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Show I News Notes t It's a Privilege to Live in I Utah Salt Lake City. With the exception excep-tion of one commodity, beans, there will be a material drop in the 1926 pack of Utah canneries over the figures fig-ures recorded in the unusual year of 1925. Some diagnoticians of the industry in-dustry place the total pack of the year at from one-third to one-half of last year's total, with the biggest drop coining in tomatoes. Last year Utah canneries turned out 1,353,000 cases of tomatoes, the largest pack in history. his-tory. Richfield. Warm weather, with only light scattered showers, has prevailed pre-vailed in Utah during the past week, v and rain is much needed generally, especially for the lower ranges, alfalfa, alfal-fa, fruit and fall plowing, is the opening open-ing statement of the weekly crop and weather report of J. Cecil Alter, in charge of the local weather office. Details De-tails of conditions throught the state was given In the report. Salt Lake City. The state department depart-ment of agriculture vill begin preparations prepar-ations in the near future for tlfe collection col-lection of an exhibit of hay and grain .f seed for the state fair in October and for the International Hay, Grain and , Seed show at Chicago, it was decided at a meeting of the commission. Ogden. Weber county farmers are organizing a Beef Cattle Feeding association asso-ciation to handle beef cattle feeding matters during the coming fall and winter. Each of the various communi-. communi-. ties of the county are appointing com mittees to meet and form the organ- I izing a Beef Cattle Feeding association to handle beef cattle feeding matters during the coming fall and winter. Each of the various communities of the county are appointing committees to meet and form the organization. The first joint meeting of the committees commit-tees will be held in the Federal building build-ing on September 3. Bountiful. With the unloading here Thursday of one carload of onion sacks for the growers of Utah by the Utah Fruit and Vegetable Co-oporative association, the harvesting of the "Valencia "Val-encia onion crop officially opens. In scattered sections of the state the harvest has already been started, but It is figured that by Monday all the growers' will have their sacks and will be set to start the onion deal with determination. Salt Lake City Marketing of Utah's peach crop is continuing briskly, and at the present rate of shipment, will attain its height about the first of next week, it, was announced by H. J. Webb agricultural inspector with the state department of agriculture. Extra inspectors in-spectors have been sent to Uvah, Davis Weber and Boxelder counties, and shipments to eastern and western markets are being made daily. Nine carloads were consigned from Davis county alone. ' j Beaver. Ground is being broken on the city park for the erection of bulld-V bulld-V ings to hou.ie the county fair which is to be held in September. Five-year I leases, or grants, for the use of the ground for that period, have b ;en j granted by the city. Payson. The first carload of peach- j es to be shipped out of the territory j served by the Salt Lake & Utah l ail-road ail-road was sent from Payson on Monday, Mon-day, according to Frank M. Orem, secretary-treasurer of the road. Mr. I Orem said the peach crop id Central ' Utah was piomising and that he expected ex-pected a heavy shipment of peaches ' during the next few weeks. j Salt Lake City. The wiLter wheat crop for the fall of 1926 will exceed ' that of last year by 9000 acres, giving : a total of 161,000 acres for the seauon, if the expectations of farmers throughout through-out the state are realized, according to reports of the United States de- partment of agriculture, issued August j 24, by Frank Andrews, lo -,al statis- i tician. A G per cent increase over the crop of 1925 is anticipated. Salt Lake City. With contracts let, improvements in the permanent buildings build-ings 6C the state fair grounds are now under waj, recording to Ernest S. Holmes, mauager of the fair. Agreement Agree-ment was reached with the Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural and Racing association where-ly where-ly the state would construct a row of fifty-two new box stalls before the opening of the fall meeting. Labor day. Construction upon this will begin be-gin within the next few days. ' My ton. The Mosby mountain road to Paradise park has recently been j completed. The forest service, with ' the co-operation of the White Rocks . Irrigation company, did the work. The length of the project was eleven j miles, three miles being completed in ; 19SS and eight miles this year. The : total cost was $10,000, and the road opens up transportation for a large section of timber. ; Brislmm City Arrangements have been completed by Peach Day Mana- ; ger W. L. Hoi.st with Thomas r.ilni-vveini r.ilni-vveini and a committee of Washaki Indians1 In-dians1 for an Indian encampment near k Brighnm City during Cue Peach Day celebration heie, September 17 and IS. and participation by a few score of Indians in the annual fruit festival, including in-cluding an Indian group in the parade in primative' costume and war paint, a war dance and Indian pony races. The Indians will bring their own beet fteer for a barbeque. |