The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
THE UTAH BUDGET

aoou' FA'VUV WOIln Oh JtNellN'
Nephi City is planning to put in an
entirely new electric light system to
replace the old one, which the city
has outgrown.
About one year ago an independent
telephone system was launched at
Gunnison with thirteen subscribers.
To-day II has 40.
The council of Ephraim assisted by
he special committee from the recent
mass meeting has prepared plans to
secure a waterworks plant for that
city
The bond election held at Sandy on
he proposition to issue 100000 bonds
for school buildings in the Jor-
Ian district. resulted in victory for
The advocates of the bonds.
Grain seeding and early gardening
is mostly done in the vicinity OF
Mapleton, and thousands of smudge
pots are being placed among the or
2hard trees, which are laden with
blossoming buds
The town of Levan is contemplate
ing putting in a new water system.
and also an electric lighting system.
The wonderful success of dry farm
ing is making 1t very prosperous
and enterprising town.
The pupils of the Salt Lake high
school have boycotted foreign ped
dlers of ice cream and pies. who had
endeavored to secure the privileges
Of two Americans who had been sell
ing their goods to the students.
Teachers of the Provo schools, In
ed the custom of the pupils playing
marbles for keeps" and decided to
10 all in their power to discourage the
children from playing any game of
chance.
Fourteen miles south of Tooele and
about fifty miles from Salt Lake City
in Kanaka settlement, the only
place of its kind in the United States.
This settlement was started in 1883.
1t is made up entirely of Sandwich
| islanders
Plans for two new school buildings,
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and accepted by the Weber county
board of education last week. One
Of the new building will be erected
in the Eden district; another in
Pleasant View.
The shearing of sheep is to begin at
Modena on April l and gives promise
of being as productive of wool as any
season in the past Notwithstanding
the severe winter the nocks passed
through, there were comparatively few
losses reported in this section.
Plans are being made for a more
thorough observance of Arbor day In
the public schools of Salt Lake than
ever before. More than 500 packages
Of flower and vegetable seeds have
been sent TO the different schools In
the city, to be planted by the children
Archie r'ane, blacksmith's helper
who was shot by l.. M. Duncan, ne
gro Waterman, in Salt Lake City, is
dead Duncan, who was employed to
protect a new building, claimed that
Fame had insufted and threatened
him. The negro will be charged with
murder.
March IS was Egg Day. at the
Nephi schools, the proceeds to be used
for purchase of books for the schoo
library The school children donated
over 141 dozen eggs, and they wele
sold for s35. Mayor Whitmore pre-
scented the schools with 800 wLrtl
of books.
AS result of the many protests o.
the farmers who wish to bring theil
meats to the local market, several o.
the butchers of Salt Lake have band
ed together to force the city council
to a more reasonable meat ordinance
and the matter will come before the
city lawmakers at once.
Mrs George Sauer of Sioux Falls
S. d., has written to the chief of police
of Ogden. demanding an investigation
into the death of her uncle. Martir
Cahill, who died in commissions at the
Ogden general hospital two week
ago. presumably from ptomaine pois
oning contracted from eating canned
sardines.
!
iects in the history of reclamation II
Utah will soon be launched by com
pany of eastern and western capital
lists 1t is said that it involves an u
innate expenditure of between $4,000
600 and s10,000,O00 and that a vas
tract of land in Uintah county vii
he reclaimed.
An active campaign has been start
ed in Washington county to raise
bonus of 100000 among the citizen
TO be used as an inducement to BULL
a branch road from a point nea
Bellevue to St George, there to cor
meet with the proposed road iron
I.und. on the Salt Lake Route +
Grand canyon.
Losing his balance and catching hi
foot while turning the turntable a
the Denver & Rio Grande round
house in Ogden, John Lotus suffere
a severely crushed ankle. His foo
caught between the concrete sides O
the table and the large working bean