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Show I Intermoiintain News Briefly told for Busy Readers MEDAL FOR IDAIIO CITi' DEBT REDUCED INCOME TAX WITHERS VISIT SALT LAKE CITY QUIET ON BEER FRONT l OGDEN, t'T. In recognition of the circumstances surrounding Hie severe wound he received, October 9, 1918, in the battle of the Argomie, C. B. Green well, of Ogden, has been awarded the military award of the purple heart, from the war department depart-ment In Washington. BOISE, IDA. Twelve hundred men have been employed in relief work in Boise drawing ?24,550 at $2.40 a day since November 6, a report re-port of the local federal employment employ-ment agency states. BUREEY, IDA During the past biennium, Buvley's city indebtedness has been reduced ?41,037 and the tax levy has been lowered approximately approxi-mately 5 mills. The principal debt reductions have been made by payment pay-ment of $17,C00 in city hall bonds and $8000 in waterworks bonds. LAS VEGAS, NEV. Assessment rolls of this city will fall approximately approxi-mately $1,000,000 short of last year's figures. BOISE, IDA. For its zealous observance ob-servance during 1032 of the bicentennial bicenten-nial of George Washington's birth, Idaho received a bronze medal. It was presented by the Washington bicentennial commission which inaugurated in-augurated the celebration. LOGAN, UT Cache county will have approximately 1800 acres of peas for 1933, it has been decided by the Utah-Idaho Canning Crops association directors. BOISE, IDA. The Income tax has brought $57,910 to date from payments made on full year earnings earn-ings of 1932, compared with $58,-437 $58,-437 paid at this time last year on only half of 1931 earnings, a report re-port of the finance department shows. The decrease was attributed attribu-ted to a considerable shrinkage in corporation incomes and the disposition dispo-sition of more individual taxpayers to take advantage of the provision of the law permitting payment of half of the tax now and the balance bal-ance later In the year. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Indications point to little activity in the beer business over the Nevada state line fifty miles south of here, this summer. sum-mer. MIDWAY, UT. Wasatch county will have a weekly half holiday during the summer months, beginning begin-ning early In May. Friday afternoon has been selected for the holiday, ana it is expected that all will take advantage of this opportunity of a half day recreation to spend as they wish. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The Salt Lake City regional federal agricultural ag-ricultural credit corporation has been allotted $1,405,000 by the K. F. C. for distribution as loans to livestock live-stock men in this district. BOISE, IDA. There will he no state or federal wild horse round-up in southwest Idaho this vear. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Travelers Trav-elers to the west this season in a majomy or instances are specifying Salt Lake and Hoover Dam as places that must be on their schedule sched-ule according to the director of news service for the Union Pacific railway system. BOISE, IDA. P. Carver, secretary secre-tary to the Governor, and administrator adminis-trator of funds received from the has announced that the recruiting of men from Idaho for the federal relief army of 250.000 probably would be conducted by the county welfare committees of the various counties. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A decrease de-crease in the revenue from the income in-come and the corporation franchise taxes is noted by the cashier for the state tax commission in returns for 1932 as compared with those for 1931. SPANISH FORK, UT. A sow attacked a 14 month old child here and inflicted serious injuries on the infant. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Of the twelve thousand persons receiving re-ceiving relief in 1932 from the Salt Tol-ft n 1 ujiiiuj reiiei agencies at least four hundred were financially able to sustain themselves. An investigation investiga-tion is reported to have made this situation apparent. PROVO, UT. The Uintah national na-tional forest reserve could employ 175 men in line with the Roosevelt Roose-velt forest employment program, according ac-cording to estimates of the forestry service officials. OGDEN, UT. The Utah extension exten-sion service reports that five thousand thous-and small forest trees have been sot out in Weber county during the last three years. wur-,N, u l. Seven thousand acres of sugar beets have been contracted con-tracted for in Weber county and it Is expected that 1500 more will be signed up. Twelve thousand acres have been contracted for in Cache coun ty. EICIIFIELD, UT.-Hearing on a series of complaints against the Tellunde Power company will 1,R heard here on April H). Tlle c ration serves about thirty communities commun-ities in the southern part of the state. |