The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-10-20
UTAH STATE NEWS
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Flhu LAKE uAAouhl lOteats Ia befl'l
and Sanpcto counties
Half hundred members of the An
drus family held n reunion last wcei
In Halliday ward meeting house. Mem
bors Of the family we're present frou
al over the county
The reclamation service is rushlnq
work on the Strawberry valley lrH
cation project In Utah. During Sep
iomber force Of $50 men and l2i
teams was kept busy
o. Fugl. age thirty. a japanese IA
hofcr employed by the Union Port
land Cement company was run over
and instantly killed at Devils Slide
where the cement plant ia located.
The county commissioners Of Utah
county are investigating a proposition
for tho Improvement of the state road
from the point Of the mountain oa
the north TO the Juab county line on
the south.
a big party Of Utah dry farmers
and dry farm experts Will go 90 Colo
RADIO Springs for the meeting OF the
international Dry Farming congrosA
a special Pullman car has been char
tired for the trip.
Mrs Anna Bockstrom Snow. clgh.
ty.slx years old. widow Of Apostle
ETastus Snow. rcputcd 10 be- tho FIRST
woman baptized to tho Mormon faith
In Denmark. died at her home In Salt
Lake last week.
After three trials for selling liquor
without license. J. A. Matthias OF
Spanish Fork was found guilty by o
jury In tho district court ut Provo.
The jury recommended the defend.
ants 10 the mercy OF tho court
While trying 10 prevent one Of his
second year students form being cut
BY a bandsaw. Asa 4 Kionko. teacl.
ar Of woodwork In the L. - s. uni.
yeralty at Salt Lake. severely cut
the nut three fingers of his left hand
In line with the policy Of the state
board 81 education 10 Increase the
standard Of requirements for teach
ors' certificates In Utah. resolution
has been adopted by the board rails.
INK tho standard for normal grad.
yates
Salt Lake has actively entered the
list Of candidates no a starting place
for the 1919 national balloon race
Some three score balloons start In
the preiminarics OF this annual
event. and IL attracts thouaanda OF
spectators
Ilans Hanson. ono Of sprlngylllos
pioneer citizens. died October n, OF
general debility ana old age after n
lingering Illness OF several months
Mr.. Hansen was born In Norway clgh.
ty'two years ago and camc to Utah
and settled In SpHngyillc In 1866.
The recent heavy rains have
caused great damage to the roads Of
Carbon county. everywhere bridges
and grades being washed out. which
will sooner or later have to be re-
placed. a conservative estimate NJ
the damage done places the amount
a. $4,000,
scveniy-slN per cent Of tho shares
Of the Union Pacific railroad were
voted at the Stockholders meeting In
Salt lake last We X. II being the larg
est percentage ever represented nt an
annual session, on total " g.lG2.It5
shares outstanding, 239G,o1O shares
were voted
Tho installation Of new pump q,
the Lehl pumping station ON Utah
lake, by the associated canal CEN,
panles and the city NJ Salt Lake. 4,
assured. The new pump ia designed
90 increase the supply Of water that
win he taken from tho lake and
turned into the canals
beginning December N, farmers
demonstration train will be- run
Idaho under tho direction Of LOWS 4
through northern Utah and southern
Idaho under tho direction OF Lcwi,
Merrill. director Of the Arrirul
tural college extension work. aud Pro
fcssor W II DIN OF tho University u
Idaho
Thirty students were last week sent
10 their homes from the Lake Vlcv
district school Boy tho county phyalc
ian, all suffering with an acute and
very contagious eye disease II (.
feared all Of tho scholars Of that par
tlcular school have been exposed and
n such IS the case Il viii be ncccs
fary to close tho school
There Is q movement on foot tr
reservoir the surplus water OF Cot
touwood creek and thereby proyld,
sufficient water to lrrirutc about q.
600 acres OF land situated In the i'm
mediate vicinity OF St. George
Every bridge IN san Juan cuun
~ including the now steel bridge
across San Juan river. built boy the
state and county two years ago have
been swept away by the unprcccdcnt
ed floods OF tho last few days
At the scmlannual convention OF
che Utah Heekecp.rs' association. held
In Salt Lake last week, "a commit
tee was appointed 10 draft a law for
presentation 10 the next session oI
the legislature governing the apiary
industry In the state
Steps are being taken to insure a
annUtU TuNr nF..Y, .L.4 900.