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Show Stock Raisers Are Hard Hit Frosts Nip Early Vegetation In Grand and San Juan Counties ' Salt Lake, May 23. Official approval ap-proval was given yesterday by 'c A. Glazier, state bank oxomlner, to articles ar-ticles of Incorporation filed by tho Bank of Fountain Green und by the Halloran Judgo Company of Salt Lako. Ho was Informed that tho Fountain Green Hank expects to bo-gin bo-gin oporatlons at onco. It is capitalized capital-ized at $25,000. G. M. Whitmoro of Nephl Is president and J. L. Olydrod of Fountain Green Is cashier. Mr. Glazier returned yesterday from making an examination ot tho astam banks In Grand and San Juan coun- VB tics. He said thoy are In excellent J condition. He found that section of fj the stato developing rapidly and on j his trip ho said ho met twenty-two J outflts of families coming In ' from f Texas and other states to tako up m Utah dry farms. 5j Tho reebnt cold weather ho Bald, jf has proved a sovero blow to cattlo j men of that section by killing early Bprlng vegetation.. Hundreds ot I acres of ecrub.'oak and other moun- tain brush, which had been shriveled I by th.o frost,, until It looked as tho a forest fire hod visited the country. I For the first tlmo In years he said, tho fruit in the Moab country was hurt, two thirds of tho crop being killed in the upper vulley. In tho lowor valley however, ho sold ' no damago was done' and thero will bo fl a good .crop. I ' 1 |