The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
UTAH STATE NEWS

Springville fruit growers have
shipped over twelve cars Of Alberta
peaches so far this season
The Salt Lake G. Ogden railway will
start work upon the Temporary passen-
ger and freight depot in ogden within
few days.
William Moreton. aged 10, while
placing cartridge in revolver. acct.
dentally discharged the weapon and
shot himself in the knee.
The total enrolment in the Park
City schools for the opening day was
96l pupils. There are los pupils reg
istered in the high school.
All of the contracts for furnishing
the material for the Richmond water
works system have been let, and con
structon work will begin in the near
future.
George ]. Ross, while driving in a
buggy along the streets OF Salt Lake
was run down by an automobile ana
fatally injured, death resulting the
following day.
Joseph Davis. alias Joe Cunning
tiary. died last week. Davis, who was
but boy, was sent up from Weber
county for robbins clothing store In
Ogden. Ca v
Wyoming coal is no longer to be
had In the Salt Lake market, the cap
ital city now receiving its entire sup.
ply from the Utah mines. The output
nj ha min To ah
tons a day.
While Mrs. Robert Lund of Harris
vile, with her two children, was driv.
ing into Ogden, a, passing train fright.
ened her horse, she being thrown from
the buggy and badly injured, the chill.
dren escaping without a scratch
Ben Foreman, a resident OF Park
City, was arrested In Ogden last week
on the charge of horse stealing, II be-
ing claimed that he had taken val.
liable animal owned by the superin-
tendent of the Silver King mine
Thomas Manix, a well known young
man of Park City, was thrown from a
horse and received injuries that may
prove fatal. The attending physician,
found the skull fractured ut the base,
and the young mans condition seri.
Gus.
Practically every labor union OF any
size In this state was represented ut
the convention OF the Utah Federation
OF Labor held in Ogden last week. The
next convention will DO held in salt
Lake City the second Tuesday In May.
1909
Sidney X. Hooper, son of the late
Captain W. ii. Hooper and n member
OF the Game a. Hooper Insurance com
pany OF Salt Lake City, died Wednes.
day morning of last week. at the age
of IS years. Death was due to ~.
phoid fever.
Over 500 people visited Brigham
City on Peach day, September Is.
When the visitors had partaken OF
their MI OF the luscious fruit each was
presented with a neatly packed box OF
the finer specimens, with the compli-
ments OF the 'Boxelder Commercial
club.
Albert J.. Howe, fiagman on the
Rio Grande Western, while leaning
struck on the head by one OF the side
Orders OF the bridge across the Provo
river and killed. Howe was Al years
of age and had lived In Ogden for is
years.
All the saloons on the former Yin.
tab reservation will be forced TO close
after the last OF this month. At tho
last meeting Of the county commits.
sioners OF Uintah county they declined
TO grant further liquor licenses to sa.
loon men after the present licenses
expire.
Mrs. Frank Kiner OF Salt Lake was
badly burned while preparing some
hot turpentinc To put on the throat
OF sick child. the solution catching
ON fire, and before she had time to
throw the burning fluid from her or
escape the flames. her nightrobe was
ablaze,
David Logan. the negro who shot
nnd killed Dick Hawkins. colored. IN
Salt Lake saloon, as the result oil a
quarrel, will be charged with murder
in the first degree. Logan claims that
Hawkins was after him with the In.
''hN w Aaho Alo llAt anu WIN pltuu
self defense.
Henry GOss, of Salt Lake City, had
narrow escape from lightning last
week. During an electrical storm a
bolt OF lightning struck the side of
the house. within two feet OF the head
OF the bed, tearing good sized hole
and scattering cement and plaster all
over the room
The Amalgamated Sugar company
OF Ogden is now running on full time,
and the sugar beet harvest is rapidly
being delivered The sugar beets this
season are said to be of the finest
variety, and something like 100000
pounds OF beet sugar will be manufac.
tured, II is said.
The news of the fatal shooting OF
William Kerr at Denver has been re-
ceived in Ogden, The young man vas
engaged to be married to Miss Syl-
via Shurtliif, the lSyear-old daughter
OF Ezra n. Shurtlitf OF ogden and his
sudden death has almost prostrated
the young lady.
The SEWER valley canal, for a dis.
lance OF twenty miles Is TO he en-.