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Show UTAH ANDJTAHNS Ten eligible men for milirary draft service out of thirty-eight is t lie record rec-ord for BoxHuYr Dcimty. Ogden merchants have pledged financial fin-ancial support for the fifth annual Harvest Festival to be held at Ogden tills fall. Thomas W. Jones, aged S2 years, pioneer of Ogden, one of the first tailors to begin business in that city, died August 10. James Blankenship, aged G, ran in front of an automobile while playing in the streets in Salt Lake and was almost instantly killed. Nematods, crop insects that attack the fibres of root plants such as sugar beets, have made their appearance in almost every district of Weber county. There are 295 more children of school age in Ogden this year than last, according to the school census of Ogden just completed by the enumerators, enum-erators, i Coal will be obtained by the United States for the soldiers at Fort Douglas Doug-las this winter for 0.73 a ton, 50 cents cheaper than the retail price of coal at the present time. Active work on a number of municipal muni-cipal improvements at Vernal, the thriving capital of eastern Utah, will begin within a short time, according to announcement made last week. John S. Cunningham, a miner at Storrs, died at the Provo general hospital, on August 10, of injuries sustained sus-tained in an explosion at the Spring Canyon mine two weeks previous. Philip Strickler, age 45, a resident of Providence, was instantly killed at the limestone quarries of the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Sugar company when a charge of dynamite went off before he had time to retire. Thirty-nine young men waived exemption, ex-emption, passed the physical examination examina-tion and were certified by the exemption ex-emption board in the Second district at Murray as new members of the universal uni-versal service army. While on his way home from his farm, Percy Gardner of Kanosh, was struck and killed by lightning. The bolt struck him on the top of his head and all of his clothes was burned off. His team was not injured. If unofficial reports from the Uintah basin are borne out by certified returns re-turns to the secretary of state, Uintah county will be divided and the name of Daggett will be added to the sister hood of counties in Utah. Work has started on the repairing of the Salt valley reservoir project. The dam, which was washed out some time ago, is being reconstructed, as well as a spillway to take care of the excess flood waters until the lower dam is built. At midnight August 11, the legal right to continuance of any stock of liquor in the state of Utah lapsed. Any intoxicating or alcoholic beverage found within the boundaries of the state hereceforth is subject to confiscation. con-fiscation. The cases against twelve men of Tooele who were arrested for failing to file reports of the amount of liquor on hand within the time limit were dismissed, it developing that a misunderstanding mis-understanding of the date set caused the delay. The state council of defense has sent twenty medals to the Morgan Canning company, Morgan, for distribution among the boys, sent there by the council as souvenirs of service rendered ren-dered the nation in the mobilization of food stuffs. Hundreds of human lives could have been saved, in the opinion of Dr. It. W. Hoggan, state livestock inspector, in-spector, had proper steps been taken years ago to inspe'et dairy cows in Utah and prevent spread of disease among the animals. The farmers of Sanpete county have been busily engaged in ridding the fields of the grasshoppers, which have done serious damage to the crops. The method used by some was the trap, and by others the poison substance which was furnished by the county authorities. Struck by lightning, the home or Wallace Clay near the Hot Springs, north of Ogden, took fire and was destroyed. Members of the family, who were awakened by the crash, say they barely "had time to leave their rooms before the flames enveloped the home. Following the finding of Martha Alice Gretchell, aged 19, a mildly demented de-mented ward of the Utah industrial school, who has been missing since July 12, Supt. E. S. Hinckley of the state school, bad Mr. and Mrs. James Harbertson of Ogden arrested, claiming claim-ing they had hidden the girl for three weeks. GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. Augl Production Forecast Last year Winter wheat bu.. 54G.0O0 490.001) Spring wheat, bu.l.loO.oi'O 1.102.0(10 u.us i, G3S.0O0 002.000 Barley, bu 502.000 492.000 i'otatoes, bu 2,910.000 2.000.000 ill Ilav (tons)... 1,321. (W Tll.OoO Apples (bbls.) ... 72,000 ICOwO The special car fitted up and operated oper-ated by the department of the interior for demonstrating methods and apparatus appa-ratus to be used in preventing mine accidents and treatments to be administered admin-istered to injured miners, was in Bingham last week. Expension of Utah's Irrigated area from 1.000.000 acres to 2.000,000 acres and the introduction of good administrative adminis-trative irrigation laws, such as may be understood readily by any farmer, are urged by Samuel Fortier, of Washington, Washing-ton, chief of the department of irriga-I irriga-I Uon investigations. |