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Show Hntermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers i' HIGHWAY IS IMPROVED OAS FOB COAST CITIES j J TO BUILD HOSPITALS ! SILVER MOVE OKEH j SPANISH FORK, UT. During the past three years the state highway high-way department has spent upwards of $3,107,000, in construction of highway No. 50, between Spanish Fork and the Colorado state line. WEISER, IDA. Gas will be piped pip-ed from the Crystal Dome gas field to Portland, Oregon according to plans of local business men. RENO, NEV. Nevada and Wyoming Wyo-ming each get new veterans' hospitals hospit-als under the program approved at "Washington, by the house veterans committee, and the hospital at Boise Is to get an additional unit. The bill authorizes $500,000.00 for the Wyoming hospital, $350,009 for Nev-vada, Nev-vada, and $250,000 for Boise. Sites for the Wyoming and Nevada hospitals hos-pitals will be picked by the veterans veter-ans bureau and donated sites will be considered. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The Chamber of Commerce board of governors meeting recently unanimously un-animously adopted a resolution urging urg-ing Senator Borah, chairman of the U. S. Senate foreign relations committee com-mittee to approve the report of Senator Pittman's sub-committee on silver. LEWISTON, IDA. Chambers of ' Commerce of northern Idaho are urging the federal farm board to provide for storage of the 1931 wheat crop and are recommending that the board equalize the markets mark-ets of Portland and Chicago, announces an-nounces L. F. Parsons, secretary of the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. Sixty per cent of the 1930 crop is being held in storage and is taxing all available storage facilities. facili-ties. Portland is as much an export market as are Atlantic seaboard cities and grain growers demand that the Portland and Chicago markets be equal. KANAB, UT. Construction of 1.30 miles of gravel surfaced highway high-way in Kane County will cost the state of Utah and the federal government gov-ernment $87,634.22, more or less, according ac-cording to bids at the office of the state road commission. This is almost al-most $64,000 a mile. The engineer's estimate exceeded the above mount. BURLEY, IDA. The Burley Odd Fellows lodge is receiving applications applica-tions from boys of the city for the organization of a junior I. O. O. F. lodge here, sponsored by the Burley order. LOGAN, UT. W. J. Funk, district dis-trict state road supervisor, an-nouces an-nouces that unemployed from every town in Cache county will be Included in the work list for the Sardine canyon project. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Work of constructing new post office building will be started in March. OGDEN, UT. A worsted wood plant will be constructed near this city and Is to be iu operation by autumn. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A choral chor-al association is being formed. A 2,000-voice chorus will be organized. organiz-ed. JEROME, IDA. Miss Frances Elizabeth Perkins, 18, an honor student at the University of Idaho last year, killed herself with an automatic pistol. MOUNTAIN HOME. IDA. Posse men who shot and killed G. A. Van Allen, near Bruneau, when the man resisted arrest, on a warrant charging charg-ing him witli assault with intent to kill, and opened fire, were exonerated exon-erated by a coroner's jury at ltru-ceau. ltru-ceau. EPIIRAIM, UT. According to the report of Ranger Allerton, the snow In the vicinlly of Iho Mammoth Mam-moth ranger station, recently was 25 inches tleep with a water content con-tent of four inches. This is the lightest measurement at this time of the year, for many years. AMERICAN FALLS', IDA. Gored Gor-ed by a bull Clarence Hunter, 29, of Kockland, was in a serious condition condi-tion In the Bethany hospital. OGDEN, UT. More than $100-000.00 $100-000.00 Is available for insect control con-trol in regions 4 and 1 of tho United States forestry service from the first deficiency act, according ac-cording to Information received by the regional forest headquarters. Iteglon 4 embraces Utah, southern Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada nnd the Kalbab forest in Arizona. Region No. 1 embraces northern Idaho and Montana. Upon the basis of Dew estimates to be forwarded to the Washington office, about $fK,-000 $fK,-000 of tho fiscal year 1831 agricultural agricul-tural appropriation will be made for insect control in the two regions, reg-ions, in addition to the $100,000. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. More than half the local budget for the next fiscal year, or approximately $275,000, will be spent fer Improvements Improve-ments including the extension of power lines, park Improvements and the graveling nnd oiling of streets. LAS VEGAS, NEV. Work has been started on the Boulder dam highway to the damsitc. OODEN, UT. The thirteenth annual an-nual Ogden livestock show will be held from Jan. 8 to 14 in 1932. |
