Show intermountain news briefly told by busy Rea reader derie HUNT RELICS IMPROVE STREETS ARTESIAN FLOW GAINS WORK FOR ICS ELY NE NEV VOnce once completed the newly designated U S highway no 03 from the canadian line to las lap vegas nev will be one of the most important roads in this section of the west GRBEN GREEN niVER nivEn UT A group of young men under the direction of donald scott of huntington N Y T and representing the peabody museum eu an and d harvard university are in the book cliff region in search of cliff dwellings and to gather relics BOISE I 1 IDA DA representatives Re presenta t ives of the various idaho industries meeting in boise recently charged the railroads with wasteful operation and inefficient management and lodged a vigorous protest against the carriers banters can recent increase in frel freight klit rates ST GEORGE UT A second dividend has been declared by the dixie Stock growers bank and checks have been mailed to depositors po this dividend will represent a 10 per cent liquidation of the present indebtedness and represents a total dividend of about 33 per cent PROVO UT permission to go ahead with the construction work of raising the dam at the lost lake site near the head bead of the provo prova river has been granted provo city by the forestry depart ement ARCO IDA idaho idabo pen pea growers have excellent prospects of marketing their 1931 crop it if the eastern markets mar bets remain firm four hundred acres at arco and nearly one thousand acres nt at new meadows will be sent eastward EPHRA UT one thousand feet of six inch cast iron pipe ba has just been laid at n point above the head house of the local water works system to bring the city water over a stretch of the line that has given much trouble and lost much water tit in the past LAS VEGAS NEV A second story will be built on tho the boggs business block now under construction on street the original contract called for a single story building TI leair clr UT A 14 inch well Is 1 being driven by the lehl Irrig irrigation atio company in the lie creek creck bed north of lehi to be used for irrigation purposes by the stockholders of chiq company tom pany EVANSTON WYO only the tact fact that the city of evanston with exception of the land and livestock company has the oldest ol lct water nater rights lights on bear river saved the residents from a water shortage the city reservoir had rec ceded to a depth of five fet SALT LAKE CITY UT by the installing of modern light standards salt lakes lake improved business district has been extended four blocks south on main blain street the lighting system was instated by bv property owners of the district at a cost of LAS VEGAS NEW NEV despite the extreme hot weather prevailing throughout the intermountain region tind tho the serious shortage of water in almost every section las vegas artesian water vater supply hns has shown nearly a 20 per cent increase in flow over last year MERIDIAN IDA the grain crop arop or of this section promises a fair yecid hut but it ls Is said that the alfalfa crop will not be a heavy one many farmers who are arc having wells drilled to provide irrigation water are assured of ft a third thard crop of alfalfa LOGAN UT the alie county school board met with the county commission recently and decided on 85 mills tax levy for the next year last years levy was mills milla in actual cash basli it is about a cut over last year RIGBY IDA A uniform price of 12 cents a bushel milling weight for threshing of peas in n the upper snake river valley this season reason has been adopted by the ilea fea growers association UT the connection of the new orte sinn well with wilh lohl cites main water supply has added WO BOO gallons per minute the present hookup hook book up is only gravity flow but the city officials intend to install a new pressure pimp immediately CHEYENNE WYO forest fires in IB northeastern wyoming and the grand teton national forest have burned thousands of acres of valuable timber many dude rn nelies in those sect sections lons have been threatened with destruction BOISE IDA employment for farmers of the district after the harvest season will be provided by a highway job the bureau of highways announced recently UT the mantl forest is the driest it has ever been since being put under federal administration the local forest office reported the firs fire hazard la Is therefore the worst ever and the forest officials are urging the greatest of care and caution by all who visit in this region UT announcement hia has been made by the manager of mc Clan ahans inc clothing merchants here for the past ten yours years that the firm will construct i t new and larger store |