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Show UTAH BRIEFS St. George Drilling for oil has been resumed in this section. Springvllle Work is to begin at once on a water works system. Sunset Over 8000 acres of peas will be planted In Utah this season. Logan Two branches of air pupils have been formed by flier students. Fairview A 4-II poultry club and calf club of ten members each has been formed. Springvllle A choral group has been organized here, following the successful success-ful presentation of a opera. Duchesne Uintah Tiasin Industrial conference will hold convention here August 6-7-8. Kyrmn Cattle are being examined by federal agent to eliminate tuberculosis. tuber-culosis. American Fork Egg sales during 1030 are expected to bring $1,230,000 to this city. Casllo Dale Emery county potato growers will join the state association of vegetable growers. Midvale Salt Lake county highways high-ways are to be equipped with new and powerful lights Castle Gate John Phillips fell from n bridge Into Price river with fatal results. Ogden The furniture stores of Ut-uh Ut-uh staged their first annual style show on March 25-28. Sandy An archery club has been organized at the Jordan school for the first time In Its history. Alta A $3,000,000,00. bond election In Salt Lake will be necessary to finance fi-nance the Argenta reservlor In the Big Cottonwood cunyon. Randolph Rich County's road program pro-gram has been mapped out and will Include an expenditure of approxi-mactely approxi-mactely $30,000. Springville Thirty boys from this ' city's high school are busy with coops nnd brooders preparatory to the launching of chick projects. Hyruni Cache county poultry producers pro-ducers will make a tour of poultry farms and hatcheries of Salt Lake county. (Murray Contractors bidding on a new paving extension will be required requir-ed by mayor to agree to employ local men on the work. Parowan Sixty poultry enthusiasts from northern Iron county met here and accepted construction of new tri-county tri-county unit of State Toultry association. associa-tion. Plain City Twelve classifications or iiolsteln cattle will be on exhibit at the annual Black and White day, May 6. Sugar House Taxable values in Salt Lake county increased in 1929 to the extent of over three hundred thousand dollars. Price County Commissioners have declared a tax levy of 2 mills for purpose pur-pose of financing a building program for the school district. Draper A pure bred Jersey cow, owned by Parker Brothers, has completed com-pleted official production test and qualified for Register of Merit of the American Jersey Cattle Club. Gunnison Forrest Prichett, 36, was awarded third prize by Utah Poultry Producers association in a state contest con-test and first prize in Santpete county. Chesterfield The year old 4-H Garden Club has a record of every member finishing his project, the crops including sugar beets, tomatos, beans and egg plant. Brigham City The board of education edu-cation has granted permission to the Brigham post of the American Legion Le-gion to level school grounds which is the spring community project of the Legion. Woodside Work will start immediately immed-iately on twenty mile strip of road from Woodside to Green River. Work will be under federal aid plan. Cedar City Movement is on foot to determine feasibility of road connecting connect-ing with scenic loop to ZIon National Park, up Kolob canyon nnd south to xarK, up ivoioo canyon nnd south to LaVerkin canyon. Murray The Granite school district dis-trict has been granted permission to petition for an increase of 1 mill in the tax levy for 1930-31 school year. Santa Clara Orchard heaters arrived ar-rived here and at Toquerville nnd Hurricane, to be used for the first time In this district. Manti Bids will be asked for the improvement of the Gunnison-Manti highway. Estimated cost $80,000 and work to finished by fall. Airport An example of air mnnu-neuvers mnnu-neuvers will be given by a group of navy pursuit planes an April 27. St. George Street lighting ditsrlct has been created in business section. Estimated cost of installation, $3,350,' to be borne by district and maintenance mainten-ance cost by city. Gunnison the school board is offering of-fering a $10 prize to each school in the district which will be given to the class putting over the best auditorium audi-torium program. Pleasant Grove Work Is progressing progress-ing rapidly on new public park, as many of the important pcrmanent'lm-provements pcrmanent'lm-provements to be completed this year as possible. Maplcton City water svstem t ho. ing installed, consisting of 13 miles of pipe line, carrying water to nearly every home In the city. Salt Lake 100th Anniversary of L D. S. Church ( beginning on April 0 will be featured by Illumination of L D. S. Temple with a lighting unit of 52,000 candle power. Ferron Emery County commissioners commission-ers and state road eommisloners have signed agreement whereby they split 50-50 on cost of constructing a half-mile half-mile dugway on highway near here Estimated cost is $20,000. |