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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Price Is now claiming a population of at least 3000. Progressive citizens of Salina have reorganized the commercial club. Annetta Martin, convicted at Ogden of having passed a worthless check, was sentenced to sixty days In jail. More than 85 per cent of the teachers teach-ers of the Ogden schools have signed their contracts at an advanced salary. Charles G Carter, aged 54,- a contractor, con-tractor, was killed at Salt Lake, when his auto was struck toy a train at a crossing. Prizes for the best antifly posters will be offered to school children by the women's department of the Weber county farm bureau. - With a capital of. $2,000,000 the Piute Reservoir & Irrigation company has filed Its articles of Incorporation with the secretary of state. It Is expected that at least 1000 visitors vis-itors will be entertained by the city of Price on May 3, the date of the Republican state convention. Immedlute steps will be taken to arrange for the fifth annual inter-mountain inter-mountain stock show, to be held at Salt Lake in the spring of 1021. The strike of electrical workers of Salt Lake has been settled. The men are to receive $8 a day for the present with a raise to $9 a day on all new work. There were only .twenty-nine gray wolves on which bounty was collected In Utah in the year just ended, as compared with fifty-seven the year before. The governor has appointed L. W. Shurtliff of Ogden as a member of the Btate commission to prepare plans in commemoration of the first irrigation system in Utah. The four condensed milk factories located In Cache valley manufactured during the past year more than 650,-000 650,-000 cases of condensed milk, valued at approximately $4,000,000. Before definite action Is taken by the merchants of Ogden upon the weekly half-holiday plan, a general survey of the conditions will be made by a special committee. Soldier Summit is growing very iasi as a, division terminal of the Denver and IUo Grande. In the way of new Improvements two hundred more cottages cot-tages are reported needed for rental. The state of Utah, in the twelvemonth twelve-month period ended March 20, paid bounty on 17,519 predatory animals killed, the bounties alone furnishing the hunters gross receipts of $09,-1)14.80. $09,-1)14.80. - Using some gasoline with which to light the kitchen fire, Reed, the elght-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amnion Tuttle of Spanish Fork, was choked to death from the fumes following an explosion. Large numbers of stock have died In southern Utah because of the shortage short-age of hay, and at least 70 per cent of the stock are at present in poor condition, according to information received re-ceived last week. Mrs. C. E. Millerspaugh, wife of a Los Angeles merchant, fell from a rapidly moving train between Oasis and Delta, rolled down a twenty-five foot embunkment and suffered only from cuts and bruises. The largest and most completely equipped still ever seen In that section sec-tion of the state was seized on the farm of Frank Ottersrtrom, one mile down the river from Huntington. Nick Dinou was placed under arrest on a government churge. The supreme court of Utah has decided, de-cided, In effect, that the public utilities utili-ties commission might continue Its inquiry in-quiry Into the special contracts existing ex-isting between the large users of electric elec-tric power in Utah and the Utah Power Pow-er & Light company. These contracts antedate the passage of the utilities law. Application from the Wylie company, com-pany, which has the camping concession conces-sion for the Zlon national park, for the lease ef a section of land near Bryce canyon has brought out the fact that the only practicable approach to the brink of that scenic wonderland ( Is over property now owned by the state. "Old Big Foot" known as the "Pea-vine "Pea-vine wolf and the "Outlaw," which, during the past ten years has inflict, ed so much damage on stockmen in the San Juan country has at last been captured and the pelt has been delivered deliv-ered to the commissioners. There had been a standing reward of $1000 for ' the capture of this wolf. ' Wildcats were taken In every county in the state last year, including four In Davis and eleven in Salt Lake. They are thickest, however, in the south, Iron again leading with 371, followed by Washington, with 289; Garfield, 284; Beaver, 282; Kane, 264; Boxelder, with 200. All other counties coun-ties were under the 200 mark. Having redeemed its pledge of $300 increase in teachers' salaries for next year, the city board of education went $50 better for each teacher lust week. ! The total increase of the pay roll of ' teachers under the action taken will be $850,000 more than last year. Alonzo Brlnkerhoff of Emery, president pres-ident of the Utah Cn4tle & Horse Growers' association, has issued on appeal to the livestock men of the state to begin laying their defense now against an Increase In grazing fues on the national forests, and "to defend our rights." |