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Show i I News Notes 1 1 It's a Privilege to Live in S I Utah I Moab. Approximately $200,000 has been appropriated by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company com-pany to build a line between Mack, Colorado, and Price, Utah, according to company officials. The company expects to begin construction in March. The telephone line will follow fol-low the location survey of the new federal aid highway between Price and Cisco. From Cisco to Mack the line will follow the Price road. Provo.- At a meeting of the board of directors of the Provo chamber of commerce, together with a large group of citizens and medical men held here, the - proposed plan of a community hospital was discussed. Salt Lake City. "Success of the Utah seed at the International Hay and Grain show at Chicago will be of immense advertising value to the state," Harden Bennion, state com-misioner com-misioner of agriculture, declared in commenting upon prizes awarded at the grain show. "The award of thirteen thir-teen premiums to Utah, out of fifteen awards made," he said, "places Utah at the top of the alfalfa producing states of the nation." Ogden. Considerable local interest is being taken in the expected reorganization reor-ganization of the city government next month when Mayor-elect George E. Browning and City Commisioner-tlect Commisioner-tlect Harman W. Peery take offices to which they were elected a month ago. Since each will replace incumbents, incum-bents, there is expected to be many changes in the appointive positions. Provo. Byron Clark, 46, line foreman fore-man of the Utah Power and Light company, this city, was severely burned burn-ed while working at the company's substation at Second North and Second Sec-ond West streets, when he came in contact with a high tension wire carrying car-rying 11,000 voltage. Salt Lake City. Culminating her most successful show year, Mrs. Minnie Min-nie W. Miller of Salt Lake City owner own-er of Thousand Springs farm at Wendell, Wen-dell, Idaho, received at Chicago, an honor never before conferred upon a woman. Mrs. Miller, wife of Lee Charles Miller of Salt Lake and member mem-ber of the board of regent of the Utah Agricultural college, was elected president pres-ident of the American Hampshire Sheep association at the annual meeting meet-ing held at the conclusion of the International In-ternational Livestock exposition. Ogden; Fire caused considerabli damage at the International Wool & Hide company, 2025 Wall avenue. A large supply of furs were destroyed, while other contents of the building were also damaged. The damage to the building was not great. Lehi. George Austin, former mayor may-or of Lehi and for many years associated asso-ciated with the wool-growing and sugar su-gar industries of the state, died at his home at the age of 76 years. Salt Lake City. Utah corn entries, a unit of the state exhibit at the International In-ternational Hay and Grain show at Chicago, took four out of five possible possi-ble places, according to word received receiv-ed by the Utah State Farm bureau from Prof. George Stewart, agronomist agrono-mist at the Utah experiment station, and E. E. Smith of Bountiful, who are in charge of the exhibit at Chicago. Chi-cago. Samples from this state took first, secondr fourth and fifth places. Kaysville. After occupying the rom over the store of H. J. Sheffield & Sons for a period of twenty-two years, the Kaysville telephone & Telegraph Tel-egraph company has been moved. Ogden. W. J. Parker of Ogden, who has been an important factor in the Utah canning industry for several years has been named by Governor George H. Dern as member of the state road commission. He succeeds Henry W. Lunt of Cedar City, who has held the office since the early summer of 1922. Ogden. Ludovis Isoard, sheep rais- er, 36 years of age, of French nativity, "was shot and apparently instantly killed near his home in Slaterville. Walter Chadwick, 25 years of age, neighbor of Isoard, fired the fatal shot and shortly after surrendered himself to the sheriff. He is held in the Weber We-ber county jail without bail pending an investigation. Salt Lake City. General contractors contrac-tors have been asked for bids on the construction of the $H5U,uou building for the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Salt Lake City. Indications point to a remarkable attendance from taxpayers tax-payers all over the state to the Utah Taxpayers Association convention to be held at Salt Lake City on December Decem-ber 7th. Governor Dern will give an address of welcome and tax problems will be discussed by leading taxpayers from different parts of Utnh |