OCR Text |
Show THE UTAH BUDGET The Cache county annual fair proved a success in every way. Charles L. McDevilt was run down by a train in the yards in Salt Lake and mangled almost beyond recognition. recogni-tion. A general invitation to the public to attend the formal opening of the Utah stale capitol Monday, October 9, has been issued. Through the accidental discharge of his gun, while hunting rabbits near Annabella, Rudolph Nielson was shot in his right hip. In an accident in the railroad yards in Ogden, Arthur L. McNish, 27 years of age, had both legs crushed, death resulting a few hours later. August Lund, a miner, whose body was recovered in the Arizona desert several days ago, was formerly employed employ-ed by the Chief Consolidated mine at Eureka. Carl A. Erickson, a gardener, 67 years old, is reported dying at a Salt Lake hospital as a result of being struck by an automobile, while riding his bicycle. Levi Riter, aged 19, of Logan, died as a result of injuries sustained by being thrown from a rig in which he and his mother and younger brother were riding. Eighteen cows, owned by members of the Wellsville Cow Testing association, associa-tion, have been placed on the honor roll as a result of producing forty pounds or more of butter fat this month. The governor has issued an official proclamation setting aside Monday, October 9, as fire prevention day and urging special observance by the people peo-ple of the state of this date forthis purpose. The state board of equalization has announced that the total assessed valuation val-uation of the state for 1916 was, in round numbers, $530,000,000. In 1915 the assessed valuation of the state was $229,000,000. The first squadron of the First Utah cavalry, which has 'been in service on the Mexican border at Nogales, Ariz.,' since July 11, has been ordered to return re-turn to Utah as soon as it can be relieved re-lieved by other national guard troops. Taxable property in Utah is valued at $530,000,000, according to announcement announce-ment made 'by the state board of equalization. This property is subject sub-ject to the tax of 4.4 mills and provides for various uses by the state the sum of $J,332,000. George Y. Wallace, aged 72 years, often referred to as "the father of telephones" in the intermountain region re-gion and for many years president of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, died at his home in Salt Lake City, September 27. Bound for the Idaho potato fields to obtain employment, Walter Dempster, aged 19 years, of Salt Lake City, fell beneath the wheels of an Oregon Short Line train at Harris ville and sustained injuries necessitating the amputation of his left leg at the ankle. The 1 year and 10 months daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alma Pearson of Mid-vale Mid-vale was drowned September 28. She was playing along a small irrigation ditch in front of the residence which was unusualy full of water, and in some manner fell into the stream. Resolutions of appreciation for the gift of a case of surgical instruments by Dr. A. S. Condon, of Ogden, for use on the European battlefields were adopted by members of the Ogden chapter of the American Red Cross society at a meeting held last week. The news comes to church authorities authori-ties in Salt Lake City that Mormon colonists in Mexico are now enjoying enjoy-ing their best season since the revolution revolu-tion in Mexico began, as the result of the occupation of the northern part of that country by the United States army. A census of the men in Salt Lake who habitually desert their families in winter, leaving them to shift for fliemselves, is being made by the Charity Organizations society of Salt Lake, with the intention of compelling compell-ing the men to provide for their families. fam-ilies. Mrs. Mary Catherine Smith, 74 years of age, residing at Salt Lake City, died September 26, after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Samuel H. B. Smith, who died about' two years ago and who was a cousin of Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church. Quick action on the part of a fellow workman in stopping the machine prevented pre-vented the probable death of Charles Combe, an employee at the plant of the Ogden Packing & Provision company, com-pany, when he was caught and jerked off his feet by the belt of a sand conveyor. con-veyor. He escaped with a broken leg. While trying to feed a coyote through the bars of a cage at Liberty park, Salt Lake City, Marie E. Fox, the 6-year-old daughter of Lawrence Fox, a resident of Brighton, was severely se-verely bitten on the left hand. The animal's teeth closed on the child's hand, treaing the flesh from three fingers. |