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Show I News Notes j S t1' a Privilege to Live in 1 Utah I SALT LAKE Motorists will be happy hap-py this summer. The federal and state government will tpend $3,000.-000 $3,000.-000 for new roads and highway repair. PARK CTY Mining companies ol Utah paid out $1S,507,975 in dividends In 192S as compared to $15,463,013 in the preceding year. OGDEN Weber County Dairy as-socation, as-socation, a cooperative closely allied to the Veber County Farm bureau, molded in January 79,000 pounds ot batter, as compared with 59,000 pounds in January, 192S, or an increase in this product of about 34 per cent. LOGAN During January, dairy herds in the Central Cache Dairy Herd Improvement association made substantial gains in both milk and butterfat production over the preceding preced-ing month, according to a report just filed with County Agent R. L. Wrigley by J. B. Thatcher, association tester. MYTON According to report, as made at the government office in ily-ton; ily-ton; the thermometer registered IT below zero, Friday morning, and 24 below Saturday morning. Indications point to the probability of its Deing just as cold all over Cintah basin the same days. SALT LAKE Salt Lake stood first among the large cities of the Twelfth federal reserve district for the first month of 1929 In the gain of retail, trade, according to the report of the federal reserve system received by Oscar Jensen, chairman of the retail trade department ot the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce. PRICE Overhanging snow in the dugways of Indian canyon highway between Price and Duchesne, witla the constant threat of sno-;slides, baa caused the United States mail d.s-tributing d.s-tributing department at Price to pursue pur-sue a course of extreme caution, according ac-cording to Cyril B. duff, superintendent superinten-dent of the United States mall garage gar-age at Price. The road has been kept open at all times this season. BRIGHAM CITY Brigham City experienced ex-perienced extremLy cold weather during dur-ing the past few days. The mercury dropped to 10 below zero Friday night, 8 degrees below on Saturday night and 5 on Sunday and Monday nights. The weather is now moderating moder-ating slowly. Orchardist3 are some-w-hat alarmed over the probable damage dam-age done to fruit trees during the cold snap. DUCHESNE iorty-three inches ot snowfall, with a water content of 9.5 inches, was reported at the head ot Daniels canyon as of January 31 by forest rangers. This precedes the storms of early February. The reported re-ported snowfall was nine inches more than at February 1, 192S, and seven inches more than the average at that date since the series of measurements started. UTAH Providing the business men, the Bervice clubs and the newspapers give their support, Salt lake will bo scene of the 1929 Junior American league baseball tournament between Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California. Th.'3 announcement was made recently recent-ly by Dan Bowers, Rational director of the American commission, American Ameri-can Legion, who was in Salt Lake to confer with local Legion heads, representatives repre-sentatives of the service clubs RICHFIELD A carload of live poultry was shipped out or Kichiloltl for San Francisco recently by the Utah Poultry Producers' association. The car contained upwards of COOO birds. This is the third carload of poultry shipped out of this Bcctlon during February. A car of drssod turkeys was recently shipped by the same concern from Gunnison and another from Ephralm. A car o' dressed turkeys tur-keys 13 now being made up at St. George. OGDEN Utah canners in 1929 packed pack-ed 3,218,175 cases of canned goods said a report given out hero recently by tho Utah Cannons' Association. II was the second largest park In the state's history. The runners paid farmers $1,230,000 for the Hn.-son's raw material anil expended STf.o.Oni In, wages. The year's output Included 1,411,911 cases of tomatoes; I.Oinj.lv cases of peas; 147,830 cases of beans; 73,000 cases of apples and (10,000 cae of cherries. MT, PLEASANT About 14,000 lainhs for fall delivery were contracted contract-ed for by tho Kogers Livestock company com-pany of Ogilen recently l.y their ro-i ro-i preventative from Ml. I'l' a -.ant Hheep- men. Kloven cents a pound was tho j contract price, Willi an advance paid of $1 per head. The company also j purchased 500 yearling ewes nt 112 a hoad and COO Kamlioulllot rams ' from Mt. Pleasant and Spring Clly I breeders. Threo carloads of rail's will be Bhlpped from Sanpete and Hnvlei counties this month. COALVILLE Work on tho raid road and hlghwnyn about tho Kelio j reservoir will hi resumed as noun I ns weal her cowl ll.lons permit, accord 1 Ing to tho report of F. F. Smith, con ft'ruetlnn engineer of tho ret:!ii mat tun hill' an. On neeoiint of (Mlniattc mil illlionn find the liiipo".:ulilllly or satin farlorlly ib.lliK tin llnishlnn gnulini; on tho riloealr.l IIihh of the ri'llrnad and lilfliway around Ivim r.-servolr, I tin ork of Hie I ah (' ii in -II'. a cori any on I h I r e-i lr..' !. v.-1 Ih tin leu tail of r ' 1 iiual ion l if l.n .p.irleC on Jal;.iary .'',. |