The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-08-23
UTAH STATE NEWS

pointed postmaster at Moab, Grand
county.
Madge Hamilton, denizen Of Salt
lakes half-world, suicided Saturday,
aking morphine
The thirty-sixth annual conference
9f the Methodist missions was held In
Salt Lake City last week
Harold Jones, aged TO- Of Salt Lake
City, is dead from lockjaw, caused by
small splinter in his foot
Grasshoppers are doing consider
able damage to the second alfalfa
crop in the fields near North Ogden.
Work on the waterworks system foi
Monroe is progressing rapidly. the
last carload of piping arriving las
week
The United states Ozokerite com
pany has purchased 1,O15,O00 feet o.
lumber on the Uintah reserve in tho
vicinity of Cotton.
The public schools Of Salt Lake Cit,
will begin a week later than the
usual time this year, the date set be
ing September II.
It is expected that 1900 delegates
will be present at the annual meeting
of the National Wool Growers, which
will be held in Salt Lake City in Jan
uary.
Wholesale dry goods men say that
fail deliveries will be heavier In spite
Of the fact that prices nearly all round
are higher than at this season last
year.
The fall campaign in Utah will be
formally opened this week, when the
Wate committees will meet and Issue
calls for their respective state conven
tons.
Abe Jones and Royal Hanson. Prove
lads about IL years of age were Sc
verely scalded through the explosion
Of a can OF boiling water with which
Nhtg WtiU NAptAihithNihh
Because the Garfield smelter re.
quired 100000 more brick in the con.
structlon Of the plant than was at first
calculated upon. there is a serious
brick famine in Salt Lake.
Tho threatened trouble between the
employees and the officials of the Utah
Independent Telephone company al
Ogden is likely to be averted and the
demands of the men granted.
While returning from visit Will
neighbors. George Wahlen, about 81
years OF age, dropped dead Sunday
at noon just as he was entering the
gate to his own residence at ogden.
The Kaysville Canning company hal
been making a successful run OF
beans and fruits during the last two
months. and last week the first carload
shipment was made to a Boise, Ida.
arm.
The sixth annual meeting of the
Utah State Pharmaceutical ass0cia
ton was held at the Hermitage in
ogden canyon last week, pharmacists
being in attendance from all parts Of
the state.
While painting a smokestack at the
Inland Crystal Salt company's works
near Saltair beach, John White, 4
painter. fell distance OF twenty-five
feet, sustaining injuries which may
prove fatal.
Councilman A. II. Moyes and Rob
ert Paine presented their resigna
lions to the Ogden city council at the
regular meeting last week. The res
Isnations were accepted and the mer
were reelected.
The committee appointed by the
Miners union has succeeded In rails
ing suficient funds to guarantee ibis
celebration at Park City on Labol
day. Addresses will be made and al
kinds OF sports pulled on.
While mixing a combination of II
auids and powders for the manufac
ture of fireworks, K ssnaw. Jap
anese restaurant keeper of Salt Lake
was badly injured and the room
wrecked, the chemicals exploding.
Joseph Barker OF Huntsville, who
owns one OF the biggest private fisl
hatcheries in the mountain country
received last week 100000 trout FRY
from the Amethyst fish hatchery II
Colorado, to be planted at his hatch
cry.
Burglars entered the West Jordan
meeting house Wednesday night o
last week and stole three quilts mad,
by the Ladies' Relief society. Tn,
quilts are Of ornamental design, with
a picture OF the temple worked int
the goods.
Information has been filed in tn,
district court at Provo against Georg,
Ferre, charging assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to murder
Ferre is the man who stabbed younl
Wright with a pocket Knife on tn,