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Show THE UTAH BUDGET' The 22-months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nolls Nollson of Hear llivor City was drowned in an irrigation ditch on tho farm. Total astsesosd valuation of property prop-erty in Salt Lake City for 191f Is $71,-720,828, $71,-720,828, or an lncrcaso of ?3,577.iSU over tho assessed valuation of 1914. Tho Jordan school district wants $115,000 with which to opurnto Its schools during tho ensuing year, according ac-cording to tfio statement of tho school board. At n meeting held In San Francisco, Dr. V. J. Alexander, n prominent Salt Lnko optician, was elected, president of tho American Association of Opticians. Opti-cians. Tho road work dono by tho stato in tbo past two yearn would have taken tho people of Washington nnd Iron counties twunty-flvo years to accomplish, accom-plish, it is claimed. Affidavits supporting tho recent notice no-tice of motion for a new trial in the Oeddos-Kccles enso havo been filed by counsol for tho Kcclos estate In tho district coutt at Ogdeu. Leonard W. Ashor, thu American Lxpress messenger who is sought for tho theft of a package containing $5,000 from that compnny, is believed to be In hiding In Salt Lake. Tho Genealogical Society of Utah and tho National Women's Hellof so-clety so-clety wero honored at tho exposition at San Francisco wlion officials presented pre-sented them comn'omorativo bronzo medals. Salt Lake's population nt tho present pres-ent time !b estimated at 132.330 by It. L. Polk & Co., nnd tho ostlmnto is .based upon the fact that tho company's com-pany's new city directory will hnvo In It CC,17( names. ' Even though no formal stops have been taken In tho campaign of the state board of health to rid tho "state of mosquitoes, considerable progress along tho lined of their destruction has been made. In anticipation of u record beet crop that will tax the capacity of tho fnc-lories fnc-lories to bundle, tho Amalgamated Sugar company has taken up preliminary prelimi-nary plans for lianlllng the beet harvest har-vest In Ogden valley. Two middle-aged men walked off with $."i99 from the cash drawer of tho Denver & Hlo rande-Vestern Pacific ticket office In Salt Lake while all tho employees wero on duty and tho office of-fice was filled with tourists. Methods of simplifying tho present land laws will be ono of tho subjects considered by commissioners of uniform uni-form state laws at their rwcnty-flfth annual meeting to be hold In Salt Lako from August 10 to 1G. With the cherry season almost at n close, tho cannerB of Weber county aro turning their attention to uprlcots and string beans for a campaign that promises to bring excellent results. Both crops nro heavy this Beason. An automobile excursion of Salt Lako business men Into the Uinta country for the purpose of forming a closer commercial alllanco with that section Is embodied In n tentative plan of tho secretary of tho Commercial Commer-cial club. What tho police deem conclusive evidonco that Ilobort Davis, alleged luandlt, cracksman and highwayman arrested In Ogden a week ago, was Implicated in the daring daylight robbery rob-bery at Salt Lako threo weeks pro-vlous pro-vlous has been uncovered. Tho mammoth salt beds In western Utah, which have been prnci ally unmolested un-molested for centuries, nre now bolug put to commercial use. After many years of litigation tho tltlo to tho tract has been settled and a company Is now putting on tho market about ono carload of crude salt dally. Major Willis Ullno, In nn address boforo tho Rotary club at Salt Lake, predicted that Fcr Douglas would soon bo mado a brlgado post. Tho major said that Salt Lake wus of hi-estlmnblo hi-estlmnblo vnlue ns a strategic point In tho event of n war involving an In-van!6n In-van!6n of this country from the west coast. Tho probation officer has taken up with tho Provo city commission tho ringing of curfew, which hns been dls-pensed dls-pensed with for some time. There havo been complaints from somo of the parents that without the ringing of tho bell tho children do not kilow when to go homo and do not go home until a lato hour. All material needed Is on hand and tho forco of graders, track layers and trolley wire men aro progressing at an encouraging rato and tho Brlgham ""Ity-Wollsvllle extension of tho Og-lenfl Og-lenfl Logan & Idaho Hallway company com-pany should bo completed in time for sorvlco between Ogden und Proston, Ida., by October 1. Itafaol Lopez, Salt Lako county's many-thousand-dollar bandit refugee may be In Jail in Leadvlllo, Colo., according ac-cording to Information received at Salt iJike. Completing a Journoy of nearly 2,500 miles, tho Ogden tabernaclo choir has arrived homo from its California tour of Pacific coast cities. |