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Show jl News Notes j o f' a Privilsge to Liv in X Utah J FARMIXGTOX Rain which had fallen fal-len last week has been disastrous to Davis county onion growers who had onions pulled ready for shipment. Rain has been prevalent throughout the entire county all week, with a general snowstorm. According to Mr. Matthews, farm bureau crop tester. 150 carloads of onions which were to be moved out of the county this week are lying in the fields. Up till this week there have been 165 carloads sent out this season. MYTOX Persons who came to My-ton My-ton by way of the Strawberry route, from Salt Lake City last week end reported re-ported a snowfall of 4 to 5 inches. Snow also fell at Altonah and the upper up-per county Friday afternoon. In the lower part of the basin it was quite cold. SALT LAKE Retail department stores of the state of Utah had a total payroll of $1,1SS,709 during the year ending June 30. 1926. These stores gave employment to an average of 11S1 persons during that time. BRIGHAM CITY Beet growers of tie Brigham City sugar factory district dis-trict have received orders to begin harvesting and delivering their ripe beets Monday, acording to Orson A. Christensen, agricultural superintendent superintend-ent of the local factory district. LOGAN Cache county cattle have made a very good Bhowing at the annual an-nual Utah state fair, which opened at Salt Lake last Saturday, October 1, in the opinion of County Agricultural Agent R. L. Wrigley. SALT LAKE) Although the greatest rainfall in twenty years has been experienced ex-perienced in southern Utah this season, sea-son, with heavy showers recently, roads in that section are in good condition, con-dition, everything considered, according accord-ing to Frank Page Stewart, who, with "W. D. Sutton, has just completed a surrey sur-rey of southern counties for the state board of equalization. Mr. Stewart j and Mr. Sutton returned to Salt Lake Saturday. SPANISH FORK Great improve- ' merit is being made on the road from j Spanish Fork to the mouth of Spanish j Fork canyon by the state road commis- Bion. directed by the state road com- mission, directed by R. W. Money. A , corps of workers is surfacing the road j withcrushed gravel, making it almost like a paved highway. The workers ; also are grading up the road from the I outside edges, making it better for , passing automobiles. A corner has likewise been rounded off as the road . enters town, thus eliminating two right angle turns. BRIGHAM CITY Jesse W. Hoopes : of this city, president of the Utah Poultry Cooperative Marketing association, associ-ation, announced that arrangements i were completed during the week for j the purchase of the state association j of the large warehouse located near j the Oregon Short Line raiiroad depot from Alfred N. Olsen, fruit and pro- I duce dealer of this city. The consid- ! eration is approximately tlO.Ohf). j SALT LAKE More varieties of ! wild flowers can be found in Utah I than any other state. Approximately j every variety of wild flower found in other states can be found in Utah, together to-gether with many varieties common only to the Beehive state. ; HELPER Ground was broken last : week for the largest business block j ever constructed in Helper. The struc- 1 lure to be erected Just norm of th Times building will cover an acreage i of 136 by fi'i feet, and is being financed j by the Helper Seciu"eiti-s company, i The block Is under construction by the j Helper Building and Construction com- pany. j MYTON J. VV. Carlson of Fort I)u- chesne. who has charge of the Uintah j basin experimental farm, which Is located lo-cated on a forty-acre tract near that place, reports that satisfactory prog- . rea has been made during the year ; 1S27. Farmers from all parts of the j basin have visited the farm, and, it Is said, received substantial help. NAM PA Receipts of the recent Twin Falls county fair, exceeded the previous high record by approximately 12'iOn'i. acording to Frank J. Keen.in, secretary. The total was I IS. 031..'!.'!, and of this amount, f 12.S-t3.50 was taken tak-en in at the gate and grandstand; $772. 50 from boxes, and J5.f;5.33 from cone-- jons and miscellaneous items. VKRNA r - I tie mm mml ol (lie " son r, reared n v-riim in, xsiiiev vat ley early on I ue.oia) r r r i j i r k The ! official gn vit n .ti -ti i Aearnei obscrv-r A. 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