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Show lAH ANDJJTAHNS State Paragraph' News Items of Interest . Salt I,nke A 6tate Income f ix law, reiiH'ins for its adoption and Homo (im.ildt-riu ion:( which must he weitied closely before such a law Is enacted wen; considered at a public hearing lii-Id by the stato tax commission at the cnpitol. The henririg was adjourned, ad-journed, Kiibjoi-t to the call of Wililam lialloy, chairman of the commission, which has the duty of recommending recommend-ing to the next legislature steps for the revltiion of the state's taxa'tion yetem. Provo. Joticph Van Smith, for many years a resident of this city died at his home after a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Smith was born In Salt Lake City January 11, ' 18-18, being one of the first boys born In tho Salt Lake valley. val-ley. His parents came to Utah with the second company of emigrants. Suit Lake. During the five years that the Htnte Insurance fund has been established, the amount paid in premiums aggregates about $1,000,000, $310,000 has been paid in benefits to Injured workmen and the aasets of the fund are $170,000 in excess of liabilities. lia-bilities. Salt Lake. The report of the predatory pre-datory animal campaign hows that during March, April and May 1, 410 nnlmals were destroyed, which included in-cluded four mountain lions. Signs of only one wolf were found in San Junn county. Logan. A temporary organization of La Soclte des Qunrant Hommcs au Hints Chevenu, the society that will put French frilU on the Logan post of the American legion has been effected. ef-fected. Salt Lake. George E. Trice, charg. ed with keeping trout less than seven inches in length, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine. Salt Lake. Noxious weeds are to be battled to the death by the state' crops pest comissloner. New plans for eradication are being laid. Ogden. A fifty thousand dollar quoto for the business district to apply on the Weber gymnasium has been raised. Spanish Fork. A building is to be erected In the city park for the use of auto tourists. Moroni. Local sportsmen will organize or-ganize to protect game and fish from improper exploiting. Ft. Douglas. H. Scholtens, former conductor of the Queen of Holland's band and now a warrant officer and handmaster In the United States army, will direct the triweekly band eon. certs at Ft. Douglas ordered by General Gen-eral U. G. MacAlexauder for every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday afternoon after-noon during the summer months. Scholtens is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music at The Hague and of the Institute of Musical Arts of New York. Before ' coming "to America he was for seven years conductor con-ductor of the royal Holland cavalry hand, known as the "Queen of Holland's Hol-land's Band." Salt Lake. In order to work out the possibilities of using the vast amounts of salt that are available in Utah, In the metallurgical treatment of larga deposits of low grade and complex ores as well as other problems, six fellowships have been awarded by the University of Utah department of metallurgical me-tallurgical research. Six out of thirty-five thirty-five applicants were awarded the fellowships. fel-lowships. These were the men with the highest scholarship and best references, ref-erences, and they represent tho states of New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Missouri and Utah. Beaver. Tariff rates on transportation transporta-tion of freight between Milford and Beaver have been reduced to 35 cents per hundred pounds by the public utilities commission, the order to this effect having just been made. Delta. The people of Delta are now being entertained in the evenings tij tho radio station set up In the Mercer building by D. H. Miner aud M. V. 1'arshall. Salt Lake Over three times as many births were reported to the city board of health as there were deaths during the past week. Births totaled 83 and deaths 25. Holllday. Fire started by an aluminum alum-inum die casting machine In the Baldwin Bald-win Radio factory in Enst MiU creek damaged the plant to the extent of $5000. Salt Lake. Meetings are being held tn lay plans for the great Diamond Jubilee celebration of the arrival of the pioneers In Salt Lake valley. Wintenjunrters The postdfflee was robbed of $055 by bandits according to a report to Lenver police. Salt Lake. The state road commission commis-sion have completed its negotiations with Utah county whereby the latter furnishes Its half of the cost of paving the Spanish Fork-Parson road, and signed the contract with the Phelps Construction company for this work. The present estimate of the cost it enmewliot is excess of $104,000. |