Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-06-04
utah STATE NEWS

| Legion udy IN SAT- Lake,
A branch of the Friends Of Irish
Freedom has been organized at Park
City
Robert Fitchell, II years of age, of
Pork City, was fatally injured in an
automobile accident in Woodside can
yon.
| John J. Thomas, brother Of former
Governor Arthur l.. Thomas, died sud-
denly at his ranch near Ukiah, CAL, on
May 20.
The Utah State Sportsmen's as
sociation's sixth annual trapshooting
registered tournament was held at
Salt Lake last Saturday and Monday.
Lawyers of the Third judicial dis
trict have decided to take an active
| part In the nomination of judges on
both tickets for the district bench this
year.
one hundred and forty delegates to
the Utah Epworth League institute
were in Salt Lake last week to at
| tend the three days session of the
society.
Contrasting to have stolen several
automobiles for the purpose Of Joy
| riding, William Cramer, aged 1S, of
| Salt Lake, was sentenced to serve As
| days in Jail.
Scablcs was found to prevail with
considerable frequency among sheep
at Snowville and the Curlew "sinks"
according to the secretary OF the state
| livestock board.
A factory designed to manufacture
butter, cheese and condensed milk pro
| duets will be built In American Fork
by the Mutual Creamery company at
cost of $150,0O0
The state bacteriologlst has advised
the health department that the dog
killed upon the streets Of Ogden after
biting Elsaku Miyagishima, was af-
fected with the rabies.
The committees of the Parent
Teacher association and the CONNER
cial club at Kaysville have made a
splendid start toward establishing a
civic center and Fairgrounds.
There are 1900 automobiles in
Weber county, including Ogden city,
according to the report of the county
assessor. The report shows an in
crease of 700 cars over 1919.
Several Salt Lake citizens have been
subpoenaed to serve as witnesses in
the trial of Jack Dempsey, worlds
heavyweight champion pugllist, which
will be held at San Francisco June Z.
Thomas O'Brien Nagasawa, a Jap
anese resident OF Garland. was ar
rested for having In his possession a
quantity OF "white mule" liquid
decOction having large percentage
of alcohol.
A tile drainage. project is expected
To reclaim tract of 1850 acres OF
land five miles west of Salt Lake. The
tract has an excessive amount of salt,
which must be removed before crops
can be grown.
J. +. Lehman, convicted of forgery
In the district court at Brigham City,
on his plea of guilty, has been taken
to the state prison to begin serving
an indeterminate sentence of from
one to twenty years.
Diving into the swimming pool at
Warm Springs at Salt Lake, Berend
JAMS, 10 years of age. of Ogden, was
drowned. 1t is believed he was
stricken with an attack of heart dis
ease and drowned while unconscious.
Word comes from Nernal that the
headgates in the big highline canal,
which obtains It's water from the Ash
ley river had been swept out by a
flood. The loss To the canal proper,
II was said, would approximate $500.
Daggett, Utah's newest and small
lest county, reports an increase In as
sessed valuation Of about O per cent
this year, as compared with the final
valuation OF 1919. The total is S76i.-
77S, as compared with $4,000 last
year.
Twelve-year-old Wilkie herrera,
while trying TO make powder out of
old shells, threw sore smokeless pow
der Into fire AT his home at Salt
Lake, ana was palbtully burned nDout
the face and hands in the explosion
which followed.
Steve Maslich and Nick Obozalo,
convicted nj Salt Lake of the murder
of Mako Laus. each made desperate
efforts TO establish his own innocence
and fasten the crime upon the other
in statements as TO why sentence Of
death should not be passed.
Donald &. Hathaway, 80 years of
age, patrolman ON the Salt Lake
police department from March IL,
1913, TO February 7, 1914 was shot
and killed May ~ in Los Angeles in a
pistol duel with Arthur Collins, a
bandit II has just been learned.
Damages in the sum of $4,000
against John NJ. Richie, county com
missioner of WasaIch county, and
Henry II. Coleman. road supervisor,
are asked by JohaDne g. j, Anderson
in slit filed following condemnation
of land owned by her for road pur-
poses.
~ t,nhli.. I'm