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Show I News Notes f It's a Privilege to Live in Utah J Washington Food prices, it is reported re-ported by the government, were 5 per cent lower in Salt Lake City on June 15 than a month prior to that time, lesplte the 2 per cent jump made in prices during the month prior to June L5. With food prices only 36 per cent above pre-war levels, Salt Lake con-. con-. tinues to show a smaller advance in food costs compared with 1913 than any other city in the country, according accord-ing to government officials. Salt Lake City. Utah's foremost position as the mining center of the United States is revealed in official reports of the United States bureau of ( mines covering the gold and silver pro- r auction of all states of the United States and territories and possessions. Utah is by far the greatest silver producing pro-ducing area, with its 21,240,515 ounces of silver. The closest rival is that of Montana, with 12,596,609 ounces. Myton. Not to be outdone by the Shoshone and Bannock tribesmen of Idaho, the Uintah Indians residing on the basin reservation have staged a three-day sun dance, which opened with elaborate ceremonies at White- rocks at 3 o'clock Wednesday. Salt Lake City. One of the best fair exhibits of recent years is promised prom-ised by the exhibitors' committee of the Utah Manufacturers' association, which met at the chamber of commerce com-merce recently to discuss plans for the renovation and decoration of the manufacturers' building at the state Cair grounds. Improvements already have been made, it was brought out, and these, together with the general overhauling which is to come later, will provide the exhibitors with ac-eomomdations ac-eomomdations which have heretofore been absent. Price. Furnishing the thirsty crops with irrigation water at a time when they would undoubtedly have perisled the big reservoir of the Price River water conservation district near Sco-field Sco-field has roved a godsend to farmers "f Carbon county this summer. Morgan. The Morgan canning factory, fac-tory, which has been in operation since July 6, canning peas, is having its biggest run this week, it being estimated esti-mated that about 100,000 cans were put out Wednesday. During the heavy run the factory is working overtime to take care of the peas that are being brought in from the county. Salt Lake City. Hereafter only trout five inches or more in length will be nlanted in the lakes of tlio Uintah basin country, it was announced announ-ced by David H. Madsen, state fish a'nd game commissioner. Salt Lake City. Replying to a communication com-munication from H. E. Crockett, secretary sec-retary of state, requesting information concerning the statu of certain gas tax collections turned over to the attorney at-torney general's office for action, J. Robert Robinson, assistant attorney general Wednesday informed Mr. Crockett that a decision in those caser. ' , was still pending. Ogden. Inspection of all apples and pears will be made at the shipping point to determine that the fruits meet all the requirements of the fed-. fed-. eral pure food and drug act, it was announced by Harden Bennion, state commissioner of agriculture, following a conference between himself and others of the board of agriculture with L. D. Elliott, chief of the Denver station sta-tion of the federal bureau. Logan. Between 4000 and 5000 farmers, their wives and children will meet Monday at the Utah Agricultural college at the annual farmers' encampment. encamp-ment. Four days of demonstrations, exhibits, lectures, games, amusements and contests of various kinds will make up the program which is designed design-ed to acquaint the framer with the value of the state agricultural college. Prove. In the vicinity of Pleasant Grove the strawberry crop brought the growers upward of $50,000, while the raspberry crop is believed, to have surpassed that by another $25,000. The cherry crop was also especially good and will bring returns of upward of $5000, it is estimated by growers. The peach crop will be heavy, in the opinion opin-ion of the growers, and the quality will surpass that grown in the district during dur-ing recent years, it is stated. Salt Lake City. More than half o( the peach trees in both Utah and Idaho Ida-ho are ten years and over in age, it is revealed in a report by the department depart-ment of agriculture. According to this report, Utah has 318,564 peach trees and Idaho '28,075 trees. Of these totals to-tals Utah has 189,977 and Idaho 21,084 past the ten-year mark. Utah has 20,281 trees one year and under, while Idaho has but 510 trees falling in this class. Salt Lake City. More cattle and calves were slaughtered during the first six months of 1P26 under federal inspection than in any other corresponding corres-ponding period in the history of the country, according to the cattle report issued through the office of George A. Scott, federal livestock statistician, j for the seven Western states, Thurs-; Thurs-; day. The estimated number of killed during this period is set at over 7, j 000,000 head. This would mean if the 1 slaughter continues at this rate more than 15,000,000 head will be slaughtered slaughter-ed during the year. |