The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-02
UTAH STATE NEWS

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Proyos Oldest woman, Mrs. Euzs
beth Conrad Hooks, 81 years Of .,.
home. COL East Sixth North stras,
where she had lived forty.nine years
Inc city commission of Provo Tuss-
Jay auetioned or 100000 of c,tx
oonus- They went to the highest bid
uers' the Harris Trust and Savings
bank OF Chicago. The bid accep~sd
was at par for 9 per cent ponds.
hapus. Green & Co. OF Salt Lake
were awarded the contract for ths
building of the mile of concrete roaH
between Hooper and the Ogden sugar
factory by the county commission ar
ogden Wednesday. The bid was SIT.
99O.SO.
sunday morning Ray Lillywhite.
year Old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. n.
Lillywhite. Brigham City. was h.dIv
burned about the face, hands and arms
sunday morning when an explosion oc-
CURED after the lad hit a bag con-
aiming powder with hammer.
Miss Florence Jones has been chonen
TO act as queen Of the carnival for
reach day. to be held In Brigham civ
on September IA. Miss Jones will oc.
crpy the place Of honor in the Coml
mercial club float in the Peach day
parade.
The real harvest Of the Elberta
peach crop will begin the latter part
or the week at Brigham City. The
nrst picking will be made In the south
part OF the city and at willard and
Berry but by next week, the work Cd
garnering the big peach crop will be
on m real earnest. =
The city commission of Logan at the
regular meeting held recently approi
priated $500 to be used by the enter
tainment committee of the chamber Of
commerce for the reception of tho
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-
Der of their convention, which Is To
take place at Salt Lake.
With the opening of the Ogden-Hot
Springs Concrete road, an all-pavement
highway now connects the city Of Or
den with Brigham City in Boxelder'
county. The new road eliminates
tracks near the Hot Springs, for which,
the Utah-Idaho Central
paid $1,000 of construction costs. The
balance of $1,000 was paid. one-half
by the federal government and one
quarter each by the state and county,
l.. w. Soules, vice president of the
Trust company of Salt
Lake, and L. c. Stubbins, engineer,
were in Nephi recently looking over
prospects and conditions whereby more,
water can be obtained for irrigation in,
east Juab county. After survey they,
exported that prospects were bright
md 1t is believed that In the near fu-.
ure this part Of the county can bel
supplied with large flow Of water
or irrigation purposes.
w. II. Deppe, manager Of the Smith-
leld The & Brick company of Logan:
has made a contribution of tile for;
lrainage purposes to the Cache Coun-'
y Fair association, according to M. r.
1ovey, secretary. The title will bel
lsed to drain swamp section near the,
at the fair grounds. Mr.;
iovey Said that all improvements and
obstruction at the fair grounds will
ave been completed by the opening Of
he fair, September 20.
Labor day this year in Provo promi-
es to break all previous Labor day
ecords set in this part of Utah. The!
ay will start with monster parade,
t 10 a. m, forming on University.
venue, north and south, and on Cen
er, east and west. The march will bsi
astward on Center until all divisionsl
re In line, then countermarch west
'ard to Pioneer park, where the pro-
ram wiz start with community sing1
ng. America" will be first on the
rogram.
The Ogden-Hot Springs road was
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