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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE The marriage license deputy in the county clerk's office at Salt Lake Issued Is-sued seventy-five marriage licenses in one day last week. The amount of postal savings in the Bingham postofflce June 1 was $338,-500. $338,-500. The office still ranks second in the state in deposits. Two ordinances looking to the betterment bet-terment of the moral conditions of the city were passed by the city commission commis-sion of Ogden last week. Mrs. Annie L. Hyde, one of the oldest old-est residents of Cache valley, who had lived at Logan since 1860, died June, 2. She was nearly 80 years old. Salt Lake county is worth $214,745-350, $214,745-350, according to the valuations of the county assessor, which were filed last week with the state board of equalization. equaliza-tion. Bids will be received by the board of education Friday, June 13, for the erection and completion of the cement and foundation work of the Provo high school. Ford dealers from Utah and Idaho met at Salt Lake last week for their first annual convention. One hundred and fifty Ford agents attended the convention. Nothing can prevent unscrupulous companies from transacting business in Utah regardless of the blue sky lanj if the business is transacted by mail, it is announced. Guarded by a special military escort, approximately 200 enemy aliens are to leave Fort Douglas soon for Charleston, Charles-ton, S. C, according to an unofficial report by federal officers. Construction of highways made of concrete was favored by members of the Utah Press' association at a luncheon lunch-eon given in their honor at Salt Lake by the Utah Manufacturers association. associa-tion. Cooperation with the government in the extermination of wild animals was a topic discussed by the state live stock board one day last week. The government is asked to expend $100,-000 $100,-000 along with the state. While blasting ground fur a grave at the city cemetery at Eureka. Henry Wallace miscalculated the shots and was in the grave when a missed shot exploded. The blast struck him In the face resulting in the loss of his right eye. Alpine and Nebo school district and Provo and Heber City school authorities authori-ties will provide special facilities for part time education and extended supervision su-pervision of health habits, vocational activity and civic and patriotic service serv-ice over the entire year. School quarantine last fall did not lower scholarship standard of the. Brigham Young university at Provo during the year, even though students were compelled to forget their class room work for ten weeks. This is the conclusion of local educators. Ellas and Carl Larson, brothers, pleading guilty to fishing unlawfully, were fined $50 each by an Ogden justice, jus-tice, and informed that according to the state law now in effect they have forfeited the right to fish in Utah for the remainder of the season. Summer schools will be opened at Provo. Pupils who have fulled to pass-last pass-last year, owing to the Influenza epidemic epi-demic closing, will have opportunity to catch up. in Duchesne ami Uinta counties a summer school will be held at the mouth of Uintah canyon. Four hundred cattle ami horse grower! grow-er! of seven mountain states will hold annual convention in Salt Lake July 21 and for three days. The principal matter to come before the convention will he the changing of conlrol of the public domain in the several states. Protesting that the proposed city ordinance requiring stock to be shipped ship-ped to Salt Lake alive and killed at slaughter houses would work a hardship hard-ship on the stock men, E. (I. Leather-wood Leather-wood has questioned the right of the City commissioners to pass such an ordinance. Thomas anil Maud Linker and William Wil-liam H. Brooks, a negro, charged with murder in connection with the killing if Joseph BriggS, a Kuirview fanner. ','.) years of age, on January I", were arraigned a I Sail Lake last week, all entering pleas of not gullly and being held for trial. Jordan Narrows, 13 miles to the south of Salt Lake, has been chosen by ti ommanders of the reserve officer training corps artillery as the site for a summer camp for 1920. The field contains 10 square tulles ami was used as a practice field by the L45th artillery in 1017. Twelve loads r 1100-pound fill steers belonging to the LI a h- Idaho Sugar company and Ted by Austin Brothers' association at the Lehl sugar factory, were sold on the North Salt Luke market one day last week. Slock men and others at the yards said Hint these were among the eholccsl stock offered iu some lime. Inning the shearing season just passed more than $15,000,000 pounds of wool was shipped In I Itah. Homage to Brigham Young, Utah's first governor, was paid on May 31, at the Slate capltol by Daughters of the Flub Plot rs. President iToung was born June 1. 1801, bill the celebration was held on the 'list ou account of the general conference of the church, In the ease of the stale agalnsl W 1 1 Ham loltZ, arrested ill Ogdon mi April 17 1 hi a charge of haVillg possessed liquor, 1 he Judge has decided that 1 be Mllto Idle seized li.v the flieilff win lining used without Hie knowledge of the owner ami Mini it ii id he returned re-turned in hlin, |