The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-09-18
UTAH STATE NEWS

fore In the history of the town.
Six Utah men have been appointed
delegates to attend the National Good
Roads convention to be held at Cleve'
land, o., September 81 to %
The residence of James Owens OF
Ogden was set on fire by bolt OF
lightning, but the building was saved
by the prompt arrival of the firemen.
ogden Is said to be infested with
a gang of pickpockets ana crooks.
who prey successfully on passengers
and tourists arriving and assembling
at the Union depot.
The city council of Ephraim has de-
cided to construct sidewalk crossings
at all places where the streets inter.
sect with the sidewalks running north
and south on Main street.
Thomas Sandy, jockey, lies in a
critical condition in an Ogden hospital
as a result of injuries sustained dur
ing a race at the fair grounds, his
horse stumbling and falling upon him.
Nick Vacos, the self-confessed MUIR
derer of John Contos, a fellow Greek
at Ogden, will escape the hangman'
moose, he having been permitted to
plead guilty to murder in the second
degree.
A large cheese factory has just
been completed at Junction. Equipped
with the most modern apparatus and
machinery that money could buy, it
is expected to turn out a first class
article.
A small boy in some manner set
fire to barn owned by Karl HAWAI-
lis, at Logan, and the building and
contents were totally destroyed. The
barn was new one, having been
completed only this week.
The Bennion flour mill, situated on
the banks of the Jordan river, near
Murray was completely destroyed by
fire on September s. The origin of
the fire is unknown, but Is believed to
have been the result of lightning.
Salt Lake City's schools opened for
the school year of 19O9-1910 Tuesday
morning, September Z, with an at
tendance OF 14,00S. This is an in
crease of $50 over the attendance for
the opening day of the school of 1908
1909.
Detective Wardlaw, the Ogden man
who shot and killed Dominick Virgil
while the latter was resisting arrest,
has been eXonerated by the coroner's
jury. Virgil shot the officer through
the arm before the fatal shot was
fired.
Aaron ID. Thatcher, one of the best
known men In Utah, and brother OF
Moses Thatcher. who died short
time ago, passed away at his home in
Logan, September 8, following a pro,
tracted illness from stomach and kid.
ned trouble.
Mrs. Edwin Hartman Of Salt Lake
City died on September 8, as a re.
suit of injuries sustained when her
clothing became ignited from a bon
fire. Mrs. Harman's burns extended
from her ankles to her knees, and her
hands and arms were also severely
blistered.
The month just ended shows the
heaviest death rate for August in the
history of Salt Lake City. There
were ia deaths this August, as
against only rs last August, and the
average death rate for each 1000
population based on actual residents
was 100.
Clarence Ernst, the Ogden negro
charged with the murder of Charles
Staples. colored, will be allowed to
go at liberty until his case comes UP
for trial, $4,000 bail being exacted.
The shooting occurred last May when
the men became involved in dispute
over card game.
Lightning struck the house OF A. l..
Blaylock in Harrisville. The bolt
went through the wall of the house
and struck within half a foot of the
baby, who was asleep on the bed. A
horse belonging to Mr.. Blaylock was
struck and died instantly.
George Kaltz, French cook who
was picked up on the streets of Salt
Lake in a supposedly intoxicated con-
dition and placed in Jail, was really
suffering from an epileptic fit, and
died the next morning. A proper
diagnosis of his case might have re-
suited in saving his life.
Now is the time that interpretations
are due to pay their annual license
fee to the secretary or state, and
many notices are being sent out. All
of the notices will be out by october
Is, and taxes become delinquent af'
ter November Is. Many of the sub.
stantial companies have already paid
their tax for the year.
Verne Van Wagner. aged 33 years
empIoyed as an electrician in the