The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-12
News Notes
From All Parts of
UTAH

the ages of 6 and Is years who are
enrolled in the public schools of Utah
as 123,717 for the present school year,
compared with 121 500 for the school
year of 1923 1924. The figures will
be used as a basis for apportoning
state aid to the various school dis
tricts of the state. The number of
children between the ages of 10 and
II years who can neither read nor
write was found to be 259, as against
307 for the preceding school year. Of
the total school population of 139,457,
the enrolment in full-time public
schools for 1924 1925 is 123,717, of
whom 62,765 are boys and 60,552 are
girls. The part time school enroll
ment is 1898 boys and girls. The to-
tai enrolment in private schools, as
shown by the census, is 1884. There
are GAL Utah boys and girls enrolled
in schools outside the state. The
number of boys and girls not enrolled
in any school totals 1866. Most of
the school districts show larger en-
iOiiihtHt lidii ldot year.
The number of pupils enrolled in
the various district for the school
years 1924 and 1924-25, in the or
der named, follow. Alpine 1898, 446B;
Beaver 1885, 1884; Boxelder $3.50,
1904; Cache 4949, 5OSS; Carbon 1862,
4857; Daggett 90, IS; Davis 1878,
3470; Duchesne 22S5, 2297; Emery
2123, 2179; Garfield 1857, 1426; Grand
458, 483; Granite STU, 6183; Iron
1865, 1859; Jordan 4513, 1858; Juab
1917, 1912; Kane $50, 57S; Willard
1927, 3148; Morgan 7O5, 718; Nebo
5000, 5214; North Sanpete $500, 2491;
North Summit TOT, 708; Park City
IT'S, 1877; Piute 612, 673; Rich 521,
SGT; San Juan 685, 652; sewer 1928,
3433; South Sanpete 2415, 2440; South
Summit $40, 464; Tintic 1879, 1886;
Tooele 1862, 1897; Uintah 2379, 2427;
Wasatch 1909, 1866; Washington
1894, 1912; Wayne 613, 623; Weber
2988, 1886; Salt Lake City 27,827,
27,782; Ogden 1870, 9106; Logan 2482,
2464; Murray 1868, 1898.
Salt Lake,-A petition from the
water users on Big Creek irrigation
project, asking that an adjudication
be made of the rights under the pro-
ject, has been received by Lloyd Gar
rison, state engineer. Mr.. Garrison |
informed them that the next legIs-
lature would be asked to make an ap- |
preparation for adjusting all water |
rights on Bear Lake and on the Bear
river, of (which Big Creek is a tribu-
tary.
Salt Lake,-Utah's output of food
and dairy products, for the most pars,
has increased satisfactorily in the
last two years, according to the BIZ
ennial report of Hugh ]. Cannon,
chief of the state dairy and food de-
partment, submitted to the state
board of agriculture. Utah now ex-
ports hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of eggs annually.
into southwestern and eastern Idaho
by train some time Next May is plan
ned by the wholesale trades commit
tee of the chamber of commerce. A
special train will be secured. At
least 125 men will be expected to
make the trip, including band.
Vernal,-The murder trial of Harris
Murray, IS; Ernest Truvillo, 10; Ell
nora Van, II, and Nellie Trujillo,
L6, has opened in Vernal. The quartet
s charged with the brutal murder
If Thomas Rhodes, 60-year-old ranch
nan, in his cabin near White Rocks
n September of this year. Robbery
vas the motive of the crime.
Vernal,-The Centennial annfver-
iary Of DIR. Harvey Hullinger was
in Vernal. DIR. Hullinger
vas born fourteen years after Lin
oln and was two years of age when
Thomas Jefferson died. He came to I
Utah from Iowa in 1859 and served
n the Civil War as a physician. He
las practiced medicine in Ashley val /,
ey for forty-two years and perform /,
d valuable service to TIE people here
Turing pioneer days.
Monticello The long and contin-
ed drought in San Juan county ana
he southeastern part of the state
makes conditions look doubtful for
he dry farmer as well as for the ir-
igated farms. The stockmen are 7
luch worried over the situation. They l
ay that the feed on the ranges is
air, but that there is no water and e
Mess the winter storms soon set in '
here will be some loss in sheep and n
attic. v
Decentralization of Walter
ohnson, veteran Washington pitcher, t
nd his associates to purchase the 0
oakland club of the Pacific Coast
,ague have been cancelled for all
me. That was the statement made !