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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers EXPENSIVE SNOW SERIOUS FIRE LOSS SNOW DRIVES DEER SHEEP ARE FROZEN VALUATION REDUCED SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Approximately Ap-proximately $50,000, five times the normal amount, is being spent by the Denver & Eio Grande Western railway this winter on account of the extremely heavy snow fall, according ac-cording to A. C. Shields, vice president presi-dent and general manager of the railroad. TOOELE, UT. A 20 per cent reduction re-duction in real estate property valuation val-uation of Tooele county was voted by the Tooele county commission. JUNCTION, UT. Many of the Ice houses in this community are being be-ing filled with solid blocks of ice, 20 inches thick, from the Piute reservoir, re-servoir, about three miles from this place. BEAVER, UT. Although 22 inches in-ches of snow has fallen in Beaver valley, the precipitation Is lower than during the four previous years, which makes the outlook to the farmers and cattlemen discouraging. LOGAN, UT. Construction of a $10,000 slaughter house was approved approv-ed by the Logan city commission, providing it could be erected through Reconstruction Finance corporation funds as a self liquidating project. MALAD, IDA. Organized relief agencies of Oneida county within the past 12 months have expended in cash, or in commodities, more than $27,000, the Oneida Red Cross county chapter and the Oneida county coun-ty relief committee report. WALLACE, IDA. Fire destroyed the Tabor building, swept through the Ryan hotel and damaged two other buildings here causing damage dam-age estimated by firemen at $150, 000. Low water pressure handicapped handicap-ped the firemen. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The state fish and game department will spread hay in gravel pits north of the Wasatch plunge in an effort to feed a band of more than 100 deer that have been driven from the mountain ranges to that vicinity. CHEYENNE, WYO. Sheep were reported to have frozen to death while standing up huddled together for warmth, near Jackson and Mo-ran, Mo-ran, Wyo., where the mercury did cot rise above 4 below for two days and most of the time was much below that mark. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A total of 170 sections, or 10S.S00 acres of land, has been added to the Wasatch Was-atch national forest by presidential proclamation, Eli F. Taylor, register regis-ter of the United States land office is advised. The new area is situated situat-ed in Summit county adjoining the previous area on the north and extending ex-tending to the Utah-Wyoming line. The area Is largely grazing land, but contains considerable growth of Jackpine. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Preparations Prepar-ations for making seed and crop loans under the recently enacted seed loan and crop production bill are being made by Terry E. Burn-ham, Burn-ham, regional manager of the farmers' farm-ers' seed loan office, The amount allocated for Utah, Nevada, Wyoming. Wyom-ing. Colorado, California and Idaho Is $,",000,000, or twice the amount allocated for last year. TROVO, UT. Organization of a new Utah County Sportsmen's association, asso-ciation, which will work principally for the purpose of "securing a commission com-mission from the state fish and game administration and to take the fish and game department out of politics," got under way at a mooting moot-ing 6( more than 400 sportsmen from all sections of the county in the city and county building. LOGAN, UT. Local hunters bag-god bag-god 3 mountain lions in a nearby canyon. The 3 Hons, if they had escaped would have killed nearly 200 door, according to hunter's estimates. esti-mates. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The first supply of Rocky Mountain spotted spot-ted fever vaccine for the coming season will be available soon, It is announced by Dr. T. B. Bcatty, state health commissioner. "All persons handling sheep should be inoculated in-oculated against the effects of the poisonous tick," Dr. Boatty said, "as numerous cases of spotted fever have boon reported In this state. It Is a rule of the board," he said, "that all cases of Rocky Mountain tick must be reported to the state department of health, and this department de-partment advises all persons handling hand-ling sheep to bo inoculated." According Ac-cording to the United States public health department, which supplies the vaccine, the product Is expensive, expen-sive, but is supplied without cost, except for a small charge for tho administering physician. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Two applications ap-plications seeking a total of $S0,000, under the self-liquidating projects clause of tho Reconstruction Finance Fi-nance corporal Ion act have been received re-ceived by the stale projects committee com-mittee II; Is announced. Eureka applied ap-plied for $;til,0(m to Improve (ho municipal water supply and distribution distri-bution system. The application was signed by Mayor John Church. The town of Trenton In Cache county applied for $ri(),000 to bo used for tho Installation of a water system. |