The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-16
THE UTAH BUDGET


house and furniture. valued at $1,000
being entirely destroyed
Supplied by drink, an unidentified
man was found lying across the Bam-
berger railway track In Salt Lake, the
motorman stopping Just in time to pre-
vent the man being killed.
The disappearance of Arthur L.
Koontz, a drug clerk of Salt Lake..
at noon October 80, becomes more baf-
fling every day, according to detec-
| tives working on the case.
The October number of the Arrow
| head, which is publication issued
monthly by the Salt Lake Route, was,
devoted almost exclusively to the in
terests of Weber county, Utah.
The official canvass of Summit
county shows that the county went
Republican, with the exception OF
sheriff and treasurer, both offices be-
ing captured by the Democrats.
DR.. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the.
state board of health, has been ad-
vised of typhoid fever epidemic in
San Juan county. He believes that it
must have been brought in from out
side.
With the continued wet weather the
farmers of Weber county are unable
to get their beets to the factory, and
in some cases the ground is in such
condition that it is impossible to dig
them.
Alfred Sorenson was acquitted by
jury at Salt Lake of the charge of
murder for the killing of Thomas H
McGillis. Sorenson shot McGillis in
the formers jewelry store after an al
tercation
The Ogden postoffice is to have fif-
teen extra clerks during the holiday
season. TIE extra men will start work
about December Is and continue in
service until the rush is over, Febru-
airy Is, or later.
James Pierson, brakeman on the
Rio Grande railroad, was injured
while coupling cars in the Ogden
yards. He missed his footing and his
left leg was caught between the cars.
crushing his knee.
The Utah Consolidated Mining COM
pany Is determined to GUST Austrian
and Italian strikers living on the High
land Boy property at Bingham. Nu-
merous suits for possession have been
filed in the district court.
A revival of railroad news relative
to the Salina cutoff appears imminent
from the fact that railroad surveyors
have been in the field to the south in
Huntington canyon in Emery county
for the past three weeks.
The destruction of all the school
books used at Warren district school,
has been ordered. The stationery
will be placed in heap and burned.
The action was decided upon as a
further precaution against the spread
of diphtheria.
In Utah county the Democratic
candidate for judge of the Fourth dis
trict totalled the largest vote in the
county. With the exception of SUI
perintendent of Schools Greer, the
Democratic nominees lead the Repub-
N. p Stathakos, founder of the
Greek community in Salt Lake, who
has been in the banking business
many years in the capital city, is max
ing energetic efforts to collect funds
for the Red Cross society doing relief
work in the Balkan states war.
AS a result of the heavy registra-
ton in Ogden for the recent election
the county commissioners have prac.
ucally decided to redistrict the Ogden
precinct 1t is believed that five new,
districts will be added, making a total
of twenty-five, instead of seventeen
as at present
Some fine speciments of deer have
been bagged by Brigham sportsmep
during the past week in the neighbor
hood of North String. June Hansen
holds the record for size. fine buck
weighing perhaps $50 to 300 pounds
was killed by him in the hills north
east of the city.
Three pairs of twins and two odd
ones, eight children, ranging from
to IL years of age, stood by their
mother, Mrs. Mary Lehon. full
blooded Cherokee, when she was ar
raigned in the criminal division OF
the Salt Lake court last week on
charge of grand larceny
Work was begun Monday in Salt
Lake on one of the largest bottling
and storage plants in the west. The
Lemp Brewing company will buile
for its distributing agent in Salt Lake
: mammoth structure at cost of
$4,000 To this will be added $4,000
for modern bottling plant
More money is being spent by the
farmers of Utah for Improvement of
heir land holdings and increase of
productivity than ever before in the
history of the state, judging from the
mount of loans made by the state land
board under the farm Improvement
Dan law passed by the legislature.
], G. Lewis of the publicity DEPART
nent of the San Diego exposition, is in
salt Lake endeavoring to interest
'tate officials and the Commercial
Hub in projected Utah exhibit at
he big exposition to be held in the
cast city during the year 1915.
Seventy-five representatives of the
county and state organizations of the
Progressive party attended a banquet
n Salt Lake last week and laid plans
or pnntinuina tho 6,b+ of A. r.