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Show ntermountam News -Briefly Told for Busy Readers POTATO DEAL MADE. MANY VISIT CANYONS. VALUATIONS FALLING. STEERS FIGHT AIRSHIP. WATER MEN FILE CLAIM. Home Study a unique plan by means of which a person may go to college at home is one of the most active fields in adult education. educa-tion. The University of Utah, through its Home Study Department, is reaching hundreds of men and women wo-men each year who would otherwise other-wise be unable to go on with their education. In this department there is no registration fee, no entrance examination, ex-amination, no age limit, no intellectual intel-lectual limit, no professional limit. The students come from all walks of life. LOGAN, UT. Farmers who lost their crops and other property recently re-cently in the hail and windstorm which swept Clarkston area have sent a delegation of Clarkston residents res-idents to the Cache county Red Cross relief committee for assistance. assist-ance. PTtOVO, UT. The assessed valuation val-uation of Utah county on property assessed by the county assessor dropped $3,202,843 in 1932 according accord-ing to' the final report submitted to the state tax commission. OGDEN, UT. Commissioner W. J. Rackham was recently authorized author-ized by the city commission to purchase 223 barrels of road oil at a cost of $400 for application to city streets. POCATELLO, IDA. One of the largest deals consumated prior to the 1932 potato shipping season has been made here by J. M. McCauley of New York City and Frank But-ner, But-ner, local packer, cequiring handling of a large portion of the south and eastern Idaho crop. Butner will ship 200 cars of select stock and later will ship 200 cars of Idaho potatoes packed in 15-pound bags. PAYSON, UT. The Strawberry Water Users' association has filed a preferred claim for its money in the closed State Bank of Payson. The action was voted unanimously after an extensive investigation. CHEYENNE, WYO. The pilot of the eastbound transcontinental airmail air-mail spent 30 minutes circling the field here recently, until hastily summoned cowboys herded 30 wild steers into other pastures. Each time the pilot tried to land, the steers charged the ship. MAGNA, UT. Breaking of a dam above the Shkls addition, following follow-ing a heavy rainstorm, sent about a foot of water down through the business bus-iness section. LOGAN, UT. The clerk of the Cache national forest, has compiled figures to show that 144,210 visitors were in Logan canyons in 1931. The visitors spent 94,G0O days in the canyons. can-yons. CALDWELL, IDA. Twenty-six Canyon county schools have contracted con-tracted for nine-month terms and six have contracted for eight-month terms, according to the county superintendent sup-erintendent of schools. BURLEY, ID A A "Swim Week" will be held at Rotary beach near Burley in the near future. Swimming and life-saving work will be taught by the Red Cross. BUHL, IDA. The recent Pioneer Pio-neer celebration held at Clear lake Included a sham battle between Indians In-dians and an imnfigrant train, an oftl time fiddlers' contest, and a program of addresses. BOISE, DA. Boise's heaviest rainfall for the month of July since July 30, 1912, was recorded recently whojt .71 inches fell. MT. HOME, DA. A saving of $1300 in village expenditures for the next fiscal year was effected by the M!t. Home council when the salaries of the wnter superintendent, superintend-ent, street commissioner, marshal, and clerk were cut $10 to $30 a month under the now budget. HYRUM, UT Oiling of state highways in Cache county will begin be-gin in the near future. A construction construc-tion company has the contract for oiling, which includes five miles between Ilyrum and Logan, and 7 miles between Webster and Lewis-ton. Lewis-ton. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The local community warehouse has a good supply of turnips for the unemployed. un-employed. Eleven tons are listed ns being In storage. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The beet crops, are looking fine, it is reported. With the rise In sugar prices, sugar beet growers adjacent adjac-ent to Ogden have experienced a potential Increase of $(!3,()00 In the value of their crops the past few weeks. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The Utah Association of Tools and Beaches is conducting a campaign Tor llfo-mmng in connect ion with the resorts of the state. Cooperation of oilier organizations will be so-llclled so-llclled In order to make the plan as complete as possible. KAN AH, UT. The deer population popula-tion In Kailmli forest has decreased decreas-ed from .'10,0(10 to M,000 wllhlu the last three .vein's through hunting and oilier menus. Forage In plentiful plenti-ful lit present to cure for the nn-lninls. |