The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-16
UTAH STATE NEWS

The annual exhibit OF the State
Poultry association was held in Salt
Lake City last wee''
The steel for the new bridge across
Weber river at Henefer arrived last
week and is being put In place.
AL Hollendrake. a newly appointed
policeman, accidentally shot and
killed himself Sunday morning at Park
City
Merritt Taylor, OF Willard, while
working on well.driving machine
was struck on the head by a crank
and killed.
West Weber, a village west Of Og.
den, has been made flag station by
orders from the officials of the South
ern Pacific.
Mrs. Thomas Callister, who lives
near Santaquin. was seriously hurt by
being thrown from wagon while
driving to town.
The Salt Lake banks are paying out
more cash each week, and the indi-
cations are that the cashiers checks
The annual report of the building
Inspector of Salt Lake City for 1907
shows that permits were issued for
buildings during the year at an esti-
mated cost Of $3,133,950.
Rather than face the misery which
approaching blindness would bring on
him, Robert Lynch, negro porter,
living in Salt Lake City, put a bullet
through his head, death being instan-
taneous.
The condensed milk industry has
hourished In Utah during the past
year, and 175,000 cases of milk were
put up by the factories. A new fac
tory is to be built this year in San.
pete county.
The candy manufacturing industry
Is said to be rapidly coming to the
front and Utah candies are now be-
ing sold in large quantities all over
the west. There are twenty-five fac
tories ia the state.
At the reunion of Ephraim pioneers
held last week, there were present 1873
persons over 60 years OF age, IA be-
tween the ages of 60 and 70; 81 be-
tween the ages of 20 and 80, and 22
were 80 years OF age.
L. H. Wheeler, superintendent of
construction for the Boston Consoli.
dated Mining company, was fatally
injured by the bursting of a water
pipe at Garfield, dying In a Salt Lake
hospital q few hours after the acci-
dent
A movement is now going forward
to form an association of all of the
banks of the state. The organization
will, 1t is thought, greatly simplify
the carrying on of business with the
small banks in different sections of
the state.
State Food and Dairy Commissioners
Peterson says the Utah dairyman is
finding out that cow which produces
300 pounds of butter year can be
kept for the same amount of money
a year that is required OF COW yield.
ing 1875 pounds.
The Ministerial association of Og.
den has recommended to the city
council that municipal woodward be
operated under the direction OF the
police department, where the unem.
ployed can secure work sufficient for
food and lodging.
At present there are twenty-seven
canning factories in the state, en-.
ploying 750 people, and with daily
average payroll of $500. About
100000 cases of canned tomatoes,
peas, beans and other vegetables and
fruits have been shipped.
Figures furnished by the State Blu.
reau CT Statistics show that of the l..
2S5,349 foreigners who came to the
United States during the year from
June 30, 1906, to June 80. 1907, total
of 4,211 announced that they intended
to make Utah their future home.
Mike Gradovich, an Austrian, was
shot and fatally wounded by Sam
Brothers, fellow countryman, at
Garfield as result of quarrel over
religious matters Gradovich died af-
ter being taken to the hospital, and
Brothers has not yets been captured.
Joseph Z. Alvord died at his home
in West Weber last week, at the ad-
vanced age of II years. The deceased
came to ogden in 1S49 with an OK
team from Waterford, Mich, and
crossed the plains twice with hand
cart brigades, bringing emigrants
into Utah.
The Lehi sugar factory will be done
Blicing beets for this season on the
i4th or 18th inst. The Spanish Fork
station quit on December 23. One
hundred and fifteen thousand tons of
beets have been sliced, which is o.
600 tons less than last year, but the
output of sugar will be greater than
last season.
The state board of land commits.
sioners last week decided to loan
100000 to the Irrigated Lands com.
pany, which is putting in an immense
reservoir in Carbon county. The
already has installed a canal