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Show THE CITIZEN WEEKLY Oil & Gas Vernal Utah-pany, capitalized at $350,000, for purpose of drilling on Dome, near here. Y I I Com- Federal Building. Parowan Sites inspected for location of proposed stadium in Ogden; construction will start shortly. Contract awarded for oiling 14.32 miles of highway in Sevier and Sanpete counties. tract awarded for erection of install new and complete screening unit at plant northeast of Salina. gressing rapidly. Contract awarded for building concrete bridge in Salt Creek Canyon between Nephi and Fountain Green. Gunnison improved. 0, new industry operating near Bids for installation of five landing fields and 22 beacons on Salt Lake-Burlsection of Varney airmail line will be opened March 5 at Salt Lake City. ey Engineering Contraction Sealed bids will be received by the Utah State Road Commission until 2:00 P. M., March 18, for the construction of a gravel surface highway between Dead Ox Flat and Fruitland in Duchesne County. The proposed contraction consists of grading and graveling between Sand Wash and Fruitland and Graveling between Dead Ox Flat and Sand Wash, a distance of 10.98 miles. The principal quantities are: 62,000 cubic yards, unclassified excavation, 36,000 cubic yards borrow, 16,600 cubic yards gravel surfacing and 290 cubic yards of concrete. Approximately $1,000,000 will be expended on roads and trails and for improvement of tourist facilities in Zion and Bryce Canyon National jJParks this year, according to E. T. Skoyer, Superintendent of these parks. Representative Colton and Senator Oddie have held several conferences with Senator Smoot in relation to the Colton-Oddi- e measure now pending in Congress. The authors of the measure have agreed to accept a compromise of $2,500,000.00 annually and it is believed that General Lord, Director of the Budget, 'ill approve this amount. de- Drilling will soon start on copper dis- Additional equipment installed at Redmond mine of Salina Lead-Zin- c Mt. Carmel-Zio- n National Park highway will be completed this recently Construction of new St. Marks Hospital, Salt Lake City, will begin in fall; campaign now underway for raising building fund. Company. Parowan School building will be erected here this summer. Springville First annual dairy show held here recently. Gardner will start well Farris drilling operation in vicinity of Brig& ham Citv soon. Mountain States Tel. Tel. & Com- - $11,878.30. The United States Bureau of Reclamation at Burley, Idaho, is con- templating the early construction of 70 miles of main canal to service the Gooding project, 50 miles of which is definitely routed. The bond issue in the sum of $30,-00- 0 which was recently voted upon by the taxpayers of Nephi for the construction of an electric light plant, carried. The Board of Commissioners of Yuma County, Arizona, have called an election for March 12 to vote upon the issuing of bonds in the sum of $375,000.00 for improving the highways in that county. The state of Idaho contemplates an expenditure of $2,000,000.00 for bridge construction the coming season. Those bridges proposed are as follows: Over the River at Harrison, $250,000.00. Clarks Fork River, at Sand Point, $300,000.00. Salmon River at Goffs, Snake River connect$100,000.00. ing Idaho and Washington at Porters Ferry, $175100.00. Snake River between Lewiston and Clarks-towith the State of Washington, D. C., $475,000.00. Kootenai River at Bonners Ferry, Couer-d-Ale- ne co-operat- ing $250,000.00. . Park City Compressor installed at Park Standard to speed up de- velopment work. Utah Canners Association paid farmers $250,000 for produce during 1928 season. Plans have been drawn in Los Angeles for a 45 room annex to the Johnson Hotel in Richfield, according to Frank X. Carron, manager. It is understood the new addition will cost approximately $85,000. A special bond election has been called for by the taxpayers of Hy-raand will be held in the near future to determine whether or not they desire to construct a new and modern municipal light plant for that city. Estimated cost, $70,000. m The following named buildings are scheduled for construction early this season in various cities in the state of Idaho: $450,000 Federal building at Boise, Idaho. $250,000 library at Boise for the University of Idaho. $45,000 building for the Elks Lodge at Blackfoot, P. W. Powers, Exalted Ruler. $50,000 Elks Lodge at Calder, H. Eustace, Exalted Ruler. Outing resort at Ketchum on the Wood River, estimated cost $75,000, Architect, F. C. Hummel, Boise. Two school buildings at Kellogg, Idaho, C. B. Yates, Supt., and $80,000 school at Shoshone, Wayland & Fennell, Boise, architects. The taxpayers of Pocatello, Idaho defeated the proposed bond issue in the sum of $450,000 for the construction of a school building in that city. Plans are being made by the Ujah Copper Company to build 25 new bungalows this year at Copperton, estimated to cost $100,000. The taxpayers of Sevier County will soon vote upon a proposal to levy a special tax of 3 mills for a period of five years for the purpose of constructing school buildings in that county, estimated to cost A new store building is soon to be erected in Murray by C. P. Calioon, estimated to cost $30,000. Slack W. Winburn is the architect for the owner. E. W. Madsen of Murray has started the construction of a store building in that city estimated to cost $100,000. Bids for the construction of the new Parowan High School will he n opened March 2, according to and Fetzer, Architects. Excavation is now under way and contract calls for the completion of the building by August. . Con-no- n, Dan J. Kavanaugh was low bidder on the bridge over tlic Duchesne River. The amount of his bid was $40,484.70. James J. Burke Com Sears, Roebuck Company plans to establish store and warehouse in Ogden. building to be constructed in that city at an estimated cost of $55,000. i pany was next low with a bid of nc Park City Development work at Park Galena progressing rapidly. hos- hall claims of Richfield Company in Glenwood area. Silver-Lead-Zi- Mayfield road will be New amusement built at Fairview. Salt Lake City Plans underway for organization of state wide associ- homestead entry. Salt Lake City Plans progressing for construction of $300,000 ad- pital. tensions and developments of telephone service in Utah during 1929. Monticello 22,000-acr- e tract of land in San Juan County opened to dition to Hotel Utah. Richfield plans to build new ex- - ation of fruit and vegetable growers. Great Western Salt Company will con- tion to Irving Junior High School. Improvements made to Toggery and Ladies Prospects bright for further velopment of coal in Sunnyside trict of Carbon County. UTAW . pany will expend $1,418,300 for Shop. addi- Morgan Chief Mining Companys development project proLivestock on Utah farms increased in valuation approximately $8,000,-00-0 during past year. Frank Andrews , U. S. Department of Marsdens Ogden Work of restoring Weber River to original channel underway here. Salt Lake City $194,940 Coalville here. H8EV1TEW E(2M Salina Grocery store established in Telluride Building. Ogden $50,000 worth of improvements will be started soon at Salt Lake City Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative Association sold states late turkey crop for approximately $50,000. Corinne Bear River Fur & Produce Company, capitalized at $50,-00- . 13 Monson and Nelson, 503 Dooly Bldg., are the architects for the Board of Education of San Juan County to prepare plans for a school |