The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-19
News of the lnterInOuntain Redion
PROVO NEWS NOTES
Special 10 The Tribune.

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vorhs pRoVo. June ls.-Fred Johnson, E
SpuHe man who has been living with
S Mr, and Mrs. Ole. Olsen. $40 West Third
oouth street. had n very unplea SAINT ex-
nbrs,ence IT,, zee iast night about II o'clock Al
up town and went TO the rear Of tho
1. mGusc. Mrs: Olsen heard him pass the
wyiiuow' and when he did not come In
and soo ner husband and son TO go out
n,.u nia see what had become OF the Young
I,i nan, ~; Ihey found young Johnson lying
;.he n .he pig pen, apparently in an uncon-
ho'!s condition. He was taken into the
/ ,Duse; ana on recovering told the family
.tal he was standing by the Clubhouse
mnen some one threw a rag over his
,i'l. ,Icad and smothered him taking SIS in
money and a ruler and pencil away from
nm nm then threw him in the pig pen. The
ponce We're notified and made an inyes-
nsation of the case. They saw they
,'oI,,.l ,Uund the pencil and ruler which the
aoung man lost. in the pig pen, and there
was no evidence of any struggle anv-
W,here near the outbuIldings The police
uIscreclt the story Of the robbery and
ba bia ii'e young man was in the pig pen
james Paxton OF kanosh aged SS
VadS' yVtadS' dled at the state mental hospital
kanosh today for burial by Graham {,
Jones. undertakers.
,.ti,e Inc local lodge OF knights of Pythias
VIII Will hold its regular annual MEMORIAL
services a the Congregational church
sunday evening. Rev. j. Chailen smith
Will deliver the memorial sermon and
Mi W take for his text. The Message OF
The Utah lake commission is making
an eiIort to get the government 10 take
over the management OF Utah lake under
the reclamation service. II is urged that
by dikinS the east side of the lake and
coniining the waters 10 a smaller area,
az interests Will be better protected
There would be many acres Of valuable
land which could be reclaimed and the
now OF water in the canals leading into
Salt Lake valley could be easily regu-
lated. Lewis C. Hm who is in charge of
ne government reclamation service In
thls district, has been consulted. and. il
Is said. is favorable 10 the project.
EDWIN Gudgen. mason. while at work
on building In the Fifth ward yesterday,
fell twelve feot from a scaffold and sus-
tanned a severe scalp wound. DR. Pyne
was called and closed up the wound with
fifteen stitches.
the mayor and committee from the city
council yesterday to consider the adviSa-
DiutE OF constructing a sewer from the |
asylum 10 connect with the city sewer |
expense, While no definite agreement
was reached. it is believed the work will |
DC done in the near future.
y marriage license has been issued to |
iordon Baker and Myrtle Ereckson. both |
If Lehi.
The state board OF insanity met yester-
lay and transacted the regular monthly |
business, and allowed the following ac-
cunts: improvements and repairs,
Xpenses, s22S1.2l salaries, s2lSl.20; to-
al Si63T.20. The movement OF patients
vas reported as follows: In attendance
april 30. 1909. Us men. $50 women: ad
nitted during May. men, l woman; dis
harecd, men, 2 women; remaining in
he institution May 81, La men and 176
women, a total Of $50.