OCR Text |
Show STATE NEWS! SHORT tINE PRESSED BY IDAHO'S CROPS A B Moss, merchant and prominent promi-nent citizen of Payette, Ida was in Salt Lake City yesterdaj on his way ! to Los Angeles. He came here Tues. I day and spent yesterday visiting friends in this city. When seen yesterday yes-terday in the Oregon Short Line goneral offices he said- - "Wo are sending a trainload of apples ap-ples from Payette every day and have been doing this for some time, but we i still havo about SOO carloads to ship, j The Oregon Short Line is making a great effort and I believe will save J practically all of the immense crops there. All kinds of crops are abund- ant in Idaho this year. Tho Snake river is another Nile, aud its valley will in time be the most famous o'f any in tho world "Dry farming is gaining prominence in places that a few years ago were considered aluable only for grazing I believe that tho wheat crops on the dry Nfarra lands or Idaho this year averaged about thirty bushels to the acre. There are in the neighborhood of 500 dry farmers In the country north and" cast of Payette that are thriving and raising aboundant crops." EXCAVATION WILL CONTINUE Provo, Oct 24. Henry I. Moore, attorney at-torney for the Salt Lake & Utah in-torurban in-torurban railroad, met with the city commissioners here yesterday morning morn-ing and after a full discussion of ox-cacating ox-cacating on Academy avenue for the proposed roadbed, it was decided that work would proceed from Fifth South to First South and not interfore with the street from First South to First North until the company receives tho lies and rails. Then they could go ahead with the work on these two blocks. Ponding the arrival of ties and rails the company is permitted to continue con-tinue excavating from First North to Fifth North. From that point it has not been decided whether tne road will go west on Fifth North to Fifth West or go straight north on Academy avenue to the city limits. It has been found possible to get on to the bench from the city limits with a 2 to 3 per cent grade, but the surveyors are running lines, with the view of lessening les-sening this grade to 1 per cent SAYS CHARGE IS FOOLISH American Fork, Oct. 24. Governor William Spry, Congressman Joseph Howell and State Auditor Jesse Jewkes were the speakers at a Republican Re-publican rally held here last night. John H. Wootton presided. The meet- ( Ins was held at Apollo hall .The state administration was defended de-fended from attacks by critics regarding regard-ing the handling of state funcs. W D Lhingstone, a Bull Moose campaigner, is reported to have said that Governor Gover-nor Spry was worth 1,000,000 and that the fortune was accumulated since Spry bocamo governor. The governor said everybody who knew him knew how foolish that was He offered of-fered to give half the million to any one who could find that sum be-fonglng be-fonglng to him The American Fork brass band aud Prof, and Mrs. J C. Hickman furnished fur-nished the music. Pi of and Mrs. Hickman sang solos. SOUTHWORTH DIES AT HOME IN PROVO Provo, Oct. 24. C. K. South worth, better known as "Sid" SoutbworUi. died at. his home here yesterday morning morn-ing of heart disease and lung trouble, trou-ble, from which ho hnd suffered for six months, i Mr. Southworth was engaged in tho I mercantile and luraher huslness for manv years at Colton. He conceived the ideu of building a great health and pleasure resort in Spanish F)rk canyon, can-yon, and about 25 years ago commenced com-menced a hotel and baths at Castfl-la. Castfl-la. Springs. Ho also built the South-worth South-worth block, a large two story building build-ing on West Center street of this city. He was born in Provo January 22. 1SCG, and had made this Mb home the greater pare of his life. He is .survived by two brothers, W. W. and H A. Southworth; ono Bister, Mrs. Irene McEntosh, a widow and six j children. 7frs Southworth is the sister sis-ter of the noted Utah sculptor, C. E Dallln. The date of tho fuuoral has not been decided on and will depend on word from -Mr. Dallln and a bi other oth-er in the cast. j i CRIME AT POCATELLO. j Pocatello, Ida.. Oct. 2 Three holdups and one burglary, apparently by tho same two men, occurred here last night. J. S. Stratford, manager of the Gal City Furniture company.it was held up and relieved of some K change and a bunch of keys by two$ masked men at tho cornor of "South Arthur and Benton streets. Fifteen minutes later D. L. Simpson, yard-? mm in charge of the T. 13 Smith CoalMi! company's yard, was hold up noaril? Holllday street by apparently the same two highwaymen. The men re ff Heved Simpson of about $70 in cash.' jg a gold watch and keys. They were1 very polito and almost courteous In' ? their demeanor, but handled rovol-'n vera rather carelessly, Simpson says, i r A few moments later L. M. ChHaten-jiJ sen. a mason, on 'his way to tho sub-f ? way, was held up by two masked men; ? and robbed of $J In cash. 4? City Councilman- Peter Hansen! found that his general merchandise! J store had been entered and he 'wasS loser by $50 in cash and some lunchf goods, The police, by putting togcth-i I or the descriptions of the robbers by! ? tho victims, are satisfied that twof!1' men did all the work. Thoy are at 5? work on the case and dci'oiopmbntsjtS are expected Extra police havo heeii1! placed on duty TT nrMIfTTTTII I Mil I ll I ll I ll I n I H |