OCR Text |
Show Intermonntain News ( Briefly Told by Busy Readers I I Sl'MMKK WHITE HOI SK PLAN PIBLICITV DRIVE ! to noi.n stock snow ) TO PROTECT CAME SNOW IS SCANTY CHEYENNE. WYO. Plans fur establishment of a summer While House on the shores of Brooklyn lake, in the Jackson Hole country, are going forward. In anticipation that President Hoover might spend a vacation there this summer, the Mt. Stales Telephone and Telegraph company is planning a $200,000 telephone tel-ephone circuit into the territory. GRACE, IDA. $230 has been appropriated ap-propriated by the county commissioners commis-sioners to finance the annual Black and White day to be, held here in May. IOCATEI.LO, IDA. The local chamber of commerce will make a good will tour of Kemmerer and other points in Wyoming in May. NAM PA, IDA. Members of the Nampa Fish and Game league are planning to construct a group of trout rearing ponds, with a view of making the Boise valley a better place to fish and hunt. CALDWELL, IDA. Members of the chamber of commerce from Boise to Weiser are planning a cooperative co-operative campaign of publicity for western Idaho. The main project will be a booklet, containing information infor-mation about this section of the slate. COALVILLE, UT. Snow depths on watershed of upper Weber river serving the Echo reservoir are less this year than for several seasons, according to data gathered by a snow survey recently. POCATELLO, IDA. A financial report presented recently to the cily council showed Pocatello's indebtedness in-debtedness has been reduced from $015,000 a year ago to .$582,000 at present. NAMPA, IDA. 150 men have been employed by the Oregon Short Line railroad for the work of re-ballasting re-ballasting 50 miles of the track on its right of way between this city and Glenns Ferry. MORONI, UT. Citizens have organized or-ganized a local corps to fight the coddling moth and to preserve apples ap-ples and other fruit from destruction, destruc-tion, TOOELE, TJT.-An extensive war has been started by the farmers of Tooele county for the eradication of ground squirrels. The pocket gopher campaign started early in March has been successful. PROVO, UT Adoption of a uniform un-iform wage scale for strawberry pickers was agreed upon by unanimous unani-mous action of representative growers grow-ers of Provo Bench at meeting held recently at Orem. FARMINGTON, UT. The dates for the Davis county farm bureau day and fair were set as August 25 and 2G at a meeting of Davis county farm bureau officers. PROVO, UT. Strong condemnation condemna-tion of any increases in this year's tax levy in Provo City and school district was voiced in a set of resolutions res-olutions adopted by the members of the Provo real estate board at a recent meeting. OGDEN, UT. The 14th Ward L. D. S. chapel at Adams avenue between Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Thirty-eighth streets, erected at a cost of $53,000 was damaged to the estimated esti-mated amount of $20,000 by a fire. SPANISH FORK, UT. At a meeting of the Nebo district board of education members voted to bond the district for $250,000 in order to carry out a building program. The board will conduct an educational campaign for the informing of the public as to the need of the expansion. expan-sion. MONROE, UT. For each quart of flies Monroe residents catch and bring to the city council in April, fifty cents will be paid. In May the price is to be 25 cents per quart.. This announcement was made with the order of city officials to clean up yards, ditches and corrals. TONOPAII, NEV. A new ore body 30 feet wide has been struck on the Gold Dome mine, 30 miles south of Battle Mountain. The new ore was opened on the 250 foot level lev-el and will be developed. MOSCOW, IDA. Concentrates to the amount of 38,701 tons were produced pro-duced !' the Hecla Mining company com-pany operating in the Coeur d' Alone district in northern Idaho, the past year. These concentrates had a value of $1,700,700. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Declar-, Declar-, ing that Idaho needs a greater outlet out-let for her potato crop if the state is to continue in the market, the Idaho Potato Dealers association decided to file a freight rate complaint com-plaint with the interstate commerce commission and the Idaho public-utilities public-utilities commission. Reduction on all potato shipments to territory east of Chicago will be asked. OGDEN, UT. A lady, recently arrested by the police, has brought suit for damages totalling $15,000, for alleged loss occasioned by the arrest. CALDWELL, IDA. About C50U automobile licenses have been issued iss-ued in Canyon county this year. A reduction of 3'JOO llccn.-cs as compared com-pared with last year is shown. SALT LAKE C1Y, UT. An increase in-crease of $GSs,r:;2.1(5 in total resources re-sources of all 12 banks of Salt Lake City is noted in the comparative statement of 1930 and 1031'. |