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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE Strychnine, which costs $1.85 an ounce, is being sent out by Harold R. Hagan, state crops pest commissioner, by the hundred pounds to be used in the destruction of rabbits, ground squirrels and rats, which annually destroy de-stroy grain valued at several thousand dollars. Lucile Hulgreen Rose, aged 17, whose home is in Salt Lake, is in jail at Los Angeles, held on a charge of forgery. She admits that she obtained $130 on a bogus check, and that her purpose in committing the alleged forgery for-gery was to get railroad fare to Los Angeles', where she intended to work. In 1918 there were packed in Utah 953,000 cases of tomatoes, 402,000 cases of peas, 50,000 cases of beans and of fruits of all varieties about 400,000 cases. The approximate value of the 1918 output was $5,000,000, while that of the current year (a normal nor-mal one) is about $3,750,000. That George Lowes, who was murdered mur-dered in Ogden railroad yards on the morning of December 24, came to his death from a fractured skull produced by a weapon in the hands of a party or parties unknown,is the verdict returned re-turned by a coroner's jury. Under the auspices of the Utah Manufacturers' Man-ufacturers' association, the extract-manufacturers extract-manufacturers of Utah have organized an association, whose purpose shall bit to see that the various prohibition laws are complied with by the extract manufacturers man-ufacturers of the state. Notwithstanding the short crop about 050 carloads of apples were raised this year in Utah, the varieties consisting mostly of Jonathans, Wine-saps Wine-saps and Rose Beauties. There were also about 250 carloads of fruits' of assorted varieties. Ten thousand people crowded the Tabernacle at Salt Lake on December 31, at the funeral services for Brigadier Briga-dier General Richard W. Young, leading lead-ing men of church and state eulogizing eulogiz-ing the life of Utah's foremost soldier sol-dier and citizen. The final contract and agreements were signed last week between the Lehi Irrigation company and the Provo Reservoir company, whereby the latter lat-ter sells to the former fifteen second-feet second-feet of irrigation water for the sum of $72,000. After forty-eight years of active service serv-ice in operating railroads, H. E. Van Housen, superintendent of the Suit Lake division of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad, upon his own request, re-quest, has retired to private life. The Mutual Improvement associations associa-tions of the Cache stake of the L. D. S. church have launched a drive to raise $10,000 to build two camps in the mountains for the Boy Scouts' and Beehive Girls' organizations. During the season of 1919 there were shipped from Utah approximately approximate-ly 1500 carloads of Elberta peaches, which brought the growers in round numbers, by conservative estimate, about $800 per car gross. Taaain civic community work in VTJcounty during vacation months, principals of the schools will hereafter be employed for twelve months, according to an ahnounce-i inent made last week. f Work on the great Alpine sceni' highway, which will connect Salt LakL with I'rovo by, the way of the ridgu of tlic-AVasatcii and Mt. Timpanogos, will undoubtedly start with the opening open-ing of spring. Twelve persons' were killed by automobile au-tomobile in Salt Luke City during the past year, as against twenty the previous pre-vious year. Trains killed eight persons per-sons mid one was killed by a street car. Active plans to launch the educational educa-tional campaign t? bring to the eyes of the entire country the efficiency of Utah's school system were launched at a meeting held at Salt Lake last week. The Bonneville post of the American Ameri-can Legion, at Salt Lake, has changed Its name to the Richard W. Young post, in honor of the late Brigadier General Richard W. Young. Word has been received from Washington Wash-ington that Lieutenant Noel Davis, former Salt Laker, has been awarded both the Distinguished Service mednl and the Navy cross. Water users and boards of commissioners commis-sioners of the eight counties which compose the Utah Water Users' iissoj ciutlon, will hold a conference at Salt Lake, January S. Twelve hundred gallons of liquor, taken by officers from owners in the past few months, was poured into the gutters at Salt Lake one day last week. James' W. Funk, president of the Utah state senate, has been appointed appoint-ed by Governor Bamberger as fair-price fair-price commissioner of Utah. Ninety-eight per cent of the automobiles automo-biles stolen in Salt Lake the past year were recovered by the police. Fourteen persons suicided in Salt Lake City during the past year, the majority taking poison. Ninety-six persons met violent ilea ilis in Salt Lake City during the Dust year. J |