The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-19
UTAH STATE NEWS

miles from BURNER.
Marius Larsen of Spring City had
his hand badly crushed while working
on a steam thresher.
Plans are being discussed for new
s150,000 hotel for Logan Salt Lake
capitalists are behind the project.
Alonzo King of Salt Lake City was
badly injured in train wreck on the
Rock Island road near Pueblo, Colo.
The new town of BURNER in Millard
county is fast becoming one of the
livellest little places in the county.
The complete election returns for
Utah county show that Taft carried
the county by majority Of 1906
votes.
The brass band composed of boys
from the State Industrial school, has
been increased to thirtysix instru-
ments.
1t now develops that the frost of
August did more damage to the grain
in the vicinity of Ephram than was at
first supposed
company has been formed in Og-
den for the manufacture of reinforced
concrete building block invented by
n Salt Lake man.
Owing to her foot becoming entan-
gled in rug which she was carrying,
q Salt Lake woman fell from the front
porch of her home and broke her
ankle.
After January the mail carriers
t,, al I nh WI "a rpuniran n
pay full fare on street cars. In the
past they have been permitted TO ride
for s cents.
Not only are the salaries of the
school teachers in Salt Lake City to
be increased, but 1t is announced that
the length of the school year will
probably be extended.
The Ogden Rapid Transit company
will in the near future substitute 40
pound steel rails in place Of the 30
pound rails now used on the line from
Ogden to Hot Springs.
Upwards OF $500 voters in Weber
county faild to exercise the elective
privilege, according to the vote for
presidential electors as reported by
the board of canvassers last week.
The Tag Day" under the auspices
of the Y. w. G. A. of Salt Lake, netted
$4,000 for the organization The young
women of the organization spent the
entire day in selling tags to the citi-
gems.
resident of Brigham City was re-
Gently fined So for maintaining a
thorn fence which was overhanging
the sidewalk. He paid his fine and
Immediately set to work trimming his
hedge.
The total number Of, votes cast In
Weber county at the past election was
i0,663, as against total vote OF 1923
cast at the last county election two
years ago. This shows an increase of
S,645 votes in the entire county.
-Four ship-building companies com
lEeted for the contract for the con
struction of the battleship Utah, bids
for which were opened at the navy de-
partment, November 8. The Utah is
to be sister ship of the Florida.
Plans are being made for the estab-
lishment in Salt Lake City, by English
capitalists, of factory for the manu-
facture of linoleum. The factory is
10 have capacity of 100000 yards
of linoleum and will employ 500 peo-
pie.
Word from Mexico is that one of the
condemned murderers of George w.
Rose, the Salt Lake man who was
foul,y murdered by three Mexicans
who attacked his dwelling, died sud
denly in prison at Guanajuato on No
vember 2.
Sweeping and drastic saloon legisla-
tion in the near future is contem-
plated by the city council of Salt Lake.
IT is proposed to restrict the number
of saloons TO one saloon for each $50
or 1000 population, and TO Increase
the license.
Interest attaches to the dismantling
OF the White bridge across the Jordan
river at Salt Lake City, which began
last week. II was built in 1851. four
Years after the first white settlement
in Utdh 1t was for quarter of a
century the only bridge across the Jor-
dan.
Taylor Stoudemire, colored body
servant of Lieutenant N. NJ. Green, OF
the Fifteenth infantry, at Fort Doug
las, shot aud instantly killed Mia Da-
Wis, colored woman, who was en-
poyed AT the fort, and then commit
ted suicide, as the result of a lovers
quarrel.
The Office of the secretary of state
rs busily engaged in sending out ap
proximately 5000 notices to corpora
tons notifying them that their annual
state license is due. This notice fol
lows the decision of the supreme court
holding the franchise or stamp tax to
be valid.
Bids for supplies for the state pris.
ON for the coming year were opened
by the board OF corrections at its
monthly meeting at the prison last
week, but on account of irreguari-