The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-11-25
UTAH STATE NEWS


Ing will probably result in some early
action.
The total assessed value of all tax
able property in the state of Utah, ac-
cording to complete returns for 1920,
Is $717,3OS,321.
Sugar reached It's lowest price in
more than a year in Ogden last week,
when stores offered the product at
S11.30 per hundred pounds.
Funeral services for Robert Il. Dur
rant, the first Spanish Fork soldier
who died in France to be brought home
for burial were held November 20.
To be knocked down and rolled along
the railroad track by a switch engine
and escape injury was the unusual
experience at Ogden of Carl Engelke,
9 years Of age.
Glen Jensen, 20 years CT age, ar emf
ployee Of ranch on Antelope island,
conducted by b. Il. Harris of Kays-
vile, was kicked in the right side by
a horse and seriously injured.
1t now appears that there will be
one Democrat In the lower house of
the Utah Legislature. On the face Of
returns from Grand county, @. A.
Hammond, Democratic candidate, has
been elected.
The board of directors of the Bonnie
Vile irrigation district has decided to
accept the offer Of the Industrial COM
mission of Utah to purchase for the
state insurance fund $4,000 of the ir-
rigatlon districts bonds at 90.
Willard Vance, 3S years OF age, and
his brother, France Vance, 81 years Of
age, both of Fairvlew, are at a Salt
Lake hospital recovering from injuries
received when blast In a mine at
Scofleld went off Unexpectedly.
N. p. Ipsom, member Of the state
land board, who was severely injured
In an automobile accident near Bea-
YER, Is progressing rapidly toward re-
covery. Mr.. Epson suffered broken
collnrbone, when his automobile turned
turtle.
Frank X. Nebeker of Salt Lake, now
assistant attorney general of the
United States, has been appointed by
the president to be assistant of the
attorney general" which Is the second
highest office In the department Of
justice.
Boyd Kemp. the 20-months-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kemp, was
drowned at Lehl. The child wandered
away from the home and was found
later by Its mother In tub OF water
In n neighbours yard, about a quarter
Of block distant.
John william Brown. 35 years OF
age, OF Ogden, was instantly killed
from an electric shock, and five other
persons In the immediate vicinity es-
capped similar fates, as the result or
the feed wire for an are light crossing
wires leading to their homes.
Abe Majors, who commenced SEN
tence for the murder Of an Ogden po-
lice captain In 1901, and who has beer.
out under Communication of sentence
since January IS, 1919, has appealed
to the pardons board for full par
don, but his application was denied.
There Is no warrant In the statutes
constitution of Utah for school
district to charge fees from the par
ents of pupils resident In the school
district for attendance at the public
schools OF the state, according to an
opinion rendered by the attorney gen
eral.
Immediate steps In statewide cam
palgn to persuade young people Of
Utah 10 remain on the farms rather
than 10 seek city employment, viii be
undertaken by the Utah state farm
bureau, cooperating with the extern
sion division of the Utah Agricultural
college.
II. j. Norton, assistant state super
intendent Of public instruction has
been appointed by Governor Bamber.
ger as the official representative
from Utah at conference to be held
In Butte, Mont. December ., To take
up problems OF the schools ana school
support.
AANbNA -hs AANiAdhhHt a. yours VI ukt,
formerly OF Coalvlle, was killed In.
stantly when he fell twenty-five feet
from the top Of tree on the farm or
his brother, George Hollands, two
miles southwest of Sandy. Hollands
was trimming the tree when rhe ucci.
dent occurred.
In the hope of supplying the Utah
Gas 4 Coke Company with sufficient
revenue 10 pay operating expenses
depreciation, and the interest on its
bonds, the public utilities commission
OF Utah has granted the company per.
mission to raise its rates on gas by %
cents per 1000 cubic feet
1t viii cost $765,OOO according to es-
Inmates presented to the state road
commission by its engineers, to com.
plete the work now In hand by the
state road commission so far as II is
possible to complete II the present
year.
Mrs. William Banks. wife OF a MUIR