Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-12-31
UTAH STATE news

Heber NJ. Wells, former governor Of
Utah, has been elected president of
the Utah Society Of Sons of the
American Revolution.
Jay ii. Stockman, formerly an at
torney in Salt Lake. is to be appointed
chief deputy district attorney at Port
land, Ore, 1t is learned.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 has
been received by the United States
| land office at Salt Lake on applica-
lions to prospect for oil in Utah
Alma Joseph Koher of Heber City
died at Provo from a gunshot wound,
He had been brought TO Provo for
medical attention and died of lnfec-
ton.
From committee of ten men to a
club of slxty-six members who will sign
the charter role is the growth OF the
Kiwanis club of Ogden within a period
of less than four weeks.
Lee and Benjamin Haddock We're ar.
rested at Lehi for operating a still The
officers found still which cost ap.
proXimately $50 located in shack
about three miles north of Lehi.
Glen Smith, 8 years of age, was In.
Siantly killed and his brother, elf
ford, years of age suffered concus
sion of the brain, when sled upon
which they were coaSting collided with
an auto stage at Eureka.
Quail in large number are threat
ened with starvation this winter unless
some steps are taken to provide al
available supply of food for them neal
their feeding grounds, according to q
report that comes from Huntington.
Utah alfalfa seed, subjected as it /.
to extreme variations of temperatur,
in growth, is adaptable for planting
In most sections of the country, ac
cording to data which have been com
piled by the weather bureau at Sal
Lake.
Joseph Henry Martin, blackmailer
deadly weapon, after he terroriZet
, prominent citizens of Ogden in which
he asked for large sums, was parole,
!; by the state board of pardons las
week.
Track laying gangs are employed a
the new ice plant of the Pacific Frui
Express at Ogden, now under cOnstruc
ton, putting In the two long side
tracks which will enable the compan.
to furnish ice for 100 refrigerator car
at one time.
Records of the county clerks Offic
at Ogden for last year show tina
about seven marriage licenses wer
granted where one suit for divorce wa
filed in the district court. The record
: show 776 marriage licenses and IL
divorce cases.
Teachers of the schools of Utah
2 public, religious and private institu
tons, numbering more than 5000 in
' structors, were in attendance when tn
Utah Educational association opene
its twenty-fifth annual convention n
|. Salt Lake Tuesday night.
\ larger state school fund to be use,
only for the payment of salaries o
, teachers, who should be required t
hold certificates, Is one of the prlnci
pal recommendation of Leo J. Mulr
state superintendent of public inStruC
ton, in his biennial report.
\ Eliza Thomas, 20 years of age, o
Taylorsvile, Utah, lost leg Will
trying to board an Orem electric trail
at Salt Lake He attempted to boar,
the car while 1t was in motion. III
was struck by Il telephone pole an,
thrown under the wheels of the car.
Vivian Cameron, aged %, was al
most instantly killed, when she wa
struck by an automobile that Skidde
ut Salt Lake, pinning her against a
electric light po.e, almost every bon
in her body being broken. She ha
just aighted from street car whe
the auto struck her
Utah has produced an average o
approximately $4,000 bushels of alfalf
seed annually during the last ten years
TwO-thirds of the total crop is raise
in Willard county II Is estimate
that 10000 acres of u,al land wer
planted In alta cd this year, compare
with 1000 lasl year.
Albert Ophir Evans, the newly elect
ed sheriff of roOelc county, Is not Onl
native of Tooele county, but enjoy
the distinction of being the first whit
child born at Ophir, the pioneer mlnin
camp of this county. In view of tn
fact that he was born at Ophir hi
parents named him in honor of tn
town.
Meats killed and packed in Utah ar
unusually wholesome and free froI
disease, according to f. L. Durham, IL
spector of the United States bureau o
animal industry, who says the humble
OF tuberculosis cases found among ca
tie killed in the state Is decidedly 10,
and that similar condition holds tru
, with regard To hogs.
With the pine forests OF the sout
! fast nearing depletion, the Unite
States is turning to the western par
. of the country for its lumber supply
and il wifi be only n compnratiyel