The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-04-28
THE UTAH BUDGET

A total of $4,000 is now offered Tor
the arrest and conviction of the per
sons who dynamted the Utah hotel
in Salt Lake City.
At meeting OF the board of direct
ors of the Utah State Peace society,
1t was decided to hold the annual
Peace day May Is.
There was large crowd Of enthus-
lasts present at Sandy on Sunday
when l.. II. Culver. the Midvale me-
chanic. made successful flight In his
biplane.
Laura Vandaveer, the young woman
who shot and killed Paul Shaunty, a
private at Fort Douglas on March 16.
has been freed by the United States
grand jury, after a rigid investigation
OF the case.
John Allen, one of the pioneer set
tiers of Utah. is dead at his home In
South Weber of general debility. He
was born in Scotland. August 10, 1884,
and came to Utah In 1860. settling In
Weber county.
A Japanese section hand was found
probably fatally wounded In the rail-
road yards in Salt Lake, he having
been shot. The police are investigat-
ing. believing 1t to be case of at
tempted murder.
A mass meeting has been called by
the united women's clubs of Ogden to
promote the early closing campaign
recently launched in Ogden for the
benefit of retail clerks, delivery boys
and overworked horses.
John Donley, 80 years old, lenser
at the Bullion Beck mine at Eureka,
was instantly killed by cave-in on
the 750-foot level. When found his
neck was broken. and his body was
crushed almost to q pulp.
AS the result of free-for-all fight
In Ogden, William Wear Is In the hos
pital, suffering from number OF
gashes on the face and head, inflicted
by a broken bottle in the hands OF
one of the combatants.
After making second attempt to
wreck train on the Oregon Short
Line two Logan boys have been
placed under arrest. The youngsters
had fastened "A SKA timber to the rails
with a piece of barbed wire.
Caught in the wheels OF brick
pressing machine at kaysyille. Mar
win Kane Nicols, Ia years old, had
the flesh torn from the calf and thigh
of one leg, exposing the bone. 1t Ia
feared his injuries may prove fatal.
An advertising campaign for Salt
| Lake and the state of Utah has been
launched by the Salt Lake CONNER
cial club which means the expendi-
ture of $4,000 year in spreading the
gospel Of Utah's opportunities all over
the world.
The new Third Ward Mormon
church at Springville was dedicated
on Sunday. The entire cost of build
ing, including furniture and heating
plant, was $12,5S2.53, two-thirds OF
which has been received through con-
tributions from members of the Third
ward.
The Miller Floral company has pur-
chased ten acres of land in DAVIS
county, and the construction OF two
greenhouses Is under way. The COM
pany Is capitalized at 100000 and will
grow roses and carnations during the
| first year. rapidly branching out into
other lines.
Robert Span of Ogden had mar
row escape from death in Ogden can
yon, when drove of cattle stampeded
him into the river. Splan was riding
a motorcycle at the time and was
thrown clear of the machine into the
bed OF the stream.
Establishment of depot in Salt
Lake to supply pure milk during the
summer months has been decided upon
by the Utah Federation of Women's
Clubs. Fresh mi k at a low temper
ature and bottled under strictly hygi-
enic conditions will be furnished for
infants ard inva!ids.
Mentally deranged beyond all hope
of recovery, footsore and half starved,
the mysterious stranger who has
caused families in the eastern part of
| Ogden restless nights and fear of some
horrible cline, has been captured,
and will probably he sent to Che state
asylum. The man is an Italian.
While proving the safety Of an auto
matte revolver 10 a friend at Vernal,
Joe Tolliver accidentally shot and
killed himself A curious thing about
the shooting was the fact that, three
days previously, TO liver had pur-
chased plot of ground in the Vernal
cemetery.
That the lucerne weevil can be ex-
terminated has been proved In the
southern part OF Utah. where the pest
is probably more prevalent than in
any other locality. The plan is to
wait until the lucerne has attained a
height of from four to eight inches,
and then turn flock OF sheep into
he field
Vio.a Pratt Gillette, the well-known
actress who claims Salt Lake as her
} home, has been granted decree of
absolute divorce from her husband,
George II. Gillette, In Chicago. The
decree was granted on the grounds of
desertion, after contest.