Show news notes otes ii its it 9 a privilege to live in iii utah VERNAL the severe frosts of tho the past two have considerably damaged ashley valley fruit trees apricot trees I 1 in n some instances were caught in full bloom and while other fruit trees were not in bloom the tha buds were so tar far advanced that the me frosts killed some of them very little planting of garden seeds has been done as aa early ventures along these lines vero noro nipped to complete destruction MYTON water has been turned into nearly all irrigating canals in this part of the uintah basin including the indian irrigation project and the canal which furnishes water tor for tho the south myton bench under the supervision of lyle young additional work Is being done on the canal which carries water to pleasant valley this will prove very beneficial to the tha farin fann ers not only for kon but also tor for bb household and stock purposes VERNAL people of IlIn tali county are awaiting tho the ex expand ture of 2600 2500 on the vernal manalli highway promised by the state road appeal by a delegation from the lions commission in response to an urgent club and county farm bureau which personally waited on the commission federal ale project A duchesne to dead ox flat nine and one halt half miles will soon be ba corn coni plated the first farst bridge on strawberry river la is completed and the second bridge will be filled in this wok graveling has been completed inac town the contractors A G young and company expect to have the main highway completed within two weeks and will then begin the extension of 0 the project through duchesne to connect bonwith on with the duchesne to antelope VERNAL shipping wool by truck to watson Is under way from ashley valley shearing plants the loads aver aging three tons each the wool lg Is delivered at watson to the narrow gauge uintah railway for transportation to the main line at mack alack colo fleeces average eight pounds la in weight grease in the wool being somewhat below normal due to the cold spring weather MYTON sheep shearing in this PIT mr tion of the basin Is progressing in t L satisfactory manner several of the smaller sheep men have finished at the antelope sheep shearing assacl eions corral a full crew of about fifty she areis la Is working and several trucks are hauling the clip of wool to price recently Accent ly moon afoon brothers began bedan shear ing at the corral of 1 II 11 L hard in myton this work Is being done with the use of clipping machines by tour four men SALT LAKE over tons of salt were produced last year in tha so lar evaporating plants of utah MYTON recently a light rain tell fell in myton and this portion of the basin which will prove beneficial in laying the dust and starting vegetation this Is the first rain in this vicinity for several weeks VERNAL at a meeting held here attended by farmers from all parts of ashley valley and by state and county officials it was decided to continue the campaign inaugurated last year for weed and crop pest peat control the meeting was presided over by A theodore johnson president of the uintah county farm bureau and was aberl ded by harden dennion Benn lon state commissioner arof of agriculture dr F E R stephens state agricultural inspector W L fletcher chairman of the te board of county commissioners and E peterson county agricultural agent BEAVER two petitions containing nearly names ot rodents rs dents in soldier summit scofield winter quarters find and clear creek urging that the state highway between derive benver creek ond tile the mouth of spanish fork canyon be kept open during the winter months have been filed with utah state road commission and the commissioners of utah and wasatch counties LOGAN hyrams third annual black and white day similar to the big event staged in richmond annually will be held soon nc ac cording to orson orion miles member of the committee in charge of 0 arrangements the committee expects pacts that close to animals will be on display DUCHESNE permission to increase its rates on freight hauled into and out of the uintah b basin asin was granted the sterling transportation company by the public utilities coin cor ilmis slon recently the coin company vany estimated that revenues from its 1928 1929 operations under the pres present e nt rate gatei 9 would lack SIS of being sufficient to p pay ay one operating rating expenses ep naps allne for on its trucking equipment and MY 8 per cent on the investment under the rates by it the company estimated the deficit for the purposes named would be GREEN RIVER to preserve as aa much of old fort bridger as Is possible Is ie occupying the attention of many ot of the public minded citizens of tile the three southwestern western counties count lea of wyoming right now the state historical landmark commission has secured an option on this property front from W C casto caste its present owner and recently thel the commission held a meeting at rock springs and took steps to get the money me the commission cOrn mission has no funds tor for purchasing such places but it has appointed if J bolce and john W ilay hay t f rock springs mr and mrs payson |