The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-09
THE UTAH BUDGET

mTS, EllZaDeln hODDlns, l0e OlueSL
citizen of Kaysville, is dead at the age
OF 90.
Another new school building is to
be erected In Ogden TO relieve the
congested condition of the school
rooms,
Word has been received from Ray.
mond, Alberta, Canada that Elijah
Laycock, former sheriff and council
man at Kaysville, is dead.
In Davis county there are eight ir.
rigation companies, having a capital
OF $167S50. The length of the canals
Is thirty.three miles, the cost of con-
struction was S39,100.
AS the result of argument over the
tong war in San Francisco, Y. Kaw-
aka, a Japanese was seriously wound.
ed In Salt Lake, and three Of his coun.
trymen are under arrest.
Three men arrested in Ogden on the
charge of stealing chickens have jail
sentences staring them In the face.
thirty-four dressed chickens being
found in their possession
Springville is now assured a water.
works system, and the city council Is
now preparing to place bonds for $780,.
000 on the market. The bond election
carried by a majority of three to one.
Davis county Is next to the smallest
county In the state, Morgan, which
Joins 1t on the east, being the smallest.
In area Davis county covers 651 square
miles, while It's area In acres is 1S0-
000
Miss Mary Alice Spry, the 1s-year-
old daughter of Governor Spry, has
been chosen to be spt4sor for the new
battleship Utah, which will be
launched about December 23, at Cam
den, NJ J.
The secretary Of state mas an
nounced that his offices will issue no
corporation licenses after the fifteenth
OF the present month, unless the fine
of $40, provided by law, accompanies
the application.
The property Of the Utah Hot
Springs Sanitarium company, located
about nine miles north of Ogden. has
passed into the hands of receiver.
Mismanagement is given as the reason
TOT the failure.
A. e. Beller, an Ogden man. claims
to have solved the problem Of aerial
navigation. He has models of two air
ships, which he claims will make all
previous inventions look crude and
not to be compared with his.
George Sumerville, aged about 30
years, was frozen to death in Ameri-
can Fork canyon on the night of De-
cember g. He left the Dutchman mine
for the Mary Helen property, and per-
tshed from the intense cold.
Toppled from an ore bin by large
rock that slid down upon him from
above, Nick Lovitch, an Austrian en-
ploye of the Alpha smelter, at Bing-
ham, was skidded seventy feet down
an ore chute and badly injured.
To test the validity of the recent
election at the little town of Hunts
vile, in Weber county. when the ques-
ton of disincorporating the city was
voted upon, hearing will be held in
the district court at Ogden, Decem-
ber IS.
The governor has received from ].
Edward Taylor, who is In charge OF
the Utah exhibit at the United States
Land and Irrigation exposition in Chi
cago, letter in which Mr.. Taylor says
the Utah displays are attracting great
attention.
Five ox-yokes used by Orson Hyde
when he crossed the plains In 1852
have been presented to the State His
torical society by Alonzo e. Hyde Of
Salt Lake City. They are considered
a valuable addition to the Historical
society's collection.
Charlie Williams, negro bootblack,
was murderously assaulted and Sc
serely cut by George Lawson. another
negro, because he would not give
Lawson 10 cents. Lawson used a
razor and slashed Williams across the
throat and arms, but he will recover.
matter now interesting members
of the Manufacturers association of
Salt Lake City is the manufacture of
transparent brick, novelty brought
before the association. 1t Is said that
in some sections of the country glass
brick have been made successfully
and used In many structures.
The report of the Salt Lake board
OF health for the month of November
shows that while there is a large num-
ber OF scarlet fever cases In the city
only four deaths occurred from that
disease. Eight deaths were due to
typhoid fever. Seven died from tuber.
culosis of the lungs and heart disease
caused eleven deaths.
Captain w. A. Johnson. formerly
associated with John Hays Hammond
and considered at one time as one of
the greatest mining engineers in the
world, committed suicide in Salt Lake
City by drinking solution of cyanide
Of potassium. Worry OYER financial
matters had driven him insane.