Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-02
THE UTAH BUDGET

Mrs. Halle Moormeister, aged ~,
wife of DIR. F. Mormeister of Salt
Lake, was killed in an automobile ac-
cident near Santa Monica, Cal.
The menace of the rabies In Utah
continues undated, according 10 al
vices being receievd almost daily by
members of the health service of the
state.
The second squadron of Utah cav
airy will be among the first to return
from the border, as they are tn0hd-
ed in the first Of the three grouN Ito
be returned.
Trapped in room on the seSSnd
floor when fire broke out at their
home in Salt Lake City, Mrs. Charles
Timson and two children were res
cued by firemen.
Statistics received at the local army
recruiting station. from the war de-
partment In Washington give Salt
Lake a ranking OF ninth among list
Of sixty-two cities.
Thirty-five cents per pounds fo'
1917 clip Of wool Is the record price
for Iron county. About fifty sheep
owners In that section are conse.
| quently feeling rich.
Potatoes were being sold last week
by Salt Lake jobbers at $685. per 100.
II was stated that the cold weather
prevented the shipment and caused a
consequent shortage.
Members of the Second squadron Of
Utah cavalry, now on border duty at
Nogales, Ariz., will arrive home Feb
ruary /. according to information re-
ceived few days ago.
Showing a gain in population Of
little more than rs per cent in six
years is the remarkable record made
by Salt Lake, according to figures
given out by the census bureau.
Tony Shavonio, an Italian, and a
| section foreman. on the Denver & Rio
Grande railway. was struck by
freight train near Nolan and instantly
killed, his body being badly man.
gled
Sufficient contracts have been
made with beetgrowers in the vicin-
ity of Hooper to warrant the state
ment that work will begin soon on
new sugar factory at that place, &C
cording to latest reports.
A Utah branch of the National Sc
curity league, Incorporated. was or
ganized in Salt Lake last week at
meeting OF prominent citizens who
are interested In national prepared.
ness. held at the Alta club.
Fees collected by the state board
of examiners of BARRIERS in 1916, ac-
cording to the report of the board
filed with the governor, totaled $2,O56
and the disbursements for the same
period aggregated $2,03i.74.
George Tall, pioneer who crossed
the plains to Salt Lake in 1853, and
who was well known as one Of the
chief figures In the artillery branch
OF the old Nauvoo legion. died at
Salt Lake last week at the age Of 90.
State Chemist Herman Harms testi.
fed on the witness stand at Salt Lake
last week that there Is SO little diff
| ferenie in he taste Of beer and near
beer" when both are served very cold
as to be not detachable by the aver
age person. .4
Returning from a hunting trip. Iazah
Clark. aged about go years. and who
had been a resident OF Vernal only q
short while committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart. He
was seated on fence apparently rest
ing when he shot himself.
Following preliminary hearing.
Mike Morris was. held, for trial In the
Third district court on "a charge OF
murder in the first degree FOR the al
legged killing Of Connie" Mack, wo.
man OF the Bingham restricted dis
trict, on last Christmas eve.
Considerable interest is being Great
ed IN Grand county, In southeastern
Utah, over the proposed colonizatioil-
Of Paradox valley. Just over the line
in Colorado. but which draws part of
its water supply from a Utah source
and for which southeastern Utah will
be the natural supply point.
Owners Of patents on devices used
in the manufacture OF sugar met In
Salt Lake and formed a 100000 cor.
poration. 1t is the purpose VI the or
ganizers TO withdraw their patents
| from the American Tool company,
which is now paying them royalty,
and establish factory in Utah.
Estimating that four of every 1000
persons in Utah are mentally infrm,
the commission appointed to make a
survey of the feebleminded in its re-
port TO the governor, urges an appro.
priation of 100000 for the erection
and maintenance of an institution for
the mental detectives of the state.
Roland d. Williams, who was mys-
teriously shot and killed last week in
Oklahoma City. was we'll known in
Salt Lake. He was a music teacher
and opened studio there with his
wife In 1908.
Frank Francis. for the past twenty
| years editor of the Evening Standard
of Ogden, was elected secretAyy of
the Ogden Publicity bureau, s''N,eed-