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Show . I Intsrmountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers LIVESTOCK SHOW LOOMS. MEET AT C0EI R d'ALENE. ROAD WORK AIDS IDLE. LARGE POTATO CROP. LAD ELECTROCUTED. MTN. HOME, IDA. A car load of turkeys shipped from this city weighed 24,000 pounds. OGDEN, UT. Premium list for the thirteenth annual Ogden livestock live-stock show, to be held January S to 14, 1932, have been mailed to approximately 1500 prospective exhibitors ex-hibitors In various sections of the United States and Canada. BOISE, IDA. The third of what may prove to be a series of public utility valuation hearings aimed at fixing equitable charges in Idaho has been announced by the public utilities commission. A valuation hearing was set for Coeur d'Alene on January 20 on the Washington AVater Power company for rate-making rate-making purposes. The commission will examine the reasonableness of rate, service and othnr factors of operation. BOISE, IDA. The potato crop harvest in Idaho is estimated at 24,700,000 bushels compared with 26-910,000 26-910,000 bushels for last year. The report places the yield as higher than was expected a short time before be-fore Its release. The quality of the crop is given at 63 per cent or the lowest on record. This condiiton is attributed to the extreme heat of the summer. MORGAN, UT. The beet harvest reached 4346 tons for this district according to figures reported by a representative of the sugar Interests. Inter-ests. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Aaron Wilson, Wil-son, 14, son of Mrs. M. Wilson of Burley, was killed when he climbed a power transmission pole at Hey-burn Hey-burn and came in contact with high Toltage wires. PROVO, UT. Road improvement work in Utah county, which is being carried on by the county in co-operation with the Utah state road commission, to relieve unemployment unemploy-ment is under way in full force on three projects. OGDEN, UT. The city schools show 11,302 children in Ogden of school age, including 50S3 girls and 5619 boys. This is an increase of 114 pupils over last year. OGDEN, UT. Copies of two circulars cir-culars dealing with reseeding and of range lands and erosion, have been received at the intermountain forest and range experiment station for free distribution. WEST POINT, UT. Forty men and 30 teams recently began work west from the state highway to the West Point store. Ten more men and teams were added later and it is intended that the move aid unemployed un-employed as much as possible. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. It is reported that Wasatch county has been added to the list of Utah districts dis-tricts to receive feed loans from the federal government to aid in carrying stock over during the coming com-ing winter. BOISE, IDA. Low bidders on three highway jobs have been announced an-nounced by the bureau of highways. One of the projects is for the construction con-struction of a bridge over the river north of St. Anthony, at a cost of 24,500. Another project covers the draining and grading of nine and one-half miles of the Owyhee highway from Nampa west, at a cost of $46,405. Ten miles of the north and south highway between Mesa and Fruitvale will be surfaced sur-faced at a cost of $15,420. LEHI, UT. The Lehi, Fairview and Cedar Fort districts' school census reveals an enrollment decrease de-crease of 5.2 per cent while the gain in school population was 3.0 per cent, officials slate. The population popu-lation this year was 1100, with 623 boys and 543 girls as compared with last year's 112S. SHOSHONE, IDA. Members of the community relief organizations report supplies are being gathered at a downtown storehouse. All civic civ-ic groups including the council and the Lincoln county commission are supporting this central relief agency as the best means of aiding needy families. Supplies will be given primarily to those around Shoshone, North Shoshone and to Dietrich residents, as Richfield has a relief organization. RICHFIELD, UT. A petition to the United States forest service, signed by Wayne county residents, asking construction of a 73 mile road from Boulder to Escalante is indorsed by the Richfield Lions club. Transportation between the two places now is carried on by means of pack horses and mules. TOOELE, UT. Tooele will have an outdoor skating rink this winter through plans being worked out by the American Legion, the Lions club and the Volunteer firemen. POCATELLO, IDA. The Bannock Ban-nock county coumiissiou stale they hope work on the proposed armory for troop B, liOth cavalry, of Idaho Ida-ho national guard, stationed here, would begin immediately upon the return of the i J-chilect from Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, vjere he has gone to consult the government about the construction wok. |