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Show 8 THE OGDEN POST I Some of the Nations Finest Cattle Which Were Shown at Ogden Show Left to right Prince Domino, a grand champion Hereford bull exhibited by Ken C117I Stock Farm, Littleton, Colo.; A champion female exhibited by Condon and Battle, Yaki-ma, Washington; Mixer, a Ken Caryl steer of championship calibre; "Carnsti: Matador Mercedes, a four year old Holstein cow from the Carnation farms; Belemorl Hartland, shown by Camden Stock Farm, Versailles, Ky.; .Carnation Romeo, another! successful Carnation entry; Dorothy Anoka, a Shorthorn entry from Grair. from Ken Caryl, Littleton, Colo. Valley, Mo.,; ten head of I Sni-A-B- ar prize-winne- rs Utah Benefittcd How Hardware Is OGDENS CHAMPION DAIRY QUEEN COMES MEAD PREDICTS Removed From Roads Half Million Last BACK AND CAPTURES MORE HONORS AT LIVESTOCK SHOW A striking ACTION ON ECHO example of the dependYear by Forests ence of one industry upon another for ALL-AROUN- D million dolUtah received one-ha- lf lars more from the national forests in 1920 than did the Federal government, according to the figures announced by District Forester R. II. Rutledge at the forest service head- quarters in Ogden. Utah was at the rate of seven and ideas and methods was recently demonstrated when the Nevada State Highway department utilized electro lifting magnets to pick up nails and spikes from the highways. The idea was borrowed from the metallurgical industry without a single alteration. Two lifting magnets, purchased from The Electric Controller and Manufacturing company of Cleveland, Ohio, were utilized.. These were suspended between the front and rear wheels of a five-to- n truck, at a height of five inches above the surface of the roadway. Current for the magnets was furnished by a t, 11 generator which was carried in the truck body. The magnets were given a test run over an old railway grade that is being used temporarily as a highway between Reno and Lovelock. Maintenance operations on this grade had caused the track spikes to come to the surface thereby continually causing punctures and ruining tires. On this section in one round trip 1370 pounds of nails, spikes, and scrap iron were picked up. An examination of the scrap material disclosed the startling fact that on this sece tion there was a average of 45 pieces of sharp pointed metal on the roadway surface just waiting an opportunity to puncture and possibly ruin the tires of guileless tourists. After such remarkable success on the road, the magnets were used to clean the streets if Car-so- n City, where 4850 pounds of nails were picked up in two days. It is planned to keep the magnets in continual operation until aU state highway routes and unimproved streets in cities on these routes are free from nails. benefit-te- d one-quart- er $114,-595.8- direct-curren- olt 100-mi- Total $237,373.72 Total Administration.. $237,373.72 2 Improvements. 3 Roads and Trails. 10 Per Cent Fund $ 24.161.58 Forest Development . 82,074.97 Section 8 . 45,202.67 Total .. Total ..r 230,485.33 . .............. ..$381,924.55 ..$381,924.55 School and Road Fund ..$631,014.02 (25 Per Cent Gross Receipts. See. B. 7.) 50 Per Cent to State School Fund $ 19,099.31 50 Per Cent to State Roads 19,099.31 4 Total $ 38,198.62 Total Amount Spent in Utah by National Forests, 1925 $669,212.64 "National Forest Receipts in Utah. 1 Timber. Timber Sales $ 14,886.58 Timber Settlement 128.35 Timber Trespass 131.98 5 -- Total 2 Grazing, Cattle and Horses Sheep Trespass ...$15,146.91 Clifford S. Potter, owner of Potters tamondview farm, and his prize, Sarah Ann Duplicate Ameri' can Champion Cow in 1925) chosen by Judge Axel Hansen, as senior and grand champion of Ilolsteins. Clifford S. Potter, owner of the Lommondview Dairy farm, at Pleasant View, Weber county, the home of grand champions, called the Federal Accredited Herd number 1160, was one of the happiest of the several hundred exhibitors at the eight annual Ogdon livestock show, when Judge Axel Hansen, the Holstein judge, declared that Sarah Ann Duplicate (Registered number 668853) the aged cow for 1925, was the senior and grand champion cow at the Og an Roads 8 Net to Federal Government $114,595.87 What do the National Forests Spend in Utah? (Sec. $669,212.64 What does the Federal Government Keep from National Forests (Sec. B-- 3 4 5 Total Special Use 3S, 198.62 A-- $ 62,982.94 65,519.25 .. 2,139.55 8) 5) 114,595.87 ..$130,641.74 What does Utah net from National Forests? $554,616.77 14.80 This last is equivalent to 7.4 ct's per acre. (7,481,573 acres of National 6 Total Receipts $152,794.49 Forests), including 461,900 acres of 7 25 Per Cent of this (See barren land (and largo portion of balance is precipitous and over 10,000 Sec. A-is turned back to State Schools and feet elevation.) Water Power Fire Trespass ... 4) - 3,514.85 3,476.19 le per-mil- (All-Arou- nd M..u. Reclamation Commissioner Papers Are in Satisfactc Form; Signing of Conti Awaits Further Snbscripth 22-in- ch cents for each of its 7,481,573 acres of national forests. Last year the forest service spent in Utah $669,212.04. In the receipts the federal government netted 7 which left a net of $554,616.77 to Utah from the forests. The followare the official figures announced ingthe forest service: by A Expenditures in Year. 1 Administration. General Expenses .... Fire Fighting Fire Prevention and Sanitation 463 39 Work 4,639.10 6,730.41 Grazing Reconnaisance.... Salaries 166,113.33 Forest Highway RESERVOIR S001I 1 den show. The honor coming to the pride of the Potter herd as the Grand Old Cow, was greeted with genuine pleasure by the exhibitors from more than fourteen states. Sarah Ann's record is one that is the envy of dairymen of the country. She has been, in addition to cow, the being the Grand champion at the Utah State fair continually since 1920. She is the first state row to milk over 100 32 pounds of butter in seven days,1 and pounds of milk a day; to make over an Send for This Bulletin If Ypu Are Interested Logan, Utah, Jan. 10 Approxidifferent bnes of mately seventy-fiv- e investigation are reported in the recent Biennial report, of the Utah station, Agricultural Experiment which is just off the press. These investigations range from experiments in changes occurring in food during storage to investigations in under- round-watand production costs in S airying. It contains many other problems of major importance both to the farmers and homemakers of the state. This report, known as Utah Experiment station bulletin number 198, and prepared by Director Wil er to make over 100 pounds of butter fat in 30 days. She and four of her half sisters are the foundation of the lommondview herd, headed by Sir Pierterje Lyons Ormsby, a son of one of the great leaders. Mr. Potter is planning on sending Sarah Ann to eastern dairy and livestock shows. He has reached this Reno-Lovelo-ck decision after several urgent appoiils WIIAT THE DOCTOR KNOWS by some of the foremost breeders of The only doctor in Scrapville dethe country. Potter has refused some wonderful offers for the pride of his cided that he would like to ne mayor, so he came out in the Scrapville herd. Times with the following notice: liam Peterson, covers the activities of Fellow citizens, I am running for the station for the period mayor. I have no particular platfrom January 1, 1925 to July 1, 1926. form, no reforms to make, nothing to The various bulletins, circulars, anfl against my opponent I merely scientific articles written by members say desire to be mayor of this town beof the station staff and published dur fore I die. I know every man, woman ing the bienhium indicate the progress and child in this town. I have been which has been made on such of the resent at every birth, marriage or research projects of the station as Seath in Scrapville for the past forty have been brought to a point of def- years. If I am not elected I am inite conclusion. Included in the re- - to leave town. But before I go going I will Iiort will also be found a brief tabu tell you all I know about each one of summary of the ten farms oper- you. ated by the Utah Experiment station, For the first time in the history of The object of this biennial re- the town everyone of legal age turned port is to present a general review out. When the ballots were counted, of the administrative, research, ex- the old doctor had received all but perimental and other activities of the one vote, and that was cast by a man station for the period des who had just moved into the town. Boston Globe. ignated. th 18-mo- Jan. WASHINGTON, Rec 12. mation Commissioner Elwood Mi who has been considering, with Chi Engineer Walters, the Echo reserroi: contract recently signed in Uts along with securities offered by tl water users to guarantee repaym of construction costs on Echo resej-voiand the Provo-Webcanal, sail the papers are in satisfactory f and he looks for early signing of tk contract by the secretary of the ier nterior. But bids for the building of Eckr cant reservoir and the Provo-Webwill be invited, even after the contraf is signed, said the commissioner, until the full water supply has been rat scribed." There remains approximately 50ff acre-feof water in Echo reservoz tlw yet to be subscribed, and when dm is taken advertisement for the and canal will be issued promptly Plans and specifications are ready. er et ci Application for 10,000 acre-feprobwater in the Echo reservoir will ably be made by Salt Lake City, k cording to recent plans which hs been discussed by the city and tv state water storage commission. The oversubscription of water V the city is made in view of the sumption that other subscribers wish ing to secure the passage of the project, calling for storage of 74,000 feet of water, have applied for m water than they actually wanted. Fi this reason, it is said. Salt Lakes sob woof script loft for 10,000 acre-fenot oversubscribe the storage would not mean that a division of tv waters would have to be made in cordance with the rations subscribe; for. State Engineer George M. Bactf stated Wednesday that means bringing the water near Salt could be done in three different wsf from the aource. At recent meeting, it has been suggested that securing the water is the important thing 1 this time for future assurance water to thia city, and that it woo-be possible for an exchange of tv Echo reservoir water rights for othe? closer to this section. The initial steps toward the ratfV ing of the water by the city co missioners has been commented uP favorably by engineers who hr studied the water sources of the stsP especially those in close proximity Salt Lake, and it has been expres; by them as a good means of securfc cheap water for future use. et et . : |