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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readera R. F. C. APPROVES. LOW TAXES URGED. WIN NATIONAL FAME. AMPLE WATER LOOMS. BEES GIVE WELCOME. BLACKFOOT, IDA. Shelley has been selected as the 1933 summer Kansas club picnic town. POCATELLO, IDA. Increase of more than $100,000 in building permits per-mits in Pocatello was recorded during dur-ing 1932. LOGAN, TJT. Fleeces entered by the Utah State Agricultural college of Logan and W. S. Hansen of Col-linston Col-linston were awarded first and second sec-ond prizes in the purebred division at the International Livestock exposition ex-position at Chicago, recently. The wool show held each year in connection con-nection with the livestock show, attracts at-tracts exhibits from the entire nation. na-tion. BOISE, IDA. Storage water in the Arrowrock and Deer Flat reservoirs reser-voirs is 45.5S1 acre feet in excess of that of the corresponding time last year, it is learned from the Nampa-Meridian Nampa-Meridian Irrigation district's office, and with snow piling up in the hills, indications point to there being an abundance of water for 1933 crops. MIDWAY, UT. Under the direction direc-tion of the Town Board a number of men have been employed on a relief re-lief project, cutting and hauling wood for the widows and aged people peo-ple of the town. PROVO, UT. Snow storms thru central Utah have brought the precipitation pre-cipitation up to normal at many of the snow measuring stations, according ac-cording to the Provo river commissioner. commis-sioner. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The University of Utah's application for a $175,000 R. F. C. loan to build a woman's dormitory on the campus has been approved by the state projects pro-jects committee and forwarded to Washington. POCATELLO, IDA. Under the new law, all animals being brought up for sale, must he inspected, either eith-er while alive or with head and vital vit-al organs attached. PAYETTE, IDA. Fourteen hundred hun-dred and eleven carloads of farm products were shipped out to markets mar-kets this last year from the city of Payette. The shipments were as follows fol-lows : Cattle 15S carloads, hogs Co, sheep 20, horses 1, apples 630, prunes 142, dairy products 142, other oth-er products 1G9. BURLEY, IDA. Close grading of potatoes will be required by the National Na-tional Fruit exchange the remainder remain-der of the season, the Cassia county potato market manager has announced. an-nounced. Market conditions have forced acceptance of only the highest high-est grade potatoes. BURLEY, IDA. A swarm of bees which had hibernated in the walls of a building on a farm east of Bur-ley, Bur-ley, awoke recently and made a big impression. Relatives visiting the owner of the building, were quartered quarter-ed there and built a fire. The fire soon warmed the bees up and the visitors received a welcome in the form of a bee handshake. LOGAN, UT. The annual state 4-II club leaders training course will be held at the Utah Sta 3 Agricultural Agricul-tural college February 27 to March 4, inclusive, it is announced by D. P. Murry, state club leader. A limited lim-ited number of local club leaders depending on the community population popu-lation will be sent to the gathering. gather-ing. Training in methods of organizing organ-izing and conducting 4-H clubs will be given. TROVO, UT. Free milk, payment pay-ment of all relief In cash, no discrimination dis-crimination against no?dy applicants, appli-cants, new clothing for their families fami-lies are some of the demands made on the Utah county commissioners, by spokesmen for a group of P00 "hunger marchers" from all parts of Utah county. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A campaign cam-paign against noxious weeds is to be wagcil throughout the state by the state department of agriculture agricul-ture in cooperation with county and Individual owners according to Harden Bennlon, commissioner of agriculture. Estimates made by the district agricultural inspectors show o7,9.r2 acres of Utah lands infested with white top, morning glory and thistle alone, according to state officials. of-ficials. Results of experimental work have shown that frequent cultivation cul-tivation is the most economical method of noxious weed eradication, eradica-tion, where infested land is so situated sit-uated that tills method can be used, Mr. Reunion explained. It also shows the necessity of early cultivation, culti-vation, as such weeds begin growth shortly after the fuows are off the ground. Adapted seed and frequent cultivation are advocated by the department de-partment officials. LOGAN, UT. Cupid started another an-other record breaking business year in Cache county In January with a total of I!2 marriage licenses Issued as compared with 2!) In .Tnimary, 19:'.'-'. The year 19.T broke all records re-cords for marriage licenscn J 10 ROM K, IDA.--The North Side Canal company will hold Us annual budget meeting February 20. Commit Com-mit Ices will be appointed to determine deter-mine whether water should be slop' jH'd In company canals during winter win-ter months to prevent damage. |