Show BUSINESS SEEN PROTEST Logan People Complain of Poor Train Service Special Correspondence Logan Jan 14The following petition has been circulated amongst and signed by nearly all the business houses of the county and will be mailed to Salt Lake today People generally in Logan are becoming thoroughly aroused over tha treatment accorded by the railroad and if the petition is denied other remedies will be tried it is said To A E Calvin General Superintendent of the Oregon Short Line Railway Company I Com-pany Salt Lake City Utah I We the undersigned business men of Cache county respectfully protect igainht the present railway service on the branch line from Cache Junction Preston The trains are continually late and pa st > ngers are required at times to lay over t Cache Junction for periods of from one to twelve hours The freight service Is poorer than before Taking it altogether th present service is the most unsatisfjutory ia have ever had and we are unanimous in asking that the former service be restored Probate Matters at Provo Special Correspondence Provo Jan 14The following probate business was transacted in the district court here today In the matter of the estate of Samuel Rudd deceased peu on for probate of will and letters testamentary came on to be heard Proof having been made and evidence heard Eugene J Henroid was appointed executor Estate of W W Chisholm deceased petition of final accounting and for distribution dis-tribution came on to be heard Tha account ac-count was approved and distribution ordered to be made Estate of Varina Baumgarten deceased Shadnch Richardson Henry Hone and James Peterson appointed appraisers Estate of Clara O Hall deceased petition peti-tion to set apart all of the estate to minors came on to be heard Proof was made evidence heard and order made Vernal Notes Special Correspondence Vernal Jan 11A heavy snowstorm is prevailing throughout this section Several Sev-eral Inches of snow have already fallen and It Is still snowing As a consequence farmers are much encouraged over the outlook for the coming season Parties in from Fort Duchesne report that the government wood contract is about filled In the apportionment of state school money the fact is disclosed that Uintah county has 1777 children of school age and stands eleventh in the list Sixteen counties have less This is certainly not a bad showing for a county that is over 109 miles from the nearest railway Uintah County Coal Special Correspondence Vernal Jan 11The statistics of the coal output of the state printed in The Herald of the Sth was read in this section sec-tion with interest and freely commented upon as it places Uintah county fourth in the list only Carbon Summit and San pete leading her in the production of coal This is a great showing when it is considered con-sidered that Uintah county coal is all consumed within the count Wnat the output would be with railway facilities can be imagined 4 Richfield Items 4 Special Correspondence Richfield Jan 14C H Matthews the liveryman who was so severely Injured in a runaway about six weeks ago has so far recovered as to resume work again Judge McCarty disposed of his remaining remain-ing case Thursday by overruling the demurrer de-murrer that the tabernacle was a public building and not subject to a lien which makes contractor Bowman the responsible party to which Oltif Lund subcontractor must look to for his pay 1 Soy ItCurt While Coasting Special Correspondence Mercur Jan 14 Harry Zigler aged 9 years was coasting in Sacramento gulch a few days ago and ran Into a milk wagon The driver of the milk wagon took no notice of the boy but drove on and when picked up by some people living near the boy was found to have sustained severe injuries His face and scalp were badly cut two fingers dislocated and ha had a number of bruises on different parts ofhis body Picturesque Richfield Special Correspondence Richfield Jan 14The past three mornIngs morn-Ings have witnessed an unusual but very beautiful scene A dense fog gathered over the valley during the night and a heavy fall of hoar frost is deposited coating coat-ing everything The trees presented avery a-very pretty picture The frost continued to fall until after the fog was dispelled in the morning and made an exceedingly attractive at-tractive scene Hotel Change at Mercur Special Correspondence Meteor Jan 14A change has been made In the Mercur hotel Mr Shatter retiring from business H J MIers of the Pacific hotel and F C Harding have purchased the business Mr Shaffer has been connected with the hotel for years and has been compelled to sell out on account of sickness |