The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-01
THE UTAH BUDGET

The city officials OF aMnti have ad.
yertised for bids for the erection OF
the Carnegie library in that town.
Work on the Bingham & Garfield
railroad, which was begun about two
months ago. is now progressing salts
factorily.
Tramps set fire to the d. e. X. g.
railroad section storehouse at Helper,
causing loss to the railroad company
of over $1,000.
John Mcdonald, a pioneer manufac.
turer OF Utah, who died at his home
IN Salt Lake City few days ago, left
an estate worth $4,000.
Dependency following a period OF
hard drinking caused George II. Rieck,
a carpenter to end his life in Salt
lake City, shooting himself in tne
head.
To the delight of Helper residents,
the old antique structure now used
as the local postoffice will be torn
down, and in its stead more modern
building erected
The Lehi sugar factory will start
up this season about September 20.
The entire mill has been overhauled
and is being put in the best OF shape
Cor the fall business.
Charles J. Stenbom, aged 81, died In
Salt Lake City, August 30, as a re-
suit of fracturing his spine on Au-
gust 21, when he dived from pier
into the lake at Saltair.
About 80 per cent of the total school
population of Salt Lake City was en-.
rolled at the opening day of the 1910
1911 school year, on Monday, $4,000
school children being enrolled.
The Snow academy at Ephraim Is
making an energetic campaign for
students for the coming year, which
begins September 10. and the pros
poets favor q record-breaking attend
ance.
A payment of $4,000 for coal lands
In emery county was made to the
Salt Lake land office on Saturday for
coal lands located in southern Utah.
The applicants paid $25 per acre for
tract of 1G0 acres.
Thomas Webb, a big ranchman and
stock-raiser of Benjamin, Utah coun-
ty, has gone into the pig-raising busi-
ness on large scale and by early fall
will have about 1000 head on his big
ranch in Utah county.
X. Oklmoto. a Japanese gambler.
was shot and probably fatally wound
ed by countryman In Salt Lake City
on Saturday night as the result of a
quarrel over pool game, his assail-
ant making his escape.
Survivors OF the Lot Smith COM
pany, which served in the west during
the civil war. are eligible to member
ship in the G. A. R.. according to the
findings OF the special court of In
auiry just made public.
Notwithstanding the unusually dry
summer, the sugar beets in Utah coun-
ty are growing rapidly and the farm
ers expect to have a fair crop this
year. The first sample OF the beets
will be taken this week.
The fact that there are no coddling
moths in the Green River fruit region
of Utah, is explained by the fact that
the sand storms which prevail in that
region kill off all winged insects. and
the coddling moth Is unknown there.
The biggest parade that has ever
been given by organized labor in
Salt Lake City on Monday. September
8. 1t is stated that 5000 union men
OF Salt Lake and Utah will fall in
line to display their unions to the
public
While returning in his rig with his
wife from Springville, w. II. Ray, a
prominent real estate and insurance
man of Provo. sustained painful inju'
ries when his horse took fright at an
object In the road and kicked the bug
gy to pieces.
The first mile of the proposed inter
state highway linking the capital cit
les of Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, by
wen-laid macadamized public road
will be built in Ogden during the In
which will be held in Ogden next
month.
Although the Ogden lodge OF LoyaI
Order of Moose has not been organ
ized more than two months, prepara
tions are now being made for estab
fishing permanent home. The mem
bers have not definitely decided
whether to build home or lease
quarters.
While his infant brother was asleeI
In his cradle, unconscious OF its dan
ger, the twelve-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Lowery of Ogden performed
a heroic act by rushing through the
smoke and flames of the burning
home and carrying the ch..i to safety
The parents had left the house Tor
a moment, when the fire broke out
AS he was about to be released from
the Utah penitentiary Saturday, where
he had served a sentence of three
years for forgery, B. A. Slocum was
taken into custory by the sheriff of
Shasta County. California. where he
is wanted for bigamy.