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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
1
Ottawa Ont May 12 a massive fire разрушил hundreds of houses and lumberyards, with authorities detaining John White, recently released for arson, as a suspect. The blaze mirrors the April Hull fire, both threatening riverfront lumber districts near the Ottawa Parry Sound railway.
A Utah Agricultural College committee selecting sites for five dry land experiment farms has chosen two tracts. One is a 40 acre parcel three and a half miles south of Nephi in Juab county. The other site is in Ron county with details to be announced.
A young boy, Wiltord, aged 1, was dragged to death near Parowan Utah as a rope accident occurred during work. His father, once injured years ago by a threshing machine, laments the tragedy while the family receives community sympathy.
The state department received an affidavit by C. M. Owen charging Joseph F. Smith with polygamy. Accompanying documents include a 1903 Salt Lake City protest against Reed Smoot’s U S Senate admission, filed with the Senate elections committee.
Local figures Ola and Niels Olson visit Logan Yester day. Short Line Bear River canyon trestles praised as solid. New game law and laws without emergency clause go into effect yesterday. Thomas Smart to begin sheep shearing this week, wool thick but winter losses reported. Cache Valley Farmer's Union executive committee meets to plan relief efforts, delays to be remedied. George N Sorenson vs Jasper Lemon case heard in First district court over spring tile ownership. testimony ongoing. Scandinavian reunion committee to hold two days of festivities June 1 and 15. Ben son and Hyrum stakes appointed. Patriarch Henry Hughes, veteran of three quarters, reports improved health after prayers. foot injury healing. Mrs. N. W. Haws improves after typhoid and overdose incident. friends glad to see her recovery.
Reviewers praise Miss Ripley as Lady Macbeth and applaud the Thatcher stock company after a double bill of The Violin Maker of Cremona and David Gerrick. John Griffith shows promise as Macbeth but lacks direction. other actors receive mixed notices while performances by Miss Due Mr. Cutler and Mr Swenson are lauded. Miss Adair was slated to appear in A Happy Pair before leaving for New York, with a Wellsville engagement planned tonight.
The B Y and Agricultural college ball contest was rained out after two innings. Eastern Hill team led 2 to 0 when play stopped. The game will resume next Saturday at 4 pm at B Y campus with BY team facing a picked nine from Teagan.
New York correspondent reports several Utah families arriving in New York. Mrs George W Thatcher and two daughters plus Mr Guy Thatcher and wife and Miss Phillis Thatcher with Miss Gladys Spencer stay at Navarre. Mrs Thatcher plans two years in Harlem near Central Park. Sloan and Spencer pursue piano and violin studies. Thatcher couple will move to Boston briefly before returning to Logan. W B Dougall Jr arrives and stays at Imperial with six weeks to two months business stop.
Cache County assesses tax values per its assessment rolls. The document outlines the county’s valuation figures as recorded, listing the totals and key figures from the assessment process for properties within the region.
A party of seventy Mormon converts arrived on the steamship New England in Boston en route to Salt Lake today. Thirty five are Germans with the rest Hollander and English. Elders Harald A. Lafount Frederick Zaugg Ralph T. Merrill and Edwin F. Tout declined to comment on German expulsion of Mormon missionaries.
The notice shows several names including Dr J Graybeal Mr Henderson JL Matson Edith Smith Thos BR South My Si Robert Murdock PM, indicating items awaiting pickup or return in the postal system. This brief public notice lists recipients among advertised letters.
The Wache siake Sunday School conference in Logan Tabernacle May 10 featured Jd. E. Carlisle presiding, prayers by Joseph Quinney Jr, and speeches by J. A. Linford, J. M. Tan ber, Richards of Salt Lake, and D. C. Jensen of Logan. Mrs. M. Peterson encouraged children, a duet impressed, and W. Kerr urged parental involvement. Evening talks by J. A. Widisco, Tanner, Richards, Taoner, and Supt. Carlisle stressed duties and faith. Benedict ion by W. W. Maughan.
A fragment describes a large bear near Casper on May 19. The man observed the animal and fled. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but reference to a bear sighting near Casper remains.
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