Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-05-26
THE UTAH BUDGET

The school children OF Salt Lake are
taking an active interest in the cam
paign launched in the schools toward
economy and saving of paper
The Payson Commercial club has
sent an invitation to President Wilson
to attend the Strawberry valley pro-
ject celebration on May 26 and q.
Utah sheep are now entirely free
Of scabies, so far as the state board OF
sheen commissioners knows, accord.
ing to A. A. Callister, secretary of the
board.
Louis Derobis, who shot and seri-
ously wounded James Bartolomeo Mt
| Ogden, February % last, has been
convicted OF assault with intent to
commit murder.
Teaching road building, as part of
the high school study of practical
civics was Endorsed by the state board
IF education, at It's regular monthly
meeting at the capitol.
That Harry Fenton, young miner
who died from drug poisoning in the
emergency hospital at Salt Lake, was
murdered, Is the belief of the police.
Claud Smith Is being held on sus-
picion.
The wheat crop of Utah on May I,
according to reports submitted to the
bureau of crop estimates OF the depart
ment of agriculture, was in better con-
dition than the average of other
states.
The body OF the 3-year-old son OF
Fred Igarashi, Japanese farmer. was
found in the Harrisville canal nearly
three miles from the place where the
little fellow tumbled into the water
while at play.
The thirty-tbird annual session OF
the grand lodge of the Knights or
Pythias of Utah was held in Salt
Lake City last week, about seventy
five delegates, representing twenty-one
lodges. being present.
The total valuation for Juab county.
as shown by report filed with the
state board Of equalization, is $685.
1886 for this year, as compared with
S2.783,S05 last year. an Increase OF
more than 100 per cent.
i Plans for controlling the waters OF
the Colorado river include the building
OF dam in San Juan county, just
above the Grand canyon. to cost more
than SIC. 100000. which will give water
TO the bench lands of eastern and
southern Utah.
A Salt Lake furniture company was
awarded the contract to furnish two
rugs at cost of $4,000 for the house
of representative chambers at the
state capitCi during a meeting last
week of the rug committee Of the
state capitol commission.
The Utah Chamber OF Commerce
with its exhibits of Utah products. re
sources and potentialities. will. after
June 1. be quartered on the ground
floor Of the new state capitol. where
all who enter the beautiful state house
may CLEAN an idea of the prolifcnes.
Of the state.
Members of the department of Utah
Grand Army OF the Republic, helC
their annual encampment in Salt LAX,
on May II. and elected N. ID. Corser
well known Civil war veteran OF Sal
Lake, department commander for tn,
coming year. The veterans went oil
record as being in favor of adequat,
national preparedness.
Next years auto license plates ar,
to be pearl-gray affairs with blue let
tering. This was decided by the stat
board of examiners when it awarde,
to the Western Display company o
st. Paul, Mimi, the contract for sur
plying the 1917 tags. The contrac
% price Is 20 cents pair and the stat
4 will use about 10000.
q The Sperry G. Hutchinson compan
has forwarded check for 81, 1860 I
= David Mattson, secretary of state, a
special tax on 22,392,754 tradin
stamps which the company has use
= In Utah since the trading stamp Law
Y enacted by the last session OF the lei
l islature, became effective.
I The Mammoth city council ha
passed an ordinance giving the Man
I moth Mining company the exclusiy
I right to operate a water sstem
4 that city. The Mammoth Mining con
I pany has operated water systeI
I there for years. but heretofore ther
l was no franchise governing it.
Harry T. Cowburn, secretary of tn
4 Salt Lake fire department, formt
city councilman and we'll know
4 throughout the state, died at Sa
A Lake May 10, following an operatio
for appendicitis.
Frank G. Janney. manager OF mil
4 for the Utah Copper company an
I other properties controlled by Ii
lacking interests, died in Los Al
a geles on May ~. following an oper
ton for appendicitis.
John Wilkinson, rancher Of ophi
was severely burned on the left thig
~ when his brother, James Wilkinso
~ with whom he was sleeping in
'M hotel at Salt Lake, fell to sleep wit
III cigarette In his hand and set I'll