The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21
UTAH STATE NEWS

sentenced 20 an lndetermlnate term
In the state prison.
j. W. Palmer and J. y. White.
charged with turgarizing the o. $. l..
depots at Brigham City and Logan,
We're captured at Ogden and taken
back To Logan for trial
The residence of Thomas Jenkins
three miles west of Vernal. n land.
mark of that section, was destroyed
by fire last week, the household ef-
fects being saved, however,
Kicked by horse while on mar.
row roadway in the mountains, NJ. X.
Cavener of Morgan was knocked over
an cmbankInent, sustaining broken
leg and n dislocated 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 win produce 10 per cent Of
the sugar beet crop OF the United
States this year and $4,000 tons
more beets than we're produced last
year The crop Is now estimated al
l,3ll, 900 tons.
The new cement intake to the Vernal
city waterworSs, In Ashley Greek can.
| yOn, twelve miles from the city has
been completed at cost OF $4,000, and
has added UNNECESSARILY to the value
Of the wuter 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 S1S.4e
for each animal killed The average
hunters daily wage was $3.7s.
Hunting by automobile is now prac
ticed rs a 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
built for Eureka to replace the tanks
tliat have been in use for so many
years Is being constructed In very
thorough and rapid manner and with
III u WHY NHoiN lihiN wiz bt icohy Aot
use.
In what Is believed to have been n
tit of dependency, Joseph Covlngton,
Al years OF age. tlnsmith. shot him.
self through the forehead with n 80
calibre revolver at the family garage
IN Ogden, death resulting a few hours
later.
Dan Hllman of Vernal was pain.
fully injured when he was caught be
tween two automobiles as the result
OF third automobile collidlng with
his machine Just MS he was getting
out, crushing him between the two ma.
chimes.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the Boy Scout leadership
course 20 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
them.
Five acres OF ground in the north.
east part OF Eureka have been se.
lected for park and within a 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 a 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 electrl-
cal engineering.
Blinded In both eyes as the result
of an accident In n mine at Bingham.
February "a, 1918, Gust Boomes Is TO
be sent back To his home In Greece
where he viii he paid $1,000 week
for the remainder of his natural life,
according Ia 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 IT, s. Florence, promi-
nent sheep owner and rancher of Nor
gan, investigated his rifle with view
10 learning why A was not onprntIng
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-