The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-16

Mathonihah Thomas Of Salt Lake
will be federal prohibition director for
Utah.
The directors OF the association have
decided that the next state fair will
be held from October 4 to o. inclusive.
Benner Y. Smith. Salt Lake lawyer
and a member OF the state legislature
for ten years. died at Salt Lake. Jan
uary q.
The Utah Central railroad jubilee
Was held in Salt Lake January 10 in
eommemoration of the completion OF |
the road fifty years ago.
More than Sa,O000OO worth of cal :
tie, sheep and hogs were on exhibitic
at the Ogden livestock show which
opened at the union stock yards N
January 8.
A national record for recruiting as
been established by Ogden Boy Sco' IS.
The troops Of Ogden, since August 1. /.
1919, have increased their enrollm ut
from 10 to 524.
The sum Of $1O.73 per capita Of school
population In each school district OIL
tlfe state will be distributed In theI
| January apportionment of state lis
trict school funds.
Cooking classes for prospective
brides and newlyweds will be conducts
ed ut Civic center at Salt Lake under
the direction of the Women's Civic
center committee.
Owners Of automobiles must have
the. 1920 license plates securely at
tached on the front and rear Of their
cars, according to official notice from
the secretary of state.
Valentine Ehret, aged 70, who disap-
peared after boarding train ut Grand
Junction. Colo, after nation-wide
search, has been located in the state
mental hospital at Provo.
William Shafer, of Bingham, was
shot and probably fatally wounded By
a Serbian known as Joe Thomas, fol
lowing an alteration growing out Of I
dispute over alleged nOnpayment TO
drinks.
Alex Edwards, 80 years Of age, SUI
fered the amputatiOn Of both hand
below the elbows as the result Q
burns received when ne came into cor
tact with high-power electric wir'
near Richfield.
Cache stake Mutuals are to put owe
q campaign that will by popular sui
scription net them $4,000 for the e
tablishment Of two resorts In Loga
= canyon, one for the Boy Scouts al
one for the Beehive Girls.
Four persons narrowly escape
death when the home of Ed Smith
Salt Lake was destroyed by fire, Il
furnace blowing up just as the occ
pants escaped in their night clOthe
The home was valued at $4,000.
Approximately 100000 acres of laI
a in Utah are under irrigation, produ
q ing an average crop value Of $44.5O
600, while approximately 100000 acr
81 are under completed canals with ad
n quate water supply but are not und
"a cultivation.
b Agents for the department Of JUST
81 have recovered automobile tires a
Ri tubes valued at more than 5000 as
III result of the investigation follow
81 the arrest Of Sergeant Richard WI
81 ner of the motor transport corps
III Fort Douglas.
u A committee of Utahns has been
a. Washington for hearing before
| To dc tao with
ma gard to the proposed legislation c.
an ering the purchase of lands in
an Uintah reservation by Utah residel
a some years ago.
at The department of agricultures p
liminary report on beet sugar prod
DIS ton for 1919 shows that Utah's out
On, for the year was 1882 short to
er. more than $4,000 tons in excess of
output Of 1918, and $4,000 tons IL
than produced in 1917.
Mrs. James N. Kimball, y years
age, died at Ogden Of pleuropneu
MIA. which developed following nj
of exposure recently when Mrs. K
i ball wandered from home and So
the night along the Weber river,
hands and feet being frozen.
The official marker, which forl
the headstone for the grave of Gil
"a II. Lyman, one of the first Utah
## rines killed in France, has just
. received by his mother, Mrs. Susal
I'd Lyman Of Salt Lake. Mrs. Lyma
the widow Of the late President F.
III els Nj. Lyman Of the L. ID. s. chur
The eighteen beet sugar factorie
Utah last year worked 1,070,733
of beets cropped from 1O9,7OO az
the largest tonnage and the lar
# acreage in the history of the 81
# industry of the state. The ave-
sugar content of the Utah beets
. 14.49 per cent last year, and the
erage extraction lilo per cent.
Statistics on wages of farm Ia
made public by the department OF
riculture, show that the ave
,,o,{ monthly wage of farm laborer
Utah, with board, was $50, and '