The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-22
News Notes
From All Parts of
UTAH

10 dlltSlSu were some OF the results
forecast by Utah witnesses testify
ing against the application of rail-
roads for exceptions to the long and
short haul clause of the transporta-
ton act. The hearings were held
before Examiner Nj. A. Pattison of
the interstate commerce commission
at the federal building.
Cedar City, - The Cedar Kanarra
federal aid project in Iron county, on
the Zion National park highway, will
be constructed for $9179.32 a mile if
the present estimates of quantities
hold up and the low bid of J. T.
Raleigh & Company of Salt Lake,
submitted, is accepted. Eight bids in
all were received and opened by the
state road commission. They rang
ed in prices from 12,S55.79 down to
that presented by the Raleigh com
pany. While action was not taken
by the state road commission, there
appears to be no doubt that the
Raleigh bid will be accepted.
Ogden,-Ten empty freight cars
were wrecked Wednesday on the
Utah-Idaho Central railroad two miles
south of Brigham City. The train
which was travelling south, jumped
the rails and landed in ditch. No
one was injured.
Salt Lake. - In decision on a
point new to this state, the supreme
court of Utah upheld the Judgment OF
the Third district court in holding
the American Surety company liable |
to Salt Lake county for $247,666.01, |
together with interest thereon at s
per cent since September 10. 1922.
The Judgment has already increased
in value to $275,0OO. The company
was surety on the Official bond of e.
]. GroesbeclS, county treasurer, in the
amount Of 100000.
Salt Lake, - The vast number of
tourists who travel to southern Cal
iforpia will be invited to visit Utah
and Salt Lake as part of the adver-
Using campaign for which this city
recently subscribed $4,000, it was
announced by officials of the Chamber
of Commerce.
nsen,-Ten dinosaurs, instead of
one, as originally intended will prob
ably be excavated by the University
Of Utah from the dimosaur quarry at
Jensen, DR.. George Thomas, president
Of the university said.
Ogden, Oscar ID. Van Batenburg,
Jr., a high school student, II years
Of age, was killed in a coasting acct
lent which occurred at the intersec-
lion of Thirty second street and Or
,hard avenue. He suffered a broken
neck and lived two and half hours
N semiconscious condition.
Helper, - Ed MCGOWAN, Salt Lake
Jity negro, fatally shot Bob Blevins, /
20, also colored in cold blood here I
Friday evening and then for twelve :
hours kept an armed watch over his
lying victim, at the same time fore
ng Mrs. BIevins and her two daugil-
ers, aged 10 and 16 years to sit be-
ore him, stripped, according to re-
'orts.
Salt Lake,-A. ]. Millman and w.
I. Heber. convicted of impersonating
ederal narcotic agents with the in
entfons of defrauding Louie Gee,
ogden Chinese of $500, were SEN
enced by Judge Tillman d. Johnson
I the United States district court to
erve six months in Jail and pay
ines of $500 each.
Salt Lake,-Salt Lakes bank clear
lgs showed an increase of II per
ent in 1928, according to data COM
lied by the chamber of commerce
-om Bradstreet's journal. The aver
ge increase throughout the United
tates was approximately 8 per cent.
anking fifty-seventh among the
ties of the country in population,
alt Lake was th.-ty-seventh in
earrings
Provo,-J. NJ. Jensen, professor of
nglish at the Brigham Young Uni
ersity, announces that his bio
'aphical work, 1.-THE Early History of
rovo," is now in the hands of the
inter and will be ready for distri-
Ition in February. Professor Jen-
ms book deals with the advent of
lie explorer, trapper and trader in
16 and down to late in the sixties
the present century.
Salt Lake,--The four batteries of
ree-inch field pieces now possessed
: the X. o. T. G. of the University
Utah will be replaced in the near
ture by batteries of French 10
illimeter guns, according to infor-
alton received by Major George S.
ny, commandant Of the local unit
Salt Lake,-Under direction of the
.ah League of Building & Loan AS
Citations, every community of the
ate is observing National Thrift
EEK. January II to %, according to
lorvald l.. Larsen of Salt Lake City,
cretary to the league and state