Utah State News Summary of Utah events and incidents
Willard Hansen out as dairy and food commissioner amid mislabeled goods probes. A Denver report notes Mrs. B. F. A. Fleming killed by a streetcar. Salt Lake Commercial club building slated to open May 1. Fires destroy rooms in Park City and Bingham. J. L. Maher sustains leg fracture in Ogden yard accident. Millard county to be farmed by Nemaha county capitalists. Kidnapping case in Salt Lake involves John A. Strugnell. Logan ice harvest praised. doctors oppose liquor prescriptions. Burns celebration planned January 26. Funeral carriage accident injures driver and pallbearers. Nishimura infant injured by stove water jacket explosion. Pneumatic Water Lift Co incorporated for irrigation project. Patrolmen release suspects in Salt Lake City hold-up. Box Elder canyon claim injuries. possible loss of sight. Ogden accident car owner identified as William Howell. District Forester Leavitt promoted to assistant chief. NephiAquor license raise to 1800 with new saloon rules. Union station theft in St. Louis. 22 canning establishments report to state statistician with 1949 figures.
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Willard Hansen
Denver
B. F. A. Fleming
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Park City
William Oman
Henry Roddes
Bingham
J. L. Maher
Southern Pacific
Ogden Yards
Nemaha County
Nebraska
Millard County
Utah
Balt Lake
John A. Strugnell
Montana
Logan
Burns
B. T. Nishimura
Ogden
Pneumatic Water Lift Company
Ogen
Parker Faut
William Howell
Clyde Leavitt
Forestry District
Washington, D. C
Board of County Commissioners
Nephi
Aquor
Union Station
St. Louis
John Derrig
Wool Growers Meet Opens In Ogden With Political Call
National Wool Growers Association opens its forty sixth annual convention in Ogden Utah with President Fred W Gooding of Shoshone Idaho urging the group to enter politics to protect its interests He discusses tariffs the wool warehouse prices and rail and forest service issues about 2000 delegates attend while welcomes are read by Governor Spry and other local leaders and Blackfoot Idaho’s P G Johnston fills the speaking slot.
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Ogden
Utah
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Associaton
Fred W. Gooding
Shoshone
Idaho
Woolmen’s Convention
Gooding
Woolmen’s Association
Boston
Forest Service
Knolin
Fine Exhibition of Sheep at Ogden Midwinter Show
The Midwinter Sheep show in Ogden Utah is declared the greatest event of its kind. It features 700 of the finest sheep drawn from prize pens across county and state fairs national and international shows over the past year.
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Ogden
Utah
Feder Union Fights U S Steel To Taft
The American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers James O Connell and others pressed President Taft with a formal paper charging fourteen illegality accusations against United States Steel and urging an immediate trust investigation. Taft said he would discuss the matter with the secretary of commerce and labor and with Labor Commissioner Neil.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
James O'Connell
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
Steel Corporation
United States
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Neil
Forest Exports Soar in United States Trade Bulletin
A Washington bulletin shows forests contributed 90 million dollars to U S exports in the 1908 fiscal year, a twentyfold rise since 1851. Imports of forest products, led by tropical gums and Canadian lumber, grew to high levels, with 1907 at 122 million and 1908 just under 100 million.
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Washington
United States
India
Tropics
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Storm's path deadly in Manitoba region deaths rise
Winnipeg reports seven deaths from the recent rail storm along the Minneapolis Saint Paul and Sault Ste. Marie line. Among the deceased are Weyburn Sheriff Whitehead and homesteader Hillborn near Roleau. A boy's body was found in a hay stack near Yellow Grass with two sisters nearby.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
St. Paul
Bank Robbery in Green Point Brooklyn Four Nabbed
Four men attempted a bank robbery in Green Point Brooklyn shooting a clerk, sparking a street confrontation. Two suspects fled while two were arrested. the wounded clerk identified them as gang members.
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Brooklyn
New York
Green Point
Caliente Flood Wrecks Town In Utah Nevada Line
Authentic reports from Caliente Nevada describe a disastrous flood that wrecked buildings and washed away bridges and rail facilities. Editor Robert B Graham traveled from Caliente to Modena Utah to seek aid as residents fled to hills while waters swept across roundhouses and flooded homes.
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Modena
Utah
Caliente
Nevada
Robert B. Graham
Caliente Express
Graham
Salt Lake
Eivery
Best
Punishing the Insurgents in Taft Administration
Washington reports indicate President Taft withholds certain congressional patronage from insurgent senators and representatives who refuse to back his legislative program. Administration circles note a reciprocal obligation on the insurgents to support the president, while insurgent leaders contend Taft should target Roosevelt loyalists rather than his own party dissenters.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Roosevelt
Coal Famine in Boise Relieved by Temperature Rise
Boise Idaho faces fuel shortages as cold weather and a power line break threaten gas and electricity. A carload of coal arrived on a passenger train to supply the gas plant, easing the crisis temporarily but the city warned that prolonged cold could worsen conditions.
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Boise
Idaho
Merger of Millions Unites Three Trust Firms in New York
In New York on Monday J P Morgan Thomas Ryan and Levi P Morton joined hands to fuse Guaranty Trust Morton Trust and Fifth Avenue Trust into a single Guaranty Trust entity. The deal values resources at 150 million dollars and is likely the nation’s largest merger of its kind. Morton will serve as merger chairman guiding the combined board.
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Morgan
Ryan
Morton
Great Trust
New York
J. P. Morgan
Thomas Ryan
Levi P. Morton
Guaranty Trust Company
Morton Trust Company
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
United States
Morton-Ryan Concerns
Reclamation Boosts OK of $30 Million Loan Plan
President Taft will urge Congress in a conservation message to authorize a $30,000,000 loan for reclamation projects. Funds to be repaid from proceeds of land sales. Senator Borah backs bonds. Carter and others prefer certificates over bonds.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Capitol
Borah
Idaho
Carter
Will Prosecute Night Riders in Kentucky and Tennessee
The government plans to pursue legal action against the Burley Tobacco society, alleging it is a Sherman act violation by forming a combination. Investigators have been dispatched to tobacco regions to probe the association’s methods and connections to night rider depredations.
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Washington
Kentucky
Tennessee
Burley Tobacco Society
Department
Memphis man with broken neck in St Louis seeks care
Ralph Owens, 24, of Memphis, walked ten days with a broken neck and unaware of the injury until he reported for rheumatism treatment at Mullanphy hospital. He fell ten days earlier, head drawn back but little pain. He underwent surgery Monday and has a slight chance for recovery.
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St. Louis
Ralph Owens
Memphis
Tenn
Mullanphy Hospital
Taft Dismisses Pinchot as Forester Over Insubordination
President Taft dismissed Pinchot chief forester for insubordination after he urged Senator Dolliver to read a letter in the Senate. Associate Forester Price and Assistant Shaw left federal service with Pinchot. Taft said patience ceased to be virtue and warned of a political battle with insurgents and critics aligned to Pinchot.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Taft
Overton W. Price
Alexander CC. Shaw
Pinchot
Rean
Mr. Pinchot
Dolliver
Senate
Congress
Forester Pinchot
Potter Named Temporary Chief of U S Forestry Bureau
Albert F. Potter assistant forester attends the National Woolgrowers association session in Ogden Utah. He has not received official notification of a transfer to head the U S forestry bureau and would likely return to Washington promptly if the report proves true.
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Ogden
Utah
Albert F. Potter
Pinchot
United States Forestry Bureau
National Woolgrowers’ Association
Potter
Washington
Taft Delivers Special Message on Trusts and Commerce
President Taft sent a special message to Congress urging amendments to the Interstate Commerce and anti trust laws. He proposes no Sherman act changes but favors federal charters under conditions to bring large industrial groups into lawful operation. The commerce section calls for a five judge United States Court of Commerce to hear appeals from the Interstate Commerce Commission with Supreme Court as the final appeal.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
House of Representatives
United States Court of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Insurgents Win Fight Over Interior Bureau Probe
The House adopted a joint resolution to investigate the Interior department and the forestry bureau after a parliamentary clash. A 149 to 146 vote approved the measure, with House members on the joint committee chosen by the House rather than Speaker Cannon, reflecting a coalition of insurgent Republicans and Democrats against the Cannon organization.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Interior Department
Forestry Bureau
House
Senate
Uon
Cannon
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