The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1910-04-09
UTAH STATE NEWS


to secure work and send money to his
wife and babies in Salt Lake City, John
seeley, aged 30, committed suicide in
Los Angeles by slashing his throat
with razor.
Garrett f. Conover celebrated his
one hundredth university at his
home in Salt Lake City on March 30.
Mr. Conover, who is hale and hearty,
was born March 80, 1910, at New
Brunswick, N. j.
Hounded by members of the Black
Hand society, who demanded large
sums Of money from him on penalty
Of death, John Berlini, an Italian of
Salt Lake City, has disposed of his
business and fled to Italy.
The debating team OF the Univer.
sity OF Utah was defeated by Colo.
RADIO college at Colorado Springs in
Dosits Should Be Guaranteed" The
Utah team upheld the negative.
There are now ten life convicts in
the Utah prison, one under sentence,
but awaiting courts decision on new
trial, while there are in the Salt Lake
County jail seven who are under
charge Of murder, awaiting trial.
Unusual weather conditions for this
time Of year have already resulted in
considerable damage to the fruit crop
In Salt Lake and other counties OF
the state, especially to the cherry
trees, which are out in full bloom.
Charging him with the theft OF her
diamond-set garters, Grace Brown.
colored underworld resident Of Ogden.
flashed a huge gun on George VIII.
liams, her erstwhile lover, and shot
him through the thigh, inflicting
serious injury.
C. F. Durand, former Justice of the
peace at Murray, fred two shots into
the house where his wife was In hid.
ing, barely missing hitting her and
other inmates. Durand and his wife
had separated, and Mrs. Durand is
sueing for divorce.
Utilizing the enormous beds of silica
and fire clay, near Draper, plant
with capacity for turning out 10000
bricks daily Is to be constructed with.
In the next few months, provided
plans for financing the Draper Silica,
Brick g. Clay company are carried
out.
The amount of mail handled by the
Hartman railroads through Ogden al
ready shows an increase Of from 30
to 40 per cent in tonnage over the
record four years ago, as shown by
the daily reports of the government
expert, engaged in weighing the mails
at Ogden,
Farmers In the vicinity Of Murray,
through attorneys, have notified the
American Smelling & Refining com.
pany that the agreement regarding
the abatement Of the smoke nuisance
has not been kept, and costly litiga.
ton may follow unless compromise
Is reached.
While a number of youths of Stock
ton were racing on handcars, the
rear handcar bumped into the one in
front, throwing Richard Gundry onto
the track, where the wheels Of the
car crushed his arm. Fred Beaman
also was thrown from his car and re-
ceived dangerous internal injuries.
Word has been received in Ogden
Of the death of Lloyd Jacobs, a resi-
dent of that city, who was employed
in a construction camp in Nevada as
a stationery engineer. Through the
alleged carelessness of fellow work
men four carloads Of gravel were re-
leased down an incline, striking
Lloyd's engine and killing him in
stantly.
1t Is announced that at least two
big excursions will be taken by the
Salt Lake Commercial club this sum.
mer. One of the excursions, the first
OF the two, will be a tour of the south.
ern part OF Utah, and another will en-
brace a large portion OF Idaho.
Word has been received in Salt
Lake City to the effect that Miss Bes-
Iis Chambers, former school teacher
IF the capital city, had died in Omaha
s the result of an accident.
Carbon county's new courthouse,
built and furnished at cost of SIS 900,
and the most modern building of the
Kind in the state, located at Price, was.
formally opened on March 20.
Fred w. Williams, a Union Pacific
brakeman, who lost both of his legs
while coupling cars at Coalville on
Friday, died at the Ogden General
hospital early Saturday morning.
Plans are being made to send the
famous Tabernacle choir of Salt Lake
City to Wales in 1911 to participate IN