The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-08-09
UTAH STATE NEWS


Plain City is to have new canning
factory, a $4,000 company having
been organized for that purpose.
The Davis county fair will be sure
20 this fall, an association having filed
articles of Incorporation last week.
The Oregon Short Line company viii
operate the first Yellowstone park ex
cursion OF the season on August 25.
The Logan band, consisting Of TWEEN
ty-one pieces, spent two days last week
IN visiting Salt Lake pleasure resorts
Farmers in the Monroe fields have
commenced cutting their grain and in
dcations for a good harvest are excel
dent
The drug stores of Provo will remain
open for business on Sundays in tho
future, but will not be allowed to sell
liquor for any purpose.
State Treasurer Christianson reports
that $685. state funds were collect
cd during the month of July, while
t164, 400 was paid out.
Joseph Mcmahon, the aeronaut who
fell distance of 200 feet while max
ang parachute jump at Salt Lake City.
10 dead from his injuries.
The encampment of the Indian war
veterans at Ephraim last week was an
unqualified success. every county In
the state being represented.
The tax levy for Salt Lake county
was fixed at As mills and the county
school tax at 25 mills by the board OF
county commissioners last week
The little ten-year-old son of Joseph
Jackson fell into well, ffty-ive feet
deep, at Draper. and would have been
drowned but for the timely arrival Of
assistance.
Daniel w. Ellis. county recorder OF
Weber county for three consecutive
terms, has rendered his resignation.
His private interests demand his per.
sonal attention.
James Mcdonald, seven.year-old
galt Lake boy. was seriously injured
last week, being knocked down and
run over by surrey while he was
playing in the street.
School census enumerators in thirty
elk OF the fifty-two districts Of Salt
Lake have completed their labors for
this year. The increase shown In the
thirty-six districts is 6Ss.
The company boarding house at Win
ter Quarters was destroyed by fire last
week. Had It not been for the excel
lent condition of the waterworks. the
entire town would have burned down.
Superintendent Martin of the Park
CITY public schools has just completed
the school census of Park City. The
census shows 575 girls and $50 boys. q
Sotal OF 1856 children of the school
age.
r Henry g. Gale. aged 10. was killed
In q mine in Granite district. Beaver
county. he having entered the tunnel
before all the shots had exploded and
received the full force Of the explo-
sion.
Ben Noble, a Salt Lake man who
has long been known to the police as
b confirmed drnnkard, was found dead
In his cell in the city jail one morning,
last week. death being due to alco-
holism.
Charles A. Carman. an electrical en-
gineer. fell down stairs. while starting
home from resort on Commercial
street. Salt Lake City, receiving inju'
ries which resulted in death few
hours later.
The distillery to be built by the
Utah Sugar company for the manufac,
ture of denatured alcohol from the mo-
iasses made by the sugar companies
OF this state, will be established in
Salt Lake or ogden.
Mary Pattison, Salt Lake girl, has
sued the street car company for So 900
damages. alleging that she was forced
TO stand on the foot-board of a crowd
ed street car. from which she fell, sus-
tanning permanent injuries.
1t is probable that a son Of the en-
peror of Germany will come TO Utah
to study mining He is now a student
at the University OF Bonn, and after
his graduation he viii continue his
study of mining in this country.
The Cambrian society of Salt Lake
at recent meeting appointed com
mittee to inquire into the advisability
VI having an eisteddfod in Salt Lake in
1907, during the Inter-Mountain fair,
such as were held in 1895 and 1898.
The news that Governor Cutler had
refused to call the legislature together