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Show I News Notes m From All Parts of J UTAH J Ogden. T. Gajeksky, a furrier and taxidermist, was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and serve sixty days in Jail by Judge John A. Hendricks of the city court after bis conviction by a Jury on a charge of having four beaver hides in his possession, without with-out being properly tagged by the-state the-state commissioner, to show that they had been lawfully committed to him. Salt Lake City. Down at Locker-bee Locker-bee in San Juan county lives a man who only recently ascertained that there was a law upon the statute-books statute-books that requires the payment of a tax on gasoline. Pie knows better now for the secretary of state has called his attention to the fact that he owes the state more than $250 taxes on the thirty-two barrels of gasoline gas-oline that he has sold during the past two years. Salt Lake City. Members of the newspaper fraternity whose assignment assign-ment has placed them in close touch, with the warden of the Utah state prison, James Devine, during his-more his-more than four years' incumbency of the office, were his guests at a dinner at the prison. But one person per-son outside of the "press gang" was present, that being Judge Stewart of the state board ot corrections. Salt Lake City. A manufacturing plant of the Griffin Wheel company of Chicago, $12,000,000 subsidiary company o the American Steel Foun-daries Foun-daries corporation, will be established establish-ed in Salt Lake, the first unit to be completed near the end of the year, according to a telegram received from R. P. Lamont, president of the company, com-pany, by President Frank B. Cook of the chamber of commerce. Provo. Mapleton and SpringviMe farmers, who realize the menace of white top, noxious weed, to the success suc-cess of their farms, have just purchased pur-chased a carload of salt, which will be spread over the infested areas, according ac-cording to C. J. Sorenson, district agricultural inspector. Logan. Merchants and business men of Logan are in favor of continuing contin-uing the Sunday picture shows, oc-cording oc-cording to action taken at a recent meeting of 142 representatives of business concerns in the city. By a vote of 100 to 42 the business men indicated their desire to see the shows continued. " Ogden. The waters of Great Salt Lake are about a foot lower this year than last year, according to Otis Weeks, division engineer or the Southern Pacific railroad. The waters wat-ers rose 84 inches over an arbitrary mark last year and this year went 72 inches above. According to the findings of Dr. F. J. Pack and Dr. Hyrum Schneider of the University of Utah, the lake levels respond to the precipitation of the surrounding country after two years. The dry season of two years ago, therefore, is now responsible for the low level of the water. Mt. Pleasont. John E. Pixton of Murray was elected district governor and Ogden was chosen as the 1926 convention city at the third annual convention of the twenty-eighth district dis-trict of Lions International clubs, held at Mt. Pleasant. Salt Lake City With the official returns in from every county assessor in Utah, the total assessed value of Utah, as fixed by preliminary assessments assess-ments and subject to equalization and to additional assessments which, however, will probably not alter the totals materially is $681,281,809. Salt Lake City State Attorney General H. H. Cluft has initiated supreme su-preme court proceedings for a peremptory per-emptory writ of mandate to the county coun-ty commissioners of Salt Lake coun-ey, coun-ey, requiring them to fix a levy ot one-twelfth of a mill on all property in Salt Lake County for an agricultural agricultur-al inspection fund. It is probable the case will be heard June 1. Provo. One hundred and sixty-four sixty-four students of the Provo junior high school received their certificates of graduation at the commencement exercises held in the high school auditorium aud-itorium Ogden. Jesse S. Richards, secretary secre-tary of the Ogden chamber of commerce, com-merce, has been indorsed by many organizations, stockmen and other individuals, in-dividuals, for the position on the state fair board made vacant by the resignation resig-nation of John T. Caine III, of Logan now assistant secretary of agriculture agricul-ture in charge of the packers and ktockyards administration. Cedar City. Notice has been given giv-en by the mayor and council of their intention to improve the main street by paving. A strip eighteen feet wide will be placed through the town by faderal aid, and the city will spend an additional sum in order to increase the width from curb to curb through approximately ono-quarter mile of the business district. Bonds for the work will bo on tho market about July 1, and work will start as soon after that date as possible, It is said. |