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Show l News Notes 1 From All Parts of I UTAH Ogden, The automobile license bureau established by the secretary of state to serve Ogden and Weber county motorists during the rush season closed last week. It. Cheshire, Jr., was in charge of the local department. depart-ment. Nearly 0000 plates were issued is-sued during the last two months here. Ogden, A Weber county committee commit-tee of the Utah Taxpayers association was appointed by the state committee at a meeting held in the office of the Amalgamated Sugar company. Judge Henry Iioiapp, chairman of the state association, presided and announced tlie Weber county committee appointments appoint-ments and also outlined' the functions of the committee. Iieber, Marion B. Lewis of Hehei has applied to the state securities commission for a permit to operate an auto line between Iieber and the Park-Utah mine. Salt Lake, Sustaining a demurrer of tlie city to the complaint in action, the district court h;i3 dismissed tlie suit oi K!s:e B. Alder against Salt Lake City for ?13,000 damages foi personal tajiTlvs alienee to have been suffered through collapse ol oleachers at Liberty park on Independence Inde-pendence day last year. Park City, Bert Chew, ?,7t years o! age, a miner for the King Consolidated Consoli-dated Mining company, was literally blown to bits, and his shift ho.-s Fred Davis, was seriously injured when the former used his pick on a missed hole on the 11.S00 foot Jri.i of the mine. Kaysville, Mayor John G. M. Barnes celebrated his sixty-fourtn birthday anniversary at his home last week. A dinner party for the immediate imme-diate family was given in honor of the event. Salt Lake, The International Smelting -company was granted foreclosure fore-closure of a mortgage held on all the assests of the Utah Consolidated Mir ing company to satisfy the unpaid balance on a note given for $1,300,-000 $1,300,-000 by order of Judge L. B. Wight in the Third district court. Ogden Cut flowers have been added add-ed to the list of California products upon wliich an embargo has been placed, it was learned by local florists who were advised by telegrams from coast cities that flower shipments could not be made. Salt Lake, Plans to carry a min-iature min-iature Utah state fair across the nation, na-tion, next summer are being rapidly completed, according to Fred W. Wilson Wil-son who is managing the Utah Exploitation Ex-ploitation campaign. Every organization organiza-tion in the state is being urged to cooperate co-operate in the movement. In addition to displays from each county it is planned to have exhibits from leading industrial and manufacturing interests inter-ests represented. One girl from each county and one from the state at large will be taken on the trip under adequate chaperonage. The manner of selecting these young women has not been determined but will be settled set-tled within the next few days, it is said. Salt Lake The safety section of the American Ilailway association will convene in Salt Lake, June 24 to 20, inculsive, with representatives of every railroad of the country in attendance. at-tendance. In connection with this meeting a campaign to reduce automobile auto-mobile accidents at railroad crossings will lie made and efforts will be initiated to induce the public to "cross crossings cautiously." I'arowan, Parowan corporation, organized by the city of I'aro'.van to construct a municipal power plant and financed by the city bonding itself for $G-j,000 has launched its. work and it is expected that the plant will be completed and ready for use August 1. Piping, lumber and other supplies have commenced arriving at Cedar City. Salt Lake, Receipts of the state land office for February amounted to $200,90."). 0!J, according to a . computation computa-tion made by D. P. Ipsom, cashier. The return . on the investment of state land grant funds was $2-17,224.12, while $19,030.04 was derived from tlie sale of public lands. Checks for these amounts were drawn in favor "t the state treasurer. I'rovo LeBov Dixon, former mayor of. I'rovo, ami James B. Tucker, city Uiige, representing the central reclamation re-clamation commitlee of Utah county, have gone to Washington, D. ('. to appear ap-pear before Utah's congressional dele' gat ion with a view of presenting the facts relating to tin; inundated lands surrounding Utah lake, and to discuss the i'easibilily of a reclamation project pro-ject that would reclaim seme ; 0,000 acres of hind in this county. |
