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

Two passengers on n street car were
injured at Salt Lake, when the car slid
backwards down hill, the brakes re-
fusing to work.
The Spanish Fork high school closed
last week after running for a week
with a very poor attendance because of
the beet harvest.
Sale of $1,000 worth Of penny Christ
mas seals in one day is the plan of
Rich county in attaining its quota in
the seal sale this year
Ogden will probably be member of
large interstate or lntrastate baseball
league next year IL the plans of num-
Der Of the local fans succeed.
A course on the growing of small
fruits has just been organized by the
correspondence study department Of
the Utah Agricultural college at Logan.
The second annual convention of the
United Stockmen's Association for
Federal Control Of Public Grazing Land
will be held in Salt Lake, December 9.
z and 8.
A silver loving cup has been present
ed to the Wasatch school at Salt Lake
by the Utah Public Health association
for winning In the modern health crus-
ade contest conducted last year.
1t is expected by Major w. G.. VIII
liams, adJutant general OF Utah. that
the hospital unit assigned to the Utah
national guard under the federal allot-
ment will be organized at Ogden.
Three Willard county drainage pro-
Jects near Delta, embracing an area of
1900 acres, will be completed by the
end of next year. The three projects
will cost approximately $2,30O,O00.
O. A. Elkins. employed at battery
manufacturing concern In Salt Lake.
received severe burns on his face when
tar splashed In his face while he was
In the act of moldlng some batteries.
Abe Majors is applying for pardon to
the state board OF pardons and Joe
Baktashi and Frank De Pretto for
Communication OF sentence. Each of the
applicants was sentenced for murder
Il. Henderson, 80 years Of age, an
employee of the Amalgamated Sugar
company in West Weber, is in the Og-
den hospital In critical condition, as
a result OF being gassed In the pur-
flying room.
Joseph Thompson, "a years OF age, OF
Charleston, was instantly killed Just
north of the sugar factory in Garland.
when an automobile in which he was
riding with four friends colllded, head
on, with a wagon and team.
All possible aid to save woolgrowers
OF the intermountain section from
financial ruin was promised the Utah
State WOolgrowers' association by SEN
ators SmoOt and King, who addressed
the members at a meeting at Salt Lake.
Although the aviator escaped injury,
the plane driven by Pilot Sharpnack
was badly damaged in a forced landing
at Knobs, elghty-seven miles west OF
Salt Lake. While the machine was at
an altitude of 1000 feet, the gas line
broke.
In spite OF the fact that w. w. VII.
son gave up n quart of blood last week
for his son, Dero Wilson, who was shot
by Jack Pass and Gus Burr IN a taxicab
at Ogden, October 81, young Wilson,
VINO is AT the hospital, is reported to be
in critical condition.
Authorization by the state legisla-
ture viii be necessary before Salt Lake
county can appropriate money toward
the cost of a state memorial 10 the
Utah men who lost their lives In the
country's service during the war, ac-
cordlng 10 an opinion by the county
attorney
Because the telegraph company had
not obtained an answer to message
for him, Arthur Williams. % years of
age, a laborer In Ogden, hurled rock
through the front window and later.
when arrested, attempted TO swallow
poison tablets, but was prevented by
the arrestlng officer.
l.. Il. Whitmore OF Price. newly elect
ed state representative from Carbon
county, and J. Sterling McBeth OF
Payson escaped death by electrocution
when the alrplane In which they were
riding, one Of the smallest monoplanes
In America, crashed into transmission
wires carrying 1900 volts at Salt
Lake, the plane being wrecked.
A summary of reports 10 the lndr-
strlal commission Of Utah, compiled in
The office Of Carl A, Allen, state lnspec-
tor of mines, and district engineer OF
The United States bureau Of mines,
shows that In all the mines OF Utah.
outside of coal mines and aua,ries
here was an average of 4599 men EN-
ployed in 1919, and that they worked
IN average Of S25 days.
The public Of Utah. as represented
'y consumers of coal, shippers OF
're' passengers on electric interurban
ines and passenger between soma
points on steam lines, is saving al the
ate of $2,OOO,OO0 year by reason OF
ne public utilities commissions re-.
'usal to permit increases lntrastate
'Saetly as permitted by the Interstate