will. will run
itself for an indefinite period
A preliminary examination of appli-
cants for entrance to the United States
military academy at Annapolis will be
conducted in the Office of the state su.
perintendent of public instruction, Salt
Lake, September and 5, 1905.
A man whose name is thought to be |
Andrew Swendsen. sucided at Price |
shooting himself in the right temple. |
He had been drinking and gambling,
and said he intended to kill himself, |
but it was thought he was only joking. |
The bulletin of the Utah state board |
OF health for July, issued by Secretary |
T. b. Beatty, shows total number of |
deaths during the month of 207. re. |
ported from l05 towns and districts. |
Sixty-five communities were reported |
free of contagious diseases. General |
health conditions are shown to be |
good.
David p, Madison of Ephraim met
with bad accident while working at
Ackerman's planning mill. In some
way he got his hand into the planer,
with the result that the four fingers
on his left hand were badly ground
up.
The city council of American Fork
In special session last week passed a
new liquor ordinance making stricter
regulations and raising the license
from 5000 to $500 per year, and max.
ing the closing time ~ o'clock mid.
night instead of IL O'Clock
The highest-priced sheep deal ever
made locally was consummated in
Ogden last week. when Preston Blair
sold to Pittinger & Foss zoe spring
lambs at So, so a head. The price is
in Utah or In the west.
The lambs averaged 100 days old.
Thomas S. Watson. an old resident
If Summit and Wasatch counties.
md the only Gentle ever elected To
,fIice in the latter county. died while