The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-05
UTAH STATE WIS

while duck, hunting near Rea, Idaho
The Salvation Army provided near
ly 1000 of Salt Lakes unfortunates
with substantial Thanksgiving din
ner.
According to one of the bank Of
flcials of Ogden, the local institutions
will not resume cash payments until
about January /.
Cation Love, aged SO, who for more
than thirty years has been a resident
of Weber county, dropped dead in
Ogden ON the 9th.
George A. Morgan, machinist, sui
cided in lodging house in Salt Lake
City, as the result of despondency
over domestic troubles.
The twenty-second annual conven-
ton of the Utah State Sunday School
association was held in Ogden on Fri
day and Saturday of last week.
Everett Buckingham, who has been
general superintendent of the Oregon
Short Line, with Offices In Salt Lake
City, since 1904, has rendered his res.
ignation.
A railroad man at Ely, New, Is au-
thority for the statement that there
will be direct railroad communication
between Ely and Salt Lake within
two years.
Salt Lake citizens are in fair
way to get the benefit of a reduction
in fire insurance rates. as result of
the recent meeting of the board of fire
underwriters.
The Progress Spinning & Knitting
Mills company of Springville filed ar.
ticles of Incorporation with the secre.
tary OF state last week. The capita,
stock is 100000.
Italian laborers at the rate of about
100 day are leaving Salt Lake for
Italy. Most of them are discharged
employees from the Western Pacific
railroad In Nevada.
Claude Clarke. negro, who killed
Lewis Jones, colored, at Ogden sev.
eral months ago, during fight in
gambling house. has been sentenced
to five years Imprisonment.
While working at sawmill near
Torrey, In Wayne county, James
Heath fell on circular saw, and was
almost cut in two, but despite his
serious injuries may recover.
A rabbit hunt in which number
of Salt Lake sportsmen took part on
Thanksgiving day resulted In about
1000 bunnies being slaughtered, the
field OF slaughter being Cedar valley.
The farmers of Willard are busy
hauling beets from the dump to the
cars. They had to sign contracts,
agreeing to put them on the cars, be.
fore the sugar company would allow
them to dump the beets.
Nearly 1000 sheep have recently
died on a ranch near Monticello. San
Juan county. From all appearances
1t seems that the death of this large
flock Is the work of some spiteful
fiend who poisoned the animals.
Representative Howell will intro
duce bills at this session of congress
to establish an assay oflce at Salt
Lake, provide for public building al |
Brigham, Park City and Richfleld, and |
national soldiers home at Salt Lake. |
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Luckart, of Plain City, that he is one
OF the heirs of the Cornelius Drake |
estate of New York City, valued at |
$20,000,000. The news came as a |
Thanksgiving offering to Mr. Luck
art.
Thanksgiving festivities at Wells
vile We're saddened by the accidental |
death OF Arnold Smurthwaite, 13
years old, son of Alfred Smurthwaite,
who shot himself while crossing a |
foot-bridge, carrying his gun by the
muzzle.
A taxidermist of Ogden recently
secured peculiar specimen of duck.
The bird has pintail, mallard wings,
feet and eyes, teal breast and red
heads head, four distinct breeds,
The duck was shot near the mouth of |
the Ogden river.
William II. Bryan, brakeman in
the employ of the Rio Grande West
ern railroad, was instantly killed at
Bingham Junction, when he was
knocked from car by passing train
which passed over his body and his
right arm, which was cut off.
In building the Western Pacific the
engineers encountered huge salt beds,
said TO be eight miles in width and
forty miles long. There isn't, per.
haps, another such salt deposit in
the world. The salt beds are about
120 miles west of Salt Lake City.
Edith Hollindrake,- a l0-year-old girl
Of American Fork, died last week
from bleeder's disease. The disease
is peculiar, and rarely met with. The
sufferer gradually bleeds to death, and
all attempts TO check the flow OF
blood merely prolongs life for few
days.
Allie Griffin of Ogden had narrow
escape from death last week while
hunting. In attempting to remove a ,
To-. ded gun from the bottom of
buggy, the shell exploded tear ,
ng away parts of Griffin's clothing ,
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