The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
THE UTAH BUDGET


or s5522 per acre net.
Machitists of the Orgeno Short Line
aud the Southern Pacific have beer
granted an advance Of cents an hour.
1t is thought this action will avert
the expected strike.
Property owners of Salt Lake City
will vote upon the issuance of 100000
In bonds for the purchase of property
and erection of one of the finest high
school buildings In the west.
The new town of Midvale is rapidly
forging to the front since It was In
corporated A new bank building is
to be erected at once, and many other
buildings are in course of erection.
There was heavy fall OF snow at
Logan on Saturday, and the beet
harvest has been stopped temporar,
lily. There are many hundreds bf
acres of the beets as yet unharvested
Salt Lake is to have the finest
restaurant west of Chicago. The res
taurant will seat about 450 persons
The plans call for banquet hall SIX
l15 feet, with seating capacity o.
1875.
Completion of the Shoal creek dam
by the Eenterprise Reservoir & Canal
company, thirteen miles west of En-
terprise, was flttingly celebrated on
Saturday amid much rejoicing by
settlers,
According to the will OF William
J. Hill, who died at Logan a short
time ago, OF his estate valued at
about 100000, the widow gets $4,000
and the balance is divided among the
seven children
Manti is making elaborate prepara
tions to entertain the numerous visi
tors expected at the 65th anniversary
Fully 1000 people are expected and
many others who have not so far been
heard from will likely be In attend
ance
Smallpox in virulent form is now
raging in Springvllle, there having
been one death, while thirty cases
are still in quarantine. The public
schools have been closed and all pub
lie gatherings prohibited by the city
council
John Sharp section hand EN-
ployed by the Salt Lake & Ogden
railway. while working on the track
iust north OF Beck's Hot Springs, was
struck by passing engine and so Sc.
rionsly injured that he Gied a few
hours later.
Two masked men entered the Royal
laundry building In Salt Lake City,
locked the night watchman in a
closet. wrecked the office safe with
dynamite. and got away with $725 In
cash, besides destroying number OF
checks, and other valuable papers
Steve Chatchas, Greea. was shot
by an officer at the Boston Consoli-
dated mines at Bingham, and is in
the hospital suffering from severe
wound in the thigh and abdomen. 1t
Is charged that the injured man, with
two others, was stealing coal, when
the shooting occurred
At the annual meeting of the
Western Association of the Blind,
held in Salt Lake City last week, M.
G, Hanks of Heber City was chosen
president. The association looks af.
ter the interests of the blind in var
ious ways. aiming to instruct and fur.
nish recreation for them.
Singing the Irrigation Ode" the
composition of Professor j. J. McClel.
Ian OF Salt Lake City, the Ogden tab
In the Coliseum at Chicago during
the United States Land & Irrigation
exposition to be held at Chicago from
November 20 to December A.
The big cabbage patch on the Mel
son farm at Axtell, in Gunnison val.
ley. is in prime condition. This cab
bage patch is said to be the biggest
patch of cabbage in the state. 1t
comprises 25 acres and from II TO 20
pound cabbages are common. They
arc now getting ready to ship.
A number of the employees OF the
Logan sugar factory went on a strike
last week and the big mill had to
close down for several hours. The
men wanted an increase in wages and
the company refused to grant 1t. The
factory people finally secured enough
men to start the factory again.
byron Cummings of the University
vi Utdh, - OH dnotitT SNplOIdlluH
tour of the wonderful cliff dwellings
and natural bridges in the southern
part of the state. On the last visit Of
Professor Cummings the largest ma
tural bridge in the world was found
and he believes there are many more
marvels in that country
Begging ride in a delivery wa.
gon, footpad oyerpowered the fif
teenyearold driver in Salt Lake
City, and after robbing the lad OF
SIS, threw him from the wagon and
drove away. The thug evidently
abandoned the outfit later as the
horses returned home. The boy was
painfully but not seriously injured.
The eleventh annual exhibition OF
the Utah Art Institute will open No
Vember q for two weeks at the Ogden