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Show I News Notes j J It' a a Prioilega to Liv in I Utah Cedar City Randall L. Jones, apeclal representative of the Utah parks' service for the Union Pacific arrived from hla eaatern tour Sunday and Monday In looking over the highway high-way conditions, driving to Zlon national na-tional park and on the Grand Canyon road as far as the Arizona border. Logan Preparations for Cache coun ty'a two big annual dairy days, the Black and White day . at Richmond and the South Cache Dairy day at Hy-rura, Hy-rura, are under way. Dairymen in Hy-rum Hy-rum decided to hold the second annual South Cache Dairy day on April 23. This celebration will come Just one week prior to the twelfth annual Black and White day at Richmond. Salt Lake The Salt Lake water prospects for 1927 are better than at any other time In the city's history, with the possible exception of 1923, was stated by Superintendent H. K. Ilurton at a meeting of the water storage stor-age committee of the chamber of commerce, com-merce, when Dr. T. B. Beatty of the atate health department. Superintendent Superintend-ent Burton of the city water department depart-ment and H. C. Jesses, city engineer, met with the committee. Provo The new city and county building at Provo is one of tho few edifices ed-ifices of its kind recognizing artists by allotlng a permanent place for an art jtallery. Gunnison Gunnison valley "potato growers have received the first of a two-car order of Idaho Rurals, the purchase pur-chase of which ia financed by the Gunnison Gun-nison Valley bank. The shipment came ifrom Idaho Falls, Idaho. The seed 13 of the very highest quality and arrived ia splendid condition. One hundred acres will be planted this season and the framers are optimistic, as arrange jnents have been completed with one f Salt Lake's large wholesale com-imission com-imission houses for the handling of the irrop. Ogden Several loads of steers, comprising com-prising a community shipment from southern Utah, topped the steer market mar-ket at the Ogden Union stockyards, ibringing $9 a hundredweight, the highest high-est price paid for steers upon the Ogden Og-den market in a number of years. The consignment which brought the record price included four loads of 900-pound wteers. Salt Lake Material increase In the cherry crop of Utah within the next few years was predicted in the March forecast of the 1927 crop issued by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician statis-tician for Utah. Information from eighty orchards in the state shows that there are 10.3G4 cherry trees, of which 6195 are of bearing age and 4169 not yet of bearing age, according to the report. Myton Poverty and hardships are forgotten by the Ouray Indians In their annual spring festival, which is replete with poetry and imagery. Pe-too-we-nas, the old mother has witnessed wit-nessed these gatherings for many springs. She awaits the call of the Great Spirit. Salt Lake Dairying in Utah county has expanded approximately 500 per cent in the last three years. Farmers of the county fatten for spring markets mar-kets about 7000 cattle and 50,000 lambs each year. Tho L03 Angeles market consumes the bulk of this production. Mantl Poultry has been selected as the activity for special attention in Sanpete county by the citizens' industrial indus-trial committee, recently formed at XlantL At a recent meeting of this committee, attended by 160 farmers and business men, Ray P. Lund recited personal experiences in poultry raising. rais-ing. His experience led him to conclude con-clude that poultry could be made to pay from 50 cents to $3 net profit from each bird per year. Richfield The directors of the So vier County Fair association have se lected September 1, 2 and S as the dates on which the lair will be held this year. The dates of other fairs 10 be conducted are as follows: Garfield county fair, the last week in August; Sevier county, September 1, 2 and 3; Sanpete county, September 8, 9 and 10; Juab county, September 15, 16 and J7; Utah county, September 22, 23 and 24. Salt Lake National forests in Utah are traversed by 891 miles of roads and 2403 miles of trails. These are valuable to stockmen and other users of the forest and in many cases are generHlly used by the public. Cedar City Following are the- open ing and closing dates of the national parks throughout the country: Zlon park, Cedar Breaks, Bryce canyon and the north rim of the Grand canyon Juno 1 to October 15. Yellowstone park, June 19 to September 19; Mest' Verde park. May 15 to November 1; Rocky Monntaln park, June 15 to Oc tober 1; Rainier park, June 15 to Sep Member 15; Yosemite, open all year. Price An unusually heavy Dow o; highly inflamable gas was struck at i depth of 525 feet in the test well of th.' McGee & Holmes syndicate, four miles southeast of Price. The drill Is borlnt In t;io Mancos shale and the gas flow 1m considered an encouraging sign. Logan In the neighborhood of seventy sev-enty head of cattle will be shipped oul ,of Cache county within the next week according to County Agent R. L 'Wrlgley, who aaid that dairymen from iSnvler and Sanpete are hero purchasing purchas-ing cattlo' to 6hlp to their ruspectlvt iiruuntlea. ' s |