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Show I : J Intermountain News i Briefly told for Busy Readers i NEW ATHLETIC STADIIM WOOIXiKOWKHS TO MLEl j SCHOOL CENSUS GAINS j MANY DEER SLAIN j LOGAN, UT. The first annual ten-dav short course in agriculture 1 at the" Utah State Agricultural col-' col-' lege ojvned here with 65 farmers l from 17 counties of the state in at-' at-' tendance. The course was conducted by the extension service. PAItOWAN, UT. rower rates In Parowan will be reduced from 15 to 30 per cent after Jan. 1, according to a decision reached by the city council. LOGAN, UT. More than 000 adults in Cache county are expected to participate in the adult education program according to announcement from school offices here. ELY, NEV. Further decrease In local unemployment was promised when advices from Washington revealed re-vealed that $45,000 had been set aside for construction of the proposed pro-posed federal building in Ely, and $12,791 had been alloted by the office of-fice of national parks and monuments monu-ments for work on the Lehman Cave site. BOISE, IDA. The 1934 convention conven-tion of the Idaho Wool Growers' association as-sociation will be held January 11. The meeting will precede by a few days the National "Wool Growers' convention in Salt Lake, which starts January 15, so Idaho wool men may attend the Utah sessions. BOISE, IDA. Reports of the killing of 3038 deer during the hunting hunt-ing season this fall have been tabulated tabu-lated by the state game department, and the total was expected to pass considerably beyond 4000 when all reports are in. Two major deer hunting hunt-ing counties, Idaho and Clearwater, have not yet reported, as the season there continued until later than in southern Idaho counties. "Virtually all the deer reported were from southern Idaho, with Boise county north of Boise city leading the present pres-ent tabulation, with 1356 reported taken, Blaine came second in the list with 642 deer checked out. OGDEN, UT. Speed has been shown in inauguration of federal forest and park road projects under the public works program, according accord-ing to figures released by the district dis-trict engineer for the bureau of public pub-lic roads, with headquarters in Og-den. Og-den. A report shows that on November Novem-ber 25 there had been 127 road projects pro-jects in Utah and Idaho begun under the public works administration fund. On these projects were employed em-ployed 5338 men. Total cost of the work is estmated at $5,155,000. Divided Di-vided as to states, it is shown that In Utah 70 projects were under construction, con-struction, such work employing 2974 men, the total cost figured at $2,803, 000. In Idaho there were 57 projects, engaging 23G4 men and estimated to cost $2,352,000. LOGAN, UT. The Cache county commission has been advised by County Attorney George D. Preston to accept 1933 taxes in conformity with the rules of the state tax commission com-mission penalties after November 30. This decision was made following follow-ing a letter received by the county commiscion from the state tax commission com-mission opposing them in extending the time to pay taxes until December Decem-ber 20. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The October census of the school population popu-lation just completed by the state department of public instruction shows the total of persons in Utah between the ages of 6 and 18 years to.be 149.0GS, just 719 more than for last year, an increase of slightly less than one-half of one per cent. POCATELLO, IDA. An athletic stadium writh a seating capacity of ! 8,400, the largest in the state, to be built with CWA funds on property adjacent to the University of Idaho, southern branch, has been added to the Pocatello civil works program. ELY, NEV. Projects already approved ap-proved under the CWA program in White Pine county, will give employment em-ployment to 157 men for approxl mately 00 days. In addition several sever-al projects within the city of Ely are to be undertaken, and F. D. Depp, state highway engineer, was asked to report on proposed work on the road over Schellbourne pass. OGDEN, UT. With ideal weather conditions prevailing no difficulty will be experienced in keeping . men at work in the Richfield and Salina C. C. camps throughout the winter, according to C. A. Metteson, of Richfield, supervisor of the Fish Lake national forest. RICHFIELD, UT. L ivestock feed of all varieties in the Sevier river valley has been harvested this fall In more than twice the quantity grown in any other season during the past five years. BOISE, IDA. Ada county, Idaho, with 145,124 hearing plum trees, was thirtieth in the nation in number of trees of bearing age in 1930, the census cen-sus bureau reports. The county had 5009 trees not of bearing age and harvested a crop of 25G.070 bushels valued at $102,92S. BEATER, UT. Road work is 'ontinuing in the county, regardless of the storm and cold weather. More men are being employed each week. The city is hiring a number of teams and men to repair bridges, roads etc |