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Show Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers TRADE GAIN SIIOWN SMALL TURKEY CROP lambs smrrED EAST MUCH rORK RELEASED INCREASE LABOR FORCE ELY, NET. Following decision of federal authorities to place the Lehman caves area under control of the national park service Instend of the forest service, Berry Creek C. C. C. camp will be moved to Moapa this winter Instead of to Lehman caves, it has been announced. OGDEX, UT. Three X. It. A. force account highway projects have been put under way here. JIT. PLEASANT, UT. The Sanpete San-pete county employment authorities estimate that there aro five hundred hun-dred jobless men In the county. LOGAN, UT. It Is reported that 9 of the C. C. O. camps of Utah will be placed In the southern part of the state for the winter months. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 180,-000 180,-000 pounds of salt pork was distributed distrib-uted here recently under the direction direc-tion of the state emergency relief organization, as a free gift of United Unit-ed States commodities. It is pork that was taken off the market by the United States government farm relief agencies. The state relief agency has been advised that a second sec-ond shipment of similar amount will be sent to Utah early in November. Novem-ber. Whether more will come after that date, to fill out the Utah quota of 720,000 pounds from the federal department of agriculture, has not yet been "determined. TOOELE, UT. The local smelter smelt-er has recently Increased its force of workers by a considerable number. num-ber. PROVO, UT. More than 41 per cent of the wheat growers of Utah county have signed applications to participate in the national wheat allotment program. BOISE, IDA. The supply of turkeys tur-keys In Idaho this year promises to be smaller than in past years, but the quality will be good because of better feeding and care. MAGNA, UT. Free noon day re-pasta re-pasta will be served to needy children child-ren of the local schools during the present term. PRICE, UT. The hog cholera epidemic ep-idemic which recently caused the death .of more than 100 head in Carbon Car-bon county apparently has been effectively ef-fectively checked, it is announced. PROVO, UT. A tentative application appli-cation for $GO,000 in public works funds with which to resurface feeder feed-er roads in Utah county has been presented to the public works advisory advis-ory board by the county commission. EPIIRAIM, UT Several local eheepmen who ordinarily run their flocks on the west desert fear a severe se-vere feed shortage there this winter. -Those 'who have visited the usual winter ranges report fluding the poorest condition within their memory. mem-ory. Several of tho sheepmen plan to keep their flocks in the fields in this vicinity as late as possible and then winter them in the foothills near some farming center, where hay and grain will be available. SALT LAKE CITY, UT City and county commissioners have been asked by business men to place a curb on alleged house to house peddlers of merchandise. TIEBER, UT. The shipment of spring lambs to eastern markets, which started at the local shipping station In September, Js approximately approxi-mately complete. 150 carloads of lambs, totaling 2S3.500 hend, have been shipped. This is very far below be-low the shipments of previous years. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Several hundred women gathered at a reception recep-tion at the chamber of commerce recently re-cently to pledge support to a campaign cam-paign to increase employment by stimulating' the purchase of Utah-made Utah-made goods. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A total of $3,2S1,500 for irrigation and public pub-lic works in Utah has been made available from the national public works fund of ?3,300,000,000. In addition ad-dition to $3,000,000 for the Ogden river reclamation project, there was made available $45,000 for Logan post office ; $SO,000 for water works at Spanish Fork; $12,500 for Kamas water work's; $50,000 for Tooele water works; $14,000 for Sandy City water works. Four million dollars dol-lars was set aside for irrigation projects on the upper Snake river in Idaho, which brought that state's total to $4.15S.ia'), the remainder being as follows: irrigation project near Poi.se, $100,000 ; Border station at Eastport, $53,000; repair of water wat-er mains at Lowistoc, $5,000. BEAVER, UT. Beaver county is to receive more money through the NRA road budget The road budget for Utah includes the following items: Bcaver-Minersville. $70,OCO; oil gravel construction, all grading by force account nnd nil surfacing by contract. UROVO, UT. The two-day conference con-ference of International Relations Clubs will be held here In November. Novem-ber. More than 125 delegates from 23 inter mountain colleges are expected ex-pected to attend the meeting. |