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Show thc-L thc-L EASED .GRAPEVINE i Possibility of a joint Salt Lake City-County Health building to house offices of both city and county health departments is being be-ing studied by officials of both governmental units. . City commissioners have authorized au-thorized Mayor Adiel F. Stewart to contact county commissioners to see if they would be interested in such an undertaking. Logical site for such a building would be according to backers of the proposal pro-posal on county property north of the Salt Lake General Hospital Hos-pital facing State Street. A four-pronged inquiry into Utah's facilities for catching, trying, imprisoning and rehabilitating rehabili-tating law violators was ordered this week by the criminal justice committee of the Utah Legislative Legisla-tive Council. Jed F. Woolley Jr., this week was elected president of the Utah Society, Sons of the American Amer-ican Revolution. Emerson C. Willey retired as president. Elmo R. Morgan, retiring director di-rector of the Utah Highways Department, De-partment, was honored at a Tuesday luncheon by the Salt Lake Rotary Club and Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce in the Hotel Utah. Mayor Adiel F. Stewart said this week he will recommend to Salt Lake City Commission that the city legal department handle tne worK ot director ot tne bait Lake Civil Service Commission. He said members of the city legal staff could do the work without appointing a new director direc-tor to succeed Donn E. Cassity, who resigned effective Dec. 31. Elliott W. Evans, chairman, of the Civil Service Commission, said however, that the commission commis-sion should have a "free lance director who is accountable to our commission." Salt Lake County Commission has approved calling for bids from financial houses and banking bank-ing institutions on two million dollars worth of tax anticipation notes. The county expects to borrow the money to pay for county operations until the 1960 tax money is available. A total of 491 more deer were counted through the Daniel's Canyon checking station during the hunts this year than was the case during the same period in 1958, according to figures just released by the department of fish and game. The final tally for 1959 shows hunters checked 6,813 deer through this station compared to 6,332 during the 1958 season. |