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Show News Notes x It's a Frivilege to Live In J ! UTAH f LOGAN Logan city water Is of good quality bacterially ?.nd organically, organic-ally, according to work received here from L. H. Male, sanitary engineer ot the state board of health. The analysis was made on the request ot William Ewer, superintendent of the city water department, who sent samples of city water to Mr. Male. MYTON According to the record of rainfall as compiled at the government govern-ment station of the Uintah irrigation project In Myton, the precipitation for July was 1.14 of an inch, while for the same period In 1928 It was .10 of an inch. LOGAN According to Cache County Agricultural Inspector Harry C. Parker, already this season 10,009 pounds of weed destroying chemicals have been placed on noxious weed beds in the county. Six thousand more pounds of chemical will be sprayed on noxious weeds before the close of the year's campaign, Mr. Parker' said. RIVERTON A terrific freak windstorm wind-storm played havoc with trees along the paved highway between River-ton River-ton and South Jordan at 2:30 a. m. Wednesday, completely blocking the road for some time. Two poles were also torn down and indications were that Riverton would be without telephone tele-phone and light connections Wednesday Wednes-day night. KAYSVILLE Utah's onions, tomatoes, toma-toes, cauliflower and green peas were all farther below normal in July than ( at the same time last year, according to the truck crop report issued by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician. statisti-cian. Onions were reported 71 per cent normal, tomatoes 76 per cent normal, nor-mal, cauliflower 8S per cent normal and green peas 71 per cent normal. VERNAL A decidedly optimistic outlook for the sheep industry as a whole was expressed by R. H. Rut-mountain Rut-mountain district, in addressing the ledge, district forester for the Inter-Uintah Inter-Uintah Basin Industrial convention, held recently. However, he said that on the basis of Utah conditions, expansion ex-pansion in range sheep is not desirable either from the standpoint of the individual in-dividual operator or the industry as a whole. HEBER CITY Utah's production of green peas for canning in 1929 is estimated slightly smaller than last year's crop in a report issued recently by the United State bureau of agriculture. agri-culture. The estimate for 1929 is quoted at 24,367,000 pounds, while that for last year was 26.035.000 pounds. The report also shows Utah's crop Is surpassed only by those of Wisconsin Wis-consin and New York, which states supply half the nation's yield annually. PROVO Dr. F. E. Stevens, state inspector of the U. A. C. experiment station, was in Provo recently and in company with A. B. Call and H. V. Swenson asisted in cutting the grain in the different plots of Utah county to be taken back to the experiment station and compared with other grains. The plots located in Manila and Mapleten were planted with different diff-erent varieties of wheat, oats and barley bar-ley on April 2, and 3. OGDEN A new state rearing pond In Weber county will be sought ot fish and game in Weber county. It was decided by the directors of the Weber County Fish and Came Protective association as-sociation In meeting with J. Arthur Mecham, state commissioner. Me-chnm Me-chnm and State Hatchery Superin-tendant Superin-tendant William Whitney will survey possible rearing locations, starting next week. The vicinity of Hunta-ville Hunta-ville Is mentioned as a possibility. OGDEN The Utah crop of onions, tomatoes, caulitlower and peas are nil below normal, according to the July truck crop report released by Frank Andrews, federal agricultural statistician. statisti-cian. The pea crop, which Is reported ns only 71 per con: normal. Is lowest on the list, with n total crop forecast of 12,184 tons, as compared with 13,-01S 13,-01S in 1923. Tomatoes, reported at "S per cent norma'; onions at SI rer cent, and a cauliflower crop forecast at SS per cent normal, are the chief deficiencies mentioned In tho report. SALT LAKE Freshman registration registra-tion at tho ''niversity ot Utah will open September 26, with preliminary Instruction for first year students continuing con-tinuing September 27 nnd 2S, it was announced recently by Theron Par-melee, Par-melee, secretary to Dr. Ceorpe Thomas, Thom-as, president Second, third and fourth year students will register September 30, wiih regular classes for nil students starting October 1. Work on remodeling several of the buildings on the campus to provide additional ad-ditional classrooms for tho anticipated anticipa-ted increase in freshman enrollment Is progressing nt a rapid rale nnd Is expected to be completed In time for the opening of tho fall quarter. VERNAL The Vlntnh County Fair association has announced September 26, 27 and 2S ns tho dates for this year's show nt Vernal, nnd has called fur bids on n number of Improvements to be made at the fair grounds, in- chidlm: the building of SO feet ot I bleachers, nil addition to the prand-stand, prand-stand, n poultry exhibit room, 12 ml-I ml-I tlil tonal box stalls for race horses nnd I repairs to the main exhibit hall. Ao-j Ao-j cnvillng to I'icsIiIciK 1,. 11. Allen, plan ot the association are well under wa for the fair, which will be In every j way the most Intercstlm: nnd nttrnc-j nttrnc-j tivo fnlr ever held Iu LinUll county. |