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Show THE BEEHIVE STATE The University of Utah nt the re-Quest re-Quest of the Institute of Public Service Serv-ice of New lork City, is compiling a record of the achievements of men and women of this state, who have contributed contrib-uted to the advancement of education since the war. Four counties In the state have assessed as-sessed the property In their boundaries at the figures which the state board of equalization and assessment believes be-lieves to be what the property should he. and these four will not be called before the board. They are Carbon. I'aggett, Crand and San Juan. If a dog bites you. do not kill th animal on the assumption that it i3 afflicted with rabies, hut chain the canine up for a few days, so as to se If rabies develop. These are instructions instruc-tions issued by the state board ot health, who hope that the suggestion will be carried out. k A state-wide better baby contest, Q during which all competitors will be measured, tested mentally and examined ex-amined physically by a corps of ten or a dozen expert physicians, will be the big feature of the All-Fraternal day to be held at Lagoou July 2S. t Utah farmers and stock-growers will be saved more than ?:2,500,O0O this year through a campaign on the advantages of silo building, which has been carried car-ried on by the dairy division of department depart-ment of agriculture, in co-operation with the Utah Agricultural college. '- George Blasdell, aged 55, an engineer engi-neer on the Southern Pacilic, was killed by a passenger train m the railroad rail-road yards at Ogden. Mr. Blasdell was. just off shift nnd was on his way home when the accident occurred. Five more counties in Utah show Increases in population since the taking of the 191U census, according to preliminary pre-liminary population figures issued last week by the United States census bureau bu-reau at Washington. The skeleton of a man which had been buried for about fifty years was found at the Globe Mills at Ogden during dur-ing the excavation for a gas tank. The bones were uncovered about eight feet below the surface. Crop and range conditions throughout through-out the state are in very fair condition condi-tion with the exception of dry farms in some portions where hot weather and lack of water are already beginning begin-ning to be felt. W. C. Dingman hit a mule with his automobile and failed to stop. A Jury of four In the city court at Ogden found him guilty and he was sentenced to pay a fine of 530 or spend thirty days in Jail.' Utah county increased me value of Its taxable property this year, as compared com-pared to 1919, more than $5,000,000, the aggregate value this year being $55,730,184. Last year it was $00,-607,800. The board of governors of the Box-elder Box-elder Commercial club has taken action ac-tion with respect to securing proper roads signs at the intesection of all state and county highw-ays in Boxelder county. The Smllhfield-Logan highway is practically completed and will be ready for traffic in a few days. The highway cost $210,000. In its construction construc-tion 30,000 barrels of cement wera used. Utah need fear no shortage of labor to care for the crops this year while wages continue high and the quality of the labc is good. This is the view of the state Industrial commission. Actual loss to the farmers of Weber county in the sugar beet industry alone last year was one million dollars, due. to a short water season. The loss was incurred on 11,000 acres. The annual outing of the Ixigan chamber of commerce has been set for August 1G and 17, with tne tour to Include Provo and intermediate points. The year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Fernelius of Uintah, choked to death when he caught his head between be-tween the railings of his crib. Prompt action on the part of a neighbor neigh-bor saved Mrs. Victoria Jorgensen o Grouse Creek and her small son from an attack by a rabid coyote. May Sullivan of Ogden, who arrived In Salt Lake recently, attempted to; commit suicide by taking poison, but it is believed she will recover. Improved farm lands in Boxelder county are worth $30.00 per acre and grazing lands $2 per acre, according to the assessor's report. Service certificates are to be sent to all soldiers from Utah or their next of kin, in compliance with the act of the legislature of 1919. A celebration will be held at Provo, Saturday, July' 31, commemorating the anniversary of the discovery "f the valley by Escalante. . Assessed valuation of Boxelder county coun-ty is this year $3S,52G,5()." Last year Boxelder county paid taxes on $35,-001.700. $35,-001.700. The state fair of 1919 came out on-the on-the right side of the ledger for the first time in several years. The body of the first Ogden soldier who died in France was brought to' Ogden Inst week. Private Earl Cobb, who died of inlluetiza at Brest. November No-vember 1G, 1918, five days after the signing of the armistice, is the suMier. Saccharine, which is a product of coal tar aiui lias no fouil value and is said to retard digestion, lull which is 555 times sweeter than cane sugar, is being used instead of sugar In the manufacture of soft drinks. This is direct violation of law, according lo Walter M. Boyden, state (ood and iatry commissioner |