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Show ! THE BEE HIVE STATE Wi;h their heads badly crushed and the throats cur. five small children of Mr. iiiid Mrs. Elmer Cowan were found dead in a lent in which they had been making a temporary homo three miles south of Park City. The wife and mother lay beside the children with her throat badly slashed. The crime was committed by Mrs. Cowart while temporarily insane. The state road commission has refused re-fused an offer from the federal government gov-ernment of a share of ,".000.000 pounds of Trojan hand grenade powder, offered of-fered at 5 cents a pound plus the freight. Ar the same lime the coin-mission coin-mission made arrangements for receiving re-ceiving shipments of nine carloads of trinitrotoluol. Lessons taught the public of t lie state by the "Save Money on Meat" campaign have caused James W. Funk, state fair price commissioner, to appeal ap-peal to the public to economize on meals tit all times mid not to forget the lessons learned during the educational educa-tional campaign week. As a part of the crusade fostered by the Seventh Day Adventists throughout through-out the country to offset the widespread wide-spread mania for otiija hoard messages, the Salt Lake Adventists church will make a house-to-house canvass, spreading spread-ing literature denouncing the mania. Utah- residents have taken advantage advan-tage of 'the opportunity to ship food and clothing into Germany duty free and are sending immense quantities of foodstuffs and other necessities to relatives and friends in the famine-stricken famine-stricken country. Twenty-seven thousand nine hundred ninety-five licenses had been issued for motor vehicles in Utah by the secretary sec-retary of state on March 30. Of this number 23,300 have been for pleasure cars, 41S5 for motor trucks and 510 for motorcycles. Charles I. Odekirk and John L. Shirts, prominent business men of -Duchesne, were instantly killed when an automobile in which they were riding rid-ing turned turtle down an embankment embank-ment in Indian canyon, less than one mile from town. A thousand dollars worth of stolen bicycles were accounted for when four boys were arrested at Salt Lake, parts of thirty bicycles being recovered. The machines had been torn apart and were being remodeled when the officer offi-cer interfere. That the state-wide educational campaign has been a huge success and will result in immense good to the state and its people, was the unanimous unani-mous opinion expressed tit a meeting of leaders of the campaign held at Salt Lake. Ogden's largest single paving contract, con-tract, said to be the largest of any single contract in the intermountain district, was awarded last week to the Moran Paving company on its bid of $322,019.53, for nineteen blocks, or 22,-GCG 22,-GCG feet. Charged with having obtained money under false pretense, Grove Mayliew, of Salt Lake, was convicted on seven counts at Cincinnati. Mayhew claimed to be an organizer for the Alpha "Masonic" lodge of Salt Lake. Charles Baldwin, G7 years of age, referee in bankruptcy for the United States district court and resident of Salt Lake for more than thirty years, fell dead in a coal shed at his home on April 1. Nels Nelson and Herbert Middleton, both 17 years of age, have been arrested ar-rested at Salt Lake for the robbery of It. L. Fishburu & Sons' mercantile store in Tremonton on the night of March 24. Employees of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company are to receive free vocational educational training at the University of Utah, according to officials of tho local sugar concern. Complaints have been filed in the city court at I'rovo against thirty-' five automobile drivers who are charged with driving a car without a state license. The board of education of the Alpine district has offered an increase of 25 per cent to the school teachers of that section for the coming school year. William Jennings Bryan wa,s greeted by Utah Democrats during his hour's visit lo the state capital on March 31, en route to Los Angeles. By a large majority Boxekler county coun-ty has voted to issue bonds in the amount of $180,000 for school buildings anil other purposes. While standing too near the track as a train was passing, Frank Racklin, aged 0, of Salt Lake, was struck and instantly killed. All towns in Idaho are enthusiastic over the trade extension tour of the Sail Lake Commercial club, beginning April IS. Bids for the construction of a new $75,000 auditorium at the University i of Ulali campus will be called for soon, j Twenty children have been .bitten by rabid dogs in the Salt. Lake valley section within the last week. Actuated by a belief that tourists cannot fully appreciate the beauties of . Utah without having explored the j mountains of the state, an invitation ' to climb Mount Timpaniigos will be ex-! ex-! tended to the delegates lo the Natioii-! Natioii-! al Education association convention by the Utah Mountain club. The stale road commission has gone on record as in favor of ti new route for the slate highway into Castle Dale, over the bench land, rather than the present road, which is through a country coun-try where its nmiulenance is said lo be niuro difficult, |