Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-04-30
UTAH STATE NEWS.

The people OF Beaver raised their
interchurch fund quota of, 500 In less
than two hours.
A new union, composed of the jani-
tors of the various office buildings and
flats, viii be formed In Salt Lake.
Snow is so heavy in the mountains
near American Fork that miners and
their families are reported short OF
provisions.
Herbert Middleton and Martin Mel
son, who robbed store at Tremon-
ton, have been sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment.
The poppy drive" recently held in
Ogden netted $1,000 for the fund for
the relief of the children Of the devas-
tated regions of France.
An epidemic of smallpox has broken
out among the Indians ut Washable, In
the northern part of Boxelder county.
Two deaths have occurred.
1t is expected that the street car
employees ut Salt Lake will strike on
May l. The men are asking an In
crease in wages and shorter hours.
Airplane mail service to Salt Lake
before winter Is the expectation OF
the superintendent of railway mail
service In the San Francisco district.
Three victrolas have been stolen
from three different school buildings
in Salt Lake during the past week.
The machines were valued ut $16o
apiece.
Becoming involved In quarrel over
money, Sherman Jackson was shot In
the head and seriously injured by g. X.
Johnson, at Salt Lake. Both men are
negroes.
Judge Bullen of Logan fined an Of
fender $50 for fishing without license
as required by law. He also issued u
warning to others who may do the
same thing.
1t Is definitely settled that the -four
troops of Utah cavalry now organized
will hold their annual summer encamp-
ment this year at Fort ID. A. Russell,
near Cheyenne.
or S523, 1860 collected as premiums
by the state insurance fund since its
inception July /, 1917, to December 81,
1919, total of $97,736.11 has been
paid I'm benefits.
The first day of the financial drive
for the Interchurch World Movement
In Utah brought total of $4,000, or
nearly one-half of the quota for this
state, set at $4,000.
Nine people were injured Sunday
dents I'm Salt Lake. Three cars were
wrecked and two others suffered losses
~ the extent of $500.
Auto tourists who are planning trips
! to the Grand canyon are warned by
| the United States weather bureau not
to plan on beginning the trip before
June 10, as until that time roads will
be impossible.
Plans are being formulated by a
large party of Washington newspaper
correspondents to stop off In Salt Lake
for day on their way from the Chi
cago convention to the San Francisco
national convention.
Carl Larson, reputed leader of the
Communist party in Utah, VIII be de-
| ported TO his native land OF Sweden,
according to Floyd 4. Jackson special
agent in charge of the Salt Lake office
of the department of justice.
jim Coflos, proprietor of n shoe shin
| ing establishment, Is In an Ogden hos
ptal and Alex Gashls is held at the
city Jail without bail pending the re
suit of injuries which Gashls Is alleged
! 10 have inflicted on Goffos in fistic
! encounter.
Consent of the state board of exam
| iners has been given to the University
of Utah to take out membership, At a
cost of 500, in the American Council
of Education, an organization devoted
to the solution OF various problems be-
fore the nations institutions.
Final figures of the Utah sugar beet
crop and the amount of beet sugar
made in 1919 show production to
have been 10l ,025 tons, as compared
with 100. TIA tons In 1918. The acreage
in 1919 was 1O3247, as compared with
S77l7 the year preceding. Eighteen
factories operated 81 days.
Trappers in San Juan county are
having remarkably good luck in rid
ding the county of wolves. Two Of
the animals which have made the
greatest inroads in the flocks and
herds Of that section of the state and
have caused losses aggregatlng thou
sands OF dollars have been captured
recently,
Following an investigation OF the su'
gar supply situation In Utah, James
Astle, secretary of the Utah-ldaho
Wholesale GrOcers' association, said
that If consumers and small dealers
will protect their supplies and pre-
vent shipments TO other points there
is absolutely no danger of sugar
famine In this state.
The State Automobile association is
planning to erect signs marking the
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