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Show UTAH ANDJJTAHNS The Southern Flail Federated Commercial Com-mercial clubs became an actuality on August Ki at Cedar City. The commercial com-mercial organiza! ions of Washington, Iron. Heaver, Millard. Garfield and Kane eotimies are present members of the federation, but commercial organizations organi-zations of other counties are eligible to membership. An audit of the books of the Utah Agrieuliural college, which has just been completed by Joseph Ririe, stale auditor, shows an overdraft of almost si.'iO.ikki. The deficit is due to expense incurred by the erection of buildings for the accommodation of soldiers while the war was in progress, it is said. .Mrs. Gurtha Wheeler. IT years of age. was arrested at Ogden and bound over to the district court on the charge of bigamy. The complaining witness is Kliuer Wheeler, the woman's husband, hus-band, who claims that he has .iust, learned that the young woman was already al-ready married when she married him. The secretary of the state board of health is in receipt of a letter from the United Stares public health bureau informing in-forming him that it will be impossible for the bureau to comply with his request re-quest to send an agent to conduct a campaign against mosquitoes in the Bear River valley of Box Elder county. The formal dedication of Zion national na-tional park on September 1.1 has boon suggested to the Salt Lake Commercial club, which is to have charge of arrangements, ar-rangements, by Stephen II. Mather, director di-rector of national parks, who has agreed lo attend the ceremony at that time. Harold R. Hagan, state inspector of crops and pests, will serve part of the time as an instructor in zoology at the University of Utah beginning with the fall term. September 27. His work at the state institution will in no way interfere in-terfere wiih his present duties. Farmers of the Callao section take, exception to recently circulated statements state-ments to the effect that the people of Callao were maintaining a mudliole for personal gain, that they might extricate extri-cate autoists from the mudliole at an outrageous rate. Work on the new Millard county courthouse at Fillmore is progressing rapidly and it. will be ready for occupancy" occu-pancy" by the latter part of October. It is located on the park of the old capitol grounds, a short distance from the old capitol. Bryce's canyon has been the Mecca for the auto tourist this season, thousands thou-sands visiting the wonderland. All visitors are enthusiastic in their praise of Bryce's and many additional thousands' thou-sands' will make the trip next season, it is predicted. Cedar Cily is erecting one of the most up-to-date auto camp parks in the state. Tents and cook ovens will be provided, while shower baths are being installed and the grounds seeded to lawn and trees planted. Vernal will have a University club if plans of some of the leading business men of the city mature. About sixty-five sixty-five college men and women have been listed and many more are being added to the roster. The 1020 winter wheat acreage in Weber county is considerably below that of 1010, and the slicing wheat acreage is greatly ill excess, according to figures submitted lo the bureau of crop estimates. In Provo there are sixty-five fewer children of school age this year than last, according to the school census, the number aggregating "101, which is practically (he same as ten years ago. Melon-growers of Provo bench, Salem Sa-lem and Sanlaquin report that Ihe melon crop is .lust coming on and local melons will now take the place of the imported crop on all local markets. The American Jersey Cattle club has written the Utah Stale Fair association associa-tion a letter in which It offers $200 to be distributed to exhibitors of Jersey cuttle at the annual fair. Colonel Thomas G. Webber, 84 years of age, merchant and former newspaper newspa-per man, who for years has been general gen-eral manager of Ihe Z. C. M. I. at Salt Lake, died August, If). There are two kinds of mosquitoes in Utah, say experts, the aedes and the anapheles, Ihe latter the breed that carries malaria and spreads il. They are in the minority. A large plaster purls casl i.r (be cliff dwelling region at Mesa Verde, Colo., was received at the University of Ulah last week. The cast Is reproduced in color. The Uinlah cunning factory has opened for Ihe summer run. Siring beans are now being canned and corn anil tomatoes will be next In line. Taxpayers of Uintah county passed the school tax levy of three mills for a 2o.(K)0 indebtedness by a vote of I Id to 12". at a special election. School superintendents of He' slale held their annual convention In Sail. Lake last week. The state mental hospital al Provo lias Ihe largest population now Hi" institution has ever bad. There ai" t;!1 inmates, nine more than on July 1. Muring July five were discharged anil three died. The Farmer-Labor parly nlTicially tossed ils bat into the slate polilical ring at its convention in Sali Lake, August Lj, with the selection of a pnrllv complete stale ticket and Ihe naming of a commitlee to act in conjunction con-junction with the executive committee of Ihe state in choosing candidates for remaining offices. |