The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-30
UTAH BUDGET


the right side Of the ledger for IT,
first time In several years.
Assessed valuation Of Boxelder conn
~ is this year $Ss.5c6.565 Last year
boxeider county paid taxes on s35..
0Oi70D.
celebration viii be held nj Provo.
Saturday. July 81. commemorative the
anniversary OF the discovery Of the
valley by Escaiante.
Service certificates are to be sent IN
all soldiers from Utah or their next Of
Kin. In compliance with the act OF the
legislature of 1919
Improved farm lands In BoxeIder
county are worth 5000 per acre and
grazing lands 81 per acre, according
10 the assessors report.
May Sullivan Of Ogden. WAC arrived
In Salt Lake recently. attempted to
commit suicide by taking poison, but
II is believed she win recover.
Prompt action on the part of neigh
Dor saved Mrs. Victoria Jorgensen OF
Grouse Creek and her small son from
an attack by rabid coyote.
The year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Heber Fernelius of Uintah. choked to
death when he caught his head be.
tween the ratings of his crib.
The annual outing Of the Logan
chamber Of commerce has been set for
August 10 and II. with the tour to
Include Provo and intermediate points.
Actual loss to the farmers of Weber
county In the sugar beet industry alone
last year was one million dollars, due
to short water season. The loss was
incurred on 1000 acres.
Utah need fear no shortage of labor
to care for the crops this year while
wages continue high and the quality
Of the labor is good. This Is the view
of the state Industrial commission.
The Smithfeld-Logan highway IL
practically completed and will be
ready for traffic In few days The
highway cost $4,000. In Its construc-
ton 10000 barrels of cement were
used.
The board of governors OF the Box
elder Commercial club has taken ac.
ton with respect to securing proper
roads signs at the Intersection Of all
state and county highways in Boxelder
county.
Utah county increased the value OF
its taxable property this year, as COM
pared to 1919, more than $5.0OO.OOO,
tha opurnuatn voIvun thic yoov has,~
S55,730,1S4. Last year it was $780,
607 800
w. G. Dingman hit mule with his
automobile and failed to stop. A jury
of four in the city court at Ogden
found him guilty and he was sentenced
to pay a fine of $50 or spend thirty
days in Jail.
Crop and range conditions through.
out the state are in very fair condi-
ton with the exception of dry farms
in some portions where hot weather
and lack Of water are already begin
ming to be felt.
The skeleton Of man which had
been buried for about fifty years was
found at the Globe Mills at Ogden dur
Ing the excavation for gas tank. The
bones were uncovered about eight feet
below the surface.
Five more counties in Utah show
Increases in population since the taking
of the 1910 census, according to pre-
liminary population figures issued last
week by the United States census blu.
reau at Washington.
George Blasdell. aged So, an engi-
neer on the Southern Pacific, was
killed by passenger train in the rail-
road yards at Ogden. Mr.. Blasdell was
just Off shift and was on his way home
when the accident occurred.
Utah farmers and stock-growers will
be saved more than $2,5OO,OOO this year
through campaign on the advantages
Of silo building, which has been car
ried on by the dairy division of depart-
ment Of agriculture, in cooperation
with the Utah Agricultural college.
A statewide better baby contest,
during which all competitors will be
measured, tested mentally and ex-
amined physically by corps Of ten
or dozen expert physicians, will be
the big feature of the All-Fraternal
day to be held at Lagoon July %.
If dog bites you, do not kill the
animal on the assumption that it is
afflicted with rabies, but chain the
canine up for few days, so as to see
il rabies develop. These are instruc-
tons issued by the state board Of
health, who hope that the suggestion
will be carried out.
Four counties in the state have as
sesssd the property in their boundaries
at the figures which the state board
Of equalization and assessment be-
lieves to be what the property should
be, and these four will not be called
before the board. They are Carbon,
Daggett, Grand and San Juan.
The University of Utah at the re-
guest Of the Institute Of Public Serv.