The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-09-06
UTAH STATE NEWS

erected in Park City.
A special election was held at Mon
roe on Monday for the purpose OF vot-
Ing bonds for water works.
Thousands OF acres of timber in the
mountains adjacent to Ogden have
been destroyed by forest fires.
Utah pears this year promise to be
the best ever offered for home use.
while the crop will be heavy one.
The twenty.third annual convention
Of the Presbyterian Teachers associa-
ton of Utah was held in Mt. Pleasant
last week.
The first consignment of material
lor the installation of the new tele-
,hone line in Park City arrived last
week, and work will begin at once
Richfield was visited by heavy
rainstorm last week, the first since
May. Considerable hay and grain
down in the fields was slightly dam.
aged.
Thomas Petsch. the austrian who
was shot in the mouth during quarrel
in Park City saloon. will recover.
Tho man who did the shooting is out
on bond.
Clarence Lucas, aged 16, fell under
meath a Saltair train in Salt Lake City
and was horribly mangled. The boy
attempted 10 get on the train while
It was moving.
The Ogden choir has made a distinct
hit at Portland. At the conclusion OF
their rendition OF the Irrigatid ode.
the entire audience arose and cheered
at least Ave minutes.
On hunting trip near Ogden.
young man named Childs was acct.
dentally shot in the right arm and
along the right side OF his face, but 10
not seriously injured.
Wool buyers are on tho ground al
ready looking for Utah's clip of next
spring. They are Offering good prices
and the prospects of "a and 25 cent
wool looks bright to some sheepmen.
The eighteen.months-old son OF G.
II. Titus of Salt Lake met death in a
tragic manner last week. falling from
the seat of a wagon on which he was
riding with his father, his skull being
crushed.
The application OF Lauritz and
Peter Larsen for wagon road right OF
way In connection with the develop
ment Of mines In the Mant forest
reserve In Utah has been granted by
the forest service.
Children of school age In Salt Lake
county outside the city are about equal
ly divided between boys and girls,
according to the school census which
has Just been completed. II. shows
s.992 boys and 3.S7S girls
John d. Young, pioneer OF Utah.
aged somewhere near 20. rode up
from New Mexico on a pinto pony.
He arrived in Salt Lake Thursday OF
last week. having ridden all the way
from Fruitland TO the capital city.
The Eastern Utah Telephone com.
pany is being organized. The purpose
Of the company is to connect by tele-
phone the towns of Carbon and Emery
counties by the construction OF about
125 miles OF local line, and to after.
ward deal with the Independent or tho
Bell company at Salt Lake City for q
Utah and other connections.
A young son of Sophus Il. Jensen
and John Zabriskie OF Ephraim killed
four bears in Birch Creek canyon a
few days ago. Bruln had been play
ing havoc with the sheep. 30 the boys
laid for bear, and they got all that
they wanted.
II IL now assured that the Weber
club will have at least four special ex-
. curslon trains TO Lakeside and Prom
/ ontory on Labor day TO carry excur-
sionists from Ogden to the scene OF
) the festivities prepared by The club on
, the shore OF Great Salt Lake.
Fire, marine, steam boiler and plate
glass insurance companies paid out
s169,Jl9.5O, for claims In Utah during
: 1904. while life, accident, casualty.
fidelity and surety companies paid
1896. 945.O4, grand total of 1885,
4G4.54 for all classes OF insurance
A young man named Blanchard, EN-,
ployed as a llneman. by the Indepen.
Z dent Telephone company at Logan,
was knocked from a cable suspended
thirty.hve feet in the air by coming in
4 contact with live wire and is 50
h seriously hurt that II is feared he will
a not live.
c. N. Lund, OF Mt. Pleasant, was
caught In terrific storm between Mt
, Pleasant and Freedom. Mr.. Lund
, states that the hail fell as large as
I, marbles. and so terrific was the force
Z OF the hail that his horse fairly
7 writhed In pain. He finally took re
tuge In a stack OF hay.
Two OF the four Arstrians charged