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Show t News Notes : l From All Parts of j UTAH I Trice, The total valuation of property prop-erty in Carbon county this year show:j an increase of $G3S,1G2 over 1923 according ac-cording to a statement filed with the state board of equalization by S. W. Golding, county assessor. The valuation val-uation placed by the county amounts to $7,497,S91. Salt Lake The state treasurer's office of-fice has received a federal warrant for $12,309.00, representing final pay. ment of the government's share of the cost of the Brlgham City-Corinne federal fed-eral aid project, which was completed last year. Work done on the road on a cooperative basis cost $99,000 ot which the government paid $72,O0C and Boxelder county $27,000. Moab, Ten per cent payment tc creditors of the State Bank of Moat will probably be made within a very short time, according to Seth Pixton. State bank commissioner. E. II. Street deputy examiner in charge ol the liquidation of the bank's assets, has written Mr. Pixton to the effect that authority to make the disbursement disburse-ment will be asked of the district court of Grand county. The dividend will be the first to be paid since the bank closed. Provo, A merchants' association ol Provo was perfected at a meeting held In the Provo chamber of commerce by representatives of a large numbei of local business firms. Provo. A permanent gravel road through Provo canyon was assured when the Utah county commissioners appropriated $15,800 to match a federal fed-eral government appropriation ot $15,000 for the construction of such a highway. Provo. Arnold S. Sandmier, well-known well-known railroad man of Provo, died at the family residence, following an illness of seven months, resulting from complications due to typhoid fever. fe-ver. Logan. Seventeen teams of two men each were sent out by the Chamber Cham-ber of commerce to solicit funds for the Cache Valley centennial celebration celebra-tion which will be held in Logan July 24 and 25. A general drive to raise the necessary funds to stage the celebration cele-bration will begin within the next few weeks. All professional men and business houses are expected to contribute to the fund, according to chamber officials. Salt Lake City. W. E. McKell in-termountain in-termountain district manager of the American Surety company, was named nam-ed president of the Rotary Club at the annual election at the Hotel Utah. He succeeds Milton T. Lipman. Salf. Lake City. The Granddaddy lakes country, regarded as one of the best fishing spots in Utah, may be open to automobile traffic next year. Workmen of the forest service expect to complete eight of the remaining re-maining twelve miles during the present pre-sent summer, in which event the other oth-er four miles could easily be finished finish-ed in 1925. Midvale. Gibbons and Reed, contractors, con-tractors, were awarded, the contract for four blocks of street paving through the business district of the city and several blocks on the Center street for $47,680.10, it was announced announ-ced by the city recorder. The bona issue to finance the civic improvements improve-ments were vited by the citizens at the last election in November, 1923. Ogden. A long dry period is responsible re-sponsible for a heavy cattle loss and poor grazing conditions on the Beaver Beav-er dam wash in the extreme southwest south-west corner of the rrtate, on the Dixie national forest, according to a report nade here to the district forest office, of-fice, Monday, by W. W. Mace, supervisor super-visor of the Dixie forest. Provo. Professor L. John Nuttall has been made dean of the college ot education and Dr. Carl F. Eyring dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Brigham Young university. uni-versity. The appointments were made at a meeting of the executive committee of the university. Provo. This year the state of Utah has under construction road projects which will require an expenditure ex-penditure of more than $2,500,000, according ac-cording to Preston G. Peterson, chairman of the state roau commission commis-sion who delivered an address hent before the Provo chapter of the American Association of Engineers Monticello, Citizens of Monticellc turned out in full force under the direction of the Rebus Rota club re. cently to beautify the automobile! camp grounds. They planted twenty, seven trees and about 1000 square yards of lawn, and, in addition, they built COO feet of sidewalk. Salt Lake The Utah Bankers' as-fiociation as-fiociation will hold itss sixteenth an. nual convention at Ogden, June 13 and I I, according to announcements Issued by Secretary Carl Marcusen. Let us aim to have our whole community as attrac- I tive, clean and healthful as our cleanest, neatest home. |