The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-01-03
UTAH STATE NEWS

HmOunJ 10 dDout 9l,oVO,VVV year
The total assessed valuation of Salt
Lake county for the year 1906 was
S54,111,429.
The Salt Lake newsboys had big
treat in the form of Christmas din
ner given by Samuel Newhouse.
Two trains collided at Park City
and were smashed to kindling wood,
but fortunately no one was hurt.
Utah mines paid $5,15O,49O in div
idends during the year just closed. a
gain over the previous year OF 1927.
400.
There were 1853 births in Salt Lake
during the first eleven months OF 1906,
Of which S75 were male and sos were
females.
During the year 1906, the mines of
Utah produced s40,0S0, ,6S2.97 worth of
precious metals, an increase of $1O,-
895,615.76 over the previous year.
Judge Diehl, of the Salt Lake po-
lice court, handed down an opinion
last week, permitting slot machines
which pay in trade only, to be
operated.
Myron Eardley, son of James w.
Eardley, formerly Of Salt Lake City,
was accidentally shot and killed on
Christmas day while hunting near his
home at Baker City, Ore.
There were S6S deaths in Salt Lake
during the first eleven months of 1906,
and the average monthly death rate
per 1000 Of population, based upon an
estimated population of $4,000, was
los.
Over 300 children were fitted out
with clothing and supplied with toys
on Christmas day by the Salvation
army of Salt Lake, while a dozen or
more families sat down to big dinners
furnished by this organization.
Lester Earl Moreton, son Of City
Recorder j. B. Moreton, of Salt Lake
City, has been recommended for ap-
pointment to West Point cadetship
by the committee which examined
three applicants for the position.
The total approximate value OF the
dairy products (butter, cheese and
condensed milk in Utah Is nearly
$2000,000. In the state there are
ninety creameries and cheese facto
ries. and two milk condensories.
The body Of the man found on the
banks of the Weber river at
Ogden has been identified a.
that of Andrew Anderson, a
railroad section employe. 1t is be-
lieved that Anderson was murdered.
The shep industry in Utah has beer
increasing from year to year and now
figures largely in the wealth of the
state. AT the spring shearing of 1906
there were 1875, 144 sheep sheared, &C
cording to reports made to the state
board.
Martin E. Mulvey, American Coun
Gilman from the Fifth ward of Sail
Lake, will tender his resignation a;
councilman, declaring that his reason
for the action is that he is not in &C
cord with the policy of the admins
tration.
Edmund G. Hines was slightly
wounded In the right arm by bal
from Flobert rifle Christmas morning
while standing on the porch in from
of his home in Salt Lake, as the re
suit OF boy experimenting with {
Christmas present.
Fifteen new banks were formed dur
ing the year, one new life insurance
company began business, one building
and loan company and three loan an,
trust companies entered the field, &C
cording to the annual report of A. c
Glazier, the bank examiner.
The Jurors empannelled to invest
gate the accident at the Grass Creel
coal mines. wherein James r. Robin
son sustained injuries resulting in hi
death, returned Verulct 10 the eHec
that the fatality was purely Academia
and not blaming the company.
At a joint meeting held in Salt LAX
City by the Manufacturers and Mel
chants association. the Utah Stat
Fair association and the Real Estat
association, it was decided to hav
1.
merce on January IA, 10 and l6.
Judge o. w. Powers is now the loca
representative of Mrs. Anna Bradley
charged with killing ex-senator Al
thur Brown. John A. Bagley of tn
firm of BaTtch and Bagley hay
ing announced their withdrawal froI
the case in favor of Judge Powers.