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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE The Salt Lake commission last work passed ordinances increasing the salaries sal-aries of eight city employes. It is announced that the use of punch hoards or other lottery devices is to be abolished immediately in Grand county. Permission to establish an automobile automo-bile freight service between Salt Lake and Ogden is asked in a petition filed with the public utilities commission. Kurt G. Wilckens, who escaped with Ferdinand Kobe from the war prison tit Fort Douglas on Christmas eve, is now thought to have been located in-New in-New York city. The American eagles, replacing those of Teuton type, above the lamps on the newel posts of the main stairways at the state capitol, were finally put in place last week." The clubrooms of the various lodges and social organizations of Ogden have been thrown open to the large numbers of government troops who are passing through the city daily. Appointment of Herbert Van Dam, Jr., as first assistant attorney general gen-eral has been announced by Dan B. Shields, attorney general. The appointment appoint-ment becomes effective March 1. Elwood S. Brown, former director of the Salt Lake Y. M. C. A., arrived In Salt Lake last week from the Philippines Phil-ippines on his way to the war zone to take charge of Y. M. C. A. work. Although nearly a month has passed since the city commission at Trovo announced that all persons having dogs must register them with the city recorder, only sixteen have been registered to date. The operations of a gang of youthful youth-ful boxcar robbers was disclosed by the sheriff in announcing the arrest at Ogden of eight young men, ranging in ages from 17 to 23 years, and securing secur-ing a confession from each. The war and thrift stamp sales at the postoffice at Bingham in one day amounted to $796. The mining companies com-panies are giving the cause enthusiastic enthusias-tic support and are requesting the men to take a portion of their salaries in stamps. Notice that the exemption claim of Royal Elmer Lee of Coche county, who was inducted into the national army in the first draft, has been approved by the president, was received last week, but it came rather late, as Lee is now in France. Reports sent out from Washington to the effect that the second draft will not come before late in April or early in May, are not given credence by members of the boards at the state capitol. A denial by the war department depart-ment is expected. Carl Seely and George Jensen, driving driv-ing their cars with curtains, collided on Main street at Castledale. The brace of the telephone pole in the center of the intersection checked the Impact and the occupants of the cars were practically unhurt. Ralph M. Tandowsky, a student at the University of Utah, is undergoing the pasteur treatment for rabies at Salt Lake. He was bitten by a guinea pig confined in the same pen with others which had been inoculated from the head of a dog suspected of having rabies. The plea that he was taking liquor to Bingham for the purpose of celebrating cele-brating with his friends before he and they entered the army, failed completely com-pletely to win clemency and James Parras was given a jail sentence at Ogden of six months for having liquor in his possession. After making an extensive inspection inspec-tion of conditions nt Camp Lewis, Wash., where Utah's' drafted men art-being art-being trained for the battlefields ol France, Maj. Samuel A. King has returned with a glowing report of health and success among the 2000 men from the Sego Lily state. Much has developed since the arrest ar-rest at Salt Lake of Miss Augusta Minne -.eckmnn to strengthen the theory the-ory of the government that she grossly gross-ly violated the espionage act and to lead to the belief that her presence in Salt Lake was for the purpose of lending aid and comfort to the enemy. The fight of the city of Murray against the recent ruling of the public utility commission in raising street car fares and wiping out the franchise granted the street cur company several sev-eral years ago by Murray has been given moral support by the board of governors of the Salt Lake county affiliated af-filiated commercial clubs. D. A. Plumly, United States immigration immi-gration inspector and special representative repre-sentative of the federal employment service, was In Ogden last week and announced the establishment in that city of the first agency in this territory. Arrangements are being formulated for the establishing of a similar agency In Salt Lake in the near future. Whale meat has been tried on the natrons of a Salt Lake hotel, but the leftovers" soon convinced the hotel management that whale meat does not Mcklo the palates of Intel-mountain folk. W. K. Grundv. 24 years old, who Is serving a sentence of thirty days In the Salt Luke jail, attempted to commit com-mit suicide iu his t?ll by slashing bis right wrist with a safety razor blade, Indicting a gash about two Inches long. He will recover. Broilers engaged In the sale of wheat mill feeds may not charge more than a reasonable brokerage, not to exceed 25 cents per ton, according to a supplementary sup-plementary set of license rules rt-celved rt-celved -it the headquarters of Hie Utah food administration from the national food administrator. |