Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-03
KANAB.
DEATH OF MRS DENA JOHNSON
Measles Follows Northumberland
Canyon National Park.

heaSes Follows Observation-Disclosures
Canyon National Park.
| Special Correspondence.
Elnab, Kane Co. Feb q t,a,,,,
only just recovered from an epidemic of
diphtheria and got things generally in
TO good running order when the measles
broke out. The district schools were
| crossed Thursday evening. when a. ,vns
expected they would remain closed for
| 81 least two weeks; but. since there are
| not many new cases, the health hoard
thlnhs II can hold the contagion in check
me death of Mrs Dena johnson &c
CURED yesterday morning due TO heart
Ia'lure' rms fatality, however was not
u surprise since the aged ladv had
been failing In health for several
| weeks private funeral VIII he heId
| tomorrow morning, after which tbe
remains will be taken to ,Johnson ana
DC entered among nine of decea seJ,s
chlldren who have preceded her pa
SIDES these nine there are from tba
same family. son and a dauehte,
buried IN the Bighorn country and five
are still living Nv
me quarterly conference of the Ka-
, ny et"s'5 VIII be held at Ordervilie the
iast OF TINS and the first of next month
Oscar A. Robinson. who has instoIIoS
an electric sheep-shearing machine is
preparing for the spring shearing II
is not expected however. thar
great many sheep men will usA
the machine, as some of them are plan.
ming to drive their sheep 10 Modeno ro,,
shearing, where, they say. they can
get more for their wool and win also
save the freight on the wool; but most
81 the 9oals IN the country will BIT
shorn by Mr. Robinson's process.
great many Of the cattlemen OF
Kane county are contemplating gnine
on To the forest reserve on the Rucl.
skin mountain. and some of them have
aleady put in their applications on the
strength OF tho prospects of the gov
efhlnents building fence across tho
north end of the reserve, so thar tbe
cattle can be kept ON the mountains
Word has come from Washington
II. g, that the president has set aside
the Grand canyon Of the Colorado MS
national monument, together with as
Nhuch OF the forest reserves north and
south az IS necessary for the preserva.
ton of the beauty Of the great gorge
The Grand canyon national monument
is to take precedence over the forest
reserves within which II Is situated
The superintendent OF the PanguItch
indian school, Mr.. Walter Runke. he In
town today getting supplies with which
to commence work on the Indian farm
az Moccasin ranch by helping tho
Indians Il little Il is expected that they
can be made self-supporting. II WIN be
only matter OF n short time till The
school at Pangultch win be transferred
to the home OF the Indians at Mecca
sin
John f.. Brown has received an order
for lumber, with which a company
from st George WIN commence boring
Tor oil at the Antelope Springs about
90 miles west OF here. If oil Is STRUCK
at Antelope. thus proving that there is
oil this side of the Hurricane local peo-
pie win install n plant Immediately. Tho
country Is nlendy stalscd off for oil
al the way from Johnson to Virgin
City. 80"
Spring seems 10 have opened IN IN
earnest and the farmers are preparing
their land for planting.
Judge Rider who went from here 10
salt Lake city several years ago. has
bought the home OF Mrs. Mary Il.
Lewis and will return % Kanab Within
month or SO to I've lie win bo wei.
coined by one and all.