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Show I News Motes : It's a Privilege to Live in Utah I Price. M. Housecroft, state bridge engineer, and L. M. Huggins. bridge engineer for the bureau of federal roads, are in Price making their examination ex-amination of the progress on the new steel and concrete bridge over Grassy Trail creek, sixteen miles southeast of this city. Before leaving this section sec-tion of the state they plan to examine exam-ine all bridges from here to Moab and go over the entire line. Salt Lake City. Work on the first stage construction of approximately Lwelve miles of the federal aid road between Saliua and Richfield, in Sevier Se-vier county, will begin in the near future, fu-ture, it was announced following a conference between, the state road commission, Ira. R. Browning, chief engineer for the commission; B. J. Finch of the federal bureau of public roads and Joseph F. Peterson, Carl Tuft and Abe Hansen, Sevier county commissioners. Myton. During the past week workmen work-men in the employ of the Maud Ellen Oil company of Neal Dome, five miles north of Vernal completed the derrick. They expect to spud it in this week. Another derick will be constructed at Dog valley seven miles from Vernal. Ogden. The Utah Construction company was awarded the contract for grading the Kenilworth branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad between Kenilworth and Helper. Help-er. The distance of the route is about eight miles. This information was received re-ceived at the company's general offices offi-ces here from W. H. Wattis, president presi-dent of the company, who is at the railroad company's head office in Denver Den-ver and attended the opening of bids. Salt Lake Oity. County commissioners commis-sioners of Sevier county met recently with the state road commission and discussed the question of constructing that strip of road from Salina to Richfield, Rich-field, a distance of 17.5 miles. In 1D23 it was agreed that the strip under discussion dis-cussion should be build by federal aid, the road to be a two-stage gravel surfaced sur-faced highway. Later the county expressed ex-pressed a desire to have a concrete surface and the matter has been under un-der discussion. The county commissioners commis-sioners were informed that the state road commission was ready to stand by the agreement of 1923, and another an-other conference between the county and state road officials is scheduled. Brigham City. The poultry industry indus-try was discussed by local business men and poultrymen at a meeting held during the week at the Commercial Commer-cial club rooms. The meeting was Jailed by B. W. Dunn, who in an opening open-ing address encouraged citizens here ;o enter into poultry raising. Salt Lake City. Horses for the spring meeting of the Utah Breeders' md Racing association, May 8 to 31, ivill begin to arirve at Lagoon this week, according to telegrams and jther dispatches received by William M. Murray, racing manager. Ogden. Hope that a way may be !ound for Ogden to subscribe stock in ;he Weber River Water Users' asso-;iation asso-;iation for water from the Echo dam ivas expressed by Mayor George E. Browning who said that City Attor-ley Attor-ley A. W. Agee is diligently working .o find a way whereby the city can egally participate in the dam pro-ect. pro-ect. Salt Lake City. Proclamations de-:laring de-:laring April 15 Arbor day and April 18 to 24 American Forest week were ssued by Governor George H. Dern. The latter was issued in conformity with the international policy of pre-terving pre-terving and protecting the forests. Huntington. With the coming of lavorable weather, work is expected :o begin on the Huntington canyon state road within the near future. Preparations are under way for con-.inuance con-.inuance of the work which was began ast fall on the hemaining ten-mile stretch, completion of which the com- j ng summer will connect Sanpete and I Sniery counties by a new route. Myton. George Elliott, Indian farmer farm-er for the Myton district, is trying to nterest the Indians under his juris-liction juris-liction in the raising of fruit. He re-;ently re-;ently received a shipment of various iinds of fruit trees to be set out on 'ive Indian farms. Salt Lake. The East fork of the Sevier has been open all winter. On March 25 there was very litle snow eft on the watershed. The pass into Sscalante valley has been open all winter, and the Escalante range caries car-ies only a very light snow cover. The jid-timers in the East fork and Pan-juitch Pan-juitch lake sections say this is the riest year they have ever known and hey have been in the section for forty ears. Brigham City.- According to a report re-port from Willard this morning, con-iiderable con-iiderable damage was done to a number num-ber of the farms in that vicinity last light by the heavy rains. Large streams of water flowed over the highway onto land owned by W. A. Offerman at South Willard, known as :he old Toombs place, washing deep gullies through the grain fields Salt Lake Fees amounting to $21.-427.53 $21.-427.53 were received from the fish and game department for the first quarter of 1925 by the state treasurer |