The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
BUDGET

DR.. Junius Seegmiller, 80 years old
a prominent dentist of Richfield, died
last week at the hospital following an
operation for appendicitis.
Prof. p. e. Peterson is auditing the
books of Cache county from January l,
1918, to July 30, 1919, beginning in the
office Of Leslie w. Hovey, county
treasurer.
Provo City is now suffering from
the greatest shortage of water since
the past fifty years. According to
the tabulation and flow of the river
as taken by Water Commissioner
Frank Wentz on July IS.
The Mountain States Sugar COM
pany of which Ernest r. Woolley is
president and Ben c. Rich, secretary,
has decided to change it's name to
All-American corporation, according to
amended articles filed with the sec
rotary of state.
Jack Dempsey, the worlds heavy
weight pugilistic champion, spoke at
Bonneville park grounds in Salt Lake
last week in the, interests of the Sal
walton Army home service campaign.
An interesting program was arranged
for the occasion.
Three hundred farmers, at meet
ing held at Bountiful last week signed
a petition for creation of the Bonnie
vile irrigation district, project
which is to furnish water from the
Jordan river irrigation water for APP
proXimately 5000 acres of land in the
southern end Of Davis county.
Application was made by the Noun
tain States Telephone 4 Telegraph
company last week to the public utili-
ties commission of Utah for hearing
in which the company will seek to
have the rates established by Post
master General A. S .Burleson made
permanent. Date for a hearing with
the commission has not yet been set.
The state road commission is adver-
Using for bids for construction of
about three miles of cement road in
Provo canyon, commencing at a point
in the canyon little below the first
high dugway in Wasatch county and
ending at the Deer Greek bridge, a
distance of 292 miles. On account
of the heavy traffic this year the
roads have become very poor.
Business men of Ogden, through the
merchants of Ogden, have taken up
the matter of raising fund of $4,000
for the Martha sOciety's two new dor
mitories and cottage for, the matron
of the home. The decision of the mer-
chants to render aid and support to
the well known organization, which
maintains the home for children, was
announced recently.
Prof. j. c. Hogenson, who for the
past seven years has been connected
with the Utah Agricultural college as
state leader of junior vocational work,
extension and as such established an
international reputation for expert and
efficient work, has accepted new po-
sitiOn with the college. Henceforth
he will be in charge of farmers in
stitutes handling agricultural CORE
spOndence work.
Somewhat of a departure from the
practice of former years will be made
in the convention of district school
superintendent of Utah, to be held at
the capitol August and 8. Hereto
fore speakers from among the superin-
tendentS have been assigned to various
subjects of interest. In the present
case the principal responsibility for pre-
senting subjects will be placed on the
state supervising staff.
At mass meeting Of the wheat.
growers Of Salt Lake county, held in
Midvale last week, about 200 persons !,
were in attendance, representing every
wheat-growing section of the county.
A resolution was unanimously adopted
asking the government to remove all
restrictions on the price of wheat
pointing out that from present indica.
lions the wheat crop of the county
would be SO per cent or more under
normal. '
The merchants Of Ogden passed a
resolution protesting against the
proposal of the state board of eQuali-
cation to increase the assessment rat.
ing Of merchants in Ogden and Weber
county 100 per cent and farm prop.
erty 25 per cent. The resolution will
be presented to the state board at Salt
Lake.
Charging that freight rates on gaso.
line and other. petroleum products to
Salt Lake and intermountain points
are unreasonably high and discrimin,
atory, the Utah State Automobile as
ISOLATION, through the Traffic Service
Bureau Of Utah, will shortly file suit
with the Interstate Commerce com.
seeking rate adjustment.
John w. Jacobs of Williamsport, Pa,
recently appointed secretary of theI
Utah Public Health association by the
committee, has taken up his
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