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Show UTAH NEWS REVIEW Utah factories produced 1900100 worth of macaroni and Similar products pro-ducts during tiie year 192"). Ogden Chsmber of Commerce announces an-nounces tluit details for the building of an engraving plant In Ogden will probably prob-ably be completed shortly. H. C. Means, state rood engineer, announces that the aim of the State rood commission Is to have more than $2,000,000 worth of road work under contract by March 1st. After he had refused to pay a $25 fine for speeding, Clarence Dansle, 22 years of age, of Salt Lake was committed com-mitted to the county iall to serve the sentence out at the rate of one day for each dollar. m r m Salt Lake's sciiool system will be subjected to a completed survey after January 1 to determine if any reductions reduc-tions can be made in expenditures without with-out lowering Uie present educational standards, H. A .Smith, president of the board of education, announced. A soldiers' bonus measure now bein carefully groomed will be brought before be-fore Congress In the nar future and some sort or relief measure for re turned soldiers is considered a certainty, cer-tainty, though It is said the majority in Congress are at heart opposed to the principle involved. Hog cholera has prevailed In six counties in the state, according to a report re-port of Dr. W. A. Stephensen, made to the 6tate commissioner of agriculture. The counties In which the disease has prevailed are Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Tooele and Millard and in the counties named 1065 hogs have boen vaccinated on twenty-eight different farms. A state-wide association for the twofold two-fold and aggressive purpose of first providing highways and facilities, and secondly of telling the world about the scenic marvels of southern Utah, was launched at a meeting of prominent Utahns devoted to the cause of thes playgrounds called by Stephen T Mather, director of national parts. "There Is not history of Utah that 1 teachable for children, but that there Is need of one Is beyond questkm, one that will go into the Industries and the resources of the state and which will give the children the Information that they should have." This statement was made by a prominent school official offi-cial when asked what history of Utah was being taught in the public sdool of tle stats. The willing cooperation of Secretary of the Interior Fall In the development of Utah parks and highways was assured as-sured by Stephen T. Mather, director of national parks, to a gathering of Utah business men and state officials who are seeking to establish methods by which Utah' scenic beauties and wealth resources may be more easily reached and more thoroughly enjoyed by American citizens. Support of the Salt Lak-e Commercial club In ttefforts to have the Uintah basin included in Utah's share of the primary roads to be Improved through the aid of ttie national government Is asked in a telegram received a few days ago from the Vernal Commercial club. Copies of the message are to be sent from the Salt Lake club to Governor Gover-nor Mabey and the state road commissioner. commis-sioner. Recoramedations for the federal highway system of Utah were determined deter-mined by the state road commission, after several weeks of study, the com-misslon com-misslon has decided to recommend an east-and-west highway Ihorngh Utah from the Wyoming line, near Evanston, to Nevedn line at Wendover, Utah; and a north-nnd-south highway from the Utah-Idaho line, near Franklin, to the Utah-Arizona line southwest of St George, ns the state's primary system Utah has established a new national record In the farm bureau movement. This has been accomplished, by the organization or-ganization and operation of memberships member-ships campaigns in six counties at the same time. In n letter from Charle3 E. Gunnels. It is pointed out that heretofore no state has found it possible possi-ble to conduct more than four county campaigns at one time and In most instances in-stances the work Is confined to a single county. This has been made possible by the caliber of frirmers found In Utah who nre capable of serving as team leaders in the sollcltat'on work and In acting as speakers at campaign meetings. It has been announced that Payson citizens have obtained options on more f than 2000 acres of land at Lincoln F.each. which it ts proposed to turn over to the steel promoters at cost, which will be decldely low much of this and worth little or nothing as ag- cultural land. Locating the furnaces at Lincoln Reach would bring them nearer to Trove than to Pay son. All that would be necessary to do this would reclnira tliouKands of acres of land now under water. |