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Show iNews Notes j lt' a Privilege to Liv in Utah ST. GEORGE The livestock and agricultural industries and fruit growing grow-ing are forging ahead in Washington county, with quality high and production pro-duction expanding. The county ranked second in production of pears. MT. PLEASANT More than 9,-000 9,-000 feeder lambs from local sheep-prowers sheep-prowers have moved from Mt. Pleasant and Fairview to Ogden and points in Colorado during the past week. The average weight wa3 80 pounds and the price was 10 1-2 cents. LOGAN Early snowfalls have blocked the road through Logan canyon, can-yon, it was announced recently by the state commission. The road will probably be closed all winter. K. C. Wrif;ht; assistant chief engineer of the road department, made an unsuccessful un-successful attempt to go through the canyon, reporting that eighteen inches of snow had fallen near the summit. RICHFIELD The Utah-Idaho sugar factory at Elsinore, Sevier county, will start slicing beets about October 20. A-large tonnage of beets has now been stored in the bins at the factory, under supervision of Elliott Larson of Monroe, who is inspector of beet loading station. Some of the beet fields are reported yielding from fourteen to fifteen tons per acre, considered better than an average crop. PRICE Constructioin of the new federal aid highway through Price canyon has been completed and the road will be thrown open for tarffic soon, it was announced recently at the office of the state road commission. commis-sion. There have been several delays in the work because of floods, development dev-elopment of a new coal property and removal of the Price and Helper pipe lines. The project is about four miles long and has cost about $140,000. CHICAGO Sixteen carloads of Utah lambs topped the Chicago market October 15 and 16 when the Farmers Union Livestock commission sold them at $13.85 per hundred. Eight double decks belonged to Jack Berg of American Fork and eight doubles belonged to Boley Brothers. The fat lambs sold at $13.85 and feeders feed-ers at $13.50 per hundred weight. Mr. Berg's lambs averaged 77 pounds for four doubles sold October and nearly 80 pounds for four doubles sold October 16. MARYSVALE Nine carloads of range cattle were loaded here recently, recent-ly, destined as follows: Three cars for Murray; three care for feeding pastures in the north end of the state and three cars for California. The steers brought around 10 cents, heifers close to 9 cents and the cows around 8' cents. The cattle were in good condition considering the fact that the ranges have offered scant feeding areas the past summer. The stock was shipped by Andrew Anderson Ander-son of Koosharem. VERNAL Shipment of lambs from Uintah county to feed yards in other states is under full headway. A total of approximately 40,000 lambs are being trailed from the county, partly to Watson, for shipment over the narrow gauge railway to Mack, Colo., on the main line of the D. & R. G. W., and part to Craig, Colo., for shipment over the Moffat railway. A total of not less than 35,000 lambs owned by the Uintah county flock-masters flock-masters are grazing on Colorado ranges, and practically all of these will be shipped from Craig, bringing the grand total of Uintah county lambs this fall to 75,000. SALT LAKE CITY Official proclamation pro-clamation designating Saturday, Oct. 27, as Navy day, and calling upon the citizens of Utah to commemorate the birth of the United States navy on that day with fitting exercises in every city, town and hamlet, was issued is-sued recently by Governor George H. Dern. The proclamation also urges especially that appropriate exercises be conducted in every school and institution in-stitution of learning throughout the state on Friday, October 26. It is as ' essential that the people of a great, inland state should know their navy just as well as those living in the coastal states, who are thrown into daily contact with the active forces of the great fleets, the proclamation declared. This year the country is celebrating the 153rd anniversary of the inception of the navy, the proclamation pro-clamation sets forth, and during the intervening period between that date i and the present the navy has grown from small sloops to one of the two greates armadas afloat. The country's coun-try's efficient sea force today is an effective instrument of peace, a. bul- j wark of protection, and a living monument to patriotic pride," the proclamation pro-clamation declares. VERNAL Utah, 's alfalfa seed crop is expected to amount to 8,000.-C00 8,000.-C00 pounds this year compared with 15,500,000 in 1927, according to a crop forecast issued recently by Frank Andrews, statistician" for the United States department cf agriculture. The figures refer to the weight of the seed as it comes from the thresher. In terms of rec'.eaned seed, the crop this year wiil be about 7.000,000 pounds as compared with 14,000,000 pounds last year, the report states. This year's crop was materially reduced by dry weather. |