Show intermountain intel mountain news briefly told for busy readers header ATTACK TAX LEW LEVY ASK ASIC FEDERAL LOANS TAX REVENUE LARGE LOGAN COLLEGE LEADS SALT LAKE CITY UT A total of la in sales taxes was paid to the state tax commission luring during the 30 day period 0 of f NOT 13 18 to dec 18 this sum brings brines the total paid in since july to M 1 9 since july 1 a total of 15 was wag paid to the state for the tax on export beer manufactured in the state BOISE IDA warehouse operators in the vicinity of lewiston have notified the public utilities corn mission mirrion of their intention to appeal to the supreme court from a commission order denying their application to raise rates on storing and handling wheat and other grain HOISE BOISE IDA A marked increase In creasa in carload shipments of farm and perishable manufactured produce from utah and idaho over latt last year la 3 re reported t e I 1 b by y t lie p public u bli c u ti i lt i e q conan por commission s lo 10 n T the li e to total ta 1 s shipments bl p m e n t s for the first eleven of the year was S carloads compared with carloads a year ago an increase of OGG carloads this increase occurred almost entirely during november this year for during nearly dearly all the preceding period shipments this year fell behind those of 0 a year ago LOGAN UT for the second consecutive year the utah state agricultural college leads all united states land grant institutions la in numbers of students enrolled in the schools of agriculture and forestry in ratio to state population the report also states utah has one student to every 1727 of population studying agriculture at the utah state agriculture college idaho Is second in the list for number of agricultural ri students PROVO UT Ellmina elimination tion of the property tax levy for state purposes in conformity with the state farm bureau program was the keynote of the addresses given at the linnual annual convention of the alie utah county farm bureau organization held here WALLACE IDA rock and land slides joined nith mith raging torrents to add new dangers to reI residents dents of this region weeks of rain and abnormally warm weather that melted snow as deep as seven feet have filled usually dry creek beds find and sent streams out of their banks thru the coeur dalene region SALT LAKE CITY UT three applications tor for waterworks water works improvement pro loans aggregating about have been received by the public works advisory board from throe three southern utah towns the loans applied for were kanab 40 ml pleasant and fountain green BOISE IDA the annual convention of the idaho state horticultural association will mill be held here january 10 11 and 12 NADA UT Sheep men in this vicinity are greatly gratified to find that the moisture from the late november snow coupled with the mild weather ue ather has produced a fresh growth of brush on the range LIEBER UT fifteen alf dalry dairymen men have equipped their premises with modern dairy barns and hate hac met the requirements for selling inspected grade A V milk to the salt lake markets these will be inspected periodically by representatives tives from the state board of health and now nie aie shipping an average of I 1 gallons daily but will soon be sending several hundred gallons in excess of this amount SALT LAKE CITY UT abe average 0 2 year old range steer Is valued at 12 for 1031 taxation purposes according to the state tax commission the valuation compares om pares with 10 for this class of cattle for 1933 33 representing a drop ut of about 25 r rr r cent the county assessors are asked to use their judgment it a lot of steers are better than min average they should be assessed in proportion and it poorer at a lower rate than 12 PROVO UT W V W blakeslee Blakes lec assistant regional engineer of the united states forest service ond and C de dolsy jr supervisor of 0 the uinta national fort forest have omelet ed a survey of land which may lie be added to uinta forest on the mountains east cast of provo and springville Spring ville so erosion and flood control work may be carried on more extensively SALT LAKE CITY UT four highway contracts are being advertised by the state road commission bids to be opened january 4 the estimated cost of which will mill aggregate nearly one quarter ot of a million dollars LOGAN UT the sheep industry in utah produces approximately one fourth of the total agricultural income of the state slate and from one halt half to three fourths of 0 the livestock income according tc reports from the united states bureau of agricultural economics OGDEN UT utah county has entered a carload of 4 11 club stock in the annual t den livestock show january 5 to 11 utah county clubs expect to have hava a splendid array of 0 sheep swine and dairy cattle |