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Show Pithy News Notes From All Parts of j UTAH i Salt Lake. Reduction of four-tenths of a mill in the tax rate for maintenance main-tenance of the county government will be possible this year, James II. Sum-van Sum-van county auditor, announced Wednesday Wed-nesday when the omnty assessment -rolls. Myton. State Bank Examiner Beth Plxton has named Ernest C. Robbins, state bank examiner, as examiner In charge of the Myton State bank, which last week closed Its doors. An attempt Is being made to reorgamw the institution. Logan. The annual convention of the Stute Municipal league will be sold in Logan August 8, 9 and 10, in accordance ac-cordance with a call issued by President Presi-dent J. Ray Ward. Invitations have gone forward to cities and towns throughout the state. A large attendance at-tendance Is expected by league offi-cers. offi-cers. Mohrland. Ira R. Jones, 47, a miner, was killed instantly Tuesday night when caught by a fall of coal In one of the tunnels of the United States Fuel company's Mohrland mine. The crash of the coal falling from overhead was heard by miners working work-ing in another part of the tunnel who rushed to Jones' relief. He was dead when extricated. Salt Lake. Purses aggregating $7200 will be offered at the Utah state fair, October 2 to 7, to the winners of horse races, according to announcement announce-ment from the state fair offices Thursday. Children's day will be on October 2, tae first day laf the fair. V. A. Standlsh of Lyons, Ohio, has been nppointed judge of dairy cattle by the executive committee. Salt Lake. Payment of $95,116.18 on federal participation on road construction con-struction in Utah was received Thursday Thurs-day by the state mad commission. Of this sum, $52,063.89 is part payment of F. A. P. 24, Price to Castlegate in Carbon county; $38,607.49 is part payment on F. A. P. 11, Cedar to Lund in Iron county and the balance on project 10 A near Fort Duchesne. Salt Lake. Invasions of crickets in. to Uintah county, western Colorado and southern Idaho in Franklin county coun-ty are looked upon as the worst in the history of the state since 1S47,. Heber J. Webb, state crop pes inspee-Bir inspee-Bir said recently. Mr. Webb returned from Vernal, where an inspection was . made of grain fields near Diamond mountain being devastated by crickets. Ogden. James George, 47, of 83T Twenty-fifth street, was Instantly killed, kill-ed, and Oarl Kenna, 70 of 172 Weller street, Los Angeles, died four hours-later hours-later at the Dee hospital, from injuries suffered when an automobile in which they were riding, - plunged into the-river the-river In Ogdlen canyon Sunday afternoon. after-noon. Salt Lake. The annual sun dance of the Fort Duchesne Indians ended at sundown at Ftort Duchesne Sunday, fter a three days' continous dance without food or drink. Some of the braves fell from exhaustion, but as soon as they recovered they resumed the barbaric hop, skip and shuffle around a pole on which was a buffalo head. Salt Lake As a result of an agreement agree-ment reached by officers of the Pioneer Pio-neer Sugar company and the secured creditors of the company, which owns die Hooper Sugar factory at Hooper and the sugar-making factory, now at Whitney, Idaho, the company, own-d own-d copperatively by several hundred farmers, will be enabled to operate 'he coming year, according to announcement an-nouncement made Monday. Salt lake. Chris Chioles, 28 years-j( years-j( age, one of the proprietors of the Ideal Hat Cleaning Works, 38 South Main street, was instantly killed and Oharies V. Herman, 1141 South Second Sec-ond East street, suffered a concussion concus-sion of the brain and severe lacerations lacera-tions and bruises when their automobile auto-mobile in the races at th Lagoon track plunged through the outside' fence at the first turn at 3 :30 o'clock Monday afternoon. The automobile, a special Haynes, was driven by Herman. Her-man. Chioles, who owned the car, was acting as mechanician. Portland -"Patriotic Obligations of Peace" was the theme of the address of Governor Charle.j R. labey pf tali before the American ints:tut .if banking, which hel 1 its national convention here and which Is attendee at-tendee by delegates from all over -lie United Stab. 8. Logan. Lamoni Bright, 19 years l age, of Richmond, was accidently shot and instantly killed Monday evening eve-ning at Trenton by his chum, Tin-i Tin-i man Tfbbetts. Hunts ille. John Coffin, 40 years if Hge, unmarried, was fatally injured vhen be struck a telephone pol -vhlle riding a bores In the last race ii the Pioneer celebration at Hunts-ii!e Hunts-ii!e at 7 o'clock Monday. He died nirty minutes later. The fatality vas witnesaed by a large number of ;ierson8. |