The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-14
BUDGET


machine. which will be used to aid re-
cruiting.
Jack Vincent. aged Z. of Garfield
was run down by an automobile and
80 severely injured that he died an
hour later.
Mrs. Caroline Carlson has disap-
peared from her home In Pleasant
Grove, and q statewide search is be-
Ing made for her.
The senate has confirmed the selec-
ton of Mrs. r. E. L. Collier TO be
collector Of customs for Utah, with
offices at Salt Lake.
Sixty carloads Of sugar have been
shipped out of Utah in the past few
months by spectators. according to
unofficial reports circulated about Salt
Lake.
Bids are being sought for the drain
age Of 5000 acres Of land included i'm
the Benjamin district. The district
gives promise of becoming good sugar
beet land.
Indications point To an increase in
the acreage of alfalfa in Cache coun-
| ty this year, i'm spite Of the higher
prices being paid for the culture of
sugar beets.
Good work has been accomplished
by hunters for the state and federal
government In the southwestern tier Of
counties this spring by ''den-hunting"
for coyotes.
citizens committee at Salt Lake
has issued a plea to the teachers to
sign contracts for the school year with
the hope that provision may be made
for an increase in salary.
Prices of lumber will not appre-
Gladly decline i'm the next six months,
was the consensus of opinion ex-
pressed at meeting a few days ago.
of the Salt Lake Lumbermen.
Great preparations are being made
for the homecoming" of B. Y. L. stu
dents at Provo, May 26, q and %, and
it is expected an immense crowd will
be in the Utah county metropolis.
Until the winter season arrives, the.
clerks and business men Of Spanish
Fork will have a half holiday on FRI
days in future. all of the business men
having agreed to the proposition.
Motor equipment for the quarter
master corps of the Utah National
guard to be assigned to cavalry and
field artillery, has been provided for,
subject to completion Of few formali-
ties.
: John Williams, living near Spanish
Fork, suffered serious injuries when
a jack which he was using to raise
a car gave way and the car ran over
him, his shoulder blade and collar bone
being broken.
: Miss Jennie Anderson of Thatcher
was run down by motorcycle at Brig
ham City, where she was attending
school, and SO seriously injured that
she will be forced to give up her school
work for this year.
> The Farnsworth Canal & Reservoir
, company of Mountain Home is apply
ing to the state engineer for the privi-
lege of storing $500 acre-feet of water,
to be used in watering $3.50 acres al
ready under ditch
Juab county's valuation this year.
as fixed by the county assessor, is
:. more than $1,OO0,0O0 greater than the
!, valuation on which the county paid
= Its taxes last year. This is an increase
of about Is per cent in one year.
The state road commission has de-
;, cided to cooperate with the Union Pa
a cific Railroad company on fifty per
6 cent basis in the construction of Il
n viaduct over the railroad cOmpany's
tracks at Riverdale, Weber county.
That Walter Anderson Watson, the
Los Angeles "Bluebeard,' was in Og-
!. den for some time, going under the
Il name of f. f. Heese. after he had
=, murdered one of his wives at Tecum-
:, sch, Neb., is the belief of local Off
:, GERS.
D. The awarding of contract by the
\. Union Pacific Railroad company to
N the Utah Construction company for the
building of stretch of thirty-five
niles OF grading for double track be-
-ween Leroy, Wyo., and Wasatch
;. 'tah, is announced
"a Mystery surrounds the disappear
o. ance of Lee sherman. aged As, who
y. failed to return to his home in Ogdei
ID after cashing check, his checkbOoE
"a being found on the bank of the river
s. 1t Is feared he was murdered
ID robbed and his body thrown into thu
river.
Five of the ten leaders Of the lille
gal switchmens strike, arrested a
- Salt Lake several weeks ago by gov
" eminent agents on charge Of violat
G. Ing the transportation and Lever acts
es have been bound over to the Novem
u Der grand jury Of the United State
ne district court.
The department of justice, unable tt
understand the advance in the Utah
Idaho sugar price from $3.50 per hun
&C. dred to $22.75, has directed Unite'