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Show UTAH SjlllE M Incoming reports show that a greatly great-ly increased sugar beet acreage will be planted during the coining yeur in Utah. Insurance totaling $10,013,000 is now held by the Twentieth infantry, third war prison and post organizations at Fort Douglas. j A wave of petty thievery has again affected Vernal. This time it is the stealing of clothes that are left out over night to dry. ' Martlnus J. Foniiesbeck, an aged and respected citizen of Logan and senior member of the Fonnesbeck Knitting I works, died February 9. Sixty-eight employes of Salt Lake county last week were voted an increase in-crease of monthly salaries ranging from $2.50 to $10 each. A total of 411 new members was added to the Salt Lake Commercial club's roster during the four-day membership mem-bership drive last week. The publicity department of the Utah food administration has Issued a bulletin urging thut the consumption of wheat flour be cut down. The governor has received from the secretary of the Lnited States treasury, treas-ury, a check for $5828.41, representing the state's share In federal land sales in Utah. , Thelma Toung, aged 19, of Ogden, who was seriously burned when her clothes caught fire from an open gas beater, has a chance for recovery, according ac-cording to physicians. - Two of the mountain Hons connected with the slaughter of the deer near the mouth of Logan canyon last week were killed by employes of the Utah Power k Light company Sunday. . Civilian prisoners at the Fort Doug-Mas Doug-Mas war prison, working nights and at momenta when they were not under the observation of guards, dug a tunnel, tun-nel, which was discovered last week and their possible escape prevented. The Ogden police are waging war on persons engaged In soliciting advertising advertis-ing for certain charitable organizations which it Is said they have no authority to represent. Several persons have been Intercepted in this class of work recently. Malignant hydrophobia is sweeping the entire northern section of Sanpete county, according to authentic reports sent in by state officials located In thut part of the county to the state live stock commission and the state health commission. . The streets . of Vernal have been sprinkled all winter and there has not been an inch of snow at any time on the grdund. Robins and bluebirds are back again, and in the day time the thermometer registers between 55 and 60 degrees. , ... , "Conservative clothing," remodeled dresses fashionable and , serviceable,, reclaimed ,afterbelng discarded, will make up the models to be shown at a fashion show at the L. D.,8, , U. at Salt Luke by .the-girls of the dressmaking dress-making ClrtiitPS.. - A. I, Tippets,-'the new club leader for boys and girls who was recently appointed from the extension division of the Utah 'Agricultural' ''college, and who represents both the national and state governments, is promoting aq effective ef-fective campaign to form clubs, in Weber We-ber county, i . , : . -.if - , v II. W. Sanborn of Washington. D. C, in charge of poultry husbandry for the federal department of agriculture, aays that Utah Imports' one-half of Its total consumption of poultry and eggs, although al-though conditions are better In this state for poultry . than In any other state In the union. That Fort Douglas will be the location loca-tion of a salvage station, where all discarded, materials will be salvaged, was the announcement made last week by officers at Fort Douglas. This means that Fort Douglas is to be one of the most Important military posts In the United States. . ' , Mistaking a bottle -containing bichloride bi-chloride of mercury tablets for e bottle bot-tle containing aspirin, Captain George F. Roberts, commander of the Utah field hospital, swallowed two of the poisonous tablets. He now lies In the camp base hospitals at Camp Kearny In a serious condition. The porkless Saturday la now. In effect ef-fect in all hotels, restaurants and cafes. The order will be In force In every part of the state. While the decree of the food administration Is directed at public pub-lic eating places. ' Appeal is made to householders to eliminate pork, at least until Sunday morning breakfast. Time for the filing of Income and excess ex-cess . profits tax returns is extended from "March 1 to April 1, according to a telegram Just received by John Griffin, Grif-fin, agent lu charge of the Salt Lake revenue offices, from William C. Wltaley of Helena, Mont., collector of internal revenue for the Intermountaln district There were thirteen different projects proj-ects undertaken by the boys and girls of Utah hist year in which 1.107 dubs were organized. Of these 12i0 actually actual-ly began work and 12."0 completed their projects. In all .'10,70.1 boys and girls enrolled in the work, while ;.V!U began work, and .'KUUl completed their project). The Mute iilmloincnt law will be Invoked In-voked iigiilnst all houses or resorts when moral or liquor laws are violated, vio-lated, where second complaints are made ugainM such places, according to announcement made by Chief of Police White of Suit l-nke. Salt Lake hank.- have acceded to Secretary McAdoo's request that they m i aide weekly 1 per cent of their i cMiiiree.- until an amount not eceeding 10 pel' cent lniiL'l lie at the ; j e, l.liirlll ' t t 1 1 1 I i 1 1 1 tn lake Up U'i- a.'ee eei-iiiicaies of ll.e third Lilierly lu.in. |