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Show THE UTAH BUDGET In Box Elder county hog cholera has broken out, according to reports. Thrown. from a bicycle by a passing automobile, Clara Anderson, aged 12, of Murray, was fatally injured. Lewis A. Stanley, aged 30, ended his life at Salt Luke, taking poison. Despondency over ill health and family fam-ily troubles led to the deed. Fanners Id "lie neighborhood of Slant i and Ephraim are planning an irrigation ir-rigation project for the reclamation of 4500 acres of farm land in that section. According to the census of the school population of Salt Lake, there is a total of 20,170 children of school age, an iucrt-asc over last year of .s:!2. It will cost the city of Ogden about !?-00 a year to insure its employees, pursuant to the workman's compensation compensa-tion act, according to an estimate by the city recorder. The first raid at Salt Lake on alleged al-leged blind pigs resulted in the confiscation con-fiscation by the police force of $5,000 worth of whisky which they discovered discov-ered in a rooming house. Elmer Isakson, a carpenter of Og- ilen, is playing in hard luck. Having just recovered from a fractured left leg, lie fell from . scaffold last week and sustained oroae.i right leg. In the opinion of tne city sanitary inspector, working outdoors in the war gardens may have something to do with the good health now being enjoyed en-joyed by the residents of Ogden. Tiie women's committee on food supply sup-ply and preservation will conduct an educational campaign to instruct the mothers of Salt Lake in the proper use of milk during the next few weeks. Applications for release have been made by sixteen of the young women eaehers of Salt Lake who last May signed contracts for the coming school year, all having been married this summer. That the institution may be in readiness readi-ness for the early opening of school, September 10, the annual house-clean-. ing of the Utah Agricultural College at Logan, is now in full swing, having begun earlier than usual. According to the state live stock Inspector, poisoned forage has been responsible for the death of a number num-ber of horses in Tooele county. A fungus fun-gus growth in hay also caused the death of three animals at Wendover. Following a clue given by his neighbors, neigh-bors, the garden of Edward McCoy, of Salt Lake, was entered by officers with spades, and a cache of $G000 worth of whisky and beer was unearthed, un-earthed, the entire cache being confiscated. con-fiscated. Directors of the Ogden Harest Festival Fes-tival will eliminate the barbecue feature fea-ture of the show this year, believing that a barbecue will not be appropriate appropri-ate in these times of food conservation, conserva-tion, and should be eliminated from the program. According to a report on these business busi-ness concerns up to June 20, 1917, commercial and savings deposits in the ninety-seven state banks and trust companies of Utah, and loans made by the banking firms, have increased approximately $3,000,000. On the ranch of H. J. Doolittle, about six miles northeast of Lund, has been found perhaps the largest pump well in that part of the state. It is 310 feet deep, with a twelve-inch casing. cas-ing. Upon test 42S gallons of water per minute was obtained. The grade schools of Cache county will open September 10, the superintendent superin-tendent of the county schools has announced, an-nounced, but pupils will be allowed time off to aid in digging beets In October. The county high school will commence October 20. John W. Riis, the Salt Lake street car employee who has been in the imelight of late because of his re-usal re-usal to register for army service, is again In jail, having been arrested be-eaiftse be-eaiftse of his refusal to submit to a physical examination before the draft board. In order to curtail as far as possible pos-sible the great losses sustained by stockraisers as a result of the depredations depreda-tions of predatory animals, a half million mil-lion poisoned baits are to be set out on the ranges this winter. Last year the losses to Utah stockmen from predatory preda-tory animal depredations approximated $500,000. On August 14 Governoi Bamberger received notice from Morgan and Box Elder counties that they had filled their draft quotas and filed certifications certifica-tions of the report with the federal district exemption board. These two counties hold the distinction of being the first in the state to complete their allotment. Report of food materials in cold storage in Utah up to July 31 has been given out by the state dairy and food commissioner. Cltief among the items are: Eggs, crises, '1536; eggs, dozens, 17,570 ; butter, 103,005 pounds ; cheese, 71,030 pounds; poultry, 90.304 pounds ; fresh meats, 42,405 pounds ; salted meats, 233,288 pounds; fresh iish, 380 pounds; salted fish, 31,005 pounds. Percy Gardner, of Kanab, while on his way home from his farm near that place, was struck and killed by lightning. NThe bolt struck him on top of his hQad, and all of hijs clothing cloth-ing was burned off. The team 'ie was driving was no injured. Twelve men of Tooele who were arrested ar-rested for failure to file reports of the amount of liquor they had on hand within the time limit, have been dis-V dis-V missed from custody, it developing 1 hut there had boon a misunderstand-lr misunderstand-lr and that the law would be coui-Ulied coui-Ulied wiili. |