Show news notes from all parts of UTAH r 41 I 1 T TT T T X ak i P alf george H dern george H dem became governor of utah at 12 noon monday S simultaneous I 1 t with his taking the oath of office administered by chief justice valentine gideon of the state supreme court charles R mabey kabei stepped down from the chief magistracy 0 of f this state strains of patriotic airs lioom of cannon and homage of hundreds of people crowding the rotunda of the capitol attended the formal ceremony of inauguration standing 0 on the flag draped landing of the grand stairway at the eastern side of the rotunda governor dern bespoke the confidence and support of all citizens in an inaugural address which pledged him to untiring service in the welfare of utah and her people salt lake city A test case on whether the secretary of the interior has the right to grant oil and gas prospecting permits on executive order on indian reservations will be heard beard in salt lake in the united states district court in the near future with judge tillman D johnson on the bench salt take lake city practically the same number of men will attend the citizens military training camp at fort douglas in 1925 as attended it in 1924 despite the proposed decentralization of C 11 T camps colonel thomas M anderson chief of staff of the division of the united states army has announced the allotment of students for the 1924 camp at fort douglas was while the allott ment for 1925 for the division is 1100 of this number approximately will receive training at fort douglas at fort russell wyo and 80 at fort wright wash colonel anderson said mutual jas whittaker 19 years of age nephew of mr and mrs frank kimball of eighth avenue salt lake was instantly killed when he accidentally came in contact with a high tension line of the mutual coal companas comp anys plant where he was employed mr 11 r whittaker t tak w was as at work about the establishment when his hand in some manner touched the high tension wire he was electrocuted instantly monticello the farmers of monticello slaughtered many rabbits december 30 and 31 the hunters were divided into two teams of twenty men each one known as the whites headed by julius bailey and the other known as the blacks and headed by J E weston the losing team is to give a dance in honor of the victors provo A n new ew classification of all farm lands of utah county has been made according to charles hawkins county asse assessor asor the work being done in each district by three of the most competent farmers of their respective districts mr hawkins says the result of the new classification will be that of placing the farm lands of the county on a more equal basis ogden with the purpose of ascertaining the consensus of opinion on the proposition to consolidate city and county governments of the first and second class which is particularly applicable to weber county sena tor elect john S lewis has distributed a large number of question among taxpayers of the county ask asb ing their views of this matter mr lewis is has declared intention of introducing such a bill in the legislature if it appears feasible ogden forest highway funds available for thi the construction ef cf forest highways in utah luring during the fiscal year 1925 totals all of chich can be expended during year ending june 30 1926 in addition the sum of may also be 69 expended during the period named plus a tentative apportionment of to the state providing it also puts up for cooperative cooperativa construction st of forest roads roada this thin was the information imparted the road commission by the forestry fi agica |