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Show t News Notes : It' a Privilege to Live in Utah : PARK CITY Utah's coal production produc-tion last year was 4,512,409 tons, valued val-ued at approximately $37,000,000. The indus'try employs 7500 persons and represents an investment of $75-090,000. $75-090,000. BINGHAM Metal ores mined in Utah during 1927 reached the high total, of 18,036,000 tons, valued at $74,346,000. From this crude ore 351,-300 351,-300 tons of finished metals were derived. de-rived. j PRICE; Financing of the repair I work on the Scofield dam will be done by Carbon county, and the state board i of examiners will reccommend to the ! next legislature that an appropriation of not to exceed $25,000 be made to reimburse Carbon county for the money mon-ey expended on that work. COALVILLE There was an increase in-crease of 3000 fleeces in the Summit county farm bureau wool clip for 1928 over the preceding year. This year's clip is now being shipped out There is1 a total of 13,500 fleeces, the pool was contracted with Eismann brothers at 34 1-2 cents per pound. OGDEN May was the largest sheep month in the history of the Ogden Union stockyards, there being 300,889 head handled during that period. per-iod. Practically all of these lambs came from California The next highest high-est month was May, 1927, when 282,-000 282,-000 head of sheep were handled. PANUITCH Most spectacular property losses' of this section recently were those of Joseph Adair and J. Scott Haycock respectively, each of whom lost sheep in electric storms. Early one morning lightning struck in a small flock of Mr. Adair's sheep that were bedded for the night at his ranch and killed the entire flock of sixteen. MT. PLEASANT Equipment of the state road commission will be used in clearing away debris deposited near the bridge in Mt Pleasant by floods coming down the canyon as the result re-sult of cloudbursts farther back in the hills, it was announced recently by Henry H. Blood, chairman, and Preston Pres-ton G. Peterson, member, of the state road commission. OGDEN Mayor Frank Francis was host recently to a number of Salt Lakers who came to the city to inspect Wright field, Ogden's contemplated new airport. This' is expected to be opened officially on June 30, on the first delivery of mail by air to this city over the Salt Lake-Great Falls, Mont., route. Arrangements are also being made to hold a big celebration at the airport on this occasion. PROVO A. O. Garrett, instructor in botany at the East Side high of Salt Lake, recently visited Assistant County Agent W. F. Smith visiting the orchards of Utah county. Investigation In-vestigation of a new disease, which is showing up in the county, and which the local inspectors have found difficult diffi-cult control, will be made by Professor Garrett. The new disease is found especially on the cherry trees, according accord-ing to W. F. Smith. OGDEN At a luncheon meeting' of the Exchange club in the Hotel Bige-low, Bige-low, Clyde C. Edmonds, general manager mana-ger of the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative association, spoke on the poultry business. He reviewed the rapid ra-pid growth of the industry since a group of American Fork farmers founded the cooperative movement in 1922. Mr. Edmonds predicted that the shipment of eggs from Weber county through the association this year would be double that of last year, which will mean two carloads a week. DUCHESNE J. H. Young, representing repre-senting the bureau of public roads; E. C. Knowlton, state road maintenance engineer, ar.d Reuben Simpson, district dis-trict engineer, after making inspection of the road from Duchesne to Dead Ox flat have recommended that it be accepted ac-cepted and taken over from the contractors, con-tractors, A. G. Young & Co, Maurice Hous-ecraft, bridge engineer for the state, recently inspected the two bridges bridg-es over Strawberry and passed favor- ably on them. This project is now J complete except a little structure work in the City of Duchesne. BEAVER All past record for the production of trout fingerlings will be broken at the Beaver fish hatchery this year, according to Fish and Game Warden Cy Davis Since its establishment, estab-lishment, the hatchery has shown an increase each year in the output of fing-erlings. In 1927, something like 750,000 eggs were hatched, and by improved methods of handling this will show an increase this year of nearly one-fourth. Lakes and streams in the vicinity of Parawan and Para- j goonah have already been planted ; with early hatches. The Little reser- I voir and High Low lake and rearing pons have received all they will carry. PROVO E. S. Hinckley, secretary of the Utah County Fair association, said recently that various improvements improve-ments are planned for the fair grounds and vicinity, which will make the fair of September 27 to 29, next, bigger and better than ever. In addition to a new livestock barn, to be ready for the 1928 fair, it isr announced that city water mains will lie extended to the building, including the livestock bams and pens. This supply will also run to the municipal golf course. Two municipie tennis courts will be constructed. |
