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Show News Notes f I It's a Privilege to Live in J Utah S I VERNAL The severe frosts of the past two weeks have considerably dam-iged dam-iged Ashley valley fruit trees. Aprico trees in some instances were caught in full bloom and while . other fruit trees were not in bloom," the; buds were so far advanced that the frosts killed some of them. Very little planting plant-ing of garden seeds has been done, as early ventures along these lines were nipped to complete destruction. MYTON Water has been turned ln-I ln-I to nearly all irrigating canals in this part of the Uintah basin, including the Indian irrigation project and the canal which furnishes water for tha South Myton bench. "Under the supervision super-vision of Lyle Young, additional work is being done on the canal which carries car-ries water to Pleasant valley.- This will prove very beneficial to the farmers, farm-ers, not only for irrigation, but also for household and stock purposes. VERNAL People of Uintah county are anixously awaiting the expenditure expendi-ture of $2500 on the Vernal-Manila highway, promised by the state road appeal by a delegation from the Lions commission, in response to an urgent club and county farm bureau, which .personally waited on the commission. DUCHESNE Federal aid project 110-A, Duchesne to Dead Ox flat, nine "and one-half miles, will soon be completed. com-pleted. The first bridge on Strawberry river is completed, and the second bridge will be filled in this week. Graveling has been completed into town. The contractors, A. G. Young and company, expect to have the main highway completed within two weeks, and will then begin the extension of the project through Duchesne to connect con-nect on with the Duchesne to Antelope. VERNAL Shipping wool by truck to Watson js under way from Ashley valley shearing plants, the loads averaging aver-aging three tons each. The wool is delivered at Watson to the narrow gauge Uintah railway for transportation transporta-tion to the main line at Mack, Colo. Fleeces average eight pounds in weight, grease in the wool being somewhat some-what below normal due to the cold spring weather. MYTON Sheep shearing in this portion por-tion of the basin is progressing in a satisfactory manner. Several of the smaller sheepmen have finished. At the Antelope Sheep Shearing associ-tion's associ-tion's corral a full crew of about fifty shearers is working and several trucks are hauling the clip of wool to Price. Recently, Moon Brothers began shearing shear-ing at the corral of R. L. Hurd, in Myton. This work is being done with the use of clipping machines, by four men. SALT LAKE Over 100,000 tons of salt were produced last year in the solar so-lar evaporating plants of Utah. MYTON Recently a light rain fell in Myton and this portion of the basin, which will prove beneficial in laying the dust and starting vegetation. This is the first rain in this vicinity for several weeks. VERNAL At a meeting held here, attended by farmers from all parts of Ashley valley and by state and county officials, it was decided to continue the campaign inaugurated last year for weed and crop pest control. The meeting was presided over by A. Theodore Theo-dore Johnson, president of the Uintah county farm bureau, and was atended by Harden Bennion, state commissioner commission-er of agriculture; Dr. F. E. Stephens, state agricultural inspector; W. L. Fletcher,, chairman of the -board of county commissioners, and E. Peterson, Peter-son, county agricultural agent. BEAVER Two petitions containing nearly 200 names of residents in Soldier Sol-dier Summit, Scofield, Winter Quarters and Clear CreekMirging that the state highway between Beaver Creek, and the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon be kept open during the winter months have been filed with Utah state road commission and the commissioners of Utah and Wasatch counties. LOGAN Hyrum's third annual Black and White day, similar to the big event staged in Richmond annually, will be held soon according ac-cording to Orson Miles, member of the committee In charge of arrangements. The committee expects ex-pects that close to. 100 animals will be on display. DUCHESNE Permission to Increase In-crease its rates on freight hauled into and out of. the Uintah basin was granted grant-ed the Sterling Transportation company com-pany by . the public utilities commission commis-sion recently. The company estimated esti-mated that revenues from its 1928 operations under tbe present rates would lack $18,277.44 of being sufficient suffi-cient to pay operating expenses, allow for depriciation on its trucking equipment, equip-ment, and pay 8 per cent on the investment. in-vestment. Under the rates proposed by it, the company estimated the deficit defi-cit for the purposes named would be $7861.84. GREEN RIVER To preserve as much of old Fort Bridger as is possible is occupying the attention Of many ot the public-minded citizens of the three southwestern counties of Wyoming right now. The state historical landmark land-mark commission has secured an option op-tion on this property from W. C. Casto, Its present owner and recently the commission held a meeting at Rock Springs and took steps to get the mon-ey. mon-ey. The commission has no funds for purchasing such places, but it has appointed ap-pointed H. J. Boice and John W. Hay of Rock Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Payson |