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Show THE UTAH BUDGET About 100 men who would bo otherwise oth-erwise unemployed aro at work harvesting har-vesting tho natural ico crop of ono of tho local companies at Ogden. As a result of tho alarming increase In tho rabbltB that aro harvesting crops for tho formers of Marysvalo, a gonoral campaign Is being carried on against them. Florenco Costnnzo, 3 years of nge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Costnnzo Cos-tnnzo of Salt Lake, was fatally burned when hor clothing caught flro from tho kitchen range. Salt Lake's expenditures during 1014 totaled $1,651,900.14 from Its revenue funds, From its special funds, representing repre-senting public improvements mostly, it spont $925,010.50. During 1915 a total It 14,800 head of cattlo and horses and 85,700 sheep nnd goats, a slight increase over allowances al-lowances in 1914, will bo permitted to grazo within tho Wasatch national forest. for-est. Tho averngo of tho lako lool readings read-ings of Great Salt lako made by the United States weather bureau during tho past year shows that tho lako has been .4 of a foot hlghor than during 1913. Utah ranks sixth among tho states of tho union in tho matter of low percentage per-centage of illteracy and ninth In the list as regards expenditures per capita cap-ita of population for educational purposes. pur-poses. During 1914 tho Are loss In Salt Lako was $100,787.58, which is $2,000 less than wns lost in ono flro In 1913, that of tlie Denver & Rio Grnndo shops. Tho gross Iosb is less than $1 per capita. A permanent fund of $25,000 a year for extension work throughout tha state on tho part of tho University of Utah is sought by the board of regents re-gents in its bionnlal report to tho governor. Of tho thousands of parcel post packages that wore handled t.r tho Ogden postofflco during tho Christmas rush, only ono could not bo delivered because of lack of address, according to the postmaster. C. s. Pago, general manager of the Arrowhead Motion Picture- company, promoter of Alnska "snow scene" film dramas staged In Utah mountains, Is charged with passing worthless checks on a Salt Lako hotel. That tho wrappor of ovory ioar of bread sold in Utah must bear tho not weight of tho loaf Btampod on tho wrapper Is tho information sent out in notices to breadmakors by tho dairy and food commissioner. Orders to all saloon keepers to abolish abol-ish free lunches immediately and instructions in-structions to all cigar Btoro managers and proprietors to stop dice throwing and other forms of gambling havo been sent out by Salt Lake's chief of police. Tho Ogdon sugar factory has completed com-pleted tho season s run with 85.G00 tons to its credit fot tho season. This is the greatest bjot tonnage in tho history of tho Ogdun plant, but thoro aro Indications that tho record will last only until next season. Wlllrd Hansen, Jr., state dairy and food commissioner, is warning broad makors throughout tho state to label their loaves of wrapped bread properly, prop-erly, showing oxact net weight. Ho says that ho is preparing to enforco tho net weight law rigidly. People of Utah will bo given an opportunity op-portunity of seeing tho iinesi collection collec-tion of poultry over gathered in the state at tho opening of the second annual an-nual exhibition of tho State Poultry Association of Utah, to bo hold ui Salt Lake, January 11 to 16. Tho elovonth session of tho Utah leglBlaturo, which begins January 11, will at least open In tho usunl quarters quar-ters in the City nnd County building, nnd a part if not tho entire session will bo held In that place, tho state capltol not having been finished. It is estimnted that; tho Uuivorsltj of Utah will need during tho coming blonnium $502,549.30, nnd its revenue estimated on prevailing assessments, will not amount to more than $482,-305, $482,-305, leaving a balanco of $20,284 30 to bo mot by an extra appropriation. More automobiles wore purchasoc by Utah resldonts in 1914 than for any two years sinco autoa were invented. in-vented. Tho number totalod 2,250 when tho secretary of Btato closed his office December 31, this being based on the number of licenses Issued by him. Tho Btato 1b spending $4,500,000 an-nually an-nually to educate Its children, which Is $38,88 per cent capita of school population. It has a school population popula-tion of 117,632 and an average attendance at-tendance of 9G.679. Tho vnlup, of its school property Is estimated at $9,000,000. Because ho operates a nonunion shop, W. J. Wright, low bidder for tho heating and vontl'atlng of a now Bchool building was rtfueea tho contract con-tract by tho Salt Lake board of education, educa-tion, The board feareu labor troubles nnd consequent delay In tho completion comple-tion of tho building, Since tho law passod tho last legislature legis-lature regulating the pmctlco of architecture ar-chitecture in Utah tho penalty clacae was stricken out, the Btato board of architecture ar-chitecture urgcB tho governor, In its report filed last week, that ho bo his Influence with the coming legislature to havo tho clause enacted into tho law. Tho wookly report of tho city board af health bIiowb 55 births and 32 deaths in Salt Lako last weok. Of tho births 28 were boys and 27 were girls, Of the deaths 17 were males md 15 were, females. |