The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-24
UTAH STATE NEWS

Salt Lake is suffering from water
famine. and the owners Of lawns are
permitted to water their lawns only
twice each week.
George Anderson was severely in
jured at the Ontario mine, in Park |
City, being struck with a piece Of iron
swinging from the end of a derrick.
Pleasant Grove is jubilating over
the fact that her people have voted
bonds for a water system. The vote
was 161 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-
gems to close all of the gambling
houses.
Mrs. julius Jensen of Park City,
was slightly injured by falling down a
flight of stairs. The lady started
down a flight OF steps in the dark,
and missed her footing.
The president has modified his proc
lhmhtion VI lne oth ihSlahti Ni'hui""
ing from entry certain lands in the
Uintah Indian reservation and has
restored about $4,000 acres.
Edward Brown, a miner, was
stabbed in a Japanese restaurant In
Salt Lake by waiter in a dispute
over the price of a steak. Brown is
in the hospital and will recover.
A big black bear was killed by
Irving Jones within few miles of
Ogden one day last week while he was
hunting for chickens, bruin being laid
low by charge from a 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 exhibitioa in Salt
Lake a stone image. found in a cave in
Buckskin mountains, that is supposed
TO be 1000 years old. II 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. 80, 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 a
measure the problem of perpetual mo-
ton. He has invented pump which,
81 1t does what he says 1t 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 4 and 5. 1905.
A man whose name is thought to be
Andrew Swendsen, suicided at Price
shooting himself in the right temple.
He had been drinking and gambling,
and said he intended to kill himself,
but 1t was thought he was only joking.
The bulletin of the Utah state board
O., It.lx nv a r
T. b. Beatty, shows a total number of
deaths during the month OF POI, re-
ported from 1O5 towns and districts,
Sixty-fve communities were reported
free OF contagious diseases. General
health conditions are shown to be
good.
David p. Madison Of Ephraim, met
with a bad accident while working at
Ackermans 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 II o'clock mid
night instead of IL o'clock.
The highest.priced sheep deal ever
made locally was contaminated In
Ogden last week. when Preston Blair
sold to Pittinger & Foss 300 spring
lambs at SO 80 a head. The price Is
unprecedented in Utah or in the west
The lambs averaged 100 days old.
Thomas s. Watson, an old resident
Of Summit and Wasatch counties
and the only Gentle ever elected tC
office in the latter county, died while
undergoing an operation for cholelith
lasis, last week Mr.. Watson came tC
Utah from Scotland in the early six
ties.
A. NJ. Nolf of Salt Lake has just re
neived notice that he has been al
lowed a patent on an improved maya
zine rifle upon which he has beer
working for several years. He claim:
to have established ten points Of