The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
UTAH BUDGET

nOllai Association OF heIdli GrOcefS.
The move to provide Salt Lake City |
insurance against possible coal short
age by tile acquisition of coal lands
that might be mined for a municipal
coal supply has been revived.
Four cottages are being built to
house deputy sheriffs whose duty it
will be to guard the four gates of Salt
Lake City against the ingress Of boot
Ieggers and the egrees of automobile
thieves.
Bystanders during the parade at
Salt Lake on May 81 contributed cash
to the Red Cross cause amounting TO
$2,22797. All the money was thrown
on the three flags presented for vol
untary offerings.
Two hundred women of Ogden, rep
resenting all the clubs and relief So
cieties of the various churches, includ-
ing the German Evangelical church,
made house to house canvass for Red
Cross subscriptions.
Under the changes in train schedules
on the Oregon Short Line-Union Paci-
fiv system, effective June 2, there will
be four trains less between Salt Lake
and Ogden, including through trains
northwest. east and west.
Under direction of S. G. Sargent,
force of federal reserve bank examin-
ers is at work in Salt Lake, examining
institutions which have made applica-
tion for membership in the federal re-
Serve, to determine their qualifications.
Albert DOneaux, a Belgian soldier,
while in Salt Lake last week, upon
being shown Princess Alice at Liberty
Park, asked for a drink of elephants
milk The keeper called his bluff and
the soldiers declared the drink all
right.
The town of Tremonton has become
a city of the third class, according to
the results of an election held there
recently to determine whether or not
the bustling burg should remain town
or become a city and be managed as
cities are.
A Red Cross shop, which in reality is
planned to be a clearing house for
every sort of saleable secondhand
goods, is to be opened at Salt Lake,
June /. The place will be under the
management of the Red Cross shop
committee.
Ten per cent of the young men of
the Mormon church who are eligible
for military service are now either
battling the Huns on the battletields
of Europe or preparing to do SO at
the many training camps or canton,
ments of the United States.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at Provo, Monday night, May 20, al
IL o'clock by several persons. 1t last
ed for about a minute and caused dish
es to rattle and pictures to move. 4
clock which had stopped for some time
began to run, and is still going.
The penny contribution campaign
among public school pupils for the
benefit of. French soldiers temperate.
incapacitated by illness contracted il
the trenches, conducted last week il
Salt Lake City school, is being extend
ed to other points throughout the state
Before the knights of Pythias con
yention had closed at Salt Lake oil
May %, $1,000 worth of war saving
stamps had been bought and $500 sub
scribed to the Red Cross by the mem
bers. In addition, the organization ha
subscribed $243,650 to the Libert
loans.
For state taxation purposes six
counties reported property valuation
on May p to the state board of equal
cation. Increases are shown by fiv
of them, and in one a slight decrease
indicated. The totals for the six couT
ties are $50, 1862 for 1918 and $50
340,313 for 1917
William b. Holt has turned state
evidence against his alleged co-cor
spirators in the preliminary hearing c
Albert Madison and Ray Grant Mac
daugh, charged with having stole
three barrels of whisky from an inte
state shipment on the Denver & Ri
Grande railroad tracks on May 3.
A grenade throwing machine or PR
jector, which is said to cover the dea
field or fire between the grenade riff
and the hand throw, combining spec
and accuracy, the invention of tW
members of the Twentieth infantry ha
been sent for consideration to the wa
department at Washington, after
demonstration before a board of off
GERS at Fort Douglas.
AS the result of cranking his ca
when it was in gear, George w. Sin
mons of Salt Lake was run down /
the machine, which crashed into
show window Simons was but Sigh
ly injured. but approximately $4(
damage WAS done when the machiI
crashed through the plate glass.
The annual May festival of the sta
school for the Deaf and Blind, at o
den, will be held at the institution {
Wednesday, May %. 1t is expeett
the event will be attended by the go
ernor and other state officials, as we
as by officials of the state schools f,