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Show UTAH STATE NEWS A man convicted of "bootlegging" whisky In Suit Lake will spend 8-venty-flve days in Jail. ';( Martin Jones, aged 62, died in a Bait Lake hospital Wednesday, from Injuries) received when he was rue down by an automobile. That Hie Utah summer ranges offei bright prospects to the Utah sheep men for tin; coming season is the gen eral opinion of sheepmen. Building permits representing con Rtruciion work costing more than hall a million dollars have been issued thus far this year in Halt Lake. Miss Vllale E. Sehofleld of Sail Lake was declared to he the mosl beautiful young woman present at the Utah products show in Salt ake lasl week. A. L rieiler of Ogden, an inventor has perfected what he calls an "aero-locomotive," "aero-locomotive," and claims that It wih revolutionize the world of aerial navi gallon. . The sum of $6,000 will be expended this year on road Improvement Id Salt Lake county, this action having been decided on by the board of coun ty commissioners. Mrs. Mary Ann Stearns Winters, one of the historic women of the state, died Thursday at the home ol her daughter, Mrs. Heber J. Grant, in Salt Lake City at the age of 79. Joseph Henson of Tooele, who foi more than fifty years has been active In promoting the agricultural interests of the state, died suddenly in Sail Lake on the 2nd. He was 82 years old. John Sebastian, a traveling sales man from Cincinnati, aged 26 years fell and dislocated his back while at tempting to board a train in Sail Lake. His recovery is far from certain. cer-tain. The Garland Commercial club 1e not alone boosting the commercial welfare of that town, but is also push . ing civic affairs. The latest proposed Improvement is the building of a sewer system. The' elk sent to Salina during the past month will be kept fenced during dur-ing the summer, as it is not thought wise to let. them go at large until autumn. The enclosure is large, and they are doing well. The Grand and San Juan county commissioners have been given reasonable rea-sonable assurance by ihe state road commission that work will start within the week on the new road from Moab to Monticello. The completion of the Grand rivet bridge at, Moab was fittingly celebrated cele-brated by citizens of Grand and San Juan counties on April 8, when a grand barbecue was held, with an Incidental program of sports and dancing. danc-ing. Work on the state road has commenced com-menced near Christianberg, Sanpete county. About twenty-five men and twenty teams are engaged. The work will be continued north nine miles, where it was completed last year. Once again the dates for the National Na-tional Irrigation congress to be held in Salt Lake have been changed. The Utah board of control has decided that September 30 to October 3 are the most suitable dates for the gathering. gath-ering. Two urns, one made 2,000 years ago, the other made 1,000 years ago, were placed on exhibition at the Deseret museum in Salt Lake last week. The ancient urns were found a great many years ago In the sacred mounds at Gylland, Denmark. The food and dairy commissioners of Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming met with the members of the state food and dairy bureau in Salt Lake last week. Food and dairy conditions having an interstate aspect were considered con-sidered and discussed. Protests against the proposed ' incorporation in-corporation of the Highland Boy district dis-trict into a town has been made to the commissioners of Salt Lake county. It is claimed the purpose of incorporation is to enable the place to have saloons, and the mining companies com-panies oppose this. Going on record as unanimously in favor of a national board of health, the Associated Health Authorities Au-thorities of the state, who held a convention in Salt Lake last week, named a committee to prepare a memorial me-morial to congress urging the passage pas-sage of the Owen bill. That a very ordinary celery crop can average the Utah farmer from $150 to $,")0C per acre is the statement of Dr. L. D. Batchelor of Logan, who maintains that by the use of the most approved methods and utilizing to the fullest extent the ideal soil and climatic cli-matic conditions of Utah, more than $500 can be realized. Sidewalk paving at an expense of 5-17,000 is authorized in the paving district which has just been created hy the euy commission of Logan. Practically all of the territory included includ-ed in the district, covering ninety-four blocks, l!es west of Main street. Complying with the court's order of three mouths ago, the last six of twelve saloons in Ogden ordered out of business by April 1 did not open their doors for business, on that date. The other six have closed at dieffrent intervals during the past three inoiMhs.. |
