The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-07-27
UTAH STATE NEWS
eliza p. Fryer. has been appoint.


interest is 5 per cent
The Wellsville East Field Irrigation
company Of Cache county filed copy
of It's amended articles of incorpora-
tion with the secretary OF state, Tues
day, increasing its capital stock from
$4,000 TO $4,000.
Matilda Penney of Henrleville, Gar
held county, was this week adjudged
insane and a proper subject for the
asylum, and was ordered committed
by Judge ]. F. Chidester OF Richfeld,
after a hearing OF her case.
A new $4,000 hotel is being talked
OF for Lehi II is proposed to use an
entire three-acre block for this pur-
pose, locating the hotel in the center,
and surrounding II with trees, ever
greens and spacious lawns.
Frank Carson Of Ogden, an old.time
prospector, is exhibiting some speci-
mems OF iron ore from a recent dis
covery made near Liberty, which, for
excess OF iron and absence OF silica,
have not been excelled in Utah.
Joseph H. Ward, editor OF Die Beo-
bachter, a Salt Lake weekly published
in The German language. and former
school teacher Of that city. died Sat
urday night, after an illness that ex-
tended over long period OF time
sissel Packard, the sixteen. year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. o. Packard Of
Springville. died Friday morning. Of
appendicitis. He had been feeling
poorly for four or Ave days, but was
seriously Ill only forty-eight hours.
Jessie M. Bronson was severely in
1ured at the Bronson saw mill, about
eight miles east OF Castleton, Thurs
day morning, by n seventy-five-foot saw
log rolling over his head and shout.
ders. He is unmarried and about 30
years OF age. The probabilities is that
Bronson will not recover.
Two freight cars, loaded with coal
and merchandise, left the track near
the summit on the r. @. w. branch at
Park City. Thursday morning. and
rolled down the hill. No damage was
done, other than to the cars and con-
tents, and the cars left the track clear
80 that traffic was not blocked.
The Western Pacific Copper COM
pany have filed articles OF incorpora-
ton with the county clerk at Salt
Lake, for the purpose OF doing a gen
eral mining and milling business. The
capital stock Is si25,000. The oom-
pany owns seven claims In the VIII
low Springs mining district, Tooele
county, Utah,
The Pioneer Coal and Lumber com
pany OF Weber county have fled copy
OF its articles OF incorporation with
the Secretary of State. The directors
are Harvey o. Randall. president,
secretary, treasurer and manager;
John A. Randall, vice-president; Will
liam II Breton. Sarah p. Breton and
Esther Randall.
The ravages OF white fly near Amer.
lean Fork, continue to grow. The
beet crop seems to be the only one
which is affected. Crops which were
considered imune few weeks ago are
now almost total failures. In several
instances the farmesrs have plowed
their crops in and will plant the land
with some later crops
Daniel ]. Jacobs. grocer OF Salt
Lake, passed away at noon Sunday.
after an eight-day struggle for his
life, in which medical skill and mod.
ern science sought to combat the in.
sidious power OF the lockjaw germ.
Mr.. Jacobs first exhibited symptoms
Of lockjaw on July s, the immediate
cause being a wound received July 4
from the explosion of firecracker.
The farmers of Emery county are
threatened at present with a devasta-
ton Of crops, from the destructive of.
fects of grasshoppers, bugs and
worms. At Emery these insects have
become particularly damaging to
crops.
T, b. Thueson, a wealthy rancher OF
Wheatland, Wyo., was gently and
smoothly relieved OF $1,000 Wednes-
day afternoon by three grafters at
Salt Lake, They induced him to match
half dollars until he had lost the above
amount.
A party OF boys who started from
the y. M. C. A. at Salt Lake and
marched through TO Huntsville, where
they went into camp, were robbed
while in bathing near there. Watches
and other valuables were stolen from
their clothes.
The electric light committee OF
Payson has purchased from Salt Lake
dealers two S0-horse power boilers,
one 150-horse power Hall engine, and
other necessary improvements for the
city's electric light plant at the mouth
OF the canyon.
e. r. Blackmar, an engineer on the
San Pedro. Los Angeles e Salt Lake
railway, was killed Thursday, near
Milford, In an accident in which his
engine was derailed and partly turned
over, How the accident happened has