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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE W. J. Bliss, sheriff of Grand county for several terms, was declared again to be sheriff of that county by a decision de-cision of the supreme court of the slate last week. Sheriff Bliss had received re-ceived a majority of five votes at the election last November, but his Democratic Demo-cratic opponent, John B. Skewes, w;s able to have Bliss ousted, on a charge of violation of the corrupt practice act. Tlie body of an unknown man was discovered last week by a shcepherder on a rocky ledge beneath an old pinion pine tree overlooking Carbonville, which is about four miles northwest of Price. The mystery of the discovery is the inaccessbility of the place, there being a ledge below and one above where the body was found. Appointment by Governor Mabey last week of a slate welfare commission, in accordance with a law passed by the last legislature, marks what advocates nt the movement hope will be an important im-portant step forward in the cause of a proper organization of welfare work In the state. Hereafter boys and girls committed to tne state industrial school at Ogden will, before being actually sent to the institution, be subjected to tests in mentality and other psychological activity by experts of the University of Utah, engaged in such work. Professor Orson Ryan, for many years prominent in educational work in Utah and former head of the Jordan school district, has been selected by the board of education of Logan City to succeed Professor Henry Peterson as city superintendent of schools. Notices have been sent out by Collector Col-lector or Internal ItKvenue D. C. Dunbar Dun-bar to proprietors of soda fountains, calling attention to the provision of the special tax levy which requires the keeping of daily, records of the sales and the tax paid thereon. The state board of equalization has about completed the assessment of mining min-ing property in the state, and plans to begin on a tour of inspection of the railroads which, as public utilities, are assessed by the state board rather than by count assessors. The Logan chamber of commerce has received a communication from Major B. M. Atkinson, commanding officer of Mather field, California, asking for information for a landing field ; for airplanes in or near Logan. Reports from various points in Utah county with regard to the condition of orchards indicate that up to the present time no material damage has been done by the recent cold weather and storms. Matthew S. Browning, capitalist of Ogden, was elected president of the Amalgamated Sugar company, to succeed suc-ceed the late Anthon H. Lund, at the meeting of the directors, held at Ogden. Alexander Gordner of Provo was cut on the right sheek, and his brother, Samuel Gordner, also of Provo, was slightly injured when their automo-mobile automo-mobile ran into a street car at Salt Lake. Hereafter electric light globes purchased pur-chased by the state of Utah will be inscribed in-scribed "Property of the State of Utah," frosted indelibly on the glass. This is done to prevent theft of globes. More than $300 has been realized In the drive being conducted by the Phillips' Congregational Christian Endeavor En-deavor society at Salt Lake for the Chinese famine fund. Miss Vina Nieison, daughter of Anthon An-thon Nielsen of Huntsville, died on a train between Scofield and Salt Lake while being taken to the capital to undergo un-dergo an operation. Of the $40,000 in bonds voted by Wasatch county for school purposes, $33,000 has been set aside for a new school building to be erected in Soldier Summit. Approximately $2000 has been received re-ceived in the last month by the state board of land commissioners from leases on lands under Great Salt Lake. A tottal of S2.000 acres of land in Millard county is to be drained as a result re-sult of a favorable vote in two bond elections held recently in that county. Irwin Davis, aged 20, employed at a cafe in Salt Lake, suicided while on duty, shooting himself through the head, following a fit of despondency. The county crops and pests inspector estimates the peach crop loss in Salt Lake valley as a result of the freez'nr weather last week at 00 per cent. Arthur Purser suffered a broken arm and Martin Woolfe a cut and severly bruised hand as the result of an auto collision at Logan. The annual convention of the Utah State Pharmaceutical association will be held at Logan May 2G and 27. Peter Murango, 5(i years of age, who attempted fc kill himself at Ogden, has been adjudged insane. A commercial club has been organized organiz-ed at Soldier Summit, starting out with forty-eight members. Friday, April 15, has been named by Governor Mabey as Arbor day. |