The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-08
UTAH NEWS REVIEW

The engineer for the Price Rive
Irrigation district announces that th'
Mammoth dam will be rebuilt at ,
cost of $150.OOO
After April ! the shopmen EN-
! ployed by the Southern Pacific com
pany in Ogden will work five days
out of each week.
Two additional air mail routes oui
of Salt Lake. one TO Los Angeles and
another to Denver, are contemplated
by the government.
While hurrying over polished
floor 10 answer the telephone, Mrs
James of Salt Lake slipped and fell
breaking her right leg in two places.
Fire, declared to have been of in
cendiary origin. destroyed the big city
pavilion and dance hall in Price The
loss is estimated ut $4,000, with insur-
ance of 5000
Charlotte Mcfarland, aged years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Me-
Farland. formerly of Salt Lake was
instantly killed when struck by a Sc
attic street car
Ten additional stalls to the present
roundhouse at Provo of the Salt Lake
Route are to be built. When the
building is completed 1t will bring 300
additional men to Provo
Thirty-one Germans and Austrians
who were unable to assume the duties
of citizenship during the war. were
admitted to suffrage rights at Salt
Lake one day last week.
An ordinance which provides for in
creasing the license of transient mer-
chants from So a day as at present
to 500 day, is being considered by
the Salt Lake commissioners.
MIS-. George II. Dern of Salt Lake
was elected regent of the state or
ganization of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at the first an
nual conference held in Ogden.
Ii. II. Huntsman, subcontractor. was
killed and three other men were Sc
yerely injured in premature eXplO-
sion at what is known as Blue Cut
on the Price-to-C astlegate highway.
Fuel company, lost his left arm in an |
accident in the Sunnyside mine of the
1t was caught between a |
falling rock and the edge of a mine |
ear.
The Central school building at
Bingham was slightly damaged by
arge rocks rolling down from the hill
side. The wall was badly damaged in
)ne of the rooms and some glass was
broken.
Rulon Johnson, aged II. was fatal
y injured at Provo when he jumped
rom the running board of truck
md fell under the machine in such
way that rear wheel passed over
md crushed his head.
Asserting that the state needs
whipping post for such offenders, City
Judge Ben johnson of Salt Lake SEN
epced George Christensen, II years
f age, to six months in the county Jail
or beating his mother
The new automobile law, passed by
he recent legislature became effective
Ipril l. The new fees will increase
he cost of licenses for passenger
ehicles about 81 per car and for
rucks about 30 per cent.
Gail Cowley. IS years of age, mar
led, and the father of a 3-months-old
hid, committed suicide at the home
his mother-in-law. Mrs. Emma Caste
Iunt, several miles north of Monroe,
looting himself through the heart.
The city commissioners of Logan (
ave entered into a contract with the {
eneral Appraising company of Seat
e, Wash, for the appraising of the
ogan City municipal electric light
ant and the lighting system of the
ty.
Formal denial has been entered by
lie public utilities commission of
tab of the petition of the Utah COP
sr company for a rehearing of the
,plication of the Utah Power & Light !
'mpany for an increase in power n
ties. :
After five hours deliberation, the Z
ry at Ogden in the case of the state =
.ainst Jennie Scardino, IL years of ii
e, charged with manslaughter In
injection with the death of Mike
,rmain at the Scardino home. Feb
airy 20, 1920, returned verdict of
t guilty.
By decision of the public utilities .
mmission of Utah. the so-called . :
'urleson rates" now in effect on the
ah portion of the Mountain States
lephone and Telegraph company's
stem are upheld, with the exception
1t the so-called measured service"
the company is seriously modified,
the profit of the patron.
A movement is ON foot for the adj
ncement of the Delta high school 50
It the full four years course can
had there. The school at present
es only two years of high school
rk and patrons in this community
re for some time been urging the
lcational authorities 10 take action
make this a standard high school.
With view to arOuSing public SEN