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Show PAGE EIGHT THE UINTAn BASIN FARMER Valencia; Song? Big Factor in Adver- tising Basin Products The Myton-Antelop- unit of e Fed- PETERSON.) eral Aid read was given its final exItTis indeed a regrettable fact that amination Monday, August 30. W. Uintah Coidnty will have no general H. Varley, resident engineer, accomCounty Fair this year. This county panied R. Simpson, dVtrict engihas become widely .noted through- neer, of Price; Fred C. Ferron cif out the states as having the very Duchesne, W. W. McOcnahie of best and most ideal County Fair in county commissioners, and W. the Rocky Mountain section. Not W. Clyde, contractor. The project only is it unfortunate to lose the was approved and was received forpublicity that came to the county merly for Gunnison and Clyde. through its County Fair, but more iWork iwas started ia July, 1925, and serious is the loss of the great edu- the costl amounted to $97,564.64. cational advantages which can be One cement bridge was constructed gained in mo other way. over Antelope creek.. For the past The County Fairs held in the 10 days it has been open fer traffic. county the last three years have cerMrs. J. B. Blankenship has gone tainly been educationally successful to Los Angeles for a visit of a few and (when we stop to consider what a weeks. She expects to meet her fair is for, we will certainly have to son, Jrhn Blankenship, who is back concede that the Uintah County in the United States from the TriniJFair has been an unglorified suc- dad Islands. He expects to spend cess. country. Mr. three months The real purpose of a fair is to Blankenship is well known in the give an opportunity for people to see Uintah Basin, having lived in Verwhat is actually being produced in nal for some time. the country and to stimulate better The seasoji of 1926 to the honey and more efficient production and producers is proving very satisfacbhe exhibits at Vernal the pat three tory in Myton and this ipart of the years have met these requirements .Uintah Basin. Some claim it is one Very effectively. of the best years in this industry. Nothing has done imore to create It is also of a good quality. N. L. local pride among the communities Peterson, W. J. Stewart, W. Paul, than bhe .novel idea of having com- j. L. Jumer, A. Andersen, Balles-t"- r munity booths. Many of the comBros., and John Zerker and munity and industrial booths which others, have good yields, have been shown at iout County Fair Ira Browning cf Salt Lake City, Would do credit at any State Fair. chief engineer for the State of Utah, In the livestock section, wonder- visited Myton recently on business ful strides have been made in the in connection with his position. He exhibits and this has. been carried was checking up the affairs of the e out into the rural communities unit of the Victory (where very marked improvements Highway with V. H. Varley, resiar noted in the types o f livestock dent engineer of the project. who Dr. F. M. Foster of Provo-being iproduced now as comrared o what we had three years ago. Mr. holds the position of deputy grand John T. Caine, one cf the best live- lecturer of the Masonic lodges for stock men in America, judged the Utah, made an official visit' to livestock at the County Fair then, Lodge No. 20, F. and A. M. of My-,- t' n recently. A special and he made the statement that be meeting Was very disappointed in the yougig was held Saturday evening, Septemlivestock, because it showed no im- ber 4. Wm. Lowe,' worshipful mas-- j provement over the parent, and in ter cf the local lodge, presided. An many cases it was inferior; but at ini cresting address was given by the County Fair last year, the judge Mr. Foster and important matters Remarked just thp opposite: That ilvero considered. Ward Ireland, who our young livestock was far superior recently moved from Myton to to the parent. Most of this great Provo, accompanied him on the change can be traced back to the trip. J. C. Becker, a capitalist from County Fair where people have an Athens. in contarct of Georgia, recently spent sevcoming opportunity in eral we (lavs are the Myton and this part of pviith very best, producing, He was looking Basin. of Uintah the and seeing it believing. Many , business interests, find was the farmers have left the County after Fair, firmly resolved that they favorably impressed with this part would improve their livestock and cf Utah. Thursday and Friday, September crops and there is no doubt but that 2 3. 'M'yton and vicinity was vis-- 1 we and on notice the improvements every a good rain, according to with a ited to in hand are due, large measure, our County Fair. Certainly the committees which will satisfy the nujblic and at the have worked so hard during the past same time keep the balance on the few years to improve our County right side of the ledger. Certainly Fair need make no apologies, ' for Uintah County should have a big have raised the County Fair each year, whether we they certainly standard in Uintah County, which can afford to put on a sport program has made us famous all over the or not. This year our efforts are confined state for being the real outstanding educational County Fair of Utah. largely to putting on a boys and It Isi possible that the sports have girls club exhibit and livestock not been all that people expected, show. Some of the best products of but they certainly have been irrore the county will be exhibited by the than the county could afford, and boys and girls and the livestock men they have been the cause tef our will join in making the livestock financial accounts appearing in the show one of the best iwe have ever red. There is a great deal for the !had. Possibly the exhibit will lack sports committee to do, if wre are to in quantity, hut we feel sulre that it have sports at the County Fair, in will make up for all deficiencies in order to work out a program 'which quality. (By iEJ. Bo-net- a, , in-thi- j i i j Myton-Antelop- v Its If You Weep, Uintah County Fair the government record, the precipitation being .53 of an inch. A. E. Edwards, who lives in the Independence district, had the misfortune to have (his hay crop, as well ag strafw stacks, destroyed by fire, Wednesday, September 2. The fire originated from sparks thrown from an overheated tractor. The entire neighborhood had bard work to save the residence and granary. A high wind was blowing at the time, which made it harder for those who fought the blaze. The Uintah Basin Seed Growers Association plant in Myton has opened its warehouse and has received several hundred sack? of alfalfa seed. This (organization does not plan to sell sacks this season. The rule they have made for the year 1926 is that it will store only the seed that is cleaned at its plant. About 110 growers are members of is this organization. Wm. Zowe manager again for this year. He was also recently elected vice president. Harvey Tucker of Myton, who runs a garage here, has secured the con, tract from the Duchesne WOODS vis County can find it cia, home onion. . No, Town CROSS, Sept. 15. Dahas a new tcwn, and one in the wark. Its Valenof the sweet Spanish according to V. A. Tompkins, traveling freight (agent for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, the railroad installed a new loading spur, immediately north of Woods Cross, to accommodate onion growers of that vicinity and facilitate the work of loading onions onto cars. The new spur runs across the old Baskin farm, once the heme of a Salt Lake mayor of the citys early days. Seeking a desirable appellation for the, new spur, Woods Cross grqwers were given opportunity by the railroad to name the new spur after o,ne of Salt Lakes early mayors, or after an onion. Inasmuch and his famdly as the have long since moved away, and Recently, .ex-may- cr Davis County ipins high because the success of the onion upon hopes new spur was named the industry, Valencia, home of the sweet Spanish onion, and during the loading season you can find it in the dark. Tribune, If some women were as hard to before marriage as after-'varplease a lot of men would be d, County Board of Education to carry pupils One never realizes that silence is on three routes to the high school at until he tries to buy it. golden Roosevelt and the grade school at Myton. One of them is Upalco and Ioka, picking up high school pupils, another from Antelope and Myton high school pupils for Roosevelt. He also, runs another truck, bringing SYSTEM the grade pupils from Midview to If its a WATER Its a Myton. Miss Emima Broome, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Broome, cf My- CRANE ton, iw.as recently united in marriage at the Grant Hotel in Duchesne to Owen Jakeman. Bishop J. Nicholson of the L. D. S. chinch performed the ceremony in the presence of a few relatives. Before returning to their home in Myton where they expect to make their future residence, they spent some time visiting at Mt. Pleasant, Ephraim and other points in Utah. Mr. Jakeman holds a position in the store of W. H. Koehler. E. F. Wahlquist of Myton, who is the president of the Duchesne County Farm Bureau, wears a happy smiile these days. He is the father of twin boys that arrived at his Mr. home, Friday, September 10. and Mrs. Wahlquist are receiving the congratulations of their many friends. 1 SS V, 'wva f The Beef Cattle Outlook Numbers of breeding stock, of cattle on feed, and cf young stock, seem to be materially lower than for several years. Continued heavy marketings have cut into supplies of cattle, and material reduction in market movement seems likely during the next year or so. It seems probable that cattle prices will show an upward treud over thee next two cr three years. Both cattle feeders and nange men should realize higher prices for their products within the next 18 months. Present prices, however, are at practically the prewar level, so even a considerable advance might occur before cattle prices would be on a parity with the things the stockmen have to buy. J Being Demonstrated at J. s. HIGHAMS PLUMBER : VERNAL UTAH 4; |