The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-27
UTAH STATE NEWE

bJ3 tons OF coal during the year, Whlle
in 1905, the consumption was 214, ,995
tons.
Several new buildings are in course
of construction at Green river but
work is delayed by the lack of build
ing material.
Last year the production of coal
from Utah mines amounted to 1902.
52S ton and this year the production
was 1,S39,219
John Pignon, a brick mason, II
years of age. was run over by train
while going to his work in ogden,
and instantly killed.
The Abram Canal companys tract
of 1900 acres of irrigated land in
Millard county is to be put on the
market for settlement
Policeman Loggie, of Park City.
was badly beaten up in a rough-house
mix-up with drunken man whom he
had attempted to arrest.
The coal shortage which threatened
Park City has apparently been over
come, as there is enough being
shipped in to meet all demands.
Reports from the Weber county
game N-ardens are to the effect that
deer are becoming plentiful in the
mountains throughout the county.
The number of employees in and
around the coal mines of the state
during the past fiscal year was
1896 and the average number of days
worked was 296.
The work on raising the dam
across the Green river near Green
river station, and constructing the
head-gates for the irligating system
has been started.
Arthur Brown, the former bank tel.
Ter of Salt Lake City, recently con.
victed of embezzlement, has been ad-
Judged sane by a jury, and will serve
his prison sentence.
That determined effort will be
made to break the will of Arthur
Brown seems assured. 1t will be
made in the interest of the two chill
dren of Mrs. Anna Bradley, Browns
slayer.
The Rio Grande has instituted pas.
senger service between the works of
the Utah Copper company and the
smelters at Garfield A shuttle SER
vice has been established for the
benefit of workmen.
The Utah state board of health bull
letin for November, issued last week,
shows the death rate for the entire
state to be 800, from all causes. In
Salt Lake county alone there were
ITO deaths recorded.
Samuel Newhouse, the Utah mining
man, will furnish the funds for club
building for the boys and girls of
Salt Lake City, in which will be in.
stalled gymnasium, swimming pool,
reading and game rooms.
The body of an unknown man was
found Sunday afternoon on the south
si1e of the Weber river in Ogden, by
]. H. Drake, who lives close by. Sev.
eral wounds on the head of the corpse
leads to the theory of murder.
The Salt Lake Pressed Brick com
pany, one of the largest brick man
ufactories in the west. with a capa.
city of 100000 bricks per day, is pre-.
pairing to double its capacity. making
u one of the largest in the world.
Preparations for the Fine and Fat
Sheep show to be held at the State
fair grounds January 7-19, 1907, in con
uection with the annual convention
of the National Wool Growers as.
sociation, are nearing completion.
Superintendent of Schools A. L.
Larsen has apportioned the county
school funds of Sanpete county
amounting to $6,921G0 among the
various districts ON basis of S1.4O
per capita of persons of school age
Bishop Charles c. McCabe, of the
Methodist church, who died in New
York last week, is well known in
Utah, having been to great degree
instrumental in the upbuilding of the
First Methodist church of Salt Lake
The $1,000 hotel erected at Devils
Slide, the site of the plant of the
Union Portland and Cement company
new factory, is reported completed
and placed in commission The hotel
has been erected expressly for the
use of laborers.
The production of coke in Utah
during the past year was 2S2,l95
short tons, an increase of 66,4S3 short
tons over the previous year There
was also produced in the state II, ,53I
short tons OF gilsonite, the value OF
which would be S4O3 $50