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Show I News Notes 1 a From A 11 Parts of R : 1 UTAH 1 j J'rovo. That the Utah county an nual fair and harvest festival should i be perpetuated, with a view to en- louraKini; the development of the re- icurces of this county and bringing ' In -in to public notice, was the dec- J larallon of Joseph P. Welch, count)' agricultural UKent, and E. S. Ilinck ley, secretary of the Provo Ohamoei ! of Commerce, in appearing hefore the ' l-oai'd jf county commissioners with a view to asking the commission to lend its aid in this direction. Salt Lake, A hearing on the peti. lion of the Denver & Rio Grando "Western to eliminate from the schedule sche-dule stub trains N'os. 17 and IS, now operating between Price and Spring-ville, Spring-ville, was heard by the utilities commission com-mission and the matter taken under advisement. Ogden. Fire protection for Webe county, outside Ogden city, was with, drawn by the city commissioners, following fol-lowing their flat refusal to accept the offer made by the county commls-Kioners commls-Kioners for the service of the fire department. de-partment. Tlie county com'mlssioners offered to pay $100 a month in addition addi-tion to the expense of all runs to the county districts. Layton. The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Trillu Ktaley of this city was severly burned about the back when the little one fell into a tub of hot water at the family home. The water wa-ter had been prepared and placed in a tub on the floor, preparatory to giving giv-ing the child a bath. The mother left the little one alone for a moment In the room, and It fell into the tub. The child was given treatment at home, where it was said to be in a critical condition. Suit Lake. William II. Bywater, chief of the Salt Lake fire department has returned to his quarters in the local hospital, where he has been since February S. His condition is reported to be much improved. Salt Lake. Right of the Utah Copper Cop-per company to recover copper said to be contained in solution in water percolating through the companys dump on property of the Montana-Hinghnm Montana-Hinghnm Mines company and others was upheld in a decision handed down by Judge Chris Mathisou of the Third district court. Salt Lake. A meeting of officers and directors of the Salt Lake & Denver Railroad company will oe held in Salt Lake March !), according to word given out at the local offices of the company. In addition to routine rou-tine mat tors, it is said, the officials will consider the present status t the railroad situation as it affects the Uintah basin territory. Salt Lake. Clark Edwin Dodge, former chairman of the irrigation and drainage committee of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce ancr president of the North Point drainage district v- v; for many years, died in Los Angeles. ! lie had been ill for the past six weeks j suffering from a cerebral stroke superinduced su-perinduced by heart trouble. i Duchesne. William Reed and Lawrence Law-rence Pike, Indians of the Uintah res ervation, were arrested by United Slates Deputy Marshal James M. Smith and taken to Salt Lake, where they were locked in the county jail, charged with having stolen alcohol from the Fort Duchesne nospital, whence they were taken last fal' when suffering from chickenpox. Salt Lake Salt Lake county and Granite school districts agreed to proceed pro-ceed no further with its appeal from a decision of Judge Tillmar D. Johnson in the United States district court to Ihe effect that the county and other taxing units had no right to assess tailings in the tailing pond of the Utah Copper company. The case has reached the United States supreme court, which denied a writ of certi- j orari filed by the county last Decern- 1 ber The commission and scnooi board decided to withdraw a writ of erro; which had been filed, and refund re-fund the tax. Salt Iyjike. Word was received from Rome of the making of Mrs. Kmma Bird of this city a "Lady of the Ponlificial Order of the Holy Sepulchre," Se-pulchre," with the rank of comniaj, der, by Pope Tins IX. 'this informa tion was sent by Bishop Joseph S. Class to the Reverend Father lr. i. Hunt of the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Made-leine. Mrs. Bird has been prominently prominent-ly connected with the work of the Catholic church in this state. SI19 is also vice president of the charities' chari-ties' organization society. Provo. Max Mangum. a sophomore of the Provo high school won the Aldous Dixon medal for extemporaneous extemporan-eous speaking in the annual contest held at the high school auditorium. Five students participated in the contest. con-test. Ogden. Work on the boy scout fund campaign is being continued In i the Ogden Gateway council. Tho j scouts and the officials in charge are highly elated over the gift of Sn.500 ! received from Mrs. W. H. Shearman , for a hoy scout cabin In Ogden can- i ron. " I |