The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-08-17

Price-A steel bridge is to be erect
cd at Helper over the Price river.
Cedar City.-Articles OF incorpors.
tion have been filed by Iron County
Railroad.
Salt Lake.-Adverse effects OF the
railroad situation are beginning &c
make themselves felt in the state road
situation with particular reference to
the two big jobs OF construction work
now under way in Carbon and Juab
counties, respectively. Heretofore the
supplies Of sand and gravel for the
cement surfacing, which are being i'm.
ported into both counties from Salt
Lake county, and chiefly from the
state gravel pit at Mount, have been
kept moving, and thirteen more cars
of these aggregates on the way. How
ever, greater difficulty has been ex-
norienoed in the shipment OF cement,
the greater portion OF the supply of
which comes through Ogden from the
Ogden and Union Portland cement
plants at Baker and Devils Slide, re-
spectively. Efforts were being made
60 obtain cement from the Utah Port.
land Cement company's plant in Salt
Lake. This plant furnishes about %
per cent Of the supply.
Salt Lake.-"The Victory highway,
q great memorial In honor OF the coun-
try's valiant sons. will soon become
the paved Main street OF America"
Ben Blow, manager OF the Victory
Highway Association. Incorporated
said upon his arrival In Salt Lake on
his way to meetings scheduled for
Nevada. Mr.. Blow told OF the pro-
gress made by the association In the
two years OF its work for the new
transcontinental artery and OF the
plans for the further material devel-
Opment Of both the memorial idea
which the road is to engrave In his
tory and OF the physical betterments
needed q band the country from
coast to coast with 4 single broad
hard surfaced road.
Salt Lake. troop, 10th cavalry,
Utah National Guard, which has been
stationed at Helper since June 10,
when It was sent into Carbon county
to quell coal strike disturbances. has
been ordered back to its headquarters
at Brigham City. In addition, some
thrty-seven men whose presence at
home is urgently desirable, have been
released from further duty In the coal
fields at the order of the governor,
and returned home.
Ogden.--A special meeting of the
state board Of pardons has been set
for Tuesday. August %, at which time
the case OF John Cerar, convicted OF
murder in the first degree, in Carbon
county, will come up for final action.
The man Is at present under sentence
of death, his appeal to the supreme
court having failed to obtain a rever-
sal OF the verdict. Cerar is applying
for communication Of the death SEN
tence.
Salt Lake.-State officials, heads Of
anu AholiNutiOhog dAO Al
vited by Governor Mabey to put forth
renewed efforts to cut their expenses
for the remainder OF the present bien-
MUM so that they will make in each
case a considerable saving on the ap-
preparations allowed them.
Salt Lake-Reduction OF four-tenths
OF mill In the levy for maintenance
OF Salt Lakes school system was
agreed to by members OF the board
OF education and the county commits,
fNn. The levy will be 81 mills, as
against S.5 mills In 1921.
Salt Lake.-Fifty automobiles car.
rying residents of Murray, Holiday
and Midvale, paraded the business
section of Salt Lake in protest against
the recent increase in telephone rates
ordered by the Utah state public utili-
ties commission.
Salt Lake.--A committee headed
by w. r. Wallace. chairman of the
Utah Water Storage commission, and
A. III. Christensen will seek to raise
$4,000 by subscription as a part or
$4,000 needed to match $4,000 of.
fered by the federal government for
the survey Of the Weber-PrOvo and
Dear Mans gulch irrigation projects.
Richfield-A q. Young, contractor
on the Piute road project between
Marysvale and Junction, distance of
twelve miles. reports that the heavy
grading on the project is completed
and that surfacing will begin at once.
He expects to have the work complet-
ed before cold weather, The project
calls for gravel construction and the
grade is twenty-four feet wide.
Spanish Fork.--Over 5000 people at
tended the Indian Wars Veterans en-.
campmentlast week.
salt Lake.-Arnold Hanson. six