Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-04-23
THE UTAH BUDGET

Suffering from cancer. Joseph A *
Jensen, of Provo shot himself, firing
Two bullets into his brain.
Citizens of Moab are planning the
organization Of bank, which 1t Is con.
templated to be ready for business by
May 15
basement fire in the t. d. Roberts
block at Logan did several thousand
dollars damage to stock and burned
the floor of the building badly.
Gladys Ryan, aged two years. was
painfully injured by being knocked
down by runaway horse near tho
family residence at Park City.
Practically all of the federal offices
in Salt Lake were closed April Is IN
observance of the fiftieth anniversary
of the date OF Lincoln's death.
While attempting to arrest Clara
Bragg, a women with police record,
Frank Glenn, city detective OF Salt
Lake, was stabbed twice in The throat
with a pocket knife.
The public schools of ogden were
closed on April Is and 10, to allow
students to observe Arbor day with
tree planting and the cleaning of
yards and grounds at their homes.
The jitney bus, so far as that name
applies to a five-cent passenger We
hicle, is a matter of history in ogden.
The city commissioners refused to
grant licenses to the automobile own
ers.
Clifford Murphy, Ave and one-half
years of age, son of Hyrum Murphy,
a farmer of Mill Greek. was fatally
injured when struck by an automo-
bile driven by Mrs. w. M. o'Brien OF
Salt Lake.
The Kaysville Commercial club was
recognized at an enthusiastic meet
ing held last week A membership
campaign will be Immediately waged
and membership of at least 100 is ex.
pected within month
County Commissioners p. J. Fen
nell and Perry B. Fuller were victims
of serious accident while on their
way from Eureka to Nephi, the steer
ing rod OF their automobile breaking
the machine going into the ditch.
Search for the body of William A
Bills, 80 years of age, who has been
missing from his home in Riverton fol
over two weeks, and who is believed
to have fallen into the Jordan river
has been stopped by the high water II
the river.
James O'Neil, who says he Is a rep
J resentative of the Hotel Gazette Pub
fishing company. was sentenced b!
Judge Reed at Ogden to serve thirt,
days In the city jail on the charge
Of obtaining hotel accommodation Oh
false pretenses.
Apportionment OF $315,43390 o
state school money, now in the stat
treasury, was made at the Office Of tn
state superintendent of public instruc
ton last week. The division was mad
per capita on a basis of school popy
lation OF 121,411.
James Taylor, % years of age
thought TO be a resident of Dubuque
of age, whose name is not known
were struck and instantly killed by
passenger train near West Weber
Both men had gone to sleep on tn
track.
Word has been received by Unite
States Marshal Aquila Nebeker that
man answering to the description G
william Morgan, who escaped fiv
years ago while being taken from Sal
Lake to the federal prison at For
Leavenworth, is under arrest at Rock
Mount, Va.
Two important changes In the off
cial roster of the Oregon Short Lin
were announced last week when
L. Williams, general counsel, and {
J. McNitt, auditor, were retired o
pension Mr.. Williams will be su,
ceeded by George H. Smith, assistar
general counsel, and Mr.. McNitt
l.. r. Wood, assistant auditor.
o. A. Kennedy of Ogden is to rel
resent the department of commerc'
bureau of the census of the Unite
States. in the counties of Weber. d;
Wis, Boxelder, Cache, Rich and Mo
gan. The duties of the deputy ar
to collect data and statistics pertain
to the manufacturing institutions |,
Gated in the six counties of norther
Utah.
Broken-hearted after a quarrel wit
her older sister, and frieving owe
subsequent punishment from he
mother, Nellie Spratling. 9-year-ol
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
Spratling of. West Jordan, drank tw
teaspoonfuls OF carbolic acid and die
an hour later.
Under the widow pension fund &C
$50 widows received checks from Sa
Lake county last week. This is tn
largest number to receive county al
in any one month since the pensio
fund was created. Each widow O
the list receives $40 a month as Ion
as the fund lasts.
John Douglas, state convict ser
ing life sentence for the murder {
his wife In Ogden about eightee
years ago. and one of the Oldest pri