Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-10-22
UTAH STATE NEWS.


orders for portrait engagements, was
sentenced to an indeterminate term
In the state prison.
J. w. Palmer and J. Il. White,
charged with burglarizing the .. ). j..
depots Mt Brigham City and Logan,
were captured at Ogden and taken
back to Logan for trial.
The residence of Thomas Jenkins,
three miles west of Vernal, land
mark of that section, was destroyed
by fire last week, the household eff
fects being saved. however.
Kicked by horse while on mar
row roadway in the mountains, Nj. II.
/ Cavener of Morgan was knocked over
/ an cmbankment, sustaining broken
/ leg and a dslocated shoulder
/ TO be knocked unconscious by hold
ups and relieved of coat, pants, watch .
and 81 in silver, was the experience
of Stanley Huband, an employee of
the Southern Pacific shops at Ogden. |
Utah will produce 10 per cent of
the sugar beet crop of the United
States this year and 335,000 tons
more beets than were produced last
1871 900 tons. i
The new cement intake to the Vernal
city waterworks, in Ashley Creek can
yon, twelve miles from the city, has
been completed at cost of $4,000, and
has added UNNECESSARILY to the value
! of the water system.
The average cost to the state and
federal government for the destruc-
ton of predatory wild animals the
past year has been estimated at $1S.46
for each animal killed. The average
hunters daily wage was $3.7S.
Hunting by automobile is now prac
ticed as more or less regular thing
by hunters and trappers working for
the state and federal government In
the cooperative campaign against
predatory wild animals in Utah.
: The new reservoir which is being
r built for Eureka to replace the tanks
{ that have been in use for so many
years is being constructed in very
+ thorough and rapid manner and with
in very short time will be ready for
use.
: In what is believed to have heen n
= fit of dependency, Joseph Covington,
Al years of age, II tlnsmith, shot him
= self through the forehead with n 81
calibre revolver at the family garage
I'm Ogden, death resulting few hours
: later.
Dan Hillman of Vernal was pain
fully injured when he was caught be-
tween two automobiles as the result
of third automobile colliding With
his machine just as he was getting
out crushing him between the two ma
chimes.
, Extensive preparations are being
made for the Boy Scout leadership
course to be held by the Salt Lake
, council on October - to 30. Games,
flag exercises, roll call, invocation,
songs, cheers and stunts will be re-
hearsed just as the boys would give
e them.
= Five acres of ground in the north
5 east part of Eureka have been Sc
2 lected for park and within few
days the work will be started The
ground will be plowed and fenced this
fall and great many of the trees nee
: essary to beautify u park also will
: he planted.
The annual convention of the Amer
lean institute of electrical engineers
will be held In Salt Lake beginning
June 20 next, according to announce
ment made last week. This cOnven
ton will bring together from 600 TO
700 of the worlds leaders in electri'
cal engineering.
Blinded In both eyes as the result
Of an accident in a mine at Bingham,
February 27, 1918, Gust BOomes is to
be sent back to his home In Greece,
where he will be paid $1,000 a week
for the remainder of his natural life,
according to a decision Of the indus
trial commission.
Mrs. o. j. Harmon OF Price raised
400 bushels of potatoes on an acre Of
ground this year. Last February, when
seed potatoes were quoted at $40, Mrs.
Harmon had recourse to the method of
the pioneers in cutting out the eyes
OF the tubers she used for the family
table. This was the seed she used.
When Floyd Florence, 20 years OF
age, son OF f. S. Florence, promi'
nent sheep owner and rancher OF Nor
gan, investigated his rifle with view
to learning why 1t was not operating
satisfactorily, he received the bullet
in the upper portion Of his thigh. The
wound caused the death OF the young
man.
Ariel Hansen, who was injured June
10 last while working as a painter
for George Belts, of Salt Lake, and
; who has been totally disabled ever
since, is deprived Of the benefits OF
the workmen's compensation act OF
this state, because Belts does not
have three or more wOrkmen "regu-
- larly employed" in his service.
A onaptity Of cInthinU and narchan