Show news notes its lt a privilege to live in utah CEDAR CITY latest scenic highway zion national park mt aft carniel carmel is being pushed foiw forward ard with several hundred men employed on the works PAYSON at a meeting ot of nebo school district hoard board recently bids were opened and contracts let tor for the new junior high school building in payson work will start at once and construction will be completed before the opening 0 of school next september the general contracting tr work was let to chytraus lindquist of salt lake at SALT LAKE wilh head reported utah ranked second in the number of sheep and lambs january 1 as compared to the number in each 0 of the seven tar far western states according to report of george A scott utah livestock statistician tor for the U S department 0 of agriculture issued recently california ranked first with PRICE mud on soldier summit road due to the thawing and recent rains makes that highway impassable it was announced recently by E C knowlton maintenance engineer of 0 the state road department the mud Is so deep that it la is dangerous to try and travel over that road it was reported the road through heber and provo to the uintah basin is still passable but the rains and thaws have made it muddy and la Is in a poor condition PARK CITY park utah consolidated mines company one of 0 the largest silver lead mining enterprises enterprise s in the state earned a net of 0 during 1927 according to the co com banys report filed with the state board of 0 equalization recently toy for taxation purposes this is more than the amount required to pay the companas comp anys dividend ot of SO 80 cents a share during that year PANGUITCH rains and thaws luring during the past week meek have made farmers ot of this section happy aI although though many ot of the roads have been made rather difficult of 0 travel due to the recent storms the dear bear valley from panguitch to paragonah Para gonah has become impassible to motor travel most of 0 the tourists now taking the cove fort route by way of 0 marysvale Marys vale SALT LAKE contracts signed tor for sugar beets tomatoes and peas insure increased acreage in all these industries throughout the state planting plans through various associations reveal LOGAN tuberculin tests will be applied to all cattle over three months of 0 age in cache co beginning 1 march 19 it was decided by representatives 0 of twelve local farm bureau organizations who met in county agent R ij L Wrig leys office in the court house W II 11 ballard jr county chairman of the dairy committee had charge of 0 tha session which h was attended by dr W 11 II hendricks state veterinarian dr E D libby representing the federal government and dr 0 EUREKA decision to make improvements prove ments on the tinta tintic highway extending from santaquin San to eureka amounting to approximately has been made by utah county commissioners ners and E C knowlton state road maintenance engineer RICHFIELD niCH FIELD holstein dairy cattle owners 0 of sevier county whose herds now number according to a recent census 2014 2044 head are organizing a holstein breeders bleeders bre eders association 0 of sevier county movement to this end received a decided impetus here the past week during the visit of R E everley field man tor for the holstein friesian association of 0 america and as a result the following board 0 of di rectors have been chosen to perfect an organization and to serve until the first annual meeting PROVO construction on the two miles of new road from near the junction 0 of the mt Timpa loop road with prevo canyon up the canyon to the narrows probably will be started this summer it was announced by E C shepherd supervisor 0 of wasatch forest recently the project which was proposed year 1 by the bureau of public roads lias has been held up on account of 0 the exi cost and the steep grade ini boived the construction will cost about COALVILLE distribution of the road funds tor for summit county tor for the coming year was made at the county commissioners regular regi flar meeting recently county road funds were allotted on a mileage basis to the following precincts Il lueneter enefer lle neter upton 2025 coalville Co alville peon oakley 1200 marion kamas woodland francis parleys park and park city and deaver beaver city LOGAN after making the regular monthly snow survey on mt logan professor george D clyde of the utah agricultural college reports that february has been very unusual and the prospects now are that tho water supply tor for the coming season will be below normal the precipitation in the valleys and on the high watersheds has been deficient during tile the past month whereas the total accumulated precipitation during february 1927 was inches of water at feet elevation the total this year at the same elevation was only about I 1 one inch professor clyde announced |