Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-10-06
THE UTAH BUDGET

A general invitation to the public
to attend the formal opening of the
Utah state capitol Monday, october 8.
has been issued
Through the accidental discharge OF
his gun. while hunting rabbits near
Annabella, Rudolph Nelson was shot
in his right hip.
In an accident in the railroad yards
in Ogden, Arthur l.. McNish % years
of age. had both legs crushed. death
resulting few hours later.
August Lund, miner, whose body
was recovered in the Arizona desert
several days ago, was formerly employ
ed by the Chief Consolidated mine at
Eureka.
Carl A. Erickson, a gardener, 67
years old, is reported dying at Salt
Lake hospital as a result of being
struck by an automobile, while riding
his bicycle.
Levi Ritter. aged 10. of Logan, died
as result of injuries sustained by
being thrown from a rig I'm which he
and his mother and younger brother
were riding.
Eighteen cows, owned by members
of the Wellsville Cow Testing associa.
ton, have been placed on the honor
roll as result of producing forty
pounds or more of butter fat this
month.
The governor has issued an official
proclamation setting aside Monday
October 8. as fire prevention day and
urging special observance by the peo.
pie OF the state OF this date for this
purpose.
The state board of equalization has
announced that the total assessed val
uation of the state for 1916 was, in
round numbers, 100000. In 1915
the assessed valuation of the state
was 100000.
The first squadron OF the First Utah
cavalry, which has been in service on
the Mexican border at Nogales, Ariz.,
since July IL, has been ordered to re-
turn TO Utah as soon as 1t can be re-
lieved by other national guard troops.
Taxable property in Utah is valued
at $3.50, 100000. according to announce
ment made by the state board of
equalization. This property is sub
ject to the tax of A mills and provides
for various uses by the state the
sum of $2,332.OO
George Y. Wallace, aged ~ years.
often referred to as "the father of
telephones" In the intermountain re.
gion and for many years president OF
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company. died at his home in Salt
Lake City. September q.
Bound for the Idaho potato fields to
obtain employment, Walter Dempster
aged 10 years, of Salt Lake City. fell
beneath the wheels of an Oregon Short
Line train at Harrisville and sustained
injuries necessitating the amputation
of his left leg at the ankle.
The l year and 10 months daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alma Pearson of Mid.
vale was drowned September 2S. She
was playing along a small irrigation
ditch in front of the residence which
was unusually full OF water. and in
some manner fell into the stream.
Resolutions OF appreciation for the
gift of a case OF surgical instruments
by DR.. A. S. Condor, of Ogden, for
use on the European battlefields were
adopted by members of the ogden
chapter of the American Red Cross
society at meeting held last week.
The news comes to church authori.
ties in Salt Lake City that Mormon
colonists in Mexico are now enjoy
ing their best season since the revolu.
ton in Mexico began, as the result OF
the occupation of the northern part
of that country by the United States
army.
A census of the men In Salt Lake
who habitually desert their families
in winter. leaving them to shift for
themselves, is being made by the
Charity Organizations society OF Salt
Lake. with the intention OF compel.
ing the men to provide for their fam.
flies.
Mrs. Mary Catherine Smith, "A years
of age, residing at Salt Lake City, died
September 26, after a long Illness
She was the wife of the late Samuel
II. b. Smith, who died about TWO
years ago and who was a cousin OF
Joseph +. Smith, president of the
Mormon church.
Quick action on the part OF fellow
workman in stopping the machine pre-
vented the probable death OF Charles
Combe, an employee at the plant OF
the Ogden Packing G. Provision com
pany, when he was caught and jerked
off his feet by the belt of a sand con
veyor. He escaped with a broken leg
While trying to feed a coyote
through the bars OF a cage at Liberty
park. Salt Lake City, Marie Z. Fox,
the 5-year-old daughter of Lawrence
Fox, a resident OF Brighton, was Sc,
yerely bitten on the left hand. The
animals teeth closed on the child's
land, treating the flesh from three
fingers.
Frank K. Cutter, salesman, is In
county Jail at Salt Lake facing q
charge OF intent to murder Mrs. r. 4
| Bartlett According In the nolica Cut.