The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-15
UTAH STATE NEWS

A floral parade is to be feature OF
the carnival TO he held I'm Salt Lake
City on September 22.
The Ogden team Of the Utah state
league has been awarded the pennant
for the season of 1908.
There will probably be coal fam.
ine in Ogden soon, unless the strike
now on In the coal fields of Wyoming
Is settled.
Sam Samuels of Fountain Green, 20
years Of age, was killed by lightning
at a sheep camp in the vicinity OF
Clear Creek
The town OF Fillmore was visited
by fire recently, the postofiice and
another building being destroyed.
causing a los Of $1,000.
Five miles south of Springvllle and
four miles northeast from Spanish
Fork, there Is to be a new city built,
called "The Orchards"
The school board of Salt Lake City
is advertising for in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 pounds Of coal for
the city schools this winter.
This has been bountiful year in
Washington county. Crops are good,
and the recent abundant rains have
put the ranges in fine condition.
Two Salt Lake amateur bicycle rid.
ers. Farley Giles and Al. Halstead,
have started to ride from Salt Lake
TO New York City on their wheels
Owing to the increase in the mem
bership OF the Japanese Y M. G. A.
of Ogden, II has become necessary to
move the quarters TO a larger build
ing.
The Labor day parade was the best
ever seen In Ogden, and thousands
lined the streets as the sturdy work
ingmen filed by carrying the insignia
OF their craft.
Superintendent George Austin OF
the Utah-Idaho Sugar company has
issued instructions to more than 300
farmers of the Lehi district to start
the beet harvest.
With the opening of the Utah state
fair. still nearly a month away. there
ore Indications that the display this
Year win be the largest and most at
tractive ever held.
General Manager Mohler OF the
Union Pacific is authority for the
statement that II is the intention OF
the company to double-track the sys.
tenn from Ogden to Omaha.
Lizzie Encounter, a 5-year-old Ital-
ian girl, died in a Salt Lake hospital
rs the result Of burns received one
day last week. The child's clothing
caught fire from a bonfire.
As the result OF quarrel over a
crap game, Henry Taylor slashed ST.
las Wilson with knife, inflicting a
score Of wounds. none OF which are
dangerous. Both men are negroes
Three men. believed to have been
beat on robbery. set upon man
named Bergen. near the postosace In
Ogden, and gave him severe beat
ing, after. finding nothing OF value in
his pockets.
Tho new telephone company has
completed its line between Cedar
City and Lund, ON the Salt Lake a
Los Angeles railroad. and is now
branching out from Cednr City to
other interior points.
Filing Olson. Salt Lake boy, fell
from a train near Centerville one day
last week. while the train was run
ming at the rate of 80 miles an hour,
sustaining broken collar bone and
bad facial cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Annie Littlefair fell under.
meath street car In Salt Lake on
Labor day, both legs being cut OF,
death resulting the following day.
Mrs. Littlefair's father was killed in
Stockton In 1877 by being run over
by train.
Richard Hawkins. colored man.
known about the dives OF Salt Lake
ss dick Hawkins" was shot in the
abdomen with 3S-caliber revolver
and almost instantly killed by an.
other colored man named David Lo-
6an. on the 10th.
A report furnished by Warden Ar
thur Pratt OF the Utah state prison
shows the large extent to which tho
institution is self-supporting. and the
cndeayor made by the officials to
lesscn the expenses OF the big prison
as much as possible.
Fred X. Myton is In Salt Lake hos.
pital and may lose his eyesight as
the resLst, OF an accident at Mercur.
He was working around the cyanide
tanks at the Consolidated Marcur mill
when some of the solution was
splashed into his eyes.
A combination mail and baggage
car was destroyed by fire at Fielding
siding on the Malad branch OF the
Oregon Short Line one day last week.
The fire was caused by the exploding
Of lamp. No one was hurt and
none OF the other cars caught fire.
Jess Jensen, arrested IN Salt Lake
ON charge of stealing $3.50 from a
cash register In saloon, attempted
TO hang himself in the city Jail, using
his suspenders for a rope. Other prls.
oners raised an alarm and Jensen
was prevented from ending his life.
The ten-yeaytold son of Mrs. sibby
Petersen of Gnnnison was almost In.
siantly killed while trying to climb
on to threshing machine engine
driven by his uncle, John Baxter.
The little fellow fell directly in 'front.'
Of he large wheel and was crushed
10 death
There were 203 births recorded IN
Salt Lake City during the month OF