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Show I News Notes v l It's a Privilege to Live in J Utah A ,-.-,,V'., . !k In the Limelight, Alex H. Dunn, of Tooele, President of The Utah Press Association Beaver The first real snowstorm of the season arrived during Monday night, after a light rainfall, which had continued most of a day and night. The entire countryside is blanketed with about three inches of wet snow. Farmers, stockmen and sheepmen are rejoicing over the arrive! of the much-needed much-needed moisture. Duchesne The chamber of commerce com-merce will recommend to the state road commission that the highway to the Uintah basin from Salt Lake via Heber, Fruitland and Duchesne be kept free of snow this winter, to make .possible the continuance of the truck-line truck-line service which was recently established estab-lished between this city and eastern Utah; further, that the entire stretch of approximately thirty miles between Fruitland nad Duchesne be put on the commission's program for construction in 192G, instead of. only ten miles, as at present provided for. Draper The second inoculation for the prevention of diphtheria was given at the Draper school Tuesday afternoon after-noon by the cooperation of the state board of health, Jordan school district, and the Draper Parent-Teacher association. asso-ciation. Nearly 200 were given the second inoculation, tho first having been given last Friday, and the third to be given the following Friday. Vernal Jackrabhits in Moffat county, coun-ty, Colorado, have become so large and numerous that they are stealing the hay from cattle, according to word received , from the county. Despite the fact' that whenever the farmer boys have a day off they organize a rabbit drive, the pests have multiplied multi-plied until they have become a constant con-stant nuisance. Salt Lake Names of Utah seed producers whose exhibist to the eighth annual International Hay and Grain show, recently closed at Chicago, drew favorable recognitions from the judges have been received from Professor J. C. Hogenson. extension agronomist with the Utah Agricultural college, who, with E. E. Smith, Bountiful seed grower and Show expert, took the Utah display to Chicago. Utah's heavy winnings were in alfalfa seed. Entries from this state took ten out of fifteen awards, almost a repetition of last year's achievement of thirteen out of the fifteen. Other winnings were in barley, clover and wheat. My ton: E. D. Samuels, Guy Samuels Sam-uels and Ren Samuels, residents of Salt Lake 'City and Vernal, who are operating in sheep under the name of Samuels Brothers, recently purchased the William C. T. Mule rarr h in Routt county, Colo. The ranch consists of 4!)2 acres, and they expect to make it the headquarters of their extensive sheep business. Price Price City now boasts one of the few hospitals that are paying their own way. A financial statement prepared by City Recorder Arthur N. Smith covering the operation from the time it started, December 18. 1925, until this month, shows that during the months of October and November, 1926. the institution paid all expenses. Ephraim Of the 25,992 farms iu Utah, 7157, or 27 per cent, hold grazing graz-ing permits on national forests, it is reported by the Manti National forest office here. Of the 504,3i!S head of cattle cat-tle on these farms, 141, 2G2 head, or 2ti percent, have forest .range permits, and of the 2, 355. OSS sheep owned within with-in the state, 747,309, or 32 per cent, have similar grazing permits. The farms total $,000,724 acres, or 9.55 per cent of the total land area of the state. Myton Diversified farming Is beiug urged by several in the Uintah basin as a necessity on the part of the farmer. farm-er. The J. C. Peppard Seed company, with offices at Duchesne, Roosevelt and Vernal, although engaged In buying buy-ing and raising alfalfa seed, is urging farmers to raise dairy cows. Salt Lake The men wt:o hunt predatory pred-atory animals in Utah and keep tha ranges, used by livestock operators, free from these killers have some of the qualities of the romantic northwest north-west mounted police. When the po ica take the trail "to got their nuu . 13. the movie subtitles say, they stiiy on the trail until the villein has been brought to Justice, as the suljtillcs r 11 -thcr read. Similarly, (he predatory animal an-imal hunter keeps nffer the bear, or the- lion, or the wolf until it Is trappy. I of poisoned or otherwise stmt into th area! beyond of departed crcaiures. |