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Show utiumtti t :i News Notes ;j '. It'a a Priviltge to Liv in I Utah LOGAN Cache county took the lead in 1927 production of barley, with a crop of 207,000 bushels. MANTI Sanpete county led all others oth-ers in the state in 1927 production of oats, with a total of 255,000 bushels, an increase of 42,000 bushels over 1926. PROVO Winter ranges of the state have been greatly benefited by the heavy and general precipitation of the last week, according to the weekly crop report issued recently by J. Cecil Alter, government meteorologist. BRIGHAM CITY The BHgham plant of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, com-pany, under the direction of Superintendent Super-intendent A. C. Pearson, shut down recently following a campaign of about thirty days. During the campaign the factory sliced about 40,000 tons of beet acreage. IRONTON Steady progress of the Utah branch of the Columbia Steel corporation at Ironton may be expected, expect-ed, L. F. Rains, general manager of the corporation, stated recently upon his arrival In Salt Lake. Mr. Rains, who is stopping at the Hotel Utah, is here on a regular tour of inspection. He plans to visit the plant soon. MYTON C. P. Watterson, proprietor proprie-tor of the Upalco flour mills in Myton, estimates that plant will handle 10,000 bushels of wheat this season. During the past week he purchased 4000 bushels bush-els in Ashley valley, near Vernal. Mr. Watterson is trying to interest the farmers in this portion of the basin. The price paid was ?1 per bushel. COALVILLE The Summit county farm bureau held its final meeting for 1928 and elected officers for the coming com-ing year, received and accepted the report of the wool pool sale for 1928 and transacted other business recently recent-ly at Coalville. The pool for the last year comprised about 75 members, with a total of 13,500 fleeces and a return of approximately 47,000. GUNNISON Gunnison, Utah's new cauliflower producing center, will ship j more than 155 carloads of the product this season, it was announced recently by A. J. Cronin, assistant general freight agent of the Denver & Rio a ?300,000 estate had been transferred cars of cauliflower have already been moved out of American Fork by the railroad. Last year only twenty-one cars were shipped. RICHFIELD Sevier and Piute counties have made their contribution to Thanksgiving cheer by furnishing upward of four carloads of fat turkeys, and some ducks and chickens as well. This season the turkey crop was on a par with that of last year and the prices obtained make for an increase in 1929, it is claimed by members of the cooperative turkey raising association. associa-tion. CEDAR CITY An agreement has been reached between the state road Commission and Iron county for the oiling of the state highway from Cedar City to the Washington county line. The estimated cost of the work is -o,uu. me county uas agreea xo pay $12,552 of this amount and the state will pay the balance. The work is to be completed about May 1, in time to meet demands of heavy spring traffic. GARFIELD Plans for extensive betterments on certain roads of Garfield, Gar-field, Kane, Juab and Millard counties were announced recently by H. S. Kerr, chief engineer of the state road department. The engineering branch of that department has worked out these plans with the counties in question ques-tion at the request of the state road commission, it was stated, in view of the fact that federal funds are not adequate ade-quate to meet all the important improvements im-provements necessary. RICHFIELD Since the storm of Saturday, Richfield and oevier count-ty count-ty have basked in clear sunshine, but with intense cold accompanying the radiance. The thermometer has tallen twice to as low as 10 above in places, according to reports of unofficial nature. na-ture. Radiant sunshine, with occasional occasion-al cold snaps, predominates in the Richfield section during winter months, according to the weather I prophets of the section, and it is believed be-lieved this winter will be exception to the rule. EPHRAIM Eight elk hunters who had been marooned at the Seeley Creek ranger station, seven miles across the summit of the Wasatch range from Ephraim since last Wednesday Wed-nesday by the heavy fall of snow, returned re-turned to Ephraim Monday, physically unharmed by their experience. They were Ranger Wells Thursby, Bartley Thorpe, George Sorensen, Thomas Taylor and S. R. Burr, of Ephraim, and L. M. Lewis and Lewis Gardener, of Ogden, and William Burch, of Provo. BRIGHAM CITY Representatives of the Boxelder Poultry association and merchants of this city met at the Commercial club recently to arrange for Boxelder's annual poultry day. Committers were appointed and a program pro-gram partly worked out for the ocas-sinn. ocas-sinn. The dates were set for December Decem-ber 14 and 15, with the principal features fea-tures of the celebration the poultry Ehow and the poultry dance. The committee com-mittee intends to make the .show an educational affair, emphas'Tln;; mme of the things that contribuu to suc-Oessful suc-Oessful jouUry production. |