The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-29
UTAH STATE NEWS

week.
Salt Lake City has consumed 264,.
633 tons OF coal during the year, while
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 company's tract
Of 10000 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 rough.house
mix-up with a 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 wardens 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 irrigating system
has been started.
Arthur Brown, the former bank tel
Ter Of Salt Lake City, recently con-
victed Of ENLIGHTENMENT, has been ad-
Judged sane by jury, and will serve
his prison sentence.
That a 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 300, from all causes. In
Salt Lake county alone there were
40 deaths recorded.
Samuel Newhouse, the Utah mining
man, will furnish the funds for a 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
side Of the Weber river, in Ogden, by
J. II. Drake, who lives close by. Sew
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 it's capacity, making
1t one OF the largest In the world
Preparations for the Fine and Fa,
Sheep show to be held at the State
fair grounds January 7.1s, 1907, in con
nection with the annual convention
of the National Wool Growers as
ISOLATION, are nearing completion.
Superintendent Of Schools A. l.
Larsen has apportioned the count,
school funds OF Sanpete county
amounting to s6,921.6O, among tn,
various districts on a basis OF 81 4,
per capita Of persons of school age
Bishop Charles c. McCabe, OF tn,
Methodist church, who died in New
York last week is well known II
Utah, having been to a great degre,
instrumental In the upbuilding OF tn,
First Methodist church of Salt Lake
The $1,000 hotel erected at Devil
Slide, the site Of the plant of tn,
Union Portland and Cement company
new factory, is reported complete,
and placed in commission. The hote
has been erected expressly for tn,
use OF laborers.
The production of coke In Utal
during the past year was 2S2,19
short tons, an increase of GG,4S3 shor
tons over the previous year. Their
was also produced in the state 1,53
short tons of gilsonite, the value O
which would be S4O3 bSb