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

problems and the national livestock
situation are believed by members OF
the family 60 have been the reason
why Joseph Poulson, 81 years of age,
a wealthy rancher living near Nernal,
committed suicide. shooting himself
through the heart
A new route for the Midland trail
across eastern Utah. which will elm
mate desert travel and void the bad
washes that impede traffic. as well as
shorten by ten miles the distance be-
tween Mack, Colo, and Westwater,
Utah, is proposed. Grand county Is
now at work on Its part of the new
road to the Colorado line.
N. @. Peterson was convicted of en-
beZzlement at Salt Lake Peterson was
found guilty of defraudlng Nick Mn
geras and his wife, Georgia. Mageras,
out of $500 The money was obtained
by Peterson on the representation that
he would apply it upon a mortgage
against property owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Mageras.
Ed O'Toole, who Is said to have en-
bezzled money from various Salt Lake
citizens during the last two or three
months by representing that he was a
disabled soldier and could purchase
goods OF different varieties from the
government at greatly reduced prices,
Is behind the bars, waiting trial.
AT a meeting of the Utah State Fair
association, w. G. Wlnder was chosen
president of the organization j. H.
Manderfield, first vice president; ]. NJ.
Pierce of Ogden, second vice president /;
George S. McCallister, treasurer; j. L..
Horne. manager, and James II. ellison,
director.
The fool legislation Of the last
legislature was discussed at an April
Fools day luncheon of the Kiwanis
club at Logan. Representative Howell
ridiculed some of the bills passed by
the legislature, the anti-cigarette bill
being most prominent.
A conference of supervisors of the
federal board of vocational education
from Districts IL, II and 10, for the
purpose of coordinating and standard
izing the work of the various offices
throughout the country, was held last
week ut Salt Lake.
Debert Smith, 20 years of age, who
of robbing mall car of $4,000 near
St. Paul on February 1S, has been
taken back to st. Louis for trial. A
mail clerk was killed by Smith during
the robbery.
Thomas Redmond, secretary of the
state livestock board, which went out
of existence with the creation of the
state department of agriculture, has
been selected by the new state board
OF agriculture as chief sheep Inspector
When DIR. w. Ii. Hamilton, of Delta
| attempted to kindle a fire in thu
kitchen stove and used gasoline, which
he mistook for kerosene, the flames
spread over The room and caused dam
| age estimated at $3.50.
The state auditor has advised tbs
state superintendent of public instruc
! ton that there Is now in the STATE
treasury a total of $492, GS4.38 available
for apportionment to the school dis
tricts of the state
Il. A. Book, former mayor of Sal
Lake, who was convicted in Salt LAKE
for stealing public funds totaling more
| than $4,000 when he was city auditor
has applied to the state board of par
dons for a parole
! Fifty-three trees as memorials {,
flfty-three ogden men who paid tn
| supreme sacrifice In the world wa
will be planted by the women of tn
Service Star Legion at Ogden on Arbo
| day.
| Decision to hold the annual conven
tion OF the Utah Educational assocla
tlon October 20, 81 and % was reaches
last week at meeting of the board o
trustees of the organization.
Salt Lake has larger percentage o
Its boy population In the Scout organ
cation than any other city in the worlC
according to Oscar Kirkham, Scout eN
ecutlve for Utah.
James Devine was appointed warde
of the state prison, to take charge q
once at the first session of the me-
state board of corrections held April
All business houses and schools 9
Mt. Pleasant were closed April l, Will
the citizens gathered up and destroye
the winters accumulation of rubbish.
John McManamee, Al years of ag
was found dead, kneeling by his be,
side with hands clasped as If in praye
in his room at Salt Lake.
Motor vehicle licenses for the fir
quarter of the present year, and II
last under the former law, reached Il
total of S309,441.
There was balance on hand held /
the state treasurer at the close of Il
month of March of $1,6l3,4 59.13.
Caught in the brake of an autom
bile thumb was torn from the har
of II. |. Whltcher, of Salt Lake.
A malady similar to Influenza HI
broken out IN Huntington, Clevelar
}. and Elmo.
Paving of the ogden canyon 70,
Will begin within the next ten days