The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-03-26
UTAH STATE NEWS

reOpened, a new company having puT-
chased the plant.
Work is now under way on the
power plant to be erected at Willard,
Box Elder county.
Lehi citizens will soon have fish
for the market that being the latest
industry inaugurated there,
1t is announced that the Salt Lake
G. Ogden railroad will be completed
TO Ogden by the first of June.
The board OF education of ogden has
decided to install upto-date fire es-
capes in every school building in the
city.
Strike-breakers are taking the
places of the striking machinists in
the Denver & Rio Grande shops in
Salt Lake.
Citizens of st. George will hold a
mass meeting Monday evening, March
30, to consider question of prohibiting
the sale of liquor in that city.
The problem of eradicating measles
is one which is giving the health de-
partment and the board of education
of Ogden considerable trouble.
Grantsville is again enthusiastic
over the prospects of railroad. The
plan is to have spur from the West
ern Pacific built into the town.
Members of the Salt Lake branch
of the Womens Christian Temperance
union have undertaken crusade
against the Objectionable picture post
card.
j. Black, a teamster, was probably
fatally injured as the result of his
team running away in Salt Lake.
Black fell under the wheels and was
injured internally.
While attempting to beat his way
to Denver on a passenger train, Daniel
Matthews, trainman, fell beneath
the train and was ground to pieces,
the accident happening in Salt Lake
City.
Moses Jones, who had his skull
fractured with a beer bottle while
in q row with Duane McCandlass at
in the first degree will be preferred
against McCandlass.
A good many "dry farmers" have
left Lehi and surrounding towns for
Cedar Valley to prepare their lands
for fall planting. The several thou
sand acres of wheat planted last fall
is up and looking fine.
Ten thousand acres of sugar beets
have been contracted for the Lehi fac
tory, and the condition of the soil and
abundant snow fall in the mountains
indicate the biggest tonnage this sea-
son in the factory's history.
At the preliminary hearing at Bing-
ham Junction in the case of Mace
Cochran, who fatally shot Mat Zoraph
while the latter was stealing coal,
Cochran was bound over to the dis
trict court on a charge of murder in
the second degree.
Samuel Mulholland, carpenter,
was struck by street car in Salt
Lake City and fatally injured. Null
holland stepped from behind pole
in front of the car, and the motor
man could not stop the car in time
to prevent the accident.
James Jensen was shot and instant
ly killed in saloon in Mt. Pleasant
by Archie Burns. Ill feeling had ex-
listed between the two men for some
time. Burns was the aggressor in the
quarrel, it is said, and fired six shots,
four of which took effect.
Lawrence G. Cracroft, aged 1S.
was run down by bicycle rider in
Salt Lake and fatally injured. The
rider escaped. This is the second
20 atnIi i,, ho 70 1xy w n
a fortnight, Lorenzo Cracroft, a
cousin having committed suicide.
Fifteen carloads of cattle were
shipped from Utah last week to Los
Angeles, TO be used in feeding the
sailors OF Admiral Evans fleet upon
their arrival. The cattle are all Utah
products and will be sent aboard the
ships on their arrival at San Diego
harbor
Mrs. Ann Clemons, pioneer, who
arrived at Nauvoo ON April 13. 1874,
in company with 200 Mormon con-
verts from England, is dangerously Ill
at her home in Santaquin. Mrs. Glenn
ons will be SO years of age on August
2S, and is probably the oldest woman
In the state.
Before another year, 1t is hoped
that the city of Ogden will own wat
erworks and electric lighting plant.
1t is probable that the power plant
will be located near the South Fork
canyon, so that it would be possible
10 easily furnish the town OF Hunts
vile with power.
The next subject to be brought up
in the Ephraim Commercial club will
be the changing of the plans OF the
new school house so tnat the heating
plant will be outside the building.
Since the great school house fire in
Ohio the people are demanding ac'
tion in that direction.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Utah State Fair association last
week, it was decided to close all
week, it was decided to close all en-
trfa of ovbibfts on nptphar Hva