The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
UTAH STATE NE WS


of injuries received in runaway ac.
cident about three weeks ago.
One of the features of the state fair
10 be held in Salt Lake City this fall
will be the best dog show ever held
in the intermountain country.
A company of Monroe people are in.
terested in the new oil fields of south
ern Utah and have representatives
down there looking into the matter.
1t is reported that James Chapman,
n locomotive engineer, well known in
Ogden, was literally chewed to death
by a bear while hunting in Wyoming,
Joseph Bempke, a prisoner at the
state penitentiary, has escaped.
Bempke was a trusty and was engaged
in moving hay when he made his es-
cape.
VIII Pratter OF Salt Lake City, was
probably fatally stabbed by two negro
women who endeavored to hold him
up as he was passing through an al
ley at night.
j. II. Seeley has sold 200 sheep TO
Frank Tuttle of Mount Pleasant, at
$40 head. He has also sold 800
graded sheep to a Mexican woolgrow-
er, at SIS head
Fred j. Kiesel of ogden has offered
q $500 silver cup for the best display
of canned tomatoes grown by irriga
ton exhibited at the irrigation con
gress at Sacramento.
During a storm at Mt. Pleasant,
lightning struck the barn of Alex Brun-
side, destroying about ninety tons of
hay. The horses and cattle in the
barn were gotten out.
The owners of the fish hatcheries in
the Ogden valley have decided to test
the laws pertaining to the maintaining
OF their ponds along the different
branches of the Ogden river.
The youngest son of p NJ. Near
thur OF Mount Pleasant, while leading
bull to water. tripped on the rope
and was caught and dragged by the
bull and one of his legs broken.
Plans for advertising Ogden were
made at a meeting of the Real Estate
Mems association last week. At a
cost of $4,000 an illustrated book will
be gotten out and given a wide circu-
lation.
Bishop John A. Egbert of West Jor-
dan, who was nearly killed by Park
City train crashing into him some
weeks ago, has been taken home from
a Salt Lake hospital and is rapidly re-
covering.
hNt0 nf nrtn
Colo. suicided in Salt Lake City on
Sunday, taking morphine 1t is
claimed that grief over the death OF
his wife had caused Christensen to
become insane.
The Ogden Tabernacle Choir will go
to Sacramento for the Irrigation Con-
gress, sufficient funds having been
provided by prominent Ogden citizens
TO defray the expenses of the choir
during their trip.
AS an evidence of what is In store
for the people of Ogden during the
coming winter months 1t Is given out
that there is no coal at any of the
edly discouraging.
During the Eagles celebration at
Ogden last week, a generous collection
was taken up by the Eagles for Mrs.
Coda, whose husband, the aeronaut,
was killed while making parachute
jump short time ago.
The demand for houses in Salt Lake
IS so great that the real estate men
have almost despaired of supplying the
wants of their would-be patrons
Houses cannot be built fast enough to
accommodate the increasing popula
ton.
Elwin Clay, the 15-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs Il, w, Clay, was drowned
In the reservoir three miles south of
Garrison. 1t seems that while bathing
he got into hole where the water was
quite deep, and being unable to swim
was drowned
The state board of land commission
ers is investigating suitable localities
In which il may sink wells for the ben
eft of dry farmers who need water for
domestic purposes. The last legisla
ture appropriated nearly $4,000 for
this purpose.
Although the peach crop this year is
larger and better than almost any sea
son past, there are prospects of fam
inc in this fruit as far as the Salt Lake
markets are concerned. The scarcity
of this fruit is caused by the shiments
into eastern states.
Terribly scared by bolt of light
ming, the body of George NJ. Spencer,
a farmer living southwest of Salt Lake
City, was found on top of a load of hay
which he was about to haul TO town
Spencers son was severely shocked
by the same bolt that struck his faith.
er.
The Nephl Commercial club, at re
cent meeting, discussed the matter OF
opening up the coal deposits which
are located near there and q committee
has been employed to secure an expert
on coal lands to examine these beds