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Show News Notes From All Parts of J! UTAH z Salt Lake, Beaver furs are still taken in Utah and during the past two years there have been turned over to the fish and game department depart-ment hides to the value of $5925, which amount was paid over to the state treasurer by Commissioner Madsen, who so' 1 the hides for th amount named. Salt Lake, A deficit of $12,500 was allowed the State Fair association associa-tion by the state board of examiners to meet expenses of operating that department in excess of the receipts of the recent state fair. Three other deficits are to be considered at this session of the board Tuesday afternoon, after-noon, the early session being continued con-tinued for that purpose. Salt Lake, George W. McCaskell, 46 years of age, former member of the Utah legislature, local mining engineer of note and a nephew of the late W. S. McCornick died at Seattle, Wash. Salt Lake, Another large classification classi-fication of state school lands as nonmineral in character was received by Eli F. Taylor, register of the United States land office, from the commissioner of the general land office. On recommendation of the field service the commissioner classifies classi-fies 10,880 acres as nonmineral at the time of the enabling act, and as a consequence the state's right is undisputed. The land is near the Arizona border in Kane county. Provo, Provo city firemen have sent out a call for old toys, which they desire to repair for children of the city whose circumstances forbid their having a merry Christmas, except ex-cept for the kindness of the firemen, who have added joy to the hearts of these kiddies each Christmas for sev eral years. Provo, With a view to manufacturing manufac-turing a commercial fertilizer from the by-products of the Columbia steel plant, representatives of the Anaconda Anacon-da Copper company of Butte, Mont., have just completed tests which are reported to have been 100 per cent perfect. A number of men from the Anaconda company have been at work on the tests for the past two or three weeks, it is said. Bingham, Louis Mike, 30 year old Bulgarian miner, was instantly killed on the 1800-foot level of the Utah-Apex mine when the roof of a stope caved in and he was covered with several tons of ore. More than an hour was required to reach the severely crushed body. Ogden, Ogden's new $400,000 Union station was formally and officially of-ficially opened with appropriate ceremonies cere-monies held in the main room, presided pre-sided over by Fred M. Nye, president presi-dent of the Ogden chamber of com-mece. com-mece. More than 200 Ogden men and women, which included representatives represent-atives of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, join builders of the structures, and civic bodies, among them the Salt Lake chamber of commerce participated. Spanish Fork, The Spanish Fork Fish and Game Protective association associa-tion released twenty-one pairs of Chinese pheasants in the river bottoms bot-toms district, near the power plant. These birds were secured from the state game farm at Springville. Salt Lake, William E. McKell, representative re-presentative from Salt Lake county in the next, state hous of representatives, represent-atives, and prominently mentioned two years ago as a speakership possibility, pos-sibility, is this year definitely in the race for that honor at the hands of his fellow members. Mr. McKell has for some time been mentioned in connection with this honor, both by his Salt Lake colleagues and by men from other counties in the state. He definitely announced his decision to become a candidate. Ogden, Damage, which will probably prob-ably amount to more than $5000, was caused by a fire at the Hylton flour mills' at the corner of Washington avenue and Fifteenth street. The fire is supposed to have been caused by friction of a wheel in a shaft which ignited dust. Machinery and much of the apparatus were damaged dam-aged and it will be some time before (he mill operates at normal capacity company officials said. Salt Lake, Ambrose Noble McKay general manager of The Salt Lake Tribune for the past fifteen years, nationally recognized as one of the most able men in newspaperdom, died at the Holy Cross hospital after an illness of two weeks. Duchesne, Irrigation of 6680 acre of land near Boneta and Alexander in Duchesne county is contemplated by the Farmers'1 Irrigation company of Bluebell, through a water filing made at the stale engineer's office. Moab, The Automobile club of southern California has completed the placing of signs on the tourist highways leading from Colorado into Monticello, San Juan county. Eightj-ornate Eightj-ornate steel signs have been placed on the highway from Cortez to Mon ticello and during thr ;ummer month |