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Show UTAH BUDGET The construction of seventy miles of railroad in Millard and Juab counties-is counties-is planned by I'rovo capitalists, it was announced last week. Approximately 500 Salt Lakers will visit artillerists frm Vtali in training train-ing for the trendies in France at Linda Lin-da Vista, Cal., during the holidays. The .sheriff of Weber county has declared war upon "puncliboards." He issued the edict last week and iu-sLructed iu-sLructed his deputies to take all violators vio-lators into custody. Coal shipments in. the week ending December 15 are shown to have been satisfactory, in a report issued last week by J. S. Spolman, chief of the, district car service bureau. James Empey, II. Gilbert and Ben .. Johnson, railroad men employed by the Ogden Union Knilway & Depot company, com-pany, pleaded guilty to stealing whisky from a box car in the local terminals.. Construction of a coal terminal on the crest of Soldier Summit, costing more than $1,000,000, will be begun as soon as the snow leaves the ground next spring, unless unforeseen exigencies exigen-cies interfere. Private property owners, the city commissioners and the officials of the, United States forestry department combined to prevent raids upon Christmas trees growing In the mountains moun-tains near Ogden. Frank Berry, dance hall proprietor of Ogden, under $5000 bond for assaulting as-saulting with intent to murder his divorced wife, shot himself through the heart on December 1!), the day he was to have been placed on trial. The sanitation conditions in all Kamas district schools will be immediately imme-diately improved, is the guarantee given giv-en Moslah Hall, state inspector of high schools, by Joseph E. Richards, superintendent in the Kamas section. A transcript of the case on which . a new trial will be asked for Howard De Weese, convicted for first degree murder for the slaying of his wife, at Salt Lake, has been filed. The killing of Mrs. De Weese occurred September 22, 1916. Dentists of this state will present to the United States army a dental ambulance, am-bulance, fully equipped and designed a a mobile laboratory and treatment room. The ambulance will cost $1500 or $1600 and will bear the wor4 "Utah" as its coat of arms. Judge George S. Barker, in the municipal mu-nicipal court at Ogden, declined to send James White to jail because of the scarcity of labor throughout the country. White pleaded guilty to mendicancy. He will be given a chance to secure employment. According to a report of the state dairy and food commissioner, storage plants in Utah hold at least 30,000 pounds more poultry than a mouth ago. Of salt meat there is an increase of several thousand pounds, while the plants hold nearly 20,000 pounds more ' salt fish. Nearly 400 more German prisoners are on their way to be interned at Fort Douglas for the period of the war. A dispatch telling of their arrival ar-rival at a Pacific coast port stated that they are from Manila, Honolulu 'and other points, where they have been held waiting final disposal. After a trial which presented several unique aspects, John W. Riis, pacifist and I. W. W., was convinced by a jury before United States District Judge Tillman D. Johnson at Salt Lake of failing to register for military service as provided by the draft law. It was the first trial of an accused slacker before a Utah jury. Reclamation of thousands of acres of semi-arid lands in Fillmore basin and the neighborhood of Fillmore proper and Holden is included in a mammoth irrigation plan which has been outlined by local capitalists. It is estimated that the project will cost between $1,-500,000 $1,-500,000 and $2,000,000 when completed. Recapitulating a statement of expenses ex-penses and disbursements of the state during the fiscal year, which closed November 30, State Auditor Joseph Ririe shows a net balance on hand of $1,000,329.05. The statement also proves the state received $7,192,710.73 and expended $G,1S6,3S7.6S during the year. The Payson sugar factory closed down its machinery December 15 for the remainder of the season. Superintendent Superin-tendent Brown said that the closing came a few days earlier this year because be-cause the season had started a few days in advance of other years. The entire output was bandied in three months. Threatening to bring about strict enforcement en-forcement of the law or to compel an explanation from responsible officials why statutory requirements have not been met, A. II. Holden, fire marshal for the Pacific coast board of fire underwriters, un-derwriters, charges that the fire ordinance ordi-nance of Salt Lake Is llagranfly violated. vio-lated. The Weber county canning crop If mltied nt approximately $1,000,000. The new schedule offered by the winners increases in-creases the price list upon tour staph" from $3 on tomatoes to $20 on peas. CJus Pappus, a Greek laborer, pleaded guilty In the United Slates district court to the charge of bringing liquor into Utah from a wet shite and wa sentenced to serve a term of ninety days In the county Jail at Salt Luke hy Judge Tillman D. Johnson. Uniforms, similar to those worn h.v regular soldiers, have been received h' the cadet battalion, Utah Agrlcultin'"1 ollege. Pins on the collars ami 'I'1 Mislgna on Ihe upper left sleeve ovulate ovu-late that the cadets have an author-.ed author-.ed status as members of the ro.'i'i ! Ml'lcers' training corps. |