The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-08
UTAH STATE NEWS

The Utah Baptists held their TWEEN
ty.ffth annual convention In Salt
Lake City last week.
Cooking will be taught to High
school pulls OF Salt Lake City during
the coming school year.
The American party will hold its
state convention in Salt Lake City
on September 2S, when a state ticket
will be placed in the field.
A contract has been let by the Com
mercial club OF Salt Lake for the con.
struction Of magnificent new home
for the club, to cost 100000.
Announcement was made last week
that the Ogden factory OF the Anal
gamated Sugar company would begin
operations this year on Sept. 10.
Frank Lehman. l6year-old Salt
Lake boy. was arrested In Ogden last
week. charged with stealing horse
and buggy from Salt Lake livery.
man.
Milton Thatcher, son OF John b.
Thatcher OF Logan. died Of dropsy.
superlnduced by leakage OF the heart,
at Dempsey hot springs, in Idaho, last
week.
In the explosion OF a locomotive on
tho Denver e. Rio Grande near
Thompsons, Engineer Lund and Fire
man Redell. of Grand Junction. were
injured.
An attendance far In excess OF any
previous year Is expected at each of
the educational institutions In Ogden,
and the city schools for the approach
ing session.
Two cases of typhoid fever have
broken out among the inmates OF the
Industrial school. This, coupled
with the epidemic OF scarlet fever. is
giving the officers Of the school some
concern.
There has been such demand for
small homes In Salt Lake that many
investors who have corSmenced to
build such structures have sold them
before the work OF construction was
completed.
James W. Walsh. formerly a resi-.
dent OF Salt Lake City. being espec-
tally well known in athletic circles.
was killed as the result of the prema-
ture explosion of a blast In mine
near Phoebe. Nevada.
The three-year-old daughter OF M.
J. Crowley fell from second-story
window In Salt Lake, a distance of 35
feet, and escaped with a few slight
bruises. She had dropped her doll
and fell out OF the window after II.
Col. &C. a. Wall of Salt Lake City
has rewarded with check for 81 900,
the hotel clerk at Long Beach. Cal,
for resculng his daughter Mary, IS
years old, Mrs. Lindsay Rogers and
Ter daughter Helen. OF Fresno. from
drowning.
runaway team ran over the three
year-old son OF J. r. Lynch OF Ogden,
while the little fellow was playing on
the sidewalk. The child narrowly
escaped death. having an arm broken
In two places and being otherwise
painfully Injured
The first carload OF Alberta peaches
shipped from Soringvllle this season
was sent out on September 2. by the
local branch of the Utah County Fruit
association. II Is estimated that
Springville Will ship over twenty-five
cars OF Alberta peaches this season.
Hyrum " Smith. a carpenter whose
home was In Payson. while visiting
Silver City. fell into an abandoned
shaft. distance OF 900 feet, his body
being horribly mangled. The mine
had been boarded over. but had caved
near tho mouth. leaving a thin crust
Of earth. A.
David II. Jones, Jr., OF Provo met
with serious accident while on a
trip to the reservation. He shot n
chicken from his wagon. and on get
ting on to secure II the gun fell TO
the ground and exploded. the charge
entering his right leg between the
ankle and knee.
The health board OF Provo. with the
help OF two veterinary surgeons, has
located four cases OF CHAMBERS, and
from the circumstances surrounding
the cases. It is evident that more than
100 horses have been exposed TO the
disease. Four of the horses were
within the city limits.
Although there were plenty OF hot
days In the Salt Lake valley during
August. the report OF the weather bu-
reau for the month shows that the
average temperature was lower than
Il has besn for thirty.five years. with
the exception OF 1907. when the aver
age temperature was II.
While intoxicated, IL. c. Foster,
Wyoming cattleman, was arrested
rnd placed in the ogden JAIL where
lie attempted suicide by jabbing him.
self In the neck with piece OF rusty
bailing wire. He fought so hard to
prevent physicians from aiding him
that he was placed In irons.
The right Of way asked for by the
Southern Utah railroad has been ap.
proved. The n9w road will be eigh
teen miles In length. running in a
eoutheasterly direction from Price
along Miller Greek to the new coal
fields which are now being developed.
Work win begin In the near future.
BY majority of 351 the $780,
waterworks bond issue was carried at
special bond election held in Ogden
The total vote cast was $685. and each
ward IN the city gave a substantial
majority In favor OF the issue. The
result OF the election means mum.
c,pal ownership of the waterworks.
Securing a bottle OF carbolic acid
from the sick room Of her grand
father 0vevaar.old Vera Eoetar