| Show c NEWS IN THE FEDERAL I AND STATE OFFICES te teR REGARDING tho tIm question queston of ot sick R r ducks which agitated local ot- ot x to auch suphi u h an on extent that tho the te federal ern government go sas as been cale called upon to send an c expert pert to diagnose the disease alleged to be bo rife lii n Utah Fred Free W. W Chambers state fish and game commissioner says sas more moro than ducks havo have boon been buried burled b by his deputies deputes along alons tho the Jordan and marshes about tho the Bear Benr river The disease Is Isnow isnow now no about extinct although there are some somo ducks left ler he ho says sas According to Dr Fisher of of the government so biological survey two million milion ducks have been killed Ii in It Utah b by tho the plague which Is thought to be a a virulent form fonn ot of cocci- cocci I I M M. M M. receiver of at tho the local loca i ranch branch of ot tho the government land of office ce Is s acting as referee in the tho case of ot W. W R. R I versus Hugo of at New NewYork NewYork I York In which tho the former alleges that Improvements accredited claims clams taken up b by were made prior to loca- loca loc loc- I lon tion ton The protestant has relocated part of or tho the claims which are arc situated In what Is known as as th the Ox Oxford Cord and aid Gerold lodes in range 38 Miss Mis Gertrude McCheyne of or the extension extension ex- ex tension division of oC the state agricultural tural ural college returned yesterday from I Bountiful She sas says the housekeepers housekeeper's housekeepers I institute held last week was a groat great success I B By a decision in federal district I court In the case of ot Capitol i Trust com company any versus the tho Cold Springs Mining and Powder company the tho miners employed b by the latter company will wil have havo a prior lion Hen lon on Its Is funds and tho ho F. F C. C C Richmond machinery company will wIl enjoy the same privilege Tho The temperature normal for August and correspondingly l warm Is a a boon to o tho haymakers according to the local weather bureau The so second ond crop of alfalfa now being harvested Is 1 heavy Civil Civi service examinations for tor tho the position of ot physician In the government Indian India service will vU bo be held September 11 1 On the same da day examinations for foran foran foran an cn engineer draftsman in the time treasury department will wi be held Examinations for or the time engineer of ot tests in the time ord- ord nanco department will bo ho hold held September September Sep- Sep ember 21 n 21 and a cadet engineer for tor the tho October lighthouse 16 service will wil be needed |