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Show I Mews Notes lt' a Privilege to Live in X 1 Utah I I'A.NGCITCII i resent, prospects for abundant crops next summer are noli promising, according to careful check of precipitation to date. Although tho section received as much early snow as usual, many midwinter storms of other parts "f the stat.i have been xnissed by Panguitch. This fact, linked link-ed with the reality tbat this section has had light snowfall for three winters win-ters past, makes tne adequacy of next summer's water supply doubtful. A promising feature of the outlook Is that heavy fall rains left the ground well saturated and has insured good spring working conditions. Early rango Is also very promising, due to the heavy fall rains and the snowfall to date. COALVILLE The annu.V financial statement of John E. Wright, county clerk of Summit county, has been filed with the county commissioners. The report shows a balance on hand in the the county treasurer's hands on Do-eember Do-eember 31, 1927, ol $293 000, wilh the net resources ot the county amounting to $1110,000. During the past year disbursements dis-bursements -were made from the various var-ious funds as follows; General, $35,000 road, $20,000; widowed mothers' fund, $G000; poor fund, $GiiO0; and fair fund, $500. In addition to the above disbursements disburse-ments $50,000 was expended from state road funds, principally n federal aid work and at the first of the year a Balance Bal-ance of $44,000 was left in this ac count. MYTON Under the direction of F. W. J. Meyer, supervisor of the Mid-view Mid-view and Arcadia districts of Duchesne county, work is in progress on the Lake Fork bridge. Mr. Meyer has a force of men making the necessary improvements as rapidly as possible.) The foundation on the east side of the bridge was washed out by the recent re-cent flood caused by the breaking of the dam in the upper country a few weeks ago. The bridge will be raised and a cement foundation put in. The road has been graded from the Upalco flour mill west for several miles and a bridge constructed over a bad draw. OGDEN Weber county dairy farmers farm-ers are planning to take a trip to Cache county early this month, under the direction of the Weber County Farm bureau. Equipment and arrangement ar-rangement of Cache county dairy barns will be studied, and in addition the matter of feed for dairy cows as carried out by Cache dairymen will be looked into. The Weber county bureau bu-reau also has decided to organize cow testing associations to test herds over definite periods to increase butterfat production. A survey of all cows in the county also is to be made. ' BRIGI-IAM CITY Goose Creek, mountains, in the northwest part of Boxelder county, boast a lake that isn't a lake. The summit of the range Is covered in summer for miles with Bky-blue lilies. The wind, blowing them, gives the illusion of a huge lake. Ogden Value ol Utah livestock increased in-creased during 1927 about $6,000,000, or 11 per cent, over the preceding year, according to the annual livestock report re-port issued Tuesda. by George A. Scott, statistician for the United States department of agriculture. The rise in values is due largely to a sharp increase in-crease in the per head value of cattle, the report says. MYTON One of the industries. that is rapidly increasing in the Uintah basin ba-sin is the cream and dairy business: One creamery company has receiving ! stations established at Vernal, Bonita,- j Altonah, Mt. Emmons, Roosevelt and Myton. Several of the farmers are increasing their herds of milch cows, I while others are beginning to engage in dairying. MOAB Approvai of. a continuation of the three-year contract on the price to be paid for sugar beets dcring 192S was made Wednesday a a meeting of -the special committee of the Utah Sugar Su-gar Beet Cooperative association and representatives of six of the largest beet sugar concerns operating in tills territory at a session held in Farm Bureau headquarters in the Dooley building. BRIGHAM City AYith a flow of more than 2000 gallons per minute, the test well recently sunk by the First National bank of this city on the former form-er J. C. Knudsen farm south of this city has proven more successful than was expected by the company, and will probablytfe the means of solving the problem of increased irrigation water for the dry lots in and around Brigham City. SAX JUAN Ccnstruciton of a highway high-way between Big Wash and Peters' hill, in San Juan county, will not be undertaken at the present time because be-cause of lack of funds, it was announced an-nounced by the highway commission. The proposed read is seventeen miles long. The estimated cost of the work is SS1.P0O. HEBEK The financia' report of Wasatch county fcr the year ending December 31. as published by Alfred Sharp, county clerk, shows the county coun-ty and the various funds in a healthy condition, with no bonded indebtedness. indebted-ness. The report fellows: Fixed assets. as-sets. $24,300: to credit of various funds. SGS.05G.6-1 ; due county from state. $1j0; half salaries and other B'airces. $712; total resources, ?9:'.21S. M; total liabilities, .H-"), 7 17.9.7. The total receipts for tin; jear were $395, S9S.20 and the total disbursements $327,9 11.50. |