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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE Drinking of so-called "flavoring extracts" ex-tracts" as Intoxicants has Increased to such an extent In Salt Lake and Utah cities and towns that scores of appeals are being made by wives of men who have formed the habit and mothers of boys to have the practice stopped. Utah forests will be especially utilized util-ized for camping vacations by automobile auto-mobile tourists the coming summer because be-cause of the privileges and advantages offered through the opening of Zion national park and other scenic resorts within the state, it is believed. Formal protests that Salt Lake flour dealers are too quick to raise the price of their products and too slow when it conies to a market decline, have been registered by citizens of Salt Lake with J. W. Funk, federal fair price commissioner. Utah Idaho Cetral Railroad company com-pany has 107.99 miles of main track In Utah, valued at $1,303,S20, and 23,-417 23,-417 miles of side track, valued at $81,-318, $81,-318, according to Its schedule filed with the state board of equalization and assessment. A number of the women of Bingham have organized a league for the good of the community. It is believed that sanitary conditions will receive early consideration. Action also will be taken in regard to juvenile court work at Bingham. i rank Grady, yardmaster for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Helper, and E. O. Patrick, a conductor on the road, were fined $250 each by a justice of the peace at Price for stealing two hams from the railroad company. The man killed by the police at Brigham City, while participating with two others, who escaped, in robbing rob-bing the Leader store there, has been positively identified as Walter L. Taylor Tay-lor of Salt Lake. Plains were laid for the apprehension apprehen-sion of violators of federal game laws and a redistribution of territory was made at a convention of United States game wardens which was held in Salt Lake last week. Samuel Culver Park, former mayor of Salt Lake, and president of the Boyd Park Jewelry company, died February Febru-ary 19 at his country home at Cottonwood, Cotton-wood, following an attack of heart trouble. The state Woolgrowers' association has signed contracts with the Sheep Shearers' union for the 1920 season. Seventeen ' cents a head and board, or the equivalent, is the price agreed upon. The Utah farm bureau and the sugar manufacturers of the state failed fail-ed to reach an agreement on a contract con-tract for the 1920 crop of sugar beets at a meeting at Salt Lake last week. George E. Colton, one of the I. W. W. who passed strike circulars In the Park City district recently, was arrested ar-rested on a charge of vagrancy and was placed in jail to await a hearing. School teachers at Salt. Lake wno have been absent from their classes because of the Influenza, have been paid their salaries in full, 243 teachers teach-ers having been affected by the ruling. Inheritance tax receipt has been issued from the office of the state treasurer to the estate of the late Joseph F. Smith, president of the L. D. S. church, for $19,551.06. The Ogden Portland Cement company, com-pany, which places a valuation on Its , property of $199,237.72, objects to being be-ing assessed as a mine by the state board of equalization. Work on the joint city and county building to be erected at Provo will start as soon as spring weather sets in permanently, it has been decided by the commissioners. George Thomas, who was charged with shooting William Shafer in a pool hall at Bingham, January 5, last, was discharged at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing. It Is said about sixty miners a,t Park City obeyed the recent order of I. W. W. officials to strike. The members mem-bers of the Federation of Miners refused re-fused to strike. The state fair directors have decided decid-ed to offer a special trophy of $20 for the best dry farm exhibit by any county at the next state fair. An unidentified man was shot and instantly killed by guards who were watching n cache of goods stolen from a store a Bingham. The armory at Provo is nearing completion, and It is expected the guardsmen will soon be drilling in the new building. The proposition to form the Bonneville Bonne-ville irrigation district in South Davis county was carried at the recent election. elec-tion. Bonus payments to be made by the Utnh-Idaho Sugar company will amount to more than ,;; Ki.u'iO this year. Polo-emeu of Salt Lake are to be -.'ranted 15 a month increase in to reach the top of the world. His initial in-itial trip was for the purpose of making mak-ing a reconnalsance of the Greeland ice cape. In 1S93 Peary went north to study the habits of a tribe of Esquimos. This voyage lasted until 1895. The fourth and fifth journeys were in reality summer sum-mer trips to the northlands to enlarge the explorer's knowledge of the habits and customs of the people. In 1898 Peary took his sixth trip. Peary reached "farthest north" on April 21, 1908, Just three years to a day before the day Dr. Cook ascribed as his date of alleged discovery of the pole. The final dash for the pole that at last proved successful was started on July 6, 1908. His date of discovery discov-ery was given as April 6, 1909. In 1913 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the navy and given the thanks' of congress by a special act. Turning his attention to aviation, Admiral Ad-miral Peary became a strong advocate of aircraft development by the government, govern-ment, and time and again urged adequate ade-quate coast patrols In this country, especially during the war period. Between voyages Peary resorted to the lecture platform to raise funds for further exploration. In one instance be delivered 169 lectures in ninety-six Says, raising $13,000. When Admiral Peury got back to :lviliiatkin from his successful dash :o the pole, he was surprised to find luch a fierce controversy raging over him and his rival, Dr. Cook, but he easily established his claim before rcientific bodies throughout the world. |