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Show Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers GLORIFY OLD TRAIL ROAD IS COMI'LKTKD WEATHKIi IS SITKKB BATTLING MOSQl ITOKS GOLD CROP DIXIiEASKS LOGAN", t"T. Dr. Knowlton ot tbe I'tah State Agricultural college col-lege experiment station nnd state director of tlie C W A pest mosquito control project, reports KUS men actively ac-tively employed in mosquito drainage drain-age operations in the state. This figure, Dr. Knowlton says, is just one man short of the Utah quota. Pest mosquito drainage, especially during the winter, was something new for Utah nnd many people were skeptical concerning its lienefits. However, favorable comments are being received ly supervisors in charge of the work. SALT LAKE CITY, UT Gold production In Utah nnd 12 other western slates decreased 3',MQ ounces in 10.",3 compared with 1932. GOODING, IDA. The six-mile link of the Gooding-Fairfield road has been finished, highway officials have reported. A crew has been employed em-ployed several months, grading and graveling this link as an extension of similar improvements made on the balance of the highway the last two years, giving Camas Prairie residents a winter outlet to Gooding. Good-ing. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Jan-Tiary Jan-Tiary bids fair to be one of Utah's banner months. Tbe sun has shone f4 ier cent of the possible time. The overage over a period of CO Jears is 43 per cent. MAPI.ETON, UT. Tbe state engineer en-gineer has approved the application of Mapleton town for the appropriation appropri-ation of one-fourth second-foot of water from two springs, known as It'ght Hand Fork springs, above the city In the canyon of Maple creek. CHEYENNE, YYO. An automobile automo-bile ri.ad to the rint where westward west-ward bound covered wagons on the Old Oregon Trail clearly wrote their signatures, has b en npproved by the Civil Works Administration for vvyoming. On the south side of the North Platte river, opposite the twn of Guernsey, the pioneer Oregon Trail crossed a sandstone ridge, in which the wheels of the roverod wagons cut grooves several ffi-t in ('.pill. At no other place li Ions the l.Mr.iU' route Is the Ore:o:i Trail so cVarly d fined. SALT LAKE CITY, IT. The public works administration has allot!, al-lot!, -d $!7vi for four non-federal proj.N-N in Utah. The proj.vts and the nu-.our.t for e.n h fol'ow : Or-nicvil'c, Or-nicvil'c, lo;in nnd grant sapp'e-iii'-nting a provioas aliotue nt, for waterworks. 'J'1"": lirigham City, 1 :'ti ii n.l grant, for s. labels. $17o. (' i; Carbon county, loan and grant, for sch.pois. ?."'o.it: Perry, bun and grant, f- r reservoir, ?s nn SALT LAKE CITY. UT. Sun-port Sun-port of a bill p'aiing surface rights on the S.:lt Lake watershed under the jurisdlciioii of the foro-t service ser-vice has Ion given by the chamUT of commerce board of goernors. L'ilers advi.-it.g the Utah congrvs-Fiomil congrvs-Fiomil deleg:iti' n of the action were forwarded to YVa-hi: gion. The bill is desinred primarily to prevent mining iratiotw from injuring timber stan Is on the watersheds In the W'asateh national forest. A similar measure was presented nt the last session of congress, but failed to pass; hcenuse of Ihe press of ot her business, ST. GEOKCII. UT The major projivts for Ihe linn t-aiupaiL-n of the As.oelated Civic Clubs i.f Southern Utah ntlopted at a two day com cid Ion here, include the improvement of the Salina canyon ro:o! from Price to Salina to standard stand-ard spci ifieat ions, the Incluvioti by the federal government of Wayne I Wonderland ns n tiatlonal park and to establish n letter ii nd'-rsi a n il it-g l'etweea Sail lake and northern j Utah Interests through the Salt Lake chamber of oommeriv. of souihern Utah conditions and their relationship lo the stale ns a whole. The completion of highway Ml near Thistle also was Included as n part of Ihe Salina canyon project. SALT LAKE CITY. I T. Tomato growers of Utah received prices for thc!r product In P'l'.l! that was equivalent to JV.io n ton for till to-maloos to-maloos received nt Ihe factories on n-graded basis. Tho 'JTt: i! tons In-spooled, In-spooled, which were dclierod to lit out of Ihe 1 I factories operated In the stale last fall, would thus yield $'JI'J..'iKl for Ihe season, II Is calculated calcu-lated from the go eminent report, POCA'l'lI.l.ii. I P. . -I." different orders for building supplies will be placed by the county purchasing ngont for schools In the county whore (1 Y A workers will be engaged, en-gaged, ns soon ns snow halts road work. The malerlal will be purchased purchas-ed from local Inslllutlons. SALT LAKE CITY, I T - Tax collodions for UVllt showed a di-erense di-erense ns compared lo colhvl ions in pl.'fj. Collections In Plolt thus far have been 77. I per cent of the amount levied ns compared lo "l1 7 per cent lu U'ltJ. SALT LAKE CITY, IT. Disabled Disab-led velcrans owning properly In 1 tab, nnd tho widows and minor orphans of veterans have ohlaluod ctenipl ion from taxation of property valued nt $l.'.li:..".r.ii during PHt.'t. It Is nhown In n statement piepnied for thp plate lax conoids don. |