The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12
UTAH STATE NEWS

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The report of the state auditor
shows that the bonded Indebtedness
Of the state of Utah is 100000
The receipts at the Provo postofics
for the year we're $15,03S.20. and dur
Ing the year 1905 they were $14,s91.49.
q gain Of S141.71.
Dudley w. Stone, contracting
carpenter of Ogden. who fell from a
third story window, Is dead from the
Injuries sustained.
William Hearst. whose home was
formerly in Coalville. was killed at
Tonopah, Nevada, on New Years day,
being struck by steam shovel.
Lars Il. Eggertsen, superintendent
Of the Utah county schools. was elect.
Cd president OF the State Teachers
association at the annual session In
Ogden.
The Utah State Poultry associa-
ton has completed arrangements for
the annual poultry show to be held
at the Fair ground in Salt Lake City,
January 20.
Fred Racks, a dishwasher. fell into
. cauldron of boiling water in the
Wilson hotel kitchen in Salt Lake
City, and Is in hospital In q pre-
carious condition.
Capitalists are contemplating the
erection at Lehi of plaster works and
will utilize the immense deposits Of
gypsum which have been known for
years to exist on the west of Utah
lake.
Utah's exhibit at the fourteenth ma
tional irrigation congress at Boise,
Idaho, September 3 to 8. 1906, cost the
public spirited citizens OF the state
who contributed to the exhibit fund
t3,153.9G.
The University Of Utah. in It's bisn-
NAL report filed with Governor Cutler
last week, asks for an appropriation OF
$377.554 for the maintenance OF the In
stitution for the next two years and
for additional buildings
At a meeting of the Commercial
club OF American Fork last week 1t
was decided to offer inducements to
the smelter people Of Salt Lake county
who are planning to move. to locate
their shelters near American Fork.
The little two-year-old girl Of Mr..
and Mrs. Heber Gledhill. OF American
Fork. accidentally drank some lye FRI
day evening, and as result was bad
ly burned around the mouth al
inyssssi iasssussssH'f
Utah is to be well represented Mt
the National Dry Farming congress
which will be held In Denver. January
"a and 20. and Il is quite probable an
effort will be made by Salt Lake peo-
pie to bring the next congress to the
capital city.
1t is said that OF the men who pio-
neered the development OF Cache val
ley but five now survive: Morgan
3. Evans. John Il. Blanchard, Edward
Nelson. Ralph Smith and John +.
Wright These men went Into the
valley on April 30. 1859.
Albert blackwell. a moulder 81 years
OF age. suicided In Salt Lake City.
cutting his throat In the presence
Of his wife and children. He had twice
before attempted his life, and had
been regarded for more than a year
~ mentally unbalanced.
Lawrence Iceberg. the man who was
iynched at Las Animas. Colo. for n
brutal murder. was taken into custody
In Salt Lake City In June last. was
adjudged insane and was committed
70 the state hospital at Provo. where
he was detained until August Is.
Daniel w. sommers, a section hand.
met with a painful accident at Coal
vile. He was engaged with other
men cutting u raif when the rail
slipped and fell against another rail,
tne young man n leit manu- Deins
caught between the two and mashed.
The table of Salt Lake bank clear.
ings for 1906 shows total OF $685.
l75,O12.ss. as against $2li ,697,73s.69
for 1905. The clearings for the month
OF December amounted TO $32.S4O.-
62S SO, as against s25.3l6,769.S7 for
tbe same month OF the year preceding.
Mrs. Persis Anterior Farr, wife OF
the late Aaron +. Farr OF Ogden, and
AZ pioneer. passed away ut 4 o'clock
New Years morning at the home OF
her daughter Mrs. Moses Thatcher,
OF Logan, with whom she had resid'
ed for some time. Mrs. Farr was 81
years of age
Because he refused TO drop lump
Of coal that he took from a car stand.
Ing In the yards 10 build a fire for
himself and fellow workmen. Harry
Emerson. a Union Pacific railroad en-
poye at Ogden, was shot through the
left arm by Greek Waterman named
George Deems.
II. G. Cook and J. o. Duke. OF Heber.
have bought 1900 900 feet of timber