The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-22
UTAH STATE NEWS

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The Silver King mine at Park City
has paid $1O,225,OOO in dividends up
TO date.
A movement has been naugurated
in Provo looking to the suppression of
the slot machines.
1t is estimated that the windstorm
in Salt Lake last week caused $4,000
damage to property.
After working two years on the
matter, Sandy is to have electric
lights in her streets and houses.
Work has begun on the fair buildings
at Provo, and great preparations are
to be made for the Utah County fair
this year.
The home of the Commercial club at
American Fork is being fitted up in
elegant style and will be ready for oc-
cupancy in few days.
During the storm at Enterprise last
to fee from their homes, and the resi-
dence Of John Alger was completely
wrecked
c. +. Jarvis, section foreman for
the Southern Pacific at Moline, while
walking along the track near that
place was struck by locomotive and
seriously injured.
While attempting to control frac
tious horse, Salvatore Narsola, an Ital
ian, aged 1s years, was thrown sud
denly under the wheels of street
car in Salt Lake City and killed.
Lehi farmers and gardeners will this
spring plant 100 acres of cucumbers
for the Mount Pickle company of Salt
Lake. A sailing station will be built
on the Salt Lake Route at Lehi.
W. q. Clark's barn at Pleasant Grove
was destroyed by fire last week, the
work of an incendiary, but the firebug
turned loose the horses that were tied
in the barn, thus minimizing the loss
A. b. Owen, aged 80, who had been
employed in an Ogden hotel for the
past eight months suicided in the
brush near the city, shooting himself
in the mouth. Ill health led to the
deed.
The directors of the Beck Salt Com
pany have let the contract for $25,
900 salt refinery to be erected near
Kessler's, on the San Pedro, where
private sidetrack has recently been
built.
The American Fork creamery is run,
ming again, after having been shut
down for ten days, during which time
the plant received a complete over.
hauling and was put in first-class con
dition.
The city Officials of American Fork
have taken determined stand with
reference to the selling of tobacco to
minors. Hereafter any merchant or
party selling tobacco to minors will be
prosecuted
The burning of the celluloid films OF
a moving picture machine at the opera
house in American Fork caused q
stampede of the audience. but some of
the cooler heads prevailed and nc
one was injured.
While attempting to cross the road
near the Enterprise reservoir during
the storm last week, G.. S. Fackerali
had a narrow escape from drowning,
having sunk twice beneath the water
before he was rescued.
1t is announced that $4,000 worth
of machinery for the new smelter to be
built at Ogden has been purchased, and
that the contract of furnishing the |
power has been awarded to the Brig
ham City Power Co.
While at work on the Rocky Noun. |
tain Bell Telephone company's line at
American Fork, Earl McCune of Salt |
Lake City received a very bad injury |
TO his eyes. 1t is thought that he will |
lose the sight of his left eye
The Ogden city council has passed
an ordinance regulating the speed OF
automobiles to eight miles per hour
through the streets and four miles per
hour over crosswalks. 1t is expected
the mayor will veto the ordinance.
A representative of an eastern furni
ture manufacturing company is in Salt
Lake for the purpose of locating
branch plant in Utah. He states that
from 200 to 800 persons will be em
ployed in the plant to be established
in Utah.
With his year-old daughter clutched
in his arms, Samuel G. Kirkman, aged
80, of Salt Lake, drank from a bottle
of carbolic acid with suicidal intent
Mrs. Kirkman was suing for divorce
and Kirkman decided he was tired of
life.
A young man by the name of Warn.
Hicks, of Monroe. committed suicide