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Show UTAH NEWS REVIEW Eleven thousand pieces of literature advertising Ogden were distributed by Secretary 0. ,T. SUlwell of the Ogden chamber of commerce. The Utah legislature when it con. venes in 1923 will be asked to mate n appropriation of $2000 for the purpose pur-pose of aiding shippers of the state In their contest against the railways for the abrogation of the long and .short haul clause of the transportation law. Evening schools for foreigners un. able to speak the English language have been and are being established in eighteen of the state's forty districts, dis-tricts, including Granite, 31urray, Jordan, Jor-dan, Utah, Tintic, Millard, Beaver, Emery, Carbon, Wasatch, North Summit, Sum-mit, Park City, Morgan, Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Ogden and Salt Lake. Shipment of goosberry bushes from the New York agricultural experiment station out to Utah in violation of the quarantine, both federal and state against such shipments In view thai the white pine blister prevails in that section of the country, have been confiscated con-fiscated by the state crops inspector, J. D. Webb. One. third of the taxes of Cache county remain unpaid, amounting to more than ?300,000. Most of the delin. quents are among farmers, who have been unable to pay because of so many crop failures, together with the decline in prices and the general depression. The total assessment of the county was $936,000. An addition of 650,000 gallons of water a day is made to Salt Lake's water supply by a deal of the citj water department that was ai.prtm?6 by the city commission. The acquisition acquisi-tion Is water of the Walker ditch, and. Is the last water that will be available to lie city from Big Cottonwood can-yon. can-yon. ...... . . tj . - ' The department of Utah, American legion, Is sending out letters to every post in the state calling attention"??" the annual Christmas tsgal gale of the Utah Public Health association and Urging that legion members through, out the state give support to the state-health state-health organization in Its work. Huntington has opened up a municipal munic-ipal coal mine under a government regulation that a municipality may se- t sure a tract of three hundred and twenty acres of land at no cosi, pro- . . r; the coal mined therefrom is sold, to its clUsaena at tllG actual cost of the i operations. It is expected By those behind the movement that the coal will be less than $2.00 a ton at the mine. About three miles west of Moside, on Utah lake, there has been opened up recently a deposit of what ita discoverers dis-coverers claim is mineral soap. The clay resembles in appearance a soap. Besides the principal elements of aluminum alum-inum and silica, the diatomaceous ma terial contains phosphate, magnesia and potash. The deposit covers an area of approximately 100 acres. At a recent meeting of the rabbit drive committee of Boxelder county and representatives of the railroad companies, held In the Commercial club, special rates to the rabbit districts dis-tricts in the county were discussed The offer of one and one-third fare seemed unreasonable to the committee and was rejected. m Seventy-five farmers from JtHrS county will make an inspection tour ol the principal poultry farms of Utah county. During next year a special poultry project will be conducted In this county by J. P. Welch, county ag. rlcultural agent In the project, poul try raisers will be taught how to feed and care for baby chicks, cull the flocks and feed for winter eggs. The decapitated body of lemuel He cox, watchman at the Cashian mine, ii the lower end of Lasal canyon, fiftj miles east of Moab, and six miles .cross the line in Colorado, was found ,11 the bunkhouse concealed undei grain and burlap sacks, according to k-eports reaching here. The head of th dead man has not been found. The construction of the Lucin cut oft across the upper end of Great Sah lake has resulted In the reduction o the area of the salt lake and product a fresh water lake, now said to be the largest body of fresh water within the state. Bear river bsy, until the con-structlon con-structlon of the cut-off known as the Upper part of the Gieat Salt Lake, is now said to be practically free froir salt. Carp, suckers and other fist abound in the water. Burglars secured $0." in cash, $20r In stamps, $600 wortlT jewelry anc about ,r00 stamped envelopes wher they broke Into the drug store ani pOBtofflce at Devil's Slide. Utah, according ac-cording to late advices received. Vernal pears are finding favor It farawsr Tugland. Beceatly Jamei Hacking of this city bad a call frorc England for his Sheldons. which to) years he has been shipping to polnti as tor east as New York and west tc j |