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Show 0 Intermcuntain News -Briefly told for Busy Readers NO TICK CITE SEKL'M DEAF MEET IN MAY 'U RVEY FARM HOMES ID UIO HAS 445.000 PEOPLE FARMERS HAVE CHANCE BOISE, IDA.-Since 1912, 217,-030 217,-030 births have been recorded by the bureau of vital statistics of Idaho, according to Lewis Williams, commissioner com-missioner of public welfare. During the same length of time deaths recorded re-corded have totaled S7.040. The population pop-ulation of the state at the present time is about 445,090. The bureau was set up in 1912. BOISE, IDA. Farmers who have not signed the federal government wheat reduction contracts will be given another opportunity to do so, Herschel Davidson, special agent for Ada, Boise and Owyhee counties, has announced. ELY, NEV. With an estimated 20,000 tons of $20 gold ore developed at the Willow Patch mine in the Osceola district, a 40-ton amalgamating amalga-mating mill has been put into operation opera-tion to handle the ore. OGDEN, UT. The ninth triennial convention of the Utah Association of the Deaf will convene at the state school for the deaf at Ogden, May 30 to June 2, inclusive,. BOISE, IDA. The supply of serum for tick bite cases has been exhausted, according to official reports. re-ports. LOGAN, UT. The farm housing survey, a C W A project, is nearing completion. This project was conducted con-ducted in three rural areas of Utah and was carried on under direction of the bureau of home economics cooperating with the bureau of agri- . cultural engineering, department of agriculture and the state extension service. The object of the survey was to determine the adequacy of present pres-ent farm housing; to measure the potential demand for improved farm home facilities ; to develop plans for installation with standard specifications specifica-tions adapted to needs of typical sections and to determine the estimated esti-mated cost; to investigate possible methods for financing farm home , improvements. LOGAN, UT. 111 4-H Club Leaders, Lead-ers, of Utah attended the 15th annual training school held here a few days ago. BOISE, IDA. 14 C W A projects are under way in Ada County. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A committee com-mittee of 25 lawyers is considering changes in the state criminal code and will submit a proposed code to the next session of the legislature. BOISE, IDA. A special election will be held April G to decide on proposed changes in the city government. govern-ment. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The crash of the United Airlines passenger pas-senger plane killing 8 persons, has caused Army air mail flyers to use great care in making flights. BOISE, IDA. The normal school year for rural schools in Idaho was 1930-31. Federal aid will be granted grant-ed to schools which have run out of funds before completing work of a normal year, measured on the 1930- 31 basis, after having levied the maximum under the law, it is reported re-ported by school officials. EPHRAIM, UT. Heavy and almost al-most continuous storms in the mountains moun-tains east of here recently have brought both the snow depth and the water content well above average, according to measurements made at the Great Basin experiment station. sta-tion. PliOYO, UT. Postal revenues at the local post office are showing a steady increase for 1934 over recent re-cent years. LA VERKIN, UT. The 200 members mem-bers of C C C camp PE-217 here not only are earning money, enjoying good food and living conditions, but are benefiting through courses of vocational education in many lines. TONOPAII, NEV. Large quantities quan-tities of black sand in upper Tula canyon, south of Goldfield, considered consid-ered as carrying no metal values, have recently been found to carry high values in gold, according to assays. as-says. ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. A human hu-man life for every 444,955 tons of coal produced in the state of Wyoming Wyo-ming in 1933 and nonfatal injury for each 17,720 tons taken from the 100 producing mines of the state are recorded in the annual report of Lyman I-I. Fearn, Rock Springs, state inspector of coal mines. AMERICAN FORK, UT. The level of water in Utah Lake is reported re-ported as 0.9 of a foot lower than the level of one year ago. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The annual an-nual Utah state conference of Boy Scout workers will he held in Salt Lake April 5, D. E. Hammond, chief scout executive of the Salt Lake council, announced recently. SALT LAKE CITY, UT In the process of formation is the Property Prop-erty Owners' Tax league, intended as an adjunct of the Salt Lake real estate board. The league's announced purpose will be to adjust "inequalities "inequal-ities of tax burdens now placed on real property," or, in other words, to lower real property taxes. RICHMOND, UT. Richmond has definitely decided tc continue the big annual Black and White dairy day, County Agent 11. L. Wrfeley has announced. The affair will' be conducted in May this year. |