Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-07-28
THE UTAH BUDGET

"SAo CdhpDeil, dBSu 81 ohN 49,
ard Kasius, aged 10, were drowned
while bathing in the ogden river, near
Ogden.
Mrs. LouellA Jones OF Spanish Fork
broke her right arm above the wrist
while attempting to turn on by
drant In her yard.
The work of building three miles of
concrete road between Riverdale and
Roy, in Weber county, has been com.
pleted by the state prisoners.
Estimates of the present population
Of Salt Lake City, based upon the
number of names in the 1916 city di.
rectory, give this city a population vi
1929. =
or the 1900 acres Of state sct.
land offered for sale at public actrW
In st. George on July Is, by the state
board of land commissioners, 1,040
acres we're sold.
The matter of increasing Brigham's
water supply for both culinary and ir-
rigation purposes is again being agi-
tated by the officials o. the city and
leading business men.
Alfred. the 17-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. G. T. Drage, fell from barn
twenty-five feet high at Birch creek,
while putting hay into 1t and was
very seriously injured.
Because the state tax revenue will
fall short of the anticipated amount.
the state board of equalization will
make a tax levy of "A mills, the maxi
mum permitted by the new law.
Sixty days in the city Jail without
the alternative of paying a fine was
the sentence imposed in the case OF
c. S. Jones, charged with having
beaten Mrs. Fannie Wilbur during a
fight at Ogden.
By means OF a lecture course, DR..
Samuel G. Paul. county sanitation Of
ficer, proposes to conduct a campaign
OF education along modern lines OF
health and sanitation throughout Salt
Lake county this summer
The SOS 900 bond issue of Sewer
county drainage district No. 1 having
been sold over par, owners of waste
and water-logged land below Richfield
are looking forward to the prospects
OF retaining this territory.
A great glass ball which may be il
Illuminated will be placed on the dome
of the state capitol at the earliest pos
sible date in accordance with a decis-
ion made at the meeting of the state
board of capitol commissioners.
The levy of a 1-mill road tax by
Box Elder county, netting an appro-
priation of approximately 100000 as
sures the extension of the concrete
on the state highway from the We
Der county line toward Brigham City.
Losses by fire per capita in Salt
Lake City for the six months ended
June 80 of the current year, based on
population of 100000, were only 80
cents, the lowest per capita loss OF
any city of the same area in the
United States.
Army officers having given unof-
fetal approval Major Richard w.
Young Of the board of regents OF the
University of Utah will shortly pro-
pose to the regents a plan for mill
tary training at the university which
Will make 1t second West Point.
Some one threw lighted match in
waste paper box at Salt Lake, and
cost the city approximately $65 to
put the fire out. The entire freight
ing equipment and every fireman on
duty with the exception of those at
three substations responded to the
alarm.
Stored away in high mountain
lakes, but ready to be released at an
instant's notice, is approximately 521,-
100000 gallons of water, available
for the use of Salt Lake City. This
supply guarantees that there will be
| no actual serious shortage OF water
in Salt Lake City.
Whereas tubercular tests of dairy
cattle in the state OF Utah showed
three years ago that per cent of the
stock at that time were infected with
tuberculosis, recent test OF 60 per
cent OF the dairy stock of the state
has shown less than half of 1 per
'ent to be so afflicted.
There is an urgent need of between
300 and 400 recruits TO I'LL the exist
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the state of Utah, now on duty on tae
Mexican border. up to war strength
and a systematic campaign to hll the
vacancies will be waged by Officers Of
the national guard OF Utah.
The longest dry spell in the memory
of the Oldest inhabitant OF Ashley val.
ley remains unbroken. Since last No.
vember not drop Of rain has fallen
in the Ashley valley or the reserva-
ton. Since the latter part of March.
when the snow left, there has been
no rain nor even heavy clouds.
In the Utah crop forecast of July
the potato crop takes front rank.
The estimate is 3,O3O,OOO bushels as
compared with last years final esti-
mate of 100000 bushels.
At the last meeting of the state
board Of insanity. DR.. Leroy c. Potter
of Payson was appointed assistant su.
perintendent of the state mental hos.
pitai at salary OF $3.50 a month.
Railroad tickets must be nresentad