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Show el TOWNS WITHOUT LIGHT Lovelock and Fallon Hit by Water Power Shortage; Farmers Suffering For the lourtli lime in as many vcars Lovelock una Kullon. Nevada are without electric llchts. according to W. M. Frickstnd, highway engineer of the bureau of public roads offices who htis returned from points In Nevada .hcre he has been Inspecting arious roatl.v At Lx clock, there has le' n no Irrigation Ir-rigation for more than- two months due to the water shortage In that section sec-tion while tin power housr h.i:- been unable to turn a wheel. The waters In th1 Trutkee river are Insufficient to aid In the production of electricity while the Humboldt iff entirely dry. Thousands of dollars nave been lost to the farmers due to the conditions, according to Mr. Frlckst&d INSPECTS RO 1 OS While In Nevada. Mr Trlckstad Inspected In-spected the road under construction between Loveloofe and Mills City which is 4t mlle long, 'fix miles of this road has been completed. The remainder of the road will be completed com-pleted this fall This section in P;irt of the overland trail out of Ogd Twent rnllcs of road on the Lln- coin highway near Kallon was also Inspected Eight miles, of this road has been constructed oer Sail beds. This work is being rushed to completion. Mr. Krickstad also Inspected three concrete projects between Reno and Carson City. mo of the projects Is I 5.4 miles long while the others total 14 miles. More than 1C0 men ure employed em-ployed on the construction of th roads. NT ROAD MEETING B M. Mutlcson. senior highway engineer en-gineer In company with Mr 1'rlclcstad attended th meeting of the state roads commission at ixilt ltkG Krl-da- The bids for the four tenths of a rnllo of construction at Tremonton were opened the Austln-Hogan company com-pany of Salt Lake having a bid of $ 1 r. . K " i o a;ul belnK low bidders. - Three other contractors also submitted sub-mitted bids on the proposed work. The remaining part of the work will b completed by Tremonton City, tho bids to be opened In that city September Sep-tember 3. ENGINEERS Ol'TT EClgbJ engineers employed by the (state in the Construction work on the Thompson-Moab and Moab-La Salle loads reslpnd from their positions during the paxt week, due to the cut In expenses made recently by the state At the meetlnsr yesterday Governor Simon Bamberger Immediately wired District Engine. ir .1 R Kills to pro- J ce-d to Moab and Inform the men that , the state had reinstated the old rates I for expenses, which are $2.7.1 per da' I f or mals and hotel expends At a .'meeting some time ago the commis-isioti commis-isioti voted to allow the men but $03 I per month for expenses. |