Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-10-21
UTAH NEWS REVIEW

UTAH NEWS REVIEW
Mystery surrounding the disappear
ance last January of S. II. Graves,
Southern Pacific brakeman, from his
train travelling between INLAY and Car.
lin, in Nevada, is believed to have been
solved by the discovery Of skeleton
On the bank of the river near Agenta,
according to information given out at
Ogden by the Southern Pacific com.
pany.
A gold watch, chain and charm were
presented to Captain james II. Tuck
or of 9 battery, Utah national guard,
Monday evening by battery members
at Provo. The gift was in appreciation
Of the esteem In which the battery
commander is held by his men and of
the treatment accorded them at their
annual encampmeDt this summer.
School is being held in the old build
Ing at Elsinore pending the repair Of
the $4,000 new building, which was
shatterer in the earthquakes two weeks
ago. Workmen on the Elsinore school
house have discovered that the temb-
Tors so damaged the east and west
walls of this structure as to necessi
tate complete rebuilding above the Sec
ond story windows.
Water users of the Strawberry prof.
ect at u recent meeting held in Poyson
decided to indorse the proposition of
general committee to incorporate a
company for the purpose of taking
over the big Strawberry reclamation
project which includes the power plant,
reservoir, grazing lands and other
property owned by the federal govern
ment and on which there is an indebt-
edness of about $350,0O0, it became
known Wednesday.
There were no fatalities in any OF
the mines in Utah during the month
of September, according to G. A. AL
| len, chief mine inspector of the state,
to whom all cases Of injury or fatality
in the mines are reported "There
have been other months in the past
when we have had no fatalities in the
mines, but the record for September
shows what the safety first campaign
In the mines is doing for the employees
and that the men themselves are TAX.
ing greater care than ever before"
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| Appointment of Anton Strebel OF
Vernal as field deputy of the internal
revenue department for Carbon, Yin.
tab, Duchesne, Emery, Grand and San
Juan counties was announced recently
| by Collector j. III. Adersan. Mr.. Sire
bells appointment has juGt been approx
ed by the commissioner of internal rev.
enue at Washington. lie has lived AT
Vernal for several years. He was for
merly n travelling salesman. Mr.. Str.
bel will remain In the Salt Lake Of
flee for q time before taking up his
duties in the southern part of the
state.
nr,nsive statewide warfare Is to bC
made on rats in Utah. A period be
ginning October 81 and continuing until
November IL has been designated fol
the campaign, which Is to be directed
by II. y. Richards Of tie United States
biological bureau, who is in charge OF
rodent determination in the state. Ac
cording to tentative plans adopted a
n meeting at the Hotel Utah, the cam
palgn Is To be carried on in each schOo
district of the state, through commit
tees of school superintendent, civil
and club organizations and schoo
classes.
Work Of resurfacing ten miles of thu
post-road between Hooper and Kanes
vile, in the western part of Weber
county, is now under way. Two steam
shovels are being used by the count.
In tn, repair work and resurfacing
The one mile of concrete road between
Hooper and Amalgamated Sugar com
panys West Weber factory has beer
completed and Is now under tn,
process of curing for n few days. Thu
road will be great benefit to the farm
ers of the district In Transporting beet
to the sugar factories of the Amalga
mated I'd to the interstate compan.
at Hooper.
In nasslng sentence on Otto A. New
man, alleged wife heater, City Judg
d. II Roberts OF OGDEN expressed re
greet that there was no whipping pos
for such offenders. Sixty days i'm jai
was the sentence given, Mrs. Newman
complaining witness against her hus
band, relating how, when she returned
home after helping serve ut a party
Newman slapped and beat her. New
man admitted slapplng his wife's fac
but denied the beating allegation.