The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-06-17
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landing squarely on mis- head, his neck
being broken.
An electric railway is to be con
structed from Plain City to Ogden,
portion of the grade having already
been finished.
Salt Lake now has one of the most
stringent set of regulations for the
butchering and sale of meat of any
city in the country.
Central, small town south of
Richfield, Is engaged in laying a four
inch pipe line to spring three miles
out of town to secure a water supply
for culinary purposes.
Fairview citizens have purchased
Nix acres of ground which will be used
as a public park, 1t being the inten-
tion to provide a meeting place and
amusements for the residents.
Cut worms are causing the farm
ers OF Salt Lake county no end of
trouble this year In number OF in
stances 1t will be necessary to replant
the oats crop as a result of the activ
fly of the pests
Club women of Ogden are asking
the removal of II. III. Thomas, super
intendent of the state reform school,
Charges have been preferred against
the superintendent, who declares
there is no truth in the charges.
Mike Bogdan, the Bingham barten.
der wac shot and killed George
Podorvich, has been released from
custody, ii having been shown that
the shooting was in self defense, the
victim of the duel having fired first
While playing with matches, the
three-year-old daughter .of Emanuel
Lundquist of Salt Lake City was
burned to death, the child's clothing
catching fire, she being enveloped in
flame when discovered by her parents.
Juaniata Callett. aged Is. a native
of Utah, committed suicide in Butte
last week, taking carbolic acid On the
day she was to have been married to
q prominent resident of Butte. The
reason for the rash act is shrouded in
mystery.
While crossing an improvised
bridge over Parley's creek, in Salt
Lake City, Matthew Desmond. aged 6,
fell into the swollen stream and was
drowned, the body being found an
hour later about block from the
scene of the accident.
The pharmaceutical board OF Utah
will. in the next few days, start a
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statute passed by the last Legislature
regarding the sale of dangerous and
poisonous drugs except under the re
strictions provided for.
The state board of equalization has
added s2,750,000 to the value or the
This is over and above the valuation
fixed by County Assessor Edwin Dix,
and brings the total valuation for the
county up to $i71S0000.
While crossing Chalk creek about
two miles east of Coalville in deliv-
cry wagon driven by teamster, Will
lie Clark the 12-year-old son of w.
S. Clark, well known resident Of
Coalville, was thrown from the wagon
and drowned in the creek.
Henceforth unlicensed chauffeurs
and drivers of automobiles are TO be
the last legislature having been
placed in operation. The law makes
the operation of an automobile with
out license a misdemeanor.
Rather than allow liquor TO be sold
in town, Huntsville citizens at a mass
meeting have decided to do without
the revenue derived from the licenses
issued to saloons and to sell the cleo
trio lighting plant owned by the little
town to pay off the municipal debt.
From indications the Murray coun-
Gil will make no effort this year to
stop the small boy from discharging
giant tirecrackers on the Fourth of
July Last year there was measure
adopted TO prohibit the sale of giant
crackers 10 children on the Fourth,
The eight-year-old deaf and dumb
daughter of o. p King a motorman.
was run down by a street car in Salt
Lake and so badly injured that her
right foot had to be amputated The
car was one on which ner father was
employed, bur he was off duty at the
time
The pupils of the public schools of
Salt Lake City have made a silk flag
which will be presented to the ma
tional officers of the Grand Army of
the Republic during the August en-
campment The flag is 415X6 feet in
size, and has a deep fringe OF gold
lace.
The Devils Slide Commercial club
is the latest club of the kind to be
organized in Utah. Devils Slide is
In Weber canyon, Weber county,
and the incorpOrators declare the
club is not organized for pecunlary
profit, but to further the interests OF
the town