The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-04-16
UTAH STATE NEWS

year. and Weber county will get So,
202.
twenty-five members attended tho
annual session of the Titan Beekeep
ers' association held in Salt Lake
City last week.
farmer living near Bingham
Junction, who is 50 years of age, was
married recently, the bride giving
her age as 70
The town of Mayfeld is suffering
from an epidemic of diphtheria, and
1t may be necessary to close the
schools for a time.
1t Is estimated that about forty
Thousand sheep will be shorn al
Thompson's, and twenty-five thousand
at Dewey, this year.
Ogden's tabernacle choir has en-
tered the contest for the $1,000 prize
offered at the eisteddfod in Salt
Lake City next October.
The county commissioners of Sum.
init county have awarded a. contract
to the Denver Bridge company to
erect a steel bridge at Hoytsville.
Albert Earl, the 1S-year-old Salt
Lake boy who was injured by an
Oregon Short Line engine at Poca,
tello. Idaho, died from his injuries.
In the future any one having a slot
machine in his place OF business in
Salt Lake must pay license of $40
per month for the operation of the
same.
A proposition to consolidate the
school districts in each county un-
der one control is being supported by
"A. G. Nelson, superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
A Park City man, convicted of Sc
curing refreshments in a restaurant
and refusing to pay for them, was
fined $25 and has appealed the case
to a higher court.
At an old folks dinner in Rich
mond, 500 persons feasted. There
were number of old people present.
There was one over 80, four over 80,
81 over 70. and 3S over 60.
Bertha Rhodes attempted suicide in
rooming house in Ogden, one day
last week, taking chloroform, but
was discovered in time by occupants
of the house to save her life.
While trying to pound shell into
q gun, Harry Heed. an eight-year-old
Fremont boy, was injured, the shell
exploding, tearing the end Off of one
finger and injuring the others badly.
The three-year-old child of II. G.
Hess, OF Ogden, was attacked by q
dog one day last week and so badly
bitten about the face that there is
but little hope for the chlds recov-
cry.
Mrs Mary A. Pugmire, who has
been a resident of Salt Lake for
number of years. was overcome by
heart failure while walking along
the street death resulting few mo-
ments later.
The Western Association of the
Blind is the title of an organization
formed in Salt Lake City last week
which has for its purpose the promo
tion of the welfare of the blind in
the western states.
State Treasurer Christiansen has
filed his report for March with the
state auditor. hTe report shows
balance on hand March l of $685.
aS6.61, which, with the months re-
ceipts makes a total of SS16,777.39.
Alfred Howes, aged IL years, the
son of John Howes of Marysvale, was
seriously injured by falling over an
embankment. He, with two other
boys, was hauling load of hay from
farm near Marysvale. His skull
was fractured in two places.
A train was held up west of Ogden,
one day last week, by a gang of ho-
boes, and a refrigerator car broken
into, large quantity of ham. bacon
and considerable fresh meat appro-
Iriated, The leader of the band
warned the train crew not to attempt
to interfere.
Harry Hoddles and Tom Davis |
were severely injured as the result |
Of an explosion in the Ontario drain
tunnel at Park City. 1t is not known |
Just how the accident happened. but |
the injured men think 1t was caused |
by lighted candle falling into n |
box of caps
c. ]. Lindale. railroad fireman |
residing in Salt Lake, has invented a |
system of safety blocks which Is de
signed to be utilized by single and |
double-track railroads, and, If proved |
by use to be practicable, may sug |
gest great changes in the present |
block signals.
While Mrs, e. j. Flake lay unat-
tended in a sick bed in Salt Lake
City. fire from defective electric light |
wiring broke out and flames were
rapidly enveloping her home when a
passer-by discovered the fire, broke
in the door and saved her from a
horrible death,
F. 5. Killmar, a mining man, sui
cided in Salt Lake City, hanging
himself, using baling wire for a rope
Killmars dependency was APPARENTLY
due to his failure to meet success
when he went to work for the Step
toe Valley Smelling & Mining com |