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Show UTAH STATE K Sevier county will graduate forty-five forty-five students from its high schools this year. Active construction work on the Co-rtnne Co-rtnne drainage district will he commenced com-menced at once. Garfield county reports an assessed valuation of $1,723,020, as compared with $1,031,446 for last year. The Strawberry valley reclamation project canal system in the Goshen valley Is to be further extended this Bummer. The annual camp fire and reunion of the Utah county department of Indian In-dian War Veterans will he held August Au-gust 8, 9 and 10. A proposed ordinance levying a license li-cense tax on professional baseball in Salt Lake has been withdrawn. It did not prove popular with the masses. John Silva, arrested at Ogden when found with two bottles of chloral hydrate hy-drate in his possession, was sentenced to serve 100 days in the county jail. No liquor elections will be held In Utah county this year. Wets at Pay-son Pay-son have failed to get the requisite number of signers to order the election. elec-tion. The annual convention of the Young Men's and foung Women's Mutual Improvement Im-provement associations of the Mormon Mor-mon church will be held in Salt Lake City June 8 to 11. Prisoners of Salt Lake county serving serv-ing time for non-support of their families fam-ilies are to be put to work on the roads and their families allowed $1 for each day's work. David Jenkins, well to do rancher, who was found unconscious from several sev-eral Mows upon the head, died at the Ogden hospital without revealing the identity of his assailants. John F. Hughes, of Ogden, is confined con-fined to his homo by reason of a broken rfb and hrulses sustained when he was thrown from his buggy and was kicked by his horse. The asseeed valuation of Piute county is $1,638,805, an compared with $585,348 for last year, according to the county assessor's report to the state board of equalization. Mother's day, sacred to the memorj of the "dearest name on earth," was generally observed last Sunday In the churches of Salt Lake, regardless ol denominational tenet and creed. Contention that Heher Burch, slay er of Dr. Charles F. Osgood, at Ogden is Insane will constitute the defense according to the attorney who ha: been retained as counsel for the pris oner. Harry T. Cowburn, secretary of tht Salt Lake fire department, forme: city councilman and well knowi throughout the state, died at Sal Lake May 13, following an operatioi for appendicitis. Frank G. Janney, manager of mill: for the Utah Copper company am other properties controlled by tin Jackling interests, died -in Los An geles on May 12, following an opera tion for appendicitis. John Wilkinson, a rancher of Ophii was severely 'burned on the left thigl when his brother, James Wilkinsor with whom he was sleeping in hotel at Salt Lake, fell to sleep wit: a cigarette in his hand and set fir to the bed clothes. Clarence D. Bills, aged 16, of Rh erton, won the intermountain open coi test for typists held at Salt Lake nr. der the auspices of the Utah Stat Typewriters' association, -when 'h wrote an average of 120 words minute for a half hour. The total assessed valuation c banks in Salt Lake City and count for 1916, ais announced .by the com ty assessor, Is $11,274,600, or an li crease of a little more than 44 pe cent over the total assessed valuatio ! In 1915, which waa $7,503,497. Frank Johnson, colored, who wa ' picked up in a eemiconscious cond tion In Salt Lake, said he had bee locked In a box car in Los Angele and not released until he reached Sal ' Lake, being in the car for three day I and three nights without food c water. 1 Kenneth Hathaway, arrested e Cache Junction a few days ago o the charge of failing to support hi wife, was released from custody afte he had furnished bond in the sum ( 1 $300 to contribute $20 per month t ' the support of his wife for a period one year. The Sperry & Hutchinson compan has forwarded a check for $11,196.30 t David Mattson, secretary of state, a special tax on 22,392,754 tradin stamps which the company has use in Utah since the trading stamp la enacted by the last session of the lei islature, became effective. The Mammoth city council hs passed an ordinance giving the Man -noth Mining company the exclush ight to operate a water sstem i 5i at city. The Mammoth Mining cor any has operated a water syste: here for years, but heretofore thei .as no franchise governing it. In Uintah basin, 3,900 sheep ha cen sold at record high prices. Wa .ice and John Siddoway sold 1,4( ead at an estimated price of $11 n ead, Eph Rasmusscn sold S00 ft : bout the same price and Snell Joh in disposed of 1,700 at $12.50 pe ead. The rug purchased by the eaoit ommission for the state receptic )om was received at the caitol la eek. It was made in Scotland ar ,ist $3,000. plus $500 duty and e .-ess charges. It weighs 1,300 pound n color it is light purple. |
