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Show II " i Pithy News Notes From All Parts of UTAH ' il Price Emery County Commissioners Commission-ers favor building of bridge over Price river at Woodside. Salt Lake. Interallied Poppy Day was generally observed by all business busi-ness houses. Salt Lake. Senator Smoot has been advised by the public road bureau that the war department has allotted to the Utah highway department two five-ton five-ton and ten ten-ton tractorB for UBe In highway construction. Ogden. Manufacturers of Ogden have agreed to have 200 window displays dis-plays in Ogden for the "Made-in Ogden" Og-den" week. Ogden. Owners of vacant lots Ih Ogden are being urged to join In the fight against noxious weeds at once. Ogden. One of the greatest Flag day celebration in the history of the Elk's lodge of Ogden will be held Sunday Sun-day June 11. Salt Lake. Damages of $1,000 were Eiven Ruth Matkln, 6-year old daughter daugh-ter of Mrs. Mabel Matkin, by the Utah Power & Light company in the Third district Icourt for injuries suffered September 2, 1921, at Hyde Tark when Mie girl came in contact with a high tension wire. . Gold Hill. In the barnyard of Jacob Jac-ob Gerster, postmaster of Gold Hill, one may see many any afternoon a light giving sweeping credence to snake stories, however lurid. Of his own initiative a great bull snake stages a little circus daily aided by tiny chicks and a fretful Plymouth Rock hen but Is its expected he may eat them someday. Provo. James Stewart and Alice Lee were bom on the same day in December twenty-two years ago. The boy was born on the Kansas side of the state bonier and the girl came to the Lee home, on the Nebraska side of the line. Last week they met in Provo and got a marriage license. Sugar House. W. O. McNair. 42 j ears of age has been returned to trie ?tate prison by Judge N. H. Tanner of the city police court. This action was taken after McNair was convicted in police court of assault and battery on Mrs. McNair, his wife, whom he married after release ou parole from the state prison. Salt Lake One hundred Philadelphia Philadel-phia real estate dealers visited the city several days ago. Stilt Lake. Rotury international convention at Los Angeles will be visited by a special traia of Utah and Idaho delegates. Bingham. W. M. PiA.t sues Utah Copper Co. for $25,000 damugei; claimed claim-ed for alleged acid Injuries. Salt Lake. A survey of Utah needs In rcreation and leisure time activities activi-ties is being made by L. II. Weir, representative rep-resentative of the Recreation Association Associa-tion of America. The recommendations recommenda-tions to be made to the next legislature legisla-ture by the state welfare commission, created to study recreation problems, will be based on Mr. Weir's report. Salt Lake. The thirty-ninth annum Utah I'.aptist State Convention was held here. frnlt Lake. Discussion of the Deni-!on Deni-!on blue sky bill at the regular meeting meet-ing of the mines committee of the Commercial club resulted In opposition opposi-tion developing to the measure which has already passed the house of representatives. rep-resentatives. Members thought that .he bill passed would greatly handicap levelopment of western mineral re-jources. re-jources. Salt Lake George II. Gardner has oeen convicted of the murder of Dip-nty Dip-nty Sheriff Gordon Stuart, and must to to his death July Mth. Logan. A music memory contest conducted in twenty-seven of Che county coun-ty schools by Miss Margaret Worley, .nusic supervisov for the Caiie county schools, has Just closed with excellent results. It was J-lie first ever attempt-si attempt-si In the county and its purpose wus the advancement of music. Flora Jensen ofTIyrom, an eight-grade pupri, won first place In the contest, (hit af a possible 2(KI points in the score, ihe turned in a perfect copy. Salt Lake City. Graduation exer-?lses exer-?lses for more than .'100 students, which s the largest class in the history of the state Institution, will hold on lune (1 at the University of Utah. Salt Lake. Nlliley Park was form-illy form-illy annexed to Salt Lake City when let'leatory cermonlcs were held on the nuni'ipal golf links presented to the ity t'B a Christ mas gift by Charles IV. Nih'cy. Ogden Definite Bteps nt berng taken by the commercial organizations organiza-tions of Salt Lake and Ogden for a billboard campaign for throe years Tor the purpose of urging automobile tour IhU to come to Utah. |