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Show Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers 75 PER CENT OF TAX ALTO LICENSE OFFICES KODENT CONTROL FUND SNOW SOTLY SMALL IIEDICAL RELIEF PLAN SALT LAKE CITY, UT. From the TJtah general property tax bill of $17,4SL097 in 1033, according to the 75 per cent collections already indicated in reports from 21 counties, coun-ties, there was collected in the state at the delinquency date, $13,-113,072, $13,-113,072, it is computed in the office of-fice of the state tax commission. SALT LAKE CITY, L'T. Five branch offices for issuing automobile automo-bile licenses will be opened in Ltah as follows: Brigham City, Logan, Ogden, Provo and the city and county building in Salt Lake City. BOISE, IDA. Protests of western west-ern woolgrowers and livestock men at curtailment of predatory animal control by the department of agriculture agri-culture workers will probably be effective, it appears from a report that President Roosevelt has asked congress to appropriate $32S,540 for predatory animal and rodent control. con-trol. JUNCTION, L'T. An inspection was made on the range between Thompson creek and Monroe canyon can-yon which shows snow measurements measure-ments of from four to eighteen inches. in-ches. At the same elevation and about the same dates In 1933 it was from ten inches to thirty-six inches. LAS VEGAS, NEV The road connecting the Boulder dam with Kingman, Arizona, will be extended extend-ed soon, according to word received here. The highway will include one bridge 160 feet long and several deep cuts. MT. PLEASANT, UT. Births in this city were almost double the number of deaths in 1933. The annual an-nual report of vital statistics shows that 77 babies were born here last year 12 boys and 35 girls. There were 63 babies born here in 1932. OGDEN, UT. A medical and dental den-tal service has been launched by the Ogden medical relief organization. organiza-tion. Only those on relief rolls are to be granted this service. Plans of the organization call for medical care to be limited to the home, with no hospitalization or nursing fees allowed. PROVO, UT. Acute cases needing need-ing immediate medical attention, among families on relief rolls, will be cared for under the new medical relief organization which is in effect ef-fect in. Utah county. Every doctor in the county, under the plan, will become part of the system in connection con-nection with the CWA nursing system. No fee is paid for the examination ex-amination of children in the child health recovery program. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Salt Lake county wheat farmers, who are co-operating in the federal government's gov-ernment's wheat reduction plan have received checks totaling $10,-000. $10,-000. The total to be paid out in Salt Lake county is more than $30,000 and Tooele county farmers will receive re-ceive around $20,000. POCATELLO, IDA.CWA employees em-ployees at the Pocatello airport 7 miles northwest of this city, have moved 2300 cubic yards of gravel for surfacing and 1200 cubic yards for leveling the field. Three crews of 77 workers and 30 teams are engaged en-gaged in the project. OGDEN, UT. Between July 1 and December 31, 1933, the work of the bureau of public works in Ogden Og-den showed a great increase over work done in the same period of any previous year, according to the district engineer. PRICE, UT. Twenty-eight permits per-mits for buildings, involving the expenditure ex-penditure of around IS thousand dollars were issued in 1033, according accord-ing to the annual report of the city building inspector. ST. ANTHONY, IDA. Nearly 250,000 sheep and 12,000 cattle and horses were grazed in the Targhee national, forest during 1033. A maximum max-imum of 11,700 head of cattle and horses were permitted to graze and 21S.493 head of sheep. The actual number grazed Is below maximum, a difference of 12,017 in the sheep and 45 in cattle and horses SALT LAKE CITY UT. Approximately Approx-imately $15,000 was added to monthly month-ly payrolls of Salt Lake when 125 machinists and car workers returned to work at the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad shops recently. "Traffic has shown a substantial Increase In-crease during the past 90 days," the traffic manager stated, in explaining ex-plaining the increase In employment. employ-ment. ErilRAIir, UT. Ephraim city plans to establish a tree nursery. The purpose of the nursery will tie to furnish, free of charge or at a very small cost, suitable young shade trees for planting about town to replace the old trees that are so i rapidiy being cut down. j OGDEN UT. An average of !?250:) has been loaned to property owners through the federal Home Owners' Loan corporation branch ; in Ogden. A total of 10 loans have j been made In the Ogden district j |