The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-06-15
UTAH STATE NEWS

In Nephi, July % to rs.
The cigar makers of Salt Lake are
out on strike, demanding an increase
In wages.
Britton Valentine. 81 years of age
and resident of Byro, Texas, an IT,
inerant painter, died suddenly in ,Og.
den from ptomaine poisoning.
John e. Hansen, city editor of the
Deseret News. and one of the best
known newspaper men in Utah, died
on the 7th, death being due to pneu-
monia.
A. r. Murlin of the United States
geological survey is in Utah making
topographic survey of the Daniels
Pass quadrangle in the Uintah forest
reserve.
Thinning of sugar beets has started
in some of the fields in the beet dis.
tricts. and all the boys and girls who
are willing to work can now get EN-,
ployment.
w. II. Riston. switchman, sui
cided in Salt Lake City by throwing
himself under heavily loaded dray,
the wheels passing over his head and
breaking his neck.
The Hurrican canal In Washington
county, which was begun in 1893, is
finished. The canal is six and three.
quarters miles long and will reclaim
1900 acres of land.
John Spires of Ogden this year
sheared 100000 pounds of wool from
his fiocks and has sold $4,000 pounds
Of this to an eastern wool-buying firm
at % cents per pound.
There are three very important
projects under way at Vernal, a roller
mill, electric lighting plant, and a
telephone exchange. A water system
is looked forward to next.
frankie Russell, aged s, climbed to
the third story of building in Salt
Lake City and fell through skylight
to the ground, sustaining Injuries that
will probably prove fatal.
Noll West and his two-year-old boy
had a close call from death by light
ming at Lehi. AS 1t was, Mr.. West
was stunned by the shock, and his arm
was half paralyzed for several hours.
Andrew Madsen, an aged citizen of
wh n
horse was knocked down and run
over, his leg being broken and his
head badly cut. He is in a precarious
condition.
The Denver & Rio Grande has com.
menced the making of improvements
on an extensive scale in Green River,
and the report is current In the town
that the place Is to be made di.
vision point on the system.
May was a healthy month in Salt
Lake City The number of deaths
during the month was 81, as com.
pared with ia in the same month last
year. The death rate for the month
per 1000 of population was 1.O2.
Human bones were uncovered in a
trench being dug by workmen in Salt
Lake City last week. 1t Is probable
the bones are those Of some Indian or
early settler, as no other explanation
for their being there can be given.
A petition Is being circulated in the
north end of Utah county asking that
the county commissioners make of
the American Fork canyon wagon
road a county highway in place of
toll road controlled by a corporation.
The three-year.old daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Jens Lindrup, Of Ephriam,
fell into a tub of boiling water while
playing around the kitchen floor and
was literally parboiled. Medical ala
was summoned at once but the child
died.
The various hospitals in Salt Lake
have been assessed this year for
taxes. This Is the result OF a decision
of the supreme court In suit where
the principle was clearly laid down
that the hospitals are not charitable
institutions.
Olaf Solberg, an old-time prospector
and miner in the Marysvale district,
was instantly crushed TO death by a
cavern AT the Franklin tunnel of the
Log Cabin Mining company, near
Marysvale. and Clarence Outzen was
slightly injured,
A cavein in the Annie Laurie mine
at Kimberly, Gold mountain, entombed
nine men and mule for about six
teen hours, from 4 O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon to o'clock Wednesday
morning. All were rescued without
Suffering serious injuries.
Cyrus Il. Dallin, the noted sculptor,
a native of Utah and former resident
of Salt Lake, has just completed at