The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29
THE UTAH BUDGET


week. after protracted illness.
II is announced the city tax levy OF
Salt Lake City will remain the same
as last year, 13 mills.
The chief clerk at the Bingham
postoflice has been granted an In
crease in salary OF 500 year.
A contract has been let for the
drilling of six artesian wells at North
Ogden. to be used for sprinkling the
county roads.
The living flag, in which $4,000
children will take part, will be one oil
the features of the G. A. r. encamp'
ment at Salt Lake City.
Ellsworth Spencer, aged 10, of Salt
Lake City. was drowned in Bear river
at the WINNER ranch, near Ran
dolph, while in swimming.
An Ogden couple who were di-
vorced last year. the wife charging
her husband with cruelty and inhu'
man treatment, were married as"
last week.
The Knights of Pythias Of Salt
Lake City are to present the drama
''Damon and Pythias" in the near fu-
ture. home talent to be used in the
production.
Five mills for general taxes and
mills for school taxes for 1909 and
1910 is the levy decided upon official
ly and passed by the state board of
equalization.
AS the result of collision of gro
Gerry wagons in Salt Lake City on
Pioneer day, Thomas Huber Is in the
hospital with broken leg, while his
wagon was demolished
A Salt Lake woman. while visiting
the third degree" at one of the re-
sorts last week her gold watch and
$40 In cash. Pickpockets were re-
spons.ble for the theft
The street supervisor of Provo has
been instructed to destroy Canadian
thistles on the streets and on all city
property, and the citizens will be COM
PEELED to eradicate the weed from
their property.
The new pipe organ in the Spring
Vile tabernacle has been placed in
commission, and Prof. J. j. Mcclellan,
who presided at the opening concert,
pronounces 1t as one of the best or
gans in the state.
David Arnold OF Murray, who was
stabbed three times near the heart by
John Ely, at Pocatello, Idaho, Is re-
covering. Arnold had been to the
river for swim, and came by a hobo
camp, where he was attacked by a
tramp.
The following increases in the sal
aries of postofiice employees of the
Ogden postofilce was authorized last
week: Four clerks, 5000 to $1,000
per annum; FIVE, from 81, 900 to $1,100;
two, from $500 to 5000; seven. from
$1,000 to s1.10O.
The unveiling OF the Provo pioneer
and Indian war veterans monument
in the park, which was the leading
feature of the Pioneer day celebra-
tion at Provo, was attended by large
number of enthusiastic citizens, and
was very interesting event.
william Ford of Midvale has been
seriously injured by being thrown
from horse. Ford had just been .
the pasture and was asrrjde the fsai.
NAL, when 1t made leap to clear a
ditch, upsetting the rider and throw
! ing him violently to the ground.
Isabelle Jackson, S-year-old daugh-
ter of M. r. Jackson. a farmer living
between Sandy and Murray. was
badly injured and had miraculous
ha fAn
of car on the roller coaster at Wan
damere park, near Salt Lake City.
A. b. Christensen. of Salt Lake CITY,
has been selected by the governor to
succeed Lester d. Freed as direc-
tor of the Utah State Fair association.
Freed resigned after disagreement
with President Mcdonald. of the asso-
citation. as to the conduct of the races.
w w. Clark, supervisor of the
Cache national forest, died last week,
after a short Illness of pneumonia, in
Cards camp in Logan canyon, follow
ing kick by horse. Mr.. Clark was
80 years of age, and had lived in
Cache county for the past two years.
Two negroes got into fight in
Salt Lake City, one firing shot al
the Iother. which went wild and
struck Herbert Bauer in the shoul.
der The negroes were employees OF
a circus and the shooting happened
while Bauer was watching TIE trained
animals.
DR.. John Sundwall, OF the Univer-
sity of Utah, has been assigned by
the state boato Of heath 20 inye.,i-
gate the peculiar human disease
known as goat fever" which recent
ly broke out in several goat-raising
districts in Kane and Washington
counties,
Mrs. j. IL. Singleton was instantly
killed and her husband and little boy