Show UTAH STATE NEWS A crusade on rats and mice lias has been started by the school children of delta thousand i of we the rodents having been killed national theatre lay day was celebrated at salt lake on december 7 over 3 being raised tor for the red cross by four theatres theartres the atres jaynes james greenhalgh and nellie greenhalgh husband and wife died at san within six days of 0 one another iloth both died of pneumonia pacu every el cry opportunity will be afforded soldiers encamped at fort douglas to spend their last christmas before leaving tor for france at home the beet crop at Cent centerville erville this year fell short ot of that last year the industry Is a new one for south davis county and farmers plan to plant a more extensive acreage next year creaking breaking the glass door to gain admission a burglar entered a grocery store at salt lake and secured the receipts from two days ba business siness which the proprietor had hidden in a barrel ot of rice judge george S earlier barker of the ogden municipal court began his crusade against bootleggers monday by I 1 imposing a fine of r 00 or six months in jal jai I 1 upon two prisoners one ot of whom pleaded guilty painters post headquarters at fort IF douglas brought to light no an old book of records kept by the fourteenth infantry regiment in which were entered the regimental orders from 1831 to ika henceforth there will bo be only one delivery a day from smithfield stores and packages of less than 1 will not be del delivered vereL this Is in keeping with nith requests the government tor for conservation of man power candy making blich was stopped when the wartime need of 0 conserving sugar became apparent will once more be one of the arts taught in the domestic science department of the L D S university at salt lake eclipsing all previous records the state land board turned over to D 0 larson state treasurer as the november return on its investments most of this represented payments made by farmers on loans A big increase in cost of maintenance of the state and its various institutions will be shown in a report of the first ten months of the year to be submitted to governor bamberger by state auditor joseph ririe gust Kon kondikas dakas former merchant of 0 bingham was waylaid and murdered near dear cheyenne wyo he Is known to have carried large sums of money about with him and robbery Is believed to have been the motive for the crime that the saving of life in utah among preventable disease victims may be aided the red cross seal campaign will be carried on this year with the mark set at three times as much as was available after last years campaign sirs mrs harriet berry a patient in the ogden hospital recovering from a bullet wound inflicted by her divorced husband frank 0 berry has refused to prosecute the case or make a statement regarding the causes leading up to the near tragedy mrs roy castle of ogden was fatally wounded when a revolver tell fell from an overcoat pocket exploding a shell the bullet entering the abdomen the coat had been left on oa the bed rind and when she moved it the accident happened A highly important drainage project under government supera supervision islon Is now under way at clearfield the project contemplates the drainage of acres of waterlog wat waterlogged water erlo logged 1 I land this acreage which now has a negligible value will be ba worth an acre when the work Is done an auto truck roadway which can be laid across desert and marsh at comparatively small expense which can be constructed of wood and ana can be made on the battle field as well as in the shop Is the invention of edwin T woolley a salt lake man who has tendered the same to the government possession of liquor Is not a fundamental right of the citizens D s W which h ic h a state way may not abridge such Is the conclusion of the united states supreme court in a notable decision handed down list last week which chich may bave the effect of forestalling any constitutional conis assaul is on the utah statute the rec record ord of production of the prison war farm which 11 has as just been compiled Is Us as follows potatoes 2500 bushels onions pounds va t arnots and parsnips par pars snips alPs 5 pumpkin squash and in maugel ang e As tons cabbage SO 20 tons tolls tomatoes S 1000 bushels sweet corn bushels and hay bay tons lloyd howard 15 years of age of was shot when iben a revolver sill salt t lake ajas which his uncle jos joseph eph MC mcconkle had been showing Dg to the lad la was discharged accidentally tile the bullet 38 ki calibre entered th the e victims alcuin s right breast 1 feath beulh resul resulting til 1 the following day I 1 that steam railroads of utah ajo ln in salt lake inviting a fuel famine by refusing to put into effect an equitable joint rate rale with electric unes for the hotal of goa coal I 1 from the mines to this city is the cot contention of officials of thela the latter ater companies the amalgamated sugar suar co company of ogden hus has taken an option on oa the ll ammond canal from frn tile the salt lake lak e Sec security brItY trust company and platis plans to interest the farmers along the east hide to pu purchase the big system that thousands of acres be now irrigates and Colllns ton |