The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-06-02
UTAH STATE NEWS

nv bEu'N tuhWU'T OF tNluU'Ii'
is TO have country club. according
70 the sense OF meeting held last
week
II has been practlcail, decided 10
establish a rock Pile" to BE- used
Jointly by the city and county Tor the
exercise Of prisoners at Ogden
The transplantlnE Of two million
ana a half Douglas mr. seedlings IN
Zig Cottonwood canyon II nearing
completion. twenty three men being
engaged In the work
THAT cranberrioa will grow on the
tillablo land near Murray has been
demonstrated frequently. and II ~
now aimed 10 redeem the marsh lands
with the new Industry
Murray gave official sanction 10
prize hghtlng within a. limits last
week. when the city council refused
20 adopt n resolution prohibiting
events Of that character.
Careful inspection Of tho alfalfa
nelds In the nciEhhorhood OF Rays.
Vile last week revealed the presence
Of alfalfa weoyil In such numbers that
Il IL feared the crop IL doomed
Burt Horrlck Of Ogden. while en-.
dcavoring 10 extract the fangs from
= rattlosnakc. was bitten by the rep
tile. and had narrow escape from
death. lie IL now out OF danger.
All OF the labor laws In effect In
Utah. including the new child labor
law. and the new ninehout law for
women. will be enforced through the
state bureau Of Information Md sta.
tistics.
by a vote Of forty TO four. citizens
OF Price authorized a $4,000 bond ~
sue, the money to be- used In Great
INK a public park. removing indebted
ness on the pubic lighting plant and
extending the watorworks system.
Sparks from passing engine on
the Denver 4 Rio Grandc started n
blaze In the barn Of Hen Cox at Lchi
that resulted In $500 damage Ton
tons Of hay were burned. but n mum.
Der Of blooded horses were rescued.
Copies OF tho now quarantine laws.
adopted by tho state board Of health,
following a revision Of the medical
laws by, tho last legislature. are being
mailed 10 the local health boards and
district health ofiicors OF the state.
A petition has been nled In the
courts by the citisena % new Tooelc.
through which the citizens hope 10 es
tabllsh their independence from the
old city. or Tooelo proper. and lncor-
porato now city under tho name OF
National City
The Kaysyille Commercial club has
passed resolutions asking tho county
commissioners OF Davis county 10
levy nycmill tax FOR good road
building throughout the county. tho
fund 10 be used In connection with
the state appropriation.
A. L. Toonc OF Ogden. docket clerk
of the last legislature. aud who has
held similar positions at former lcgis
latlyo sessions. has been appointed
deputy In the Office Of II. T. Halncs
commissioner OF the state bureau OF
immigration, labor ana statistics.
The old freight house In the Ogden
yards In being razcd To provide a site
for a coach shop which viii be erect
cd by the Hartman lines as soon as
the space In cleared The new shop
viii be specially equipped to handle
the steel coaches now In use on the o.
=. l.. line.
Joseph and Mart Mortcnsen OF
Mayheld returned last week from
their sheep camp with three bears
which they had killed while herding
sheep. Several OF their sheep were
being killed each night, and the
slaughter OF the bears followed TO
protect tho sheep,
There was a rush TO the federal
land oIlec In Salt Lake on Tuesday.
tho opening day for homcstcadlns
10000 acres OF land In Willard county,
thirty'nino persons. six of them WON.
en-. being lined up when the otfice
opened. and 1850 acres being dis.
posed Of during the day,
The petition from Cotton and Tucker
citizens In spanish Fork canyon. for
the organization OF the town of Col.
ton, fifteen miles In length. has been
denied. The object OF the desired In.
corporation was to permit the rest.
dents OF Cotton and Tucker, under u
town government, to vote on tho liq
uor question,
The Salt Lake county commits on.
ers have authorized liquor election
In the districts u salt Lake coun y
outside Of incorporated towns. On
June n, 10 determine whethe' these
districts sha remain wet" or 20
dry In accordance IN the provls.
Ions OF the liquor law passed by the
recent legislature
Suffering from nervous break
down, caused by the arduous duties OF
guarding Layton by n ght since J W.
Lavender. nightwatchman. was shot
by bandits, Burt shirtal went TO the
hospital a few days ago In a state OF
nervous collapse
Partly because OF the thinning out
In Utah hocks during the past year,
and DaTtly hegnuaa tho vynnt ,ilr L.