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Show : News Notes : It's a Privilege to Live in Utah j Myton. The Commercial club and Business men of Roosevelt have accepted ac-cepted the invitation of business men o Vernal to join with them in the celebration cel-ebration of the sesqui-centennial on July 5 and 6. An excellent program is being prepared. In return, the people peo-ple of Vernal will join with Roosevelt Roose-velt in the observance of July 24, Pioneer day. Ogden. The canning of peas will be under way in northern Utah, and particularly Weber county, center of the canning industry, within a few days, officers of the Utah Canners' association announced. Salt Lake City. The annual Dairy and Poultry day given in June of each year by the city of Draper, was held Thursday, June 3. The purpose of the day is to show just what is being be-ing done by the various industries of the city and Salt Lake county and to create interest in these industries, especially es-pecially in the dairying and poultry line. Salt Lake Good growing weathei still prevails throughout Utah and the crops generally are far ahead of the usual stage of development at this sea-Bon sea-Bon in previous years, according to the weekly crops report issued Wednesday Wednes-day by the weather bureau branch of the department of agriculture. Salt Lake City The Utah-Idaho Central Railroad company was granted grant-ed a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate an automobile stage line for the transportation of passenger and express between Logan and the Utah-Idaho state line, and intermediate in-termediate points, by the public utilities utili-ties commission Thursday. Spanish Pork. The local plant of the Utah Packing corporation began canning the first peas of the season Friday. While a comparatively small force was employed, it is expected the plant will be running at full blast before be-fore the end of the week. Peas are maturing rapidly and a good crop is expected. The new warehouse of the company is completed. It is expected that a much larger force of women will be employed this year than was last season. . Salt Lake City. Utah is free from' sheep scabies once more, according to Thomas Redmond, chief sheep inspector inspec-tor for the state department of agriculture, agri-culture, who has just returned from the southeastern section of the state. So far as is known, Mr. Redmond said, there is not an infected sheep on Utah ranges. A vigorous dipping of sheep in the San .Juan section, where an outbreak of scabies was reported re-ported several weeks ago, is believed to have eradicated the infection there. Logan. Wednesday a vigorous campaign cam-paign against noxious weeds was begun be-gun in Cache county under the direction direc-tion of the executive committee of the Cache County Farm Bureau and representatives rep-resentatives of various local concerns. In each town in Cache county a person per-son has been assigned to each block. It is the duty of these persons to visit all people on their blocks and instruct them as to the campaign against certain cer-tain types of weeds. Salt Lake City. Cuprossinoxylon. What a word! But that's what the scientists call the petrified forest of Wayne county. Wayne people have just come to realize what beauties and novelties they have to offer sightseers. And thev "Cups" are just a part of their entertainment program. Myton. E. A. Gross, superintendent of the reservation, who had charge of the second Indian land sale, reports re-ports twelve tracts of land were sold, comprising 600 acres. All but forty acres was purchased by local people. The price paid amounted to $11,000, and the purchasers assume the water assessment and other indebtedness held by the government against each tract. Salt Lake City. It was decided also to recommend that the Duchesne-Castlegate Duchesne-Castlegate road, a distance of approximately approxi-mately forty-five miles, be placed on the federal aid system if unalloted mileage will permit, and the engineers of the commission were requested to check up the available mileage in connection con-nection with tlfis decision. This will give the Uintah basin a commercial outlet, it was declared, as the Du-chesne-Castlegate road will connect with the nearest railroad point. Brigham City. The comissioners of Boxelder county are arranging for the building of a new $40,000 county jail, to be erected east of the present j county jail site in this city. The lo- cation is just south of the county 1 courthouse and north of the Mahannah hospital, the ground having been purchased pur-chased from Dr. D. L. Mahannah. Myton. Heber J. Webb of Salt Lake City, state agricultural inspector arrived in the Uintah basin Monday to spend a week in this part of the state. Mr. Webb is here for the purpose of inaugurating a campaign to fight two weeds, the Russian knapweed hoary cress, or white top. Ogden. An idea of crop conditions In Weber county was given to members mem-bers of the Rotary club by LeRoy Marsh, district agricultural inspector. He said that the county would have one of is best agricultural seasons. |