The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-06-09
THE UTAH BUDGET

In Ogden belonging to ID. G. Griffith,
cnusing loss of $4,000. The fire is
charged to incendialies
A number of former Alpine resi-
dents, now living in Provo, have de-
cided to visit the old home on July
25, and are arranging homecoming
day" for Alpine on that date.
Charges of having wilfully crowded
two pedestrians off the pubic road In
Ogden canyon and forcing them TO
jump for their lives over the river en-
bankment are made against the driver
of an automobile,
William Biinghurst. aged "a, on
Monday pleaded guilty to the charge
OF robbing a gambling house in Salt
Lake City, as well as robbing the Lay
ton bank, and was sentenced to twelve
years imprisonment.
The work of the Sewer County Fair
association for 1910 has been started.
and It looks as though the fair will be
a more important and valuable event
than ever before 1t will be held Sep
tember IA, 15, 16 and II.
Members of the Central Christian
Church of Salt Lake City had a jub,-
lee meeting on Sunday, when the mort
gage which had stood against tho edi-
flee for seventeen years was cancelled,
and the papers were burned.
Burgaries are of daily and nightly
occurrence In Salt Lake City. the po-
lice and city detectives seemingly be-
ing powerless to prevent continu.
ance OF the work of the boldest gang
that has ever infested The capital city
Albert Griffiths, aged 40, was found
sitting with his back against building
In Salt Lake City, apparently asleep
but in reality dead, having been dead
several hours when discovered. Death
was due to excessive use of intoxi.
cants.
There was frost in Cache Valley,
June 4, severe enough to badly nip
the tender garden truck and to do
some injury to the wheat crop on the
west side of the valley, Logan Jared
much better than great many of
the other towns,
Nephi Anderson. a civil engineer
whose home Is in Brigham City, was
drowned in Logan river, Logan can
yon, on the night of May 4. There
were no witnesses to the tragedy, but
1t is supposed that in the darkness
he walked OF the dugway into the
river.
} " took a huge steam shovel four
hours to recover the body of Joe DON
ston, 4S years of age, who was instant
iy killed under hundreds of tons of
earth, which caved on him while he
was engaged at his work In the new
cut of the Utah Copper company at
Bingham.
Jonathan c. Royle, lawyer, jurist
and eminent citizen of Salt Lake, died
Monday morning. Judge Royle came
to Salt Lake City in 1871 and went
into partnership with the late Thomas
Marshall, The firm continued active
until the death OF Mr.. Marshall four
years ago.
The Illicit liquor dealers of Spanish
Fork, who have had considerable trou
BILE with the city since the prohibition
ordinance went into effect, have de-
cided to promise to quit the business
II the city will drop the prosecution
of large number OF cases 1t has
against them.
Mrs. Joe Begdar of Bingham, while
making bed, accidentally discharged
a .32.caliber Colts revolver winch
had been left there by one of the
dodgers, the bullet entering her left
breast and passing out through her
shoulders, making a painful but not
dangerous wound.
Edna, the 2-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kirby of Hyde
Park, died June OF strychnine pois-
oning after having eaten twenty six
tieth-grain tablets. The tablets had
been left on the table and the little
one got hold of them while her mother
was out of the room.
Frank Murrell. aged 40 years. a
miner employed at Eureka, committed
suicide Saturday night by shooting
himself in the left breast with a ,3S
caliber revolver. Murrell had quar-
relied with his wife. and when she left
the house, ne picked up the revolver
and shot himself.
Leo L. Eng,eheart, a travelling scis
sors-grinder, who was last seen at Sil
yer City, is missing. His little cart
in which he carried his tools and sup
plies has been found in the sage-Drush
near Silver City, but no trace OF hin
can be found and 1t is feared he has
been murdered
A loan of $4,000 from the state land
board has been applied for by the ir
rigatiou companies and others who
own the lakes at the head of Provo
river The loan will be secured as
soon as certain preliminaries are ar
ranged, The work of reservoirng the
lakes will then be pushed
A party of twenty-seven Salt Lakers
inspected the Price River Irrigation
company's project on Saturday and
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