The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-05-31
UTAH STATE NEWS

came to Salt Lake to attend the Bern.
hardt performance.
Insurance companies paid out dur
ing 1905 to Salt Lake City policy hold
ers the sum of $35G,439
G. ii. Ingham, who came to Utah in
1866, and had resided in Salt Lake
City ever since, died on the oath, at
the age of 20.
The track committee of the Utah
County Fair association has arranged
the programme for the two days rae
ing on July and s.
The six-year-old son of Jacob
Schweizer of Logan fell from a tree
onto fence, while at play, sustaining
injuries which proved fatal.
Private Oscar Smith, who was shot
by a guard while attempting to escape
from the guard house at Fort Doug
las, has died from his injuries.
A company has been organized for
the purpose of constructing q tele-
phone line In Garfield county with
headquarters and offices In Panguitch.
Governor Cutler has decided to ap-
point delegates to the Uniform Di-
vorce Law congress, the next session
of which is to be held in Minneapolis
lin August
Several persons We're slightly in
jured by wreck at Sandy, caused by
freight train breaking in two and
the rear portion colliding with pas.
senger train.
A passenger and freight train col.
lided at American Fork, both engines
being badly damaged, but no one hurt.
The accident was caused by careless.
ness of the freight crew.
An attempted escape of prisoners
in the Salt Lake county jail was frus.
trated last week, one of the prisoners
being caught in the act of saving
through the bars of his cell.
The warm weather is causing great
quantities of snow in the mountains
to melt, and the people Of Sewer
county fear floods that may do con.
siderable damage to property,
The teachers and students of the
Provo district school, 1,700 in number,
marched through the streets OF Pro-
vo on the 23rd to the campus where
fed sports were INDUCED in all after
noon.
Dr. James Edwards, q former San
Francisco physician, has been placed
under restraint in Salt Lake City, he
having become crazed from grief over
the loss of his wife and three children
at the time OF the fire.
An enthusiastic joint meeting of the
Bountiful. Pennington and Kaysville
Commercial clubs was held last week
In Bountiful, and action was taken
looking to the installation of an cleo
trio lighting system for Davis county.
Following the movement started in
Indianapolis, Ind, recently, the Utah
veterans of the Spanish-American war
and the Philippine insurrection met
last week and organized camp of
United Spanish War Veterans, This
society will be patterned after the
encampments formed by the G. A, r.
Springville is to have street fair
and carnival, beginning May 2S and
20 no. pfat te fS u
under the auspices of the Commercial
club, and the attractions are to be fur
nished by the Dixey Carnival COM
pany.
Several slight earthquake shocks
were felt at West Weber on the Gath.
They caused much excitement. The
first shocks are said to have been felt |
about 2:10 o'clock in the afternoon. A |
second and third shock We're felt soon
aIterward.
The tremendous amount of snow in |
the mountains this season was well
coined by all and especially those |
owning farms in southern Utah, as |
they are fully assured that no crops |
will burn up this season for the want !
of water.
Elijah Farr, a member OF the Ogden !
bar, was accidentally killed Sunday |
afternoon by the elevator in the First
National bank building by being
caught between the elevator floor and
the first floor Of the building, thus
breaking his neck.
Work has commenced on the new
ditch at Green River, under the direc-
tion of Mr.. f. ]. Cook, formerly of
Plano, H., but now of Green River.
The ditch, which will be about seven
miles long, will cover an area OF about
5000 acres of the finest soil in Utah