The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-01-10
UTAH STATE NEWS

for the year were si5038.20, and dur
ing the year 1906 they were $14,S9149,
a gain of $1417i.
Dudley W. Stone, contracting
carpenter of Ogden, who fell from
third story window, is dead from the
injuries sustained.
William Hearst, whose home was
formerly in Coalville, was killed at
Tonopah Nevada, on New Years day,
being struck by steam shovel.
Lars Il. Eggertsen, superintendent
Of the Utah county schools. was elect
cd president of the State Teachers
association at the annual session in
Ogden.
The Utah State Poultry associa-
ton has completed arrangements for
the annual poultry show to be held
at the Fair ground in Salt Lake City,
January %.
Fred Racks, dishwasher, fell into
a cauldron of boiling water in the
Wilson hotel kitchen in Salt Lake
City. and is in hospital in a pre-
carious condition.
Capitalists are contemplating the
erection at Lehi of plaster works and
will utilize the immense deposits of
gypsum which have been known for
years to exist on the west of Utah
lake.
Utah's exhibit at the fourteenth ma
tional irrigation congress at Boise.
Idaho, September to s, 1906, cost the
public spirited citizens of the state
who contributed to the exhibit fund
S3,153.96
The University of Utah. in it's blen-
NAL report filed with Governor Cutler
last week, asks for an appropriation OF
$377.554 for the maintenance of the in
stitution for the next two years and
for additional buildings
At meeting of the Commercial
club of American Fork last week II
was decided to offer inducements to
the smelter people of Salt Lake county
who are planning to move, to locate
their smelters near American Fork.
The little two-year-old girl of Mr..
and Mrs. Heber Gledhill. of American
Fork, accidentally drank some lye Fri.
day evening, and as result was bad
ly burned around the mouth and
throat, and is in critical condition.
Utah is to be well represented at
the National Dry Farming congress
which will be held in Denver, January
"a and 20, and It. is quite probable an
effort will be made by Salt Lake peo
pie to bring the next congress to the
capital city.
1t is said that of the men who pio
neered the development Of Cache val
ley but five now surviye: Morgan
S. Evans, John r. Blanchard, Edward
Nelson, Ralph Smith and John F.
Wright These men went into the
valley ON April 30. 1859
Albert Hackwell a moulder 81 years
of age, sulcided in Salt Lake City
cutting his throat in the presence
of his wife and children. He had twice
before attempted his life. and had
been regarded for more than q yeal
rs mentally unbalanced.
Lawrence Iceberg, the man who was
lynched at Las Animas, Colo, for q
brutal murder, was taken into custody
In Salt Lake City in June last, was
adjudged insane and was committed
to the state hospital at Provo, where
he was detained until August IS.
Daniel w. Sommers. a section hand
met with painful accident at Coal
Vile. He was engaged with othe'
men cutting rail, when the raj
slipped and fell against another rail
the young mans left hand being
caught between the two and mashed
The table Of Salt Lake bank clear
lngs for 1906 shows total of 1888,
l75.O12.S8, as against s2l1. .597, 1895!
for 1905. The clearings for the month
of December amounted to S32,S40,
1853. as against S25,316,759.S7 TO
tba same month of the year preceding
Mrs, Persis Atherton Farr, wife o
the late Aaron f. Farr of Ogden, ant
a AT pioneer, passed away at o'clocl
New Years morning at the home o
her daughter. Mrs. Moses Thatcher
of Logan, with whom she had resid
ed for some time. Mrs. Farr was 3
years of age.
Because he refused to drop luml
of coal that he took from car stand
ing in the yards 10 build fire 10
himself and fellow worNmen. Harr,
Emerson. a Union Pacific railroad EN-
poye at Ogden, was shot through tn
left arm by Greek watchman namet
George Deems
II. G. Cook and j. o. Duke, of Hebei
have bought 100000 feet of timbe
on the west fork of the Duchesn