The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
THE UTAH BUDGET

schools last year. according to the
statistical report.
Selling package of cigarettes to a
minor caused an Ogden dealer to pay
a $75 fine recently.
After inspecting the improvements
to the Lucin cutoff, engineers declare
is now storm proof.
About 100 relatives and descendants
of Thomas Mackay held family re
union at Salt Lake Saturday.
Miss Bessie Wilson. aged Is years.
died at Salt Lake several days ago
from heart failure. The immediate
cause of death was athletic exercises,
In the Panguitch lake .Aere are over
900 900 trout ready to be distributed
and from indications the state game
wardens have busy summer before
them.
At the state fish hatchery in Muir
ray there are now more than 1000,
900 young trout ready to be distributed
in the various streams through tine
state.
Two hundred thousand acres OF
grain will be raised by dry farmers
of Juab county this year. The yield
will be seventeen to twenty bushels
per acre.
Members of the Plasterers' union at
Salt Lake have gone on strike to
force recognition of their organiza
tion and to compel the employing OF
union helpers.
The state dairy and food commits.
sloner warns all purchasers of pop
corn to look well into the article they
are purchasing, as at this season II
is very apt to be wormy.
The net profit received from two
thirds of an acre of Strawberries in
Provo this year was $390.l5; the gross
receipts were s56S05 and 322h
double crates was the product.
Knitting factories in Logan turn
out annually goods to the value OF
$685. 900. Five thousand pieces OF
goods are made every week
The grand total of all property as
sessed in Grand county this year Is
s533,475, of which $463.S65 is personal
property.
Andrew Locker, of Salt Lake, Is
dead from the explosion of railroad
torpedo The deceased was only six
years old.
The pay roll at the Salt Lake City
post office will be increased $3.50
per year on August 1. on account OF
promotions and other changes,
1t has been decided to hold an FL
berta Peach day at Hurricane on Aug
ust IL. The fruit festival held there
last August was success and the In.
tent is to make this better than last
year.
According to r. II. Callister, presi
dent of the Utah Wool Growers asso
citation, the sheep OF the state are In
better condition now than they have
been at this time of the year for many
years.
The encouraging crop forecasts have
lent better tone to financial and
business markets. The outlook is
said to be promising, and yet at the
present time conditions generally are
rather quiet
The large number of rats infesting
Salt Lake has attracted the attention
of the state board of health. The
board urges war to destroy the
pests on account of the disease
spreading tendencies.
Forty bushels of wheat per acre Is
what Elmer Mahoney of Center. Wa
satch county. cut from his dry farm
this year, while James Lindsay, in the
same county, will harvest fifty bushels
per acre from his dry farm volunteer
wheat in that region runs fifteer
bushels per acre.
Six dozen bottles of mislabeled ex.
tracts and olive oil constitute the sum
total of the impure articles of food
found in Sewer county, according to
Heber c. Smith. deputy state food
and dairy commissioner, who has re.
turned from trip of inspection
through that county,
Benjamin j. Harvey has filed a
claim for $4,000 damages with the
Salt Lake city recorder on account OF
injuries he received July &c. 1909
while a hose was being tested Har.
Vey, VINO is member OF the ure ue'
partment, says the accident was
caused by negligence of the captain
Thomas Riley. convicted of murder
in the first degree for killing George
W. Fassel on the night of March 26
at Salt Lake City. chose between
shooting and hanging Saturday and
was sentenced to be shot Friday Sep
tember 8, at the state prison. Harry
Thorne, his accomplice who was sen.
fenced to death in the same manner
and on the same day, is now at the
penitentiary awaiting execution. ~.
Hoken Olsen of Huntsville is said
tG be the most energetic DRY Law
contestant in the state. He has faced
great assortment of fines since
Huntsville went dry January l, but at
last has drawn a Jail sentence for his
pains.
Mrs. Louis Chandler wants $4,000
damages from C. +. Bray and j. r.
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