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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE As a means of eliminalinj.' the pes! of "chub" fish in I'anfrnitch lake, Gr,0 black bass have 'been planreil in tlu lake. Utah will be able to more than meet the request of the government ror an increased" acreage of 8 per cent of fall wheat. The first detachment of (he 40,'M depot engineers assigned to Fort Iioug-las Iioug-las will arrive in Salt Lake the early part of August. IJvery gallon of water that can lie conserved or obtained this year will be turned upon the fertile lands of I'tah for the purpose of increasing the production pro-duction of crops to the highest possible point. The sale of registered sheep at the fair grounds this year will lie one of the greatest ever held in the United States, according to S. W. MK'lure, secretary of the National VVoolgrowers' association. In order that the lax rate for s'diool purposes throughout Utah may be determined de-termined as soon as possible, estimates of next year's revenues of schools will lie given to the equalization board this week by school officials. Emery Tenner of llupert. Idaho, driver of the automobile which struck and killed Leon Gunn, IS, and slightly injured Miss Lucile White of Salt Lake, was exonerated by the police of all blame for the aceiden.. Commemorating the seventy-first anniversary an-niversary of the dedication of Ensign peak at Salt Lake by the original band of pioneers, a program was given as the top of the historic peak at 8 o'clock on the morning of July 24. Flora Davis, 3-year-old daughter of Mrs. Annie Davis, is dead at Randolph from a wound accidentally inflicted by her brother, who threw a pitchfork from a barn window, one of the tines striking the child in the temple. Salt Lake county ranks eighth In per capita cash sales of war savings stamps, those that excel bemj, Piute, Wasatch, Tooele, Carbon, Grand and Juab in the order named, Weber county ranks fifteenth, with sales per capita of $4.02. The Canadian casualty list of July 24 from France included the name of Lieutenant Charles E. Scannell, and the information that he has neen killed in an accident overseas. The address of the notifiable person is given as Orangeville, Utah. Women of Uintah county have saved $2500 during the past month in the conservation con-servation of clothing, according to estimates es-timates made by the extension division of the Utah Agricultural college. The saving was effected by the remodeling of hats' and dresses. Utah's next contribution to the forces of the national army 2G0 recruits, re-cruits, all rarin' to swat Kaiser Bill were bidden "Godspeed" as they entrained en-trained for Camp Lewis, .Wash., on July 23 from Suit Lake city and county, Davis and Box Elder counties. Brigham peaches have made their appearance on the market. A new variety has been sprung on the markets; mar-kets; it is the Red Bird, an early white ' cling, and one of the most luscious peaches in point of flavor and color that has ever been grown in that locality. locali-ty. Four young women are now employed employ-ed at the terminal of the Ogden railway rail-way mail service. They are at work sorting circular mail and according to report their work is so satisfactory that girls will be regularly employed following an examination to be held soon. Leland Xeilson, 17 years of age, of Levan, was almost instantly killed in an automobile accident July 24. The accident occured beween Levan and IS'ephi. Two companions, Earl Taylor and Lester Jackman, both of Levan, escaped es-caped with minor hurts. The car was demolished. The shopmen on the different railroads rail-roads within the Salt Lake jurisdiction are jubilant . over the newly granted wage increase. The raise affects about 2000 Short Line men, 1S00 Denver & Rio Grande men, and many other locally, and approximately 20.000 men in the western divisions of the road; operating out of the city. Utah farmers have discovered as a result of a meeting at Salt Lake with representatves of the government that they were not to receive $2 per bushel for their wheat, as expected from the semi-official and telegraphic reports from Washington and the east, but from 10 to 14 cents less per bushel. As a result there Is much dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion expressed. Determined, after brooding over his son's death, that it should not be in vain, L. Beauman, formerly coustruct-. coustruct-. ing engineer of the Bingham & Garfield Gar-field railroad, is now on his way to France as captain in the American expeditionary forces. Horticulturists of Utah are advised by J. B. Walker, state crop pest commissioner, com-missioner, to not rush into the market this year with their peaches. Mr. Walker Wal-ker says that he does not suggest that they hold out for an exorbitant price, hut that they exercise sufficient wisdom wis-dom to Insure them fair figures for their fruit. The big Saratoga Springs encampment encamp-ment of the citizens' military training class, which holds forth at the University Uni-versity of Utah, will be one of the livest military events of recent years. The encampment will be held August 31, September 1 and 2. That an attempt of dealers to stimulate stimu-late a rising market by egg storing Is reflected In figures of the recent state-food state-food storage report, Is the opinion of Waller M. Hoyden, state dairy and food commissioner. The egg quota-t quota-t ions have already advanced 5 cents or in on:. |