The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-08-02
UTAH STATE NEWS

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In West Bountiful an addition to the
school house, to cost 81 200, is being
constructed,
The city of Coalvlle has voted $40,
900 bonds for the installation OF an
electric light plant.
A band OF 100 Bannock Indians will
probably lead the parade in Salt Lake
on Pioneer day, July "a.
A burglar caught in the act OF rob,
bling the Coop store at Union was
shot and killed by X. f. Forbush.
The ladies of Mt Pleasant put forth
a candidate for school trustee at the
recent election, but she was defeated.
The report of the librarian Of the
Salt Lake public library shows a mem
bership Of 1907 with an average
daily attendance of 53S.
Daniel Mauer was stabbed by John
Bishop on the streets OF Salt Lake
during a quarrel between the two
men. Maurer's injuries will not prove
fatal.
Reese w. Llewelyn, who came to
Utah with the hand cart company and
settled at Fountain Green In 1856,
died at his home in that place last
week
Burglars have become so bold in
Salt Lake City that they ply their
trade in broad day light, two houses
having been burglarlzed one day last
week.
Owners of orchards in Salt Lake
county who have refused to remove
the decayed trees from their orchards
ns~ordered by the inspector are to be
prosecuted
The government crop bulletin shows
that the yield of arid land grain is not
up to last years average, but the
yield of irrigated grain is reported n
good average.
The five-year-old son OF w. F. Gro. |
mar, of Coalville was playing around |
the room when he fell backward into |
a bucket OF hot water, being so badly |
Bcalded that death resulted few
hours later.
Property owners along the line Of
the Wasatch drive, between Inspira.
ton Point and Popperton Place, Salt |
Lake City, have agreed to give 81 500
OF the $1,000 needed for the compile.
ton of the drive.
Russell McLeese, a nine.year-old
Salt Lake boy, went in swimming in
the Jordan river just after eating
green apples, was seized with cramps
and drowned before his comrades
could get him out OF the water
The gravest fears of tomato grow,
ers are being realized. The crops in
the north end of Davis county and
across the line in Weber county, a dis,
trict embracing the best tomato fields
in the state, are practically ruined
While working for the Commercial
Planning Mill company in Salt Lake
City, George Rose brought his hand
In contact with rip.saw, and as a re-
suit is now in the l.. d. S. hospital.
His hand was literally torn to pieces.
1t developed at the coroner's in.
quest that +. II. Mitchell, who killed
his wife and then hanged himself, in
Salt Lake City, had premeditated the
deed for some time, believing that his
wife intended to apply for a divorce.
John Morrey, while arranging der.
rick hay fork at Joseph. slipped and
Tell on the fork joints just as the fork
was being raised. One tine of the
fork passed entirely through his alb,
domen, Before the horses hosting
the fork could be stopped, the unfor.
tunate man was drawn high into the
air. He will recover.
Because he listed Benjamin Frank
lin as a former president of the Unit,
ed States, and for other reasons that
10 Judge Lewis seemed good and suf
fcient, Albert Maio, a young Italian
Of Scofield, was last week denied his
papers.
Orson p. S. Musser, aged 10, of Salt
Lake City, was spending a few weeks
vacation at Millville and was hauling
load of lumber, when the horse ran
away and Musser was thrown beneath
he wheels, sustaining internal in.
Iuries which resulted in his death.
A little son of Alexander l.. Brewer.
he produce merchant of Ogden.
while playing with another boy and a
ratchet had three fingers nearly sew.
cred from the hand One finger is
certainly lost and there are doubts
rs to the chance of saving any of
hem.
Stuart Kelly, a boy of about 70
years of age, was badly burned with
powder at Park City while attempting
% light package OF black powder
with a match. The boy in company
with several others of his own arc
.ound the powder in an old store