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Show UTAH BUDGET Nearly one-half million head of live stock was aandled by the Ogden Union stock yards between April 1 and November No-vember 1. The unprecedented demand for pennies pen-nies with which to pay taxes on picture pic-ture show admissions has depleted the supply of coppers in Salt Lake. In many places, little plowing has been done on account of the dry, hard condition of the soil, and much of the grain that was sown has not sprouted. Peonage complaints made by Japanese Japan-ese employed at the International smelter in Tooele are being investigated investi-gated by the state industrial commission. commis-sion. Government horse buyers have been, scouring Davis county for suitable horses for the artillery and cavalry and one carload has already been purchased. pur-chased. Plans are being considered by officers offi-cers and directors of the Utah Canning company for enlargement of the Ogden canning plant before next season's crops are harvested. Measures have beenaken to effect a state-wide organization by which it is aimed to raise within a week $100,-000 $100,-000 as Utah's share of the $-10,000,000 soldiers' welfare fund. Alleging that he suffered the loss of a tooth and other ikicial injuries from being struck on the back of the head, Charles Covrian filed suit at Salt Lake to recover $1500 from Alex Keshaba. It is probable that the hearing on the petition of Utah railroads for an increase in-crease of lo cents a ton coal freight charges will be fixed by the state public pub-lic utilities commission for Decern-, ber 11. As the result of an automobile accident ac-cident at Ogden on July 27, which resulted re-sulted in the death of Benjamin H. Newton, William C. Wright has been made defendant in a suit for $25,500 damages. After a parade in their honor, Colonel Col-onel and Captain and Ranger and Rowdy, the last horses in the service of the Salt Lake fire department, were sold and their places filled with the modern motoi. In the parade were thirteen motor fire trucks. Preparing the way for thorough exploitation ex-ploitation of vocational education in the public schools of Utah, Dr. E. G. Gowans, state superintendent of public pub-lic instruction, has caused letters and circulars to be sent to boards of education edu-cation and superintendents in his jurisdiction. juris-diction. The Manti Telephone company has been granted an extension of one year's time to rempve its lines from the city's poles. It is possible that the city may move the poles jointly used from the center of the street, and require the telephone company to take care of its lines. There is urgent need of (Jiristmas packages for the soldiers and sailors abroad and in training camps, according accord-ing to Miss Ella Wicklund, secretary ' of the Salt Lake chapter of the American Ameri-can Red Cross, and the response for these necessities has not been as generous gen-erous as anticipated. Frank Nerney, 33 years of age, charged with having made insulting remarks re-marks concerning anybody who would fight for the United States, was a victim vic-tim of double-barreled misfortune when he landed in jail at Ogden after' taking a bard beating from a man who overheard his remark. In line with a movement that has been successful in other cities' of the United States, the proprietors of cafes and restaurants in Ogden are to be called to attend a meeting in the near future for the purpose of putting into effect "meatless Tuesdays" and "wheatless Wednesdays." Utah has been called upon to furnish fur-nish $100,000 of the $35,000,000 for the soldiers' welfare work, to be conducted jointly by the Young Men's Christian association and the Young Women's Christian association. The fund will be raised by a campaign to be inaugurated inaugu-rated by tbe state council of defense. Refusing to continue responsible for his appearance if called upou by the government to report for military duty, the bondsmen of John Riis, alleged Salt Lake slacker, who refused to submit sub-mit to medical examination before the local draft board, have turned Riis over to the officers and he is now in Jail. The month of October was the driest of record for the state. Practically nowhere no-where in the state was there precipitation precipi-tation of agricultural importance. Temperatures averaged above normal, but there were three days of hard freeze during the last week. The first general killing frost of the season occurred oc-curred on the 18th. A score or more descendants of the Mormon battalion, who are members of the Utah light .field artillery, now in training at Camp Kearney, are to be permitted to visit some of the scenes in California made historic by their ancestors. an-cestors. fanners and growers of Weber county may enter into a protlt-sharing system as one of the means by which next year's crop of vegetables and fruits may be handled. If their condition after hours of strenuous drill can be regarded as an indication, the members of Utah's 115th field artillery, now in training at. Camp Kearney, Cal.. are ready for thi! trenches, according to u Vtahn who recently made a visit to the camp. in line with the govonuont's intention inten-tion of putting the nation on a solid war footing, tlu war deimrtiuent has sent a request to stall' officials fur every particle of information about flail that can have the slightest bearing bear-ing upon I,,,. wtn. p1Vpn-a' Ion of lh L' idled States |