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Show THE UTAH BUDGET Utuh In to huvo tin Audubon society. I'tah Ih one of the seven states In whleh thin society has not been estab Usbed. Contracts have been let for tht; building f the Park City waterworks, at a cost of $47,240, and work will begin be-gin ut once. Thomas Judd of St. George ban went to Governor Spry a small package of strawberries raised In the southern part of the state. Six berries weighed five and one half ounces. The stale horticultural Inspector believes that, taken from a commercial commer-cial standpoint. I'tah will undoubted ly produce this year the greatest fruit crop In years, despite the cold weather weath-er of last month. According to tho weekly report of the Sail Lake board of health, fifty-U fifty-U cases of contagious and infectious diseases were reported during the week ending May 0. of which forty-two forty-two cases were measles. Postmaster Flt.water at Theodore has received bis appointment as postmaster post-master for a second term, and notification notifi-cation from the postmaster general that the name of Theodore would honceforth be "Duchesne." The Logan postofflce was one of thirty-six additional offices designated last week as postal savings banks by 1'ost muster General Hitchcock. This will make a total of l'J9 tiff Ices established estab-lished slneo January 1, 1911. Confessslng that she had performed criminal operation upon Kophlu Johnson, n pretty Norwegian girl, who died In a Salt Lake hospital, Mrs. Llz-tle Llz-tle Gulsler, midwife, disproved theories the-ories that the girl had succumbed to pneumonia. Lester Wood, aged 14, of Salt Lake, is confined to his bed as the result of wounds received when he was attacked attack-ed by a vicious bulldog. Young Wood received three deep wounds In the calf of the right leg, the right hip and the right forearm. A Jury In the federal court at Salt Lake returned a verdict giving Frank I. Sefrlt $l,!i00 for managing the Salt Lake Telegram for 149 weeks, or approximately ap-proximately $10.r.() a week. Sefrit sued the Telegram for $S,940 back salary, or at the rate of $'!') a week. According to report from Weber county submitted to the county horticultural horti-cultural Inspector, fruit growers have started a campaign against orchard trees of Inferior quality and this spring It Is reported that fully 4,000 trees of this class have been removed. Listening to encouraging reports for the past year, members of the Utah Association of Credit Men met In annual business session at the Commercial club In Salt Lake Saturday Satur-day afternoon, closing with a banquet at which nearly 150 plates were laid Two small boys of Hrlghatn City. David McCune and Louis SilMnger, aged 6 and 7, found some nltro glycerine glycer-ine caps and were playing with them when they eploded. Both boys were seriously bruised, while one of thn McCune -boys' hands was terribly mangled. Arthur Drown must serve two years and six months In the state prison for passing a forged certificate of deposit de-posit on the Commercial National bank. Salt Lake, while he was employed em-ployed at the Institution, under an opinion handed down by the supreme court. Indications are that the green aphis is going to be thick on the peach, apple ap-ple and plum trees and rose bushes in Salt Lake county this season, according accord-ing to a notice Issued by the county horticultural inspector. The pest is quite numerous at the present time In many locations. The home of Thomas M. Allsop of Sandy was destroyed by fire at an early ear-ly hour Friday of last week, the family fam-ily having a narrow escape from death, being awakened by the cry of a baby In its cradle, and escaping from the burning building Just before the roof fell in. Joy Palmer, 10 years old, son of 1'. N. Palmer, who lives on a ranch northwest of Salt Lake, was Instantly killed by coming Into contact with the wires of the Telhirlde Power company. com-pany. The boy haJ climbed on one of the steel towers, while playing, and came In contact with the wires. The laundry workers' strike, which has been on In Salt Lako for about eight weeks, was closed Wednesday I!y the agreement the 200 strikers will be taken back by the laundries as fast as places can be found for them. Approximately $7,000 worth of Jewelry, Jew-elry, plate and other rrtlcles had been recovered by the sheriff s office, tin police and private detectives up to Wednesday, In connection with burglaries bur-glaries of Charles J. Kettleson In Salt Lake and vicinity. Under the new law paused by the last legislature, the work of generally improving roads and courses of travel throughout the state will fall upon the convicts, whose efforts are to be di rected under the supervision of the state road commission. More money has been received by the state Insurance department l ready this year than during the entire twelve months of 1919. The total fi the first four months of 1911 is $".. 296,53, as against $54,493 11 for las! year. The receipts for April. 1911 were $27 80. i |