The Provo herald. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1909-192?, 1909-02-23
UTAH STATE NEWS

ORuen capitalists are ulhCubhlHh
the advisabiity of establishing a
wooden mill in that city.
The roof of the pool room OF the
Clark building, In Park City, caved
in one night last week from the
weight OF snow.
II is the intention to hll every avail.
able place in Salt Lake City with
flowers for the @. A. r.. encampment,
TO be held next August.
Eight residents of Titan will be
named as members of a state dairy
and pure food bureau II the bill Great
ing such bureau becomes a law.
The officers OF the Fruitgrowers as
ISOLATION formed at Willard are busy
at work selling stock, so as TO get the
necessary amount before they incor
porate
Word comes from Kansas that a
great number of the 10000 old sol
diers now living in that state will be
IN Salt Lake City to attend the G.. A.
II. encampment next summer.
The preliminary hearing OF John w
Att, on the charge of murder com
mitted at Logan, was again post
poned last week. at the request or the
attorney for the accused man.
The river and harbor bill. reported
to the house, authorizes survey OF
Grand river Utah, from It's mouth to
Moab; also a survey OF Green river
from its mouth to Green river.
The Cache county poultry show,
held In Logan last week. was an un.
qualified success, between 900 and
100 birds, embracing all the standard
varieties, being entered in competi.
ton.
Jack Lex was stabbed by John
Sweeney during an alteration be.
tween the two men In Salt Lake City
Lex was struck on the top OF the head
with an open pocket knife, but was
not dangerously injured.
Harvey sundrup. of Ephraim. was
chopping wood with an ak. which had
recently been sharpened. and, as he
raised II. he slipped on the ice, the
AK falling down ON his foot. partially
severing two OF his toes.
Adrian Woolley. the l2-year-old son
OF Docket Clerk Woolley, OF the house
OF representatives. met with an &C.
cident at his home In Ogden. by
which his left leg was broken be.
tween the thigh and knee.
The National Warehouse a. Storage
company has completed its organlza.
ton In Chicago for the purpose OF
storing the clip OF the western wool
growers. which will be cheering news
TO the Utah wool growers
Joseph Stratford and his wife Eliza.
beth, both long time and highly re.
fpected residents OF Weber county,
were buried on the same day In OF,
den last week. Mrs. Stratford died
two days after the death OF her hus
band.
Virgil Anderson of Spring City was
badly injured while working In
saw mill last week His leg was
caught In some way between car.
riage and a pile OF lumber, and as the
horse took step forward his leg was
badly broken.
President Joseph f. Smith OF the
Mormon church and party OF twelve
left Salt Lake City on February n
for a trip TO the Sandwich islands
The entire trip will require about six
weeks. most OF the time being con.
sumed in travelling.
William McAndrews, 40 years old
n miner, recently employed at, Grants
Vile, committed suicide In Salt Lake
February 20, taking compound OF
choral, bromide and morphine. De
spondency after protracted spree
was responsible for the deed.
In a shooting ARRAY at Scoheld
Matt Lester. Finlander shot Aleck
Wilson through the hand and John l.
Wilson was shot In the leg. Both OF
the injured men were attempting to
prevent Lester from shooting a Slav
with whom he had been quarreling.
Lorenzo Stroebel, aged 30, EN-.
ployed in a hotel In Ogden. committed
suicide last week. cutting his throat
with razor. being dead when he was
discovered. The cause OF the suicide
is said to have been unrequited love
tor a young woman employed at the
aotel.
DIR, Henry Hopkins. OF Eugene. Ore.
veteran OF the civil war, died from
heart disease Just after coming out
Of the pool In the Sanitarlum In Salt
Lake City. II is understood the doc.
tor overtaxed his strength while In
the bath, death coming as he was
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Charles Castle, a horse trader, has
been arrested In Salt Lake City. &C.
cused OF tying rope TO balky
horses tongue. fastening the rope TO
another horse. and tearing on a por
ton OF the tongue OF the baIky horse
Castle denies the charge and win
stand trial
II has developed that Mrs. May
Hedge Wood who died in Salt Lake
City under Suspicious circumstances,
committed suicide, taking morphine
tablets. An investigation developed
the fact that this was the third al.
tempt the young woman had made TO
end her life.
The news comes from Tucker that
a large number of horses have been
snowbound in Spanish Fork canyon,
as result OF the heavy SHOWS, and
that twelve OF the animals have
starved 10 death, and Il is feared the
loss win be much heavier before the
snow disappears.
John Pappus, a section hand. while