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Show ii Mews Notes ! I ! It' a Privilege to Live in X Utah j MYTON The week beginning April 9 is the date set for the opening of the Antelope sheep shearing plant, which is located eight miles west of Myton. It is expected that 50,000 head of sheep will be handled this season. Ed Chris-tenson Chris-tenson of Springville will supervise the work which involves about fifty men and several trucks to handle the wool to Price. The shearing season covers about six weeks. BRIGHAM CITY The new $50,000 armory and community center building was formally opened and dedicated here by an elaborate and fitting program, pro-gram, which prominent state and mil-tary mil-tary officials, with local officials and citizens, participated. LOGAN Survey of the snow cover in Spring Hollow and on Mt. Logan made by the Utah experiment station on March 31, results of which were announced, shows a normal accumulator accumula-tor during March of about 10 inches of water. This, however did not overcome over-come the deficiency of snow on March 1 and, as a result, the snow cover on April 1 is considerably below that of a year ago. On April 1, 1927, there was about 41 inches of water at 9000 feet elevation. This year there is only 31.2 inches. Salt Lake Clearing skies and rising temperatures were following on one more real taste, of snow, which rode into Salt Lake With a brisk gale. The snowfall, of from three to five inches, which had dampened cleanup campaign ardor for a brief spell, was rapidly melting and before nightfall it was practically gone on the lower levels. SPRINGVILLE Opening of the seventh sev-enth annual national art exhibit was formally observed here in the Springville Spring-ville high school auditorium. Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of the Brigham Young university, was the principal speaker at the exercises. Hundreds passed through the halls during the afternoon's presentation of nationally known artists' works and favorable comment was heard. LOGAN According to C. Z. Harris, Richmond dairyman, plans are rapidly progressing for the annual black and white day at Richmond, which has been set for May 4. Considerable interest in-terest is developing among the dairymen dairy-men of the county that are intending to have their herds represented in the big event. MANTI A car of dairy cattle from Cache county was unloaded in Sanpete recently. There were forty-two head of animals in the consignment, which were purchased for $3085. In the shipment ship-ment there were twelve grade calves at total cost of $330; a registered calf, $75; twenty grade heifers springing, bred and yearlings $1717; two registered regis-tered heifers, $220; five young cows $532.50, and two young bulls, $210. OGDEN Utah canneries packed 2,-361,037 2,-361,037 cases of tomatoes, peas and miscelaneous products in 1927, making the second largest pack in the history of Utah canning, the Utah Canners' association as-sociation announced. The pack of 1925 of over three and one-half million 1927 total. In 1926 the canners packed cases was the only one to surpass the . 1,065,102 cases of tomatoes and 7706,-322 7706,-322 cases of peas. Forty canneries were in operation. PRICE That the Uintah basin is interested in the proposed highway from Price to Vernal via Nine-Mile was the word brought to Price by H. D. Ford, general manager of the Raven Ra-ven Gilsonite corporation, who, in company com-pany with Superintendent P. H. Stephenson Ste-phenson and Mine Foreman E. G. Gurr of the company, was in Price on com-panly com-panly business. A. T. Burton, a good-roads good-roads advocate from Vernal, was with the party, and he said the suggestion would receive the undivided support of Uintah county. OGDEN Twenty-one members of the Weber County Fish and Game Protective Pro-tective association went to Spring creek in Ogden valley and built troughs to divert water into the fish retaining ponds of the association. The ponds are now capable of holding 100,-000 100,-000 fish, E. L. Ford, president of the association, said. Ponds in Spring creek itself also have been built with a capacity for 40,000 fingerling trout. GUNNISON In the Gunnison district dis-trict this year farmers will increase acreages in every line, with several hundred acres turned to cauliflower growing, an industry moving rapidly to overtake celery growing in the state. VERNAL One of the severest windstorms wind-storms in many years visisted Vernal and Ashley valley recently, the gale reaching its height just after the schools had been dismissed for the noon hour recess. Many pupils found it difficult to return for the afternoon classes, as the high school is located I in the western end of Vernal and the gale rras blowing from the west. MANTI Last week saw the first eggs go through Sanpete's grading plant at Manti. Manager K. Jensen has the old box factory building in supplies. A new 1 1-2 ton truck is shape for handling the eggs and feed now on hand. It is painted white, with gold lettering signs on each side "Milk-White Eggs." A carload of feeds has arrived and has been unloaded. un-loaded. PROVO Industrial surveys show that many Utah towns and cities have completed plans for extensive street improvements, with miles of sidewalk! ?nd pavements for 1928. |