The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-23
UTAH STATE NEWS

second time by frost,
Joseph A. McMurrin. of Salt Lake
City, was badly injured in a runaway
at McGrath, Canada, last week.
Gophers pushed into the letter box
at Cedar City postoGice and de
stroyed large amount Of valuable
mail
]. f. Gunderson of Mt Pleasant
wag severely injured by falling from
n scaffold on which he was at worl
painting.
Since gambling has been stopped
at Park City, the city council has de
cided to dispense with the service,
of two policemen.
The blacksmiths Of American FoTb
and Lehi will organize for the pur
pose of maintaining uniform prices
for all kinds of work.
The home of Jacob Bastian neal
Washington, Utah. took fire from the
stovepipe and burned down, nearly
everything in the house being de-
stroyed.
The annual session of the state
council of the Knights of Columbus
was held in Ogden last week, dele
gates being in attendance from Utah
Idaho and Nevada.
G. l.. Hutchings and his two sons
who took refuge in a barn at Elsinore,
had narrow escape from death by
lightning. The building in which
they took refuge was destroyed.
The Utah Grocery company, the
new wholesale firm of Springville
has received several carloads of stocb
and they expect to be able to get ou,
for business within the next week.
A livestock bulletin issued by the
Union Pacific Railroad company
shows the number of farm animals In
Utah in the year 1906 to be $3.411,
$40. with total value of $26,043,123
w. ]. Shealy, of Ogden. was at
tackled by bulldog and badly IN
jured. The dog refused to let go OF
Shealy's person until he was dragged
into a tub of water and almost
drowned
]. e. Taylor, the man who was
burned to death by q gasoline explo
sion in branch cleaning establish.
ment at Pocatello, was an Ogden man
and leaves wife and six children
residing in Ogden.
Samuel Newton was dangerously
hurt. his skull being fractured, by
Nathan Adams, at American Fork,
when the two men engaged in fight
Adams striking his antagonist ovei
the head with a crutch.
The president has decided not to
name one of the two new battleships
of the Dreadnaught type after the
state OF Utah. One of the sea fight
ers will be named Delaware and the
other probably New York.
According to the new law which
went into effect last week, travelins
men will be compelled to pay $500
license to do business. 1t is believed
test suit will be brought as to the
constitutionality of this act.
The 7-year-old son of James An.
derton of Brooklyn shot his brother.
aged s. with .22-caliber rifle, the
bullet entering his face just below the
eye. The little fellow will recover
The shooting was accidental.
C.. S. Tingey, secretary of state,
has received the newly published ses
sion laws. The volume is of neat ap.
pearance. contains 2S9 pages, cover
ing 165 additions added to the laws
of the state by the recent legislature.
The state board of health has or.
dered an investigation of the Rocky
Ford reservoir, the citizens of Sigurd
having made protest that 1t is
public nuisance, menacing the life
and health of the people of that set
tlement.
$, S. Lindeman, labore., was
SNANNh ~ Nal III Ostll l@dht
and fatally injured. He walked
around an eastbound car which had
stopped to take on passengers, and
failed to see a westbound car ap
preaching.
All range cattle passing into Mon
tana must be accompanied by Fed
eral health certificate, according to
communication received by Governor
John c. Cutler from w. Il. Knowles
secretary of the Montana Livestock |
Sanitary board.
One of the new laws which went
into effect last week is the act which |
appropriates $4,000 to the board OF
land commissioners to use in investi |
eating the prospects of securing sub
terranean waters for domestic uur