The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
UTAH STATE NEWS


Accused of stealing sack of pick.
les, John Logan, aged 81, is in the
Salt Lake Jail.
Contracts have been let for the
completion of the new Salt Lake
county infirmary and hospital, at
cost of 100000
The state of Utah is fifteen years
old. On January 6, 1896, Utah cele-
brated the Inauguration of its first
state governor, Heber M. Wells.
Monroe is suffering from an cpl
demic of scarlet fever. Twenty-Five
families are under quarantine and all
public gatherings are prohibited
According to the report of the state
librarian to the governor, there were
1884 books in the library when the
yearly report was made, December 20,
1910.
Clarence Walker and ID. A. Ray
bould, two Salt Lake youths, have
purchased Curtiss biplane and will
enter the international aviation meet
at San Francisco.
The fruit growers of Weber county
are endeavoring to form an organiZa'
ton for the purpose of handling next
years fruit crop, it being teh inten
ton to dispose of the services of the
commission men.
Stricken with heart failure, Mrs. NJ,
A. White, aged seventy years, died at
her home in Salt Lake City, being
alone at the time death came, her
death being discovered by neighbors
several hours later.
The ice crop of Ogden is practical.
ly failure thus far this winter, and
Ice men are decidedly discouraged.
There Is at present but six and one
half inches of ice on the various
ponds in that vicinity.
Saving two steel bars in the out
side corridor of the city jail at Og'
den, three prisoners, serving time for
petit larceny, made their escape. 1t
Is supposed they were furnished
saws by friends from the outside.
While under the influence of liquor
and brooding over financial reversesr
W. c. Ayers attempted suicide at his
home in Salt Lake City by slashing
his throat with a butcher knife. He
failed to cut deep enough and will
recover.
After an investigation by the state
pest of mice reported In Cache valley
he has reached the conclusion that
the cause is the wanton destruction
of hawks and snakes in the valley by
the farmers.
The mining camp of Alta is receiv.
ing its yearly heavy snowfall The
twenty-foot mark has been reached
In several places, with the snow fall
ing steadily. II this condition con.
tinues month will see the mining
camp completely buried.
Farmers in Salt Lake county and
In other districts where the alfalfa
weevil has been active, are to wage a
determined campaign of extermina'
ton against the insect, which has
been increasing in late years and do.
Ing much damage to crops.
Edward o. Anderson of Richfeld, a
bluutHl III NHt oNh'oi HNp"'N
ment OF the Brigham Young univer
sity, has been selected for the mid
shipman appointment to Annapolis,
conferred on the university by Sena
tor George Sutherland a short time
ago.
In Salt Lake City during the past
twelve months, there were 1,66S ar
rests for drunkenness. There were
1877 cases of vagrancy and 206 OF
petit larceny. while the liquor ordi
nance was violated thirty-eight times
and the sidewalk ordinance eighty-two
times.
The Provo postoffce on Tuesday
began receiving deposits under the
postal savings law passed at the last
session of congress and success for
the system Is indicated by the first
days business and inquiries received
regarding the new bank.
Tony Marks, who now occupies
cell in the Salt Lake Jail, may be
sent to the state prison for the theft
OF five cents. Marks snatched purse
from a woman, and this form of rob
berry entails a charge of grand lar
ceny, even If there was only penny
in the purse.
Utah's annual poltry show, which
will be held in Salt Lake City the
week beginning January 8, will
eclipse all previous meetings. \ con
servative estimate places the number
of fowl to be exhibited at 1900. The
record heretofore has lowered
around the thousand mark.
The engineer in charge OF the
Strawberry irrigation project reports