Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-02-24
UTAH STATE NEWS

past year.
Two days earlier than anticipated
the Salt Lake Route reopened IL.
through line to Los Angeles Tuesday
night
As result of the Utah campaign
At the Omaha land show, over 1OC
land seekers will locate in Utah this
month.
At a meeting of the Commercial
club the committee appointed to Sc
cure a federal building for Nephi re.
ported much progress.
Another local telephone company
has been organized in Box Elder coun.
". The new company is composed
OF a number of farmers of western
Box Elder.
The state food commissioner is out
with the declaration that within n
few years Utah will be recognized as
one OF the centers of the canning in.
dustry in the United States.
p. p. Stathakos, who is charged
with murder in the first degree for
the killing of Louis Poulas, a fellow
countryman in Salt Lakes Greek
town. August g. 1910, is on trial in
Salt Lake.
At the rate of about 1000 acres A
day, the land between Lund and Mo
dena on the main line of the Salt
Lake Route is being homesteaded, &C.
cording to the reports of the United
States land office at Salt Lake.
c. M. Midgley, a contracting car
penter OF Salt Lake City, was severe
~ injured when he fell from the
ground floor to the basement of
building while experimenting some
work, suffering severe injury to his
spine.
John II. Odekirk, chauffeur.
charged with firing the shot which
Killed Edward Barnes in Salt Lake New
years eve. has been discharged for
lack OF evidence. The shooting oc
Cured during celebration of the
New Year
IL Is said that Congressman Howell
VIII recommend the appointment of
James Don as postmaster at Park
City, to fill the vacancy caused by |
the death of Peter Martin. Mr.. Don
has been the assistant postmaster for
several years.
The Manufacturers association of |
this state will receive financial aid |
from the state in the sum of $40 900 |
Tor the purpose of supporting the
Utah Chamber of Commerce for. the
year 1911-1912, II biff by Senator \
Carl A. Badger becomes a law.
With the opening for sale of 5000 |
acres of land on the Piute reserva.
ton, near Richfeld, Sewer county,
on Saturday, the long talked-of Piute
irrigation project has had an auspici-
Gus start The state has already
spent over 100000 on the project.
The superintendent of the Spanish
Fork branch of the Lehi sugar fac.
tory reports that he has secured con.
tracts from the farmers for $500 acres
of sugar beets this year. This is the
largest acreage ever secured in Span
ish Fork or in any Utah county town.
The county commissioners of Utah
county have authorized a bounty of
4 cents a head for each ground
squirrel killed in the county before
March 4. The scalps of the squirrels
must be presented to the county clerk
as evidence of the killing on or be
fore March 4.
Frank Cronin and James Stevens
were killed and l.. Com Scott was Sc
verely injured as the result of an ac.
cident at the Yankee Con. mine AT
n.sI1 Oh Inf !
brought mp in the ca~o got loose and,
striking the timbers, caused the bot
tom of the cage TO be torn out
OF the total $1,25O,OOO to be spent
by the Hartman lines In advertising
the west this year, the Oregon Short
Line will use $125OOO exploiting Utah
and Idaho with view to inducing
settlement In all Utahs share of the
fund will approximate 100000.
In the past few years the produc-
ton of fruits and vegetables in Utah
has increased at such a rapid rate
that the canneries of the state have
been compelled to be constantly add.
ing to their plants and equipment in
order to handle the total output OF
the farmers.
Edna Hamblin Jackson, the young
woman who committed suicide at
Los Angeles when she learned that
her husband, to whom she had been
married but three months, had been
arrested for embezzlement. was
Salt Lake girl, and her body was
brought back to Salt Lake for burial.
Responding enthusiastically to the
call for a convention Of commercial
clubs to organize a state industrial