The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-07
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Oguen,-WOrk on the NE" 9i-o'VO0
!, addition to the Elks home of ogden
lodge No. TO is expected TO be start
ed within the next month.
Bingham, which broke out IN
the change room on the 400-foot level
of the United States mine Tuesday.
was quickly communicated to timbers
in the mine and gas was so quickly
generated that the shift was forced
to seek the open air. Assistant
Superintendent Taylor was overcome
by the fumes, but soon recovered and
is not feeling any i'll effects from
his experience. The fire was soon
put out.
Salt Lake,-Nearly 300 persons, re-
presenting Rotary clubs Of Price,
Spanish Fork, Provo, ogden, Brig
ham, Logan and Salt Lake, gathered
at the Hotel Utah Tuesday to cele-
brate the nineteenth anniversary of
Rotary.
Salt Lake, -. Governor Mabey has
signed the deeds by which the state
Of Utah quit claims to the federal
government any title to the lands on
which the proposed bridge across the
Virgin river at Rockville will stand.
The bridge is to be built out of an
provements TO highways in and near
Zion national park.
Park City,-Howard Hout has ask
ed the permission of the public utili-
| mic eli 10 10
ular automobile stage line service be-
tween Salt Lake and Park City.
Salt Lake,-License plates for the
ITO vehicles owned by the Phoenix
Construction company and the Utah
Power and Light company have been
obtained from the motor vehicle de-
partment of the state at cost of
S1356.3S. This is the lagest number
of license plates issued to any cor
poration In the state, the construction
company being a subsidiary of the
power company.
Heber City,-The highway through
the Strawberry valley from Heber
City of Duchesne, for the first time in
history. is open to travel at this
time of the year.
Salt Lake,-The citizens military |
camp will be held at Fort Douglas
this year from June II to July IL,
according to advices received from
the headquarters of the Ninth Corps
area at the Preside at San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Ogden, = Heber T. Wheelwright,
chauffeur of the police department
who shot and killed Elton Reid. an
innocent youth of Orangeville Tues
day night while the latter was flee
Ing from officers in the heart of Og-
den's business district was suspended
by Chief of Police Curtis L. Allison.
PrOvo,-Fires were started in the
Columbia Steel corporations coke
ovens Friday for tile purpose of heat
ing the brick. The fire will be re-
tanned for sixty days, after which the
ovens will be in readiness for opera
tons.
Ogden,-After two attempts to ex-
plode the mammoth charge of dyna-
mite at Lakeside failed on Friday,
The big blast was shot off Saturday.
A dynamo car furnished enough volt
lge to explode the huge charge which
lad been placed under the mountain
md the experts who witnessed the
)last said it was perfectly executed. !
The explosion behaved just as had :
,een planned, with merely a rumble :
10 material flying into the air. but
he gigantic listing power loosening :
ems of thousands of cubic feet of
'allasting material.
Ogden.-The board of trustees of :
he Dee hospital have authorized the :
of $4,000 for an addi-
ion to the present Dee hospital. The Z
tructure originally cost $150,000,
nd was improved to the extent of =
100000 three years ago. The meet
ng held was presided over by David R
|. Smith. r
Park City.-So fine has been the
Teather for the past ten days, ana
D light is the snow in the mountains
nat automobile traffic has been re-
amed between Park City and Heber
ity, and roads are reported in good
lape. 1t is reported that Park City :
alt Lake stages will resume passen-
err traffic within the next few days.
Ogden.-The Sperry Milling COM
any which operates large flour
i'll in Ogden, is contemplating
pulling the capacity of the Ogden
i'll or the erection of another plant
California, former Mayor Frank
rancis stated in an address to the
otary club. Mayor Francis said that
e company looked with favor upon
gden for the new venture because
the many possibilities this city
i'd its surrounding country offers.