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Show News Notes j From All Parts of g f UTAH 1 Salt Lake Clty.-Utah farmers to the number 47C2 have availed them nelves of loans totalling $15,412,1,50 from federal land banks and joint Block land banks since these agencies ' were first established by law, according accord-ing to word from the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. These loans are safeguarded by 518,335 acres of land in the state, having an appraised apprais-ed valuation of $30,692,795. Salt Lake City. George M. Bacon, Mate engineor has approved the plans of the Utah Power and Light company for the new dam to be erected erect-ed this summer in the Bear River canyon can-yon at the Cutler site, in Boxelder county. The plans call for a modem type of concrete arch dam, 109 feet high. Preliminary work for the structure struc-ture is already under way. Ogden. The police fore of Ogden city has been rearranged by the Chief of Police Curtis L. Allison so that the night force Is practically double it normal strength, in order to cope with the situation created by the operation of safe-crackers and yeggs. Chief Allison has placed experienced ex-perienced men on the night shift and hopes to be better able to protect business property. Cedar City That the formal and official opening of Zion National park for tho 1925 season will be attended with a celebration "that will attract nationwide attention," was the assertion asser-tion made by Dan S. Spencer, general gener-al passenger agent of the Union Pacific Pa-cific System with headquarters in Salt Lake. Klaborate pians ctunuB for cooperation between officials of tho national parks department and the Union Pacific Railroad company are well under way, he added, but have not yet sufficiently matured to warrant giving them out. Zion park including Bryce canyon and Cedar Breaks, will be opened on May 15, according ac-cording to Mr. Spencer. prova Fire of undetermined origin ori-gin destroyed the automatic electric substation of the Salt Lake and Utah railroad at Curtis, three miles north of Provo. The damage reached $50,-000, $50,-000, according to Fire Chief Reed Boshard. All of the electric motors generators, oil switches, transformers and switchboards of the substation were destroyed. The roof was eaten by the flames and nothing remains of the station but the four brick walls. l'rovo. Ten thousand dollars per inch for two inches of precipation Is tho price a' group of Utah Basin business bus-iness and stock men offered California's Califor-nia's famous rainmaker, according to Judge George P. Parker, who recently recent-ly returned from Vernal, where he held a two week's session of court. Salt Lake City. To C. E. Hawkins, county assessor of Utah county, goes the credit this year of being the first assessor to get his report of the total assessment of property under his Jurisdiction into the offices of tho state board of equalization. This record rec-ord is all the more remarkable because be-cause Utah county is one of the largest larg-est in the state. In fact, this year, as is pointed out by R. E. Hammond secretary of the state board, Utah county promises to surpass Weber f'-r the first time and to take the place of being second only to Salt Lake county in assesable wealth. Bingham. The Utah Copper company com-pany will do much construction work this summer. Present plans call for changing the county road in Carr Fork and the construction of a bridge near Cottonwood gulch. Permission to change the location of the road has been already obtained from both the county and the town of King-- King-- ham. American Fork. E. C. Shepherd, new Wasatch forest supervisor, who succeeded Dana Parkinson, was in American Fork this week arranging for the opening of Timpanogos cave Mr. Shepherd announced that additional addi-tional lighting, trail resting stations ami camping grouuu improvements are to be made at once. The cave is now open and some visitors have made the trip this season. Ogden. John K. Hardy, of Salt Lake, was elected president of the board of trustees of the Utah State industrial school at the first meeting of the new board held at the school. Dr. Jane W. Skolfield, only woman nxember of the board was elected vice resident; Frank J. Stevens of Og-n. Og-n. was made treasurer, and D. R. ''sha was re elected secretary. ovo. In order to still maintain reputation for having the """-... )ire losses in the United - i- T.nd with a determination to "i. . -no to give the city the protec- . i that the growth justifies, the " ly commission has decided to purchase pur-chase a new truck, i Salt Lake City. Satlair, Utah's famous bathing resort was completely complete-ly des.oyed by fire last week, the loss being estimated at over $250,000. Officials of the company state it will l.e rebuilt us soon as possible, and ill be much more elaborate. |
