Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-04-08
UTAH STATE news

that four head of cattle have died at
Plain City from blackleg.
Elghty-seven complaints regarding
cruelty to animals were Investigated
by officers of the Utah Humane so.
ciety In February.
A new automotlve power substation
will be constructed at Curtis. on the
Orem Electric railroad, this summer
at cost of $4,000.
Three hundred and sixty carloads of
peaches were sent out of the state of
Utah during 1920. compared with 81
in 1919, 283 In 1918 and S31 In 1917.
In response 10 an appeal by the
Utah Children's Home society, thirty
six boys and girls of the Bingham
grade school collected $50 for the 50.
ciety.
In shipments of potatoes from Utah,
last year was the banner year of the
last four, the shipments being $40
cars, compared with $40 In 1919, 1888 In
1918 and 444 In 1917.
In number of high school students
to each 1000 In population. Utah led
with total of 29y6 la 1919, according
to statistics compiled by the United
States bureau OF education.
The governor has signed the bill
which places the sanitary inspection Of
BARRIERS, dentists, physicians and phar-
macists and their places of business
under the state board of health.
Since the new members of the state
board of equalization took office and
organized, the board las been hard at
work considering the assessment Of
railroad companies and other public
utilities.
New passenger fares, including an in
crease Of 25 per cent over the rates
that went into effect August 20, 1920,
will be put into force in Utah on April
l by the steam railroads operating in
this state.
Thomas Il. Browning, chief of police
at Ogden until year ago, when he re-
tired, died March 90, following stroke
of paralysis. Mr. Browning was first
appointed chief of police of Ogden on
April 25, 1904.
The Brigham Young college class of
1914 will hold reunion of its mem
bers at commencement time at Logan,
which takes place May 81, % and 20.
The class was the largest ever grad
uated from the school.
Fillmore people are anxious to Sc
cure a railroad line from Delta, and
they claim If they had it that in the
immediate community Of Fillmore more
than $4,000 tons of sugar beets could
be grown for the factory at Delta.
The advertising and publicity COM
mittee of the Commercial club has
authorized the publication of $1,000
copies of booklet, including illustra-
tons and descriptive matter, when
will advertise Salt Lake and Utah.
The Utah Public Health association
In cooperation with the state board
of health, will send out during April
travelling clinic which will visit every
county in the state and take the
message of better health direct to the
people.
Two of the MeXicnns held in jail at
Provo have been identified by Jesus
Hernandez as two of the men who par
! ticipated in the attempted hodup al
! Dividend, when John Westerdahl and
l.. =. Peterson were killed by the
bandits.
c. Il. Bradford, chief clerk of the
house of representatives in the recent
legislature, has been named by the
/ juvenile court commission rs judge of
the juvenile court for the district com.
prising Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele
counties.
Farmers of Weber county will plant
about 30 per cent of the tomato acre
age this year that they planted last
year, according to H. l.. Harrington OF
the Utah Gamers association. This is
said to be due to unsettled market
conditions.
Cherry trees from the "Eand of the
Cherry Blossom" and the home Of Cho
Cho-San will bloom on the capitol
grounds as result of gift received
last week by the state of Utah from
X. Fusija, secretary of the japanese
Association of Utah.
Governor Mabey has signed the bill
which authorizes the state board OF
loan commissioners to issue 100000 in
bonds with which to meet deficits IN
the state governmental expenses of the
last two years. The general fund OF
the state is placed behind these bonds
which carry 5lA PEE cent interest.
When an automobile driven by heI
husband turned turtle in Big Cotton
wood canyon, near Salt Lake, Mrs. w
ID. Ray was pinned under the machine
in such manner that she was chokeC
into Inconsistencies before Mr.. Ray
and another autoist succeeded in re
leasing her. She has since recovered
The shipment of apples from tn,
state Of Utah last year aggregated 63+
carloads, as compared with 116 thu
year previous, 17S In 1918 and 212 II
1917. The largest number of cars wa!
from Utah county and the smalles
number from Salt Iaka county IN,