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Show : News Notes f It's a Privilege to Live in Utah I PROVO The total valuation of all Utah crops in 1927 at prices paid the growers is estimated at $39,000,000. DUCHESNE With a field seed production pro-duction not equaled by any other northern state. Utah now stands first in the production of alfalfa seed. SALT LAKE Utah is most fortunately fortun-ately situated in a region where there is almost total absence of severe storms, blizzards, tornadoes, hail and other destructive forces of nature. NEPHI The eighth annual "Wheat Day" for Juab valley has been set for July 10. This event has come to be recognized for its educational value, not only to the farmers in and about Nephi, but in addition, has become of benefit to the farmers of a wide area in the central part of the state. FARMING TON Thirteen carloads of Davis county cherries have been shipped to date to eastern and western markets, according to a report made by H. P. Mathews, district agricultural inspector. The first car was shipped June 15, a date one week in advance of the first caf shipped last year. This ca: went to Los Angeles. OGDEN George Shorten assistant secretary of the Utah Canners' association, associa-tion, announced that ten factories were put into operation to can cherries and will operate until about July 4, when they will start on the apricot crop. Carloads Car-loads of cherries are being shipped to other markets and are plentiful on the local market. SALT LAKE Utah moved from the position of sixth largest gold producing produc-ing state in the United States to fifth place during 1927, according to figures released by the United States mint in coperation with the bureau of mines. Gold output of Utah amounted to $4,-124,400 $4,-124,400 for 1927, as compared with ?3,-9S6.300 ?3,-9S6.300 for 1926. SALT LAKE There are more than a million and a half cords of wood available for paper making in Utah,, Theron H. Tracy, industrial engineer, declared recently in discussing the proposed new paper mill. He announced an-nounced that the company will commence com-mence to build a plant in Salt Lake within four months. COALVILLE Contract for tho clearing of the Echo reservoir site of trees and brush has been awarded to the Heiselt Construction company of Salt Lake City for a contract price of $12,000 and the salvaged timber in the site. Work is to be started within thirty days and the contractor has 610 days in which to complete the clearing. ; MOAB Hopes of Utah oil men were revived on Monday by the report from Moab that the Boulder Oil and Gas company on the W. A. Endter ranch in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section 17-34-25 had struck a strong flow of gas that threw rocks over the top of the derrick. Depth of the well, situated sixty miles south of Moab and seven miles southeast of Monticello, is 2640 feet. SALINA A trainload of between 400 and 500 head of yearling Hereford steers was shipped from Thompson Springs, Grand county, to Salina last week. These cattle belong to J. A. Scorup of Provo. They were raised on Mr. Scorup's ranch at Indian Creek, San- Juan county, and were shipped to Salina, where Mr. Scorup has a summer sum-mer range, to prepare them for market. mar-ket. DUCHESNE 'Range conditions in the Duchesne upper Provo and Beaver ; creek territories are excellent and sheep are moving toward the forest, according to Blaine Betenson, assistant assist-ant supervisor of the Wasatch national forest, who returned recently from an inspection tour. Betenson said work on the Provo river road is completed com-pleted and it is now possible to go by automobile to Mirror and Tyrol lakes, at the head of the Duchesne EPHRAIM Roads throughout the state are in good condition generally, according to the weekly report issued by the state highway department. In some places where construction work is under way there are some rough places, but as a whole the majority of I the roads are reported in good condition. condi-tion. The Ephraim-Orangeville road Is j still closed on account of snow, this j being the only one not open at pres- ent. Roads to the best fishing sections I of the state are reported in condition that ranges from fair to good. VERNAL Construction work on 19 . highway projects, involving the expen- j diture of approximately $2,000,000, i was under contract in Utah the first part of June, according to data just j released by the state road department, j Two of those projects1 had heen com- j pleted, however, and the contractor j released. Those were the Duchesne I City and Tremonton-BIue Creek, roads, j Work on the other projects was under J construction, and six were nearinp completion. The report showed 11 j projects 40 per cent complete at that j time. j ! BRICH.AM CITY Engineer J. A. 1 ! Burnett of Fait Lake City came to ; p.righam City recently and spent sev-j sev-j cral hours at the Charles Anderson I mine sou!': of Mantua. lie expressed I ! himself as w!l pk-t.-f) with pro:.' rosy. ' ht-snsr made at the mine. Ixn'elopi.ier.t i j wf.ik has been in progress for some tim ar.d the; main tursiH is in about I j 1 7") fee".. Several bodies of ore have I b"- nrountered. Th" cm:i.'.ny ha.-a ha.-a numher of carin'ois- of ere o.i the iua .p which will averaae clrS to the ton, or i:( t about $10 per ton at the Emelter. |
