Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-01-15
THE UTAH BUDGET


John Ryan, resident OF Utah since
1858, and formerly of Salt Lake, died
At his home in Morgan of general de-
oility. He was 80 years of age
Within few days practically every
stock corral in the city of Ogden will
be hlled with horses now being gath
cred in that district for the allied
armies of Europe
The bond for the county treasurer OF
salt Lake county is the largest bond for
an elective officer ever executed in the
United States. The amount Of the
bond is $1,6S6, 100.
George A. Knowles, formerly an in.
spector In the waterworks department
of Salt Lake, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the mouth, follow
ing fit of dependency.
The Weber county commissioners
last week bought an automobile for the
| use OF Sheriff I. A. De Vine and his
deputies. This is the first automobile
ever purchased by Weber county for
| its officers.
The state treasurer's report to the
governor shows the total receipts to
have been $S,976,625.52 for the bien.
mum, of which $3,4S3, 679.S4 was re-
ceived during 1913 and $5,492,94
during 1914.
]. NJ. Clark, an electrician, whose
home is at Hoyt, Colo, was killed at
the Bear River station of the Utah
Power & Light company when he arci-
dentally touched wire carrying 10000
volts of electricity.
John Cabassi is charged with muir.
der in the first degree in a complaint
issued by the county attorney at Salt
Lake. 1t is alleged he shot Joe Ma.
cuso in the heel, the wound causing
the death of Macuso, December 81.
During the past two years the state
collected $751; ,429.22 orfm inheritance
taxes, but the treasurer believes it
might have been much more If the
state had more adequate means of de-
termining the exact value of the es-
tates involved.
Mrs. Susanna McKowan Eaton, wife
OF Ernest Eaton, prominent cattle
man of Vernal, and daughter of Philip
McKowan, a pioneer settler of Vernal,
died at Salt Lake hospital following
an operation for goiter. She was 81
years of age.
Reporting to the governor for the
| biennium just ended, Jesse ID. Jewkes,
| state treasurer, recommends that the
state legislature make an appropria-
tion sufficient to employ an expert APP
praiser to examine all estates ON which
an inheritance tax is due the state.
Fred Bidwell, aged %, a self-con-
fessed burglar, to whom is charged
nearly score of house-breaking
| Jobs" in Salt Lake and vicinity dur
Ing the past three weeks, has been
taken into custody and a number of
Prohibition Is the subject to be
taken up by the debating society OF
the Weber academy at Ogden. The
| question will be debated before the
student body in the near future The
subject will be treated in it's broadcast
phases,
The year 1914 is shown to have been
the banner year from an agricultural
standpoint, the production of wheat
alone having been 100000 bushels
greater than in 1913. A proportionate
increase Is shown in practically all
other agricultural products.
| During 1914 there was a decrease OF
| 1874 tons in the output or coal
mines OF Utah under that of 1913, as
shown in the biennial report OF j. E.
Petit, state coal mine inspector. A
total of 3,149,491 tons OF coal was
mined In the state last year
II. c. Allen, Denver attorney, has
been appointed receiver for the Mosida
Fruit Lands company, whose property
is on the west shore of Utah lake, en-
bracing tract which is being irrigat-
! ed by pumping system and which
/ includes q settlement known as Mo-
sida
Willis T. Beardsley, former well
known cafe and hotel man of Ogden
and Salt Lake and recently head OF
the savings bank department of the
postal bureau of the Philippine govern
ment, resigned his position recently to
take the Siam agency for the Shang-
hal Life Insurance company.
Stick to the official route OF the
Lincoln National highway through
Salt Lake and around the south end
OF the Great Salt lake to Ely, is the
advice to overland automobile tourists
from w. II. Todd, who with Mrs. Todd
has completed the 2,614-mile run from
Denver to Los Angeles via San Fran
cisco.
More than 200 descendants OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Jex gathered at
Spanish Fork on January g. to honor
Grandma" Eliza Jex, the occasion
being the eighty-ninth anniversary of
her birth.
John Mancuso died at Salt Lake
from injuries sustained December 10.
when he was shot by John Cabassie,
the bullet passing through his thigh,
blood poisoning resulting. Cabassie is
under arrest.