The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-04-14
THE UTAH BUDGET

the issuance of bonds for the installa-
tion of a waterworks system.
1t is probably that county fair will
be held at Ephraim this fall, the Com
mercial club being behind the project.
Because of the continued prevalence
of scarlet fever it has been decided to
keep the Milford school closed another
week.
At recent meeting Of the county
commissioners $4,000 was appropriate
ed for the improvement of the roads
of Davis county.
Leonard Eskelson, young man
who lives in Richmond, Cache county,
has confessed to stealing a horse from
Mr.. Moody of Smithfield.
The partly decomposed body of Hay
din Smith, of South Hooper, was found
in rooming house in Salt Lake City
He had suicided by drinking lauda.
mum.
Except "boot-legging" case, APP
pealed from the justice court, there
were no criminal matters on the calen
dar when the district court convened
at Moab.
The little town of Cotton, in Span.
ish Fork canyon, has been visited by
disastrous fire, which wiped out the
main business portion, causing a loss
of $4,000.
One of the proposed improvements
for New Tooele in the next few
weeks Is a new opera house and ball
room to be located in the central por-
tion Of the town.
The prospects are now good for
bumper fruit crop in Box Elder coun-
ty. Many of the fruit raisers declared
they expect the biggest crop In the
history of the county.
Twelve retail meat dealers of Salt
Lake City have suspended business
during the past week, declaring that
the increase in wholesale meat prices
has forced them TO the wall.
James l.. Hamilton, member of the
Salt Lake Stock Exchange, committed
suicide Saturday afternoon. blowing
the top of his head off with a rifle.
Financial reverses led to the deed.
The erection of a $4,000 opera
house and gymnasium at Fountain
Green during the coming summer is
almost an assured fact. The money
is being raised by popular subscrip-
ton.
While handling a .3s caliber revol-
yer at his home in Farr West, Nathan
Chugg was badly wounded by the ex-
plosion of the weapon. The ball en-
tered the left leg Immediately above
the knee.
Elsie e. Christensen, the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs A. b. Chris
tensen, of Salt Lake City, fell into a
fish pond on the family premises and
died from drowning before help could
reach her.
Weary of life, In which there had
been repeated disappointments, John
Schneider, aged 63 years, hanged him
self in the basement of a saloon in
Salt Lake City in which he was EN-
ployed as porter.
About 500 delegates from the Sun
day schools of Salt Lake. Pioneer Mil
lard and Tooele stakes of the Mormon
church met Sunday in district conven
tion in the building of the L. ID. S
university, Salt Lake City
While the vigilance of the sheriff
and his deputies was temporarily re
laxed on Sunday, Frank Asbill, a
prisoner in the Box Elder county jail
climbed over the wall surrounding the
prison and made his escape.
George Il. G.. Hedges, timekeeper for
1,,N Do, ,lr
was seriously injured when an ore
train in the Ontario tunnel of the 600
foot level sideswiped another train
throwing Hedges between the cars.
The city council of Salt Lake is con
sidering an ordinance prohibiting the
exploding of fireworks in Salt Lake
on any occasion, without the written
consent of the mayor The ordinance
will go into effect on January /, 1911
A big sheep-shearing plant is being
installed at Jerico. The plant will be
equipped with thirty shearing ma
chimes with drying pans and elevator
for handling wool. The plant viii
cost about $4,000 and will be used eX
clusively by Fountain Green sheep
men.
A company is about to be formed tc
build a cannery at Tooele. Some oi
the finest fruit in Utah is raised in
abundance in and about Tooele. 1t Is
expected that the plant will be In
operation in the early fall and vii
give employment to twelve TO fifteen
people at the start
William II. Brown, negro convict
who with the notorious Harry Tracy
Dave Lamp and Frank Edwards, es
capped from the Utah state prison Oc
tober s, 1897, was returned from the
penitentiary at Lansing, Kan, Sunday
morning to complete the serving OF d
thirty months sentence.
The presence of several cases OF
scarlet fever at the state industrial
school has made it necessary to main
tain a quarantine at the institution
and for this reason visitors have not
been received at the reformatory fol-
several weeks.
Gunnison valley is enjoying large