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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE About 2U per cent of the cherry crop In Hie difrtct between Roy and P.rig-1 P.rig-1 1 ii II 1 ('ill will 1k losl us Hie result, of llic reconi rrosl. Tli:il. Ulc sugar beet production in the coming ycur in Sanpete county will be more tbun ."id per cent greater 1 1 1 st ii lust year is the licllcf of those iu a posliion to know. Using his savings or almost a lifetime life-time to purchase Liberty bonds to the amount of .$5,!HK) is tin; patriotic sacrifice; sacri-fice; made by Sam Wilson, section foreman fore-man for the Union I'acific at Echo. What is believed to lie the first attempt at-tempt to raise barley within the city limits of Salt Lake In many years will be undertaken this year by YV. G. Coin-in, Coin-in, who will plant a half-acre ttt barley at his home. Uintah county shows an increased valuation of .property for state taxation taxa-tion purposes amounting to ?1,4!)7,8(1 in 1918 over the valuation for 1917, according ac-cording to a report submitted last week to the state board of equalization. Joseph Real, 85 years old, a resident of Salt Lake, was killed by a train near Hinsdale, 111., according to word received from Chicago. The dispatch stated that- the aged man had been visiting in Hinsdale at the time of the accident. Robert Howard, coal mine inspector for the state industrial commission, reports re-ports that the fuel producers are all working near to full time and putting on as many men as possible to work before their services are needed ill the harvest fields. In accordance with the proclamation Issued by President Wilson designating designat-ing April 20 as Liberty day, Acting Governor Reunion issued a proclamation proclama-tion for Utah proclaiming Friday last as Libiuerty day and the afternoon as a legal holiday. Mike Churich. 29 years old. a Serbian, Ser-bian, was killed accidentally at Bingham, Bing-ham, when his head was blown off by a double barreled 12-gauge. shotgun held by Demetra Basonavitch, a fellow fel-low countryman. The shooting occurred oc-curred in a pool hall. By stating that "America had no business to butt into this war, anyway," any-way," Paul Antonnie von Rookhuyzen, aged 28, engaged in the baking business busi-ness i Ogden, brought about his detention de-tention by the county authorities, pending an investigation by the department depart-ment of justice. John Van Valkenburg, self-styled inventor, in-ventor, who claimed he could build an airplane that would fly between Salt Lake and Los Angeles and back between be-tween sunset and .sunrise, Will be given a hearing at Salt Lake on a charge of obstructing the draft and impersonating impersonat-ing a federal officer. Following the lead of the Salt Lake merchants, the retailers of Ogden may establish a "suburban Wednesday," ac- cording to action taken last week. The term "suburban Wednesday" is applied to a midweek shopping day to have shopping, attractions usually to be found only on Saturdays. ; The caterpillar type of tractor will be brought into use in Utah county, near Lehi, if the experiments' to be made by the state road commission prove satisfactory. The tractor will be used by the. state and Utah county-authorities county-authorities in doing heavy work in connection con-nection with road building. A quantity of ilquor, disguised as dishes, was confiscated by the police . at Salt Lake when members of the anti-vice squad, penerated the disguise dis-guise at the Rio Grande' depot. The camouflaged dishes were contained in a barrel, the weight of which aroused the suspicions of the railroad freight agent. Government control of the wool clip of the country will be of immense advantage ad-vantage to the United States and will help the woolgrowers in that it will eliminate speculating, but the aid needed need-ed to neutralize the effect of the action is the government regulation of the cost of production, declare prominent Utah sheep men. . M. S. Browning of Ogden, brother of the inventor of the famous Browning machine gun, declares his confidence in the United States winning the war. He said upon his numerous trips to Washington, lie had noted the moves being made by the government, and this pointed to America's success in the end. Val Browning, sop of J. M. Browning of Ogden, inventor of the Browning machine guns which the war depart- " ment has designated as the official quick firer of the American expeditionary expedition-ary forces, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the ordnance corps and is assigned as instructor in the operation oper-ation of the Browning machine guns at American training camps in France. The value of the food production from the war gardens of Salt Lake for 1917 was estimated at $350,000; this year it should be more than $1,-000,000, $1,-000,000, if the food demand of the nation na-tion and her allies is to be maintained by S: it Lake. In connection with the petition of Utah railroads for permission to make coal freight rates 15 cents a ton higher a printed brief of eighty-four pages was filed last week with the state public utilities commission by the railways. rail-ways. In a few days R. H. Siddoway, stale fish and game commissioner, will issue game licenses for 1919. This will be done, Mr. Siddoway says, in order that' men who have no licenses now will not be obliged to pay a year's dues for the little time remaining for fishing during this season. |