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Show Intermountaln News Briefly told for Busy Readers WOKK IS DELAYED STATE DEBT REDUCED LIQUOR LAW BLAMED PLAN WESTERN MEET POCATELLO, IDA. 4-H club members on 699 projects in Bannock Ban-nock county made a profit of $3933.92, in 1935, according to the annual report of the coumy club agent. BOISE, IDA. The total property prop-erty tax levied by the state and ts subsidiary units was reduced approximately $6,000,000 and the bonded debt was cut $14,000,000 during the five years ending last January 1, L. F. Parsons, secretary secre-tary of the Idaho state chamber of commerce has announced. His statement was based on a five-year five-year study made by a state committee com-mittee of the chamber of commerce. com-merce. LOGAN, UT. The Utah state liquor law is held responsible for 137 per cent increase in drunkenness, drunken-ness, according to a report given by Chief of Police M. Carl Poulter. Records indicate that during the 11 months of 1935, 140 arrests for drunkenness have been made. This number in comparison with 59, the number arrested for the same offense during the same period for 1934, shows the increase. in-crease. POCATELLO, IDA. Construction Construc-tion of the $15,000 equalizing dam of the Fort Hall irrigation project on the Blackfoot river will be delayed until after a contract con-tract providing for the repayment repay-ment of the federal funds is drawn up by the Indian service and approved by the water users. SPANISH FORK, - UT. The local plant of the Utah - Idaho Sugar factory has finished slicing sugar beets for 1935. The run er.-tended er.-tended over 50 days, and the output out-put nearly doubled that of last year. The sugar content of the beets was about average. MORGAN, UT. The Morgan city council has adopted a bud- get for 1936 in the amount of $11,390.02, a decrease of $282.90 from the 1935 budget. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The proposal to hold a conference of western chamber of commerce officials in Salt Lake to plan a campaign to increase federal aid in the construction of highways through national forests and public pub-lic lands, has been submitted to 69 chamber organizations. A campaign cam-paign would be drafted for the proposed meeting tc boost federal fed-eral appropriations for forest and public land highways to approximately $100,000,000. SALMON, IDA. As rapidly as equipment can be installed, hot lunches are being served to the children of Lemhi county. They have begun in the schools at Leadore, Shoup, Gibbonsville and the Lincoln school of Salm on. PRICE, UT. A plan to use Carbon county natural gas in solving the cheap power question hanging over the development of Utah's vast alunite deposits is advocated. A natural gas well of some 10,000,000 cubic foot capacity capa-city has been opened up in the Price district. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Bonneville Bonne-ville county produced more than one-sixth of the 1934 Idaho potato' crop, to rank second to Twin Falls county in total production, pro-duction, according to a report by federal bureau of the census on the 1935 federal farm census preliminary pre-liminary report. OGDEN, UT. High schools throughout the state are being invited to Weber College's third Annual Speaking Tournamennt to be conducted in the college on February 14 and 15. The tournament tourna-ment will include three divisions debate, extemporaneous speak-in? speak-in? and oratory. POCATELLO, IDA. The Oregon Ore-gon Short Line railroad is "enjoying "en-joying the best year's business," for a considerable period, P. J. Norton, master mechanic of the local shops, said, in an address, he also stated that an extensive program had been outlined. A force of 1103 men are employed full time in the shops, while last year the number of workmen employed was 677. LOGAN, UT. The 1936-37 corn-hog adjustment contract has been approved and applications will be offered to Utah farmers in January, Wr.i. Peterson, stale director, has been notified by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Admin-istration. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Almost a year ahead of schedule, the new $500,000 hydroelectric plant of the Idaho Power company has started generating power. From the peak employment load of 450 in midsummer , only a few men remain to aoply final touches on the enternrie, which started last February. It includes a $17,-000 $17,-000 road built in solid lava rock down the south canyon wall; a steel t:'nncl 10 fect in diameter and 510 fect long, carrying ECO fact of water; an arch dam 53 0 fcrt long, backing water two miles up the canyen to provide arothe" nlayground for swimming, swim-ming, fishing and boating. FABMINGTON, UT. - Con. tracts have been awarded by the City Council for Farminrjton'J new $33,000 P W A sewer project. pro-ject. CGDEN. UT. In the office of L. M. Malin, Wcbsr County auditor au-ditor and clerk, anro:;irr,ale!v 2,000 tax deeds to Weber County properties, noon which the 102'J, 1030 and 1031 ta::es regain unpaid, un-paid, are bcin.r; prepared fcr recording re-cording after Jan. 1, 1033, unlers the delinquent t?::cs are paid, the propartic" will be o.Tcrcd for sale in May 1CCG. |
