The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-07-21
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
UTAH

fdiiQ IN anu UiOuhi iAOluCnf OlCCn-
wood and Cedar mountain, doing dam.
age estimated around $4,000. The
cause of the fire was burning Of
brush, which got beyond control. All
standing grain sufficiently dry to
burn readily was consumed and all
grain shocked was licked up by the
flames.
Tremonton.-The first building or
been destroyed by fire.
Price.-The final estimate on the
road from Price to Castle Dale, a fed
eral aid project begun in 1920, has
been paid by the federal government
the treasury warrant for $21, 909.45
having been turned In to the state
treasury. The road has been accept
ed by state and federal governments,
and paid for. and now remains only
Its maintenance by Carbon and EN-
cry counties.
Salt Lake.@A party Of 126 New
York nurses visited here accompanied
by forty nurses from the southern
states.
Eureka.-Andrew Mcdonald, 48
years OF age. a lessee at the Grand
Central mine, died at the Mammoth
hospital from injuries received In a
stope on the 1100-foot level Of the
mine. Mcdonald had zone into the
stops alone, and was found later at
the bottom in a dying condition. His
jawbone, all the ribs on the right
side and his right arm were broken.
His fall was caused by a cave-in.
Logan.-Northeastern Cache valley
has been thrown into a fear Of the
return of the crickets. This is the
section in the vicinity of Franklin.
Preston and Whitney, Idaho. twenty
and twenty-five miles north of To-
gan. Already the crfckets have In
tested a tract about one mile and a
half In width and ten miles long In
the vicinity of Franklin. Running
through this tract of land IL a canal
which prevents further spread Of the
pests to a much larger area of valu-
able land planted in crops which are
thriving. On the small tract now In
tested the pests have destroyed all
the vegetation. The insects are be-
lieved to be similar to those which Wis
tied the early Utah pioneers and de-
vastated the lands and crops seventy
years ago.
Salt Lake.-A call for specimens Of
nil kinds of land and water life Of
Utah is being sent out among the
people of the state by Professor Har-
old r. Hagan, head of the biological
department of the University Of Utah.
He expects to make a thorough study
of the land and water life of Utah In
the near future by means of a state
biological survey.
Salt Loke.1The Utah state depart
men of registration announces that
Of a class Of thirteen who stood an
examination to practice dentistry in
the state eleven were successful.
Those who passed were f. s.. Shaffer
and Yasaki Chikarvishi of Salt Lake,
Gilbert f. Civilian Of Park City, Carl
o. Jensen of Draper. G. L. Stone Of
Evanston, Wyo.; w. l.. Wright of
Hyrum, Glenn X. Chaffee of Grand
Junction, Colo; w. ii. Sprunt of
Whitney, Ida. Ray V. Chase. Ishpem-
ing, Mich; #. U. Morgan of Kansas
City, and Curtice @. Later of Detroit,
Mich.
Drfao LI-o L nIfxAf o-I Me- To-
Warach were arrested by Sheriff
Keller and Deputy Sam Garrett, on
complaint of l.. ID. Nutter, manager
of a store, and charged with larceny.
For two or three weeks goods nave
been frequently disappearing from
counters and a watch was kept for
the thief. The watchers in the store
spied Mrs. Warach and her son, Joe,
8 years of age. The boy had a hand
bag and walked about the store, TAX
ing everything he could get into the
bag, after which he turned the bag
over to his mother, who would return
home and later revisit the store. AT
ter the bag had been filled, the moth
er and son started for home, followed
by the officers.
Salt Decentralization received
from the interstate COM
mission that the reduced freight tar
ifs on ores shipped from the Tintic
district to local smelters would be-
come effective at once, caused great
elation among mining men. Putting
into effect of the new rates is unan-
imously conceded to be the most i'm
portant occurrence of many months
az related to the Utah mineral In
dustry.
Salt Lake.-Dr. G. n. Jensen, state
superintendent of public instruction,
has been elected vice president of the
National Education association.
Salt Lake.-As a result of injuries
when the airplane he was plotting
plunged about 500 feet into a marsh