The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-06-10
UTAH STATE NEWS

OeNen tnOuSanu people Witnessed
che opening OF the bicycle racing sea
son in Salt Lake City on Monday
May 81.
A three-day session of the second
annual Episcopal convention of the
district of Utah was held in Ogden
last week.
Two boys, while playing In a hay
barn at Scofield, started a fire which
destroyed the barn and several tons
Of baled hay.
The state pure food commissioner
is getting busy in Ogden with those
accused OF violating the law in sell
ing impure milk
Utah's receipts for May amounted
% only 41,43S.10, while the expendi-
tures we're s19S,499.2s, according to
the state treasurer.
Twenty-three new residences have
been built at Green River this spring,
and yet the demand for houses great
" exceeds the supply.
David Latham. who fired three
shots at a policeman in Salt Lake
City, recently, has been sentenced to
three years Imprisonment
There we're 140 graduates from the
eighth grade in the public schools of
Summit county, the exercises being
held at Park City last week.
A strike of structural iron workers
81 on In Salt Lake City, non-union
men having been given the places of
the strikers. and considerable fric-
tion resulting.
Two eastern men are building q
boat, expecting to navigate the Green
and Grand rivers between Green
River and Moab. Gasoline will fur.
uish the motive power for the pres
ent.
Frank Huston. aged 80. waiter in
one of Salt Lake City's leading cafes,
was found dead in a bathroom, one
day last week. It is believed he fell
backward into the tub, breaking his
neck.
A large acreage will again be plant
ed to cantaloupes in the vicinity of
Green River this year. The frost
missed most of the fruit In the valley,
and quite little fruit will be mar
iKeted.
It Is the opinion of the Ogden po-
hce that the three men arrested in
Omaha for the robbery of the Over
land limited are the same men who
held up the White Elephant gambling
house in Ogden.
While switching cars at Ogden,
Tim Fenton, Union Pacific switch.
man, fell between the cars, the
wheels passing over his hands, cut
ting off all OF his fingers, but leaving
the thumbs on both hands.
Whitney Rynders, aged 20. an en-
paoye of the Deseret News, fell un.
derneath a street car in Salt Lake
City, in attempting to alight from the
car, and was so seriously injured
that death resulted few hours later
The city council of Hyrum has de-
cided to remodel the electric light
plant which is owned by the people
of Hyrum, so that the service will
not only be better, but thC will be
able to supply light for the town of
Wellsville.
William Clayton, formerly employ
ed in gambling house in Ogden,
attempted suicide near Layton, on
June 2, cutting his throat with a
pocket knife. He is now In hos
pital, with the chances for his recov-
cry rather against him
Salt Lake capitalists have pur
chased the property of the Utah
Marble company, near Logan, which
has been inactive for some time be-
cause of lack of capital, and will open
mp the property. which furnishes some
excellent marble, at once.
That dry farming in Cedar valley
has proved a success is demonstrate
ed after three years of experiments
There are over 1000 acres of promis-
ing grain now surrounding the little |
town of Fairfield, with every indlca-
ton OF bounteous yield
Gustavus Perry, son of Dan Perry
of Willard. met with a painful acct |
dent last week while riding wild |
horse. The animal became frightened |
ran away and fell on the little boy, |
breaking his left leg between the |
knee and ankle in two places.
Elaborate preparations are being |
made for the entertainment of the old |
folks in Salt Lake City on June 49, |
when the annual convention will be |
held, all over 20 years of age being |
carried to the capital city by the diff |
ferent railroads free of charge.
Mrs. Lille Huston, whose husband |
Frank Huston, met death in Salt |
Lake City last week as the result of
falling backward into a bath tub
breaking his neck, attempted suicide
the following day after the tragedy, |
but was saved by prompt medical as
sistance.
Judge Henry Perry Henderson, pres.
ident of the Salt Lake City board of
and one of the best known |