The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-27
UTAH STATE NEWS

II is probable that an Asiatic exclu-
sion league will be organized In salt
Lake City.
1t is reported, that a. contagious dis
ease exists among the horses in the
vicinity Of Salina.
A number of business men OF Salt
Lake have formed an organization to
be known as the Native Sons Boost
ing association.
wounded in the left eye by a stray
bullet while hunting rabbits, was com
PEELED to have the injured eye re-
moved.
A keeper OF a pawnshop in Ogden
was last week med S125 for receiv-
ing stolen goods. This mode OF pro-
oedure is regarded as step in the
prevention Of numerous petty bur
glaries.
The compiled laws Of 1907 are now
practically all in type, except the in.
dex, and the book will be ready for
delivery about March 20. 1t will
make handsome volume OF about
1900 pages
Four hundred employees or the Den
yer & Rio Grande shops in Salt Lake,
who had been idle for couple or
weeks, were called back to work Mon
day morning.
The Commercial clubs of Manti
and Springville report that there are
opportunities for a steam laundry, a
wool-scouring plant, woolen mills and
canning factories at Manti, and
planning mill at Spr1ngville.
Senator Sutherland has secured the
allowance of pension of $S monthly
King, of Coyote, who was partici-
pant in the Walker Indian war in
1858. He gets $54O back pension.
The epidemic of measles that has
been afflicting Kaysville and vicinity
shows no sign OF abatement. Every
day there are new cases reported, and
on some streets in the city almost
every house is displaying yellow
flag.
A clerk In Sprlngville drug store
was last week found guilty in the JUS
tice court OF selling Intoxicating liquor
in violation of the city ordinance, and
sentenced to a fine OF 5000 and six
months Imprisonment in the county
Jail.
AS result of the crusade against
child labor inaugurated at last weeks
meeting of the Woman's league in
Salt Lake City, two kilograms to
Washington commencing the Bever-
idge child labor bill now pending have
been sent.
Since the word has been passed
around that numbers OF swine are dy.
ing daily in Weber county from
disease known as hog plague, the con-
sumption of pork has fallen Off to a
noticeable extent, according to the
Ogden butchers.
Becoming suddenly violently insane,
Mrs. Edith Jane Howe, OF Fairfield,
attempted to murder Mrs 4. l.. Beck
in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Beck barri-
caded herself In room until the po-
lice came and placed the insane
woman under arrest.
pany has filed articles of incorpora-
tion with the secretary OF state. The
system will connect Cedar City with
the adjacent mining camps and
ranches, together with other towns
and villages in the vicinity.
At meeting in Ogden of the wool
growers of Weber county, steps were
taken for the formal organization OF
an association to be known as the We
Der County Woolgrowers association.
About fifty applications have already
been received for membership.
A nunber of boys of Lehi have got
ten into trouble as the result of TAX
ing coal from cars standing on the
side track. They claim to have taken
the coal with the consent OF the train
men and sold it to local people. An
all-around investigation is in progress.
The administrators OF the estate OF
Jesse J. Price. the Lewiston farmer
who was run down and killed by a
passenger train while driving from
Richmond to Lewiston on September
19 last, have filed a suit for damages |
against the Oregon Short Line for |
$4,000
Payson defeated Nephi in match |
rabbit shoot near Nephi, in which |
Payson's team killed III rabbits and |
the Nephites killed 1879. Fifteen of |
the best hunters OF each place made
up the team. The hunters attended a
ball arranged for them at Nephi after
the shoot
The only hybrid buffalo in existence
has been placed on exhibition at the
grounds of the Utah State Fair asso-
citation. he was exhibited at the
state fair four years ago and attract
ed a great deal of attention. The
beast weighs 2,2O0 pounds and is val
led at $4,000.
The farmers OF Weber county are
now making beet contracts for this
year with representatives OF the
Sugar company. The