The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-09-22

1 TOT over oOOO tons of coal for winte
use of state institutions.
Salt Lake.-Uniyersity of Utal
freshman class is expected to reacl
400 this year.
Salt Lake.-Celery growers of Utal
are to form state organization
Utah will produce $50 car loads o
celery this year.
Murray.-Mrs. Louise Zudnich, 20
mother of 10 children, the Oldest o.
which is IL years of age. was arrested
by federal prohibition agents on {
charge of having violated the Vol
stead act.
Salt Lake.-Contract for the con
struction of the Levan-Chiclxen Creel
road was awarded by the state road
commission to the Paxton-Dorrlty &
Black company the low bidders in the
recent competitive bids received by
the state road commission.
Salt Lake.-Slight Improvement in
the potato markets have been noted
during the last few days, and ship.
ping activities from Utah are being
resumed. it was announced this morn.
ing by Il. f. Conklin, federal inspector
IN charge of the joint federal and state
shipping point inspection service.
Salt Lake.-Twelve loans aggregat-
ing $4,000 have been approved by
John Il. Oldroyd, state land commits
sioner. The loans are made from
state school land funds to agricultural
interests in various sections of the
state.
Provo.-Veterans Of the Black
Hawk Indian war and widows of vet
Grams whose pension claims have been
rejected on account of insufficient
proof under the pension act of 1917
may receive pensions under the recent
Smoot amendment to that act pro-
vided rejected claims now on file or
new claims conform to the new regula-
lions.
Salt Lake-f consistent work and
county support will win, Willard coun-
" will this year take first prize in
The second class county contest at
The Utah state fair, declares A. NJ.
dcOmie, county agent, who is In Salt
Lake for the purpose of making ar
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Willard county booth.
Proyo.-In an opinion given to Milan
ii. Straw, county attorney of Utah
county, Attorney General Harvey H.
Cuff holds that the board of county
commissioners should sit as a board
of equalization of drainage district
taxes each year, using the equalized
benefit assessments as a basis of the
The statute does not !
contemplate an annual assessment Of |
benefits by the board of supervisors |
of drainage district, 1t is held.
Salt Lake.-Funds to be provided by
direct taxation in Grand and Morgan
for public purposes this year
will be greater than those provided
under the levies in 1921, accordin.
% the reports submitted by the coun-
" auditors to State Auditor Mark
futile. In Morgan county this year
'135, 543.5S will be raised as compar
I'd with $130, 103.SS last year while in
irand the tax levies contemplate rails
ng S109,711.44 as compared with
4,672.64 In 1921.
Salt Observation-Disclosures into the
perations of George II. Homer. who
vas taken into custody by Detectives
ack Brown and Tom Golightly, on
he charge of having secured several
undred dollars through selling
quid which he Represented to be gin
ill in all probability lead to his be.
lg charged with using the mails t.
efraud, department of justice agents
aiding the case, asserted. The gin
as said to be a fair grade of water
Fillmore.-The value of the seed l
rop of Willard county last year was
ut at $l,O00000. and this years yield
is estimated, will be worth $1,000
10.
Salt Lake.-The state road commits
on has signed the revised project
sreement covering the construction OF
lie Helper bridge on the Price-Castie-
ite road. The agreement will now
? submitted TO the federal govern
ent for it's approval.
Black Rock.-The Scaland desert
1000 square miles may I
ION be made productive. 1t is believed
at great underground liver flows
lder the desert and experiments have
und water in many places that can
put on the land by pumping from a
pth Of only eight feet.
Salt Lake.-Spring wheat and oats /