The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-12
Utah STATE NEWS

Moses s. clark, SO years or age, n
resident of ogden for sixty.three
years, died Monday.
A Salt Lake attorney announces
that his firm has taken up claims
of Utah citizens against Mexico which
exceed $4,000.
Twentyone building permits aggre.
eating S41,577 in value were issued
last week from the office OF the salt
Lake building inspector.
The Immediate purchase OF $1,000
worth of nonperishable food supplies
for the Belglans has been authorized
by the Salt Lake chapter of the Red
Cross society.
Charles Clyde Drake. l3 years OF
age. who accidentally shot himself in
the brain while examining revolver
at his home in Salt Take, November
50, died December G.
Edmund II. Kneass, chief clerk in
the Salt Lake waterworks department
since 1902 and resident of Salt Lake
for nearly twenty years. did Decem
Der s, at the age OF 62.
tItphIdllOnS dIt DtluB " ave NY lub
Weber county commissioners to redis
trict both ogden City and the country
territory with regard to voting dis
tricts soon after January /. 1915.
The Utah F'ruitgrowers' association
closed Its books for the season De
cember when the last cars were
sent to the southwest The total mum
Der Of cars shipped during the sea
son was 1920.
Tho Ogden, Logan G Idaho railroad
will be running cars from Lewiston to
Preston. Idaho. by March /, 1915. II
the tracks can be extended in that
time and the car builders make deliv.
cries on time.
Two men entered jewe!ry store a,
Brigham City and stole diamond
ring value at $l45 while the clerk
turned her back to wait upon wo
man customer. who entered hurriedly
TO get watch.
Affairs are In such excellent shape
In the department OF Herman II
Harms, state chemist, that he has NJ
recommendations to make TO the gov
ernor In his biennial report filed In
the governors office.
The 1915 Utah Chautauqua Assem-
bly, will be held In Ogden I'm teni
With n seating capacity of 1900, In
stead OF at Glenwood park as former
Iy. according to an announcement,
made by directors.
Carl Johnson, 80 years OF age, at
tempted suicide by taking poison
GUS disinfectant in his rooms at Og
den. His wife, who saw the act, Sc
cured doctor and Johnson Is now OF
the road to recovery.
The trial OF C. II. Stevenson. chair |
man OF the Progressive party I'm Car |
bon county, on a charge of perjury |
occurred at Price, and the defendant
was discharged at the conclusion OF
the states testimony.
Preparations are being made by the
National Woolgrowers association |
and by the National Wool Warehouse |
AZ Storage company for the holding
OF an intermouLtaln wool auction sale |
in Salt Lake next spring.
When Russell Davis. aged 10. shot
at bird in the street in Salt Lake.
the bullet from the 22-caliber rife
glanced from the pavement and struck
Kenneth Reece, aged 4, innlctng
wound which may prove fatal.
Utah artists and sculptors are in
vited to submit examples of their
work for exhibition in the Utah but d
Ing at the San Francisco fair next
year in letters now being mailed from
the office OF the commission.
Salt Lake City's Greek colony y
wrought up to a high pitch OF excite
ment over the arrest OF Peter Elias
ianitor OF the orthodox Greek church
In connection with the murder OF
Mrs. Sophia Bourazanls, the priests
mother.
Peter Elias. janitor OF the Greek
Orthodox church at Salt Lake. who
was arrested en- suspicion OF knowing
something of the circumstances at
tending the death OF Mrs. Sophia
Bourazanis. pastor OF the church, has
been released.
bbug VI ~ l. Mtdus dDOul
years OF age. probably a miner, was
found In a small untenanted house I'm
Ogden. Death apparently had result
ed from Il three-inch cash across the
throat which, It is believed, was In
fiicted by Mead.
Dr. ID. G, Peterson. director OF the
extension division OF the Utah AgrI
cultural college, under whose direction
the program for the annual Loyal
roundup Ia formed. expects this Janu
airy TO have the largest gathering ever
in the history Of the two great confer
ences at the college.
An evaporatilg plant for the Bear
River valley is one OF the contem
plated new Industries that probably
wil be established In the year 1915
According to reports from TremontoR
apples have been sent to big evaporat
ing plants for the purpose OF deter
mining the quality OF Bear river ap,
pies .fter being scientifically treated.