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Show ; Intermountain News '! Briefly Told by Busy Readers FAIR IS PLANNED SUGAR BEET CONTRACT i PEA ACREAGE FALLS j RECORDS X)R FARMERS j SCHOOL CONTEST IS ON LOGAX, TJT. Cache county's fair will be held from Sept 15 to 17, the committee announces, GARLAND, TJT. The opening of the new $40,0iX) amusement hall at Garland ward was celebrated by a ward reunion attended by people from all parts of the Bear River valley. PRESTON, IDA. Between 500 and COO acres of sugar heeta have-been have-been contracted for already under the new prices set. During the week meetings were held in the various districts to contract and explain new methods by which beetgrowers can grow a larger tonnage per acre. SPRINGVILLE, LT. A decrease of 40 per cent in pea acreage in this vicinity is predicted for this year, due to quantities of last year's peas yet remaining in storage. I'ROVO, TJT. Forty farmers of Utah county have been chosen to keep accurate records of their year's transactions for the purpose of determning definitely their profit for the period, and are receiving instructions in-structions from a statistician expert ex-pert from the extension department of the Utah State Agricultural college. col-lege. JIONTPBLIER, IDA. A disastrous disas-trous fire occurred at the ranch of Heber Crane in Nouman recently, in which 100 purebred sheep were burned and a large barn and other buildings were destroyed. The loss Is estimated at $10,000. LOGAN, UT. rian of the comity school board to close Stephenson school and transport the eighty pupils two miles to the Lewiston central school is opposed by 44 of the 55 parents, according to a dele-gatlo dele-gatlo which protested the move before the county board of education. educa-tion. BRIGHAM CITY, UT. The first sewer system of the city is to be constructed in the near future. The work will cost In the neighborhood of $30,000. TOOELE, TJT. Tooele post office has been officially sanctioned and bids on the site for such a building have been called for. EMMETT, IDA. Both the Barber Bar-ber and Emniett sawmills of tha Boise-Payette lumber company ara now in full operation. The plants have been operated only part time during the winter and have been repaired and overhauled during the time they were not running. BOISE, IDA. Twenty-eight of the Boise teachers who get the maximum max-imum salary will not get their $00 Increase next year which was given them last year, according to the decision de-cision reached by the board of education. ed-ucation. PRESTON, IDA. Franklin county coun-ty will hold a fair this fall if a long time contract can be drawn up with the city for the use of the Preston city ball park. LEHI, UT. The Alpine board of education has ordered the advertising advertis-ing for bids on razing of the last remaining structure ia the way of the development of the $12,500 Lehl athletic building program. OGDEN, UT. To assure the completion of the municipal golf course and the installation of three standard tennis courts in Liberty park this year, the city commission has directed a bonding firm to sell the remaining $20,000 of recreational recreation-al bonds. SALMON, IDA. A boys' game of Indian fighting resulted in the losing of the sight of one eye, by Carol Banta, aged twelve years. LEWISTON, IDA. Sec. Lt W. W. Caldwell, native of Lewistou, who lost his life in a plane crash in Wyoming last October, has been given a posthumous award of the distinguished flying cross by the war department MT. PLEASANT, UT. The No. Sanpete board of education has purchased pur-chased bonds totaling $20,030, which will effect a saving of $1,000 in interest each year. During the past five years the district's bonded bond-ed indebtedness has been reduced $1:1,000. and present plans are to redeem at least $10,000 annually. NEI'III, UT. A backfiring auto broke the arm of A. J. Uowera, superintendent sup-erintendent of the city waterworks, but by manipulating the crunk with his foot he started the cur and drove to a d-xlor's office for aid IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The National Na-tional park in Yellowstone will La offically opened this year un Juno 20th. Automobiles will 1, admitted to the pork un:il the fifteenth of October, although the season Is to end officially on September 19. OGDEN, UT. An annual appropriation appro-priation of $14,500 for the study of erosion 1ind stream flow in 'he intermountain in-termountain country will be available avail-able July SI, 1931, it is announced. HURRAY, UT. The city held a celebration to honor the Hlxh School basketball team for winning the state championship. ST. GEORGE, UT. Frost has taken toll of apricots in this see-tion, see-tion, while other crops are In-lievcd ta have escaped. Almond bloxsomg ware also nipped extensively and other crops have been retarded. |