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Show t News Notes I It's a Privilege to Live in J J Utah I Ogden Plans for the eighth annual Ogden Livestock sho.w, which opens January 4. are to take definite form now that the ram sale, which occupied the attention of the stock show officials, offi-cials, has passed, it was stated by Charles H. Barton, president of the Ogden Livestock Show, Inc. The first preparation for the annual livestock show is that made by feeders of carload car-load lots, L. F. Whitlock, general manager man-ager of the show, said, "These lots of cattle are being fed and fattened now in order to be in trim for the show." Provo Potato harvest in the county is just getting under way. Digging of the small sugar beet crop also' is commencing. com-mencing. The potato production is expected to be large. Some yields already al-ready show that where good seed was used good yields were obtained; One grower sacked aprpoximately 1000 bushels bu-shels from a little more than two acres. Monticello The largest cattle .deal of the year was closed last week at Monticello when George W. Dalton of Verdure sold out his entire herd of whiteface cattle to Roy Heist of Olney Springs, Colo. There were 700 head of cows and calves in the deal,, Mr'; Dalton Dal-ton will deliver the cattle at Thompsons, Thomp-sons, where they will be taken by train to Colorado ranges. "' '' " Myton Walter Baird, who had a lease of the Nick Wilson place "in the Ioka district for this season, had. the misfortune Wednesday noon to lose an alfalfa seed stack and a- haystack by fire. The threshing machine owned by the Ioka Huller association was pulling into the field preparatory to threshing the crop, when sparks dropping into some foxtail grass started a fire that spread to the stacks. Monticello A large crew of men from Blanding has been sent , to repair re-pair the road on White Mesa hill on the road from Bluff to Blanding. Heber Frost, state road agent, said that the recent rain had done considerable damage dam-age to this part of the road. Salt Lake Utah's Holstein-Friesian state herd will leave about October 28 for Portland for competition at the Pacific Pa-cific international livestock exposition, it was announced by C. Z. Harris of Richmond, president of the Holstein Breeders' association. Gilbert Thatcher, That-cher, who supervise showing at Portland Port-land last year and at three intermoun-tain intermoun-tain fairs this year, will not accompany the herd to Portland. The state herd now is quartered at the Cache county fair grounds at Logan with Mr. Harris in charge. Draper Several Draper residents have started constructing new homes The new buildings for the greater part", are being built in the eastern part of the community. Three houses' are under un-der construction and a number more will be started shortly. The building activity started as soon as the last of the season's crops were marketed. Draper An experiment in chicken . rations now being conducted by poul-trymen poul-trymen at Draper may mean the elimination elim-ination of feeding mangels, beets and other forms of vegetable roughage and at the same time afford a new outlet for Utah alfalfa, according to word received re-ceived from A. H. Michelsen, president of the Utah Poultry rPoducers' association. asso-ciation. Salt Lake Utah celery is becoming more and more important as a crop for shipment to outside points. Its quality cannot be excelled; it is crisp, has a firm, white texture and a de-' licious flavor which has created a very large demand. Rotary Park The city has granted permission to the City Creek Mining company to bore a tunnel through a ridge about a mile above Rotary Park The commission has notified the United Uni-ted forestry service that it has no objection ob-jection to the tunnel. The land is given giv-en by the city because of its water rights, but the tunnel permit is issued by the forestry service upon the approval ap-proval of the city. Ogden Grain, livestock, ore and merchandise shipments have all been greater than last year in the Western region, which includes Utah and surrounding sur-rounding states, acording to W. L. Harvey secretary of the Central Western West-ern Shippers' advisory board. He is here to arrange for Utah's participa tion in a meeting of his organization. December S, at Lincoln. Xeb. Harve said that car loadings in this region in Jicate an increase in business this year over last of about 10 per cent. Provo A movement to increase the tariff on turkeys imported into the United States markets from foreign countries from 6 to 9 cents per pound is being fostered by the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative Marketing association as-sociation in conjunction with other organizations or-ganizations engaged in the turkey handling business on a large scale, it is anounced by officials of this association. |