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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1917
Page
3
A bright glow over Ogden drew dozens of onlookers toward Riverdale who chased a brush fire rumor. The blaze on Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake burned all day and night, threatening cattle and buffalo herds and horses trained by cowboys.
A district exemption board found Washington county's local board granted furloughs and exemptions to relatives of members and others, prompting a peremptory order for county attorney to appeal all such cases. Investigations showed many exemptions granted to those married after war declaration, with suspicions of nepotism. The board instructed attorney Bone to challenge five cases and prepare prosecutions for the federal government. A Pennsylvania steel mill seeks rescission of exemptions as plates 19% inches wide may be shipped by rail soon.
Representative Welling was informed that Utah and other state coal mine owners routing price changes under the president proclamation were asked to submit last month production statements. Western owners seek contract adjustments while eastern owners push to uphold contracts. administrators plan investigations of field conditions and report to Director Garfield.
A review of the murder case against Len George J. Kelty continued as a special venire was drawn to assemble a jury for the Villisca axe murders trial. Kelty, an itinerant clergyman, faces an indictment for slaying Lena Sullinger, one of eight victims in the 1912 killings. Local proceedings noted longstanding publicity and a bitter clash between state justice officials and a private detective amid sensational scrutiny of the Villisca case.
Government Irrigation Service announces entry opening on September 20 for about 2,000 acres of irrigable lands in the Shoshone project near Frannie Wyo. The tract lies south of Frannie toward Mantua and Denver, with Burlington and a Frannie Lovell branch rail service. Nearly one fourth is irrigated, crops include wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa, potatoes. 1916 potato average $154 per acre, other crops listed. Homeseekers must be US citizens meeting homestead rules and repay a 76 per acre construction charge over 20 years with no interest. Region elevation 4,500 feet, climate dry with cold winters and hot summers.
In Minneapolis a three day loyalty conference by the Americano Alliance for Labor and Democracy promotes government support for wartime efforts. Frank Walah chairs the USIC, with Samuel Gompers to speak. critics denounce the People's Council of America and pro German groups as disloyal threats amid reports of antiwar sentiment abroad.
Woodward, long time Utah theater manager, was notified yesterday of his appointment as deputy grand president for Utah of the theatrical mechanical association. Arthur DeArland of Knoxville delivered the news. Woodward will visit all state branches, aid new group formations, advise, and mediate disputes. He plans to organize an Ogden association and has 17 years in state theater work.
Herbert Middleton escaped from the State industrial school just before midnight. He climbed a window rope made of sheets, wore only a shirt, and fled as a guard fired a pistol to halt the escape. Reports say Willis Neuteboom helped plan the breakout. Middleton remains at large.
The French minister of Provisions announced that from September 15 he will fix regional prices for potatoes and beans, determine trade prices from departmental recommendations, and revise them every two months. Export of vegetables from the origin department will require a certificate. A separate note claims a dubious weight formula and a made up discovery by G Deck in Mateland.
An ad for a showing of The Slacker at the Ox Ider today hints at notorious promotion. Dee Loula W. 100, president of the Great Northern railroad, recalls an old Glacier Park Indian carver who makes brown bears from wood. The price is five dollars per bear, with a suggested bulk deal for hundreds.
An exchanged dialogue features an Indian merchant and Berry discussing cost. The trader proposes a price of seven dollars and fifty cents each for two hundred bears, framing it as a large job. The tone hints at negotiation and commodity trade.
Notice of foreclosure of a warehouseman lien with sale of two touring cars at Hewitt Transfer Ogden Utah on September 13 1917 to cover storage charges of 109 in favor of George Hewitt Andrew Hewitt and notices to creditors in the estate of Cora S Britton deceased with claims due by October 12 1917 and to creditors of Joel Clifford estate with four months from first publication August 1911 last publication September 1917.
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