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Show City To Start Mining Museum City Plans White Way NEW BLEACHERS BUILT ir,r,M0 TO BK SPKNT ON KOA1J y t'KK CKNT OAKS KKCOVKKK1) t'OXTKACT KOK KOAI) LKT I. Kill At a meeting in the Memorial Mem-orial building recently, the committee in charge of the homecoming celebra-was celebra-was named. One day will Lie named ('tali licet Si gar day. In connection tion to be held next August 1" to 1", wiLli the home-coming a rodeo will be held. Over $S.(KK) will be spent in remodeling, re-modeling, enlarging and Improving the rodeo grounds west of hehi. KIXGIIAM Plans for an unusual museum of mining in the Kinghum high school at f'oppcrlon were discussed discuss-ed at a recent meeting of the liing-hain liing-hain Kiwanis club, school authorities and represeniatives of the student hr.dy. Kdgar M. I.edyard, president of the Utah Historical Landmarks association, as-sociation, was the principal speaker. Plans were presented and it was agreed that work will slart on the museum, which will comprise two or three rooms in the high school building. build-ing. It "is proposed to have three main exhibits, one of old mining relics, re-lics, another of modern products, and a complete mining library. HI'iliER The Wasatch county high school senior class, as its project, has presented to the school the new bleachers bleach-ers with 4H0 seating capacity in the high school gym. All material for the bleachers was financed by the class and the labor was furnished by the school shop students, who, under AVHlinm McKell, supervised the construction con-struction and worked many days after school, with the assistance of other faculty members, to have the seats installed. in-stalled. PARK CITY Installation of proposed pro-posed "White way" on Park City's Main street has been assured. The installation consists of foriy-three ornamental or-namental standards, with 1000 candle-power candle-power 'lamps, and will be installed on Main street, between Second -and Seven! Sev-en! h streets, at a cost of approximately approximate-ly 15,000, the cost of installation to be borne by the abutting property owners own-ers over a period of ten years. OGDKN Election of officers and: adopticu of resolutions were the closing clos-ing features of the two-day convention of the State Horticultural society in the Hotel Bigeluw recently. PAYSOX The annual stockholders meeting of the Strawberry high line canal company was held recently. President Taylor stated that operation charges of the company have decreased decreas-ed on an average of from $1 to 00 cents. The crop report showed that fruit, especially peaches, reaped the highest profit and that sugar beets and canning crops were good. SALT LAKE The state road commission com-mission has awarded to the Reynolds-Ely Reynolds-Ely Construction company contract for the building of G.l miles of highway high-way on U. S. route 50, the last stretch to be completed on the highway between be-tween Thompson and the Colorado-Utah Colorado-Utah line. The contract includes two bridges ; and the contractor's share for the labor involved will be'?S7,5ai.-02, be'?S7,5ai.-02, ut present quality estimates. FKOVO An intensive ediuiational 'ampaigu to bring about a greater consumption of dairy products instead uf imported substitutes will be launched launch-ed iu Utah comity in the near future under the direction of Lyman II. Rich, county agent, representing the extca-si; extca-si; n service, cooperating in the drive are all the schools' of the county including in-cluding the B. Y. U. ; Smith-Hughs instructors; in-structors; the Provo chamber of commerce com-merce and other civic clubs of the county. Stores throughout the county coun-ty have agreed to cooperate by featuring featur-ing displays of Utah county products during the first two weeks in February. Febru-ary. LOGAN A total of $155,000 will be spent on the Logan canyon road this year, providing the county or state will contribute $37,500, according to Supervisor Carl B. Arentson, of the Cache national forest. Mr. Arentsou has been advised that ?75,0vt) of the forest service funds is available for construction work on the section of the Logan canyon road extending from the lish hatchery to the forks. BRIGUAM CITY A committee of Brigham City citizens headed by Mayor May-or James E. Halverscn, met with the Boxcluer couiny commission in reference refer-ence to securing Boxelder county's proportional share of the amount al-loted al-loted by the federal government to meet the imemployni. nt emergency act, the total amount of which is $si,-000,000. $si,-000,000. of this amount, it is understood under-stood that $!rJU,UOU is Utah's proportion. propor-tion. PUOYO The Provo city commission commis-sion was asked to assume early jurisdiction juris-diction of Ihe proposed sewer district No. li J to serve the west side of p'rovo. when a deiegatiou of property owu-er.s owu-er.s from tiiis part of the city met with tiie coiuiussioii. PROVO Officers of the Santaquiu chamber of coauueice asked the Utah county commission for au appropriation appropria-tion to aid in repairing and building nine miles of road in Santaquiu cuu-you. cuu-you. The commission agreed to match mouej' with the forest officials. |