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Show News Notes j It' a FriviUge to Live in g I Utah FILLMORE Millard county ranks first in production of alfalfa seed, first in rye, first in swine and second in sheep. The county has 190,000 sheep, valued at $2,128,000. MOAB Kane county is prosperous. It has an assessed valuation of $2,032,-088, $2,032,-088, an average per family of $3,503.-60. $3,503.-60. The county's livestock industry is expanding swiftly. PR0VO Purebred poultry growing is making big strides in- Utah. The state has 71,000 certified breeding hens, valued at $105,000; there is $145,000 invested in incubators; producers pro-ducers received $53,000 in 1927 for eggs and hatched 1,200,000 chicks valued val-ued at $144,000. PROVO Despite the cool weather, Utah's tomato crop is ripening fast, and canners throughout the state expect ex-pect an exceptional pack in both quantity quan-tity and quality this year, it was reported re-ported by George Shorten, assistant secretary of the Utah Canners' association. asso-ciation. EUREKA Fire of unknown origin destroyed all surface buldings of the' Iron King Mining company at Eureka recently, with the single exception of the gallows frame at the top of the. shaft. The loss was estimated at between be-tween $30,000 and $40,000, with pos- . sibility of saving some of the machinery machin-ery which was in the buildings. Los3 Is fully covered by insurance. LOGAN The Wellsville plant of the Western Milk company will begin be-gin operation on or about October 15, according to an announcement made recently by F. P. Champ, one of the company's directors. Contractor William Wil-liam H. Worley of Logan is rushing final construction of the factory which, when completed will cost approximately approxi-mately $135,000. MURRAY Construction of a new plant here by the Rocky Mountain packing corporation to replace the one that was destroyed by fire will start within the next few days, it was announced an-nounced by Harold P. Fabian, director direc-tor of the company. Farmers, he said, have signed contracts with the corporation cor-poration to grow 800 acres of peas, 200 of beans and 2b0 f tomatoes for a period of five years. SALT LAKE Like staccato-voiced meteors hurling defiance at death and destruction, a dozen auto races furr nished thrills for the crowds which attended the races held Friday afternoon after-noon at the Utah State Fair grounds, and when the final race had been run, one racer was in the emergency hospital, hos-pital, seriously injured, and two others had turned their cars to wreckage when they plowed through fences. OGDEN Sprinkling of dusty streets hi Ogden city will soon be a thing of the past, as the municipality has been won over to the belief that the oiling of streets is far more efficient effi-cient and is productive of better and more lasting resulis. Purchasing Agent P. Gridley is now seeking bids for an oil distributor and it is expected expect-ed that the machine will be purchased at an early date. DRAPER Fire which started recently re-cently on the north slope of Mill Creek canyon was steadily gaining headway rapidly. Volunteer fire fighters under the direction of Blaine Betenson and W. W. Smith of the Wasatch forest reserve waged a fight to confine the flames to the north rim of the canyon and protect the Boy Scout wigwam, which was directly in the path of the fire when the wind changed and carried car-ried the course down toward the mouth of the canyon. MORGAN Members of the state road commission met with the Morgan county commissioners recently for a discussion of a road project to b3 carried car-ried out in that county next year. Morgan Mor-gan was represented by Commissioners Commission-ers E. A. Wilde, G. S. Heiner and, James Bertoch. The commission agreed to widening of the highway between Devil's Slide and Morgan, removing re-moving of several rock points, together togeth-er with an oiling program on seven miles of the road. RICHFIBM) -Coal mining in Sa-lir.a Sa-lir.a canyon is becoming an imiportant industry, according to advices from that section. It is supported that a lease on 10S0 acres of coal lands has just been granted to Rasmus N. Jensen, Jen-sen, of Salt Lake, with provision incorporated in-corporated in the lease that he spend $75,000 in development of the property in the first three years, and must mine a minimum tonnage of 30,000 tons during dur-ing the fourth year of operation. The j lease is on a royalty basis of 10 centa i a ton to the government. I |