The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-21
UTAH STATE NEWS

SAT- Lake Will nave anOtneT tneatTs
ready. for business by Christmas, when
the Orpheum will open for business.
P. p. Baird was arrested at Hooper
last week on the charge OF running
a blind pig''--selling liquor without q
license.
During an alteration in Salt Lake
City, Sidney Harris was stabbed by
]. A. Robinson of Fillmore. Harris
will recover.
John Pincock, one of he few remain
ing Nauvoo pioneers, died In Ogden on
Saturday at the age OF "a. He had
resided in Ogden since 1855.
Mrs. Elizabeth Henry a widow
about 80 years of age, is dead in og
den as the result of a dose OF strych
nine taken with suicidal intent.
The 15-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alma Peterson Of Ogden fell from
It's cradle one day last week, breaking
its neck, death being instantaneous.
John Shannon, an old-time Union
Pacific engineer, dropped dead in Og
den last week. He had been q suf.
ferer from heart trouble for some
time
H. W. Edgerton Is In Salt Lake
hospital in precarious condition as
q result Of being sand-bagged by
thugs, who left their victim on the
sidewalk to die.
Lehfs new sixty-barrel -four mill
has been completed, and the installa'
ton of the machinery will be begun at
an early date. The mill will be mod
ern in every respect.
A little more than 13 per cent is
the estimated gain in the receipts OF
the Salt Lake postofflce for the year
ending December 81, 1905, over that
ending December 81, 1904.
The house and contents belonging
to Mrs. M. A. Mann, widow living
at Hoytsville, were destroyed by fire
last week. 1t is thought that an over
heated stove caused the blaze.
II. H. Oficer, head of the metal
lurgical Arm which bears his name,
died ih Salt Lake City on Friday of
last week, death being due to acci-
dental poisoning by cyanide Of potas.
sium.
An axnapdit,ra of 60 mo nm yor
large new car shops in Salt Lake with
In the next five years is contemplated
by the Gould interests for the Rio
Grande Western and the Western Pa
cific.
Senator Sutherland last week sub
mitted two memorials from the Utah
Legislature in the senate, one in favor
of pure food law, the other to
create state park in the Strawberry
valley.
Within a few days the question OF
whether or not Salt Lake City is to
have large iron and steel works will
be settled, and at present there is rea
son to believe that 1t will be settled In
the Affirmative.
George Spratley, who was blown be-
yond recognition in a dynamite explo.
sion at his mining property in Colo.
rado, was formerly resident Of
American Fork, where he was born and
spent large portion of his life.
Plans for making "dry" Sundays a
permanent fixture in Ogden are being
laid by District Attorney Halverson
and the police department Notwith.
standing some protests, the dry Sun.
day will likely be continued in effect
Tor some time.
A peculiar accident befell Healey
Angels cow at ,Lehi last week. Some.
how 1t got into his cellar, and the
door became locked. After looking
around the town for the COW 1t was
found as above stated, having been
dead three days.
Extensive preparations are being |
made for the celebration OF the one |
hundredth anniversary of the birth OF
Joseph Smith, to be held in Salt Lake
Dec. 20. Special memorial services
will be conducted in the various wards
throughout the city.
Frank Stanley and Fred Hirshhiser,
two boys found guilty of stealing
from a stora IN Iarl,
City, have been sentenced to twenty.
hye days in jail. The boys are mem.
bers of gang which the officers are
trying TO break up.
At a regular meeting of the Salt
Lake Real Estate association last
week committee was appointed to
arrange for real estate convention
n Salt Lake on January 25, the same