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Show : News Notes I i j J It's a Privilege to Live in i? TH- . .sv : Draper Several Draper residents I 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 I activity started as soon as the last of I the season's crops were marketed. I Salt Lake Utah celery is becoming j more and more important as a crop j for shipment to outside points. Its quality cannot be excelled; it is crisp, I has a firm, white texture and a delicious de-licious flavor which has created a very large demand. Draper An experiment in chicken rations now being conducted by poul-I poul-I trymen at Draper may mean the elim-j elim-j ination of feeding mangels, beets and I other forms cf vegetable roughage and i 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 is particularly fortunate for-tunate in having within its boundaries the rare materials necessary for mineral min-eral fertilizer. Some of the largest known supplies of phosphate and potash pot-ash are located in Utah, and hydroelectric hydro-electric power is at hand for the fixation fixa-tion of nitrogen. 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 an4 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 participation participa-tion in a meeting of his organization, December S, at Lincoln, Neb. Harvey said that car loadings in this region in-licate in-licate 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 Enounced by officials of this association. as-sociation. Layton Davis county's sugar beet harvest is well under way. In practically prac-tically every part of the county men and boys are engaged in topping, loading load-ing and hauling beets. Scores of wide-bedded wide-bedded wagons, piled high with the white roots, trail over the roads either to loading stations or to the sugar factory fac-tory at Layton. Although the crop is lighter than normal this season, intensive in-tensive work will be necessary as long as beets remain in the fields. The beet harvest is progressing rapidly, due to almost ideal conditions Myton The outlook for the turkey crop in the Uintah basin for the season sea-son of 1926 is about the same as that of last year. Inc1925 about two carloads car-loads of turkeys were shipped out of Mie basin and the price paid was 32 cents per pound. It is expected that this year's crop will equal that of last year. The farmers are beginning to fatten their birds for the Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing market. Salt Lake Utah's 192G crop of grain, hay and potatoes is at least up to average, but not so large as in 1925. while alfalfa seed, apples and peaches are below average, with the sugar beet crop exceptionally poor, it is revealed in the October 1 crop report re-port of the United States department of agriculture, issued from the office of Prank Andrews, agricultural statistician. statis-tician. This report is based upon preliminary pre-liminary returns of harvest, except for a few late crops, such as apples, sugar beets, corn and late potatoes. The production figures for these late crops are estimated from their condition about October 1. Ogden The week operted the Ogden Union stockyards with receipts heavy, particularly in cattle with an active market. The receipts were 3191 cattle, 2544 hogs and 3015 sheep. M. Miller of Bellevue, Idaho, topped the steer market with ten 1290-pound animals at ?S. Payson The school board of the Nebo district has announced the annual an-nual beet vacation to begin Friday and close October 25. During the va-I va-I cation the teachers of the district will attend the annual U. E.'A. convention to be held at Salt Lake. |