Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-06-16
UTAH STATE NEWS

class was defeated at the polls,
The town of Moffat is to have two
new hotels to provide for the hungry
during the expected rush to the rese,-
walton.
Children with matches set fire to the
barn Of Attorney Robert Porter, in
Salt Lake City, valuable horse being
burned as a result
William P. Bachman was struck by
a street car while driving in Salt Lake
City. his skull being fractured. 1t is
believed he will recover.
While Evan Colledge was unloading
limerick at the sugar factory at Lehi,
a small piece struck him in the eye.
It is feared that he will lose his eye.
Philip II. Boyer, pioneer of Spring
Vile, proprietor of the Boyer hotel and
one of the leading farmers and horti-
culturists of that section, died sudden
ly last week.
Finch Heal aged IA, was thrown
from his wagon at Park City, light
ing on his head, his neck being brok-
en-. The boy got up and ran about
fifty feet when he fell dead
The Salt Lake Ministerial associa-
ton has entered protest with the
mayor against the Fitzsimmons-
Schreck fight, scheduled to take place
in Salt Lake City on July 3.
Crops in the Monroe fields have
never looked better. The beet fields
are in first class condition. The first
crop OF lucerne is being cut. This sea
son the lucerne. is exceptionally fine.
Work has begun on the preliminary
survey for the waterworks system at
Monroe. 1t is quite possible that Elsi-
more will join Monroe in this improve
ment and pipe Monroe water over to
Elsinore.
W. c. Dunbar, who came to Utah in
1852, died in Salt Lake City last week,
at the age of So He with Edward
il. Sloan, founded the Salt Lake Her
aid and for several years acted as its
business manager.
Alfred Granberg, while at work in
the Daily West mill at Park City. last |
week, was caught in the shafting and
whirled around at a frightful rate, but
fortunately escaped with broken leg |
and severe bruises.
With his right arm caught between
a swiftly whirling shaft at the Utah |
Portland OemHnt works, Salt Lake |
City J. Johnson. an employee, was so
badly injured that amputation of the
arm was necessary.
During heavy wind storm which
prevailed last week at the Lehi |
transformer house of the Utah County
Light and Power company was com
pletely wrecked, leaving nothing but a
pile of brick and kindling wood.
The body OF William Craig was
found near the mouth of Emigration |
canyon, near Salt Lake, on Thursday |
OF last week, he having suicided by
taking carbolic acid. Craig, grew de-
spondent because he was out of work.
The weekly crop bulletin of the
United States department of agricul- |
ture for the week ending June tells |
OF uninterrupted progress of farm
work as result Of the ideal weather.
High winds did some damage, but
otherwise the week was an ideal
one"
Harrison Sperry was severely in |
jured while coasting on his bicycle
on First street in Salt Lake City. He
is the third victim of an accident at
the same place, Robert Borcher meet
ing death in similar manner some
time since.
A school election of the Manti school
district was held last week to decide
the matter of issuing bonds for $12,-
00O for the purpose of building a High
school in that city. The vote was al
most unanimous in favor of the prop
osition.
The corner stone of the Masonic
temple of Ogden. the first Masonic
structure to be begun in this state,
was laid Sunday by the grand master
of this jurisdiction, in the presence OF
fully 500 Of his brethren from this and
surrounding states.
At Benjamin the ten-year-old son Of
Walter Ludlow was sent out to the
pasture for the cows during a storm