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Show Intermountain Hews Briefly Told by Busy Reader FREE FUN PLANNED LESS GASOLINE USED WATER SUPPLY GOOD ! , IDAHO FAMILIES GROW. MAX HELP BLIND POOB BOISE, IDA. Tbe Idaho gasoline gaso-line tax brought In about $20,000 less in May this year than daring May a year ago, the monthly report of the director of motor fuels discloses. dis-closes. BOISE, IDA. Families In Idaho Increased from 100,500 In 1920 to 108,515 In 1930, an increase of 6.4 per cent, the United States census bureau reports. Average sice of families, fam-ilies, however, decreased from 4.8 persons to 4.1 persons, a reduction of 4.8 per cent While the number of families Increased 8.4 per cent to the ten year period tbe net Increase in total population was but 8 J per cent HELPER, UT. A big community day celebration to be known is "Helper Day," sponsored by the civic civ-ic clubs of tbe city is being planned ' for June 28. The program will Include In-clude a Helper-Ulntah basis base-ball base-ball game, water sports, swimming, games, band concerts, barbecue, parade, pa-rade, and a - carnival street dance. Everything is to be free and the entire en-tire program is being arranged to afford the greatest pleasure to the hundreds of people expected as , guests of the city. MOAB, UT. Mrs. H. Engmann, sails this month for France, where she will visit the grave of her son, Charles, who died from wounds received re-ceived en French battlefields. BOISE, IDA. Jackson lake reservoir res-ervoir on the upper Snake river la gaining in storage dally. Water storage stor-age along tbe river is said to be ample although the two main reservoirs reser-voirs of the Snake now hold less water than at this time last year. SMITHFIELD, UT. The eltj commission has called for a special election, July 7th, to vote on the $50,000 waterworks bond issue to enlarge the water system. OODEN, UT. Bids on the eon- ,, structlon and improvement of 22.6 miles of highway on the Soda Springs-Freedom route, near th - Idaho-Wyoming border, have been advertised by the United States bureau bu-reau of public roads. SALT LAKE CITT. UT. Salt Lake County commissioners have been advised by the County attorney attorn-ey that the state law passed by the last legislature empowering boards of county commissioners to levy a special tax for the benefit of indigent indi-gent blind was discretionary and not mandutory. OGDEN, UT. II. BJorngaard, 30, professional of the local Ski club, was killed in a collision of bis motor mot-or cycle and an unknown auto. FREEDOM, WTO. Swiss cheese to the amount of seventy thousand ... pounds has been forwarded from the recently installed cheese factory to Idaho Falls. The cheese Is to be marketed in California. ROCK SPRINGS, WXO. Wool selling in southwestern Wyoming is very slow, with an estimated supply sup-ply of three million fleeces on hand. A brace In the market Is hoped for in the near future. , SALT LAKE CITt, UT. Be ceipts of the gasoline sales tax en motor vehicle fuel sold In April, the tax being payable In May, totaled total-ed $192,980.82 aa compared with $204,657.27 collected on gasoline in the same month of last year. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Support Sup-port in the move to acquire 8,000 more acres for Camp W. G. Wll- " liams, summer home of the Utah National guard, has been pledged by three of the Utah congressional delegation. del-egation. Sea R, Smoot, Con. D. B. Col ton and Con. Loofbourow psom-ised psom-ised their best efforts in speeches before tbe soldiers in tbe encamp ment PROVO, UT. Plans for holding eight camps during the summer per iod for tbe two thousand scouts of Timpanogos council are being rapidly rapid-ly perfected and the first camp will be held shortly. NEPHI, UT. The city has en ; acted an ordinance requiring monthly month-ly inspection and approval of a licensed li-censed vetcrnarian on all milch cows, stables and equipment used iu producing or handling milk. EPHRAIM, UT. Additional cash has been appropriated by the government gov-ernment for a continuation of the in vestigation of the amount of water available for the proposed Lund tunnel east of the city. BEAVER, UT. Tbe city council has decreed that all dogs and cat are to wear muzzles for several weeks. Any dog or cat seen outsidp ; of its own premises without a mui-rle mui-rle Is In danger of being shot Tbe ordinance is designed to safeguard gainst hydrophobia, as two calves and a cow recently died from th disease. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. A contract con-tract whereby southern Idaho canal companies will obtain from the federal fed-eral government 428,000 acre feet of stored water in American Falls reservoir at an annual rate of $50,-000 $50,-000 has been agreed upon at a meet-ing meet-ing of the water officials. EPHRAIM, UT. The work of graveling the stretch of tbe Eph-ralm Eph-ralm to Orangeville road for about 8 miles below the Great basin ex perlment station is underway and will continue for the balance of the month. |