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Show UTAH BRIEFS Centerfk-ld 1 II Clubs hold a successful suc-cessful Achievement Lhiy meeting. Salt Luke A veterans' hospital to cost 3400,000 is planned. Springville A wholesale dog poi-sioning poi-sioning campaign, in which 50 dogs are reported to have been killed here recently, is causing a great deal of excitement ex-citement in this city. State Capitol The over grazing of canyon lands is blamed for the recent flood diisasters in Utah. Moroni A new Travel surface will be added to the state highway, starting start-ing at the Moroni city limits, and continuing con-tinuing to il'gcon Hollow, where it will meet the cement three miles to the north of Ephraim. Springville A big crowd is expected expect-ed on September IS, 19, and 20th, at the both birthday of Springville. Seipio Millard county schools will open on September 8th. Provo The new addition to the city water system will cost $75,000.00. Ogden A move to beautify the city is under way. Brigham City Visitors to Ogden report re-port having seen a mountain lion in the neighborhood of that city. Price Sidewalk paving extension Is being planned in this city. Salt Lake A bus line to Price is being considered. Garland A grain warehouse of a capacity of 100,000 bushels is under construction. Brigham City Grain in Box Elder county has with stood rain conditions in fine shape. Panguitch Rains in Southern Utah Ut-ah have benefitted range conditions. Price A ton of water melons were consumed at a recent Boy Scout outing. out-ing. Fairview A home coming celebration celebra-tion is successfully held with a good attendance. Springville Floods cause a loss of $10,000 at state fish hatchery. Gunnison Work on the West View dam at Redmond has been stopped for a time due to rising waters. The dam was recently washed out by floods. Tremonton Box Elder county fair will be held September IS, 19 and 20. Salt Lake The Democratic state convention will be held in Salt Lake, if suitable meeting pl.ce can be obtained ob-tained for that day. University of Utah Freshmen are to register for the autumn quarter at the University on September 25, it is announced by university officials. Ephraim A unit of. the cattle marketing mar-keting association is planned. Midvale The new building at the University of Utah for the engineering engineer-ing department will be completed on September 1st. Salt Lake Cily A branch of the National Na-tional Plan, Flower and Fruit Guild is planned. Mona Dean Johnson, 15, of Salt Lake City, was killed when an automobile auto-mobile overturned. Provo Collections from Utah estates, es-tates, for inheritance taxes, were $1-04,275.83 $1-04,275.83 during the two years ending June 30, last ; while in the two years beginning July 1, 1926, ' they w-ere $400,109.59. Collections from foreign estates were $200,230.43 the past bi-ennium, bi-ennium, and $203,G27.99 in the preceding. pre-ceding. ! Spanish Fork A plan is being formed form-ed for a cattle growers association. Provo Taxpayers in this city will be required to pay taxes this year on a '2.54 mills higher levy this year than for 1929 if the levies of the various va-rious taxing units are approved by the state board of equiliaztion. The total levy this year is 45.63 mill as compared compar-ed wilt 43.09 for last year. American Fork Preliminary plans . for the first unit of the state training school for the feeble-minded to be built at this city have been approved at a joint meeting of trustees' of the school and members of the state building commission and architects. Murray J. B. Walker and R. E. Walker, contractors, are made defendants defend-ants in a complaint filed by the Denver Den-ver and Rio Grande Western railroad for $403 damages said to have been caused to a locomotive when it struck a truck on the tracks of the railroad. The railroad contends that the truck was negligently left on a curve. Provo Utah apple growers in marketing mar-keting their crop are urged to bear in mind that the Utah law forbids the sale of wormy apples. Duchesne This county will harvest beans from five thousand acres. State Capitol Secretary Welling has decided that the proposed amendments amend-ments to the state constitution to be voted on at the fall elections shall be published in the following order: 1. The resolution relating to the filling of vacancies in the legislature. 2. The resolution relating to thi classification of property. 3. The resolution relating to the state school fund and the manner of distributing its interest. 4. The resolution on taxation of mines. 5. The resolution creating a state tax commisison. Brigham City D. II. Madsen has become assistant purchaser for the Federal park service. Lehi A larjte attendance marked the 9th annual meeting of the Indian War veterans. Richfield The Sevier county school tax levy has been set at 13.5 mills by a resent meeting held in Richfield. Ogden The 1931 convention of the Utah Grocers association will be held in this city. 6. The resolution providing for changing the location of tite state luUon 'nd other state institutions. I |