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Show THE UTAH BUDGET The Elks of the state gathered at Eureka on June 15 for the annual reunion re-union of the I'tah Stale Elks' association. associa-tion. A bible institute to include delegates dele-gates from the interinountain states will be held in Salt Lake August 24 to 31, inclusive. The fruit crop of I'tah county may fall as low as 25 per cent of the normal nor-mal this year as a result of damage done by frost and storm. J. E. Driscoll of Eureka was elected president of the Utah Slate Elks' association as-sociation at the closing session of the second annual convention at Eureka. Heart failure developing from an acute attack of pneumonia proved fatal to Charles H. McGurrin, cashier of the Salt Lake Security & Trust company, at Salt Lake. Albert Gaines, 17 years old, who confessed to having stolen more than lot) chickens on eight different occasions occa-sions at Ogden, has been committed to the State Industrial school. Two children, Eva Jeppson, 6 years old, and Harold Slater, 10, saved from drowning the 17-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cato Martin of Ogden, after the baby had fallen into an irrigation ditch. The assessed valuation of real estate, es-tate, Improvements, live stock and personal property other than live stock for all counties, according to a report compiled by the state board of equalization, is $173,827, 073. The fourteenth annual convention of the Intermountain Aerie of Eagles closed at Salt Lake on June 17 with the election of officers, the selection of Pocatello as the convention place for 1916 and a trip to Bingham. John Felt and Mrs. Karen Jensen won the first prize offered for the oldest old-est man and oldest woman attending the reunion of the old folks of Ogdeu and North Weber stakes on June 17. He Is 96 years old and she is 90. About 300 or 350 members of the Fraternal Aid Union of America and their wives will be in Salt Lake on August 5 while on their way east from the annual convention of the union, which will be held in Pasadena, Cal., beginning July 27. The Fourth of July will be celebrated celebrat-ed at Brigham City and committees have been named to outline the festivities. fes-tivities. The sports arranged for include in-clude a baseball game, band concerts, balloon ascensions, motorcycle races and various stunts. Nick Ellas, also known as Nick Charetopoulos, who was extradited frm Albert Lea, Minn., to face trial on a charge of murdering Mrs. Sophia Bourajiania, at Salt Lake, last November, No-vember, has been discharged and the case aginst him dismissed. While horseback riding four miles north of Bingham, three young men, J. E. Mahan, Lee Lenz and Richard Anderson, were struck by an automobile automo-bile coming from Salt Lake and Mahan Ma-han suffered a broken leg. The others oth-ers escaped without injury. Ogden's first financially successful Chautauqua season closed June 17. Directors Di-rectors of the local assembly said they had not checked up receipts, but were certain there would be a good sum left after paying all expenses with which to start next summer's season. Salt Lake has the best equipped fire station and fire fighting apparatus in America "with the exception of New York City and Chicago, according to Earl L. Thompson, representative of the Automatic Sprinkler company of America, who was in Salt Lake last week. Eagles from all parts of the Intermountain Inter-mountain country gathered in Salt Lake on June 15 to attend the fourteenth four-teenth annual meeting of the Tristate aerie. The presence of Frederick Hughes, grand treasurer of the Fraternal Fra-ternal Order of Eagles, added interest to the occasion. The importation Into "dry" territory of beer or other intoxicants, even In a lunch basket as part of a picnic lunch, with subsequent consumption of the liquor, is held as a violation of the state liquor law, and violators are liable under its provisions, according to the attorney general. Owing to the unusual press of work in the United States land office at Salt Lake, two clerks have been added add-ed to the force temporarily. During the last month 490 applications for entry have been received at the office; of-fice; 150,000 acres of land in the state have been entered on. David P. Crowther, guard of the Salt. Lake chain gang, who was suspended sus-pended from the police department recently re-cently for shooting and wounding Ernest Er-nest Keiser, a prisoner who attempted attempt-ed to escape, was exonerated of all blame by the city commission and ordered or-dered reinstated in his position. Members of the educational code commission of Utah, a body charged with the duties oT investigating the needs of the state in the line of educational edu-cational organization and preparing a bill tor the next legislature codifying the educational laws and providing for such changes in school organization organiza-tion as may be deemed necessary, have been appointed by the governor. The Norwegian celebration of San-te San-te Hans (midsummer day) Jjue 24, will be held at Wandamere, Salt Lake, with all the features and symbols sym-bols belonging to that day, according to the traditions of the nation. No expense will be spared to malte it a success. No more applications for water from the Sevier river or its tr'butariea will be approved by the state engineer, engi-neer, according to an order issued by him last week, until it can be shown that there Is unappropriated water In the river. |
