The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-11
UTAH STATE NEWS

crushed In a hay pulley.
The Salt Lake route has ordered
twenty-three locomotives from the
American Locomotive company.
Ed Madsen, OF Mount Pleasant, is
suffering with a broken collarbone,
caused by falling against table.
Twenty people were injured at Park
City on the 4th as the result of reck-
less handling of fireworks and fire.
arms.
Mrs. w. Il. Brown while walking
across the floor in her home at Mount
Pleasant slipped and fell, breaking
her ankle.
At Redmond, near the southern end
OF Sanpete county, are deposits of
salt in quantities almost large enough
TO be called mountains,
Former Wisconsin people now resi-
dent In Utah, and in Salt Lake par.
ticularly, will form social club to be
known as the Wisconsin Society.
The Great Salt lake has risen near
ly five inches in two weeks. The
level is 3 4-10 feet above the zero
mark, or 2.1O feet higher than on
June /, 1906.
Frank Ward, an 11-year-old Og.
den boy celebrated Independence day
by exploding can filled with powder,
and as a result has broken jawbone
and may lose the sight of one eye.
John Doolsine and Joseph Smith
fired off seventy-five pounds of dyna-
mite at Alta on the 4th, wrecking the
front end of saloon The men have
been sentenced to 100 days in jail.
Sergeant II. d. Biickner. stationed
at Fort Douglas, lost the sight of one
eye on the 4th, as the result of the
explosion OF giant firecracker which
some unknown person threw at him.
John 7. Thain, of Logan, is dead.
He and his wife pulled handcart
across the plans, coming with the first
company of the handcart brigade to
Utah In 1856. He was 7S years OF
age.
Mrs. w. A. McEnery, who died In
San Francisco last week from heart
disease, was born in Summit county
Her first husband was ID. c. McLaugh'
lin. the wealthy mining man of Park
City.
Orange ]. Salisbury, OF Salt Lake
who died while en- route to Europe for
his health, leaves an estate valued at
100000. according to the petition filed
in the probate court last week by his
widow.
The federal government will expend
$1,000 during the next two years in
cooperating with the state in irriga
tion and drainage Investigations
The work will be done at the Agricul
tural college.
The three-year-old daughter of Ro
bert Elite was drowned ON the 4th
while the family was spending the day
in City Creek canyon, near Salt Lake
The little one strayed away and fell
into the creek.
II. S. Pitkin, whose home was In
Provo, died in Salt Lake hospital
last week as the result of an accident
at Knowls, near the Utah-Nevada line
he being caught between car and his
right leg crushed.
John Brown, a teamster, was struck
by train in Salt Lake, while en-
deavoring TO save his horses which
had become frightened and leaped
upon the track, his collar-bone and
four ribs being broken.
Ernest Fisher of Salt Lake was ser
iously injured and five others were
slightly injured by the overturning ol
an automobile near Ogden. Mr.. Fish
er being pinned underneath the ma
chine and badly crushed.
James M. Donaldson, Salt Lake
gambler, was found guilty on Saturday
OF stealing $10,373 from the McWhirt
ers in the famous bunko game In
which Chief of Police Sheets was ac
cused of having taken part
Mrs. George Tristram, aged 81 years
is dead at Henefer- She had been an
invalid, caused from fall, for the last
four years. She kept store there
for over thirty years, and was well
known and highly respected by all.
The application made by a promi
nent Salt Laker for an injunction
against his next-door neighbor. from
permitting roosters to crow on hes
premises, this keeping him awake
has been denied in The district court
For the quarter year ending June. sc
the secretary of states Office received
I'm fees SAL ,515 %. OF this amount
$4,000 came from the Union Pacific
railroad for amending it's articles oi
incorporation and increasing its CAPT
tai stock $l00,000000.
The body OF the 2-year-old baby gir
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Moroni Barney
which will be remembered was drown
ed In the Brooklyn canal about two
months ago, was found on the 2nd by
George Blain, farmer of Brooklyn
The body had lodged in some drift
wood.
From Vernal comes the report OF