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Show Intermcuntain News j ( Briefly Told by Busy Readers J HYRl'M WANTS WATKR LICENSES ARE FEWER j ( BIG RODEO PLANNED NEW FAIR BlILDING LEHI AIR MINDED PRICE, UT. The county commission commis-sion has appropriated $3500 for the erection of a new 40 by SO foot cement ce-ment block exhibit building on the fair grounds. LEHI, VT. The roof of the Lchi high school gymnasium will soon be adorned with 10-by-20-foot letters announcing that this spot is I.chl. BURLET, IDA. Three road construction con-struction crews of between 15 and IS men, working in Minidoka national na-tional forest under the direction of Supervisor S. S. Stewart, have about completed their season's work. Four miles of new road have been finished in Hagler canyon. can-yon. AMERICAN FALLS, IDA. Tentative Ten-tative arrangements for the American Ameri-can Falls rodeo at the fair grounds June 20, 27, and 28 include riders' and horses from all parts of the country, according to those in i charge of the rodeo. PROVO, UT. Over-production, lack of ability to obtain sugar beets and depreciation in valuation of cutting plants of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company at Provo, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, Spanish Fork, Payson and Ixhi has forced the company to close two plants. IIAILEY, IDA. E. A. Webber nnd Ashby Boyle, both of Salt Lake City, were receivers recently of the Carey Valley 'Irrigation district, 8100 acres purchased last fall for $7000. Receivership was awarded the two men by Judge D. II. Sut-phen Sut-phen of Gooding, resulting in the lifting of a $430,000 debt in bonds. Lack of irrigation water for the entire en-tire land was given as the reason for the large decline in valuation of the property, extending from 1922 to January, 1930, when gradual abandonment of farms along with tax assessments forced owners to give up the property. HYRUM, UT. More than 90 percent per-cent of farmers owning tracts of land larger than five acres under the Hyrum reservoir project, desire de-sire to subscribe a total of 5,000 acre feet of water in the reservoir it is declared by E. O. Larson, federal fed-eral engineer, in his report to the Utah Water Storage commission. BOISE, IDA. Automobile license sales . so far this year have fallen off 11,000 below last year, a reduction reduc-tion of .nine per cent below last year's registration. SALT LAKE CITY. UT. Due to reduced acreage and inadequate moisture, this year's winter wheat crop will aggregate only about 2,-737,000 2,-737,000 bushels, as compared with 3,735,000 last year and a five-year average of 3, 2G7,'O0O. OGDEN, UT. The national park service has announced the awarding of a contract for construction of the rim road in Bryce canyon national na-tional park to the Union Construction Construc-tion company of Ogdcn, Utah, at $135,855. PRICE, UT. An outbreak of bog cholera in the vicinity of Cleveland, has been reported to O. P. Madsen, Carbon county 1 agricultural agent. Dr. W. H. Swalborg of Spanish Fork, deputy state veterinarian, has been "secured to check the disease. Dr. Swalborg will make a farm-to-farm inspection in that section and vaccinate the hogs. PROVO, UT. The Utah Municipal Municip-al League convention will be held here September 25 and 20. PROVO, UT. Congressman Don B. Colton in an address here said he favored government regulation of unreserved public lands outside the national forest in preference to turning them over to the states, at least until such time as they could be rehabilitated and restored to their former state of production. These lands at present are being over grazed and damaged to a point that threatens grazing resources and the very existence of the live stock industry, be said. P'ROVO, UT. Decision to support a plan of shipping a carload of eggs daily to New York was made at a meeting of approximately 100 poul-trymen poul-trymen of this city and Springville. A premium of 30 cents per case above the current market price and other advantages are guaranteed the poultrymen for their day-old eggs. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Eighteen Eigh-teen counties, Dr. F. E. Stephens, state agricultural inspector reported have appropriated $15,400 for cooperation coop-eration with the state in weed control, con-trol, the money to be spent largely in supplying chemicals. Estimating that application of the chemicals will cost 3 cents a pound, Dr. Stcph ens finds 10 carloads will be neees-sary neees-sary to take care of this season's work. The state has already purchased pur-chased four carloads. SALT LAKE CITY, t?T-Protcs8 filed by four railroads serving Utah, Arizona and New Mexico to M-e-vent reduced rates from Utah to Arizona and New Mexico on class rates for manufactured goods were denied recently by the interstate commerce commission in Washini ton, D. C. PLEASANT GROVE. UT. A large attendance marked the annual strawberry celebration with a parade pa-rade of tricycles, kiddie cars and other play vehicles as a strikliu; feature. |