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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told by Busy Readers ( KAIL TAX FIGURES RODEO KINGS ENTER j ( FIRE FIGHT PLAN ) BUILDING BEGINS J ) U. S. WANTS MEN f SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The D. S. Marine Corps has opened a recruiting re-cruiting office here for the first time since 192S. Sergeant Frederick P. Portfert is in charge and Is recruiting re-cruiting men between tbe ages of 18 and 30 years. This recruiting office of-fice is the only one between St Louis and San Francisco. LAS VEGAS, NEV. An early beginning be-ginning of what will eventually lie a million dollar building program is announced by the Coruero' brothers of Lns Vegas, who state that the new GO-room two story hotel ho-tel building is to be the first unit; SMITHFIELD, UT. More than one thousand Cache county school children paraded in the nnnunl Health day festival. The parade was featured with picturesque figures, some showing the knight of health. Others carried posters that . their school was 100 per cent with good teeth. OGDEN, UT. A survey of wild life and game conditions in the Kai-bab Kai-bab national forest of Arizona will be conducted in June by the forest service with the cooperation of a number of naturalist and outdoor life organizations, it is announced by C. E. Rachford, assistant forester forest-er in charge of range management in the Washington office. Overcrowding Over-crowding of the preserves recently necessitated the removal of part of the Kalbab deer by transplanting to other lands In the southwest and by hunting. POCATELLO, IDA. A pageant portraying Pioneer Days will be held to celebrate, July 4th. OGDEN, . UT. Special preparations prepara-tions for fire control on tbe national nation-al forests of Utah are being inaugurated inaug-urated by the forest service in anticipation anti-cipation of one of the driest years on record. Fire fighting organizations organiza-tions of the service may be bolstered bolster-ed up with ten additional protective guards, which would be installed in eight forests of Utah and Idaho If present plans succeed. Weather bureau bur-eau records show that precipitation from Oct. 1, 1030 to April 30, 1031, Is lower than any of the last four or five bad fire years, with one exception. ex-ception. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Illiteracy Illiter-acy in Utah has been reduced 37 per cent in the Inst decade, according accord-ing to a bureau of census report released re-leased In Salt Lake by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. In 1930 the number of persons in Utah 10 years of age or older unable un-able to read and write was 4,640 or 1.2 per cent, ns compared with 0,204 persons or 1.9 per cent 10 years ago, the report shows. BLACKFOOT, IDA. More than a score of present and past rodeo champions will contend for honors nt the fifth annual American Legion rodeo at Blackfoot June 18, 10 and 20. Postponement of the world series rodeos in London, Paris and Berlin until 1932, releases these riders rid-ers for the Blackfoot rodeo. More than 200 high class artists had been contracted to make the European Euro-pean trip, and now ninny of the champions have signified their intention in-tention of entering the local rodeo. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Assessed Asses-sed valuation of railroads, ns fixed by the state tax commission for 1931, and subject to hearing of any protests taxpayers may have, has been announced ns totaling $100,-012,150. $100,-012,150. This is $-1,503,005' In excess ex-cess of the total assessed value on which railroads under the Jurisdiction Jurisdic-tion of the state board of equalization equaliza-tion paid taxes In 1930. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Dagger, Utah's smallest county, reported to the state tax commission an assessed assess-ed valuation slightly in excess of that on which It paid taxes In 1930. HAGERMAN, IDA. While tilling till-ing at his home near here recently, Fred Conklin dug up the rusted barrels bar-rels of an ancient shotgun and a ring from the hub of an old lynch pin wagon. MOSCOW, IDA. The fire In the Clearwater national forest has spread to 7000 acres. One hundred fifty men are fighting it. They waded wad-ed through snow to reach the I flames. WALLACE, IDA. Miners' wages In tbe Conor d'Alcne district will be cut 25 cents a day. effective nt once, a notice posted states. Miners will get $1.75, muckers, $1.25. timbermen $5.25 and shift bosses $0.25. SALT LAKE CITY. UT. Stnte highways passing over three of the higher mountain ranges of Utah have recently been ripened to traffic, traf-fic, It Is announced by the stnte rond commission In its hl-weekly bulletin, giving the condition of roads on the state system. GOODING, IDA. Tbe arson trial of A. M. (Jack) Terry has been continued to the September term of court. A Jury which bejird his trial recently failed to agree. Terry Is accused In connection with the burning of a Ilagerman pool ball. PKOVO, UT. If Hie city's population popu-lation continues to Increase us It bos In the past, I'rovo must be prepared pre-pared to finance another water main from I'rovo canyon and another reservoir re-servoir within ten year? '( ig r ported. |