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Show I News Notes : X From All Parts of I UTAH Ogden, Sui-vey of a proposed federal fed-eral aid highway from Widtsoe to Escalante in Garfield county, a stretch of twenty-seven miles, has been completed and it is expected that road construction will begin next year, according to C. W. Cross, highway high-way engineer of the United States bureau of public roads, who has returned re-turned from Escalante, where the survey was conducted under his direction. di-rection. Salt Lake, Republican presidential presiden-tial electors for Utah will be notified within the next few days by H. E. Crockett, secretary of state, to report re-port to the governor at the capitol January 10. Following the meeting, the governor will send certified statements state-ments to- Charles Evans Hughes, United States secretary of state, giving giv-ing the result of the presidential election elec-tion in this state. Ogden, Negotiations of Walter. Johnson, veteran Washington pitcher, and his associates to purchase the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league have been canceled for all time. That was the statement made here by Cal Ewing, president of the Oakland club,-who is enroute to Hartford, Hart-ford, where he will attend the minor league meeting. He denied emphatically emphati-cally that the deal would be reopened I and said that Johnson had not been considered as the playing manager of the club. Monticello, The long and continued contin-ued drought in San Juan county ana the southeastern part of the state makes conditions look doubtful for the dry farmer as well as for the irrigated ir-rigated farms. The stockmen are much worried over the situation. They say that the feed on the ranges is fair, but that there is no water and unless the winter storms soon set in there will be some loss in sheep and cattle. Salt Lake, Pennants of crimson and pennants of blue were waved to the breezes with equal fervor when the University of Utah and the Utah Agricultural college' gloriously fought to a ? 7 tie on Cummings field. Battling Bat-tling wHh a fury which equaled 01 exceeded that which has character ized any previous struggle between the two schools, the elevens valiently strivej to achieve that which failed lu go to either. The 1324 football championship of the state, the prize of the encounter, remains in deadlock, and only the glory accorded the prin- i cipals of an epic battle is bestowed j upon the gallant warriors of Coach j T. M. Fitzpatrick and Coach E. L. ' j Romney. j Salt Lake, Beaver furs are still ! taken in Utah and during the past two years there have been turned o-er to the fish and game depart- ment hides to the value of $."9'25, ! which amount was paid over to the j s-tale treasurer by Commissioner Mailson, who sold the hides for the amount named. Salt Lake, A deficit of $12,500 was allowed the State Fair associa-1 associa-1 Hon by the state board of examiners ! to meet expenses of operating that department in excess of the receipts of the recent state fair. Three other deficits are to be considered at this session of the board Tuesday afternoon, after-noon, the early session being continued con-tinued for that purpose. Salt Lake, Another large classification classi-fication of s-tate school lands ns nonminoral in character was received by Eli F. Taylor, register of the United States land office, from the commissioner of the general land office. On recommendation of the field service the commissioner classifies classi-fies lfl.SSO acres as nonminoral nt the time of the enalx'ing act, and as a corsequonce the slate's right is undisputed. The land is near the Arizona border in Kane county. Provo, Provo city firemen Save sent out a cull for old lovs, which they desire to repair for children of the city whoso circumstances forbid their having a merry Christmas, except ex-cept for the kindness of the firemen, who have added joy to the hearts of these kiddies caclt Christmas for sev eral years. Provo, With a view to matuifac-luring matuifac-luring n commercial fertilizer from the by products of the Columbia steel plant, representatives of the Anaconda Anacon-da Copper company of Hulie, Mont., have just completed tests which art! reported to have been 100 per eon' perfect. A number of men from the Anaconda company have been at work on the tests for the past two or three weeks, it. is said. Every effort is being put forth by the s'tate road commission to havt) Ihe highways to Utah's scenic al traction trac-tion in as good condition as possible when the tourist travel begins next spring, according to Henry U. Blood, members of the stale road commission. commis-sion. Salt Lake Cooi-go W. McCaskolI, l(i years of ago, former member of the Utah legislature, local miuiui tmgiix'or of nolo and n nephew of th Into W. S. McCornick .lied nt Seattle Wash. |