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Show News Notes I It's a Privilege to Live in I Utah I BOISE Construction of the interstate inter-state 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 the 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 district dis-trict 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 Upalca flour mill, located in Myton, by C. P. Watterson. The new machinery will make it possible to grind new wheat as 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 protected 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 Df excellent quality this year, according accord-ing to reports, and will bring a good price. It is estimated by prominent growers that upwards of 20 carloads Df peaches will be shipped from this city and immediate vicinity this season. sea-son. Together with the carlot shipments, ship-ments, thousands of bushels will be sent out by express, parcel post and in truckload lots. BLACKFOOT Indications that the increase in egg production in Bingham Bing-ham county would be greater than the local market could absorb led some of the larger producers of the county' to sign up 4000 hens with E. H. Brock-man, Brock-man, fieldman for the Idaho Egg Producers' Pro-ducers' association, who has just completed com-pleted a survey of the county with County Agent M. L. Tillery. MYTON Precipitation of rain for Myton and this portion of the basin Saturday and Sunday was 1.25 inches. T. C. Gwyn, resident engineer of the project, reports that the damage done to the Myton townsite canal by the storm was $1000. MOSCOW Establishment of a salmon sal-mon fish hatchery on Oro Grande creek near Orofino will be recommended tc the federal bureau of fisheries by State Game Warden R. E. Thomas, according accord-ing to in announcement made by the Idaho official, following inspection ol the creek a short time ago. SALT LAKE: Sugar beets proSuced in the state of Utah in 192G amounted to 1,034,000 tons, having a value of approximately ap-proximately $7,238,000. From 990, 00C tons of these beets 135,000 tons of sugar were produced. TWIN FALLS Date for the celeb-bration celeb-bration for the opening of dedication Df the Twin Falls-Jerome bridge span ning Snake River canyon at Blue lakes was definietly fixed for October 1. This decision was reached at a meeting here of committees representing cham bers of commerce of Jerome and Twin Falls, with officials of the bridge construction con-struction and operating companies. MYTON C. A. Engle of Blackfoot, Idaho, who holds the position of bu pervising engineer of the Uintah Indian In-dian irrigation project, accompanied by Porter J. Preston and R. V. J. Teele of Denver, Colo., who are connected with the reclamation service of Indian affairs, arrived in Myton Tuesday, acting act-ing in the capacity of a special advisory advis-ory committee to inspect the Uintah irrigation district. BOISE All fish planted in the Sawtooth Saw-tooth lakes are growing well and furnishing fur-nishing good sport, W. M. Kell, state fish commissioner announced upon his return from a trip to the Stanley inmin country. Quananlche, plantings oi which were started three years ago. are furnishing sportsmen good sport, particularly in Toxuway lake. LOGAN Sugar beet conditions throughout the entire county were found to be unusually good by approximately ap-proximately 175 beet growers who made an excursion cooperatively under the auspices of the Cache! county licet Growers' association, and the Amalgamated Amalga-mated and Franklin county sugar factories. fac-tories. VHUXAL-Rced W. lialley, geologist, geolo-gist, and Ceorge I). Clyde, Irrigation engineer, both of the (Mali Agricultural Agricul-tural college, (ire In Vernal making a survey of the I'lnlali range, working j east from Washington lake, near the I head of I'rovo river, In speaking of Hie i Paradise Park reservoir, of great In-' In-' teresl in the fai inern of Ashley valley, 1 tiny ftald thin project, gave prospects of storing an immense iiaiillly of wa ler. MYTON - Local showei-s In Myton tin- past few days have benefited veg tat Ion ami helped fo lay Hie limit ! fu 1 fit need grower have begun cultlni |