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Show UTAH BUDGET Nullum Sjiaii!i!i:i:; of l-'anuinj-'ton fell (i-:iil while in tin; intiTurl::in sla-tion sla-tion at Sail l.;ike wailing ' a Irain. l)oaili suildenly claiincil i'l'eii Harrow, Har-row, assistant suiT -ri n t -tii h'l 1 1 of Uie o.-.'imiy (liMi'iiliiiii liomc for boy::, as lie lay in his bed at ids hoin-.' in Salt Lake Approximately .SHhi.ix.MJ will lie cx-peiuled cx-peiuled by I be Union l'acilie s.vku-iii in iuijiroving I he railroad yards at Oduii, aeeordiiiL; to all ainiouiicemuiit mad:; last wo'-k. Sixly-six pi r cent of the Ibsr lot of class 1 rcgi.sl ran Is J'or Ibe drai'l: exum-ineil exum-ineil at Ibe sialic capilol were found physically eligible to bear arms for Uncle Sam. War savings societies, representing the trump card of the federal government govern-ment in the nation-wide thrift drive, are being organized in every city and hamlet of Utah. In llii; four cities of Utah of more than TjOOO population, Salt Lake, Ogden, l'rovo and Logan, the regis! ration of alien enemies will be conducted by the chiefs of police. A flat rate of $9 a ton for sugar beets hits been decided upon by the committee of Utah growers and a decision de-cision placed before representatives of Utah sugar companies. Announcement is made by the industrial in-dustrial commission that the purchase of ten road bonds has been made out of the state iusuraue fund. The bonds cost $1000 each. Invest in war savings thrift stamps and do your bit in the battle for freedom. free-dom. All loyal Utahns should purchase pur-chase thrift stamps. A w jse investment invest-ment and a patriotic duty. That Utah produces for the Denver & ltio Grande railroad the bulk of its revenue derived from coal transportation transporta-tion was the testimony given in the coal rate hearing at Salt L:ke. Frank Leeland, sentenced in 1909, to a term in the state penitentiary, and released from the prison October last, is now in Canada, and scheduled to leave for "over there" January 29. Arthur L. Willard, recently acquitted acquit-ted of the killing at Bingham of Cecil Holmes, after one of the most sensational sensa-tional trials in the history of Utah, is now a member of the United States navy. C. G. Morrison, senior highway engineer engi-neer of the federal office of public roads and rural engineering, whoso headquarters are at preseut in San Francisco, will be moved to Ogden February Feb-ruary 1. A number of farmers of Rich county, who listened to the whispers of prosperity pros-perity and held there hay for a $15 selling price, were disappointed because be-cause the open winter has kept hay around $10. "The eternal fires" of the Blackhawk mine, Carbon county, have been reduced reduc-ed to safe proportions, after an heroic struggle by the miners lasting a week. "The eternal fires" are supposed to have been burning for the past 300 years. Directors of the Lehi Canning Factory Fac-tory company have decided to build a factory at Orem and plans are being drawn for a suitable building. According Accord-ing to the Lehl men, most of the tomatoes to-matoes canned last year were from this district. One of the real accomplishments of the roundup at Richfield was the forming form-ing of a housekeeping and farm bureau, whose duty it will be not only to market mar-ket products within the housewive's province, and purchase supplies, but to exchange practical problems and wartime recipes. Desirous of distributing Utah coal in the east, the Utah Coal Producers' association has telegraphed William H. King, United States senator, and William Wil-liam G. McAdoo, director general of railroads, asking that through freight rates be established from Utah to Nebraska Ne-braska and Kansas points. Requests made by county officials and taxpayers for the building of stretches of road in various sections of the state have been held in abeyance abey-ance until such time as the state highway high-way commission can decide upon the amount of cash available for road construction con-struction during the coming year. Because the finger of criticism has been pointed at officials of draft boards and clerks employed by them, the provost pro-vost marshall general has deemed it expedient ex-pedient to deny these officials the right to participate in rewards offered by the government for the apprehension of deserters from the national army. Announcement was made at Ogden last week that the Eccles coal interests have made a offer to Fuel Administrator Administra-tor Garfield to ship 1500 tons of coal dally for the next fifteen days, and to ship 1000 tons daily for an indefinite time, and this, too, without creating any shortage in the western country. Since the War Savings Committee's campaign has been under way at Ogden the sales of thrift stamps have been tripled. On several occasions the sales at the post office have reached $700 for the day. There have been established 174 sales agencies in hotels, stores, schools and other public places. Section Foreman J. II. Hamilton of the Rio Grande for the Payson district dis-trict has Oeen charged with padding the pay rolls of that company to the amount of $700. Hamilton ha" disappeared. disap-peared. Resisting draft and the answering of questionnaires, Indians of tin; peep Creek reservation in Western Utah are reported to be on the verge of an uprising. up-rising. Lack of comprehension as to the draft, coupled with the spreading of false reports concerning questionnaires, question-naires, presumably by German ukwi's, la said to be resin nsible. |