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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE V. .1. r.li-, sheriff of fiiiind county 1 fur st-i-r;il t'-i'iii-;, a rtwlni'fd ao'ain hi lie shi iiff of ciiiinlv by a de cision of tin- siijm-ine c 1 1 it of the Slate last week. S!T.!ff J'li- had received re-ceived a laa.Iiiril.V of five Votes :ll the election last. November, b'lt his Iienio-ciiilic Iienio-ciiilic opponent, John 1:. Skewes was able to lia'.'e lilies ousinl. on a chai''e of violalion of lilt- corrupt prai-liee aet. The body of an unknown man was discovered hist week by a sheephenler on a rocky ed-e bein alli an old pinion pine tree overlooking ( 'arlionville, which is alioiii four miles northwest of i'rice. 'l'he mystery of the discovery Is lie' inaccessliiliiy of the place, (here 1 n -i 1 1 ir a ledye below and one above wln-re the body was found. Appointment by (lovernor .labey last week of a stale welfare commission, in accordance Willi a law passed by the last legislature, marks what advocates of the movement hope will be an important im-portant slep forward in llie cause id' a proper organization of welfare work in Hie st He. Ilereafler boys and e,irls committed to tne stale industrial school, at Utfden will, before being actually sent to the Institution, lie subjected to tests in mentality ' and other psychological activity by experts of the University of Utah, engaged in such work. Professor Orson Ryan, for many years prominent in educational work in Utah and former head of the Jordan school district, has been selected by the board of education of Logan City to succeed Processor Henry Peterson as city superintendent of schools. Notices have been sent out by Collector Col-lector or Internal Kevenue D. C. Dunbar Dun-bar to proprietors of soda fountains, calling attention to the provision of the special tax levy which requires the keeping of daily records of the sales and tiie tax paid thereon. The state board of equalization has about completed the assessment of mining min-ing property in the state, and plans to begin on a tour of inspection of the railroads which, as public utilities, are assessed by the state board rather than by count assessors. The Logan chamber of commerce has received a communication from Major I!. M. Atkinson, commanding officer of Mather field, California, asking for information far e landing field for airplanes in or near Logan. Reports from various points in Utah county with regard to the condition of orchards indicate that up to the present time no material damage has been done by the recent cold weather and storms. Matthew S. Browning, capitalist of Ogdeti, was elected president of the Amalgamated Sugar company, to succeed suc-ceed the late Anthen II. Lund, at the meeting of the directors, held at Ogden. Alexander Gordner of Provo was cut on the right sheek, and his brother, Samuel Gordner, also of Provo, was slightly injured when their automo-mobile automo-mobile ran into a street car at Salt Lake. Hereafter electric light globes purchased pur-chased by the state of Utah will be inscribed in-scribed "Property of the State of Utah," frosted indelibly on the glass. This is done to prevent theft of globes. More than $300 has been realized in the drive being conducted by the Phillips Congregational Christian Endeavor En-deavor society at Salt Lake for the Chinese famine fund. Miss A'ina Nielson, daughter of An-thon An-thon Nielsen of Huntsville, died on a train between Scofield aud Salt Lake while being taken to the capital to undergo un-dergo an operation. Of the $40,000 in bonds voted by Wasatch county for school purposes $33,000 has been set aside for a new school building to be erected in Soldier Summit. Approximately $2000 has been received re-ceived in the last month by the state hoard of land commissioners from leases on hinds under Great Salt Lake. A tottal of S2.000 acres of land in Millard county is to be drained as a result re-sult of a favorable vot in two bond elections held recently in that county. Irwin Davis, aged 20, employed at a cafe in Salt Lake, suicided while on duty, shooting himself through the head, following a fit of despondency. The county crops and pests inspector estimates the peach crop loss in Salt Lake valley as result of the freezing weather last week t,i 00 per cent. Arthur Purser suffered a broken arm and Martin Woolfe a cut and severly bruised hand as the result of an auto collision at Logan. The annual convention of the Utah State Pharmaceutical association will be held at Logan May 20 and 2T. Teter Murango. oli years of age, who attempted to kill himself at Ogden, has been adjudged insane. A commercial cli(l) has been organized organiz-ed at Soldier Summit, starting out with forty-eight members. Friday, April lias been named by Governor Maliey as Arbor day. Delbert Smith, 20 years of age, who was arrested in Salt Lake on charges of robbing a mail car of $50.1)00 near St. Paul on February IS, has been taken back to St. Louis for trial. A mail clerk was killed by Smith during the robbery. Sheep shearing has commenced in Grand county. At Cottonwood station, three miles from AVestwater, in the new plant installed by Colorado sheep men, the shearing will be done with the blade. It is estimated that more than 2o,0(K) sheep will be handled at this plant. |