Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-15
THE UTAH BUDGET


q. A. r. member and resident OF Utah
since 1857, died of general debility at
his home in Ogden.
b. S. Smith, 10 years, is under ar
rest at Reno New charged with the
theft OF a big touring automobile
from real estate firm in Salt Lake.
Assurance that the National Asso-
citation of Insurance Commissioners
will hold its annual convention In
Salt Lake within two years, has been
given.
Estimates Of wheat produced in
Utah for this year is S220,OOO bushels,
as against 7,275,0O0 bushels for last
year, according to the government
crop report.
Said to be wanted In Portland, Ore,
on charge of conducting $1,000
race horse fake pool room swindle,
George Ray, 80 years old, and George
White, aged "a, we're arrested In Salt
Lake.
A felony complaint charging as
sault with a caustic acid, has been
filed against r. |. Dickson, who Is al
legged to have dashed a bottle of rou-
Ratio acid in the fee Of Harry Mort,
at Ogden.
At the tenth International Dry
Farming exposition held In Denver
the Utah Agricultural college and ex'
pertinent station exhibit received sec
ond prize in competition with thirteen
western states.
The annual convention of the Inter
mountain Good Roads association,
which was to have been held in Og-
den this year. is postponed one year
on recommendation of the secretary,
l.. p. McCalla of Boise.
Members of the state board Of equal
ization will confer with officials OF
Kane, Washington, Garfield, Iron and
Beaver counties In reference to a uni
form plan of assessing property at its
full value beginning January /.
There ~ no evidence of foul play
In connection with the death of John
Francis Heron, January "a, 1914, near
the st. Joseph crossing the Davis
county grand jury has reported. His
death was found to be accidental.
That the man whose skeleton was
found on the mountains east Of North
Ogden by boy hunters last Sunday
was Japanese. who probably came
to his death in a fight with bears, is
the opinion OF the county sheriff.
During the twelve months ending
October 1. 1915, $1S,137.19 was col
lected and disbursed by the Central
Finance Board OF Charities of Salt
Lake for the benefit of deserving poor
and unfortunate people in the city.
Injuries received when he fell be-
tween the cars of Union Pacific
freight train near Gateway, Weber
canyon, resulted in the death at Og-
den OF Frank Kocher, a transient la
borer, who was beating his way east.
Five dollars is all the damages to
which Albert Arnold, tailor is en-
titled for beating administered 10
him by V. A. Bettilyon, real estate
dealer, according to judgment OF a
jury at Salt Lake. Arnold had sued
for $4,000.
Plans for maintaining the Utah
chamber OF commerce and its extern
sive exhibits at Salt Lake by the vari-
GUS counties of the state were prac
tically perfected at meeting last
week of nearly score OF county CON
missioners.
Undiscovered for three years, the
remains of man about 40 years old,
believed to be George Adams, ad.
dress unknown, were found by Rob-
ert McCombe of Salt Lake half buried
in the mud & mile and a half west
of Centeryille.
After cancellation by the city H.
cense assessors of one wholesale and
one club liquor license there are left
in Salt Lake City 1872 retail saloons,
forty druggist liquor dealers, twelve
wholesale dealers, three breweries
and eight clubs.
Twenty members of the National
Guard of Utah under command of
Maj. w. G. Williams OF the First in
tantry, make, up the rifle team which
will represent the state of Utah at
the national rife competition to be
held at Jacksonville, Fla, October Is
to 20.
After being out about an hour, the
jury in the case OF the state against
Amanda Trulove Mcclure, charged
with murder Ia the irst degree for
the killing of her husband, s. G. Nc
Ciure, at Salt Lake, returned a YER
dict OF not guilty The McClures
are colored people.
Utah has corner on the sugar beet
seeS 3ops3. of the United States and
representatives. OF the different sugar
beet companies are trying to devise
means whereby this state and the
companies operating here may be able
TO supply part of the beet seed
Colorado and California require.
The inability of Roy Telford, 2s
years of age, resident OF Mason City,
Iowa, and Frank Dodd, 20, a resident
OF Sioux City, Iowa, to furnish a sat
isfactory bill of sale for an automo-
bile they had sold to Henry CIVIL
liams, at Ogden, resulted in their ar.
rest on the charge OF having stolen
the machine.
Delay in handling of contests OF
In. ulatw. I..s 4.