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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers AMPLE WATER SCPPLY. RATE CASE TO BE TRIED. TAX WAR IS PLANNED. MAKE FEWER ARRESTS. BLISTER FIGHT LRGED. TROVO, UT. Ample supply of water for the coming season is forecast fore-cast on the Provo river water shed, from the recent report on precipitation. precipita-tion. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Hearing Hear-ing of the application of the Utah Citizens' Rate association for a 50 cent a ton reduction in intrastate freight rates on coal has been set for January 21, at the state Capitol. Capi-tol. RICHFIELD, UT. Movement for a state-wide strike of Utah property prop-erty owners against payment of any taxes iless the present levies are reduce, at least 50 per cent, was launched at a mass meeting of Sevier Se-vier county citizens, called by the county tax committee with Abe Hansen as chairman. The resolution resolu-tion flatly demands the reduction and calls upon property owners of other counties to join in the demand. LOGAN, UT. A decided reduction reduc-tion in activities of the Logan police pol-ice department during the past year, is noted in the annual report of the police chief. About as half as many arrests were made as in the previous prev-ious year. BOISE, IDA. Federal aid in the prevention of the spread of blister blis-ter rust, a disease which destroys trees, has been asked by the American Amer-ican Forestry Association. The blister blis-ter rust situation constitutes an emergency of national concern in America's inland empire Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon OGDEX, UT. In the presence of ten witnesses, Detective Gale, paid off an election dare by walking in a barrel from Washington avenue to 25th street. Because of the cold weather he was permitted to wear clothing. Gale had agreed to the stunt in the event of Senator Reed Smoot's defeat. OGDEX, UT. Two million sacks of sugar were manufactured at the 5 plants of the Amalgamated Sugar Sug-ar company this season, being the largest production in the history of the company, it is reported. The highest previous production was one and one-half million sacks of sugar. MALAD, IDA. During the past year 450,000 dozen eggs passed thru the local candling plant. While the egg market was in a slump for a greater part of the year, eggs delivered de-livered here were of such high quality that local poultrymen received re-ceived over $73,000 for their crop. BUR LEY, IDA. Sheep, chickens, and turkeys on farms of the Bur-ley Bur-ley irrigation district have shown considerable decrease in numbers since the 1931 census, the livestock report recently submitted to the irrigation ir-rigation district board shows. The report shows 5TS1 head of sheep, 20.050 chickens and 1542 turkeys IIAILEY, IDA. The Blaine county coun-ty Farmers' Cooperative association associa-tion assisted state and federal veterinarians vet-erinarians in checking several epidemics epi-demics during the past year. This included tesling of 400 cattle for contagious abortion, S per cent, being be-ing found infected. LOGAN", UT. All records for issuance is-suance of marriage licenses were upset up-set in 1032, according to the records of the county clerk's office. During the past twelve months, 000 marriage mar-riage licenses were issued, as compared com-pared with 003 in 1031. Two-thirds of the licenses issued were to Idaho couples, the records reveal, 414 Idaho Id-aho couples receiving licenses in Logan, as compared with 231 Utah couples. PRICE, UT. Tony Myers, IS, of Consumers, died of internal injuries suffered when ho crashed into a signpost while coasting on the hills near Consumers. The accident occurred oc-curred while he was traveling down the hillside at a high rate of speed. SALT LAKE CITY, UT An area of 25,107,820 acres, or about 40,000 square miles, in the public domain of Utah is unappropriated and open for filing and of this amount, 13,-050,351 13,-050,351 acres have been surveyed, it is announced by the register of the IT. S. land office here. In 1032 nearly 200 final certificates for homesteads were granted, compared Willi more than 400 In 3U31, Mr. . Taylor, the register, reports, explaining ex-plaining that the decrease is due largely to the extension of time granled by Congress as an economic econom-ic relief measure. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The Reconsl ruction Finance corporation has made available an additional 2 . million dollars for the use of the farmers and livestock growers of the west, it is announced by the manager of Ihe Salt Lake office of the Agricultural Credit corpora I ion. El'IlKAl M, VT.--Three hundred to four hundred men and boys of this city paiiicipaled In a highly successful rabbit hunt recently. It Is estimated that more than three thousand rabbits were driven Into the wire netting "V" and Killed. A large part of Ihe rabbits were donated to the needy of Salt Lake (Ml. v. JUNCTION, UT. According lo n report, of t he county treasurer, the tax payments Tor 1032 are only fit) iH'r cent of the taxes assessed. |