The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-09-14
UTAH STATE NEWS

in Salt Lake City for the purpose OF
investigating the alleged food trust.
The second session OF the Trans
Missouri Dry Farming congress will be
held in Salt Lake Jan. %, "a, 25 and &c.
The principals of the Salt Lake
schools threatened TO 60 on strike.
and their salary was Increased $40 a
month.
There will be but little fruit put up
by the Salt Lake housewives this sea
con, owing to the extreme high price
of fruit
The state board OF examiners met
last week and approved bills amount
ing TO $4,000 for the recent guard el.'
campment.
Burglars looted the tailoring estab.
lishment of George w. Putnam In
Salt Lake City. securing about $1,000
worth OF goods.
Mother Jones" was the speaker OF
the day at the Park CITY Labor day
celebration. which was one of the big.
gest celebrations ever held In the
camp.
Ernest Bolin, of Salt Lake City, was
struck by an automobile, while he was
driving to town In a buggy. his rig be-
ing demolished and Bolin suffering Sc
we're injuries.
Fifteen thousand people attended the
Labor day celebration at Lagoon,
while 10000 were at Saltair. Labor
day is the closing day Of the season
for these resorts.
The trial of Mrs. Annie T. Bradley
indicted for the murder of former
Senator Brown, of Utah. which was
set for October Z. PROBABLY will be
postponed until November II.
The number Of men employed In the
coal mines of Utah In 1906 was 1872,
against ,3Gl In 1905. and 1876 in 1904.
The average working time In 1906 was
2SS days, against 2i7 In 1905 and 29i
in 1904.
j. w. Blom, a contractor, living in
Salt Lake City. committed suicide on
the 9th by shooting himself in the
abdomen. Business worries and I'm.
ancial reverses furnished the motive
for the suicide.
Utah carried or the bonors in con-
nection with the interstate exposition
of land and forest products at t.ie Ir.
yigation congress. Utah was given
seven trophies, seven cash prizes and
one Durham bull.
Luther Burbank, the celebrated bot
anist and horticultural, declares that
the Utah exhibit OF peaches at the Ma
tional Irrigation congress In Sacra.
mento was composed OF the finest
fruit he had ever seen In California.
The constitutionality CT that portion
of the new juvenile court law passed
by the last legislature requiring adults
contributing TO the delinquency OF chill. |
dren to appear before the Juvenile |
court will be tested In the district and |
supreme courts.
The proposed 100000 passen.
ger station to be erected In Salt Lake !
City for the Short Line and Salt Lake |
route will In all probability stand on |
immense concrete piles driven 10 n
great depth into the clay subsoll OF the
Oregon Short Line yards.
Nearly two miles OF marching men
paraded the streets Of Salt Lake City |
in observance OF Labor day. The line
was little more than twelve blocks
long and contained more than 1000
when finally II returned to Fedora.
ton hall. whence II started.
The secretary OF the treasury has re-.
1ected all bids for the extension TO the
public building at Ogden. Utah. The
reason that they were not acceptable
WIS on account OF new drawing of
specifications for the further enlarge
ment OF the building which Is to be
made.
That litigation In Sail Lake Is In
creasing much more rapidly than the
population Is shown by the August re-.
port Of the county clerk. During the
past month his receipts were 81. 9653s,
as compared with si.sl7 for the cores.
pending month last year, or an Increase
OF s2l4S.3s
At the first meeting OF the Utah
State Poultry association, held In Salt
Lake City last week, Il was decided
by the association To get In line and
make the poultry show one OF the
features Of the fair this year. putting
Il upon much higher plane than II
has been heretofore.
The State Humane Society, at
meeting held last week. decided that
coursing Is cruel. but despite their
decision. II Is probable that the great
national dog matches will be held In
Salt Lake City next month, when the
fastest hounds In the country will be
sent after the rabbits.
A barn belonging 20 Councilman
Christian Madsen. OF Manti was struck
by lightning and destroyed by fire. The
barn, which contained twenty-five or
thirty tons Of hay, fine surrey and
farm wagon. and other vehiclea. was to-
tally destroyed, and only by hard work
was the home saved
Governor Cutler will lie required 10
call a convention OF repre- sentative citi-
gems from the towns and cities OF the
third class OF Utah for the purpose OF
discussing the matter Of public town
libraries The reques; f. 20 come
from the Office OF the state superin-
tendent OF public instruction.