OCR Text |
Show l News Notes : j It' a Privilege to Live in I Utah EriiRAIM High ranges practically all over the Manti national forest are in exceptionally good condition at the present time, and blue bells and other flowers are out in full bloom along the Ephraim-Orangeviile road, it is reported. re-ported. Sweet clover seed sown three I years ago on East and Trail mountains by the Castle Dale and Orangeville cat-I cat-I tlemen was found this year to have ! brought results. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. MOSCOW MOS-COW Imperial Augerez Bronze, No. 574000. a mature Jersey cow belonging to the University of Idaho dairy herd on the university farm here, has completed com-pleted a 365-day milk test, in which she produced 507.30 pounds of butter-fat butter-fat and 9745 pounds of milk, giving her j recognition in the select class, according accord-ing to word received here. FARM INGTON Figures show that Davis county has expended $26,002.25 on the county roads up to date, with less than $11,000 to spend the remainder remain-der of the year. Out of this sum $500 ' j will go to Kaysville and the balance j will be expended in getting some of i j the country roads into condition for the school truck this fall. IDAHO FALLS. Idaho, Aug. 20 Weather in the upper Snake river valley val-ley was generally cooler during the week ended August 20, accordiHg to the weekly report on water supply in this district issued Saturday by G. Clyde Baldwin, government water-master. water-master. Some rain was reported during dur-ing the early part of the week. PRICE Ely Construction company forces have begun construction work on the new $141,000 federal aid road project from Rolapp to Nolan. The total length of the projected road improvements im-provements is 3.9 miles, covering some of the worst road on the Price-Salt Lake route. WASHINGTON South central Oregon Ore-gon will be given strong nad effective competition in railroad service as well as an outlet for its p-oducts to the north through the proposal of the Great Northern railway to operate over other lines and purchase or build a new line from Bend to Klamath falls, the railroad declared Wednesday in answering an-swering a questionnaire of the I. C. C. regarding its proposals. - FARM INGTON Revenue through potato shipments at the Denver & Rio Grande Western station at Layton was $16,000 less in July of this year compared com-pared to the same month last year in Davis county. Up till the early part of August only eight carloads of po- i tatoes were shipped to 100 carloads last year at the same station. These figures were announced at the farm bureau office by M,-. Mathews, crop tester. MALAD Eneida county's newly organized or-ganized board of fair directors met Tuesday evening and appointed the various committees and supervisors for the annual fair to be held at Malad. September 22. 23 and 24. Estimates of the various expenses were submitted and a budget adopted. PARK CITY In 1926 the state ranked rank-ed first in silver production, second in lead, third in copper, fourth in gold and second in the total of mining dividends div-idends paid. NAMPA Interest in the Idaho-Ore- gon-Nevada cutoff, which will give southern Idaho a direct highway to California, is being revived. Governor . H. C. Baldridge revealed in an address before the Nampa Kiwanis club. The proposed highway branches off from the Old Oregon Trail at Caldwell, Idaho, Ida-ho, passing through Oregon and connects con-nects with the highway at Winne-mucca. Winne-mucca. Nev., shortening the distance to California more than 500 miles, the governor stated. IDAHO FALLS Large and splendid crops of grains, legumes, alfalfa, potatoes pota-toes and sugar beets in the Idaho Falls I section and in Salt Lake valley are re- j ported by W. C. Carpenter of Spo kane, assistant director of the federt.I j farm labor bureau, in the L'nited States farm labor division report for j the last week. This report was re- I ceived at the local chamber of com- j j merce office Friday. PRICE Expert inspection of meats, i farm and dairy products which are consumed in Carbon county will be ! come a reality if eiiher the resolutions j which were circulated last week or ; j new ones which have been presented j to the various clubs and civic organ- izations by K. F. Lueder meet with , favorable action when presented to the ' I county commission at its special meet- ing Aucust 25. NAMPA Based on an average of I four and one-half users for each water j meter in the city, Nampa has a prc-s- 1 ent population in excess of 10.000, fig- . I ures on file with the city engineer ! show. More than 13.000.000 gallons if . water was used by the city in July and. with news houses going up con- i i stantly. demands are becoming heavier ! ' on the city wells, which soon will be ! j supplemented by additional shafts. I PROYO L"tah cannot hope to elim- J j inate waste in fish propagation with ; i out the establishment of rearing lakes i j and ponds, in the opinion of Mark An- j J derson. vice president of the Utah Fish and Game Protective association I EPHRAIM During the past seasor : Hyrum and Karl Seeley constructed j eleven reservoirs on their lambiir. ' range in "the Kitchen." at least six ol j which com -line. i water on July 30. By j these improvements they have beef ' aide to utilize much more of iIkii I lambing range this year than in the j past- I Fr;:n,i :1.:tv o:T .'in;:- ; '-.vi-: -v::i:i'l ni Si'1 hi 0. |