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Show t News Notes X From All Parts of 1 UTAH : Salt Lake. Improvement of tete-phone tete-phone properties in the intermountaln region in the next five years involve an expenditure of $27,000,000 by the Mountain States Telephone and Tele- I graph company, it was announced by the local office, following advices re- j ceived from Denver. Direct telephone 1 communication between Utah and western Colorado will be afforded by construction work scheduled for 1926 and large expenditures will be made as required in Salt Lake and Ogden during- the five-year period. Salt Lake. I. J. Armstrong, present pres-ent assistant football coach and freshman basketball and track coach at the University of Drake, Des Moines, Iowa, was named football coach and athletic director at the University of Utah. He was recom mended by Dr. George Thomas, pres. ldent of the university, and the recommendation rec-ommendation was approved without dissent by the board of regents. Armstrong Arm-strong will succeed the present coach, T. M. Fitzpatrick, who has been in charge of the Crimson athletics since 1916 and who tendered his resignation resigna-tion to the president last spring. Salt Lake. An executive order signed by President Coolidge was received re-ceived by the local United States land office, directing that the land office at Vernal be discontinued and the business and archives be transferred trans-ferred to the Salt Lake office. The local office will take over the wont February 28, according to the order. Ogden. Appointment of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Russel L. Maughan of Logan, who won fame by his dawn to dusk flight across the continent, to succeed suc-ceed First Lieutenant H. H. George as air service commander of the 104th division, with headquarters in Salt Lake, will be asked of the war department de-partment by Governor George H. Dern. Logan Recommendations as to the solution of Logan's municipal light plant problem will be given to the board of directors of the chamber of commerce within the next few weeks, according to action taken recently by the directors of the chamber. The board directed the advisory committee commit-tee for the electric light plant to report re-port at the next meeting of the board. Ogden. The Utah Construction company has received the written Instrument In-strument from the United States reclamation service setting forth the terms under which the American Falls, Idaho, dam is to be built and company officials have executed the contract and returned it to the government's gov-ernment's agency, according to Warren War-ren L. Wattis, secretary of the company. com-pany. Salt Lake. The annual roundup this year will be held August 19, 20, 21 and 22, according to an announcement announce-ment made by the chamber of commerce com-merce roundup committee, and will be held at the state fair grounas. A . seating capacity of more than 10,000 is promised this year. Detailed plans are still being formulated by the com. mittee. Park City. -Refugia Alameda is charged with the murder of June St. Clair here March 15, 1923, in a complaint com-plaint issued here by County Attorney Attor-ney R. I. McDonough, it became known. The complaint was signed by Carlos Ariza, Mexican consul in Utah. Leeton. Pretty Ethel Hall, 16, of this place, shot herself because her mother scolded her for staying- out late at nights, she confessed to local authorities here. The shooting occurred oc-curred here a month ago. At that time she said the gun discharged accidentally ac-cidentally when she knocked it over while sweeping. Provo. The First Annual Invitation Invita-tion Typewriting and Shorthand contest con-test will be held at the Brigham Young University February 27, under un-der the auspices of the Department of Office practice. The contests are open to all high school students of Utah. Teams and individuals will compete and will be awarded medals, j loving cups, and pennants. Three persons will constitute a team in the shorthand contests.- The team winning win-ning the highest number of points will be awarded a silver loving cup. ! The cup to become the permanent ! property of the school that wins the j highest number of points two consecutive conse-cutive years. A cup to the school producing the best typewriting team on the same terms will be given. Individuals will receive gold and silver sil-ver medals for list and second place, |