Show intermountain news briefly k told told for busy readers MAX BUILD PLANT DATE FARM ROAD ASK ash DAMAGE TAX BATTLE LOOMS FARM GROWS LAS NEG begas AS NEV construe tion wag begun by 31 men recently on a road from the searchlight needles highway to the expert mental date farm being estable established hed by the federal government on the colorado river at sand point near instate and about 22 miles north ot of needles thirty one workmen are employed on the road work the experiment farm of 20 acres Is 1 being maintained as a pro eject to determine what kind of dates grow best in lit this climate AFTON WYO work su pervis ed and provided by the in star valley Is progressing very rapidly ind and Is ahead of schedule time the payroll Is in the neigh boyhood of BOISE IDA idaho county as sensors at their tate meeting here admit they are facing a wide front ed drive for a reduction in taxes BURLEY ID i 4 exceeding the year 1932 by crop N values alues on farms in the burley irrigation district aggregated 1354 in 1833 1933 as evidenced by crop and live stock census recently completed in the district or the bureau of re cla mation increased acreage and tonnage for sugar beets was yas in a large measure responsible for more than doubling these values the area harvested in 1933 was acre as compared with acres in 1932 the 1933 yield was 10 tons PEOV provo 0 UT asking asling judgment ct of the utah state industrial commission and the state insurance fund of utah has filed a suit against the 3 C penney company of provo for the death february 12 1931 of orson D campbell 50 56 pro vo artist as the result of injuries allegedly sustained when he fell on the slippery tile at the entrance of the local stole stoie SALT LAKE CITY UT yield of the sales tax reached a new high in december when christmas shopping boosted total collections to according to the monthly report of the state tax commission at this rate of return the 2 per cent sales levy would yield nearly 2 2 annually and indications indication are that the final return will not be much lower than this mar mark MURRAY UT the city commis elon sion has passed an ordinance for licensing and regulating beer sales license fees are for selling bottled beer not for consumption on the premises 20 bottled beer for im mediate consumption 50 bottled and draugel t beer to be consumed on the premi premises seq 50 wholesalers wholes tiers of bottled beer or kegs not less than tour four gallons OGDEN UT work on a federal highway beautification project said to be the first of its kind under tak tal en in the state of utah will corn com mence in the early spring with the planting of trees along a section of roid between north farmington a and nd south bountiful according to announcement by the district engi eng 1 l neer deer of the ogden office of public roads SALT LAKE CITY UT A corn com survey to determine the relationship between prices paid by consumers and returns to farmers on all agricultural commodities pro deuced in the state is to be under taken by 3 H Me mcgibbeny invests gator tor for the state recovery adamini tra tion it was announced recently aie will be aided in them the ork by the state department of agriculture and the utah state farm bureau and will pay particular attention to the reason for the wide nide spread in prices between the producer and the con sumer in the case cage of a number of products LOGAN UT A warning to utah farmers that local hog buyers and small processors in several sec see eions of the country purchasing live hogs tor for commercial slaughter are reported to be deducting the whole or part of the amount of the processing bessing tax from the regular market price quoted to the seller has been issued by secretary of agriculture allace through the office of diree tor william peterson of the exten sion service secretary wallace has stated that country buyers and others who in settling for hogs with the seller make deduction for the processing tax on the bill of sale are penalizing the seller and are tending to frustrate the declared policy of the agricultural adjust ment administration farmers are urged not to sell to any buyer who makes or proposes to mike any such deduction LAYTON UT layton city vot ed december 28 to bond 50 for the installation of a municipal cult cull nary water system this money ex capt for 30 per cent which will be a federal grant will be borrowed from salt lake financial concerns water for the city has been furnish ed since 1912 ty by the layton water company SALT LAKE CITY UT A new cheese factory 6 to be opened in salt lake Q n fehr ul iry ry I 1 1st s t A bo i gau gallons ons per day factory |