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Show i; News Notes It's a PriviUge to Liv in Utah ! PROVO Probability that the flow of natural gas from Wyoming fields, long expected in Salt Lake to aid in the development of industry and to help solve the smoke problem, will enter en-ter the populous center of the state by way of Provo Instead of Ogden, has developed de-veloped during the past few days. EPHRAIM Ranger Thursby made a trip to the top of the mountain east of Ephraim recently for the purpose of measuring the depth of the snow and Its water content, as well as to take readings of (he maximum and minimum mini-mum temperatures. He reports 3.6? inches of water, with 17 inches ol snow on the ground, maximum temperature temper-ature of plus 56 degrees and minimum temperatures of plus 4 degrees at the Great Basin experiment station. MANTI The woolgrowers of Manti and Gunnison have agreed to pool their wool of approximately 70,000 fleeces. There are thirty-five persons or firms in the pool. Alevander Barton, Bar-ton, P. C. Madsen, Junior Metcalf, Wil-ford Wil-ford Wintch and Roy D. Mellor make the committee to transact the business. LOGAN' The blizzard of Tuesday afternoon brought with it a carpet of about five inches of snow during the night and in the morning the city sidewalk side-walk scrapers had their first season's workout. The thermometer dropped to 10 degrees above zero during the night, but at 9 o'clock it registered 31 degrees above. SALT LAKE Estimates place tl) value of Utah's 1927 sugar crop in excess ex-cess of $15,000,000. This state produces pro-duces more sugar beets to the acre than any other, while the sugar content con-tent of the beet is exceptionally high. UTAH Colections of the tax on gasoline gas-oline in the current year will exceed that of last year by more than $200,-000, $200,-000, the tax this year being approximately approxi-mately $1,401,670.93, as compared with $1,293,315.73 In 1926. The figures were given out by the motor vehicle department depart-ment of the secretary of state. LAYTON Cache county farmer had 8703 acres of sugar beets intended for harvest in 1927, the report of the bureau of agricultural economics ol the U. S. Department of agriculture shows. There were also 3024 acres ol oats, 2683 acres of barlev: 1024 seven of potatoes; 462 acres of corn, and 2S acres of rye. LOGAN Keber Swanner, field superintendent su-perintendent of the Utah Packers' corporation, cor-poration, and his assistants have re cently finished a survey of southern Cache county, which was made to do termine whether or not a pea canning factory could be supported. Mr. Swanner Swan-ner was favorably impressed with the results of the survey and notified the people of south Cache that he would know within a few days as to whether a canning factory would be built in their community. SALT LAKE Constant vigilance by the state road commission forces kept . open the main trunk highways of the . state through the storm of almost bliz- 1 zard proportions Wednesday, it was announced Thursday. The Parley's canyon road, where the most trouble i was encountered, was opened by a l road gang under the direction of S. L. Cate after a two-hour battle with drifting drift-ing snows Wednesday. PLEASANT GROVE Between 1905 and 1926 the value of Utah's factories increased from $50,000,000 to $325,000,-000. $325,000,-000. This includes a variety of products, prod-ucts, many being shipped out of the state. DUCHESNE The cold snap of last week caused a suspens'on of road construction con-struction on federal aid project, Duchesne Du-chesne to Dead Ox Flat. Contractors A. G. Young and compa.ny and associates associ-ates leaving Duchesne for their homes Saturday morning. Two more weeks of favorable weather would have seen the project practically completed, as all grading has been completed and little more than two miles left to be graveled. OGGDEN County Treasurer David W. Evans coll&cted $1,249,549.15 in taxes before the delinquency period began on November 30, figures oom puted at his office disclosed. The amount which the treasurer is charged with colecting is'$l,89S.977.41. Collections Collec-tions were ahead of last year. Mr. Evans reported. His office opened for the colection of delinquent taxes to which the penalty provided by law will be added. BEAVER :Sub-zero weather, with more snow than has covered the ground at this time of year for some time, is the prevailing condition here. Wood hauling, one of the chief occupations occupa-tions for many men in winter time, is relegated to memories of other years. ; Stockmen are becoming alarmed over feed and m;a are buying up all available avail-able hay at an advance in prices. BINGHAM It was boys' night at the Kiwanis club recently. Members of the four troop3 were present. Clarence Clar-ence McNeil was presented with second class scout badge. Reno Gal-legher, Gal-legher, an Eagle scout, told of his experiences ex-periences in the work. CEDAR CITY Wool sales have been active during the past few days, and more than 50.000 fleeces were sold ! in one pool, with a price of from thirty thir-ty to thirty-four cents. A.mjng the proinent sheep men who are disposing of their wool are J. N. Smith. James Smith, J. D. Hopkins, and L. W. Jones Prospects in the industry are verj bright with the most favorable weather weath-er conditions in three years A convention con-vention of the local woolgrowers' as- I ';oclatiou will be held on the 101 n ol I January. |