Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-03-04
UTAH STATE NEWS

pack Oh fruits anu NeBeldDleS eNceeueu
100000 cases In 1920.
1t is announced that the cost of a
pupil in conducting the schools of
Grand County averages $75.57.
Utah ranks fourth In the states in
the production of canned peas, and
fifth in tomatoes, 1t is claimed.
The Uintah school district is to
have the University of Utah extern
sion school again this year, to open
about August 1.
Preparations are being made for the
convention to be held at Salt Lake
City, June 20, of the American Instl-
tute of Electrical Engineers.
Extensive improvements in the Og-
den. telephone system, which will rep
resent an expenditure of about $780,
900, are planned in the near future.
The Kiwanis club of Logan was or
ganlzed last week, the club having the
necessary fifty members for the char
ter, with large number of prospective
members.
japanese farms in Utah are valued
at $r,950,OO0, and consist of 834S
acres In 1873 farms, according to sta
tistics prepared by the agricultural
statistician.
Fred Blackburn Robson, IL years of
age, OF Salt IJ.' was instantly killed
In an automotne accident near Pleas
ant Grove, his car crashing into a tele-
graph post.
As result of volunteer work, Delta
has nearly two miles Of well surfaced
streets. 1t is estimated that the work
done would have cost at least $1,000
had 1t been done by contract.
Judge Richie, In the Third district
court at Salt Lake City, has issued n
temporary injunction restraining Utah
carriers from increasing intrastate
rates on coal, ore or passengers.
The main streets of Delta were i'm
proved by volunteer workers last
week, between 30 and 100 teams being
used in hauling gravel. All of the
work was without expense to the
town.
Range trouble which has been brew
lng between transient sheep and cattle
men eliminated In clash near Moab
last week, when Charles Glass, negro
cowpuncher, shot and killed u French
sheepherder.
Michael J. Nelllgan, SO years of age,
roadmaster of the Bamberger Electric
railroad, who was injured in alight-
ing from one of the trains of the com
pany near Beck's Hot Springs, died. at
1 Salt Lake hospital.
Dependency over sickness and IN
ability to obtain SwOrk is believed to
have caused Nike Rega, 80 years of
lge, to kill himself by shooting at his
home in Salt Lake City. He leaves II
wife and seven children.
Chesley Gunderson, of Price, has
been advised that he has been Sc
the appointment to West Ioint Young
tiunderson was one of eleven in the
examination In Salt Lake.
A voluntary cut in wages of struc-
tural iron workers, stationary engi-
neers and carpenters from 50 To IS u
day, effective March /, has been de-
termined upon by the Salt Lake union
organizations of those lines.
Kidnapped from her home in Salt
Lake last June, Viola Wells, aged II,
has been located in Arizona. She was
taken to Arizona by Jose Monterao, Il
Mexican, who is under arrest, AMI will
be brought back to Utah for rial.
Fred C. Brown, alias james Berg
sted - years of age, was arrested at
Las Vegas, New, on the charge of
rObbing the Grantsville Deseret bank,
February II of war savings stamps
and Liberty bonds amounting to $4l35.
Colin McAIurphy, who has con
tract for building the new auto road
through the Tintic Valley, much of
which has already been finished, eX-
poets TO resume work within the next
few weeks, or just as soon as the
weather will permit.
The county commissioners Of Grand
county have been notified by the state
board of equaliZp rion to insist that al
horses and cattle In the county be
assessed this year, 1t being claimed
that only 20 per cent Of such animals
were assessed last year.
Officials of the Utah State Farm bu
reau and the Utah-Idaho Sugar com
pany have concluded an agreement on
the price basis of the 1927 sugar bee
contracts. At the present price OF
sugar the farmer should receive 500
per ton for beets, aS compared witt
the SD minimum last year, ii was an
nuunced.
Sustaining the public utilities com
mission in its order abrogating prefer
entail rates granted by the Utah Powel
Il Light company in special contracts
with about fifty of its largest powe
customers, the supreme court has de
MED the appeal of the United State
Smelter company TO have the com
missions order nullified.
Salt Lakes available water suppl.