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Show News Notes From All Parts of UTAH Midvale. Fire of unknown origin damaged the slaughterhouse, a short distance north of town. The active and efficient work of1 the local volunteer volun-teer fire department saved the building. build-ing. Myton. Between three and four million pounds of alfalfa seed is being gathered in the Uintah bus'n this year. Three companies are said to be buying buy-ing all up seeds available at prices varying from 10 to 15 cents per pound. Logan. Application has been made by the Union Pacific system to the interstate in-terstate commerce commission for permission per-mission to establish a rate of 49 cents on canned vegetables from northern Utah points to California. Salt Lake City.--Weath.er was favor able for outdoor work but moisture is badly needed says the report of the weather bureau of the U. S. department depart-ment of agriculture for the week. Montieello. Trails over the Blue mountains, in San Juan county, have now been completed. The main train of the south division of the forest lead ing from North canyon to Mormon pasture, is declared to be the best one on the entire division. Its course is practically straight and forms the shortest route from Montieello to the natural bridges. American Fork. An executive order proclaiming the area including Tim-panogas Tim-panogas cave and the trail thereto a national monument has been signed by President Harding. Mt. Pleasant. John K. Madsen one of Mt Pleasant's leading breeders of purebred Kanihoiiillet sheep, sold and shipped seventy registered Rambouil-let Rambouil-let ewes to Hettinger N. D. Mr. Mad-sen Mad-sen has been one uf the heaviest shippers of purebred sheep, tioth to United States breeders arid also to japan and the Argentine. Cedar City. State land on Cedar Mountain in Kane county was leased at the unusual- price of 62.5 cents an acre. The lease was made by competitive compet-itive bidding. Provo. The county commission voted vo-ted to sign the contract for the completion com-pletion of the new city and county building. The building will be finished finish-ed without further delay. Soldier Summit The strike situation situa-tion on the Denver & Eio Grande Western railroad has not been fully settled, according to an injunction suit filed with the clerk of the United States district court. The suit, which was filed by Joseph H. Young, receiver receiv-er for the railroad, seeks to enjoin the activities of the strikers at Salt Lake, Green River, Helper and Soldier Summit. Sum-mit. Logan. Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan, who broke the world's record rec-ord for speed In an airplane and also won the Pulitzer cup by his feat, passed pass-ed through Ogden on his way to the coast. He telephoned to his mother Mrs. Peter W. Maughan, that he was in excellent health after his performances perfor-mances in the east. Prove A Loveless, Trovo building inspector, reports that more than 100 homes have been built In Provo since January l,of this year, with a total valuation exceeding $30,000. Mr. Loveless says that most of the homes are of the modern bungalow type, with an average valuation of more than $3-000 $3-000 each. Salt Lake City Miss Ella Conover, formerly night superintendent of nurses nur-ses at one of the local hospitals, and n graduate of several courses in p'ub-lic p'ub-lic health nursing arid allied work, has been appointed field nurse for the child hygiene bureau of the Utah state board of health. Ogden. The Utah-Idaho Centra! Pailroad company has started action before the public utilities commission of Utah for a refund from the Utah Power and Light company 0f $24,14,'!.. TO, claimed as overpayment in power bilis. between October 22, 1020, and May 12 1922. Salt Lake City Letters are beinc; issued by Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Williams, adjutant general of Utah, to the commanding officer of each unit of the national guard of Utah, calling attention to the opportunity foi guardsmen to compete for appoint ment to the United States Milltirj academy at West Point |