The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-15
UTAH NEWS REVIEW


ed at Soldier Summit. starting out with
forty-eight members.
Peter Murango, 90 years of age, who
attempted TO kill himself at Ogden.
has been adjudged insane.
The annual convention Of the Utah
State Pharmaceutical association will
be held at Logan May 20 and ~.
Arthur Purser suffered a broken arm
and Martin Wolfe cut and severity
bruised hand as the result of an auto
collision at Logan.
The county crops and pests inspector
estimates the peach crop loss in Salt
Lake valley as Il result of the freezing
weather last week at 60 per cent.
Irwin Davis, aged 20, employed at
n cafe in Salt Lake. suicided while on
duty. shooting himself through the
head, following fit of dependency.
A total of $1,000 acres of land in
Willard county is to be drained as re-
suit of favorable vote in two bond
elections held recently in that county.
Approximately $1,000 has been re-
ceived in the last month by the state
board Of land commissioners from
leases on lands under Great Salt Lake.
OF the $4,000 in bonds voted by
Wasatch county for school purposes,
500. 200 has been set aside for a new
school building to be erected in Soldier
Summit.
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thon Nielsen of Huntsville died on a
train between Scofield and Salt Lake
while being taken to the capital to I'M
dergo an operation.
More than $500 has been realized in
the drive being conducted by the
Phillips Congregational Christian En-
deavor society at Salt Lake for the
Chinese famine fund.
Hereafter electric light globes pur-
chased by the state of Utah will be in
scribed property of the State of
Utah." frosted indelibly on the glass.
This is done to prevent theft of globes.
Alexander Gordner of Provo was cut
on the right sheek, and his brother,
Samuel Gordner, also of Provo, was
slightly injured when their automo-
mobile ran into a street car at Salt
Lake.
Matthew S. Browning. capitalist of
Ogder, was elected president of the
Ainalgamated Sugar company, to sue
coed the late Anthem ii. Lund, at the
meeting Of the directors, held at
Ogden.
Reports from various points in Utah
county with regard TO the condition of
orchards indicate that up to the
present time no material damage has
been done by the recent cold weather
and storms.
The Logan chamber of commerce has
received a communication from Major
+. NJ. Atkinson, commanding officer
of Mather field, California, asking for
information for landing field for
airplanes in or near Logan.
The state board of equalization has
about completed the assessment of min
ing property in the state, and plans
to begin on tour of inspection of the
railroads which, as public utilities, are
assessed by the state board rather
than by count assessors.
Notices have been sent out by Col
lector or Internal Revenue ID. G. Dun
bar to proprietors of soda fountains,
calling attention to the provision of the
special tax levy which requires the
keeping of daily records of the sales
and the tax paid thereon.
Professor Orson Ryan, for many
years prominent in educational work in
Utah and former head of the Jordan
school district, has been selected by the
board of education of Logan City to
succeed Professor Henry Peterson as
city superintendent of schools.
Hereafter boys and girls committed
TO the state industrial school at Ogden
will, before being actually sent to the
institution, be subjected to tests in
mentality and other psychological
activity by experts of the University
OF Utah, engaged in such work.
Appointment by Governor Mabey last
week of state welfare commission,
in accordance with law passed by the
last legislature, marks what advocates
of the movement hope will be an inn
portant step forward in the cause of a
proper organization of welfare work
in the state.
The body of an unknown man was
discovered last week by sheepherder
on a rocky ledge beneath an old pinion
pine tree overlooking Carbonviile,
which is about four miles northwest of
Price The mystery of the discovery |
is the inaccessbility of the place, there
being ledge below and one above |
where the body was found.
w. ]. Bliss. sheriff of Grand county |
for several terms, was declared again |
10 be sheriff of that county by a de-
cision Of the supreme court of the
state last week. Sheriff Bliss had re-
ceived majority of five votes at the |
election last November. but his Demo
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