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Show UTAH Ally MS Funeral services fur Apostale llyrum M. Smith wen; held at the Tabernacle, Salt Lake, on .January 'J7, at least 10.-000 10.-000 people being present. A toltil reduction of $74,5,11.85 in the county budget has been made by the Salt Lake county commissioners. The budget was reduced from .S7J,527.xJ to 797,!)75.7S. When devotees of Sal fair travel to their favorite watering place next summer sum-mer they will journey in big electric cars, electrification of the line having hav-ing been completed. The farmers' round-up which was to have taken place at 1'ayson this month has been postponed until some time in February, when a more suitable time will be found fur the agricultural men. The camp at the alunite mill, four miles out "f Marysvale, has been attacked at-tacked by a severe epidemic of smallpox small-pox and at least twenty cases have been reported within the past few days. A mail coyote attacked children playing play-ing in a yard at Hurray. When tlie coyote attacked the children, Murk Snarr, a youth who lives nearby, run to the scene with his gun and succeeded succeed-ed in killing it. A uniform wage scale for agricultural agricul-tural labor in Utah was vigorously urged at the opening session of the state convention of county farm agents, agricultural specialists and extension workers, at Logan. Police officials at Ogilen believe they have unearthed a systematic practice of shipping liquor from Evanston, Wyo., into Utah, through the arrest last week of George Wilson, who says he hails from Kansas. Between sixty and seventy mechanics, me-chanics, the first of a quota of 16G0 to be furnished by Utah for voluntary service in the shipbuilding reserve, United States department of labor, left Salt Lake for Seattle on Monday. Secretary C. B. Stewart of the Utah Woolgrowers' association, reported last week that most of the sheepmen of the state are responding promptly in the matter of filing claims for trails across land designated under the 640-acre homestead act. Economy must be the watchword governing all future road building operations op-erations in which the federal government govern-ment has a part in Utah. The government gov-ernment instructed the state road commission com-mission to this effect at a meeting held last week. The national forest reserves in the state of Utah embrace 7,9G2,971 acres. The total acreage of unappropriated and unreserved land in Utah is : 13,-846,826 13,-846,826 acres surveyed, 17,693,845 acres not surveyed, total 31,540,671 acres, mainly mountainous grazing lands. An investigation has been ordered of the death at Coalville of Erraa Ras-mussen, Ras-mussen, 8 years of age, as the result of eating poisoned candy which she had found in a church. The child died in convulsions about an hour after af-ter she had eaten the candy, which was in a bag. What is said to be the first suit of its kind to be brought in connection with the workmen's compensation law was filed in the district court at Og-den Og-den last week. The action is brought in oelialf of Milton McCoy, 13 years of age. His right hand was cut off in a canning factory. Ten automobiles loaded with persons from Ogden and Farmiugton, en route to Uintah to attend a funeral, became be-came stalled in a snowdrift near the latter place and it required the combined com-bined efforts of the people of Uintah and the members of the auto party to get the machines out. Ninety per cent of the revenue derived de-rived from the Utah inheritance tax comes from foreign estates operating in Utah, according to an estimate made of figures compiled by the attorney, general's office. Since 1909 Utah has profited to the extent of .$1,741,4S0.60 through the operation of this tax. According to reports made by th state fuel administration the production produc-tion of coal in Carbon county has exceeded ex-ceeded by far the production during any previous winter. Labor difficulties difficul-ties are at a minimum and it has been observed that miners are much interested inter-ested in the war savings campaign. A movement to establish a Ugh school half-way between Tremontou, and Garland to obviate the present necessity of sending children to Brig-ham Brig-ham City, is limit.1 way. It is estimated esti-mated that about 300 pupils from the district adjacent to Tremonton are now attending the high school at Brigham City. The "sinileage" book campaign is about to be started in Utah. The "sinileage" hook is so called because its purpose is to provide smiles for soldiers. sol-diers. Each book contains either 20 or 100 ,1-cent coupons which soldiers may use in paying admission to the "Liberty" "Lib-erty" theatres established at the various va-rious national army and national guard cantonments. Sixty-six per cent of the tirst lot of class 1 registrants for the draft examined exam-ined at the slate capitol were found physically eligible to bear arms lv Uncle Sam. Directors of the Lebi Canning Factory Fac-tory company have det idt'd to build a factory at Orem and plans are being drawn for a suitable building. According Accord-ing to the l.ehi men, most of the tomatoes to-matoes canned last year were from this district. One of the real accomplishments of the roundup at Kichtield was the forming form-ing of a housekeeping and farm bureau, whose duty it will be not only to market mar-ket products within the housewive'f province, and purchase supplies, bill to exchange practical problems and wartime recipes. |
