American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-01-17
UTAH STATE NEWS

yising forces.
The Utah Poultry associations an
nual poultry show opened in Salt Lake
on January u.
Ogden will probably have an ann
munitiou and ordnance storage depot,
costing about T,0O0,OOO.
Motor vehicle license fees In 1919
were $404S30 for the last quarter, ms
compared with S395l.25 in 1913.
John w. Thurston, former mayor Of
Delta, died on train while on his
way to Salt Lake to enter II hospital.
Residents Of Tooelc county have pc
tltloned the cour mmssoners to
appoint crops t. .., IS Inspector
Large tracl. q ~ ~ Kane coun-
~, near the Arizona line, will be open
10 entry by the general public Febru-
hry -.
Donald Johnso.i, aged >, OF Elslnore,
may be compelled to undergo n sur
gical operation for the removal OF a
carpet tack, which he swallowed
Everything Is in readiness for the
annual convention of the National
Woolgrowers' convention, which Is to
be held January 10, 20 and 81 ut Salt
Lake.
The cost OF construction work
planned by the Mountain States Tele-
phone n Telegraph company in Utah
In the next Ave years Is estimated at
S3.75O,423.
Receipts from the United States
forestry service of the states share Of
revenues derived from forest lands
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1919, total $8S,65O.5J.
The secretary of state has turned
into the treasury $l15,96S.5l as re-
ceipts OF his office for The last quarter
Of 1910. A total OF $ll070I.35 was
paid In for the last quarter of 1913.
Progressive business men have de.
clded to have ''white way" In Santa.
quin. They propose TO install 1000.
candlepower electric are lights along
Commercial street In the heart Of the
city.
Utah viii expend S5,0O0.0OO on high
ways this year, this amount to include
federal aid projects. The plans for the
year call for ninety-two miles of hard
surfaced and twenty-nine miles o,
graded earth roads.
Plans for the development of Emery
valley, formerly called Johns valley,
ON the east fork of the SEWER river In
Garfield county, were discussed at the
recent meeting Of the state board OF
land commissioners.
Comelo Sciava, convicted OF viola
ton OF the Mann white slave act for
transporting Sarah Benhed, a 17-year-
old girl, from Detroit, Mich, to Salt
Lake, has been sentenced to four
years Imprisonment.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee Of the Utah state farm bureau,
held last week In Salt Lake. January
20, "a and % were the dates selected
for the next annual meeting In Salt
Lake OF the state farm bureau.
Forty-flve residents and landowner
OF Provo bench whose lands are In.
cluded In the application for the In
corporation OF the town of Orem, have
filed In the Fourth district court oh.
Jections to being Incorporated.
The Provo public schools viii give q
reception February IL In honor of the
q. A. H., Indian war veterans and
pioneers Of Provo. This IL an annual
affair, and extensive plans are under
way to make the reception this year d
big SUCCESS.
Governor Hamburger has refused I,
call u special session of the legislator,
60 consider means of increasing teach
ers' salaries, declaring that the exist
ing statutes are sufficient to ennbl,
school boards to meet this problem. 4
they so desire.
Fifty years ago on January TO- whei
Brigham Young drove the last spik
OF the Utah Central railroad. Sal
Lake for the first time was connects,
with the outside world by rail- al
event which was celebrated by n spe
cial program at Salt Lake last Satur
day.
The board OF education Of Tooel
county has authorized Superintendent
Reid 10 engage teachers for the schoo
year OF 1020-l021 ON IA salary schcdul
which has $1,000 for two years nor
NAL graduate as It's basis This mean
raise of about 20 per cent for al
teachers.
There are at present 235 "cmel
gency" teachers engaged In the school
OF the state, but few OF whom hav
taken the necessary professions
training to qualify them for regula
teachers certificates. There are In nd
dition OIL teachers who have no eel
tlhcates at all.
Large delegations from Clark cour
~, Nevada; Washington, Iron an
Beaver counties, and from Salt LAX
civic bodies, and county commissioners
from the counties trayersed by the Al
rowhead trail In Utah, attended IN
an lual meeting of the Arrowhea
Trail and Development association /
Cedar City.
Mrs lanes n Kimhou 10 ypors a