The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-04-26
UTAH STATE NEWS

The cigar makers of Salt Lake City
raised $50 for the California reliet
fund.
The Provo Commercial club on Sat
urday forwarded a carload OF pro
visions to San Francisco.
The Elks of Salt Lake donated $500
rom their lodge fund for the San
Francisco fire sufferers
A City Improvement league has been
organized at Ogden, many prominent
citizens becoming members.
The conference of the Swedish Luth-
eran church was held in Ogden from
The 18th to the 22nd, inclusive.
Rev. Father Byrne, who attempted
suicide while in Provo, has recovered
sufficiently tb return to Salt Lake
City.
Members OF the Salt Lake mining
and stock exchange contributed $500
in two hours time for the San Francis
co fire suffers.
II is announced that Messrs. Co.'S
grove and Small, two Utah bankers,
have purchased the First National
Bank of Payette, Idaho.
Eleven Utah mining properties paid
substantial dividends during the
month of March, the stockholders
drawing down $3O6,5OO.
J. ii. McMahan, a Salt Lake janitor.
while washing windows, fell from a
step ladder and crashed through
window, breaking his leg.
One hundred thousand loaves of
bread, furnished by the good house
wives OF Salt Lake were forwarded to
San Francisco Saturday night.
The men who used nitro.glycerine to
blow the vault of the Davis county
bank at Pennington, got away with
securities valued at about 100000.
Over 100 delegates attended the thir
ty-second annual session of the grand
lodge of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows in Salt Lake City last week
NJ. w. Dalton, of Willard, who re-
Gently secured patent on an army
tent, is building spacious factory
from which the article will be manu-
factured.
A Colorado Springs dispatch says
girl hobo from Salt Lake was taken
from a box car in that city in an al
most starving condition. She refused
to give her name.
Not to be outdone by other cities
of the state, Park City is now being
looked after by Clean City club, and
the work of making the town more |
habitable place is begun.
j. M. Bullock disappeared from his
home in Salt Lake City on April II, |
and all efforts to locate him have been |
fruitless. II Is feared he has either
met with foul play or has suicided.
The mining reports from Beaver
county are all of the most encouraging
character. The spring is opening
with more mines in operation than at
any time in the county's mining his.
tory.
Drs. E. f. Root and NJ. A. Hughes
prominent physicians and surgeons OF
Salt Lake, left the city Saturday fol-
San Francisco, to offer their services
In behalf of the people of that stricken
city.
Joseph Fracknell, of Woods Cross
rell into basement which was being
dug in Salt Lake City, while he was
celebrating in that city Saturday
night, sustaining injuries which may
prove fatal.
Jesse f. Mcmillan, who was convict
ed OF murder in the second degree and
sentenced June 20, 1898, to twenty
years in the state prison, applied foi
a communication of his sentence, which
was granted, to take effect April 20.
Word was received at the head of
fee of the Mormon church Friday by
wire from San Francisco that the lives
of the elders and members of the mis-,
sion at that place were safe. 1t waa
also stated that the mission house was
burned.
Ogden people are feding all the un
fortunate people coming through that
town from the earthquake stricken
towns Of California Tables are set
at the union depot and all are given a
bounteous repast and provided with
food to last them to the end of their
Journeys.
According to the statement of Frank
Buff, an Italian miner, he together
with Cosimo Pull and Dominick Nun.
90, have been discharged from the en-
Dloy of the Mercur mine at Mercur. he.