The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-11-09
UTAH STATE NEWS


The city council of ogden has
passed an ordinance increasing the
salaries of the city officials.
Eight carloads of potatoes were
shipped from American Fork during
the week, being consigned to Utah
points.
Kaysville will PROBABLY have cleo
trio lights in the near future, an ap-
plication for franchise having been
made last week.
Elmer Grant, aged 81. fell from the
second floor OF new building on
which he was working in Salt Lake
City, breaking his neck
Ernest Lubbock, aged IL, attempted
to board a moving freight train at
Ogden, fell beneath the wheels and
suffered the loss of foot.
There seems to be a shortage of
unskilled labor in Salt Lake City,
and II is proposed to advertise in
eastern papers for laborers.
Forty miles OF copper wire has been
ordered for the construction of the
telephone line from Price to Clear
Creek, Winter Quarters and Scofeld.
Judge Joseph Hall, aged so, who
has lived in Ogden for forty years,
fell into cellarway last week, sus-
tanning injuries which may prove
fatal.
Harry Wilson, the colored man who
was shot through the body by Jesse
Thomas during a fight over card
game in Salt Lake City, will probably
recover.
Mrs. Emma Sharkey, who had been
resident Of Utah since 1852, coming
across the plains with one OF the ear
Hest companies. died in Salt Lake
City last week.
The one-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Ingersoll of American
Fork is in serious condition as the
result of poisoning, caused by the
CheWlhB Oh green paper.
1t is announced that the Western
Pacific railway, which Is being con.
structed from Salt Lake City to- San
Francisco, will have branch lines
througout southern California.
John ]. Moore, town marshal OF
Price. was badly beaten about the
head with six-shooter by ]. Wesley
Warf, water commissioner and an at
torney. The men had quarreled over
case In court.
Bert Parks OF Lindon, was accident
ally shot, while returning from hunt
ing trip. While crawling through a
fence his gun was accidentally dis
charged, striking him in the leg, which
was fearfully lacerated.
Hyrum Roberts, while at work in
the boiler room at the sugar factory
at Lehi, dropped to the floor and ex-
pired in less than a minute. A doc
tor was called and pronounced 1t
case OF angina pectoris.
The report of the trustees OF the
school for the deaf and blind shows
an enrolment OF 124 pupis-25 blind
children and SO deaf ones. or the to.
tai number, 81 are from Idaho 2 from
Wyoming and / from Arizona.
James H. McKendrick OF Tooele
died in Salt Lake hospital last week
as the reuslt of burns received while
working In a mine at Stockton some
four weeks since. He was caught by
escaping steam from an overheated
boiler.
From all over the west letters are
being received by President Heber NJ
Wells Of the Salt Lake Commercial
club tndorsing the action of that body
in calling a convention of western
men to pull for the west and her in
terests.
M. Whitaker. aged II, of Salt Lake,
was thrown from horse and dragged
for block, being unable to extract
his foot from the stirrup until his
shoestring broke, He escaped with
severe bruises about the head and
shoulders
A representative of the Swedish
Lutherans of the United States is In
Utah making investigations of the
climatic and other conditions, which,
If favorable, will probably result in
the erection of a sanitarlum for con
sumptives.
Railroad officials reckon that during
the month nearly 10000 people will
have passed through Salt Lake City
en- route for the west and Northwest, |
1t is really an exodus of population |
from the middle west Utah will get
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