The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-31
UTAH STATE NEWS

ing bonds for water works.
Thousands of acres of timber in the
mountains adjacent to Ogden have
been destroyed by forest fires.
Utah pears this year promise to be
the best ever offered for home use,
while the crop will be a heavy one.
The twenty-third annual convention
of the Presbyterian Teachers associa
ton OF Utah was held in Mt. Pleasant
last week.
The first consignment of material
for the installation of the new tele-
phone line in Park City arrived last
week, and work will begin at once
Richheld was visited by heavy
rainstorm last week, the first since
May Considerable hay and grain
down in the fields was slightly dam.
aged.
Thomas Petsch, the austrian who
was shot in the mouth during quarrel
in a Park City saloon, will recover
on bond.
Clarence Lucas. aged 16. fell under
meath Saltair train in Salt Lake City
and was horribly mangled The boy
attempted 20 get on the train while
II was moving.
The Ogden choir has made distinct
hit at Portland. At the conclusion of
their rendition of the Irrigation ode.
the entire audience arose and cheered
at least Ave minutes
On a hunting trip near Ogden.
young man named Childs was acct
dentally shot in the right arm and
along the right side OF his face but is
not seriously injured.
Wool buyers are on the ground al.
ready looking for Utah's clip of next
spring. They are Offering good pricoS
and the prospects of "a and % cent
wool looks bright to some sheepmen.
The eighteen-months-old son of c..
ii. Titus of Salt Lake met death in
tragic manner last week, falling from
the seat of a wagon on which he was
riding with his father, his skull being
crushed.
The application : of Lauritz and
Peter Larsen for wagon road right OF
way in connection with the develop
ment of mines in the Mant forest
reserve in Utah has been granted by
the forest service.
Children of school age in Salt Lake
county outside the city are about equal.
ly divided between boys and girls,
according to the school census which
has just been completed. 1t shows
3,992 boys and 3,S7S girls
John ID. Young a pioneer OF Utah,
aged somewhere near 40. rode up
from New Mexico on a pinto pony.
He arrived in Salt Lake Thursday of
last week. having ridden all the way
from Fruitland to the capital city
The Eastern Utah Telephone com.
pany is being organized, The purpose
of the company is to connect by tele-
phone the towns of Carbon and Emery
counties by the construction of about
1925 miles of local line, and to after
ward deal with the Independent or the
Bell company at Salt Lake City for
Utah and other connections.
A young son of Sophus L. Jensen
and John Zabriskie of Ephraim killed
four bears in Birch Creek canyon a
few days ago Bruin had been play
ing havoc with the sheep, so the boys
laid for bear, and they got all that
they wanted.
II is now assured that the Weber
club will have at least four special ex-
cursion trains to Lakeside and Prom
ontory on Labor day TO carry excur-
sionists from ogden to the scene OF
the festivities prepared by the club on
the shore of Great Salt Lake
Fire. marine, steam boiler and plate
glass insurance companies paid out
sl69,5l9.5O, for claims in Utah during
1904 while life, accident, casualty,
fidelity and surety companies paid
1896, 945.04, a grand total OF $685.
z64.54 for all classes of insurance.
A young man named Blanchard, en-
ployed as a lineman by the Indepen-
dent Telephone company at Logan,
was knocked from a cable suspended
ihirty-ive feet in the air by coming in
contact with live wire and is so
seriously hurt that It is feared he will
not live.
c. ~ Lund, OF Mt Pleasant was
caught in a terrific storm between Mt.
Pleasant and Freedom. Mr.. Lund
states that the hail fell as large as
marbles, and so terrific was the force
Of the hail that his horse fairly
writhed in pain. He finally took re
fuge in a stack of hay.
Two of the four Ausrians charged
with completely in the shooting OF
Lafayette Chidester, deputy sheriff, at
Bingham last March were found guilty
OF assault with a deadly weapon, while