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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE Utah's electoral vote will be cast for Harding and Coolidge notwithstanding notwith-standing the fact that Mrs. Margaret L. Judd, the state messenger, who was chosen to take the vote to Washington, Washing-ton, failed to arrive in time. Mrs. Judd forfeits $1000 allowed for expenses ex-penses by her failure to. reach Washington Wash-ington in time. ( The state legislature will be asked by the Triangle club of Salt Lake to enact a measure which would provide that the county attorney serve as probate pro-bate counsel in the disposition of all estates valued at less than $7000. The purpose of the law is to relieve the beneficiaries of small estates from the expense of engaging an attorney. The report of the chief of the fire department shows that the total loss by fire in Provo last year was $2525, of which $1200 was covered by insurance, in-surance, leaving a net total loss of $1324 for the entire year, which is considerably lower than most cities of like population. Whether or not approximately $45,-000 $45,-000 in warrants issued for work on the Cache county roads can be paid by (be county is being debated by the county commissioners. The warrants are being held by the county clerk until un-til lie is given authority to pay them. Lowell Alvord of Farr West, Weber county, was bitten by a dog afflicted witli rabies. The dog also bit several other dogs before it was killed. Mr. Alvord, who is a young man, will take the Pasteur treatment under the direction di-rection of the state board of health. Melvin Turpln, aged 13, was run down by an unknown speeding autoist near Midvale and Instantly killed. The boy's neck, back, both arms and both legs were broken, his broken body being be-ing found by the roadside. Effort to locate the driver has been futile. Reports coming to various business interests in Salt Lake from country centers Indicate that collections are gradually improving all along the line. Improvement In collections Is one of the best indications of fundamentally sound business that can be had. It is reported that Senator Smoot has secured the adoption of an amendment amend-ment to the sundry civil bill appropriating appropri-ating $00,000 for the purchase of land adjoining the postoffice building at Salt Lake, with a view later to enlarging en-larging the building. , Damages of $25,000 are sought in a suit filed at Ogden by Laura Saunders Saun-ders against the Utah Rapid Transit company for the death of her husband, hus-band, Richard Saunders, when he was struck by a street car while he was riding a motorcycle. . The reclamation service has noted widespread publicity given to the restoration res-toration of a tract of about 120,000 acres In Price River valley, with the Intimation that there would be a good opportunity for former service men to secure homesteads. Immediately after Joe Porter had been found not guilty by a jury in the city court at Ogden, on the charge of having liquor in his possession, he was rearrested upon the charge of obtaining obtain-ing money by false and fraudulent pretenses. Tremonton has just entered the Northern Utah Baseball league, composed com-posed of Lewiston, Smithfleld, Logan, Brigham City, Ogden and Tremonton. The Tremonton Commercial club is behind the team. Total appropriations included in the budget for the years of 1921-1922 amount to $4,339,027.16, nccordlng to announcement made from the office of Governor Mabey. Eddie White and John Salamanca, each 18 years of age, charged with robbing Browning Brothers' store at Ogden January' 9, have admitted their guilt. Eighteen copper stills, seized in various vari-ous raids made by federal prohibition agents in Salt Lake and Utah, are to be scrapped and the copper sold. Organized labor of Ogden is supporting support-ing Mayor Frank Francis in the proposed pro-posed bond election for the establishment establish-ment of n city-owned light plant. The third annual show of the Utah Rabbit Breeders and Fanciers' association associ-ation will be held In Salt Lake January Janu-ary 29 to February 5, inclusive. M. P. Madsen, 34 years of age, of Los Angeles, Cal., committed suicide at Ogden by shooting himself through the head with a .38 caliber revolver. The elimination of worthless automobiles auto-mobiles and trucks from the supply owned by the state Is the purpose of an investigation now being made. Fire originating in the boiler room destroyed the mill of the Silver King Coalition Mining company at Park City, witli a loss of $250,000. A farm bureau membership drive meeting was held In Provo past week with more than 500 persons interested In agriculture present. Fourteen of the thirty-five magazine buildings for the Ogden arsenal will be completed within the next ten days A postoffice has been established al Vipont, Boxelder county. |