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Show UTAH ANOJITAHNS The state's quota of the $100,000,-000 $100,000,-000 being raised for the Red Cross is 1500,000, and this sum will be largely oversubscribed, It is confidently expected. ex-pected. Plans for housing the large government govern-ment exhibit which Is coming from Pueblo, Colo., for the entertainment of Utah state fuir visitors were completed com-pleted lust week. Minnie Augusta Deckman, the Vancouver, Van-couver, B. C, girl of German descent, now In the Suit Lake county jail under un-der Internment orders, la to be sent to Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga, Contract with Otto Kappele for dis- i posal of Bingham's garbuge, at a cost to the county of $205 a month, was authorized au-thorized by the board of county commissioners com-missioners last week. A government exhibit for the army and navy, for which the state of Utah will be required to put up a bond of $10,000, will be the big feature of the annual state 'fair next fall. Two Suit . Luke Inventors, Gene Parks and H. F. Snyder have perfected the details of a lock nut of great value ,for use on aeroplanes, locomotives, tanks and other war vehicles. Sanpete county reported to the state board of equalization lust week that property valuations for state tax purposes pur-poses for 11)18 have Increased by $1,-892,119 $1,-892,119 over those for last year. An Increase of nearly three million dollars is the showing male In the assessed as-sessed valuation of Boxelder county over two years ago. The Increase of 1918 over 1017 Is more than $740,000. Information from Washington Is to the effect that about 2000 recruits are to be sent to Fort Douglas within the next two weeks to fill the Twentieth Infantry to full war strength for summer sum-mer training there. One of the largest classes In the history of the Weber county schools were given certificates at the commencement com-mencement exercises last week. The class numbers 200 pupils from all the schools in the county. While there Is no definite information informa-tion to be had, It is rumored that the government's retrenchment policy with reference to the railroads may possibly mean much poorer train service serv-ice for the Tintlc mining district. A request from the ' Humane society that It should be intrusted with enforcement en-forcement of the proposed ordinance Imposing a license tax on dogs In Salt Luke county has been taken under advisement ad-visement by the counfy commissioners. A. D. Ryan of the United States geological survey arrived in Salt Lake last week to continue the inspection of 640-acre grazing entries In this State. Mr. Ryan began the inspection last fall, but wag forced to stop because be-cause of the heavy snowfall. Preliminary figure given out by the county assessor Indicate a total valu- ation In 1918 for Salt Lake of practically prac-tically fiao.OiiO.OOO and for the county of about $2iK),tKJ0,tKI0, an increase In round numbers of about $13,000,0(10 In both Instances over the 1917 totals. Evidence of rabies germs are said to hnve been discovered by the state bufteriologlNt in the head qf the dog that bit 4-year-old Lee Stanger, at Marriotts ten day ago, according to a report received lust week. The child will be given the I'usteur treatment. That the noted figure In the rotunda of the capital is not his work. Is a garbled and wretched copy of his "Signal of Peace," Inaccurately cast by a plasterer, Is Injurious to his reputation repu-tation and is but a caricature of his famous statue, are assertions made in a statement by Cyrus E. Dullln, X. a. a. News has been officially received In Utah that the act providing for the registration of all men who become 21 years of age on or after June 5, 1917, the lust registration day, has been passed by cougress aud a proclamation will be Issued shortly by the president, designating Juue 0, 1918, as the day of registration. Declaring his belief that his son was guiltless of the crime ot murdering his wife, Dal DeWeese of Canon City, Colo., father of Howard DeWeese, con; demned to be shot on May 24, arrived in Salt Luke May 17 for the purpose of pleading with the pardons board to spare his sou's life. Arrangements for the bousing and training at the University of Utah of 440 draft army men In technical lines were practically completed lust week between representatives of the war department and officials of the University Uni-versity of Utah. An ear Infection that has been abnormally ab-normally prevalently Ctuh this wlu-ter wlu-ter Is claiming the serious attention of physicians: because of the far-reaching results in heart, kidney and ther organic or-ganic troubles that have attacked children chil-dren In unusual numbers. All wholesalers, Jobbers and retailers retail-ers are notified !.y W. VV. Armstrong, food administrator for Utah, not to sell sugar to uny manufacturer who does not present his sugar curd duly signed by Armstrong. The court has decided that an automobile auto-mobile stolen in Utah and snipped -to California must be restored to the owner by the railroad company, who receives no pay for huullng the auto, but that the owner must pay the freight for the return of Uie machine to Utah. Cyrus K. Dallln, Internationally-fumed Internationally-fumed Utah sculptor, recognized throughout the world of art us one of the foremost creators' of Indigenous Indigen-ous American products, Is bock la Utah to miss the hiniituej- luniilhs U and around the sceuea of bis boyhood aud early youth. |