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Show ' News Notes : it's a Privilege to Live in I Utah SPRINGFIELD, ILL. In an effort to prevent the importation of an insect known as the alfalfa weevil. Governor Len Small has ordered an embargo against importation of alfalfa and hay of all kinds stored in Utah. Idaho, Colorado, Col-orado, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. BOISE Bids for the surfacing of 6.2 miles of the Grace-Preston highway and three and a half miles of the Bancroft-Central branch of the Old Oregon trail highway will be received at Po-catello Po-catello on September 24, the bureau of highways announced. The surfacing with 10.000 yards of crushed gravel will extend from Grace to Alexander to Central. Work is to be completed November 25. The cost Is estimated at $20,000. ROOSEVELT Citizens of Duchesne City, thirty-three miles west of here, on the junction point of the Strawberry, Straw-berry, Duchesne and Indian Creek streams, ha-ve been warned to be ready to flee immediately to the surrounding benches, as the Strawebrry dam at the head of Strawberry river was reported to be crumbling on one side under the tremendous pressure of water from recent re-cent heavy storms. MALAD Ray J. Smith, county agricultural ag-ricultural agent, received a carload of Karmont registered seed wheat Monday Mon-day which will be planted by farmers of Oneida county. This is a hard, smut resistant winter wheat, including varieties of winter wheat, including Karmont, were planted on trial plots along with Turkey Red wheat, all under un-der the same conditions, and the county coun-ty agent says that the Karmont wheat outyielded the Turkey Red as much as twelve busheles to the acre on somi of the plots and was entirely free fronj smut. OGDEN Utah and the states of the Pacific northwest are in the favored district for prosperity in agriculture and livestock during 1927, according to TV. F. Callander chief of the division divi-sion of crop and livestock estimates in the United States department of agriculture, who arrived in Salt Lake Thursday afternoon to visit Frank Andrews, crop statistician, and George A. Scott, livestock statistician for the department in Utah and Nevada. BLACKFOOT Idaho will ship 6000 cars of apples this season, a letter issued is-sued by the J. C. Sewell Produce company com-pany reviewing tne crop and market outlook, reveals. It is estimated that shipments from southwestern Idaho will total 4500 cars. The letter says Idaho is now maturing the greatest crop in her history, and that the state will produce no less than 35.000 cars of the finest perishable products ever grown on earth. SALT LAKE Strong demand for Utah and Idaho dairy cows has been causing increased shipments to southern south-ern California for several months. Joseph Jo-seph H. Manderfield. general manager of the Salt Lake Union stockyards, stated Thursday that fiftytwo carloads of dairy stock had been shipped during dur-ing August Tv'ith the exception of a few cars from Wisconsin and other states, ail of the cows were from Utah and Idaho ranches. NAM PA Immediate tariff, sufficient suffici-ent to protect onion growers, is sought by the Nampa chamber of commerce in a telegram sent to Senator Frank R. Gooding. Although there is a large crop of onions in this section this yea--, the bottom seems to have fallen out of the market and dealers report that it is due to the large importations to this county. In an attempt to help the growers, the ccimerce body sent a telegram to Senator Gooding following a meeting of the board of directors ROOSEVELT Traffice in the Uin- tah basin is again moving slowly. Mail from Price is coming in one day late i. over the Nine-Mile creek route, and temporary bridges over the Strawberry Straw-berry and Current creek streams are allowing an outlet to traffic through the Strawberry valley, although the road has been badly washed and cut by the violent storms which lasted nearly a week. TWIN FALLS Aspirations of many years' standing were realized Thursday Thurs-day noon of last week when the last link in the direct motor route between Twin Falls and Jerome was welded as the new Twin Falls Jerome highwav bridge was opened to traffic. During the first ten hours 350 cars carrving nearly 2u0 persons crossed the struc ture. The majority were on their way to the county fair at Jerome. VERNAL Drive against prairie dogs in Uintah county has resulted in the treatment of 93.500 acres of land with poison grain for bait, according to the September issue of "The Pied Piper," published by the United St.nt.s biological survey, released Tuesdav. The article states that approximated 200 farmers participated in the work. 3040 pounds of bait being distributed. About 21S.OO0 acres of federal lands have been treated so far this vear will probably close next Thursday, according accord-ing tj report. BURLEY Thirteen is not unlucky. At least Cassis county's thirteenth annual an-nual fair was a success. Tuesday, the thirteenth of the month, the gate-; were opened for exhibits and the ton ? of clerks was swamped with entries while old man had luck tried to drown enthusiasm with heavy showers BLACKFOOT Friday, the ciosin r day r.i the eastern Idaho dinrliot f ir, found another large and well pie; sed crowd in attendance. All exhibitors expressed the utmost satisfaction with the treatment accorded to them and congratulated tho directors |