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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers LABOR IS EMPLOYED TLKKEY CHOPS LARGE CHILD WELFARE MEET ALFALFA BATTLE PLANS INDIAN SUMMER PUZZLE -SALT LAKE CITY, LIT. It is expected that the Utah turkey shipment ship-ment this year will total over 20 car loads. BOISE, IDA. Educators, social workers, medical men and public spirited citizens from all parts of Idaho will convene at Boise, Nov. 2J and 25 at the call of Gov. C. Ben Itoss for a state White House conference on child health and protection, pro-tection, following the work of the national conference held in Washington Wash-ington some time ago at the call of President Hoover. MORONI, TJT. Despite very cold nights, the summer days are swelling swel-ling the buds on (lie trees at Moroni. Gophers frolic near the railroad tracks, and many of the migratory birds, already south in other years, seem undecided as to where to make their winter homes. CEDAR CITY, UT. Poultry men of this section are being urged by specialists from the Logan college and the county office, to begin a meat chicken business, rather than compete with other sections of the state and the west in egg producing. The climate here was said to be ideal for fattening birds, with plenty of feed available for that purpose. FAIRFIELD, IDA. Only one pound under California's 16-pound-er about which there has been so much publicity a 15-pound baby has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Manwell. The babe, a fat and healthy son, is believed to be one of the largest if not the largest larg-est ever born in Idaho. Its weight is over twice that of the average baby at birth. BOISE, IDA. Work on the Owyhee dam is several months ahead of schedule, the department of the interior, bureau of reclamation, reclama-tion, anounced recently. The irrigation ir-rigation project is SS per cent completed com-pleted with but 71 per cent of time elapsed. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Despite seasonal declines, Idaho's labor situation sit-uation has shown a comparative improvement im-provement of late, according to Thomas McDouough, state labor director. McDonough said that southern Idaho harvesting operations opera-tions and northern Idaho increased mining activity had tended to absorb ab-sorb the surplus brought about by decrease in lumber operations and the laying off of 400 men utilized in forest fire control.. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The alfalfa al-falfa wilt disease is to be battled in Salt Lake county. The county will secure a 10-year lease on two tracts of land, one at Union and the other at Sandy, both of which are now heavily infected with the bacteria. On these tracts 30 different dif-ferent varieties of alfalfa and the same classes grown in many different differ-ent parts of the world will be planted plant-ed in patches. Under natural conditions condi-tions the most resistent variety would survive if any did. The professors pro-fessors hope by close observation to determine the best variety and the' most healthy plants and by seed selection to develop here a type of alfalfa that will starve the bacteria to death. Salt Lake county has 30,000 acres of alfalfa in jeopardy. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The slate road commission spent $021,-335.04 $021,-335.04 during October, of which $140,000 was for maintenance, $18,000 for equipment, salaries and general expenses, and $403,000 for general construction work. Salt Lake county saw the expenditure of $127,000 of this latter amount; Utah county, $57,000; Carbon, $45,-000; $45,-000; Kane, $37,000: Iron, $20,000 Tooele, $22,000; Uintah, $33,000 and Washington, $17,000. OGDEN, UT. The orders for shipment of wheat to China is greatly improving prices in the west according to local grain dealers. WENDELL, IDA. Movement is underway bore to erect a swimming swim-ming pool and skating pond. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. W. Y. Cannon, Idaho manager of the Utah Idaho Sugar company, announced that $1,250,000 will be paid growers grow-ers for beets delivered in this season. FAItMIXGTOX. UT. A 1 I 0 r-rhardists r-rhardists are advised by H. I'. Mathews, district agricultural inspector, in-spector, to clear the weeds from immediately im-mediately around trees to prevent damage by rodents. Last year much damage was done as a result re-sult of neglect and many trees were completely gilded. Much of this could have been prevented had j proper precautions been taken. j SALT LAKE CITY, I T. Range water supplies are scarce in Utah with forage generally dry and i short, making the hauling of water i and the trailing of sheep necc-sary in S'jine sc-tiuns, according to the range, weather and livestock re-i re-i port of .1. Cecil Alter. federal meteoilogisl in charge of the Salt j Lake weather bureau. LOGAN, UT. Records at the local plain of Hie Utah Poultry association as-sociation show that during the past year business increased .'IS per cent over Hie figures of last year. |