Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-01-27
UTAH STATE NEWS.

Commercial club.
The Independent Telephone com
pany has made application for fran.
chise in Park City.
]. Il. Johnson was struck by Rio
Grande train near Beck's Hot Springs,
and instantly killed.
The hotel men of Salt Lake City
have organized for mutual benefit,
such as maintenance of rates, etc.
Professional musicians of Salt Lake
City are organizing an association,
looking to protection against non-pro-
fessionals.
The Logan sugar factory has COM
pleted its run for this year, after hav-
ing worked up approximately $4,000
tons of beets.
Frank Connors and two other pris-
oners in the Park City jail made their
escape by digging a hole in the rear
wall of the jail.
Clifford Wilkinson and Henry Bow
dich, Salt Lake lads, each sustained a
broken leg as the result of a coasting
accident in the capital city.
The great Honerine tunnel at Stock
ton is nearing completion, and the
days of wagon hauling of ore from
that mine are nearing an end. \
Eight hundred and lightweight peo-
pie died in Salt Lake City during the
year 1904, while the births for the
same period amounted to 1,746.
The seventeenth annual poultry
show given by the fanciers of this
state was held in Salt Lake City last
week. About 400 birds were entered.
Over 500 people attended the in
augural ball in Salt Lake City on
Thursday night of last week, promi.
nent people from all over the state
being In attendance.
John Burke and Joseph Davis,
charged with highway robbery, COM
mitted in Ogden. were sentenced to
twenty and eighteen years, respective
iy, in the penitentiary.
Judge Howell of Ogden has denied
the request of District Attorney Hal
vorsen for grand jury to investigate
the bounty frauds, believing 1t an I'M
necessary expense.
At Santaquin, last week, Irving Jen'
sen. aged q years, stabbed Earl Hig-
enson, aged years, In the cheek, max
ing an ugly cash. Both the boys are
OF respectable parentage.
The ak is being put to the many
thousands of insect-breeding shade
trees growing in Monroe 1t has been
estimated that about 100000 feet of
lumber can be sawed from these trees.
1t will cost Jacob Bergermann and
Charles S. Ford $1,412.5O for beating
up Joshua Midgley, at Calder's park,
In August, 1903, the jury having
awarded Midgley a verdict for that
amount.
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very dangerous condition from blood
poisoning, caused by running a small
silver of wood in his finger about three
weeks ago. His recovery is consid-
cred doubtful.
The house has passed a bill appro'
priating $25,625 for the payment by
the state of the expenses of the Ma
tional Guard of Utah, while on duty in
Carbon county during the strike rrou-
BILE Of the winter of 1s0S-19O4.
The Farmers union held their third
annual reunion festival and dance in
the Apollo hall at American Fork on
the 18th. This event marks the close
of three years of success, attained by
the union, since it was established.
Salt Lake automobilists have start
cd a good roads" movement. At
meeting of the directors of the Salt
Lake Auto club, held recently, 1t was
decided to petition the city council for
a number of improvements on certain
streets.
Milton ID. Hammond, one of the pio-
neers of Cache valley, and the father
OF ex-Secretary of States James II.
Hammond, died at his home in Provi-
dence on the 18th. He was i'll but
short time. Heart failure was the
cause of death.
Clyde Baxter, miner. was killed,
and Sam Potts and Frank Gulley, were