The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
THE UTAH BUDGET


ID. Arnold, the young Murray boy
who was stabbed at Pocatelo about a
month ago by hobo, has recovered.
While playing in the street at Man.
tau, the 3.year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. e. Jensen had three RIBS broken
by being kicked by horse.
While attempting to steal ride
from NIldvale to Murray Matt Stack,
aged 50, fell under the wheels of the
train, one of his arms being crushed.
Sandy is making elaborate arrange.
ments for Labor day. The big feature
OF the day will be hose cart race be.
tween the Sandy and Murray fire de.
partments.
While asleep, Dennis Finn walked
from second story. window in Salt
Lake, and was painfully injured, suf-
fering wrenched back and a badly
bruised foot.
Blood poisoning in its most virulent
form setting in after two liberated
teeth had been pulled, caused the
death of little 6-year-old Amy Giles
pie, of Salt Lake City.
Sprngville is having building
boom Aside from the new theatre,
which is nearing completion, there
are many additions to business houses
and many new homes under way.
1t has been decided by the county
board of education to establish second
year high schools In Richmond,
Smithfield and Hyrum, commencing
September 1S of the present year.
An analysis of the food which caused
the death in Salt Lake City OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Kaiser, shows that there
was enough poison in the food to have
caused the death of a score OF people.
Prohlbitionists are circulating peti-
tions in Logan, directed to the city
council, to pass at once an ordinance
to prohibit the sale and handling Of
liquors in the city, except for medi-
cinal purposes.
G. r. Allen, roadmaster for the
Southern Pacific, dropped dead in Og-
den while in the very act of raising
his hand in a goodnight" salute to
several of his friends with whom he
had been talking.
Seven men narrowly escaped death
in mine at Mammoth when the cage
dropped to the bottom of the shaft
and landed them in water up to their
necks. Had the cage gone farther
they would have been drowned.
Negotiations are under way be-
tween the commissioners of Weber
and Cache counties for the improve
ment of the highway leading from the
southern part of Cache county to the
Liberty district in Weber county.
Provo will go absolutely dry on Jan.
nary l, 1910, according to the official
action of the city council, when, by
vote of G to 3, with one member not
present. all previous liquor laws were
repealed and a prohibition ordinance
passed.
Construction work on the cement
plant near Brigham City Is progress
ing at a rapid pace, forty men being
at work The promoters of the project
claim they will be producing cement
from the mari beds by the first of No
vember.
The farmers around Willard are
now commencing ON their third crop
OF alfalfa, and an exceptionally good
yield is reported The grain crop Is
rapidly be lg lnre ned bus much
lighter yield is shown this year than
previously
The state board of Ian dcommssIon-
ers has decided to purchase S21 900
worth of municipal bonds from the
city of Lehi The bonds are issued
for municipal waterworks and refund
ing purposes and bear per cent an
nual interest.
An epidemic of smallpox is alleged
to have broken out at Cove, a small
town south of Richfield. The first
case was diagnosed as chickenpox and
no effort was made to isolate the
case, so that practically the whole
town has been exposed.
After telling friends that he was
going to kill himself at certain
time the body of John Musig, an Aus
trian, was found on the steps OF a
school house at Murray. His friends
had thought he was simply joking,
and it is not known why he ended his
life.
The case of the people of the state
of Utah against all of the transcon.
tinental railroads entering into the
business of rate making for this sec
tion viii be opened September 20 in
the United States court rooms in Salt
lake, before the interstate commerce
commission.
NO taJe in the Union is beuer forti-
fed against impure foods and food
swlndles than Utah, is the opinion OF
State Chemist Herman Harms, upon
his return, with State Food and Dairy
Commissioner Willard Hansen, from
attending the pure food convention al