Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-31
THE UTAH BUDGET

grass, which is becoming a popular
forage crop
Contracts have been let to grade the
site at st. Joseph, near Salt Lake,
Tor the yards of the Salt Lake Union
stock Yards company.
Th\, first shipment of steel for the
new sugar factory of the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company, being erected iH'
Brigham City, arrived last week.
Jake Nylund, business man OF Eu-
reka, was struck on the head by a
nighwayman, near the main business
district. and relieved of $500 in cash.
A Greek laborer fell into Ogden
river, at ogden, while engaged with
other workmen In clearing debris
from the railroad tracks. and was
drowned.
The Rotary club Of Salt Lake will
send a representative to Washington
to present the arguments to the vari'
Gus congressional committees in favor
OF making a brigade post and army
supply station at Fort Douglas.
BY correspondence and by personal
visits made by G. Frank Emery, state
health inspector, the state health de-
partment is attempting to secure the
formation of Better Babies league
in every county in the state.
Fifty families we're driven from
their homes in Ogden as a result OF
the Ogden river overlooking, causing
a great amount of damage. The coun.
ty will suffer loss of SIS 1000 as a re-
suit of bridges being washed out.
John A. Silver, master mechanic for
the Silver Brothers Iron Works COM
pany and one of the pioneers in the
iron industry in the west, died at his
home in Salt Lake City, March %,
from complication of diseases.
Stricken with heart failure after at
tending vaudeville show at Ogden.
George f. Rowland, aged So, toppeled
over in the theater lobby and died
few minutes later, while the audi
ence was appaluding trio on the
stage.
Attorney General Barnes has ruled
that where real estate has been left
off the tax rolls of a county after pat
ent has issued from the government
the county is entitled to collect taxes
for all the years since patent has is
| sued.
The largest snowslide recorded
there in years came Off the south side
of Logan canyon near the Logan mu-
nicipal electric power dam in the can
yon on March 81. and fo8 several
hours the Logan river was completely
shut off.
That the Salt Lake postoffce re-
ceives more money orders than any
other city of it's size Is shown in a
list recently compiled by the post
office department The Salt Lake
City office paid out s56O,OO3.75 during
the past year.
A proclamation has been received
from President Wilson embracing
three natural bridges in the southern
part of the state and withdrawing
forty acres Of land surrounding each
bridge. The bridges are the Sipapu,
Kachine and Owachoma.
Forty of the business men and lead
ing citizens Of American Fork held
banquet at the "Y" cafe on March %
and adopted the bylaws and charter
of the old American Fork Commercial
club and will revive the spirit of the
old club hundredfold.
Efforts on the part of insurance
companies to raise the rate on school
insurance from 60 cents to $l.52 per
81 900 may result in the board of edu-
cation of Salt Lake taking action to
abolish insurance on the property and
create its own insurance fund.
California berry shippers are to be
notified by Heber G. Smith, state food
and dairy inspector, that they cannot
market in Utah berries in some of the
baskets they use in other states, the
reason being that these particular
baskets are not up to the Utah stand.
ard.
David o. Mckay of Ogden I'm apos-
tie of the Mormon church, drove his
automobile against the rope barricade
at the mouth of Ogden canyon and
suffered a fractured upper jaw, lost
several lover teeth, was badly cut
about the face and received wrench
ed back.
Miss Edna Hadfeld, deputy city re-
corder at Ogden, was the victim of a
painful accident when her right eye
was burned by a hot curling iron.
Miss Hadheld was curling her hair
when she dropped the instrument, the
hot portion of the bar striking her
eye and burning the eyeball.
Many aged persons who could not
have otherwise attended were
taken to the revival tabernacle at Og-
den in automobiles on March % for
? the special services that were planned
as tribute to the aged" The taber-
nacle was filled with flowers, which
after the services were sent to sick
, persons and to the hospital wards OF
, the city.
/ The comptroller of the currency has
received an application for charter
/ for the First National bank of Moab
| Utah with canital stock of $50 600