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Show " f (i , . i ! Ne we Notes ; lt'$ m Privilege to Lin in Utah . . .. SALT LAKE Salt Lake is the center cen-ter of a great livestock area that la 1927 sent more than 8000 ear of livestock live-stock to the Salt Lake stockyards DRAPER Poultry raisers In Utah are receiving returns of approxin ately 2 per hen per year after all feed costs have been deducted. The state has many individual flocks of from 5000 to 10,000 hens. PROVO Preparations for the ship- i ping of the onion crop of Utah county are being: made by the growers, according ac-cording to W. J. Thayne, Utah county agent A number of the biggest shippers ship-pers already have sacked a big portion por-tion of their crop. GUNNISON The horse-pulling contest promises to be one of the most interesting- features of the Sanpete county fair, which is to be held September Sep-tember 12, 13 and 14. S. W. Chapman of Manti has the pulling contest in charge. He expects a hundred teams to enter the contest. BRIGHAM CITY In a letter Just received by the local chamber of commerce com-merce from Governor George H. Dern, the chief executive accepts an invitation invita-tion to participate in the Peach day festivities here on September 14-15. Other prominent men of the state have also signified theii intention to attend the big peach festival. MYTON Farmers who reside close to Mt Emmons, Altonah and Bluebell, where there has been sufficient water for irrigation purposes, are having; good results in the raising of grain this season. Some of the fields are producing from thirty to forty bushels of wheat to the acre. A considerate portion of the grain has already been cut and some has been- threshed. PROVO According to John F. Men-denhall, Men-denhall, manager of the Utah County Fair association, every effort is being made to bring to the fair this year a greater exhibit in all departments A better program of horse racing together to-gether with special entertaining attractions, at-tractions, i3 well under way. The fair opens September 27 and will continue for three days. , i WASHINGTON Salt Lake leads nil other targe western cities In percentage per-centage of grain in post office receipts in -the month of Ausrust, as compared with August of last year, according to figures made public at the office of the postmaster general. The grain is 7.82 per cent, from S103, 911 to $117,426. Only four out of fifty large cities in the United States included in this tabulation have a larger gain. GREEN RIVER Melon day, Green River's bijr annual festival, was fit-t:ngly fit-t:ngly celebrated Monday by one rf the biggest crowds ever to assemble at Green River. Last year's crowd of 7000 persons- was equaled if not exceeded ex-ceeded by the assemblage from afl over eastern and southern Utah, which congregated here Monday to do hom-ap-e to the principal product of the vallov the melon. MYTON The public schools and hiuh school of Duchesne county will open Monday, September 10. Several of the buildings are being put in better condition and new equipment provided. A total of twelve truck lines have been established providing transportation for tha pupils. , The Duchesne county teachers' institute will be held Thursday Thurs-day and Friday, September 6, and 7, at Duchesne. An Interesting program Is being prepared. COALVILLE Coalville city council coun-cil has named a committee to investigate invest-igate the cost of installing pipe from the flowing hot well in the recently acquired city park, with instructions to report at the next meeting The services of Emil Hansen, landscape gardener at the Utah Agricultural college, col-lege, have been secured to design the new park grounds, and it is expected this work will be under way within a short time. FILLMORE-Opening day of the Millard county fair, being held at Fillmore, Fill-more, was attended by one of the largest crowds ever assembled k.. a Millard county fair. The exhibits In the department of agriculture, domestic domes-tic science and art and education were effectively displayed in the recently remodeled old state capitol, the work of remodeling having Just been completed com-pleted in preparation for the establishment estab-lishment of a state museum in the old historic structure. ; RICHMOND The state road commission com-mission and the commissioners of Cache county have reached an agreement agree-ment whereby the road commission will put the highway from the Rich-, Rich-, mond crossroads through Lewiston to the Idaho state line in good condition and level up the detour that runs through Cove precinct. Both of these highways have been used as a detour while the concrete highway in the north part of the county was being constructed. The two roads are to be put in first class shape, it is said. OGDEN W. R. Chaplain, head of the United States forest service grazing graz-ing research at Washington D. C, conferred con-ferred with officials of the intermoun-tain intermoun-tain forest service here for a shot time recently. Mr. Chapline was en route to California from the east Ernest Winkler, chief of grazing in the Intermountain forest service, returned re-turned to Ogden from southern Utah at the time of Mr. Chapl'ne's visit, The ranges in southern Utah are very dry, but both cattle and sheep are in good condition, showing good wtighta, Ur. Winkler said. |