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Show I News Notes ! It's a Privilege to Liv's in ! Utah Bountiful Rock work has started on the tunnel that is being driven by contractors on Bountiful city farm in an effort to increase that city's water supply. The contractors who for the past two or three weeks have cleared away the overburden which covered (he rock strata have now penetrated the rock several feet. Faster progress prog-ress is exptected now that the actual tunneling is under way. To date no water has been encountered. The objective ob-jective of the tunnel is placed at CuO feet. Moab An ice jam in the Colorado river threatens to tie up all boat transportation on the Midwest-Utah Oil Refining wells for an indefinite period per-iod unless efforts to break the gorge are sucessful. For tile past weeJ the boat crew of the Moab Garage company, com-pany, which operates a freight barge, have been fighting the ice in vain. Salt Lake Programs for the twentieth twen-tieth annual convention of the Utah State Woolgrowers. at Salt Lake, Jan-tiry Jan-tiry 24, has been announced. Frank P. Hagenbarth, president of the National Na-tional Woolgrowers' association, will be the principal speaker. II. W. Harvey, Har-vey, Heber City, president, and James A. Hooper, Salt Lake, secretary, will deliver their annual reports the morning morn-ing of the first day. Ma'ad The value of the eighteen principal crops raised in Idaho in 19-3, is ?S7, 627,000. based on December 1 farm prices. This is 21.3 per cent less than the 1925 value, but greater than that of 1924. Last year's valuation ol these crops was $111,298,000. and the 1924 crop was $7S,22S,000. Malad As an indication of the rapid expansion and growth of water power development in Idaho during the last few years, tabulations prepared by the geological survey show that in 19i2 there were in operation forty-five plants, having a total rated water-wheel water-wheel capacity of 22 1,400 horsepower. Legislatures in several western staies are likely to be called upon to vote this season upon antidairy substitute substi-tute bills of one type or another. Since the original dairy substitutes bill was introduced in Oregon and defeated, dairymen of many states have sought to have enacted legislation of a similar, sim-ilar, though less radical nature. Last session an effort was made in Idaho to legislate a tax on dairy substitutes, chiefly olemargarine and butter substitutes substi-tutes made from plant oils, but it failed. Myton C. G. Haskell of Milford, Beaver county, an alfalfa seed producer pro-ducer In that part of the state, is spending a few days In Myton and this part of the Uintah basin. He is an in- uepenuent seed buyer and has been procuring samples of alfalfa seed preliminary pre-liminary to making purchases for himself him-self and eastern seed companies. Salt Lake During the month of December De-cember the state treasurer, John Walker, Wal-ker, paid out on warrants issued by the state auditor the sum of $1,072,-702.51, $1,072,-702.51, leaving a balance on hand in the strong boxes of the state of $:!,-474,529.0.';. $:!,-474,529.0.';. The total receipts for the month. Including the balance on hand on December 1, was $4,547,241.1 1. Cigaret stamps sold during the month amounted to $10,001.48. Price Raising of purebred hogs on a commercial scale is a new industry in this section which promises to be of insetimable value upon further development. de-velopment. The start for this new aspect as-pect to Carbon county agriculture is a shipment of 105 purebred Chester White hogs brought In within the past few days. Salt Lake--Ta.es amounting lo $1.. 2.'i3,2(i2.12 were received at the office of John Walker, state I roasurer, Tuesday. The largest amount from any one county was from Salt Lake county, which sent a check for $S.';i;, .S.S4.7S. Utah county's check was the next largest In size, a mounting to $202, 12S. Tli'i balance received caino from various counties, as follows: Du cbesne, $ 12.000; Kmory, $ 14,295; Iron, $12,0X9.19; Morgan, $ 10.51) 1. HO ; Pluto, $20,000, and Sevier, $:!5.000. Ogden Attendance at the eighth an nual Ogden livestock show represents a wide territory. The opening day brought, a. sizeable delegation from Salt Lake. I'oeaiello sent its mayor C. B"ii Ross, c; its oflleinl standard-bearer. standard-bearer. Denver, which will open Its annual all-wer.tern slock show a week after the Ogden event closes, is rep re:!' iiled on Ogden's guest list. Many exhibitors at the .(unci ion City will ship lo Denver lifter Mill-, show closes. I.i'ylou -Two adililtoiuil feet of snow was added to tin- considerable qiianli'y vlreiulv on the mountains ,.,) of Hill city illl-iUg the -oioWKloilll thin Week. Til" ad'HIJonal atinv. il In declared, I i in 'ii o 1 1 !i nil ponulliilil b a ,,' u water slioi'in y: next le-nann iiii!i":m an iiupre-tudi iiupre-tudi nli illy early aprlnc occurs. |