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Show Intermountain News, Briefly Told for Busy Beaders 'MATLE CANYON ROAD GREATER 8AVC LAKE NEW STEEL BRIDGE BATTLE PINE BEETLE ) i ' . PROVO, V T. Maple Canyon fond building work will start early In April, The project Involves $8-000 $8-000 worth of construction and will be paid jointly by Sanpete county -and the forest service department. SALT LAKE CITI Officially Salt Lake will be listed with the United Suites bureau of census as n city with 175,000 to 180,000 popu- ... latlon instead of the 140,180 shown by the 1930 enumeration within the corporate limits, as result of action taken by the Salt Luke Chamber of . Commerce. GREEN RIVER, CT. A new teel brldjt'O will be constructed over Green River, near the townslte of Green River. O. K. Peck, bridj engineer of the Denver & Rio Grande railway has inspected tie site. The new bridge will cost between be-tween $110,000 and $112,000 and when completed will be one of the finest structures on the entire system. sys-tem. KEMMKItER, WIO. The primitive prim-itive Bechler river area of Yellowstone Yellow-stone park is infested with mountain moun-tain pine beetle, . dreaded tree destroyer, de-stroyer, but the park service Is determined de-termined to stamp it out this spring at most any cost As soon as snow depth permits the infected trees will be sprayed with oli and burned, killing the larvae before it matures and takes wings to destroy other trees. LOGAN, UT. The Cache countj commissioners definitely promised to cooperate in the financing of the second unit of the Logan canyon road project providing no money is asked for before December 31, 1931. A protest has been received by the commission against the appropriation appropria-tion for the road. MOSCOW, IDA. Idaho's oldest lode gold nilue is still in operation in the Boise basin, according to reports re-ports from the University of Idaho school of mines. The present owners own-ers are said to have advanced to the 805-foot level. PROVO, UT. A new record for butterfat production for cows belonging be-longing to Utah County Dairy Herd Improvement association members ' was made by a cow belonging to the Utah state hospital herd during December. Layton, a grade Hol-steln Hol-steln of the hospital herd produced 88 pounds of butterfat during the month to hrenk the former record of 80 pounds. BOISE, IDA. Idaho fish and game officials are willing to cooperate cooper-ate with Utah to make Bear Lake a mecca for fishermen. The Idaho State fish department Is urging a plan making illegal the seining of flub from Bear Lake on the Idaho - side. The Idaho authorities are highly in favor of a plan whereby" the two states could establish joint fish rearing ponds to restock the lake. ; SALT , LAKB CITY Twelva Utah fresh fruits and vegetable products totaling 1,715 carloads . were unloaded in 38 cities through-' out the United States during 1929 . according to a report issued by the Salt Lake branch of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The consuming territory extends from Los Angeles In the west to New York City on the east, and from Dallas and New Orleans on the south to Chicago, according to the report. RUPERT, IDA. Mary Boldt, 17, Is dead and her two companions on an auto ride, Velate Denny, 17, and Olen Rencher, 24, In a serious condition con-dition at a local hospital from, injuries in-juries suffered In an auto crash near Paul. OGDEN, UT. B. J. Finch, district dis-trict engineer of the U. S. bureau of public roads, reports that during dur-ing January, this year, contracts have been awarded on federal aid projects in Utah and Idaho for a total to-tal of $709,329.44. This amount Includes In-cludes $310,816.51 in Utah on five projects and $458,521.00 In Idaho, covering 10 projects. EPHHAIM, UT. Alma Larsen had the end of the second finger of bis left hand taken off by a power saw while cutting kindling. A few ' years ago Mr. Larsen. had one finger cut ofT and another badly mangled In a saw mill When a child he had still another finger taken oft by a clothes wringer. MID VALE, UT. A post of the American Legion, entitled Jordan Post 35, has been established here. It is the first post of the American Legion formed in Salt Lake County Coun-ty outside of Salt Lake City. AMERICAN FORK, UT. Boiler room construction at the state train-ing train-ing school has begun by A. W. Pulley Pul-ley and Sons, excavation contractors, contrac-tors, with the breaking of ground. Actual building of the farm dormitory, dormi-tory, first of five buildings to be completed this summer, will begin , Shortly. . - SALT LAKE CITY. The annual rtport for the Salt Lake diocese of the Catholic church reveals a membership mem-bership of 17,523, in the state ot Utah and part of Nevada. |