Show r I f News Notes Its It's It a Privilege Utah to Liu Liv in int I t 4 4 The UTAH UTAH 4 The Western Pacific rail rail- railroad railroad railroad road spent in Utah for operating expenses during 1928 1 28 PARK PARIC CITY The CITY The intermountain territory produces annually more than worth of manufactured goods while the value of min minerals i is in excess of SALT LA The LAKE LAKE The E-The The population of the intermountain region is CO GO per cent rural while 40 per cent of the people live in cities of more than 2500 per per- persons persons persons sons CEDAR CITY CITY Because Because of the cold weather this spring fear the approaching lambing season amany as many of the lambs will die unless the weather becomes milder The same applies to the sheep as shearing has already begun One is re- re reported reported re reported ported to have lost about sheep out of his herd lierd of an large proportion The JACKSON JACKSON The stage line between Jackson Wyo and Victor Idaho the nearest railroad point to this isolated Wyoming town is experiencing con con- considerable considerable considerable difficulty in making the tho trip over the foot pass In view of the fact that six feet of snow lies on the road going over the Teton pass it is s necessary to transfer the mail and freight from truck to wagon and from WAgon to sled VERNAL Shearing VERNAL Shearing of range sheep has started at the plant at Jensen fifteen miles southeast of Vernal with head scheduled to be sheared at this power-operated power plant No sales of wool have been recorded ed from this plant although several buyers have been in Vernal during the past few days sampling wool Favora weather continues to attend the shear shear- shearing shearing ing operations in Uintah county ST Washington GEORGE GEORGE Washington count county mohair growers received a price of 46 45 cents and 48 cents for mature hair and 58 cents for kid hair And two car car- carloads carloads carloads loads of fleeces left Cedar City re- re recently recently re recently consigned to Boston Local growers two weeks ago refused offers of 46 cents and 56 50 cents and since that time approximately pounds of mohair r has been stored in Cedar City under guard awaiting final disposition Under AIRPORT AIRPORT Under the favorable weather eather conditions of the time the thelast last few days dl S 'S the the city city under direction of HarryL Harry L Finch commissioner of parks is making a determined drive to complete laying drainage tile the on the center run run- runway run run- runway runway way In conjunction with this phase of field improvement graders and level levelers rs are engaged in smoothing off the entire acreage The object is to tomako tomake tomako make mako the whole field available for landings and takeoffs At present the main runways are cinder surfaced LOGAN Reuben LOGAN Reuben Hansen tester of the College Wellsville-College Ward Dairy Herd Improvement association has filed his monthly report with County Agent Robert L Wrigley The aver aver- average average average age milk production per cow during March was pounds compared with pounds for February The aver aver- average average average age butterfat production per cow was 2791 pounds compared with 2450 pounds for the previous period One Onehundred Onehundred hundred and twelve animals gave forty pounds of fat or more during the month I The MANTI-The MANTI The blacksmith shop at atI Mayfield has been busy the past sev- sev sevI several rev rev-j sev several I I eral days das preparing gopher probes These rather dangerous looking in- in instruments instruments in instruments arc are five or sL six feet long longwith with three quarter inch tubing at one end and a rake tooth at nt the th other The sharp point finds the gopher hole and the tube Is used to deposit a nice little breakfast of or carrots therein The mere fact that the carrots carry strychnine in quantities deadly to gophers is in keeping with the general appearance of the probe RICHFIELD Digging through snow from two and half one om half to twenty feet deep for fOl a distance of four fOUl mites miles N B Cook chief deputy state fish and game commissioner nine deputy wardens and eight men engaged bythe by bythe bythe the Richfield Lions club and the resorts opened the road to Fish Fi h lake for the purpose of planting planting- fingerlings and obtaining fish eggs Cook reported re- re recently recently re recently on his return The gang oc- oc occupied occupied oc occupied sixteen days In to opening the road digging to earth so that trucks carrying the fingerlings might get getto getto getto to the waters About thirty five thirty truckloads of these fish are going into Fish lake and the crowded con condition of the hatcheries made it necessary to get them planted to make room for those yet to be hatched BOISE OISE-Doise BOISE had bad its first touch of spring recently when the sun re- re remained remained re remained out during the entire day and the tho mounted to 67 a Do tem tem- temperature tem tem- temperature temperature equaled equale only once this year ear on April 2 SPANISH PORK FORK FORK Utah's poultry industry brought a return of to the producers of the state ing duri-ing duri- duri during ing 1928 1 28 a survey of the agriculture booklet committee of the chamber of commerce under the direction of J J Porter shows chows This is an increase of nearl nearly over 1927 when the returns totaled 53 The production of the state tate as reported by two two twenty shipping and marketing agencies follows Eggs cases valued at 1001 poultry 1770 1770 pounds valued at and turkeys 1 pounds at |