The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-04
UTAH STATE NEWS


junction City
Mrs. Nettie Johnson, one Of the
oldest residents of Ephraim, died OF
January 81, from a paralytic stroke
at the age of Sc.
A benefit given by one of the Salt
Lake theatres last week netted the
fund for the sufferers from the earth
quake in Italy the sum of $4,000.
Pedro Peitrie, Mexican herder, IL
under arrest charged with holding up
the Hagley saloon at Granger shooting
George Campbell through the scalp
and stealing $3.50.
The Sunday closing law is to be rig.
idly enforced at Scofield, all of the sa.
loon men having been notified that
they will be prosecuted for future In
fractions of the law.
The Kansas Day club, composed OF
residents of the Sunhower state who
have taken up their abode In Ogden,
formed an organization last week, $50
"Jayhawkers" being present.
Charles Cope of Mendon dropped
dead from heart disease while stand.
ing in front Of a hotel in Ogden. He
was apparently in the best of health
when he was suddenly stricken.
Utah's portion of the receipts from
the national forest fund at the end OF
the fiscal year June 80, 1908, amounts
to $32,6S1.49 which amount was re.
ceived by the state treasurer last
week.
All Sing, an elderly Chinaman
whose home was in Salt Lake City,
was found dead in his bed In an Og
den hotel one day last week. death
having been due to rheumatism of the
heart.
Congressman Howell has received
assurance that the rivers and harbors
committee will authorize a survey OF
Green river from Uintah county to
Moab, to determine the navigability OF
that river.
Wallace F. Fielding, recently ar.
rested in Ogden on a charge of big.
amy. has been extradited and taken
hack to Oregon. where he will be tried
on charge of forgery and selling
mortgage.
A reduction of 80 per cent in the
number of deaths for the month OF
December, 1908. as compared with
December, 1907, is the showing con
tanned In the bulletin issued by the
state board of health.
Mrs. Gertrude Myers, In an at.
tempt to escape the anger Of her hus.
band, jumped from second.stoyy
window of their home In Salt Lake
city badly spraining both ankles and
seyerely bruising her body.
VARY Davies. AZ years old, a ma
clinist whose home was in Platts.
burg N. T.. committed suicide Satur
10, night in rooming house in Salt
Lake City, taking laudanum. He was
out of work and despondent.
Delegates from nearly every county
in Utah met in Salt Lake City on
January &c and perfected a state or
ganization for the protection of fish
and game, and adopted a suitable fish
and game bill to be presented to the
legislature.
Three young boys. aged seven, eight
and eleven years. sons of prominent
families of Murray, were arrested
last week charged with committing
number of robberies which have puz.
xled the officers. The boys have con-
fessed the crime.
The widows of Spring City have
formed an organization, having elect
ed officers at banquet held at the
home OF one of the members last
week. There are about forty widows
in the town. The organization is
purely social one.
Because Tom Connors, miner at
the Highland Boy mine at Bingham,
refsued to give him pipeful OF To-
bacco, Eli Lugovitch, an Austrian
miner, bit off large part of Connor's
left ear. Lugovitch is in Jail, and
will face a charge of mayhem.
AS means of awakening interest
among the union men of Utah, call
has been issued to labor organiza
uons of the state for the second an.
nual convention OF the Utah State Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor to be held in Salt
Lake City on Monday, March 8.
The home of Joseph Fransden of
Uintah was destroyed by fire one
night last week, the family being al
most suffocated with smoke and bare
ly escaping before the roof collapsed.
1t is thought the fire was started by
a spark from a passing engine.
Entering from the rear, robbers in.
vaded the Davis Shoe oompany's store
on Main street, in Salt Lake City,
forced the lock In the door of a safety
vault and escaped with nearly $1,000
in cash and bank drafts. Negotiable
Eecurities valued. 1t is said, at $40 1000.
were not molested.
When freight train was passing
through the Ephraim yards, some mis-
chievous boys uncoupled all the cars