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Show j Intermountain News i Briefly Told by Busy Readers ' SUMMER WHITE HOl'SE ! PLAN PUBLICITY DRIVE ( TO HOLD STOCK SHOW TO PROTECT GAME ! j SNOW IS SCANTY '. CHEYENNE, WTO. Plans for establishment of a summer White House on the shores of Brooklyn lake, In the Jackson Hole country, are going forward. In anticipation that President Hoover might spend a vacation there this summer, the Mt. States Telephone and Telegraph company Is planning a $200,000 telephone tel-ephone circuit into the territory. GRACE, IDA. ?200 has been appropriated ap-propriated by the county commissioners commis-sioners to finance the annual Black and White day to be held here tn May. POCA.TELLO, IDA The local chamber of commerce will make a good will tour of Kemmerer and other points in Wyoming in May. NAMPA, IDA. Members of the Nampa Fish and Game league are planning to construct a group of trout rearing ponds, with a Tlew of making the Boise valley a better place to fish and hunt. CALDWELL, IDA. Members of the chamber of commerce from Boise to Weiser are planning a cooperative co-operative campaign of publicity for western Idaho. The main project will be a booklet, containing information infor-mation about this section of tha state. COALVILLE, UT. Snow depths on watershed of upper Weber river serving the Echo reservoir are less this year than for several seasons, according to data gathered by a snow survey recently. POCATELLO, IDA. A financial report presented recently to the city council showed Pocatello's indebtedness in-debtedness has been reduced from $815,000 a year ago to $582,000 at present. NAMPA, IDA. 150 men have been employed by the Oregon Short Line railroad for the work of re-ballasting re-ballasting 50 miles of the track on its right of way between this city and Glenns Ferry. MORONI, UT. Citizens have organized or-ganized a local corps to fight the coddling moth and to preserve apples ap-ples and other fruit from destruction. destruc-tion. TOOELE, UT. An extensive war has been started by the farmers of Tooele county for the eradication of ground squirrels. The pocket gopher campaign started early In March has been successful. PROVO, UT. Adoption of a uniform un-iform wage scale for strawberry pickera was agreed upon by unanimous unani-mous action of representative growers grow-ers of Provo Bench at meeting held recently at Orem. FAltMINGTON, UT. The dates for the Davis county farm bureau day and fair were set as August 25 and 2C at a meeting of Davis county farm bureau officers. PROVO, UT. Strong condemnation condemna-tion of any increases in this year'i tax levy In Provo City and school district was voiced in a set of resolutions res-olutions adopted by the members of the Provo real estate board at a recent meeting. OGDEN, UT. The 14th Ward L. D. S. chapel at Adams avenue between Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Thirty-eighth streets, erected at a cost of $53,000 was damaged to the estimated esti-mated amount of $20,000 by a fire. SPANISH FORK, UT. At a meeting of the Nebo district board of education members voted to bond the district for $250,000 in order to carry out a building program. The board will conduct an educational campaign for the informing of the public as to the need of the expansion. expan-sion. MONROE, UT. For each quart of flies Monroe residents catch and bring to the city council in April, fifty cents will be paid. In May the price is to be 25 cents per quart.. This announcement was made with the order of city officials to clean up yards, ditches and corrals. TONOPAH, NEV. A new ore body 30 feet wide has been struck on the Gold Dome mine, SO miles south of Battle Mountain. The new ore was opened on the 250 foot level lev-el and will bo developed. MOSCOW, IDA. Concentrates to the amount of 3S,7G1 tons were produced pro-duced by the Hecla Mining company com-pany operating in the Coeur d'Aleno district In northern Idaho, the past year. These concentrates had a value of $1,700,709. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Declaring Declar-ing that Idaho needs a greater outlet out-let for her potnto crop if the state is to continue In the market, the Idaho Potato Dealers association decided to file a freight rate complaint com-plaint with the Interstate commerce commission and the Idaho public utilities commission. Reduction on all potato shipments to territory east of Chicago will be asked. OGDEN, UT. A lady, rcoenlly arrested by the police, haa brongbt suit for damages totalling $15,000, for alleged loss ccasioncd by the arrest CALDWELL, IDA. About 6500 automobile licenses have been issued iss-ued in Canyon county this year. A reduction of 3000 license as compared com-pared with last year Is sliowa. SALT LAKE ( IT, UT. An Increase In-crease of $!iSl.5u2.10 in tolal resources re-sources of all 12 banks of Salt Lake City Is noted in the conporative taleuiCLt of 1030 and 1ML |