The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-10-18
UTAH STATE NEWS

to be made in Salt Lakes street car
system, 1t is announced by E. II. Har.
riman, the new owner.
Niels Wigren, former resident of
Salt Lake. was killed on the Uintah
reservation by the caving in of an old
dugout in which he was living.
Chris Goodmanson, who pleaded
guilty to setting fire to a saloon build.
ing at Spanish Fork, has been sen
fenced to one year in the penitentiary.
Robbers entered the home of HI.
land Wilcox OF Lehi, while the family
was away, end got away with $50
which had been saved up to pay
taxes.
1t may not be generally known, but
1t is fact nevertheless, that Green
River. Utah, furnishes winter water.
melons to the tables of the Waldorf.
Astoria, New York.
The executive committee of the Ma,
tional Wool Growers association has
set the dates of January II, IS and
19, 1907, when the annual convention
will be held in Salt Lake.
Several Park City merchants have
been made the victims lately of worth.
less checks being passed upon them.
The matter Is being looked after by
the authorities and some arrests will
occur.
An ordinance was passed last week
to take the place of the present drug
store ordinance of Provo. Under the
new ordinance druggists will be per-
mitted TO sell druggists sundries, ex.
cept liquor, on Sunday.
The question of state institution
for the care of the feeble-minded of
Utah Is being agitated, and some i'm.
portant steps looking toward the pre-.
sentation Of this matter to the next
legislature has been taken.
A little girl named Hodges was &C.
cidentally poisoned at Logan, the
mother giving her dose OF creoline
instead of vermifuge. After working
over her all night the doctors pro
nounced her out of danger.
T. j. Thomas, a teamster, of Salt
Lake City, was seriously, If not fatally,
injured, his wagon was crushed to
fragments. and one horse, valued at
$500, had its leg broken, being struck
by rapidly moving street car.
The work OF the contractors having
in charge the laying of track on the
line of the Western Pacific out of Salt
Lake Is going on at a satisfactory
pace. Track has been laid for seventy
miles out of Salt Lake to the west.
Ernest c. Blood. ex-city marshal OF
Kaysville, was shot by companion
while quail hunting, charge of shot
striking him in the arm, one shot
striking him above the eye. His in.
1uries are not thought to be serious.
w. M. Wolf, a prominent young
railroad man Of Ogden, fell beneath
train and as a result both legs have
been amputated and the fingers of
one hand crushed. Despite his ter.
rible injuries. he will probably re-
cover.
II Is estimated that at least 100
cars of fruit In carload lots were ship.
ped from Weber county this year
About seventy of this number came
from North Ogden and Pleasant View,
the others being distributed through.
out the county.
Edward Flaherty, on his way from
the coast to New York, was taken of
train at Ogden suffering from an
attack Of insanity. It is supposed that
his mind was affected by the altitude
and that he will be able to resume
his journey In a day or so.
The town board of .Castledale and
also the boards of all the principal
towns Of the county have before them
a franchise asking for grant to es.
tablish local telephone systems. The
petitions are a%m c. o. Harris, repre-
Coal dealers of Salt Lake are urg.
ing their patrons to buy coal in ad.
vance OF the heavy demand that will
be inaugurated by the advent OF the
first cold snap in order that they may
be fortified against temporary short.
age of fuel when 1t Is most needed.
The grade lodge A. o. U. w. of the
jurisdiction OF Utah, Idaho and Wyom.
ing, has disbanded and in future all
members will be merged into the SUI
preme lodge of the United States. The
reason for the disbanding is the heavy
death rate and the losses consequent.
The fruit shipped out of Grand val.
ley, principally TO Eastern markets,
amounted 20 1900 carloads last year,
all of which was disposed of at very
high prices One carload Of peaches