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Show if News Notes! I From All Parts of I UTAH I s (J) j SjsraraMSfa'MB'aa'Kiiisiisniarpirajaiei Salt Lake. Reed Smoot, senior United States senator from Utah, who is Just rounding out his twenty-second year in the senate of the United States, is back in Utah, resting, after what he describes as the most aggravating, ag-gravating, most trying and hardest session he ever experienced. Senator Smoot shows but few of the effects 3f his recent illness, and says that a little Utah sunshine, and a little fresh Utah air will put him back in shape to tackle the problems which will arise at the next session of congress. Mrs. Smoot was unable to come west on account of ill health, the senator Baid. Logan. Logan is about to begin the greatest annual cleanup in its history. The various civic and fraternal frater-nal orders have been assigned street cleaning projects, and in each ward are organized committees to urge the cleaning up of private properties. On some of the principal streets the city will replace trees that have died, if the cooperation of property holders hold-ers in caring for them can be secured. Salt Lake. A bill passed by the last Utah legislature which would have provided the regulation of school teachers' certificates, requiring an oath of allegiance, was vetoed by Governor Gov-ernor George H. Dern.. The governor held that the bill "is a restriction of free speech, which is the safety valve of government and to attempt to muzzle criticism is a step toward tyranny." ty-ranny." Salt Lake. H. S. McCann, chief clerk of the city court and former city auditor, died at his home from cancer. can-cer. Death followed an illness of approximately ap-proximately three months. Mr. McCann Mc-Cann had been prominent in local mu- ' nicipal and lodge arrairs for several years. He succeeded the late E. A. Bock as city auditor. For several years he was secretary -of the Eagles lodge. He had served as chief clerk of the city court for two years. Nephi.- Juab county will hold a fair this fall, it was decided last Thursday Thurs-day at a meeting in the county courthouse, court-house, when members of a special fair committee were named. Louis Garrett was chosen chairman of this committee, with Joel Taylor as secretary. secre-tary. Park City. At the last meeting of the city council condemnation proceeding pro-ceeding were ordered begun to obtain ob-tain what is known as Dority's spring, below town, with certain grounds and right-of-way. The city wants the property prop-erty for a pumping plant, the purpose pur-pose being to add to the present water wa-ter supply of the city. Salt Lake. Salt Lake county will not levy the tax for agricultural inspection, in-spection, as directed by the state legislature, leg-islature, until the legislation has been upheld as constitutional by the state supreme court, according to E. L. Burgon, chairman of the board of county commissioners. Gunnison. Centerfield, three miles south of Gi'nison, was visited by an expensive fire last Sunday night when 1000 chickens belonging to S. S. Bown were roasted alive. Another pen of the thoroughbreds close by caught fire and when an attempt was made to release them the chickens were attracted by the light and met their doom when they flew into the flames and some 1400 chickens were burned to death. Loss estimated over $2500. Provo. Utah county commissioners have signed a cooperative agreement with the state road commission and the federal road bureau for the construction con-struction of six miles of new road in Spanish Fork canyon. By the terius of the agreement, Utah county will pay $49,000. Salt Lake. Eleven hundred boys, from every school in the city, were engaged Friday in the citywide marble mar-ble contest being staged under supervision su-pervision of the . recreation department depart-ment of Salt Lake City and the direction di-rection of Miss Charlotte Stewart, head of that department. Salt Lake. The annual show survey- of Big Cottonwood watershed will start Thursday, it was announced an-nounced by Mayor C. Clarence Neslen, commissioner of waterworks. The mayor, Superintendent H. K. Burton of the water department, Carl Hammond, Ham-mond, sanitary foreman, and J. Cecil ! Alter of the United States weather i bureau, will participate in the Inspec- I tion and survey. The" party expects 1 to spend from Thursday to bur.urday making a survey of the depth and density of the snow on the shed to determine what the water supply for the coming season may be. Cedar City. C. W. Pfaffenberger, government postoffice lease man, with headquarters at Denver, Colo., was here recently looking over buildings that might be used for postoffice purposes. pur-poses. He also looked over probable sites for the erection of a building suitable for United States purposes. The building now used by the government govern-ment is entirely inadequate, and bids for the lease of 2000 square feet of floor space is being called for to be opened In Denver. |