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Show THE UTAH BUDGET Miss Myrtle Jenkins of Payson has passed the state board's examination and Is now a full fledged barber. Mrs. Annie II. Kleben, one of th few remaining pioneer women who crossed the plains to Utah oy ox team In the 10s, died at her home In Salt Lake. March S3. While crossing tbe yard, RlcharO Barton, tbe 6-year-old eon of George E. ilarton of Provo, was attacked by a white leghorn rooster and severely scratched about the fate. Fred Olson, who shot and killed Or-eon Or-eon Dowry at Ferron. will not be prosecuted pros-ecuted by the county authorities, It is said. It having been shown that the hooting was in' self-defense. In line with establishing a union terminal station for electric lines in Halt Lake, there Is a move to establish estab-lish a union depot for electric lnter-urban lnter-urban lines running Into Ogden. Tbe Colorado house has passed a bill instructing tbe etate land board to Instltue a suit In the courts to test tbe state's right to eminent domain where government land Is affected. - Frank Moqulst, a Swede, aged about SO years, fell down the stairway of a rooming house in Suit Lake and suffered suf-fered such severe injuries that he died soon after. A fracture of tbe ekul was the cause of death. Tbe board of education for Ogden rlty has decided to Increase tbe insurance in-surance on all school property. The buildings are now Insured up to about AO per cent of their value, but this will be Increased to SO per cent. lilood poisoning caused by a nail In bis shoe threatens to necessitate the amputation of the foot of John Deck, pioneer mining man of Utah, who has made and lost several fortunes for-tunes during his residence In Utah. Mrs. Ethel Dryeant, aged 28, was fatally burned as the result of a gasoline gas-oline explosion at her home In Halt Lake, and her husband was seriously burned. Mrs. Dryaant was cleaning plumes when the accident occurred. . R. A. Grant, formerly of Salt Lake and Ogden. and one time manager of the Colonial theatre at Halt Lake, died at Burley, Idaho, from a stroke of paralysis which ended a two years' period of suiferlng from that disease. Andrew C Thompson, 7? years of age, and a resident of Pleasant Grove for many years, committed suicide by cutting his throat from ear to ear. He had been blind for many years and a short time ago contracted pneumonia. John Jackson, sitae "Bad Eye" ....- .Jackson, a negro and. ex-convict ha been dcelared Insane by an examining examin-ing board at Oc.den. Jackson served six years In the etate prison, during which time he created many disturbances. dis-turbances. Elgbty-six per cent of the total revenue of the state for 1913 and 1914 will be devoted to educational purposes. pur-poses. This proportion is believed to be tbe highest of any state In the Union and will keep Utah in the front ranks educationally. If the plans of the Utah Development Develop-ment league are realised, every city, town and hamlet In the state will , have Us "Greater Utah" celebration during the week of May 1217, when tbe Commercial club will conduct Its big "Greater Utah excurslqn." The oldest living representative of one of the largest families In Weber county passed ewsy at her' home In Huntavllle, March 20, when death claimed Mrs. Christina Had lock Allen, aged 15 years. Horn on April 2, is:$, Mrs. Allen had resided In Utah since 18C0. Inspectors will be sent through the state, arrangements for which are now being made, to examine all animals an-imals used for dairy purposes, the object ob-ject of which Is to enforce the ruling that proper health certificates accompany accom-pany each animal sold for such purpose. pur-pose. John Webber of Denver, who hal been In Jail at Provo for a month on a charge of vagrancy, bas made an affidavit af-fidavit that he had killed a Denver A Rio Grande railroad detective by the name of Strlngley. In the railroad yards at Utah Junction, Colo., In February, Feb-ruary, 1912. After publicly denouncing the "rait, ting dances for msny months the bosrd of edurstlon, superintendent of schools and others of Provo hsve petitioned the city commtsnloners to pass an' ordinance prohibiting all kind of "ragging." "griixley bear," "bunny hug" and similar danrea. As a livestock shipping renter, Ug--den la maintaining Its position ot second sec-ond to no other rlty In the Intermoun-taln Intermoun-taln west One day last week a solid train of twenty-four cars, all loaded with livestock, waa made up there and started for Los Angeles. The shipment consisted largely of rattle and sheep. Because tbe statutes prohibit locating locat-ing an Ixolatlon hospital within twenty rods of any public highway the county or Salt Lake finds Itself In the position posi-tion of being unable to lawfully erect be proposed isolation hospital In connection with the county Infirmary. The people of Sprlngvlll and Maple-ton Maple-ton are almost certain of a sugar factory fac-tory soon. Farmers are bow engaged in securing contracts for the aecesaary WOO acres of land for Ave years, which the intir company must be guaranty. guaran-ty. The factory will be a co-operative affair. , f |