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Show THE MORGAN SUCCESSOR TQ VOL. XV. MIRROR-MONITO- R MORGAN, UTAH) FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1910. the shale ledges and at a distance of from fifty to sixty feet from the month, to run across cuts to tlu right and left, a of ten feet in either directum, forming an underground rl Depressions are dug in the floors; of these crosscuts, and chambers are thus formed, into which the heavy charges of black powder of 450 Kegs of Powder Explode While the Powder Men are "Passing Tannd in the ALL FOREIGNERS BUT FOREMAN. Defective Wiring Believed to be the Cause of the Disaster The Men Were Blown to Fragments, WEDNESDAY. The fate oi those within Hugh McGuire, 26 years old. 'the tunnel ean only he imagined. unmarried ; quarry foreman ; for- In the opinion of officials they were blown to minute atoms. merly of Bingham. So far as is known. the majority George Catoloni, laborer. B. Catoloni, brother of George of the dead men are without famCatoloni. A - ily connection in this country. Work throughout the great Frank Coney, laborer. S I) Bermrado, laborer. plant' went on uninterrupted B Xokovitch, laborer. throughout the day, despite the great holes in the roof, and the F Gyukuk, laborer. shattered windows to remind the; XI Gucsseppe, laborer. men of the fate of seventeen of 1) Camhaolo, laborer. fellow workers. Work in their F Begovie, laborer. the quarry was abandoned until Pete Stojovie. laborer. Wednesday evening, ami no one his P Skem ic. laborer. wagon, whim a freight (rain was allowed in that vicinity until M Soilar, laborer. that slood on tie side track, blew all danger of another explosion! B Kramovie. laborer. the whistle and frightened Ids Wiis oYt r t Chris PetretT. laborer. horses, causing them to run away A Ishii. Japanese laborer. The coroners jury that had He had hacked the rea of the F Xakiuiiuri, Japanese laborer. been impaneled and that visited wagon up to the platform and Four hundred and fifty kegs of the plant Wedneslay. lias ad- - had only Die stone pargotten black powder were placed in the jourimd subject to the call of t In in the wagon when Die tially tunnel mouth Tuesday night au coroner. This call will not he' horses started out. causing Die in issued mil il the hole has been1 st one to the workmen were el gage drop on Die ground and hand to from these hand an cleared out. passing every effort has Mr. Phillips fell on Die stone heal to the powder pockets at either beui made to recover lh bodies Two of the tugs were T shaped tunnel end of the unhitched, hut the team got Die that had been driven sixty feet wagon over the railroad track, at into the mountain. Hugh the road crossing south of the stawas at tie very pockets ated in the narrow defile of tion. colliding with a telegraph directing the emptying of her canyon, at a pouit a short d's- pole. Wli.af made it more singuthe hogs. ,f whi"h l.i) had been tanee to the east of the famous lar was that Mr. Phillips had natural wonder, the Devil's Slid'.'.' waited a lung time for tire placed ir the ho.. passenmiles from Og ger train to Tin explosion rocked the inoun-- , and thirty-sevedrivbefore pass tain side "iih tin force of an den. The plant and the quarry ing in. win- are on Dv north side of the enn-earthquake, breaking dow in Dm laboratory and office von, an the little town of prob Primary Convention. 600 200 of is inhabitants t!. on tin Saturday and Sunday. May 23 building plant. yards ably am! 2!). the Primary convention south a side of the canyon, and away. Rocks weighing half M a' ol half mile to the vest n! toil shot through the iron roofs nearly organ County was held at the South Morgan Stake hous. of Die power plant at the factory tie plant. The tunnel in which the exp! a Pill ouarter of a mile from Die Many attended this com cut ion is probably 200 and removed many valuable inscene of the explosion, narrowly son occurred mir-iuth we prostrate workmen yards uorih of the plant, and LiIt structions from the visiting who. though sJ tinned bv th con- on tlv mountain side, and is' dies. Sister Xihley and S reached by a narrow gauge eoii-- Xebeker of the General Boar cussion. escaped injury. The bodies of McGuire and the struetion line of railroad. The Salt Lake City. the! shale is will of men his not from transferred Ip majority MILTON, UTAH. A full mountain side, after it has bc.'ui recovered for many days. Born to Air. and Mrs. Alor hundred thousand tons of rock broken down by the heavy blasts derson. a daughter. lies over Diem. The dismembered to the dump ears by steam shovel f Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Giles frnenvnts of human- - flesh and and then moved toVthe plant over !s Farmington are visiting fri.-hone discovered so far are those the temporary railroad. The manner of breaking down and relatives in Milton. of foreigners who were working A dance was held here Decor in the mouth of the tunnel. They this shale and getting it ready to ti.m night. were blown far out into the ean- - load into the ears is to drive a low Scarlet fever is all better audi yon as though from a cannons and narrow tunnel Into the heart the flags are all down. j j 1 1 I j ton-most- ,Me-Guir- . e Wr-edg- e, - j j 1 . g J - ; There are 1J8 eighth grade graduates from Davis county, this year, against 142 in 190!). The final examinations were held last week ani the commence-men- t exercises will he held at Farmington, this Saturday, June 4th. The commencement program will he held in the Farmington meeting house at 1 p. m. Rev. Doctor Iliff of Salt Lake will address t lie graduates. Field sports will he held at the Lagoon the afternoon of the same day. The names of the students who passed successful examinations are as follows. K South Bountiful Thomas Winegar. principal; Mary R Hatch, Lola A. Moss. Rachel Salter, Clyde Hatch and Robert Hatch. West Bountiful J A Tnylor princpal; Edith Ellredge, Marie Kerr, Inez Bird, Olia Eldredge Kale Wood, Ethel Platt. Clifford Roberts, Davis Grant, Otto Faelc-rell- . Jleber Hatch and Garold Eldredge. East Bountiful L ' principal; MC Barlow, - - , J tor; Ruth Ashby, Cynthia i Muir, instruc Ilur-niiigha- Henry Call, Vinson Call I) K Davis. Mabel Holbrook Willard Holt, Claude Jacobson Zenora Jones. Beatrice Patterson Ralph Waddonps. Emily Williams M..v Wood. John Fisher, Fred Hampton, Mary Kilev, Earl sions. l.o Sessions. Retta Sossions. Whitney Stayner, Hattie Friday evening. a were at given banquet They Stringham, Haven Slringham and Mrs. Stewart's hotel. New slreet Devon Stringham. before the exercises. 1) F SiniDi. prinei. Centerville May 27th, Professor Wayne of! pal; June France. Marie Ford Iloytsville, Cfah. lecture, on liisj Gladys Smith, Liiiu.rtta Ford, Jas ideals and how hi gained Die; Smith, Clifford Worsley, Glen mosi desired ideal. Every mu Spencer. Berov Horsley, Matthew went away wifji cheerful hearts Wooley, Clem Cheney. Levi Barand best wishes the graduates!). and Frank ( base. of 1910. Farmington i E Knovllon 'principal; Modena Chaffin. Wca!A Noble Outcast. tin Clark, Elsie Glover, Lucy A Xohle Outcast was given St eed Emma Rice. Shirley Van ( 'oinDramatic the Fleet. Raclu-- (lark. Leroy (lark. by Morgan Du in Morgan Opera lollse Thomas Hughes, Burnham Knowl pan.v ton. Arnold MeEwan. Leslie Pal hriday evening. Jtnv J. 1910. CAST CHARACTERS met. A'at Rampton. Andy Steed C G 1ralt Eddie SpneknniM.Koy White. VivGeneral Weston Col Lee Lea Riehards ian Williams. Beatrice Williams Beal rice lnvlin andAvan Taylor James Blackburn North Farmington Fame. B Cah in Waldron Petlack Wort! ington Knewltoii, pi iiiripn! Gordon William Eddington ty. Louise Hess. Laurita Hess Mrs C G Pratt Louise Elliott and Lenorn WalMrs Lee Mrs II B Fry ker. France D R Tolman. Sadv Syracuse prinei ..Luoy Dickson ACT I -- Soul hern esl.ffe. (ol pal; Clyle Barber, Myron Barber, hira Beaer. Ruby Fisher, Rmm Lees home. FI ACT Three (levs late. Draw- Barlow. Cinda Thurgood, Austin Hanks, Bernice Steed. Zena Wiling room. Col. ice's mansion. ACT II T General Weston's luff. liams and Russel Call. Clinton A CP atterson, princiThree mouths later. ' ACT IV Same as Act I. Two pal; Lavern Stewart, Anna Mor tenson. Earl Mitchell. George later. years , X'ellie Bens. Curain 8:60 sharp. Prices: 2ae Parker, Eliza Sarah Mitchell and Alice Joe and oOe. Pippen. Portland Rose Festival. South Weber Addie Nelson, June Portland, Qre ., principal; Leonard Boiirnah, Mil1910. reduced rates via Oregon lie Firth. X'ellie Firth and Joseph Short Line. See agents for sell Roy. Whitesides ing dates, rates, etc. Kaysville E M Ses-Die- ir - i Layton E G King, principal; Golden Adams, Emil Whitesides Josie Hey wood , Ramona While-sides- , Ila Jeffries, Clarence Bone Clifton Layton, William Lflytor Alex. Scofield, David Cook, Cura Layton, Zelda Wall, Jennie Weaver, Ruby Morgan and Ida II. FARMINGTON FRACTION Visit the Shirt Sale at the Bountiful next week. The home of L. E. Abbott liati been released from quarantine for Co-o- smallpox. flood grade of Ginghams. per yard, at 0. II. Rampton Arch Graham of Mexico and Jessie McDonald, of this place, were married last week and after spending the summer in Salt Lake City, expect to go to Mexico to make their home. For one week, commencing Saturday, June 4th, we give 20 per cent off on our entire line of work and Dress Shirts at the Bountiful Miss Co-o- Tom l)ibb of Kaysville took out his first papers at the last session of the District, court. ; The petition of Ryndert Fruit of Clinton for to be adrnitte.1 to citizenship, was granted by Judge Howell at the last session of Hie District court. The June White Goods Sal at C. H. Rampton & Co.s commences Saturday, June 4Di and for one week, including our entire line of Muslin Underwear at 20 per cent off ; Ladies Waists at 20 per cent off; Ladies Underskirts, black and all colors, 20 per cent off. (ftNotice to Contractors. j I - t - - 1 - ; Had-lock- 3e Co.s. j fith-llt- Miriam le Ross. Dorn to Mrs. Clara Carer, a daughter. The base hall teams of Porterville and Milton played at Porterville Decoration day. Milton winning. The married men of , said places also played. Mrs. William Phillips, daughter of Thomas Rich, who was brought su.,.p down from Lyman, Wyoming, on Monday of last week on account of being very ill. was no, better at last accounts. "'The lady underwent a surgical operation last winter and before she had fully recovered from the same worked too hard, which put her on the sick list again. Thomas Phillips met with an Commencement Exercises. accident on Mondav of last week, lie was at the railroad station in ri lie held graduates county in Morgan loading a heaAslom exercises1 eonimeneeinent mouth. Morgan, Harris, Maxie Owen. Malzie Sims. Marguerite Thomassen, Arthur Crawley, Stanley Smith, Milton Burton, William Smith, Elmer Griddle, Clifton Barton and Myr--t There are 138 Eighth Grade Graduates from Davis County in 1910 Against 142 in the Year 1909. son, a son.' portions over a square mile of hillside. Hugh McGuire, foreman of the gang, was the only American killed. Seven Austrians, six Italians, one Hungarian and two Japanese comprise the number. Defective wiring for light and power is believed to have been the cause.of the explosion. The Dead. GRADUATES, 1910 Sales, Maggie - are loaded. Three theories have been ad vanced as to the cause of the accident. One is that a spark may have been struck by a nail in the shoe of one of the workmen, as he was treading on the rocks .hon-stituting the floor of the tunnel ; another is that in some manner! the incandescent globe lighting the tunnel face became broken, Seventeen men were blownto atoms at the Devils Slide, and the white hot flament fell upon grains of the powder; and Wednesday morning, by the accidental, or premature, explosion of the third is that defective wiring 450 kegs of black powder in a quarry tunnel. Rinsed a spark which ignited the Of the powder gang who entered the tunnel, not a man powder. , escaped. PORTERVILLE. The greater number of the the bodies were buried under a Dorn to Mrs. William Morten hundred thousand tons of rocks, and others are scattered in small ACCIDENT OCCURRED principal; Beatrice Ilousley, Myrtle Robins, Alarnet Swan, Alice EIGHTH GRADE Croy-don- e jdis-tanc- - Croydon, Utah. . Mueh work is going on at A pipe line is also being put in which will be a great help to the people as they have had to carry all their water cpiit a di.stanee. I the near future a huger school house will he erected. Two or more teachers will he employed, and the children of Devils Slide will attend there. Mrs. John Mole was an Ogden visitor last week, .John Bee.sley and Miss .Eliza Swan are to be married this week, Decoration Day, .May JO, the Morgan base hall team played (Mlr jne here. The score was !) p, :) in favor of Morgan. Over a hundred people came up from Morgan. All enjoyed themselves although the weather Was' verv warm and the dust very had. .V dance was given in the evening at the W. O. W. hall The phone lines are all down here caused bv the explosion. The Board of Education of Morgan Comity School District, Morgan, Utah, will receive bids up to 1 :20 p. m. Saturday, June IS, 1910, for the erection of a school building to he creeled at Croydon. Utah. Plans and specifications may he found at the office of Watkins & Birch, architects, Dooly building, Salt Lake City; also at the office of W. W. Fnin(,k Morgan, VUlu Each hid must be aeeo with a) rtified cheek amount V. JLmohman. as a to paynlJ guarntee thjff Die fmcppVd bidder vill jrfi'r into contract and give ujipproved bond within one vveeR after said work is awarded, olherwhe the amount to he forfeited to said district. Tin Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all hiiks. By order of the Board of Education. Baled at Morgan, Mav 28, 1910. j'A - LHffi-eof- , 7 Bids Wanted. For the erection of ;i cement reservoir at the head of Mnrgmi City pipe line. Plan? and speci- fications can be seen at Mayor W. S. Grahrams drug stnrq. Bids will be deceived day, June 8, 1910. JTie city council reserves ihtfright to reject any orycil Wffs. Dated Morgan, Utah, May 26, 1910. 6-- 3 FRED COOLBEAR. City Recorder. |