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Show l News Notes It' a Privilege to Live in Utah ii l'ANGL'ITCII -i resent prospects for abundant crops next. nninier uro not promising, according to cureful check of precipitation to .late. Although, tho section received as rruch early snow as usual, many midwinter storms of other purls f tho atal.) have been missed hy Pangultch. This fact, linked link-ed with tho realiiy that this section has had light snowfall for three winters win-ters past, makes tne adequacy of next summer's water supply doubtful. A premising feature of Hih outlook is thai heavy fall -ui.is left tho ground well saturated and has insured good Rprlng working conditions. Early range la iiIho very promising, duo to the heavy fall rains and thj snowfall to date. COALVILLE The aiinuM financial statement of John JJ. WrlfhL county clerk of Summit county, has been filed with tho county couimlHHiicrs. The report shows a balance on hand In the tho county treasurer's hands on he-comber he-comber 31, 192(, ol ?2!)5.000, with the net resources ot the' county amounting to $i:iO,0()0. During the past year disbursements dis-bursements were made from the various var-ious funds an follows; General, fliG.OOO read, $20,000; widowed mothers' fund, JfiOOO; poor fund, $0500; and fair fund, $500. In addition to the above disbursements disburse-ments f 50,000 was expended from state road funds, principally n federal aid work and at tho first of the year a balance bal-ance of $11,000 was left In this account. ac-count. MYTON Under the direction ol F. W. J. Meyer, supervisor of the Midi view and Arcadia districts of Duchesna county, work Is in progress on the Lake Fork bridge. Mr. Meyer has a force of men making the necessary Improvements as rapidly as possible. The foundation on the east side ol the bridge was washed out by the recent re-cent flood caused hy the breaking o( the dam in the upper country a few weeks ago. The bridge will be raised and a cement foundation put in. Tha road has been graded from the Upalcn flour mill west for several miles and a bridge constructed over a had draw, OGDEN Weber county dairy farmers farm-ers are planning to take a trip to Cache county early this month, under the direction of the Weber County Farm bureau. Equipment and arrangement ar-rangement of Cache county dairy barns will be studied, and in addition the matter of feed for dairy cows as carried out by Cache dairymen will be looked into. The Weber county bureau bu-reau also has decided to organize cow testing associations to test herds over definite periods to Increase butterfat production. A survey of all cows In the county also is to be made. BRIGHAM CITY - ''.oose Creek mountains, in the northwest part of Boxelder county, boast a lake that isn't a lake. The summit of the range is covered In summer for miles with sky-blua lilies. The wind,' blowing them, gives the illusion of a huge lake. Ogden Value ot Utah livestock increased in-creased during 1927 about $6,000,000, or 11 per cent, over the preceding year, according to the annual livestock report re-port issued Tuesda. by George A. Scott, statistician for the United States department of agriculture. The ris3 In values is due largely to a sharp increase in-crease in the per head value of cattle, the report says MYTON One of the industries th.it Is rapidly increasing in the Uintah ha-I ha-I sin is the cream and dairy business. One creamery company has receiving stations established at Vernal, Bonita, Altonah, Mt. Emmons, Roosevelt and Myton. Several of the farmers are increasing their hords of milch cows, while others are beginning to cngags in dairying. MOAB Approval of a continuation of the three-year contract on the price to be paid for sugar beets dtring 192 j was made Wednesday a', a meeting a". I the special committee of the Utah Su-! Su-! gar Beet Cooperative association and ' representatives of six of the larger! beet sugar concerns operating in this j territory at a session held in Farm .Bureau headquarters in the Dooley ', building. 1 BRIGHAM City With a flow of j more than 2000 gallons per minute, the t test well recently sunk by tho First I National bank of this city on the form-j form-j er J. C. Knudsen farm south of this '. city has proven more successful tha-i j was expected by the company, and will probably bo the means of solving the problem of increased irrigation I water for the dry lots -in and around j Brigham City. I SAN JUAN Coustrucitcn of a high-I high-I way between Big Wash and Peters' ! hill, in San Juan county, will not be j undertaken at the present fme b3-cause b3-cause of lack of funds, it was in-I in-I nounced by the highway commission, j The proposed road is seventeen mile" j long. The est'mated rest of the work is $S1,000. HEBER The financiu' report of i Wasatch county f;' the year ending j December 31, as rublished by Alfred i Sharp, county clerk, shows the c.oun-I c.oun-I ty and the various funds in a healthy condition, with no l ondcd iadebtr-n I nes. Th? report follows: Fixed as : sets. $2-1,300; to credit of various funds, vis. 058. 63 ; due empty fivm ' state, 5150; ha'f s-.k.rics and oth-r i sources, $712; tolr.l resources, ?93,2'R i SI; tnial liabilities, $15,7-17.03. The total receipts for tue ye?.r were $395, 99S.2U and the total disb'.irsp.in.-rts i $327,911.50. |