Show UTAH UTAI BUDGET Stating that Its surplus for 1917 1017 was 1423 10 tile the Utah Light Traction company compan last week flied filed Its annual report report report re re- port for the first time with the state public utilities commission P Protests against the prevailing price of ot Co GJ cents p per hundred pounds for Ice In Salt Lake an advance of or l 15 cents per pel hundred over the price of In t year Is ben being made 1 de by consumers A decision to abolish the use of the German language In any and all ull of the courses at the Westminster college at Salt Lake was reached at the meeting last week of the board of trustees Orders to make male Immediate prepare preparations dons for a strike In the very near fu fur future ture the date for which has been set but Is being withheld leave have been received received re re- re- re by the Salt Lake telegraphers' telegraphers u union ion Lucian D. D Deal one of Springville's prominent citizens and business men died at his home June 12 of hardening of the tile arteries and heart rouble after an Illness which had confined him to his bed for sever several l weeks I The Uintah basin termed the pantry pantry pantry pan try of tire the world by authorities who have haye Investigated Its marvelous resources resources resources re re- sources may soon be tapped and a n direct railroad from Denver to Salt Lake mn may soon be established by the government The public utilities commission has been petitioned by the Salt SnIt Lake Commercial Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial club Rotary club and Utah Manufacturers Manufacturers' rs' rs association to permit the street car lines to Inaugurate cent G-cent fares as a solution to the streetcar street streetcar car situation The postoffice department has changed the name of to Sego official notice of the change being receIved received received re re- this week It was vas known sometime some sometime sometime time ago that the people of had petitioned the Department to change the n name une of their town lown It has now been decided that men who have become 21 years of age since June 5 1017 and who have endeavored to enlist In the military service but I were rejected on the strength of the I order from General Crowder ma may now be a accepted for the present d ai Join joh the Pearl Hudson aged 23 died at Salt Lake Lale June 11 as the result of being struck b by an automobile just as ns she had liar alighted from a street car Cal Thear Them The m ar Vo belonged to Mayor Mayol- Ferr Ferry and amI was In ht charge of his Ids son a young oung woman bein being at the wheel nt the time of the accident In order to make up ul studies In which the they were deficient during the school year ear or to prepare themselves In new and unfamiliar work O school dren then have been enrolled In the thc three cit city summer schools conducted at Salt Lake this year rear for fot the first time by the board of education of Boxelder county have Ephraim again been called upon by White county count crop pest Inspector to time spray spra their thelt trees within a short for the prevention of the spread of the prevailing San J Jose ose scale the coddling moth and other tree pests known to exist In this count county Fourteen special calls requiring a a. total of 10 registrants all to be entrained entrained entrained en en- trained between June 15 and June 21 both dates Inclusive have e been received re re- b by Captain 1 F. F V. V FItz Gerald draft executive officer for Utah from fromE E. E H. H Crowder provost pro marshal general general general gen gen- eral 01 of the United Slates States army That Ogden wat water r works s system stem isto Isto is isto to be more closely guarded in the future future fu fur ture tare as a precautionary measure against pro-German pro agents was announced announced an an- pounced by the board of city commissioners commis- commis last week Henceforth the wells and the other properly property of the thes s system stem will be guarded night and d day r. r Claim Is made by J J. P P. P James of Frisco to the estate of Gust Westerburg Westerburg Westerburg Wester Wester- burg who dIe died at Provo on October 23 1917 1017 The estate which Is valued at has already been probated under the supposition that g Westerberg g died Intestate It was to the state by the probate court of Utah county There Is ts war In the bird colony on Bird Island Great Salt lake The seagulls seagulls seagulls sea sea- gulls are eating the young oung of the pelicans pelicans peli- peli cans according to Information received ed by the state fish and game commis commis- This condition Is periodic especially es es- when the pelicans multiply until until un un- un- un til tu they encroach upon parts paris of the Island Island island Is Is- land held b by the gulls J. J D. D A. A Morrow an and A. A W. W Calloway Galloway In charge of the coal distribution for forthe forthe forthe the federal fuel administration throughout the United States held a conference with the newly appointed fuel tuel distributor for Utah and southern W Wyoming oming Moroni 1 Deiner and his assistants assistants assistants as as- A. A D. D Pierson for Utah and D. D II IL Pape for W Wyoming at Salt Lake last we week k Joseph an Italian Is under under under un un- un- un der arrest at Salt Lake Luko facing a n charge of perjury In connection with the filling out of his questionnaire Is alleged to have falsified in his statements by stating that he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not taken out his first citizenship pa pa- pers Investigation shows It Is alleged alleged alleged al al- that he had taken out his first papers At a meeting of the committee on military affairs at the University of ot Utah last week It was decided to offer a n course In military science and tactics tactics tac tac- tics for all men who are registered for tor the summer quarter and others who might desire tie the work That the Wendover er highway which parallels the Western Pacific railroad across the Great Grent Salt SnIt Lake de desert ert willbe will willbe be fit for safe travel for the heaviest kind of motor driven drivell vehicles by July I 1 Is the expressed opinion of ot the foreman foreman fore fore- rore-j rore I man of the road gang at work on that stretch I |