Show r news q from all parts of VT UTAH S ml ogden ernest L ford successfully defended his title as aa utah state singles champion in ing in one of the most sensational matches in the history of utah traps S 11 II shaman of salt lake was waa run ner up making other exceptional performances during the eighteenth annual trapshooting tournament ford proved himself the outstanding participant mt aft pleasant approximately pounds of wool was moved from mount pleasant this season by local growers of this amount about pounds were moved locally tho the balance being forwarded from black rock and other desert points approximately pounds were purchased by or consigned cons to thos thoa wolstenholme sten holme and sons company of philadelphia contracted locally by jas the balance being forwarded through E J kearns and J W and sons company for the boston market kearns and Summer bays interests were paid on a basis of 35 cents per pound salduro Sal Sai duro over these wide stretches w which have davied tho the ingenuity of mans man a mind ever since the day that donners party met its setback on these salt caked and muddy flats william at jardine secretary of agriculture ri and himself a son of the great west together with governor george 11 dern of utah and governor J C of nevada lifted with shining silver shovels the dazzling mass of salt that lay embedded between the pillars of the great arch and with the last removed and led and inspired by strident tunes tune of the thirty eighth infantry band secretary tary jardine the governors and others who have made tho the wendover cutoff a possibility marched proudly through the mammoth arch of salt to officially open traffic over the last remaining link of the victory highway last week spanish fork spanish fork salem mapleton springville Spring ville payson benjamin lao lake shore leland and various other towns joined in celebrating the completion of the utah packing corporations canning factory at bat spanish fork bingham the tax levy for the year has been fixed filed by the town board at 10 mills which is 19 an increase of 2 mills over last year the purchase of modem fire equipment made the increase necessary the new fire fighting equipment will be delivered about july 1 gunelson Gunn lson the heavy rains of the past week now gives assurance ot of a bumper beet crop in the district covered by the gunnison Gunn lson sugar company A survey made by the field men for t the he company indicates that approximately acres of beets will be harvested this fall and unless anfor seen aden conditions arise the factory will have the largest campaign in its history salt lake city first lieutenant george A cochran dryan bryan ave and second lieutenant J james ames A ingols F street both ot of the medical reserve have been ordered to the fitzsimmons general hospital denver july ath tor for training logan A report ot of the richmond lewiston bow cow testing association for the month 0 may shows that the average milk production bior for each of the cows was 1002 pounds and the average butterfat produced by each cowras cow was pounds of these cows gave 40 pounds or more of butter fat the tiro fire which destroyed the jensen mill recently entailed a loss of nearly according to estimates given by mr jensen upon his hie return from salt lake city the mill propelled by water power was one of the pioneer plants of the valley having been built in 1894 it was incorporated under territorial laws by local capitalists later being taken over by maurice jensen the origin of the fire has not been determined ogden dewey F hawkins motorcycle officer of the police department was severely injured on washington avenue near third street when his motorcycle crashed into the automobile driven by J L deau of north ogden forcing hawkins over the curb near the street car tracks provo plans for the installation of fire escapes in the school buildings of provo arc under way according to mrs birs C E maw president of tho the board ot of education in addition to making this improvement a minified mini fier ot of the buildings will be b floored re red and interiors redecorated during the summer months |