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Show THE UTAH BUDGET The State Millers' association will hold its annual convention at tin; Utah Agricultural college during the two weeks of the Ruund-up. Edward W. Cornish, an employe o' the Grocer Priming company at Sa'.i Lake, was fi.'aad d;ad in bed, dealt being due to natural causes. The Springvil'.e Poultry associauor Is working hard to make the puu'.trj show, which will be given there tin veek of December -1. a great success One trapper of the Uintah basin it languishing in the Uintah county jai as the result of an attempt to tra beavers in the eastern part of tin state. As the result of a stabbing afl'ra in Ogden, the trial judge sentencei Yv. J. Shannon to serve 100 days ii the city jail without the usual alter native of paying a $100 fine. Livestock shipments westward aiu wool shipments eastward have -beer better during the past few month! than at any time in the history o: the Western Pacitic railroad. Harry Hansen, aged IS, has beer arrested at Uuena Vista, near Salt Lake, charged with setting fire to haystack. Young Hansen claims thai someone else set fire to the hay. The Ogden Poultry association has changed its name to the Weber Couh ty Poultry association and named Do cember 2S to January 4 as the time for holding the annual poultry show at Ogden. The assessed valuation of property in the state of Utah for 1914 is $221, 720,400, according to the report of the state board of equalization filed with the governor. This is an increase ol $7,851,503. Mental troubles, if treated in the early stages, are as recoverable as other diseases, says Dr. D. H. Calder. superintendent of the State Mental hospital, in his biennial report to the governor. Jim Botto died at a .Salt Lake hos pital from burns received in a mine explosion at Helper tsn days ago -coupled with injuries received when he jumped from a window in the hos pital, where he was confined. In the future the United states as say office in Salt Lake will be oper ated by a force of but two men, whe in addition to being assayers and pre cious metal smelters, must attend tc all clerical work of the office. The Bear River Stake tabernacle at Garlar.d was built and furnished at a cost of f53,000. Before the dedication of the handsome structure every cent of obligation against the building was paid hy the people of the Bear Rivet stake. George? John Taylor, eldest son ol the late President John Taylor of the Mormon church, died at his residence in Salt Lake, December 15, at the age of 80 years. Mr. Taylor had been a resident of Utah since October 2, 1847. The Utah chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni was organized at a dinner given in the University club at Salt Lake by fourteen alumni of that university. uni-versity. The alumni association will start with a roster of about thirtj members. John Hancock, son of George Hancock, Han-cock, a mining man of Salt Lake, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting near Playden, Ariz., where he was employed as chief chemist at the mill of the Ray Consolidated Mining company. Plans to enlarge the scope of the Utah Association of Architects from a riurely architectural organization as it is at present, to a body includ ing artists, musicians, writers and all persons connected with the fine arts, are being considered. Bruce Macay, 22 years of age, ol Taylorsville, died December 16 from the effects of a bullet wound in his head received on November 22 during an altercation with foreigners at the American-Hellenic Athletic and Political Politi-cal club at Murray. The third annual Fashion Show, held in Ogden last fall, not only finished fin-ished with a clean slate as to bills, but rolled up a net balance of more than $300, according to the financial statement that has just been completed complet-ed by the secretary. Four thousand pasteboard cartons, each to contain about four pounds ol Utah celery, have been contracted foi by the Salt Lake Commercial c'.ul: and will be disposed of to the lead ing grocers of Salt Lake, the idea be ing to stimulate interest la Utah eel ery day. Members of the medica.1 profession of Salt Lake are greatly interested ir. a case at a- local hospital where a young man died as the resuit cf a very slight injury. The young man accidentally suffered a slight laceration lacera-tion of the skin and in four days bled to death. George L. Rist and A. A. Carlson firemen stationed at the Sugar Hous; station, Salt Lake, were injured, the fire automobile was badly wrecked and the porclj of a small house was demolished when the fire automobilf skidded cn s.ippery pavement end 'urned over |