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Show Infermountaln Mews Briefly Told for Busy Readers FATAL 3 DAY FAST . PRISONERS STUDY BOY SCOUT OUTING ASKS FEDERAL LOAN REDUCE ROAD WORK The following are typical of this Home Study student body. No. 1 is a chemist who began a college course because he felt himself cut off from cultural development. No. 2, a girl of twenty-one years, doing housework, whose ambition is some day to go to college. Number 3, a man of sixty-three is taking a course in the English Novel for pleasure a pleasure increased later by the enrollment of his thirty thir-ty year old daughter for another literature cours. No. 4 is a boy of seventeen who needs one more high school unit to meet entrance requirements to the University. No. 5 i3 a twenty-two year old girl recently married with unexpected leisure time for self improvement. Courses are offered in regular University work, in high school work and in general cultural fields. All the efforts of the Home Study Department are centered in this one aim to reach the largest possible pos-sible number of adults that they may become and continue to be educated men and women. OGDEN, UT. Orchard owners of Weber county have offered to donate do-nate cherries to the unemployed if they will pick them. RENO, NEV. James F. Holland, a recent arrival here from Oregon, died shortly after eating his first meal in three days. Holland arrived ar-rived without money. He appealed to a man on the street, who took him to a cafe. Consuming a heavy meal, Holland collapsed immediately immediate-ly thereafter and was rushed to the hospital, where a combination of weakness caused by his fast and acute indigestion caused his death. MT. PLEASANT, UT. Mayor W. P. Winters announces plans on the way for a loan of from $25,000 to $40,000 from the newly passed relief bill. Flans are now being formulated formulat-ed to rebuild the local municipal water system, with the addition of an additional water tank and the replacing of old, worn out wood pipe with cast iron pipe. The replacing of wood pipe will save the city upwards up-wards of $1800 per year, in maintenance main-tenance through repairs in leaky pipe, which necessitates two men constantly being employed. PROVO, UT. In an effort to curtail cur-tail expenditures, as asked by taxpayers tax-payers earlier in the year, outlay for road work in Utah county has been held to a minimum during the first six months, with but $33,732.20 spent, against $10,006.59 for the first six months of 1032. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. More than 500 Boy Scouts of the Salt Lake council have registered for the summer camp on Scout Lake in the Grantladdy lakes region, which is maintained for five weeks. Twelve troops of about 30 boys each will be accommodated each week. Every Friday night a campfire program for all troops will be given. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Eighty-seven Eighty-seven inmates of the Utah state prison received instruction in vocational vo-cational and general educntion subjects sub-jects during a six weeks' summer school conducted at the institution recently, Owen Nebeker, state parole pa-role agent, reported to the educational educa-tional advisory committee of the prison. LOGAN, UT. Marriage licenses for the first 27 days of July were only four short of those it-sued for that period in 1931, according to records of county clerk, C. V. Mobr. POCATELLO, IDA. Safeguarding Safeguard-ing Pocatello's water supply to prevent pre-vent contamination was recommended recommend-ed in a report by Elmer Smith, chairman of the city council, to the public health committee of the Pocatello Medical society. The society so-ciety recently conducted a vigorous campaign to safeguard the city's milk supply. BOISE, IDA. As a result of the thunderstorm which swept central Idaho, 28 fires were reported In the Boise forest office from the eight national forests of tlint region. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Convinced Con-vinced that to destroy natural mountain moun-tain lakes for the purpose of irrigating irrigat-ing marginal farm lands Is to waste a valuable asset in the hope of creating creat-ing one of doubtful worth. Newell B. Cook, state fish and game commissioner, com-missioner, announced that he will oppose any effort to drain lakes for irrigation purposes. Cook said the department will not be opposed to the storage of water on (ho surface of such lakes by raising the outlets, but he does not believe the size of tho lakes should be decreased by draining water below the natural level. WE1SEK, IDA. The city council coun-cil here has announced taxes the ensuing year will be reduced 25 per cent. The announcement indicates tho splendid condition of the city's finances. The pn.sl year outstanding outstand-ing bonded Indebtedness was reduced reduc-ed $12,000. Tho estimated levy for the year Is 15 mills. In 102S the levy was 22 mills. OGDKN, UT. 200 bloiihrs have been donated to Ogden needy and will furnish fish dinners for many families. |