The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-04-25
UTAH STATE NEWS

Green river is TO have an artificial
tee plant, thus solving a serious prob
lem for the ice man.
Fred Skinner, who once lived il
Salt Lake City. was killed in a mine
,ave-in in Colorado last week.
The Weber county commissioners
are taking steps to fence the road in
Ogden canyon at the dangerous places.
While playing ball, j. Edward Gibbs.
Of West Portage, broke his jaw bone,
as the result Of colllding with another
player.
The school at Springvllle has gath.
cred together large number of works
of art which will form the nucleus of
an art institute.
Mrs. Jakeman, of Sewer county.
had her arm broken in runaway.
Her four children, who were with her,
escaped uninjured.
Francis Hartley, living in the upper
part of Washington county, was found
Head in his cabin. He had fallen and
struck his head on the hearthstone.
The estate of William T. Hooley,
who was shot and killed by his wife,
Edla Alfrida Hooley, at their home
In Salt Lake, will go to the two chill
dren.
An unmanageble horse coming down
Main street, Park City, struck Owen
Greenan, rendering him unconscious
for a time, but inflicting no serious
injury.
The old Geneva lake resort, locat
ed on the shores of Utah Lake, Is be-
ing remodeled and improved in a way
that 1t will make an ideal summer
resort.
Fred Blickensderfer, young man
employed in Salt Lake hotel, caught
his arm In the betting of an ice cream
freezer. the arm being so badly injured
that amputation was necessary.
M. M. Brown, of Woods Cross, was
struck and killed by a Rio Grande
passenger train. Brown was driving
across the track at the time and ap.
parently misguided the speed of the
train.
Mt. Pleasant has another freak In
large collection. This one 10 a lamb,
living and in good health, which Is
the possessor of two mouths and two
noses.
A strike Of the street car opera.
tives in Salt Lake within the next
week Is not impossible, although botb
the company and the men say they
will go to any reasonable length to
avoid such a calamity.
A miner named Leon Torrey was
blown to pieces at the Frisco mine
at Bingham, while tamping a hole
filled with dynamite. His partner
George Jennings, who was working
close by, was uninjured.
Mrs. John Starby, living near Fill
more, jumped from buggy while the
horses were running away, and was
killed, her skirt becoming caught in
the wheel and she was thrown under
the vehicle, her body being badly mu
tilated.
Burglars forced an entrance into
the store of c. N. Prisk, at Park City
and attempted to open the safe. This
was not accomplished although the
safe was badly damaged. The cash
register was robbed and little silver
secured.
A new company was organized last
week. consisting of American Fork,
Provo and Springville men, for the
purpose of farming in Cedar valley.
The object of the company is to do a
general farming ana stock raising
business.
The Sutherland Amusement com.
pany, of Ogden, has filed it's articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state, with the avowed object of con.
structing a scenic railway at the Og.
den Sanitarium resort, near the mouth
of Ogden canyon.
Brigham City is particularly lively
in its building line and labor is at
premium. Two canning factories are
being erected, one at Brigham City
and one at Perry A large number of
residences and building blocks are in
course of erection.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Densley, of Riverton, is dead
from strychnine poisoning. A saucer
flled with meal and strychnine had
ben placed in the library to pois.
on mice. The little one got hold OF
The poison and ate 1t.
According to the census bureau,
Utah had a population in 1900 of 276,.
749; in 1904. 3O3,147; in 1905, 3O9, ,734,
and in 1906, 316,331. The area of the
state, which even the census bureau