The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-21
UTAH STATE NEWS

street railway has granted an increase
Of wages to its employees.
The BlRs of Park City have decided
10 build lodge and club room, $1,000
being raised for that purpose in one
evening,
The new electric lighting system for
the city of Huntsville, in the ogden
valley, was placed in operation for the
first time last week.
william Holmquist, aged IL, was
caught in an elevator in Salt Lake
City and his head so badly crushed
that death resulted the following day.
Patriarch John Austin, one of the
oldest citizens of Lehi, is dead at the
age Of So. Mr.. Austin came to Lehi
in 1903 and had resided in that town
aver since
BY unanimous decision OF the
Judges, the University of Colorado de-
batting team defeated the University
Of Utah team before large crowd at
Boulder, Colo.
The business men OF American Fork
are contemplating the installation OF
an Ice plant, the present scarcity OF
Ice making it almost imperative that
they do something OF this kind.
The question as to whether or not
the legislature should include Ogden
In the proposed measure OF city gov.
ernment, after the Galveston style,
was defeated in a meeting of the citi-
gens OF Ogden, the opposition being
almost unanimous.
A successful war is being made upon
the truants Of the public schools Of
Park City by the school officials and
the local city officers. The number Of
truants has been cut down so that now
II is rare thing for any of the pupils
to stay out OF school.
This has been the most remarkable
winter season known to the white set
tiers OF Sewer county. During the past
six weeks, with one or two exceptions,
there has not been a day when it was
uncomfortable out of doors and during
the past two weeks there were por-
tons OF the day when 1t was like sum.
ner.
Willie Cunningham, aged Is, OF
American Fork, is dead as the result
of inhaling poisonous fumes at the
Utah Sugar factory. Cunningham was
at the factory, and In doing SO inhaled
some of the deadly gases which arise
from the carbGpates, He died the
following morning.
Captain Frank d. Hobbs, register
of the United States land Office In
Salt Lake City, died at Mercy hospital,
Chicago, on the 18th. Captain Hobbs
was first appointed register of the
land office in 1889, was out during
Cleveland's term, but was reappointed
by President Mckinley, and had been
in the Office IL years.
Work on the Moffat road between
Denver and Salt Lake is to be prose
cuted with renewed activity. The Den
yer City Tramway company will at its
annual meeting February l9, authorize
the issuance of $15,OO0,OOO more stock
In addition to the $5,000,000 already
outstanding, and will issue bonds to
the extent of $20,0000oo.
w. Il. Peterson and ]. ]. Turke,
employees of Salt Lake grocery and
meat market, and four Japanese rest
CO AnA
on charge of conspiracy and robbery.
1t is charged the two white men fur
nished the goods at nominal price
from their employers store to the
Japanese. and pocketed the cash.
The annual report for the Weber
stake has been completed by Stake
Clerk J. v. Bluth. This report shows
that there are l6,252 members of the
Mormon church in Ogden and Weber
county, an increase of 634 over the
census OF year ago.
Despite the heavy snowstorms Of
the past month, the telephone COM
panies at Park City have succeeded
in keeping their lines open TO all the
mountain points, and the Alta lines
have only been out of commission o
comparatively short time.
Frank Kramer, the National cycling
champion, positively announced last
week that he would not embark on q
European racing trip this year. In
stead, he will put in the summer sea-
son in Salt Lake City, riding on the
Salt Palace saucer track there.
At Reese, four miles west OF Ogden.
on the Southern Pacific, John Ray, a
brakeman, 81 years of age, while coup
Ling the engine to the train, was
caught between the dead wood Of the
nar and the casting of the water tank