Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-04-14
THE UTAH BUDGET

or silver, an increase OF J cent an
ounce, 1t is announced.
John II. Tempest, 67 years of age,
pioneer mining man of Utah, fell dead
n front of his home at Salt Lake
while at work on the lawn.
vern Jensen, 20 years of age, who
was injured when he jumped from a
Denver G. Rio Grande freight train at
Storrs, died In Provo hospital.
1t is estimated that the wool clip
OF Utah will be about 100000
pounds this year or more than 1,0OO,-
900 pounds over the clip of last year.
A new historical organization to be
known as the Daughters Of the Utah
Indian War Veterans was formed at
meeting held in Salt Lake last week.
d. c. Hoover. a wealthy cattle man
of Plain View. Texas, was struck and
injured, probably fatally. by an auto
mobile driven by an auto salesman at
Salt Lake.
Warning has been issued to regis
tered pharmacists in Utah that they
must cease writing prescriptions for
people who are really sick or imagine
that they are.
Clyde Spencer, % years old. was
probably fatally injured when heavy
lump of dirt and rock struck him on
the head while he was digging in
gravity sewer at Salt Lake.
A sudden attack of heart failure
caused the death at a Salt Lake hotel
of Mrs. Sarah Il. Pope, aged 81 years,
wife Of John T. Pope, a well-known
lawyer and mining man of Duchesne.
Popcorn balls were sold on the
downtown streets Of Salt Lake on Sat
urday by small army of attractive
girls. The proceeds of the sale are
TO go 20 the Salt Lake Humane So
ciety.
The Second ward of the Mormon
church at Vernal will erect this year
modern chapel and Sunday school
home, with amusement hall facilities
in connection. The cost is estimated
at 10000.
The Commercial club and business
men of Brigham will cooperate with
the citizens of the towns of the Bear
River valley and Malad in promoting
that route for the Salt LakeYellow-
stone auto highway.
Shearing of sheep along the line OF
the Salt Lake Route and the Denver
& Rio Grande has started and the
shearing pens at Milford, Modena,
Blackjack, Cisco and Thompson's
Springs already are busy.
Conclusive proof that mysterious
case at the county hospital at Salt
Lake is leprosy was secured when
microscopic examination revealed lep-
rosy bacilli. The patient is Antoine
Letta, aged As, an Italian.
Two more cases of rabies in west
ern Box Elder county were confirmed
by examinations of coyote skulls made
by DR.. L. L. Daynes, state bacteriolo-
gist. One of the coyotes was killed
near Kelton and the other near Lucin.
Plans involving the expenditure OF
more than $2,0G0,00O by Los Angeles
syndicate aided by Salt Lake capital.
In the development of more than 30
900 acres of land for sugar beets and
orchards in Emery county, we're made
public last week.
Camps are being established in Brig
ham City and at Hot Springs by the
Utah Construction company, which
will begin building the grade for the
Brigham-Hot Springs cutoff of the
Ogden, Logan & Idaho railway as soon
as the camps are ready for use.
II. T. billiard, of Ogden, an en-
ployee of the Union Pacific railroad
for the past forty-nine years, has been
retired with substantial pension for
life. He entered the service Of the
company as a telegraph operator in
| 1867, but for the past thirty years he
has been a passenger conductor.
By a majority of LOT votes, the
North Sanpete school district voted
for the issuance of $4,000 in bonds
to be used in building three new
schoolhouses in the district The
new schoolhouses will be located at
SpriAg City, Fairview and Mountain
vile.
The city commission of Salt Lake
mas ueClueu Oh program Oh PUBIC
improvements for this year. The
city's portion of costs is estimated al
$1591S9, of which $117,324 is to be
paid out of this years revenues and
al 1865 is to be paid out of next years
evenue.
Governor Spry has issued procla
nation revoking the charters of 35S
corporations which have failed to pay
the state corporation license tax for
1915. The corporations may apply for
reinstatement by paying the tax, pen
alties and costs, the reinstatement pc
riod expiring July l.
A verdict of guilty on each of seven
counts of perjury was returned by q
iu,y in the federal court at Salt Lake
in the case of the United States
against Henry and May Ripple of Yer
nal who were indicted on charges o.
having defrauded the government Out
OF pension money.
What is known as Gravel day IL
Milford was celebrated Thursday o.
last week. Every business house IL
town was closed and the men were
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