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Show UTAH HEWS REVIEW State Paragraph News Itemj of Interest A general readjustment of salaries 'of state employees will be found li the pay checks for January. The list has been the subject of several con ferences and of much discussion. landholders under drainage district No. 4, comprising about 8000 acres Oi aud between Spanish Fork and Pay son, met with the county commission ers in a session at which they peti tiooed the board to dissolve the dls tricL At the meeting it was pointed out that a large amount of the lanr does not warrant the heavy expense of the project. Pleas of not guilty were entered bj This Is more than twice the number oi the bakers of Salt Luke are charged with formining a combination to con trol bread prices. After entering tin pleas attorneys representing the vari. ous bakeries indicated that they would seek separate trial and hearings, eacb clakuing that the bakery he represented represent-ed was "differently situated" than tin others in the cases. The city commission of Salt Lak took under advisement a request frorc William H. Bywater, chief of the fire department, asking for the passage o1 an ordinnnce abolishing shingle roofs More than one-fourth of the fires during dur-ing the last year were caused frorr, sparks alighting on shingle roofs, thi fire chief said in a communication to the commissioners. An admitted discrepancy in tht funds of the state prison, became known through the .activities of the state auditor and other public officials W. W. Emery, clerk of the prison, re-signed re-signed three days ago, and the state auditor's office acknowledged that certain possible errors had appeared In the accounts of the prisoners' funds if l ' i 1 ? , :.AVLll.. : Mrs. E. C. Wattis, First Vice President Utah Federation Federa-tion of Women's Cluos. The scheme of "selling Cache valley val-ley to the school pupils of the val ley and to the school pupils of tlx valley and to tourists" will be contin. ued by the advertising committee 01 the chamber of commerce, according to the decision (made at a special meet Ing held lately. The committee de cided to continue the progtam of ad fertising the natural beauties of th ralley on the Yellowetone routf through the unique folder gotten ou' :wo years ago, which proved to be ar "ffeetive advertiser. A road program to provide a systeii of highways connecting Cedar Brakes Bryce canyon, Zion national park am the north side of Grand Cauyon na tional park this year, with suggested extensions for opening up new scenh routes in the future, was reaommendec to Governor Mabey by a conwnittee o: engineers. The report was maHe t( the governor as chairman of the governor's gov-ernor's committee on national nn state parks, organized a few week: ago at the icapitol. A shipment of 100 ring-neck phea cants is now on its way to Utah from Maine and another shipment of ai equal number is expected froan Ore gon in the near future, the two flock: from the eastern and western ocean: to meet and be housed on the ground: of the state fish hatchery at Spring ville, it was announced by D. H. Mad sen, state fish and game eoii-jmissioner Mr. Madden has hopes, also, that : boatload of pheasants on their wn; from China, the native home of tin bird, will he sufficiently lnrge tha some of them may he brought on ti Utah. Thirty-seven bootleggers were ar rested during the past month accord ing to Lieutenant Dave Clayton of tin anti-vice squad of Salt Lake. Then litis been no decrease In the nitnthe of persons who have alteinpte,i t manufacture whisky and sell it. j Uinta county having failed io pu . up the $.i500 demanded by the stab ' road commission before the coinmis . sion would sign the contract for tin graveling of the Vernal-Fort Duchesn road, the road has been ordered closed |