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Show X z I News Notes X From All Parts of I UTAH ! Salt Lake City. Bank deposits in Salt Lake banking institutions foi the second quarter of the present year show increases over the first quarter, 1924, and the second quarter quar-ter of 1923, reflecting an advance in general prosperity not only in Salt Lake, but also in the country tributary tribu-tary to the city. Provo. Principal L. B. Harmon re-norts re-norts that the registration of the Provo high school has already passed pass-ed the high point reached in January, Janu-ary, 1923, and establishes a new opening record in the local high school. Smithfield. Citizens of Smithfield decided at a mass meeting held recently re-cently that a chamber of commerce was needed in this city. The meeting meet-ing was called by the city council and representatives of all civic organizations organiza-tions and business and industrial interests in-terests were present and expressed their wish that an organization be completed in the near future. Ogden. If a resort is established on the shores of Great Salt Lake near Ogden, it will be in the vicinity of Hooper, about fourteen miles west of the city, in the opinion of directors of the chamber of commerce who took i trip to Promontory on the Southern South-ern Pacific route to conduct a reconnaissance. recon-naissance. Ogden. The game refuge bill now before congress which is of much consequence con-sequence to Utah, was upheld before the Weber County Fish & Game Protective Pro-tective association by Chapin A. Day, prominent Ogden business man, who attacked State Fish and Game Commissioner Com-missioner D. H. Madsen for opposing the measure. Congressman Don B. Colton discussed the measure and, although he did not commit himself, he indicated that he was favorable to its passage, although he stated that he voted against the first bill of its kind introduced in congress. Salt Lake City. Certificates to teach the elementary grades of TJta'h schools have been granted to seventy -one applicants, the certification committee com-mittee of the state board of education has announced. Ogden, The highway to Yellowstone Yellow-stone park from Utah will be In splendid condition with the improvement improve-ment of the stretch from Asliton to Warm River, in Idaho, which is about to be done as the result of arrangements arrange-ments made by the United States bureau of public roads with John A. Wheeler, contractor, of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Salt Lake, Rabbi William Rice, formerly of Salt Lake . and woll known in ecclesiastical circles, was killed by a Union Pacific train near Los Angeles as he was walking along the tracks, reading a book, according accord-ing to reports reaching Salt Lake. Salt Lake, Impressive in its immensity, im-mensity, the parade of approximately 15,000 persons climaxed the observance observ-ance of Defense day in Salt Lake and demonstrated that what Utah has done in the past Utah can better in the event of a national emergency. Salt Lake City, Plans for a well organized year's work have been laid for the 1924 1025 season at the University Uni-versity of Utah. Everything is in readiness for registration which takes place Sept. 25, 26, and 27. A diligent faculty working under a well outlined course of studies is waiting to serve the students in cleaned and renovated renovat-ed quarters. Salt Lake City. Prison-made articles arti-cles manufactured under the states' use plan and sent here for use of Utah institutions will be inspected by J. H. Glenn, state director of finance and purchase, it was announced. A shipment of shoes made at the Idaho state prison is expected to reach Salt Lake in a few days. Bingham. Less than one mile remains re-mains to be paved on the Bingham Salt Lake highway, according to H. W. Christopherson, county surveyor, and the entire road will be completed within ten days. A three and one-half one-half mile strip will be opened this week, Mr. Christopherson announced, and the road will be formally opened October 20. Salt Lake City. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Bish-op Joseph S. Glass, bishop of the Utah diocese of the Catholic church, has left for Rome to pay his f irt official visit to the pope since hi3 consecration as bishop in 1915. It is a requirement made of every bishop that he visit the pontiff every ten years, and Bishop Glass goes not only to pay his respects to Pope Pius XI, but also as a representative of the people of his diocese. Salt Lake City. Enlargement of the grandstands at Cummings field has been started at the University of Utah. The contract for the project of .idding 900 reserved seats to the stands was awarded to the Jacobs'au Construction company, which is to do he work at a cost of $1744. with the stipulation that it must be completed in fifteen days. The new additior. will increase the stand capacity to 600, and temporary ble-ichers installed in-stalled at the ends of the fird wil' add avolhrr thou'-n-d to ih-.t total. |