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Show Pithy News Notes ii From All Parts cf ! UTAH I I Ogden. Chief of Police Curtis L. Alison closed nil games of chance that attempted to operate in the city in connection with the Wild West show. Ogden. Mrs. T. L. Coupler is in lh' J Dee hospital, suffered from injuries alleged to have been inflicted by her husband, T. L. Coupler, 43, a former insurance agent. Salt Lake. A reduction fare of one and one-third the cost of the regular round trip fare will be established from points on the Union Pacific system sys-tem in Utah to Salt Lake for the stato fair this year. Trice. Miss Nettie Potter, 19 years of age, and Miss Leah Pace, IS, both of rice, were injured in an auto accident ac-cident on the Price-Helper road near Gunderson's. Miss Potter suffered a broken collarbone and Miss Pace suffered suf-fered a severely sprained back. Ogden. Royal Heed Shupe 11 years old, son of Boyd Shupe of Huntsville, was accidentally shot and killed by his brother, Junius, 14, while they were hunting chickens at the head of Beaver canyon, about thirty miles from Ogden. Monticello. Leroy Steven.?, found guilty by a jury Sunday of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of George and diaries Bradford Brad-ford near here several months ago, as sentenced to an undetermined term in the state prison of from one to ten years by Judge Dilworth Wool-ley Wool-ley in the district court. Richfield. Ezra Stevens, convicted of murder in the second degree at Kan-ab Kan-ab and sentenced to fifteen years in the state prison by Judgn Erickson, passed through Richfield on his way to prison. Stevens who Is 72 years of age, shot and killed his son-in-law, Andrew Siler, 55, at Mt. Carmel, aftei an alte'-cation over money matters. Salt Lake. Governor Oliarles R Mabey has received from the department depart-ment of agriculture a check for $39,-757.S5, $39,-757.S5, the state's portion of the receipts re-ceipts from national forests, for the fiscal year ending June 30. The largest larg-est amount is from the Manti forest of 7542.20. Salt Lake. Foreign cc rporations 111 Utah to the number of fifty who are transacting business in the state will have summons served upon them by the corporation department of the secretary sec-retary of state calling attention to the fact that their charte;s in the state have expired by reason uf the failure of the organizations to p.,y the annual license for permits to transact business busi-ness in Utah. Ogden. Tinrusdiae steps will be taken tak-en -by the p:.lice department to rid the city of- a number of undesirable soft drink parlors which have been trafficking traf-ficking in liquor, it was announced at the city hall following the conference confer-ence of mayor Frank Francis anil City Commissioners A. F. Larson and O. P.. Madson with Chief of Police Curtis L. Allison. The drive oft the bootlegers and rum shops, it was announced, will begin at once by the "members of tho police department. The city commission commis-sion intends to revoke the licenses of places whose proprietors have been convicted of violating the prohibition law. Salt Lake. The Utah stal'e board of pardons will hold a meeting Saturday, September 1G at the Utah state prison. Salt Lake.; Victor Peterson, a railway rail-way striker, was shot and seriously wounded by a strike breaking negro. Woods Cross. The Woods Cross plant of the Woods Cross Canning company com-pany will open for tomato packing for the first time in three years. Farmington. At a meeting of the board of education the date of opening the schools of Davis county was fixed at September IS. It is expected that the enrollment will he unusually large, especially in high school. Salt Lake. The Utah tax commis sion has adjourned to meet again in October, at which timn further consideration con-sideration will he given of the work which has been before the commission commis-sion and the special plans which have been worked out by Professor Bullock, expert from Harvard university. Salt Lake The Horseshoe Pitchers' Pitch-ers' association of Utah will hold a tournament at the coming state fair. The association has sent out a letter to Ihe various counties requesting that some representative of the horseslios piltrhers in the tvunty organize a club with a view of selecting the champion pitcher of the county to enter the state contest. |