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Show I News Notes It's a Privilege to Live in Utah ! Salt Lake City. More cattle and -calves were slaughtered during the first six months of 19-0 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 for the seven Western states, Thursday. Thurs-day. The estimated number of killed during this period is set at over 7,-000.000 7,-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. Salt Lake City Approximately ten cars of apricots have been shipped out of Davis county so far this season to eastern cities, according to R. B. Need-ham, Need-ham, traffic manager of the Bamberger Bamber-ger Electric. Mr. Needham said that about fifteen more carloads would be moved out of the same territory. Clearfield. The Smith Canning company plant a half-mile south of Clearfield was destroyed by fire shortly short-ly after 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. morn-ing. The loss is estimated at $100,000 in canned goods and $30,000 in machinery, ma-chinery, plant and fixtures, although the damage may prove to be as much as ?150,000. Salt Lake City. Though the wind, rain and hail of recent storms damaged damag-ed some wheat and fruit, they were generally beneficial to crops and ranges by lowering temperatures and creating much heeded moisture. In dication of this is given in the weekly week-ly crop and range report issued Wednesday Wed-nesday by J. Cecil Alter, meteorologist in charge of the local Office of the weather bureau." Salina. Salina canyon in Sevier county will be closed to traffic on Friday, Fri-day, according to the state road commission, com-mission, due to the fact that the Denver Den-ver & Rio Grande Western railroad is constructing a track through the canyon a distance of twenty-six miles. The line has given assurance that it will make a passable, detour as quickly as possible and it is believed that this will be done within a few days. Vernal. Wm. Prcece, Uintah county game warden, is directing trapping of beaver hi Brush creek at a point near where the stream enters the Green river, fifteen miles east of Vernal. The captured furbearers will be transported trans-ported to Trout creek, a stream of the Ashley national forest, with the consent con-sent of the forest officials; and if a sufficient number is trapped some will be taken to what is known as the Davenport beaver dams in the Diamond Dia-mond mountain region. Roosevelt. For more than a week showers have been gratefully received over the Uintah basin, and on July 8 and 9 the showers became more general gen-eral until the entire basin received a, good soaking. Nearly all of the alfalfa alfal-fa seed needed a little moisture, although al-though some of the lands did not need it. However, in most cases, the rain .has been of very great value to all crops, seeds included. Salt Lake City. Despite the dry season, the potato, peach and corn crops of Utah are expected to show a considerable increase over the production pro-duction of last year, while most o the other crops will show a decrease, according ac-cording to a report issued recently by Frank Andrews, federal agricultural statistician for Utah. Salt Lake City The 192G sugar beet acreage in Utah is about the . same as last year, but in Idaho there is a reduction of approximately 10,000 acres, it is noted in the sugar beet forecast issued recently by Frank Andrews, An-drews, Utah statistician with the department de-partment of agriculture. The Utah acreage this year is calculated at 71,-000, 71,-000, acres, the area harvested, last fall. Idaho's 1926 crop will come from 29,-! 29,-! 000 acres, whereas the 1925 acreage was 38,000 acres. Salt Lake City. Plans to do betterment bet-terment work amounting to about $5000 to cover the expense of the work was received and the work will begin at once. It is planned to widen the road in Boxelder canyon. The accounting ac-counting department also received a j check for $2565 from Boxelder county to cover its portion of the cost of constructing the bridge on the Brig-I Brig-I ham-Mantua project. Myton. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Uintah Basin Seed Growers' association of Myton will be held Tuesday, July 13 at 2 p. m. The election of officers and other business of importaince will come up. Over 100 seed growers are members of this organization, or-ganization, and for the year 1925 about 2,000,000 pounds of seed was handled in this plant. William Gentry of Ioka is president and William Zowe is secretary. sec-retary. Salt Lake City. Ranges in Utah have for the most part declined in condition con-dition since June 1 and lack of moisture mois-ture and stock water is reaching a serious stage in places, it is indicated in the July range and livestock condition con-dition report of G. A. Scott, regional livestock statistician with the department depart-ment of agriculture. The condition of ranges is given in this report as 93 per cent normal, compared with 9!) per cent June 1 and 96 per cent July 1 of last year, and 72 per cent the same date two years ago. f |