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Show Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers STATE SCHOOL FUNDS PLAN WINTER WORK MANY PROJECTS LOOM CELEBRATE TOMATO DAY WILL TRAIN OFFICERS BOISE, IDA. The state school fund has $124,750 to disburse to the counties for educational purposes during the coming year. A larger sum is expected to be available in October. OGDEN, TJT Preparations are to be made by regional forest officials of-ficials to carry out President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's plan for operating the C. C. C. camps in the national forests during dur-ing the winter months, it is announced announc-ed by Assistant Regional Forester C. N. Woods. The forest official believes be-lieves that it will be possible to do some winter work on the Dixie national na-tional forest in southern Utah and that roads may be built in winter along the Salmon river in Idaho. It ia not anticipated that a large quantity of work can be carried on in the national forests of Region 4, owing to weather conditions. MT. PLEASANT, TJT. Public work funds will be sought for the following projects : City pipeline replacements, re-placements, approximately five miles of steel pipe, replacing the old wooden pipe at a cost of ,f 30.G07.74 ; new water storage tank, holding 438,000 gallons of water, $7942.55; fire department needs, $3009.09; 12.9 miles of street surfacing and graveling, $10,070 ; swimming pool, 60 by 120 feet, with three to twelve feet depth, dressing rooms and shower, show-er, including $1000 for ground site, $7579.52. The total is $GS,208.90. BURLEY, IDA. Repairs and alterations al-terations to the school buildings of Burley independent district are be1 ing rushed to completion for the opening of the school term, September Septem-ber 5th. HOOPER, TJT. The city will hold a Tomato day celebration in September. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. Approximately Ap-proximately 100 commissioned officers offic-ers of the Third reserve corps area will undergo training of one week each at Fort Douglas ' during September, area officials announced. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. Fifteen hundred rams, including the principal princi-pal breeds of the west, have been consigned to Salt Lake for the annual an-nual ram sale sponsored by the National Na-tional Woolgrowers' association, F. R. Marshall, secretary reports. The sale will be conducted September 12 to 14, inclusive, at the stockyards. stock-yards. CHALLIS, IDA. The government is asking for bids on a project which covers 9.012 miles on the Ketclium-Clnyton road in the Chal-lis Chal-lis national forest in Custer county. This will be an earth graded road In connection with concrete material, mate-rial, grubbing and clearing for the highway. The cost is estimated at $1SO,000. OGDEN, TJT. U. S. road-building plans include a project on the Sevier summit road' of 7.282 miles, located partly in the Dixie national forest in Kane county. The work will include grading, excavation and surfacing with crushed run of rock and oil mixture. The engineer's estimate of the cost of this project is about $75,000. OGDEN, TJT. Rate reductions, in some cases amounting to 50 per cent, have been announced recently by the Southern Pacific lines on carload car-load grain shipments from northwestern north-western Utah pwints to Salt Lake and Ogden. CEDAR CITY, UT. A. E. Jordan, Jor-dan, 49, a resident of Pleasant Grove, died in the Cedar City hospital of a fractured skull and a fractured pelvis suffered when he was thrown from the top of a truck 30 feet to the bottom of a ravine near here. LOGAN, UT. D. P. Murray, state 4-H club leader, has announced that club contests and exhibits will be held at the Utah State Agricultural college September 18, 19 and 20 because be-cause no state fair will be held this year, at which they are usually held. Mr. Murray said delegates from 25 of the 29 counties in the state would be present. Events to be held include in-clude judging contests in agriculture, forestry and home economics ; style dress revue, health contest and club demonstrations. Suitable prizes will be awarded to winners in the various vari-ous contests and for the exhibits ef work done by the boys and girls during the present club year. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The American Rambonillet Sheep Breeder's Breed-er's association will hold a meeting here September 12. FILLMORE, UT. A cloudburst damaged this city a few days ago. MULLAX, IDA. Mrs. L. P. Marion Mari-on leaped from nn automobile, near here, traveling 50 miles an hour, rolled rol-led 60 feet down a boulder strewn embarkment, and escaped with cuts and bruises. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Due to a combination of ample snows last winter In the mountains of Utah and Colorado and of undrrgrazing due to smaller herds, range conditions condi-tions and forage crops in the two states are probably the best In years |