The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-06-10
UTAH STATE NEWS

About 100 electrical workers ~
Salt Lake city are on strike for an
increase In wages and better working
conditions
u cost tho government Hii25 70
take the census Of Salt Lake CITY.
while the cost for the entire state
will be- about $4,000
Brown Han carpenter. fell from
tho second story Of n building In Salt
lake CITY. sustaining injuries whch
resulted In his death few hours
later
The plant OF the Manu Light &
Power company was burned on May
81. the loss being $1,000 The FIRE
was started by a defective hightcn
uion wire
Roldo Peacock. ~ years old, nj
Sterling. was Instantly killed May -
as the result of runaway accident
his neck being broken and his body
badly mangled
Hyrum Mcfarland. well known
shespmAn who lived In ogden. while
attempting to board train at Carlin,
Nevada. fell beneath the wheels and
was horribly mangled
Weber county last year shipped
100000 cases OF fruit and vegetables.
This year It IL believed the number
of cases shipped to other markets
will be more than 100000
Eureka city Ia now out Of debt.
the last two bonds on the water sys
TEN. amounting to 1900 and 1j5 In
forest being paid. and the city has
now In It's treasury a neat sum
Frank Jacobs. who was arrested at
Ogden on the charge Of drunkenness
and who was released from the city
Jail later. attempted 10 drown him
self In the Weber river. but was res.
eued by a passerby
Two hundred union carpenters
gathered up their tools at the major.
ity OF the buildings In course Of con.
atructlon In Ogden Thursday morning
and went on strike for an increase
OF wages from 81 to $3.50 a day
. Ralph Hogan. a siociyard cmployc,
was perhaps fatally Injured at Ogden
while unloading hogs lie was In a
car trying to force the swine into the
shoots when they began milling and
Hogan was thrown on his feet and
under the hogs.
Two ateople Jacks climbed 10 the
,opmost plnicale OF the Mormon TEN.
pie In Salt Lake City. on May 81, and
adjusted the trumpet TO the lips OF the
statute Moroni. which had been jerk
ed loose as the result OF n dynamite
explosion In the near vicinity.
From all over Utah and Idaho comes
reports Of more victims Of II \. his
man, the fake commission man, who
seems to have swindled hundreds oi
farmers. by Offering high prices for
their produce. and failing to pay thom
after he had disposed OF their ship.
ments.
With 1000 acres OF tomatoes plant.
ed within short distance Of the
twenty-five canning factories Of We
Der county and the present indications
pointing to the largest crop In many
years. the canning industry promises
90 break all records during the ship.
ping season.
State statistlcian llnlncs has com
piled n stateemnt Of the cement pro
ducts OF tho state for 1909 There
was total Of sol 800 barrels OF CO
mont. Of the value of t6i7,O3O, manu-
featured In Utah In the year The
cement plants paid out In wages In
the year s25l,lll
Citizens OF willard have potitloncd
the Ogden city council to make au
appropriation for the care of dos
which. II II alleged. was injured by
being run over by an automobile In
which the mayor and members Of IA,
city council OF ogden were riding
George Cochoron, SO years old. q
resident OF Salt Lake City. who hn.
been giving his relatives endless wur
~ through his Respected efforts a. SELF
destruction IS 10 be- sent to the state
mental hospital Cocheron made foul
unsuccessful attempts In one day {,
end his life.
willard Urlnghurst, resident o
Salt Lake. has been arrested ON IN,
charge of being implicated IN the rob
berry OF the Layton bank. the hold ul
Of a gambling house In Salt LAKE
city the holdup Of saloon in parl
city. and numerous other crme
which have baihod the officers
one day last week Frank steven
son, the vellknoVn trappyr of Eph
riam. returned from the mountains
with a brown bear. which he ha,
caught In trap near the White
ledge. This rs the nfth bear Mr.
Stevenson has caught IN that vicinity
II Will probably weigh 800 pounds
Performing am act OF truest heroisu
when he saved playmate, ponal,
Kilpack. 10 years old, son Of Franl
Killpsck OF Manu. was drowned IL
tho Gunison reservoir, lie succeedc,
In saving his comrade, but was nm
able 10 reach the shore himself
An ogden photographer has beer
arrested for conducting an unlccnse'
photograph gallery Il Is the hrs
arrest resulting from the new lcens,
ordinance which taxes every business