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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told by Busy Readers I HERD DISTRICT I i GROUNDS REMODELED C LESS WORKING HOURS FRC1T OF GOOD QUALITi TOOELE, TJT. The Tooele Valley Val-ley Railway company lias petitioned the public utilities commission for permission to substitute motor bus service for train service between Warner and Tooele City. The application ap-plication points out that the chief business of the line Is ore shipments ship-ments to the International Smelt-Ins Smelt-Ins company plant, which recently curtailed business. NEPHI, UT Fifty-one quarts of "Early Spring Flies" at 50 cents a quart have been purchased by the officers of the Juab stake lelief Society. By destroying the flies during the early summer, the society socie-ty believes It will lessen the number num-ber during August. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Twin Falls county commissioners have decided to rehabilitate a herd district covering cov-ering the territory around Roger-son Roger-son on the Salmon project, south of here. This action was taken after a hearing when a number of residents resi-dents from that section applied for the district. BLACKFOOT, IDA. Remodeling of the hog and sheep sheds of the eastern Idaho district fair grounas here will afford accomodations for twice the number of animals here-' tofore exhibited. Indications are that the new spnee will be fully occupied oc-cupied for the fair, September 29 to October 2. OGDEN, UT. The artesian wells are said to be holding out good, but side canyon streams have little or no water In them. These streams are Wheeler creek. Cold Water creek, and Warm Springs. LAS VEGAS, NEV. Specifications Specifica-tions and calls for bids for Boulder City's permanent postoffice building, build-ing, hitherto a matter of uncertainty, uncertain-ty, and the government administration administra-tion building and dormitory, three of the principal structures In the construction town, will be out soon. EMMETT, IDA. Emmett valley's val-ley's season shipment of cherries totaled 85 car loads to eastern markets. mar-kets. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Although Al-though the drouth is not serious, the deficiency of moisture will result re-sult In a reduction of Utah's major crops this year, according to a forecast of the United States department de-partment of agriculture. The report re-port sounds a more optimistic note, however, in the predicition that the state's crops, particularly the fruit crop will be of good quality. BURLET, IDA. Reseeding of ranges of the Minidoka national forest is giving good results in the territory in this district. Stock is kept off certain parts of the range until after the seed of the more Important forage crops have matured. ma-tured. PROVO, UT. Assignment of 106 teachers for the Provo city schools for 1931-32 has been made To relieve conjestion, 15 new teachers teach-ers were hired. HELENA, MONT. Drouth conditions con-ditions in Montana and Neveda are forcing cattle growers to import large quantities of hay for winter feeding. CEDAR CITY, UT. Construction Construc-tion of the new mechanic arts building build-ing at the branch agricultural college col-lege here has begun. HELPER, UT. The city has completed the Installation of a chlorination machine on the Helper pipe line system at New Peerless for treatment of the water supply before its distribution in the city linos. NAMPA, IDA. Pleading for a moratorium from the government in construction costs due this year for irrigation, several hundred farmers on the Boise project filed a resolution asking postponement of federal debts for 1931. NEPHI, UT. The Juab county commission Friday agreed to cooperate co-operate with the stale road commission com-mission on the Silver City-Millnrd county road, the Levan-Gunnison road bridge and the alignment of the Levan-Gunnison ro:id projects. CHEYENNE, WYO. A contract to supply approximately 73.000 license li-cense plates next year has been let. 1'ROYO, UT. A resolution favoring fav-oring the reduclion of working hours at the Utah stale hospital from 12 to 8 hours and the hiring of additional workers was passed by the snnity hoard. JENSEN, UT. Dr. Frank Kay of the Carnegie institute, with a group of eight young geologists and paleontologists, has located his camp near Leota, Ut. The party are excavating In the Tertiary sandstone. RICHFIELD, UT. Government construction on the Clear Creek canyon road, the large oiling program pro-gram within Sevier county, and the general road Improvement north and south of this section, is now In full swing and all but 30 miles will be up to state standards by September 1. KANOSH, UT. War has been declared rn grasshoppers by the people in this community. I'oisnn bait has failed to stnp the hopper advance on the remaining green crops. |