The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-15
UTAH STATE NEWS

At Logan.
In endeavoring to board train at
Cotton, Frank Miller. tramp, fell
and was badly injured.
A free employment bureau is being
operated by some of the philan-
thropic residents of Logan.
r. II. Wilson, accused of passing
worthless checks in Salt Lake City,
was captured in Logan last week
1t is estimated that fully 100000
people attended the Prosperity fair
held In Salt Lake City last week
II is probable that the Salt Lake
High school cadets will make visit
TO the exposition ut Seattle during va
cation.
Brigham I. Madsen of Provo has
been made chief deputy to the newly
appointed fish and game commits
sioner.
A free public library is being in
stalled at Sandy, the outcome of
movement inaugurated by the Com
mercial club.
J. Edward Collins, a miner employed
in the Alliance tunnel at Park City,
was killed as the result of cave-in
Sunday morning.
The town of Bingham Junction now
has two banks, the Peoples State
Bank having been launched, with
capital of $4,000.
The Society of Utah Artists is plan
ming to be represented at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacifc exposition at Seattle
this coming summer.
J. B. Farrell, an aged citizen of Al
pine, is in a very critical condition as
the result Of runaway, he being
dragged for some distance.
The directors OF the Inter- Mountain
Fair association held a meeting in
Ogden last week and decided to hold
a four-county fair in Ogden this year,
John Cook of Mill Creek, aged sew
enty-five years, partially blind and
deaf, was struck by grocery wagon,
while crossing the street in Salt Lake
City, and badly bruised.
The twelve-year-old daughter OF ex-
Sheriff c. Frank Emery of Salt Lake
City was badly burned one day last
week as the result of attempting to
build fire with kerosene.
w. M. Bostaph, a veteran Of the
Civil war, has been unanimously elect
ed president of the Ogden chamber
of commerce to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent resignation of s.
H. Browne.
Robbers broke into the State Bank
of Oasis, one night last week. broke
of the lock of the 81 .e with a sledge
hammer, and seer d about $500 in
gold. They did not succeed in open
Ing the vault.
William Smith, negro, was shot
and killed in Salt Lake City by Thorn
as Anderson, also colored Anderson
claims Smith attacked him with a
knife, and that he shot in order to
save his own life
T. Yashimizu, the Japanese taken
from Salt Lake City to San Jose, Cal,
to answer the charge of having killed
John Kyne, Southern Pacific sec
tion foreman, was held to answer in
the superior court.
The second annual convention OF
the Inter-Mountain Photographers
association adjourned April s, after a
four days session held in Salt Lake
City. The convention was marked
success in every way.
The people of Annabella are en-
deavoring to secure telephone SER
vice, 1t being the intention to organ
ize local company which will con-
meet it's lines with the Bell Telephone
company's lines at Richfield.
Samuel Lufliin, who set the air
brakes on Saltair train, 'just for
fun" and caused shaking-up OF the
passengers. has been committed to
the state industrial school to mediate
over the seriousness OF his little Joke.
Lewis ]. Stevenson, conductor on a
rock train of the Emigration Canyon
railroad, suburban line of Salt Lake
City, was thrown from his car by the
train jumping the track and instantly
killed, his body being badly crushed.
The Union Pacific board of inquiry.
after investigating the wreck at
Castle Rock, has recommended that
the railroad do away with Pintsch
gas, which is carried In large cylin-
ders under the cars, and that all pas
senger trains be lighted by electric
lty.
Women and wine are said to have
been the prime factors In the down
fall of Nick Vacas. who murdered
John Contos at Ogden. Contos held
a mortgage on Vacas' place of bust
ness, and the failure of the latter to
meet his obligations led to the muir
der.
s. p Jensen was severely injured IN
runaway accident at Ephraim Mr.
Jensen was thrown from the wagon
when his horses became frightened
and the wheels passed over the body,
his spine being badly bruised and 1t
is feared he has been internally in.
jured.
Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of Sandy, was
drowned I'm the Jordan river Mt an