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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE During the coming summer and fall It Is expected Zion National park will be visited by thousands of tourlsti from many parts of tha United States. Zlon park, the nation's newest, Is located lo-cated in t lie southwestern part of the state and was created by act of congress con-gress November 19, 1019. Shipments of currant and gooseberry goose-berry bushes into Utah In violation ol botli state and federal quanantln regulations have been discovered by C. E. I'ettigrew, county crop and pest Inspector of Weber, and H. P. Mathews, Math-ews, who holds a similar office in Cache county. A special train leaving SaU Lake Saturday night will carry the officers, non-coininissioned officers and selected select-ed men of the first squadron of cavalry,' caval-ry,' national guard of Utah, to the camp of Instruction to be held at Fort 1). A. Russell, Wyo., June 1 to 4, inclusive. Earl Seely, William H. Seely, John J. Seely, P. II. Cambron and Oliver Seely are in Mount Pleasant undergoing undergo-ing medical treatment for burns suffered suf-fered at the Seelys' sheep dipping camp near Indlnnola when a small gasoline tank used in the process exploded. ex-ploded. The Utah department of public In-j structiou Is planning this year to give more extensive service than has been prevalent in the past in regard to bringing school teachers desiring positions posi-tions and school boards In need of teachers Into contact. Despondent because her IS-year-old son, Henry, recently attempted to escape from the state Industrial school at Ogden, Mrs. Birdie Vaughn attempted suicide by drowning herself In the Ogden river, but was rescued by a passerby. Frank Rose, 74 years of age, a carpenter, car-penter, engaged In tearing away a porch at the home of a Salt Lake resident, resi-dent, stumbled and fell backward, sustaining sus-taining a fracture at the base of the skull, which resulted in his death an hour later. Escalante, known to fame heretofore as an out-of-the-way but wealthy cattle town in Garfield county, and on the western slope of the Colorado river basin, is now in the throes of nn oil. excitement. The high price of sugar has had the effect of causing the farmers in the Delta section to become more interested inter-ested in growing sugar beets and it is said that a record-breaking crop is being planted. Although the state road bridge at Mbab over the Grand river was raised four feet in anticipation of an extraordinary extra-ordinary high flood this year, it has been found that It was not raised high enough. A jury at Salt Lake returneu a verdict ver-dict of first degree murder against Steve Maslich for the slaying of Marko Laus. Maslich was arrested in Butte. Laus was slain on August 3, 1910. Good crops are being produced on the reclamation projects in the Bear river valley, according to R. A. Hart, engineer in charge of the United States drainage office at Suit Lake. A camping house is being erected in Raymond Park at Provo for traveling travel-ing tourists and playgrounds are being be-ing made to provide for children of the city. Alfred Duke Scoffleld, 1G years of age, of Kaysville, was crushed to death under the wheels of an electric car in the Utah Steel plant at Mid-vale. Mid-vale. Crop -prospects in Sanpete ' and Sevier counties are bright, according to a report by M. M. Justin, field agent for the bureau of crop estimates. Cooperation was the theme of the twentieth annual meeting of the Utah Pharmaceutical association, which was held In Salt Lake last week. i The commissioners have decided to call an election to vote upon the question ques-tion of bonding Cache county for the sum of $700,0(X) for roads. In order to raise money for apparatus appar-atus for' the Logan City play grounds, entertainments are being given in the Cache valley metropolis. There is a large acreage of beets for Sanpete county factories, and with a good yield ihe factories should have a profitable run. Nellie Ruby, a negress, attempted suicide at Salt Lake, drinking lemon extract, succeeding only In making herself her-self very sick. Taxpaying voters of Mllford unanimously unani-mously approved the proposed $125,-000 $125,-000 county road bond issue at the recent re-cent election. More than 20,000 additional acres will be placed under cultivation on the Uintah Indian reservation this year. A campaign to eliminate "mashers" has been inaugurated at Salt Lake, a number of arrests having been made. Frost did some damage to early vegetables near Wiliard, according to reports brought in by farmer" |