The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
UTAH STATE NEWS

Saturday by score of "a to 0.
The estate left by the late Henry
Dinwoodey, who died in Salt Lake re
Gently, is valued at a quarter OF a mil
lion.
The nineteenth annual convention
of the Utah W. c. r. U. was held in
Salt Lake City the latter part of the
week.
Diphtheria has made its appearance
at Echo, and the public schools have
been closed and rigid quarantine es.
tablished.
The new telephone line OF the In.
dependent Telephone company from
Salt Lake City to Logan was com.
pleted last week.
The Utah Construction company
has $50 teams at work on the east
end of the Western Pacific, and the
work is going along rapidly.
Tho Salt Lake bank clearings in
1904 amounted to $l57,256, 725, while
for the year 1905 1t Is estimated the
total will reach $200.000,00
Salt Lake is threatened with
coal famine, shortage of cars on
the roads handling the product of
the coal mines being the cause.
There appears to be a great de.
niand for laborers in Salt Lake City,
an employment agent declaring last
week that he could find work for at
least BOO men,
George, Burken, former policeman |
of Ogden, while riding a bicycle, col |
lided with another rider and was
severely injured, his leg and several
ribs being broken,
Total deaths from all causes in
Utah during the month of September
Eere 301. Typhoid claimed the great.
est number of victims. or 3O4 cases,
twenty-six resulted fatally.
John Wright, of Salt Lake, received
sentence of fifteen days in the city
Jail and lecture from Judge c. b.
Diehl, for leaving his team standing
In the street for several hours
Two Salt Lakers are In the gradu.
ating class at Annapolis which will |
graduate early In February of next
year. They are Stephen Winchester
Wallace and William Cyrus Barker, jr |
A. l.. Kaiser, an engineer who for.
nfsrly lived at Genn's Ferry, Idaho.
suicided in a Sa,.t Lake City lodging
house, taking strychnine. II Is be-
ltsved he became respondent over
lack OF funds.
The real estate men Of Salt Lake
are forming boosters club" which
is to consist of every man in the city /
who wants to do what he can to help |
the city by saying good word when.
ever opportunity offers.
Growing business at Salt Lake and |
In the territory adjacent to Salt Lake,
is the reason given by the Burlington
for Its announced intention to build |
800 miles of new road In order to en-
ter the Utah metropolis.
William Barenchegt, the 10-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Barren
chegt, of Ogden. was driving COW to
water when he tied the rope around
his waist. The COW ran away and
dragged the boy to death.
An attempt was made to destro,
the Pingree school building, in Ogden
by fire one day last week, presum-
ably by boys who had grudge
against teacher But little damage
was done by the fire, however.
w. M. Lund, OF Salt Lake, is the
owner of kitten that was born three
weeks ago with only three legs Mr..
Lund also possesses dog that was
born with three legs, the dog being
on exhibition at the late fair.
The largest delegation that ever
attended the Utah Federation of Wo-
mems club gathered at Springville on
the lsth' ana held It's hrst meeting OF
the twelfth annual convention in the
chapel of the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Clesson S. Kinney, for the past
two years president of the Utah State
Federation, was reelected to that Of
ace, and Mrs. Mary M. f. Allen of
Park City was made vice president, at
the recent session in Springyille.
In a certain orchard in Cache
county last year, rs per cent of the
fruit was wormy. This year each
tree was sprayed twice at a cost of
seven cents per tree, and less than
one per cent OF the fruit was wormy.
Evidently spraying pays.
Hirini Whaanga, an old Maori
.hipf died in tho l. n |