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Show j j STATE NEWS SCHOOL FUNDS APPORTIONED. Brigham City, Jan 30 The board of education of (he Box Elder school district has received information from the state board of public instruction as to the apportionment of the state school funds for the year 1913 The apportionment shows that Box Eldrr county will receive for its school pop ulation of 45GS $18,018.50 of the school fund and $-649 44 interest and rental fund, a total of 315,66S.24. The High School Agricultural club has been organized with a good membership mem-bership of enthusiastic students. The club held n meeting yesterday, at which an organization was perfected with the following officials: Earl Wright, president; Mcrrell Valentine, vice president: Logan, Beckstead, sec retary and treasurer Prof. H. P Bar rows and George L Zundel of the High school faculty were chosen to aid In framing a constitution The faculty of the High school, aided aid-ed by the students, will give a parents' par-ents' ball In the gymnasium ballroom tomorrow night. The chief purpose of the dancing party is to acquaint the parents with the school and the eondi- tions surrounding their children The party will be the first of its kind to be given here, and promises to be successful. MEETING FOR CACHE VALLEY. Logan. Ian. 30. The people of Cache valley are invited to attend a rery important meeting to be held at Logan at the tabernacle next Saturday Sat-urday evening February l, at 7 o'clock for the purpose nf listening and taking tak-ing part in the discussion of the production pro-duction and marketing of the products of Utah, and the advisability of establishing es-tablishing canneries for peas, eta, in Cache valley. These subjects will be discussed bv some of the most able rr.en in the country. Governor Spry, Dr T. A. Widtsoe Mr. Reid from Ios Angeles, a representative repre-sentative of the California Fruit Growers association, and a thorough business man lrom every standpoint, .1. B. Castner. an export packer from 7?nod River. Oregon, H. L Herrincton. of the Utah Canning association. J. Edward Talor of the Utah Horticultural Horticul-tural commission. Mr Wesley King, Dr. E D Ball, Dr. L. D. Batcbelor, Professor E G Peterson and others will bo present to discuss the subjects. sub-jects. CITY MAY BUY PLANT. Pocatello, Ida., Jan 30. As the result re-sult of the supreme court decision forcing (he Pocatello Water company to appoint two commissioners to meet with two appointed by the city to fix the water rates In the city, the water company has appointed as Its commie sioners Alex Murra, assistant mana- gpr. and George Winter superintendent superintend-ent of the water r-ompanv The cod- , missioners appointed by the city are! Messrs W P. Haveuor and J. H.j Townsend. Theirsl meeting of the wo committee was held yesterday ! It was a preliminary meeting with Mayor Bistline present in an informal capacity Amicable adjustment of the disputed points is expected Ther is some talk of the city buying the plant and operating it municipally. BANK EXPERTS TESTIFY Boise, Ida , Jan. 30. Expert accountants ac-countants were placed on the witness i stand in the trial of Edward and Eu gene Payne, the officers of the defunct de-funct Boise State bank, accused of talsifying the records of that insritu tion, todav. and gave testimony to 6how that the books of the institution had been tampered with and the shortages purposely coered up. Josiah Richards of Spokane, an expert ex-pert bank examiner, who has been working on the bank books, since the failure and who discovered the alleged alleg-ed shortages, took the stand and gave damaging testlmonv against the de fendants. He testified there was a shortage of $10,000 in the bank on September 1, 1911, and the defendants had attempted to hide the fact. BISHOP'S WIFE DIES Brigham City. Jan 31. Mrs. Thorn as Wheatley. wife of Bishop Wheatley of Honey iile. died at her home there at 6 o'clock this morning after an ill j ness of six weeks with an attack of pneumonia Mrs. Wheatley was on of the leading women In church circles cir-cles in the community in which she lived and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Gibbs of Lake Side She was born at that place on November 30, 1858 On April 11. 1878, she was married to Bishop Thomas Wheatley of Honeyville She is survived by a husband and seven children Funeral services will be held in the chapel at Honeyville Sunday COAL THIEVES CAUGHT Pocatello, Ida., Jan 30 Special Agent James Kennedy of the Oregon Short Line, located at Gooding, lias for some time been investigating coal stealing all along the line Railroad officials state that much coal has been stolen, especially during the past year. This morning the special agent arrested Fred Elledge. a young man around Gooding, and a Greek by the name of Angelo Chals from Bliss on the charge of stealing coal The Greek is the night watchman and engine tender employed by the Short Line. Elledge pleaded guilty and was Ilghi ly fined, while the Greek was heavily fined COURT ANNOUNCES DECISIONS Brigham City, Jan SO. -Among the cases tried today in the district court were the following The appointment of George E. Cropley as administrator administrat-or of the estate of Thomas Cropley. deceased, his bond being placed at $16,000. E. C. Wheatley. S. Norman Lee and A. N. Grover wcro appointed appraisers of property subject to inheritance in-heritance tax L. P. Chrlslenscu v. as given a verdict against the Oregon Short Line, wherein he was granted damages in the sum of $50 and interest inter-est in the sum of $18 for the loss of a cow that was killed by a passing train. TITUS O. SNOW DIES. Provo. Jan 31. Titus O Snow, formerly for-merly of this city, died at Price last night at the age of 45 years He i6 survived by his mother, Mrs Emma Snow of this city, and many other relatives rel-atives here. He has four children The remains were brought hen- tod and the funeral will bo held from the Fourrh ward meeting house. MIDLAND TRAILERS MEET. Provo. Jan 30 Tho Midland trail membership committee met Wednes day afternoon in the Commercial club rooms and elected W. P. Whitehead j PF I man of the committee, discussed plans and methods to be used in se- curing new members for the assoein-tion assoein-tion The question as to how muc"h money the committee would be fur nished for the furthering of this work was also considered. WOULD PLACE BOOST BOOKS IN SCHOOLS A plan to exploit the resources of Utah through the free distribution in the schools of the state of a special edition of the Educational Review pub ilshed by the faculty of the state university uni-versity in connection with Utah De velopment day, was submitted by F. W ReyuoidB and W. G Roj lance, rep resenting the university faculty, at the first meeting of the new hoard of governors of the Utah Deelopmcnt league at the Commercial club yesterday yester-day afternoon. It was set forth that leading men of the state would contribute articles on Utah a resources and possibilities, that the publication would comprise 150 pages, illustrated, and be placed in hands where it would do the most good The undertaking. It was Raid, would cost about $300. and the league was asked to support the move to the extent of $1000. The board approved the plan and appointed a committee consisting of W. G. Farrell F. M. Driggs of Ogden and J. W. Mc Henry of Murray to make recommendations as to ways and means of assisting in the fur therance of the plan A committee consisting of C. R. Hollingsworth, president of the league and chairman of this committee. Secretary' Sec-retary' Joseph E Caine. Hcrshel Bui len. Jr , of Logan, J M. Kirkham of Lehi and J W. McHenry, was appointed ap-pointed as a legislation committee to prepare a bill asking the present legislature leg-islature for an appropriation sufficient suffi-cient for the permanent maintenan :e of state exhibits at Salt Lake and Og den and for the carrying on of an ad equate publicity campaign in connec tion therew ith. E W. Dunn of Brigham. J. M. Kirkham Kirk-ham and Joseph E Caine were appointed ap-pointed as a committee to act in the matter of a proposition made by R. A. Hart drainage engineer in the government gov-ernment acricultural department, to secure a state drainage law from the present legislature The committee met at once and will send word Im mediately to the commercial clubs of the state asking them to send delegates dele-gates to a meeting that will be held at the Commercial club in Sal? Iake February 4 to consider the prepar.i tion of a bill covering the scheme. The matter of incorporating the league was referred to the committee on legislation. Fred C Graham was reappointed as sisrant secretar of the league. WOMAN FOUND GUILTY. J'rovo, Jan. HO The jury in the case of Payson vs. Harriet Crook brought in a verdict of guilty here today in the Third district court Mrs Crook was charged with selling liquor and maintaining a nuisance Sen tence was set for February 4 The defense de-fense introduced no evidence and it is thought that the case will be appealed on the grounds that the ordinance is Invalid February 4 is the date set for the trial of Joseph E Crook, her husband, charged with maintaining a nuisance and violating the liquor law. HAWLEY INDORSED. Pocatello. Ida . Jan 30 The Pocatello Poca-tello Commercial club at its last race:-ing race:-ing voted unanimously to petition President-elect Wilson to appoint ex Governor Hawley of Idaho as secre tan," of the interior. Party lines haw been forgotten In the general indorse ment of the former governor for a cabinet jiositlon A committee con sisting of Messrs Dohlscheln, Trapp Eldredge and J. T. Young, chairman was appointed to prepare resolutions to forward to the president-elect AMERICAN FALLS CELBERATES Pocatello. Ida.. Jan. 30. A monster celebration developed at AmerW an Falls today when the people of that town received news that the county of Power was created by the state legis lature and the bill had been signed by the governor. American Falls wlli be the county seat of the new county The name Power comes from the fact that at American Falls is situat ed one of the greatest hydroelectric plants In the entire west GET NEWS OF DEATH. Brigham City, Jan 30 Dr. D V Henderson of this city received in formation from Arimo, Ida . yester da;, that his aged father had died in the morning of that day He made a hurried trip to the Idaho town yes-terdav yes-terdav afternoon, returning this morn ing. Hendercon was a prominent man of Idaho, being among the pioneer j business men of Arimo Funeral ! services will be held Sunday afternoon. after-noon. oo |