Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-02
UTAH STATE NEWS

Provo oldest woman, Mrs. Eliza
beth Conrad Hooks, OF years of age,
home, 691 Bast Sixth North street,
where she had lived forty-nine years.
The city commission of Provo Tues
day auctioned Off 100000 of city
honda. They went to the highest bid.
ders, the Harris Trust and Savings
bank of Chicago. The bid accepecd
was at par for per cent bonds.
Kapus, Green & Co. of Salt Lake
were awarded the contract for the
building of the mile of concrete road
between Hooper and the Ogden sugar
factory By the county commission at
Ogden We~Aesday. The bid was $17,-
9oO.S0.
Sunday morning Ray Lillywhite, y
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. II.
Lillywhite. Brigham City, was badly
burned about the face, hands and arms
Sunday morning when an explosion oc
Cured after the lad hit n bag con.
tanning powder with hammer.
Miss Florence Jones has been chosen
to act as queen of the carnival for
Peach day, to be held in Brigham city
on September II. Miss Jones will oc.
cupy the place of honor in the Com
mercial club float in the Peach day
| parade.
The real harvest of the liberia
peach crop will begin the latter part
Of the week at Brigham City. The
first picking will be made In the south
part of the city and ut willard and
Berry but by next week, the work Of
garnering the big peach crop will be
on IN real earnest.
The city commission of Logan at the
regular meeting held recently appro-
priated $500 TO be used by the enter
talnment committee of the chamber Of
commerce for the reception of the
travelling passenger agents OF the Uni-
ted States and Canada who will spend
Thursday, September Is, in Logan and
Logan canyon as the concluding num-
her of their convention. which Is to
take place at Salt Lake.
| $50
With the opening of the Ogden-Hot
Springs concrete road, an all-pavement
highway now connects the city of Og-
den with Brigham City in Boxelder
county. The new road eliminates
tracks near the Hot Springs, for which
consideration the Utah-Idaho Central
paid $1,000 of construction costs. Tho
balance of 1000 was paid, one-half
by the federal government and one
quarter each by the state and county.
| $50
L. W. Soules, vice president of the
Thlloran.Judge Trust company of Salt
were IN Nephi recently looking over
prospects and conditions whereby more
water can be obtained for irrigation in
east Juab county. After a survey they
reported that prospects were bright
and 1t Is believed that In the near flu
ture this part of the county can be
supplied with a large flow of water
for irrigation purposes.
w. II. Dcppe, manager of the Smith
field TIE * Brick company of Logan,
has made contribution of tile for
drainage purposes to the Cache Ooun-
ty Fair association, according to M. Il.
Hovey, secretary. The title will bo
used to drain swamp section near tho
grandstand at the fair grounds. Mr..
liovey Said that all improvements and
construction at the fair grounds will
have been completed by the opening of
the fair, September 20.
Labor day this year in Provo promi.
SEES to break all previous Labor day
records set In this part Of Utah. The
day will start with monster parade
mt 10 a. m, forming on University
avenue, north and south, and on Cen
ter east and west. The march will be
tuStWtTls on CenltT Until all ulNlSlOlS
are In line, then countermarch west
ward to Pioneer park, where the pro-
gram wiz start with community sing
ing. america" will be first on the
program.
The Ogden-Hot Springs road was
opened Wednesday afternoon. The
concrete road from Pleasant View dis
trict to the paTement in Boxelder
county, with the new rnad around the
edge of the nil = The Utah Hot
Springs, liz now cnmSpted II was
built at cost of STOOD, With the
government paying one-half of the
amount and the state and county pay
ing one-fOurth each. The Utah-IdahC
Central Railroad company paid $500
of the cost as the result Of the elimin
alton Of the double crossing of the in
terurban tracks at the springs.
The city OF American Forks viii