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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers SEED CROP SMALLER. BEETS ARE SWEETER. 500 MEN RE-EMPLOYED. ARMISTICE DAY FETE. ALL IN SCHOOL BUT ONE. McCammon, ID A. In the neighborhood of GCOO tons of beets will be produced in the McCammon district acreage under the control of the Amalgamated Sugar company, com-pany, according to officials of the concern. PEOYO, TJT. It is estimated that nearly 1,000,000 tons of beets will be harvested in Utah, more than 200,000 tons more than the 19-31 19-31 production figure. The average sugar content last year was approximately approx-imately 17 per cent. This year the sugar content is higher and the crop will yield a greater return to the growers. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. Alfalfa Alfal-fa seed production in Utah this year is estimated at 1,200,000 pounds, compared with 3,500,000 pounds last year, says a report Issued by the federal statistician. Production for the entire country Is expected to be 40 per cent smaller small-er than last year, but prices will be better and will make up a part of the loss. WALLACE, IDA. His right lung and liver punctured by a fall on his hunting knife, Frank Smith, 43, a placer miner, struggled through the darkness for more than a mile before he reached aid. The man said he was carrying the knife in his pocket when he slipped on wet grass and fell. SALT LAKE CITY, UT The state road commission will open bids November 8 on the overhead crossing and approaches where the new federal highway entering Salt Lake from the west will cross the Western Pacific tracks, near the Salt Lake-Tooele county line. The structure is expected to cost $75,000, with approaches, and to be about 2000 feet long. The overhead over-head structure proper will accomodate accom-odate a single track of railroad, with standard clearances. LOGAN, UT Cornish, a small community . in the northwestern part of Cache county, believes 100 per cent in education. According to the report of the Cornish school principal, the Cornish elementary schools have only one school child absent from a list of 13G, and this Is caused by illness. PROYO, UT. More than 500 men have been given work under the direct relief projects under way in Provo, according to the records re-cords of the relief committee. RICHFIELD, UT. Richfield is making plans for its annual Armistice Ar-mistice day celebration. The event is sponsored by the American Legion, Le-gion, National Guards, Richfield high and the various civic organizations. organi-zations. The program will consist of a football game along with boxing, box-ing, wrestling, a parade and a patriotic pat-riotic program followed by a big dance. EPHRAIM, UT. The sheep of Sanpete came off the Manti reserve re-serve in the best condition in many years. The forage this summer sum-mer on the ranges in southern Utah has all been exceptionally good this year. This was due to the small lamb crop of last spring, In that the feed w-as left for the ewes rather than an equal amount of lambs as has been the case in former years. COEUR d'ALENE, IDA. Federal Feder-al Mining and Smelting company has announced that in order to help carry its employes Uirough the winter it would reopen the Tage and Morning mines in this district of Idaho. The properties will bo operated 12 days a month. The company's most iniortant output is silver, followed by lead and zinc. The Morning mine is its leading development. OGDEN, UT. The pine beetle epidemic which broke out on the Wasatch national forest about two years ago, threatened with destruction destruc-tion about 1,7."0,000.00(1 feet of matured lodge pole pine, is now definitely under control it is announced. an-nounced. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A total of :2.7!)7, fingerprints had been received re-ceived and filed by the slate criminal crim-inal identification and investigation investiga-tion during the Mennium ending on June 30, lir.2. SALT LAKE CITY.UT. Celery week will lie observed November 13 to 10, according to plans made nt a meeting of the chamber of commerce's com-merce's agricultural commit li e. Merchants and citizens will be urged urg-ed to advocate I be slogan, "Eat More Utah Celery." LlOIl I, I "P. Shades of I he old West bac been cast; over Lchi and ils environs recently, with a wholesale whole-sale stealing of cattle from Holds and liens. Instances are reported when' entile have been stolen from the eoniimini I y and private stockyards; urban corrals; slaughtered slaught-ered In Molds, ami leisurely dressed and denned during the night, hours. r.KA vi:i;, i"" t of iin- r.cav- or h!"h school foolliel! players have been unfurl una : e eMotc li to each have a rib broken lips sea on. |