Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-02-25
THE UTAH BUDGET

The district fOresterS' convention
closed weeks session at Salt Lake
on February l6.
The Young Women's Christian as-
sociation of Salt Lake celebrated its
tenth birthday last week.
Laying OF water main extensions In
volving total estimated cost of $780,
600 has been determined upon by the
Salt Lake commissioners.
Senator Reed Smoot will introduce
bill in congress providing for the
erection of government munitions
plant in Utah to cost $1.000,000
1t is predicted that either Brigham
City or Davis county will get the third
of the new infantry companies which
are to be added to the Utah National
Guard.
One hundred dogs have been killed
in Murray the past three weeks on
orders of the city health officer, who
Is rigidly enforcing the licensing or
dinance.
A celebration i'm Ogden I'm 1919 to
celebrate the fftieth anniversary OF
the joining of the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific railways near that
city, is proposed.
With the aid of eighty willing work.
ers and assistants to a corps of carp
enters. IL is proposed to erect taber.
nacle in Ogden in one day, Washing
tons birthday, February %.
Paving to be done this year at cost
TO the city OF S25,325 and a total cost
to the city and abutting property own
ers of $125,275. was decided on last
week by the Salt Lake commission.
ers.
Martin C. Nelson, section foreman
for the Denver & Rio Grande, died at
a Salt Lake hospital from injuries re-
ceived at Manti, when he slipped in
front of a train and lost his leg and
right foot.
Another flowing we'll has been
struck in Willard county. 1t is on the
farm of Albert Robinson. A six-inch
pipe is flowing 500 gallons n minute.
the artesian belt.
Mormonism Is not a menace and the
Episcopal church in Ut0h has not been
| established to attack 1t, declared
| Bishop Paul Jones of the Episcopal
| diocese of Utah in his address ut st.
Marks cathedral at Salt Lake.
Waldo Jensen, the 3-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jensen OF Muir
ray, was struck and badly injured by
a street car. The accident occurred
as the little fellow was crossing the
street and failed to see the approach
ing car.
Frank Bitsakis, 25 years OF age,
who has been in the county jail at
Salt Lake since May 26. 1915. await
ing trial on the charge of numbering
G.. Sykes, a Bingham miner, has been
removed to the state mental hospital
at Provo.
Total valuation of the property OF
the Oregon Short Line railroad In the
state Is $S,S91 ,445, according TO the
report just made by j. B. Evans, tax
agent Of the road, to the state board
of equalization, as a oasis for assess
ing this years taxes.
The explorations of the agricultural
possibilities in UtaN and Idaho was
one of the topics IL especial interest
to the intermountain region discussed
at the opening meeting at Salt Lake
of the conference of traffic officials
and representatives OF the Union Pa
ciflc system.
More than 200 farmers in Utah will
be supplied with electricity for irriga,
ton by pumping this year by the
| ITfah ~. I toht
struction of extensions to transmits
sion lines for accommodation of farm
srs will be commenced as soon as the
weather permits.
On account of me Cry weather last
year hay is very scarce in the Ibapah
section, and many head of live stock
are starving. 1t is reported that thir-
teen head of horses starved to death
in bunch not far from Ibapah, In Ne
vada. The deep snow has also put
the sheepmen in bad straits.
At a meeting of the Utah Conserva.
ton commission, 1t was decided To
have the relief map of the state, which
has been on exhibition at the San
Francisco exposition, examined and
recast where Oecessary by agricul.
tural college experts before placing II
in the rotunda of the capitol.
Bounty claims against the state for
the killing of predatory animals, prin.
cipally coyotes. were greater in the
last sixty days than for the preceding
six months. State Auditor Lincoln c.
Kelly has issued bounty warrants
amounting to S11,SS450 representing
claims made since December 1S.
With the death, at his home IN
Pennington, of James ID. Wilcox, Davis
county loses one of her Oldest inhabi
tants and most sturdy pioneers. Fol
more than sixty,three years Mr. vii
cox had made his home in Farming
ton, and his sterling qualities made
him a most highly respected citizen
Logan Island property owners are