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Show Intermcuntain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers TO FIGHT DISEASE. ECHO PROJECT DAY. All) IS APPRECIATED. BEAUTY IS PRAISED. QLESTIONAIRE BY CITY. OGDEN, t'T. Supt. D. D. Harris of the Davis and Weber County Canal company reiXTts that the Echo reservoir has 00,000 acre feet of water imixmnded. Capacity is 74,000 acre feet. BEAVER, UT. County agent, and the progressive farmers of the county are watching very carefully in the county for the White Top, and yet nearly every day new infestations in-festations are being brought to light. An urgent appeal is made to all farmers of the county to acquaint themselves with this weed and help to eradicate it from the county. OGDEN, UT. Mayor Ora Buudy has issued a statement voicing appreciation ap-preciation of Ogden City and Welter Welt-er county unemployed for donations of 000 sacks of potatoes by residents of Morgan county. The mayor says that "some of our neighbors in Morgan county have shown a fine attitude toward the unemployed of Ogden City and Weber county by making available to the city relief organizations approximately tiOO sacks of potatoes. This splendid cooperation of our Morgan county neighbors is worthy of the highest commendation and our citizens should not forget them when they have products available for sale later on." SALT LAKE CITY, UT A campaign cam-paign to rid Utah dairy and breeding breed-ing cattle of Bang abortion, a disease dis-ease which costs stockmen of the state in excess of $100,000 annually and which is believed to be responsible responsi-ble for undulant fever, has been announced an-nounced by W. H. Hendrick, state veterinarian. County agents and deputy veterinarians have been supplied sup-plied with information regarding testing work. Cattle breeders who contemplate entering stock in the state fair or the Ogden cattle show must have their herds tested within 30 days of the shows, as only those which show a negative reaction within that period will be accepted. OGDEN, UT. E c h o reservoir dedication will be held on July 13, beginning at 10 a. m. The party which will include state officials, congressional representatives, city and county officials, representatives of the U. S. reclamation bureau, railroad officials and others, will leave Ogden early in the morning of July 13 for the reservoir. It is expected ex-pected that 5000 persons will attend at-tend the ceremonies. MORONI, UT. The crowd of 2,000 visitors here to the fourth annual an-nual Maple Canyon day celebration were apprised of the importance of the developing of Maple canyon and other scenic spots, and heard speakers speak-ers emphasize the beauty of Box canyon situated in Maple canyon and declared to be one of the most marvelous beauty spots in Utah. LOGAN, UT The Logan chamber cham-ber of commerce will send out a special questionaire on meat inspection in-spection and municipal killing plants to one hundred cities throughout the United States that are comparable in size to Logan. Information received re-ceived will be compiled and is expected ex-pected to prove helpful to the city and its board of health in working out a plan most suitable for Logan in the matter of meat animal slaughtering slaugh-tering and inspection. BOISE, IDA. The bureau of highways has advertised for bids on four highway projects for July let-tings let-tings of contracts. The jobs included includ-ed grading, draining and surfacing of 10 miles of the Roosevelt highway high-way between Irwin and Elk Creeks in Bonneville county ; oiling 17 miles from Bonners Ferry to the Bonner county line; oiling 20 miles of the Sawtooth park road between Godwin God-win and Rogerson in Twin Falls county, all to be let July 8, and crushing of 30.000 yards of gravel of the Sawtootli Park highway.. BOISE, IDA. Dividend of 10 per cent to depositors of the defunct Salmon River state bank ht White-bird White-bird has been declared by Ben Die-fendorf, Die-fendorf, state commissioner of finance. The Whifebird bank closed clos-ed August 21, 1030. This dividend amounting to $4,153, is the second to be paid. POCATELLO, IDA. 20 miles of rocatello streets are to be oiled this summer. BRIGHAM CITY, UT. It is predicted pre-dicted that the peach vrup in Box Elder, Morgan and Weber counties will be big,, but the crop generally throughout the country will be light, and consequently the price will be higher than usual. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Bids for approximately $'200,000 of road work have been advertised by the state road commission. One of the projects pro-jects calls for the building of 5.G miles of graveled road from Bountiful Bounti-ful to Farmingion which is to be part of the secondary highway to Ogden. This work will cost about $10.000, according to the engineer's estimate. The oth.r contract is fur 13.0 miles of graveled highway from Grantsrille to Timpie at an estimate esti-mate cost of $100,000. |