The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-07-08
UTAH NEWS REVIEW

/ u puDlIc Duliulng at LEM, JUN.
The first annual Utah Agriculture
/ college farmers summer encamI
ment will be held on the college can
pus of Logan from August 2 10
| inclusive.
/ The season Is developing excelleD
agricultural prospects in Utah. Fror
present indications this years produc
ton will exceed last years by 394,OO
bushels of wheat, 1914 ,Ovv bushels o
oats and 69,O00 tons of hay.
A The business men of Manti hav'
organized a volunteer fire department
Several hundred feet of extra host
: has been purchased. Saturday the or
ganization was out for its first prac
tice.
Mayor Frank Francis of Ogden de-
iIvered the principal address to the
Ill graduates OF the Smithsonian ous-
mess college last Saturday at the First
Methodist churcg auditorium. The d.
plomas were presented by Professor c.
s. Springer.
Playing a grueing thrity-six-hole
match and never losing his nerve.
George Won Elm, the 20-year-old SEN
sation from Salt Lake, captured the
Pacific Northwest championship Sat
urday, defeating ii. Chandler Egan,
former title holder, one up.
Warden James Devine of the state
prison and the members of the board
of corrections, except the governor,
were the guests of honor at a party
staged at the warden's home and the
prison offices Saturday night by the
prison guards. The governor was
absent from the city.
Complete returns now available in
dictate hat 102 new oil companies took
OUT charters under the laws of the diff
ferent states during May, with a cap
ital of 100000 or over, representing
In the aggregate $112,O25,000 covering
4S0 new companies. Utah was we'll
represented in the list of new corpor-
ations.
The application of the Salt Lake &
Utah railroad to the public utilities
commission for authority to reduce
train service between Salt Lake and
Magma was granted Saturday, on on
iition that the night train leaving
Salt Lake at II 30 O'Clock is not sus-
pended. No protests were filed to the
application.
Paving in Ogden canyon is now
within a short distance of Idlewild
and the work is progressing at a rap
id rate. Thus far about four miles of
the pavement has been completed. r.
Moran, the contractor. says that If
the same rate Of work is continued
the road will be completed before the
middle of July.
The first report of a copper strike
IT Iron Blossom mine was made pub
ic Saturday ia Provo by Reed L.
anderberg of the Knight Investment
company. Waffle the full extent OF
he find Is unknown, It is said that
his promises to be one of the biggest
made Mt the Iron Blossom OF
he Tintic district.
About twenty members of the Delta
Commercial club and a number of Wis
from Eureka, left recently for a
rip to Lehman's cave and Ely, New.
hey spent four days on the trip. the
urpose of which was to advertise the
'rand Central highway as the most
route from Salt Lake to Ely
nd the Pacific coast.
Joseph T.. Richards of Parowan. re
emily appointed by President Hard
lg to be federal prohibition director
,r Utah, recently announced that he
ad named George w. Holmberg OF
alt Lake, formerly county commits
.oner of roads, to be his assistant.
he title Of Mr.. Richards assistant
prohibition Inspector" !
The new tobacco dealers bond and ]
cense law is forcing about 1000 deal +,
s, or 80 per cent of the total num- {
sr in the state, out Of business, de- |
AIRED Robert o. Jones, commissioner
law enforcement of Idaho, on his
turn from a trip to the northern part
the state, where he checked up on
bacco and real estate dealers.
and Chytraus OF Salt Lake
We been awarded the contract for !
e construction of the new court z
use building at Provo at a cost of Q
$1,000. The bids of five contract q
RS were considered by the joint city L
d county building committee which -
d charge Of the awarding Of the +
ntract. The structure will be made
oolite stone, a Utah product.
Hundreds of farmers representing
cry agricultural section of Utah are
Ogden. Bateman suffered broken
yistering their views with regard to
: program Of national legislation
opposed by the American Farm Bu-
III federation, according to reports
meetings received by officers of the w
all State Farm Bureau at Salt Lake. wv
e official blanks for registering the
ult of the voting were sent to the lac
inty farm bureau officers through VII
[ the state on June /. an