Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-06-25
UTAH STATE NEWS

first twelve days in June.
The twelfth annual convention Of the
Utah State Bankers association will
be held at Ogden, June 18 and 10.
The planting of approximately So
600 lodgepole seedlings on the govern
ment planting site In Strawberry val
ley has begun.
The percentage Of teachers In Utah
who are members Of the National Edu-
cation association 10 the largest of any
state in the union.
The FOURTEEN government mail truck,
which caught fire near Myton few
days ago. has been taken to Price and
the uninjured mail sent to vernal.
The Uintah county farm bureau is
taking steps to pool all small flock"
wool In order to obtain for the farm
ers and small growers the top price.
Sanpete county fair, which win be
held In Manti, September %, % and
"a, promises to be the greatest ex-
hibit of farm products ever shown in
the county.
The Salt Lake county chapter of the
Service Star Legion has announced
that the official memory grove" in
City Greek canyon will not be planted
until fall.
determination of prairie dogs In
parts of San Juan county has prac-
tically been completed, the experts
who have the contract having done
their work most effectively.
Sidney Brighton, 19-months-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Brighton, was
drowned In the Casio spring irrigation
ditch which runs through the Brigh-
ton property at Holiday, Salt Lake
county.
The Ogden council of the Knights of
Columbus has received request from
the council at Fellows, Cal, seeking
the aid OF the council In locating Miss
Maude Helmer, who was last heard of
In Ogden.
A sheepherder dragged from Price
river the body of Joe Cormani, Jr., 10
year-old son Of Joe Cormani Of Helper,
just week to the hour after the boy
was washed into the water from the
boulder while fishing.
| That the state engineer has power
to require water users to construct
substantial headgates at each point
where water Is diverted is the gist of
an opinion given by James Fl. Wolfe,
assistant attorney general.
Farmers Of Iron county have signed
STATE crop pest commission, asking
taat poison mllkwsed, whttetop. morn
Ing glory and cockleburr be declared
noxious weeds in the county.
A site for public camping ground
for Logan has been selected by the
automobile camping ground committee
of the chamber of commerce and this
will be rapidly put into shape to ac-
commodate the heavy summer tourist
traffic.
Scoutcraft will he presented to the
public In an original manner next fall.
Boy Scouts from every part OF the
state will unite in big camp at the
fair grounds where fathers and moth
ers may see Just what Scout does on
a vacation trip.
Sheep growers In the vicinity of Par
| owan Jared well this year In the mar
keting Of the wool crop. The prin-
| cipal part of the growers there pooled
| their wool and sold at 50 to IS cents.
| Only about onefourth of the Parowan
wool remains unsold.
Andrew Haravgis WAS acquitted of
| the murder Of William II. Scott In n
Salt Lake hotel on December 81. Dur.
Ing the trial the defense succeeded In
l establishing a doubt of the correctness
Of the states claim that the fatal shot
was fired by Haravgis.
With visitors present from almost
every stake of the l.. ID. s. church, the
Itwenty-fifth annual general conference
of Mutual Improvement associations,
and the eighteenth annual convention
| OF the Primary association was held
| In Salt Lake last week.
Extensive irrigation improvements
which will make approximately 10000
acre-feet of water available to Juab
county farmers between Santaquln and
Nephi as result of an extension of
the Strawberry project are being
planned by board OF engineers of
the reclamation service.
The 4-year-old son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Rose Huffman lost his life in II fire
which destroyed the Huffman home In
Dragon. Mrs. Huffman left the child
In the house to 20 10 the depot and
there was no fire at the time of her
departure. II Is presumed the child
was playing with matches.
The farmers Of Boxelder county are
now in the midst Of thinning beets
and cultivating the first fine. and,
while rain would he more than wei
come. the beets are not suffering for
moisture. In anticipation of high
prices this year, the farmers have In
creased their acreage.
William Welsh of San Francisco
and w. II. Lake, OF Rogerson, Idaho
had battle to The death with coy