Show UTAH BUDGET I There were about 25 23 per cent less lesi fires In Salt Lake In 1918 1018 than in 1017 1917 according to records compiled by the tin chief of the fire department Twelve companies of the National Guard of Utah have been organized according to Adjutant General Maj Fred Jorgensen This is three bat bat- I The rhe of Weber and DaIs Davis Da Dc Is vis counties contributed 2029 2020 bushels of apples pears peaches poaches LUl find tomatoes which were delivered to the at Fort Douglas for sick and un wounded The total resources of the state banks bank on June 20 1917 lUli were wen as compared with on or October 5 1918 the dale date of the last laRt statement an Increase o of almost 10 The rhe National as association ocla tion lion has postponed Its annual convention convention conven conven- tion lion scheduled to have been held helel In lr Salt Lake Lale January 16 10 17 and 18 This action was taken because of the flu situation Collection of inheritance taxes h bj by bythe the attorney general Instead of of- b by the state treasurer is the first elation dation made by b Attorney General Dan B B. B Shields in his bis biennial report to the governor Strawberry river in Duchesne Duchene county Is to furnish water for another great irrigation system which will bring under under under un un- un- un der cultivation an acreage of 22 acres of land In the great empire of ol eastern Utah Marrio Garcia aged 28 was arrest arrest- arrested ed at Og Ogden en upon the charge of having hay hav haying ing liquor in his possession When searched at the county jail seventeen pints were found foun tucked around Carcia's Garcias Garcia's Gar Gar- cias cia's body under his shirt Joseph Flet Fiet 26 20 years e rs old employed e as ns an un airbrake inspector by the Union Railway Depot company was instantly instantly instantly in in- killed at O Ogden den by a switch en en- gine In avoiding an oncoming passenger passenger passenger ger train he stepped In front of the en en- gine One of the Important matters that is scheduled to come come before the thirteenth thirteenth thirteenth thir thir- session of the Utah legislature which opens January 13 next will be ratification of the wide nation-wide prohibition prohibition prohibition tion amendment to the constitution of the United States No distinction between dealers commercial commercial com com- mercial or other cars curs will be made this year rear by the secretary of state In IssuIng Issuing Ing ng licenses to owners of automobiles ill All will be In one series Heretofore the he licenses have been designated by different series of numbers For the es of taxation the lIvestock live livestock livestock stock of San Juan county is valued at its real estate at Improvements thereon improvements improvements im Im- and machinery of mining companies pers personal nal property other than live stock and telephone Hyrum II Tum Bateman held as the slayer er of if Henry Saxton pleaded not guilty before Judge Tobin at Salt Lake to a charge harge of murder in the first degree Bateman Is said to have ha fatally stabbed Saxton on the night of November 10 In Ina Ini ina a i fight tight between the two men over Miss j L Lydia ydia din Food regulations were carried out more carefully by the women of Utah than those of an any other state accordIng according accord- accord Ing ng to Mrs Irs Janette A. A Hyde lI de chairman of f the state food conservation committee com com- committee in do her official report filed flied with W. W V. V W. W Armstrong Armstron federal food administrator admin- admin for Utah Approximately Utah men have ave been In the army urmy or naval service during the two years of the war according according ac- ac cording to statistics completed by the War Mothers' Mothers association Of this numb number r men were In the army and nd were members members' of the marine corps and the navy Utah will stand the fifteenth state in inic Inthe inthe the ic war stamp drive which closed New ew Years Year's eve though the state failed to reach jach its allotment This Information was as received b by J. J W W. Collins state chairman lairman of the campaign Only 7 of the allotment was raised It is announced Mrs Irs Emma Chandler of Og Ogden en Is Issuing issuing suing the industrial commission upon n a ruling regarding the pa payment ment of the life fe insurance to her for fOt her husband who ho died from rabies following a bite by 7 a a. dog In January 1018 1918 It is alleged alleged al- al ged that at the time he lie was bitten bittenC b by C the dog Chandler was on duty for fors hIs s employer er Approximately 99 SO out of every automobIles stolen In Salt SuIt Lake iu In 1918 were ere returned to their owners according accord accord- ing g to the yearly early report compiled by bye b bythe the e Salt Luke Lake police department Eight ight hundred cars were stolen In Salt Lake ike during the last twelve e months of which nil all but seven have been re re- re- re turned to the owners There are arc about 10 wage earners In the state of Utah subject to the workmen's compensation act During the year jear ear from July Tul 1 I 1917 1017 to June 30 1918 1018 injuries s to employees ees were reported to the industrial commission 1672 of these Injuries were temporary temporal ary al' al left some permanent effect and ninety proved fatal Utah members of the 14 th field artillery some In number will be mustered out of the army at Logan J Utah tah It Is announced the remainder of the regiment made malic up of men recruited recruited re re- re- re from the tho Pacific coast states will be he sent to San Francisco and Camp Lewis for muster out With her right arm cut off after utter bavIng having hay hav ing lug been run over oyer by b a u Bamberger Bumberger ti train irin little HUle l Margaret let Zito year old daughter of John Zito of Riverdale was picked up from the railroad tracks near Ogden and taken to the hospital The lie he child may not survive sur |