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Show THE UTAH BUDGET William Fitzpatrick, 60 years of age, died at a .Salt Lake hospital of injur' ies sustained in a fall frcm a laddej while he was trimming trees Dr. Luther M. Palmer, 87 years o age, at one time family physician foi Brigham Young, died of old age at his home in Salt Lake, January 12. James Dwyer, 83 years of age, wha opened the first book store in Salt Lake, father of Ada Dwyer Russell, the noted actress, died January 12. John Black, aged 70, whose home Is in Beaver, was run down by a sled loaded with young people in Salt Lake and sustained injuries which may prove fatal. Salt Lake's population increased by 7,750 during 1914, according to the estimate of the city water department, based on the number of new service connections made. Sheriff Thomas C. Kelter, Democrat, was unseated as sheriff of Carbon county and W. K. Henry, Progressive, was elected in his stead in a decision rendered by Judge Joshua Greenwood of the district court. The problem of disposing of Utah's canned products, not only the surplus of the 1914 pack, but the factory output out-put of future years, was discussed at the fifth annual meeting of the Utah Canners' association held at Ogden. A complaint has been issued at Salt Lake charging Tom Cachondes with murder in the first degree. Ca choices is alleged to have fired the shot which mortally wounded Bruce Mackay at Murray November 22, 1914. A new company has been oragnized at Brigham City and the articles of incorporation in-corporation will be filed this week. The new company will be called the Cash Buyers' union, incorporated for 100,000 shares of the par value of $1 per share. 'For the first time in the history of the Ogden water department assets of more than a million dollars are shown in the annual report. The exact figures fig-ures are $1,000,313.02. The report shows net earnings for the year 1914 of $78,352.13. In the history of the United States district court of Utah $3.91 is said to be the smallest amount of money on reoord as the occasion of a civil suit. This is the amount claimed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company com-pany in an action begun last weeK. For the year closing December 31, 1914, there were 151 babies born in Lehl and 39 deaths. This is the most prosperous year for babies since 1906, when there were 168 births. From 1906 the birth rate gradually de-Creased de-Creased until last year, when it was but 120. The long-looked-for suit to determine deter-mine the water rights on Logan river has been filed in the district court at Logan, fifteen cf the companies holding hold-ing water rights having sued the other two. The two defendants are the upper up-per canals drawing water from the stream. The question of whether inmates ot the county infirmary are legal and permanent residents of the voting district dis-trict in which the infirmary is situated has been raised in the district court in Salt Lake in a suit to oust a justice jus-tice of the peace elected at the recent re-cent election. An employment bureau has been established es-tablished in the Boxelder high school, which is composed of members of the faculty. The purpose of the bureau is to endeavor to secure employment for out-of-town pupils who attend the. school and who have nothing to do when not in school. At a meeting of the Provo River association, as-sociation, composed of the water users of Utah county aside from the Provo Reservoir company, it was decided de-cided to present a bill in the legislature legisla-ture to distribute equitably expenses incurred in the suit of the reservoir company against Provo city and others. Henry Sanborn, 28 years of age, a blacksmith, committed suicide at his home in Salt Lake in the presence of his little niece, who made a heroic effort to save his life. Emptying an ounce bottle of poison into a glass of beer, Sanborn quaffed the mixture bo-fore bo-fore the child could dash the elas from his hand. The people of Green River are to erect a municipal light and power plant at a cost of $20,000. The nlnnt will be constructed on Green river seven miles north of the city, and will furnish light and power for Green River Elgin and other places throughout through-out the valley. Fees collected by the secretary of state during the quarter ending December De-cember 31 totaled $66,200.75. The an-nual an-nual corporation tax, most of which was received in the last quarter amounted to $00,270, while the general fees were $5,421.70. Motor licenses netted the state $634. ""nscs Salt Lake gained 38 per cent In building activity in 1914 over 1913 according ac-cording to the American Contracto'r of Chicago, thereby taking fourth place among e.ghty-eht of the largest clt-V clt-V the United States. |