The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-02
THE UTAH BUDGET

| , III hlcn county, oats running a
nigh as ninety bushels per acre an,
wheat around forty bushels.
Alfred S. Eskelsen attempted I,
smoke a cigar and handle half-poun,
OF gunpowder at the Provo Mattress
factory at the same. AS a result he il
suffering from gunpowder burns.
Caleb A. Inflow, charged with murder
Ing Thomas Eddie" White, chauffeur
al Salt Lake, about midnight, Octobe
4, mas been held without bail to b.
tried In the criminal district court.
Leslie Pope, aged 65 years, well
known miner of Bingham, was killed
by an electric shock while working al
the falling dump reservoir of the con
centrating mill at Lark, Sunday morn
ing.
The use of cholera serum is believed
to nave checked the contagion among
the hogs OF the farming districts in the
vicinity of Layton, Kaysville and other
localities. There were more than 800
deaths.
Harold Cuff, the young man who
was severely burned at Park City a
snort time ago, is slowly improving at
a Salt Lake hospital and unless COM
plications set in will recover from his
injuries.
Comment on the recent session of
the National Irrigation congress made
by the Engineering Record in its last
issue is to the effect that the session
was marked by decided improvement
over previous meetings.
Bids for the construction of the new
state capitol are being advertised for
by the commission. Bidders will be
allowed thirty-five days in which to
submit their figures, which can be
given on all or part of the work.
Claude Sadler, Emmett Coleman and
Robert e. Wright, the three boys who
escaped from the Utah Industrial
school at Ogden, have been taken
back to that institution from Kays-
vile, where they were taken into Gus
tody
John Felt, Jr., of Huntsville, is the
winner in the fiy-swatting contest, hav-
ing exterminate 9,3O7,8O0 flies, and
wins the 500 prize. A. F. McCully of
Milford wins second prize and w.
Obald of Salt Lake, was third in the
contest.
Two l20-horsepower engines are en-
gagged in clearing the sagebrush from
farm of $500 acres on the slopes
of the southern end of Rush ya..ey in
Tooele county They have stripped a
square of 1000 acres, clean as a mar
ket garden.
Joseph Fluttal, aged y years, one of
the early pioneers of Utah county, died
at Provo on the 25th. Mr.. Tuttal came
to Utah when boy, and for many
years was engaged in freighting across
the plains, between Salt Lake and the
Missouri river.
Oscar R. Kelley, special deputy.
was accidentally killed at Bingham on
Saturday by William Meyers, another
deputy. Meyers playfully pointed
rifle, not knowing it was loaded, and
pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced
Kelley's left eye
James Harwood, one of Lehis promi.
nent and respected citizens, died
October rs. Mr.. Harwood was one Of
the early pioneers of Utah. He served
the city twelve years as postmaster
under Presidents Garfield and A thur.
Cleveland and Harrison.
About 100 descendants of Daniel
Hammer Wells, one of the pioneers of
Utah, met at the home of Jumius F,
Wells, in Salt Lake on Saturday to
celebrate the ninetyeighth anniversary
Of his birth. The founder of the fam.
lily has been dead twenty-one years.
Walter Sanstrom of Murray was ac-
cidentally shot while hunting Sun.
day by Edward Covington, his
chum, and died as he was being taken
TO hospital about two hours later.
The two boys, who were aged Is and |
IA years, respectively, were hunting for
quail
Claim for damages in the sum of
10000 has been filed with the CITY
ecorder of Salt Lake by Mrs. Lii |
ian Martin, widow of Finley Martin
Who was killed by the police auto |
Mobile September 2S.
The first shipment of apples from
Clearfield in Weber county was made |
asst week, when fifty cars were dis
patched to eastern markets. The
growers expect to realize from rs
tents to $1.00 box on the fruit.
William T. Holt, said to have been
somewhat deaf, was instantly killed in
3ountiful on Wednesday. Holt, who
vas SO years old. was walking on the
rack north of the station when struck
~ special Bamberger electric car
There will be no coal famine in
Jtah this winter by reason of a car
heritage on the Hartman lines, &C.
ording to A. L, Mohler, president or
he Union Pacific and of the Oregon
hort Line, who was in Salt Lake last
week.
The fly-swatting contest, conducted
uring the summer under the direc-
ion of DR.. T. B. Beattie, secretary OF
he state board of health, has been
losed. 1t Is estimated that not less
han 50000,00O flies were killed in
]tah during the summer by the differ
mt contestants.