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Show News Notes It's a Privilege to Live in i Utah I 1 BOISE Construction cif the inter-itate inter-itate highway south from Rogerson to :he Nevada state line, the connecting .ink between Idaho and Nevada highway high-way systems to furnish the Twin alls country with a direct outlet to tne Pacific Pa-cific coast, will start this fall, the bureau bu-reau of highway announced in calling for bids in work. LEHI The recent rains have benefited bene-fited the beet-growing sections of Utah, It was announced by Mark Austin, agricultural ag-ricultural superintendent of the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Sugar company, who returned recently re-cently from an inspection trip. He declared de-clared that the company expects a large crop this season from all its beet-growing beet-growing territory. The beets are in excellent shape, he stated. BLACKFOOT Eastern Idaho dis-irict dis-irict fair board announced everything in readiness for the biggest and best fair since the organization of the district, dis-trict, at the close of the meeting held In Blackfoot on Tuesday afternoon. MYTON New machinery has recently re-cently been installed in the Upalco flour mill, located in Myton, by C. P. Watterson. The new machinery will make it possible to grind new wheat j is soon as it is brought in by the farmers. farm-ers. Mr. Watterson expects to open the mill in a few days. Indications show that the average of wheat is larger this year. BOISE Idaho seed growers and ; eastern seed buyers alike will be pro-! tected under a plan of certification ! worked out at a recent conference in Helena and Bozeman, Mont., with the United States department of agriculture, agricul-ture, John S. Welch, commissioner ol '. agriculture, announced upon his return re-turn from the meetings. BRIGHAM CITY Brigham City's peach harvest is on, and for the next ten days or two weeks will be one of the busiest communities in the state. The peaches grown in this section are I Df excellent quality this year, accord-t accord-t ing to reports, and will bring a good 1 price. It Is estimated by prominent growers that upwards of 20 carloads Df peaches will he shipped from this city and Immediate vicinity this sea-i sea-i son. Together with the carlot ship-' ship-' ments, thousands of bushels will be sent out by express, parcel post and ; ', in truckload lots. j BLACKFOOT Indications that the I increase In egg production In Ding-bam Ding-bam county would be greater than the 1 I local market could absorb led some ol i ; the larger producers of the county tc . sign up 40UU hens with E. II. Brock- : i man, fleldman for the Idaho Egg I'ro-I I'ro-I Jucers' association, who has Just coin-I coin-I nleted a survey of the county wi;!i: County Ak-.-nt M. L. Tlllery. i MYTON Precipitation of rain for : Myton and this portion of the basin : Saturday and Sunday was l i;.", Inches i T. C. Cwyn, resident engineer of t!i project, reports that the damage done to the ?dytnu tounsite canal by the t orm was ill I MOSCOW Establishment of a sal :non fish l.ati h'-ry on Oro (Irande ere k I -tear Orol'.no will be rer immeii'b-'l t'. i he f'-deral bureau of ti-lo ries by State lame Warden R. E. Thomas, ac. op! ! ' '.ng to an announcement made by the i Idaho ollicial. following ins pin tloll ol ! the creek a short time ago. I SALT LAKE Sugar beets produced' 1 in the state of Utah In P'l'i'i amounted ! ' l.oil.ooi) tons, having n value ,,f i,p J proximately IT. "-'S. boo. From our tou: of these beets l.."i.tn") titii ol ; siu'ar were produced. TWIN' FALLS Pale for the ceb-h I brat ion for the opening cf dedication if the Twin Kails-Jerome bridge spar ning Snake River canyon at Blue lake. was dellnietly fixed for October 1. Th 'decision was reached at a meeting ' "iere of committees repieseti i ing eh.im hers of commerce of Jerome and Twit j Kalis, wllh ollicialB of the bridge con strurtion and operating companies. MYTON A. I'agle of :la kfoof Idaho, who holds th" position of su ' I pervlslng engineer of the Uintah In ; dian Irrigation project, accompanied ; ty Porter J. Preston and K. V. J. Tech ; of Denver, Colo., who are connected I Willi the reclamation service of Indian ' affairs, arrived In Myton Tuesday, act ; Ing In the capacity of a special advls ory eomnilltoo to Inspect the Uinta)-; Irrigation district. ' I BOlSEAll fish planted in the Saw-, toolh lakes are growing well unci fur I nlHhlng good sport. W. M. Koll. Hlate fish commissioner announced upon hi? return from a trip to the Stanley basin country. Qunnanlehe. plantings ol which were started three years ago tire furnishing sportsmen good sport, j particularly In Toxaway lake. Lot i A N -- Sugar beet conditions throughout the enllre county were found to he unusually good by ap proximately l"r beet growers who made an excursion cooperat Ivelv under : Ihe nuspleos of Ihe Cache county Hoot Orowers' unsocial Ion, and the Amalga-J Amalga-J milled and Franklin county sugar factories. fac-tories. YEltNAI,- Heed W. Bailey, geologist, geolo-gist, and (icorgo H. Clyde. Irrigation engineer, bolh of the I'lah Agi icul-lural icul-lural college, ari' In Vernal making n I survey of the I'iniah riine.e, working east from Wu ah i n g I on hike, near the I head or Piovo river, In speaking of the I 'n roil Im- Park reservoir, or great In Iciest Id III" farmers of A dllv.v valley, they said this project nave piospei-ts or storing an Imiiunne quuuiiiv of water. MYTON Local showers In Mylmi the pasl lew iliun have bcueliled ,,.,. j la I loll a ml bellied lo lay the dust , J fulfil need growers have hi kuu ctitllnu |