Show intermountain news briefly told by busy readers HUNT HUN T RELICS IMPROVE STREETS ARTESIAN FLOW GAINS WORK FOR fon FARMERS ELY ELT NEV once completed the newly designated U S highway no 03 from the canadian line to ln las vegas nov nev will be one of tile the most important roads in this section of the west GREEN RIVER UTA UT A group of young oung men under the direction of donald scott of huntington N Y an and d representing the peabody museum and harvard university tire are in the book cliff region in sea search reb of cliff dwellings and to gather gabber relies relics BOISE IDA representatives of the various idaho industries meeting in boise recen recently aly charged the railroads with wasteful operation and inefficient management and lodged a vigorous protest against the carriers recent increase in freight rates ST GEORGE UT UTA 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 of the provo alyer river has been granted provo city by the forestry depart ement ARCO IDA idaho pea growers have excellent prospects of marketing their 1931 crop it if the eastern markets remain firm four hundred acres at arco and nearly one thousand acres at new meadows will be sent eastward EPHRAIM UT one thousand feet of six inch cast iron pipe has just been laid at a 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 in the past LAS VEGAS NEVA NEV A second story will bo built on the boggs business block now under construction on fremont street the original contract called for a single story building LE UT A 14 inch well is being driven by the lehi irrigation company in the creek bed north of lehi to be used for irrigation purposes by the stockholders of oc this company EVANSTON WYO only the fact that the city of evanston with exception of the land and livestock company has the oldest water rights on bear river saved the residents from a drastic water shortage the city reservoir had rece eded to a depth of five feet SALT LAKE CITY UT by the installing of modern light standards salt lakes improved bustness business district has been extended four blocks south on main street the lighting system was Inita initiated ted by property owners of the district at a cos CO st of LAS VEGAS NEV despite the extreme hot weather prevailing throughout the intermountain region and the serious shortage of water in almost every section las vegas artesian water supply has shown nearly a 20 per cent increase in flow over last year MERIDIAN IDA the grain crop of this section promises a fair belld but it is said that the alfalfa crop will not be a heavy one many farmers who are having wells drilled to provide irrigation water are assured of a third crop aop of alfalfa LOGAN UT CT the 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 in actual cash it is about a cut over last year RIGBY IDA A uniform price of 12 cents centa a bushel milling weight for threshing of peas in the upper snake river valley this season has been adopted by the pea growers association ilehr UT the connection of the new artesian well with lehl lehi cites main water supply has added BOO 1500 gallons per minute minate the present hookup hook book up Is only giavito flow but the city officials intend to install a new pressure pump immediately CHEYENNE WYO forest fires in northeastern wyoming and the grand teton national forest have burned thousands of acres of valuable timber many dude ranches in those sections have been threatened with destruction BOISE IDA employment for farmers of the middleton district after the harvest season will be provided by a highway job the bureaus bureau of highways announced recently |