Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-07
THE UTAH BUDGET

| rolling in fat and farmers are all wear.
ing smiles in southern Utah
A liquor election will be held In
Pennington on June 30, to decide
whether the city shall remain wet, or
be dry.
The students OF the B. Y. U. are
contemplating building trail to the
big ~ on the mountain east of the
University at Provo.
May % was declared holiday al
Price, in order that the citizens might
turn out in .force to do much needed
work on the Midland trail.
The city of Ogden is made party to
claim for $4,000 damages for the
death of Theodore Broadbent, the boy
who was electrocuted on April 4.
Pete Millick, aged 25, swallowed a
silver dollar at Garfield, the coin lodg.
irg in his throat. A surgical opera.
ton was necessary to save the young
mans life.
William II. Stevens Of Ogden is in
the hospital, suffering from minor in.
juries as the result OF being buried
alive when the wall OF an excavation
fell on him.
Domesticity in Rich and san Juan
counties has proved 100 per cent
peaceful in the past two years. no
divorces being granted in either coun.
ty In either 1913 or 1914.
During 1914 in the state of Utah
there were 676 interlocu.ory DEGREES
OF divorce and 196 final DEGREES, as
compared TO SIG inter,ocu;cry DEGREES
and 332 final DEGREES In 1913.
Construction work on the two ex.
tensions of the Ogden, Logan & Idaho
lines is going on at such rate as to
practically insure the completion OF
all grading before next fall.
Fred VI. Tout, proprietor of an Og
den saloon who was convicted by
jury on the charge Of violating the
liquor ordinances, was sentenced to
serve $50 days in the city jail or pay
fine of 5000.
That Carbon county is to better its
roads generally is shown by the sale
OF $4,000 in road bonds, recently
voted at a special election, and bids
FOR which are at this time being asked
for by the county treasurer.
Anderson Kyle. colored proprietor O.
the Majestic Social club at ogden
who Is accused Of killing Charles
Vaughn, also colored, in the club
rooms on April Is, will be tried on a
charge OF first-degree murder.
Latest figures concerning the ma
ional guard of Utah place this state
in an advanced position among the
other commemorative of the western
department, which IL now being check
ed up in the matter OF efficiency
Mornoi Heiner was painfully II not
seriously injured when the steering
knucble on an automobile driven by
William MacLean, broke and the ma
chine, beyond control, crashed into a
ditch, about mile from Pennington
Eugene (Reanuts) Sinclair, a forme
prize fighter who at one time was IL
line for the worlds lightweight cham.
pionship, is In Jail at salt Lake, fac
ing a charge of assault with intent
to commit murder, preferred by his
wife.
A total OF $3.50 marriage LICENSES
were issued in the state OF Utah in
1914, according to figures compiled by
II. T. Haines, commissioner of immi.
grafton. labor and statistics. This lie
an increase of 229 over the number
Issued In 1913
Robert S. Conner. former receiving
teller of Walker Brothers bank, Salt
Lake, and OF recent years travelling
auditor in California for an eastern
business house, was instantly killed
near Martinez. Cal. when an automo
bile he was driving skidded on slip.
perry road and overturned.
Taking the stand that their organi.
cation is sufficiently perfected to
handle the 1915 fruit crop, the Utah
Fruit Growers association decided
after session with V. c. Talbert, rep
resenting the western Colorado fruit
growers, not to combine in an inter
state association for this year at least. |
Water was turned into the big sy.
phon OF concrete and steel that dips |
oSiOSS tue JOTudH NdTTOWS luSL week. |
The stream will make possible the rec,
lamation OF from 10000 to $4,000 acres
of land.
The Utah County Jersey association
held its fourth annual Jersey show al
Provo last week and over 100 pure
bred Jerseys with small number of
graded Jerseys and a herd OF Hol.
stems were entered.
Directors of the Davis and Weber
Counties Canal company have awarded
the contract for build ng the large
dam in East canyon Morgan county,
TO the Utah Construction company
The dam will probab y cost $4,000.
II is estimated thtt 100000 pounds
Of Utah wool were sold one day last
week for prices ranging from 93h 70
e cents The 1915 clip from the near
y 100000 head Of sheep in the state
is estimated at more than 1S.ObI0OJ
pounds.