The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-11-14

ABOUT % per cent OF tne coal miners
in the Carbon county coal fields are
now ut work.
Morgan county teachers held their
institute last week. Ninety-nve psr
cent OF the teachers were present
From the est-te of the late Mrs. Rus
sell Sage. who died In New York on
November 4, 1918, the state OF Utah
will receive $74.20O In Inheritance
tax.
Water survey Of the state under the
iav enacted by the Thirteenth legis-
lature is to begin mt an early date I'M
der the supervision Of the state en-
gincer.
a grocery store at Hyde Park was
destroyed by fire. A large coal oil
can in the store kept people from en-
tering the building after the fire was
discovered.
Patriarch John Duke died at Heber
City ut the age of 81. Mr.. Duke
was one the the pioneer settlers of that
locality and was the father of the
mayor-elect.
City firemen Of Salt Lake hav> petit
toned the city commission for n in
crease of wages which amounts to $50
a month for firemen and S. monthly
for lleutensnts.
Carrying the wishes Of the Utah
American Legion embodied in fifteen
resolutions three delegates to the ma
tional convention in Minneapolis were
sent from Utah.
Uintah county was tn. first to send
In to the state treasurer the taxes col
lected under the 1919 levy. The total
tax collected for remittance to the
state was $4544.31.
Fourteen-year-old Irving Waterfall
will recover from the injury suffered
when he was accidentally shot by
playmate at Salt Lake, unless some In
lection should develop.
The county commissioners declined
to build central institution to care
for the INDECENT, aged, infirm and
feeble-minded, at the suggestion of the
Merchants Of Ogden association.
The digging Of beets and potatoes
progressed with some difficulty
through the week in the northern agri-
cultural regions, particularly the
Cache valley, because of the snow.
At meeting Of the stockholders of
the Lehi Irrigation company last week
the articles of incorporation were
9. amended SO as to provide for the
:. purchase Of more water for the sys-
TEN.
:. Several families In Brigham City are
quarantined for smallpox, and new
- cases are being reported. The health
:, officers are doing all in their power
=. :. to prevent further spread Of the dis.
ease.
Utah sheepmen, fearing that the sale
st America during the latter part of No
n. vomber will cause depression of thu
d, market, have protested to the govern
in ment.
or Practically all the live stock in Utaf
IN has left the summer range and the
RS movement to winter range is in rapit
,ss progress" Is the view of M. M. Justin
CHI agent of the department Of agricul
ic- ture for Utah.
- Efforts Of Supt. George N Child t,
re- have parent-teacher organization
to formed in every school in the state il
ed meeting with the hearty approval o
hts educators, according to letters receives
ON at the superintendent office.
me In his report to the board of educa
lhe ton, Superintendent G. II. Skidmor
mo says there are 1S48 students betweel
lhe the ages Of IL and II. inclusive, i
INC the Boxeider school district and tina
uiu 20o are not attending school.
Utah's gobs are making good, thel
record for promotions being bette
81 than that Of any other state in tn
- intermountain region, Is the statemer
o. of Lieut.. Com. L. Il. Mann, head {
oh the local navy recruiting office.
mo. The promoters Of the Ogden liv,
rod stock show to be held in Ogden Jal
OF uary 8, 8 and 10, report that the stocl
,rk. raisers from the intermountain STATE
, II have announced their intention Of ha
alf. ing exhibits on hand for the event.
ion. The county commissioners of Sur
b a NIT county have applied for assstan
ght, from the forest service in construC
ONE ing the road between Oakley and Ha
WINS den. The road Is to be thirty-six mil
e a long and will cost approximate
und $4,000.
lied Timber sales out Of the ordinary a
irk being made on the Manti forests
aten southern Utah, according to word
yers the local forest service at Ogden.
long Is stated that oak and maple bru
the Is being sold to meat-packing compa
race les to be used in connection with me-
nnen smoking purposes.
nc Need of school cafeterias, which q
a.1 found in some districts of Utah,
-. shown, educators say, in the pub
schools of Ogden, where according
H. figures prepared by the superintel
emf and given tO State Superintend(