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Show , Intermsuntaln News Briefly Told for Busy Readers TO BlIID IDAHO ROAD LOW STREAM H OW i GREAT ROAD PKOtiKAM ' CARE FOR CHILDREN I DAIRY TEST PLAN OGDEX, UT. Idaho will take immediate steps to complete its portion por-tion of the tT. S. Highway No. 30 south from Burley to the Utah-Idaho line, according to a report of C. Ben Eoss, governor of Idaho, given to the Ogden chamber of commerce. Utah already has completed her share of U. S. 30 south and as soon as a discussion of a realignment between be-tween Burley, Declo and Cottrell is straightened out, Idaho will proceed with work on Its portion of the road. MOSCOW, IDA. Roads to be constructed in this district as soon as surveys are completed are Cougar Coug-ar Gulch hill road ; the highway from Setters to Mud Bay ; the Plummer-St. Maries highway; the road from Moctelme creek to Tensed Ten-sed ; the road from Copeland to Eastport on the Canadian line ; two miles, of road through the Fourth of July canyon to eliminate dan-erous dan-erous curves. These roads, together with other projects, will complete section of an arterial highway program. pro-gram. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A sttjdy of stream flow record completed com-pleted by the Salt Lake district office of-fice of the United States geological survey indicates that 1030 was the lowest runoff year record for several sev-eral streams with records extending extend-ing back from 10 to 30 years. PROVO, UT. Undernourished school children of Provo are to be furnished milk free of charge, Miss Irene Harris, school nurse, reports, following the decision of several civic organizations to contribute toward to-ward a fund for the purchase of the necessary milk. LOGAN, UT. Following a meeting meet-ing of the dairymen of Hyde Park, it was decided to have tests taken of all dairy cattle iu that vicinity for contagious abortion. A dairy chairman and two others, was authorized auth-orized to plot the districts and to organize the work. CHEYENNE, WTO. The greatest great-est highway construction program In tie history of the state will get actively under way soon after March 17, when bids on more than $800,000 in road improvement work are opened here. Z. E. Sevison, highway high-way engineer, said it will be the greatest single totting of highway contracts since the highway department depart-ment was established. Projects included in-cluded in the contracts, to be awarded embrace oiling, grading, gravel surfacing and bridge work in all sections of the state. LOGAN, UT. Rather than cut already low salaries of the Cache oounty school teachers, it is highly probable that the 1931-32 school year will be reduced to eight months. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The southeastern section of Idaho shipped ship-ped 40 carloads of food, nearly two-thirds two-thirds of the total shipped from the state, to the drought-stricken areas, according to word recleved here from F. Lee Johnson, state commissioner commis-sioner of agriculture. Idaho Falls and Aberdeen took first place among communities contributing to the relief fund by shipping seven cars each. Pocalello shipped nine cars including those from Bancroft and Tyliee. SALT LAKE CITT, UT. The 1931 wool clip in Utah can now be adequately financed, both from the standpoint of preshearing advances and commodity loans on wool aTler shearing, James A. Hooper, manager mana-ger of Utah Woolgrowcrs' association, associa-tion, reported on his return from a twelve-day trip to Washington, D. O. OGDEN, UT. C. L. Forsling, director di-rector of the intermountiiin forest range experiment station of the forest for-est service, announces the department depart-ment has been allotted approximately approxi-mately $10,000 to he expended la Utah and Idaho. The greater part of the money will lie used in fencing omall tracts for spring and fall ranges research purposes In the two states. About ?3,(KK) will he expended ex-pended near the experiment station at Erraim nnd about the 5anie amount In the Boise National Forest in Idaho. SALT LAKE CITT, UT. Tho national guard is in the best state of organization, equipment and trainirig in its history, Major General Gen-eral W. G. Eversnn, chief of the militia mi-litia bureau at Washington, said while he was In Stilt Lake on a nation-wide tour of insertion. He praised the excellent condition of the Utah department. PROVO, UT. The twentieth annual an-nual Timpanngos hike, which will be known as the "china wedding hike," will be held July 7 and 18 this year, according to (in announcement announce-ment made by C. J. "Chic" Hart, who will have charge this sum'ui r. BOISE, IDA. Idaho's first shipment ship-ment of freight by air arrived at Oakland, California, In a huge tri-motnred tri-motnred Ford plane of the Western Pacific Air Freighters. The craft carried 2SO0 pounds of fn-h Idaho I Ioultry. j |