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Show Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Headers LIST 12,000 JOBLESS TWO FALL 50 FEET WARNING TO FARMERS CELEBRATE R. R. DAY 500 ACRES OF PEAS LAS VEGAS, NEV. District Attorney Harley A. Harmon has asked that the state militia take over the Boulder dam area in order to obtain a showdown on taxes in Boulder City. The board of tax commissioners asked him to confer con-fer with Govenor Fred Balzar before be-fore taking the initiative in such a proposal. TWIN FALLS, IDA., The city council of Twin Falls passed an ordinance or-dinance permitting the sale of fireworks fire-works in Twin Falls from June 15 to July 5, and allowing fireworks to be set off between June 24 and July 15, thus making it unnecessary for "fireworks bootleggers" to operate just outside the city limits. IDAHO FALLS, IDA., At least two govenors and perhaps four will attend the location of a marker at the site of the first railroad and wagon crossing of Snake river. Governor Gov-ernor George Dern, Utah, and Governor Gov-ernor C. Ben Ross, Idaho, have accepted ac-cepted the invitation extended by Boy Scouts officials. Invitations to the governors of Montana and Wyoming are also expected to be accepted. The dedication ceremonies cere-monies will be held late in August. PARMA, IDA., With more than COO men and women employed in the work at wages approximating a total of ?3,000 a day, the harvesting of 500 acres of peas has been commenced com-menced in this section and will continue for a period of two weeks or more. NAMPA, IDA.Oillng of 440 blocks of the streets of the city at an approximate cost of 18,000 will be commenced this week by Morrison Morri-son and Knudsen company of Boise to whom the contract was awarded. RENO, NEV. T w o traveling salesmen from Oakland, Calif., escaped es-caped serious injury when their automobile plunged off the Truckee-Reno Truckee-Reno highway near Truckee and dropped 50 feet into a railroad cut which is spanned by a highway bridge. Cuts, bruises and shock constitute their injuries. Their car was practically demolished. LOGAN, UT. City expenditures in May exceeded the receipts by $859.91,. Receipts for the month were $14,016.20, expenditures were $14,876.11. In May, 1931, expenditures expendi-tures were $16,698,35, and receipts $25,398.20. LOGAN, UT. A group of 12 property owners in the Logan city business district, headed by John A. Hendrickson, met with the Cache county commission to request a blanket reduction of 25 percent on the valuation of their property. This request was also included In a petition presented to the commissioners commis-sioners by this same group on March 17th, 1932. The commissioners have taken the request under advise, ment. PROVO, UT. Building requirements require-ments needed at the Utah state hospital, hos-pital, including the erection of a receiving re-ceiving and hospital building at an approximate cost of $25,000, which will be submitted to the next state legislature, was approved by the Utah state sanity board. OGDEN, UT., Residents of this city are assured ample water this summer, says Water Commissioner Fred E. Williams, as the abundance of snow has made it possible to conserve con-serve the eight new wells at Artes-1 Artes-1 a n park, and the water from Wheeler creek has not been turned turn-ed into the city water mains. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah ex-service men who are over B5 years old or suffering from service acquired disabilities will be given every possible opportunity to work for the federal government through civil service appointments, according accord-ing to word received from Washington Washing-ton by the state director of the U. S. employment service. OGDEN, UT. The finances of the city have been much depleted by the 1931 unemployment relief work. A plan for conserving expenses in the future is to be carried out If possible. pos-sible. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. It is reported that the earnings of the sugar companies for 1931 were in most cases losses. The sugar crop is believed to be more promising for 1932. . BOISE, IDA. Farmers whose crops are mortgaged to the government govern-ment for seed loans are warned to obtain property releases before disposing dis-posing of any portion of the crop to avoid embarrassing legal entanglements entan-glements and perhaps fraud charges. LOGAN, UT. An oiling program is being carried out by the city involving in-volving the oiling of the streets in fifty city blocks. SPRINGVILLE, UT. If plans being worked out by the local farm bureau mature, a system of exchanging ex-changing farm produce for labor will be used this season. NEPHI, UT . Gold showings in the western part of Juab county are attracting considerable attention. A great deal of activity is on foot In the area near Callao. |