The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-08-26
UTAH STATE NEWS

famine, and the owners OF lawns are
permitted to water their lawns only
twice each week.
George Anderson was severely in
lured at the Ontario mine, in Park
City, being struck with a piece Of iron
swinging from the end OF derrick.
Pleasant Grove is jubilating over
the fact that her people have voted
bonds for water system. The vote
was 161 for the bonds to As against
An anti-gambling crusade has been
started in Park City, a determined Of
fort being made by some OF the citl,
gems to close all OF the gambling
houses.
Mrs. julius Jensen of Park City
was slightly injured by falling down a
flight of stairs. The lady started
down fight of steps in the dark,
and missed her footing.
The president has modified his proc.
lamation Of the 9Th instant, withdraw
ing from entry certain lands in the
Uintah Indian reservation and has
restored about $4,000 acres.
Edward Brown, miner, was
stabbed in a Japanese restaurant in
Salt Lake by a waiter in a dispute
over the price OF a steak. Brown is
in the hospital and will recover.
A big black bear was killed by
Irving Jones within few miles OF
Ogden one day last week while he was
hunting for chickens, bruin being laid
low by a charge from a shotgun.
The accident to Soren c. Peterson
Of Elsinore, while unloading hay at
that place, proved fatal Wednesday
OF last week Besides the breaking
OF his wrists, he was hurt internally.
While burglarizing the Springville
drug store. the burglar was surprised
by Deputy Marshal Johnson and in an
effort to capture him, the crook was
shot in the legs and finally run down.
There is now on exhibition in Salt
Lake stone image, found in a cave in
Buckskin mountains, that is supposed
TO be 1000 years old. 1t is fifteen
inches high and represents the body
and head Of a cliff dweller.
The names OF two lucky Parkites are
Included In the first 100 numbers
drawn at Provo, William McQueeney,
No. 35, and George w. Morse, No. 6S.
Both men are in the employ Of the
Silver King Mining Company.
A resident of Spring City, Sanpete
county, claims to have solved in
measure the problem of perpetual mo-
ton. He has invented a pump which,
II it does what he says 1t will, will run
Itself for an indefinite period
A preliminary examination Of appli.
cants for entrance to the United States
military academy at Annapolis will be
conducted In the office of the state SUI
perintendent of public instruction, Salt
Lake, September and s, 1905.
A man whose name is thought to be
Andrew Swendsen, suicided at Price
shooting himself in the right temple.
He had been drinking and gambling,
and said he intended to kill himself,
but It was thought he was only joking.
The bulletin of the Utah state board
of health for July, issued by Secretary
T. B. Beatty, shows total number Of
deaths during the month of 207. re,
ported from 105 towns and districts
Sixty-five communities were reported
free of contagious diseases. General
health conditions are shown to be
good.
David p. Madison of Ephraim. met
with a bad accident while working at
Ackerman's planning mill In some
way he got his hand into the planer.
with the result that the four fingers
on his left hand were badly ground
up.
The city council OF American Fork |
III bptNlul last Ntth pdSStu n |
new liquor ordinance, making stricter
regulations and raising the license
from 5000 to $500 per year, and max.
Ing the closing time ~ o'clock mid,
night instead of IL o'clock.
The highest-priced sheep deal ever
made locally was consummated In
Ogden last week, when Preston Blair
sold to Pittinger & Foss 300 spring
lambs at SO. so a head. The price is
in Utah or in the west.
The lambs averaged 100 days old.
Thomas S. Watson, an old resident
of Summit and Wasatch counties,
and the only Gentle ever elected to
office in the latter county. died while
an operation for cholelith.
asis, last week. Mr.. Watson came to
Utah from Scotland in the early six.
lies.
A. M. Nolf OF Salt Lake has Just re,
ceived notice that he has been al,
lowed patent on an improved maya.