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Show UTAH 5TATE NEWS Brlgham City will experiment with j the city manugerlul form of government, govern-ment, beginning Januury 1. The mild wenther bf the past week hus enabled coul dealers of Suit Luke' to catch up on fheir back orders. Thousands of dollars' worth of war savings and thrift stamps were given as Christmas presents by the big corporations cor-porations and business institutions of Utah this yeur. Auto thieves, unable to bore a hole in a metallic door, tunneled into the garage of T. J. Holland at Ogden, unbolted un-bolted the door from the inside and drove away lo a Ford cur. At a meeting of the directors' nml stockholders of the I'eopie's Sugar company at Moroni Inst week the capital capi-tal stock of the corporation was increased in-creased from $750,000 to $1,000,000. Pedigreed cats and aristocratic dogs are to have their day in Suit Lake next week. Hegliiniug December 31 and ending January ", the annual show of the Utah r.recders & l'et Stock association as-sociation is to he hold. Charles Henry Turner, aged 63 years, known as one of the foremost cattlemen of the west and owner of a number of big randies, including the White & Sons stock farm, died at I Farmingtoii December 23. rians for un energetic effort to organize or-ganize branches of the National Women's Wom-en's Service league throughout the state, immediately following the begiu- ning of the new yeur, have been made by members of the Salt Lake league. James M. Siuicoe, conductor, is dead, and three others of the crew are In the hospital suffering from serious injuries as a result of a freight train wreck ou the I'nrk City branch of the Denver & Uio Grande railroad ou December 21. That un employe of the lessee of a mine cunnot collect compensation from owners of the mine if lie Is injured is the official judgment of W. M. Knerr, of the state Industrial commission, reu- j dered in the case of George Caldwell. A short, practical course lu field j sugar work, designed primarily for field men of the western sugar j companies, but open to all prepared to ; take it, lias been organized by the Utah Agricultural college to begin Januury Jan-uury 7. The state supreme court, In a decision deci-sion rendered last week, finds for State Auditor liirle, plaiutiff, and Carbon Car-bon county, and the board of commissioners commis-sioners of that county lu an action alleging al-leging improper methods of assessing coal lands. Affairs of the Utah missionary district dis-trict of the Episcopal church will be turned over to the council of advice of the district January 1 by liishop l'aul Jones, according to a statement he made last week to clarify rumors relating re-lating to his future plans. The war on ruts continues at l'rovo wltliout respite. During the past few days fcriousmuis of rats and mice have been killed In the business district und around the warehouses and ntilroad yards, while muny private homes have been cleaned up completely. Utah officials have ou bund $2,000,-000 $2,000,-000 In road bowls which ure to be withheld with-held from the market on uccouut of need of money la other activities and because sule of 'mate, couuty or municipal mu-nicipal houds during the war is generally gen-erally discounteuunced throughout the nutlou. Tobucco money to the amount of 'M was raised uinong the boys of the Salt Luke imlice department, and sent as a Christ mas present to L. F. Wire, T. YV. Miluer, Frank Hammond und Ir. 11. 15. Sprague, who were formerly members of tiie department und are now with uu ambulance comiiaiiy. The liuul estimate of all crops In Utah shows that good crops of wheat, potatoes und beets were raised, while the fruit crop wus large und the cuu-ucrs cuu-ucrs had a very suecessful season. I'.e-sides I'.e-sides nearly ull oilier crops were ubun-daut ubun-daut und the farmers received fair prices for ull their products. A vigorous cnmpalgn of luw enforcement en-forcement relative to the reiorting of ull contagious diseases is planned by Dr. T. II. Lenity, state heulth coimuls sinner, us a foreruuiie; lo a crusade to curb the spread of "bocIiiI" Infections that ure declared to be a menace In till countries to military and naval efficiency. effi-ciency. ijeventy-flve thousand dollars was pledged on December 18 by the Utah Suite council of defense to the national na-tional wurk work council of the Y. M. C A. The first payment of this sum Is to be made immediately and will be Sl&.OOO. Apparently deciding to end his life rutlier than face u term in the stale prison, Frank (i. l'.erry, 4'.i years of age, held for a murderous assault upon his former wife, Harriet L. Merry, Committed suicide at hi home lu Ogden Og-den by firing a sli.it through his heart ou the ilny that he wus to face trial. Mrs. Jennie Iuhl, widow of the late Captain C. A. Ihihl, .Salt Luke's pl-neer pl-neer hotel loan, and one of the most prominent characters iu the city's early history and development, died .December 19. That the Mexican ambassador to the United States will aid Mormon settlers set-tlers to get buck lands that have been confiscated iluring (lie intereclne strife In the soiii.'iein republic was the assurance as-surance broiiulit 'back from Washington Washing-ton by Anthony VV. Ivins. Increase of food ntocks In storage is Indicated lu u inonilily report In-sued In-sued by Waller M. llnyden. state dairy and food commissioner. The coihioIh-iolici'H coihioIh-iolici'H sialenient shows ii great Increase In-crease in poultry, dried fish, fresh and ia It meats und suit fish over a nioulu |