The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-03-28
UTAH STATE NEWS

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crease in freight rates.
While the family were at church the
residence of S. s. Worthington OF
Grantsville was destroyed by fire.
As a result of an outbreak of diph.
iberia at Grantsville, the schools,
churches and amusement places have
been closed.
The factory site and real estate OF
the Sanpete e. Sewer Sugar company
have been purchased by the Utah
Sugar company.
A large canning factory is to be
erected at Syracuse Junction, in the
very heart of the tomato and fruit dis |
trict of Davis county.
Some one with spite against dogs
scattered poisoned meat at several
places at Lehi Junction last week and
got six dogs in one day.
Edward j. Yard, chief engineer OF
che Rio Grande railroad system, died
of pneumonia at st. Marks hospital,
Salt Lake City, on Saturday.
John Ripley of ST. John, Malad val
ley, Idaho, suffered the loss of his left
neg at Brigham City when he was at
tempting to board a moving train.
Salt Lake City has a population OF
61.602, according to an estimate made
by the census bureau, but the citizens
of Zion think this figure is much too
small
That pneumonia is still the victor In
its number of victims over the white
plague in Utah, is shown by the Feb
ruary bulletin of the state board OF
health.
The skeleton of man found at
Dugway, In the Deep Creek country,
is believed to be the remains of Chas.
Larson, who has been missing since
last June.
Grazing fees for the use of the win
ter range on Anthro mountain in the
Uintah national forest, Utah, will be
returned. This has been decided upon
test case.
Among the sundry civil expense
bills of the government passed last
congress was the item of $4,000 for
the improvement of the old Fort Crit
tenden. Fairfield, Utah.
At Lewiston the big cattle barn of
A. L, Hyer was wrecked by a wind
storm last week, but his fine cattle. in
some miraculous way, escaped injury.
There was a great electrical display
during the storm.
In an opinion handed down by the
supreme court, the judgment Of the
lower court is affirmed in the case OF
]. d. Skeen, appellant, VS.. Thomas F.
Browning, chief of police OF Ogden,
and the chief is permitted to retain
his position.
The Commercial club of Monroe
held it's initial meeting last week and
appointed a committee of four, con
sisting of Lorenzo Lisonbee, Austin
Yergensen, Martin Simmonsen and
Olof Nicholson, to draw up set oi
bylaws for the association.
In Mendon the house Of David Lowe
was unroofed by windstorm, and
the members of the family had to
take hurried refuge in the cellar.
few minutes later the wind snapped
the roof off the cellar and the thor
oughly terrified people fled to the
barn, but the barn was blown across
the street. No one was hurt.
While employed in the assay office
of the Daly-West company, at Park
City, Oscar Jensen was badly burned
by acid, bottle of the liquid having
broken while 1t was being handled
Mr.. Jensen sustained injuries about
the head, shoulders and feet.
The master plumbers of Salt Lake
have declared they will operate moth
ing but open shops from now on, as q
result of the walk-out of about sixty
journeymen plumbers. upon the re
fusal of their employers to raise wages
from $3.50 to $3.50 and Sc day.
]. c. Butler, car repairer, of Og
den, was struck on the head with a
sledge hammer and had his skull
caved in. He was working with a
helper. who was welding the hammer
when It glanced from the chisel and
struck Butler in the base of the skull
According to officials of the state
health board. the legislation recently
enacted, authorizing inspections OF
slaughter houses was not only sorely
needed, but is woefully inadequate tC
meet conditions that are described as
revolving and menace TO the public
health.
David Shields, a miner at the Ma
poleon G. Maghera mine, in he Sierra
Madre mountains, near Oguen, let a
heavy loaded tunnel car go over the
dump and went with 1t. The dump
is a precipitous cliff, and he fell with