The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-20
UTAH STATE NEWS


Salt Lakes new packing house, with
n daily capacity OF 100 cattle. 1000
sheep and 1000 hogs, will be completed
by October /.
A. Mancuroso. a section hand on the
Oregon Short Line railroad, was in
stantly killed in Salt Lake City, be.
ing struck by passenger train.
During 1905 the coal mines of Utah
produced 1,332.372 short tons, valued
at s1,793510 The production for
1904 was 1,493,027 tons, valued at
s1,943,44O.
The dedication of the new Masonic
temple In Ogden, which marks the
completion of the first Masonic build
ing in the state of Utah, was held Sun.
day afternoon.
Frank Revoy, aged 81, is under ar.
rest In Salt Lake City, charged with
attempting to pass counterfeit money.
He attempted to pass q bogus IS gold
piece at saloon
Emmett Richesen, laborer from
Logan, shot himself In the breast with
q shotgun in lodging house in Salt
Lake, and Is dead, as the result of
quarrel with his wife.
|. N. Harper, colored man, was
held up in Ogden by two men. He
started to run and one robber fred at
him. the bullet striking him in the arm.
The wound is not serious,
The Crystal Springs Trout com
pany, organized at Morgan City for
the artificial propagation of fish, filed
articles of incorporation with the sec
retary of state last week.
The Utah State Federation of La
Dor, as an organization, will not go
into politics this fall. This was de-
cided upon at an all-day session held
in Salt Lake City last week.
Robert Naylor. living in the suburbs
les In runaway his skull being
crushed. He is in the hospital with
about even chances for recovery.
There we're coo students present on
the opening day of the Brigham
Young University at Provo, for the
year 19067, the largest number on
opening day in the history of the
school.
II Is now believed by the authorities
that the man whose mangled body was
found on the Oregon Short Line track
near Layton, Thursday of last week
was John l.. Atkinson of Saylersville
Kentucky.
Charles o. Card, who died at Logan
last week, came to Utah in 1856. He
had served as president of the Cache
stake and superintended the erection
of the Logan tabernacle and the Lo-
gan temple.
Following the example of the fed
eral court. Judge Morse of Salt Lake
las week granted preliminary injunc
tions In three suits brought by rail.
roads to restrain local ticket brokers
from doing business.
The sweepstakes silver cup, which
was awarded to Utah for the best
fruit exhibit at the Boise Irrigation
congress. arrived in Salt Lake last
week and will be on exhibition at the
Commercial club for time.
AS the result of a saloon row in
Park City, George Coughlin received
slashing at the hands of j. vii
hams which will lay Coughlin up for
some time for repairs and which re
Quired nine stitches to close.
Arrangements have been made for a
Salt Lake day during the Davis Coun.
ty fair in October. and on that day
the Manufacturers and Merchants as.
sociation will attend the exhibition In
body. accompanied by band
general shortage in labor is prev.
alent in Utah, as well as throughout
the country. The local employment
agencies have been able to f]ll only
thirty per cent of their orders for
men during the entire summer.
rhe crops of tomatoes. cucumbers
and sugar beets in Davis county are
in excellent condition, and the yield
will be very heavy The canneries are
busy now with tomatoes, and the pack
will be large and of very high quality.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
company is planning to shorten its
line between Denver and Salt Lake by
tunneling Marshall pass and Cerro
summit and broad guaging the narrow
guage road between Salida and Mont
rose.
4cobj McCurdy. one of Spring
villes Oldest citizens, is dead. Mr.
McCurdy was born in New Jersey
eighty-eight years ago, and came to
Utah fifty-two years ago. He has re.