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Show I Idaho Dam Bids Are Ope.-ied i American Falls, Ida, Bids were opened here Monday for construction I work on the American Falls dam. which will be To feet high and will back water over 73,000 acres of land watering several immense tracts nnd furnishing extra water to others short on dry years. There were two bid dors. After working out the different provisions they will be compared with the stipulations of engineers. Living Ccst Goes Up Washington. The cost of living ir the I'nited Suites increased nine tenths of one per cent from June to September of this year although for the year period beginning with Sep tember, the general level de creased by the same amount. These changes, set forth in a statement by the bureau of labor statistics of the department of labor, disclosed a no' general increase of 70.lv per cent ih-om lVcomlvr, 1017 to September, 10-4. |