The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-01-31
UTAH STATE NEW s

The bricklayers of Salt Lake have
demanded an increase in wages from
$5 to sc day, beginning March /.
William ]. Hallorap, prominent
real estate man, has been elected
president of the Salt Lake Commercial
club.
A creamery Is to be established at
Loa, Wayne county, by local capt.
alists, the company being capitalized
for $4,000
Marco Bogdavich, Greek laborer
who had just been judged insane.
hanged himself in the Salt Lake City
Jail, using his shirt for rope.
A signal department has been Great
ed in connection with the operation
and maintenance of the block system
use by the Oregon Short Line.
Sewer valley is clear of snow, to
the extent that the roads are dusty
and the weather is mild and
spring like, with clear sky and warm
sunshine.
Farmers in the vicinity OF Mil
Creek and Sandy want all pheasants
killed, claiming that the birds do con
siderable damage to the wheat and
corn crop.
The most extensive stockyards and
sheepshearing corrals in the southern
part of the state are about completed
at Milford and will be ready as soon
as needed In the spring.
AS a result of the supreme court
opinion In the Mill case, Judge Brown
Of the Salt Lake Juvenile court, has
been requested to resign by the Ju-
venile court commission.
About $1,000 sheep are still on the
Uintah reservation, and 1t Is reported
that their owners made the offer OF
$4,000 to any one who would get
them out of the deep snow.
bald eagle measuring six feet four
inches from tip to tip was caught In
a coyote trap at quarry, near Salt
Lake, few days ago. The eagle was
but little injured by the trap.
The annual poultry show of the Utah
State Poultry association. held in Salt
Lake City last week. was pronounced
by poultrymen the biggest, best and
cleanest ever held by the association.
Ernest B, Snarr, trimmer EN-.
ployed by the Utah Light and rail-
road company, met instant death
while engaged in his work in Salt
Lake City, coming in contact with
live wire.
At the weekly meeting OF the
Wholesale Grain Dealers association
In Salt Lake last week, oats and bar.
ley advanced ten cents on the hun.
dred and corn meal declined ten cent?
on the hundred.
John Francis Hardie, past grand
master of the Masonic fraternity In
Utah. and member of the famous
handcart brigade which came to Salt
Lake valley in 1856. died in Salt Lake
City on the 22nd
Anton Chiopussio, an Italian, was
killed at the Annie Laurie mine at
kimberly. His leg was caught in the
skip, and he was thrown against the
timbers of the skipway with such vic.
lence that his skull was crushed.
Ten offices in four different build.
ings in Salt Lake City were looted
by amateur cracksmen, one night last
week, who pried open doors. opened
desks and broke open safes, but
failed to secure anything of value.
The first case of illegal killing of
deer since the heavy snow drove the
animals from the mountains into the
lowlands in search of food was un.
earthed at north Ogden last week
and as result three men will be
prosecuted.
So far as tracklaying is concerned
no progress has been made on the
Western Pacific during the last month,
but the ballasting of 100 miles of
track laid has progressed splendldly,
and with the exception of few miles
this stretch is now completed and
ready Tor operation.
The "old folks" OF Lehi were royal.
ly entertained last week. There were
three OF the first settlers of Lehi pres.
ent, who came here in 1850, and
seven who crossed the plains with the
famous handcart company.
Flockmasters in the vicinity of Mo.
dena are experiencing strenuous
times, and a considerable loss is re-
ported from flocks of sheep, caught
in the desert, where the snow is too
deep for browsing on sagebrush.
Should the customary January thaw
fail to materialize, it is thought the
loss will be heavy.
The report comes from Mount Pleas
ant that man who has persisted in