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Show UTAH NEWS REVIEW j i State Paragraph News Itemi of Interest A general readjustment of salaries of state employees) will be found li the pay checks for January. The lis has beo-n the subject of several cot. ferences and of much discussion. Landholders under drainage distnc 'No. -i, comprising about SWK) acres and between Spanish Fork and Pay son, met with tire county commission ers in a session at which they peti lioned the Ixiard to dissolve the dis trict. At the meeting it was points out that a large amount of Uie lan does not warrant tlw heavy expeu of the project. Pleas of not guilty, were entered i This Is more than twice the number o' the bakers of Salt Uuke are charges with formining a combination to con trol bread prices. After entering thi pleas attorneys representing the vurl ous bakeries indicated that they would seek separate trials and hearings, eacl claiming that the bakery he represent ed was "differently situated" than th others in he cases. The city Coi omission of Salt Lakt took under advisement a request froii William H. Bywater, chief of the fire department, asking for the passage ol an ordinance abolishing shingle roofs More than one-fourth of the fires dur ing the last year were caused froit sparks alighting on shingle roofs, tin 'fire chief said in a communication txj the commissioners. An admitted discrepancy in the 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 three days ago, an1 the state auditor's office acknowliviged thai certain possible errors haw appeared inthe accounts of the prisoners' funds Mrs. E. C. Wattis, First Vice President Utah Federation Federa-tion of Women's Clubs. The scheme of "selling Cache val. ley to the school pupils of the val ley and to the school pupils of the valley and to tourists" will be contin. ued by the advertising eominittee oi the chamber of commerce, according to the decision made at a special meet lng held lately. The Committee decided de-cided to continue the program of ad .vertising the natural beauties of tlu (alley on the Yellowstone route -through the unique folder gotten oul :wo years ago, which proved to be au effective advertiser. A road program to pro-vide a system of highways connecting Cedar Crakes Bryce canyon, Zion national park and the north side of Grand Canyon na-tional na-tional park this year, with suggested extensions for opening up n?w scenic routes In the future, was lteco'tunended to Governor Mabcy by a eonvailttee oi engineers. The report was ma'de te the governor as chairman of the governor's gov-ernor's couunitloe on national and state parks, organized a few weeks ago at Che leapitol. A shipment of 100 ring-neck pnea cjmts Is now on Its way to Utah from Maine and another shipment of an equal num!ber Is expected from Oregon Ore-gon In the near future, the two flocks from the eastern and western oceans to meet and bo housed on die grounds ol" the state fish hatchery at Spring-elite, Spring-elite, it wis announced by I). H. Mad. lion, state fish and game eomimlssioner. Mr. Madson has hopes, also, tlmt a boatload of pheasants on their way ProBO China, the native home of the bird, will be sufficiently lurge thai some of them may be brought on tc Uiah. Thirty-seven lnot loggers were ar rested during the past month accord-tug accord-tug to Lieutenant Dave Clayton of the antl-vlcc squad of Salt Lake. There has been no decrease in the nimihei of persons who have attempted tc manufacture whisky and sell it. Uinta comity having failed to put up the 5600 demanded by the state road commission before the commls. slon would sign the contract for the graveling of Ihe Vernal-Fort Duchesne road, the road has been entered closed. |