The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-08-30
UTAH STATE NEWS

The Republican state convention
will be held in Salt Lake City on
Thursday, September 27th.
Hans Gigi, aged 3S, was struck by
a street car In Salt Lake and sus.
tanned injuries which may prove fatal.
A. ID. Adams, of Salt Lake City, has
been appointed bookkeeper in the bu-
reau of engraving and printing at
Washington, ID. c.
Ralph Burns, aged 13. was seriously
injured while driving a dairy wagon
in Salt Lake, a runaway team collid
ing with his wagon,
Members of the Salt Lake and Og.
den police forces played a game of
baseball In Salt Lake on Saturday,
the proceeds being donated to charity
Colonel r. S. Robinson, who died at
Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 25th, was
appointed a member of the Utah com
mission In 1889 by President Harrison
and held that Office under Governor
Arthur l.. Thomas.
M. ]. Rasmussen, 32 years OF age,
was crushed to death in gravity
sewer being constructed in Salt Lake
City, the timberlng caving in while
the unfortunate man was working in
the bottom of the trench.
A report OF the cost to the state for
the past ten years for the relief of in
digent person, shows a total, for the
ten years, OF $527,1S9, average per
year, s52,71S; total for 1904, $113,2s9;
total for 1905, S108.413.
J. w. Mcdonald, an employe of the
Southern Pacific, but whose home
was in American Fork, was run down
by passenger train near Elko, Ne
vada, and killed. Mcdonald fell asleep
while on railroad velocipede.
Dr. F. q. Murray, who has for some
time past been stationed at Salt Lake
City as a veterinary surgeon in the
Bureau of Animal Industry under Col.
Hickox, has been transferred by the
department at Washington to San
Luis Obispo. Cal.
A cloudburst at Mountain Dell,
twenty miles from Salt Lake, swept
away the summer cottage of Seymour
b. Young, Of Salt Lake. The Young
family and their guests. numbering
about twenty persons, narrowly es.
capped drowning.
Eman Jarman, of Salt Lake City, is
In the hospital suffering from severe
gunshot wound in the back. While out
hunting, companion slipped and fell,
the gun he was carrying being dis
charged, the entire contents lodging
In Jarman's back.
The recent heavy rains that have
fallen were Of no benefit to the farm.
ers OF Ogden valley. and in fact, they
were the cause of serious losses.
Thousands of tons of hay, baled, and
in the stacks, have been destroyed
by the excessive rains.
Provo IL to have school for STAN.
merers. William q. Bassett, now
manager of the Provo wooden mills
and former president of the board of
education, will conduct such an insti-
tuition, which will be called the Utah
School for Stammerers.
Within 60 days Salt Lake City will
have among its facilities for enter
tanning people magnificent new au.
ditorium, capable of seating 5000 per.
sons, and which may be used for large
public gatherings, roller skating and
various midwinter sports.
From the Amalgamated Sugar COM
pany comes the information that a re-
markable yield of beets Is expected
this year. At the present time the
crop is in hourishing condition. 1t
Is figured that the recent rain added
5000 tons to the total crop.
The Salt Lake City Commercial
club, which is ever In the lead when
1t comes to boosting the city and the
state, has adopted measures whereby
1t hopes to arouse an increased inter-
est In the Irrigation congress which is
to be held at Boise, Idaho.
The formation of company of local
people is under way for the organiza.
ton of a new banking concern for
american Fork. The building which |
the new concern will occupy is now
nearing completion, and is the most |
modern building in the city.
Luke Crawshaw, the ogden artist, |
has just completed clay model of
Ogden City. The model shows a con-
tour of ogden, commencing just west
of the Union depot. as far as the |
mountains on the east, and also the |
section to the northeast of the city.
Bert Jackman, while employed in
well at Bingham, was
struck on the head by fifteen-pound |