The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-04-21
THE UTAH BUDGET


be held in Logan in June.
The property value of Weber coun
ty. as shown in a report submitted by
the county assessor, shows an in
crease of $1,303,634 over the values
for 1909.
been granted patent for a pulp ex'
tractor, while Ephraim A. Midgley OF
Salt Lake has secured patent on
damper and air regulator.
While attempting to climb aboard
loaded fat car at Ogden, while the
train was in motion, George Ewald,
switchman, fell beneath the wheels of
the moving car and lost his right leg.
or the 175,00o head of sheep booked
TO shear at Modena. $4,000 head have
been sheared thus far, Ninety shear
ers are employed in the Modena pens,
and excellent progress is being made.
Another successful market day was
held in Midvale on Saturday, under
the auspices of the Commercial club.
Farmers from all parts of the county
were in town with their farm pro.
ducts
viii Knowlden aged rs, who is en-
gagged in the delivery business in Salt
Lake City, was badly injured, when an
automobile going at frightful speed,
crashed into his wagon. The machine
was driven by boy.
The fruit crop of Nephi, Mona and
Levan was severely injured by the
heavy frost of April IA. The indica
tions for good crop of fruit were ex-
cellent, but 1t is feared that the plos-
SONS were totally destroyed.
The beet growers Of Richfeld met
Saturday afternoon to, select com
mittee to meet the sugar company Of
ficials regarding the site for the pro-
posed sugar factory, there being con-
siderable enthusiasm manifested.
The police believe that Nat Wilson
was driven to suicide because of dis
appointment in a recent real estate
deal In Ogden. Wilson, who was a
janitor, 3S years old, blew his brains
out With double barreled shotgun.
II. e. Smith, 40 years old, fireman
for the Utah Copper company was ac.
cidentally killed at Bingham by falling
from the footboard of an engine on
the H level. He was crushed to
death, after being dragged several
yards.
Fully so per cent of the fruit bios,
SONS escaped the frost In Weber
county, according to the estimates of
prominent fruit growers, AMI unless
further damage is caused by unexpect-
ed cold weather the outlook is good
for reasonable large crop
The asparagus harvest is now on in
Davis county and the Woods Cross
canning factory is at work. The acre
age of asparagus has increased a
great amount this year, as 1t Is esti-
mated there Is over 100 acres of as
paragus within comparatively short
radius of the cannery.
With several ugly gashes on the
head, which evidently caused instant
death, the body of an unidentified
man was found floating In the river In
Ogden canyon, near the Hermitage
hotel about 6 miles from Ogden, late
Sunday afternoon. 1t is believed the
man was murdered.
The Oregon Short Line has com
menced driving piles for the new
trestle and double-tracking of the
western end of the Lucin cutoff.
About 4,200 feet on the extreme west
end of the lake will be double-tracked,
1t being estimated that the work will
require four or five months.
With the assistance OF the business
men of Ogden and the members of
the Weber cub, the government cen
sus which began in Ogden on the 18th
and will continue for about two weeks,
is expected to show as accurate an
account of the number of inhabitants
of Ogden as ii Is possible to make.
Ruling that the Elks' club is not a
charitable institution, and must, there
fore, pay taxes in Salt Lake county,
Judge NJ. l.. Ritchie Of the Third dis
trict court has made a far-reaching
decision, which will affect practically
every CluD III Sd.l Ldht anu III lhS
state at large owning its own property.
Zhon-ne, the Navajo Indian against
whom the United States grand jury
returned an indictment last Friday
charging him with the murder OF
Charles Fritz, trading post keeper
at Hefferon last November, pleaded
guilty 10 murder in the first degree
when arraigned in the United States
court on Monday.
The annual report of the state in
surance commissioner will, it is said,
show that the department has re-
ceived and turned over to the state
treasurer between $4,000 and 100000
in revenue, collected in filing fees
and premium taxes from about lSO
life, fire and miscellaneous insurance
companies doing business in the state.
The attempted escape of the mem
bers of Ogden's chain gang was nipped
IN the bud when one of the guards