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Show 1 News Notes 1 1 From All Parts of j ( UTAH 1 Ogden. Data concerning the various vari-ous canal and irrigation companies In Weber, Davis, Summit and Morgan counties, particularly regarding their financial standing is now being gathered ga-thered for submission to the United States reclamation Bervice in connection connec-tion with the Echo canyon dam. the first unit of the Salt Lake Basin project. pro-ject. Spanish Fork. John E. Booth, department de-partment commander of the American Ameri-can Legion, has been appointed by Governor George H. Dern to act as an assistant to Adjutant General W. G. Williams in distributing the captured cap-tured German war trophies through' out the state of Utah. Each state in the union has been assigned a quo-to quo-to of the captured war trophies in proportion to the number of men it furnished In the world war. Provo. The seventh annual convention con-vention of the Utah State Bankers' association will be held in Provo, June 5 and 6. Joseph T. Farrer, at a meeting of the county organization, was named chairman of the general convention committees. Plans are being be-ing made for the entertainment of the visiting bankers. Chairman Farrer Far-rer will call a meeting of the committees com-mittees to work out the details at once. Salt Lake City. An increase of more than twelve million dollars in the valuation of property for taxation Is shown by the figures just compiled by the state board of equalization, the values being on public utilities and mining companies, the figures giving giv-ing a grand total of $219,482,315 aa compared with $207,463,456 for 1924. Salt Lake City. Approximately a square mile of territory is to be added ad-ded to Salt Lake City as a result of action by the city commission in deciding de-ciding to extend the city limits of Salt Lake City in the southeast vn section. Salt Lake City. The claims division divi-sion of the Utah regional office of the veteran's bureau considered during dur-ing the month of April 198 cases, according ac-cording to a report by Dr. L. J. Paul, regional manager. The Utah regional region-al office was the first of the veteran's vet-eran's bureaus to be decentralized and reestablished to comply with the provisions of the world war veterans' act, passed by congress and approv- ! ed by the president June 7, 1924. The purpose of this decentralization was to eliminate as much delay as possible possi-ble in the handling of claims and render ren-der all possible service to a veteran at or near his name. Alvin Gash, 16, of this city was killed when he climbed a high-tension tower in the foothills east of Ogden and came in contact with a wire carrying 44,000 volts. He fell from the tower and in falling broke another wire. His clothing was in flames when police officers reached him. Logan. Dr. William M. Jardine the new secretary of the United States department of agriculture, will spend more than a week in Utah and Idaho Ida-ho early in June, it became known here, with the arrival of John T. Caine III from a trip to the national capitol. Secretary Jardine's itinerary may be subject to some change, but as at present mapped out it gives him four days in Utah and four in Idaho. Salt Lake City. Richard E. Davis has beeu appointed warden of the Utah state prison to succeed James Devine, resigned. When the board of corrections convened in the office of the governor. Warden Devine tendered ten-dered his resignation. Ogden. Each of the 406 babies born in the Thomas D. Dee Memorial hospital during 1924 will be presented present-ed with a $1 savings bank account and each will be given a free medical examination by the hospital physicians, physi-cians, according to plans for that occasion oc-casion announced by W. W. Rawson, superintendent of the hospital. This scheme was inaugurated las.t year and brought a wealth of babies to the hospital. Salt Lake City. Utah farmers to the number 4762 have availed them selves of loans totalling $15,412,650 from federal land banks and joint stock land banks since these agencies were first established by law, according accord-ing to word from the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. These loans are safeguarded by 518,335 acres of land in the state, having an appraised apprais-ed valuation of $36,692,795. Bingham. Careful estimates made by real estate men and other experts brought the losses suffered by fire in Bingham down to approximately $105,000. Salt Lake City. The synod of Utah of the Presbyterian church will meet in Salt Lake Wednesday, Thursday Thurs-day and Friday, June 24, 25 and 26. The sessions will be held in Ferry hall, Westminster college. The Woman's Wo-man's Synodical society of Utah will meet at the s;ne time and place. The afternoon and evening meetings will be joint sessions of the two groups. |