The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-08-20
UTAH STATE NEWS


eity and street purposes.
Four hundred Black Hawk war vet
Grams attended the encampment at
Spanish Fork last week.
The Salt Lake team of Eagles won
the first prize, $1,000 cash, in the
parade contest at Seattle last week.
The Willard cannery has now about
smpleted its run on beans and has
commenced to can large quantities of
hprlcots.
Petitions are being circulated at
Willard favoring a local option plank
IN the platforms Of all the political
parties this fall
A piece of glazed pottery, evidently
relic Of prehistoric ages, was found
1870 feet from the surface of the earth
by well diggers in Ogden last week.
Lehi will hold a special election
September Ia to vote on $26,500 water
bonds. The result of the election will
determine whether Lehi is to have
water system or not.
Salt Lake City will make strong
effort to obtain the new $1,000,00O
plant which 1t is understood the Har'
riman interests will erect for the man.
ufacture of motor cars
A young man of Mantua Box Elder
county, was last week fined 500 for
giving whisky to minors He sue.
ceeded in getting two girls, aged IL
and 16 years, intoxicated.
In connection with the movement
which has been started for good roads
throughout the state, Salt Lake county
has started work and expects to show
good results within a short time.
The amount due the state of Utah
from the net receipts of forest re-
serves for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1908, is $32,151, as compared with
$9,0O3 in 1906, and $l3,557 in 1907.
The Salt Lake Y. M. C. A. has re.
Citations that lead in the 1908 interna'
tional educational work contest for
boys, and its name appears at tho
head.
Imprisoned in box car without
food or water for three long days, Jo-
seph Hartman was released when the
car reached Ogden, only to be imme'
diately arrested on the charge of tres.
pass.
Governor Cutler will appoint any
sportsman who wishes to attend the
gathering of the League of American
Sportsmen at Lawton, Oklahoma, Oc
tober IL and 13, a delegate from the
state.
The outing Of the Utah National
guard in Wyoming cost $9,624.33, ex-
elusive of transportation and subsist-
ence. OF the total amount, the state
paid s4,29S.99 and the government S5,-
1854.
Contracts have been awarded for
the completion Of Springville's new
high school building. The building,
when all the floors are completed,
which will be next year, will cost over
$4,000.
G. ]. Christensen, penniless and
suffering from an incurable disease.
suicided in Salt Lake City by hanging
himself, rather than return to the poor
house, where he had been for several
months.
F.. Bussmyer, an aged man OF Salt
Lake, who shot Thomas Wallace at
Salt Lake on July 81, will have to
face a charge of assault with intent
to murder, Wallace Is recovering
from his injuries.
John A. Nelson, a resident of Og-
den, has invented butter holder u
be used by merchants in the delivery
of the product which will insure 1t
reaching the hands of customers in
first-class condition during the hot
weather.
In a runaway on the dugway near
Mercur, William Bates of Mercur re-
ceived fractured skull and collar
bone, Mable Groats of Lehi and a
child were slightly Injured The neck
yoke broke, the team ran away, and
the wagon was overturned.
Mildred Smith, resident OF Salt
Lake City, tried to commit suicide
by drinking carbolic acid last week.
A messenger boy prevented her get
ting the contents of the bottle past
her lips, but enough of the acid was
epllleu Ou HeG lace W DuIu HeT Dduly.
A shocking death occurred about
four miles north of Fairview when
Frank Stewart Of Milburn was run
over by the special train which was
returning from Fort Russell with the
Utah National Guard. Mr.. Stewart
was about so years of age and leaves
large family.
Property owners in Salt Lake coun.
ty will pay this year $954,332.55 to-
ward education, and S1,262, ,953 toward
the support of the city, county and
state governments, making total of
S2,227 ,2S566 This means that there
Is per capita tax of approximately
So for education.
A. F. Heckler, miner at the Gemini
mine at Eureka, while coming of
shift at 4:30 in the afternoon, lost his
balance ON the 700-foot level and
pitched to the 1,600-foot level, a dis
tance of 800 feet, and was instantly
killed His napk wag brOlpn and ha