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Show News Notes : t From All Parts of UTAH j Price. Aleck Marshal, 40, a coal miner employed at the Spring Canyon Can-yon Coal company, at Standardville, was instantly killed in a cave-in while working in the mine with his 17-year old son, who escaped injury. Ogden. Much protest against the building of the proposed isolation hospital on the grounds of the Dee hospital is being shown by the residents resi-dents of that section through the circulation cir-culation of a petition. The hospital is to be built and maintained by the county. Hyrum. Fire destroyed the Allen Brothers general store of this city. The amount of damage is said to be over $25,000, of which $14,000 was covered by insurance. Farmington. Robert H. McCoy and Archie Wilcox were sentenced to serve not less than five years and to the period of their natural lives in the Utah state prison by Judge George S. Barker in the Second district dis-trict court upon their pleas of guilty to a charge of robbery in connection connec-tion with their hok'ing up and robbing rob-bing the Bountiful State bank of $750 December 5. Salt Lake City. Salt Lake's participation par-ticipation in the natonal dog derby at Ashton, Idaho, February 22, is assured. It was announced by the special committee of the chamber of commerce that ten German police dogs will be taken from the city, fully ful-ly trained, and seven will be entered enter-ed in the race. Last year's race was over a twenty-five and one-half mile course. Bingham. The assets of the Central Cen-tral bank have been purchased by the First National bank of which Geo. E. Chandler is owner. The First National Na-tional bank is capitalized for $100,-000 $100,-000 and has a surplus of $25,000 and is regarded as one of the strongest banks in the state. Salt Lake City. Damage, roughly estimated at from $15,000 to $25,000, was done by a fire which destroyed part of the buildings and equipment at Beck's Hot Springs. The blaze was burning fiercely when the fire department arrived about 1 o'clock, but an hour later Fire Chief W. H. Bywater announced that the flames were under control. The loss is said to be covered by insurance. Salt Lake City. New traffic ordinances ordin-ances for Salt Lake which will relieve re-lieve congested conditions in the business bus-iness district were discussed at the meeting of the city commission. The elimination of left-hand turns in the middle of blocks and shorter parking park-ing hours for automobiles and the rerouting re-routing of street cars, thus taking them from Main Street, were among the remedies suggested. Salt Lake City. Gasoline tax receipts re-ceipts for November will total $62,-000, $62,-000, it was estimated by Charles Heiner, chief deputy in the secretary of state's office. The figure will be about $2000 less than for October. Salt Lake City. The University of (Jtah requested the state board of Examiners to authorize a deficit of J9.263.83 in the maintenance account of the institution. The petition will be considered at an early meeting or the board. Dr. George Thomas, president, pres-ident, said that the figure represents the amount spent in securing five dinosaur skeletons from the Jensen quarry. The skeletons were obtained obtain-ed for an exceptionally low expenditure. expendi-ture. Dr. Thomas said, since the Pittsburg Museum spent nearly ten times as much in obtaining a similar simi-lar collection. Spanish Fork. The Spanish Fork Fish and Game association has gone on record as heartily in favor of protecting pro-tecting catfish in Utah lake. At a meeting of the association held at the American Legion club rooms, various subjects concerning fish and game were freely discussed, chiefly the present method of trap fishing in Utah lake, which was condemned because be-cause of the careless methods used by trap owners. Ogden. Eighteen thousand dollars damages was awarded Ernest Gubler in the United States district court to be paid by the Oregon Short Line Railroad company. The federal jury was out about forty-five minutes following fol-lowing the completion of the personal injury suit, returning with a unanimous unani-mous verdict for this amount. Gubler sued for $30,000. |