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Show it'''"" ? i News Notes j o It't a Privilege to Live in I j Utah I - MAGNA "With an increased coo-Bumptlpn. coo-Bumptlpn. in sight, the future outlook for the copper industry is extremely bright," J. B. MacKeniie, assistant superintendant of the American Smelt ing and Refining company, told the Utah section of the American institute insti-tute of mining and metallurgical engineers en-gineers at a meeting reld recently at the Newhouse hotel. OGDEN Decreased lamb feeding in nearly all states west of the Continental Con-tinental divide and increased feeding ia Montana, Wyoming and Texas will result this year in stronger competition competi-tion for Utah and Idaho fed lambs or. Pacific coast markets, according to George A. Scott, livestock statistician for Utah. SAJLT LAKE Under the new schedule sche-dule of the Boeing Air Transport, Inc.. which became effective Saturday of last week, closing time for eastbound airmail will be 1:40 p. m. at the main Salt Lake postoffice, and 1:50 p. m. at Guthrie station, it was announced by Postmaster Ralph Guthrie. Those using the airmail are requested to post their mail at least an hour ahead of this time in order to aid the postoffice in its proper handling. OGDEN Jackson Hole cattle topped top-ped the market at the Ogden Union stockyards', with prices strong. James Boyle and Ed. Martin of Jackson, Wyo., sold ten carloads of cattle tc-L. tc-L. L. Keller. Steers brought 9 cents a . pound, with an average of 1035 pounds to the animal. A few loads of. 1100-pounds cows sold for ?6.75 and heifers sold for $7.50. PAYSON With permission from the state game commission, a 5-year-old elk was killed in Payson canyon and brought to town for the barbecue which was held in connection with the road celebration. The elk was placed in cold storage until the time of its use when it was taken up the canyon, where the celebration was held, and there pitted and roasted, ready for serving. Edward Griggs killed the elk and he was accompanied by Joseph Allen, Al-len, deputy game warden; Dave Shul-er Shul-er and Charles Depew. OGDEN Approval of the additional addition-al levy to raise funds for support of the Ogden livestock show was given by Weber county tax committee directors direc-tors at a meeting recently. The levy was made possible by action of the last state legislature. The county commissioners passed the matter to the tax committee for sanction before making a levy which is likely to be four-tenths of a mill. Judge J. A. Howell, chairman of the committee, presided at the meeting. MYTON R. E. Miller of Myton has on exhibition in his store some excellent excel-lent samples of peanuts raised by Jacob Ja-cob Jorgenson at Leota in O.tray valley. val-ley. Several hills were pulled up out of his tract and they are all of splendid splen-did quality. ' It is estimated that Mr. Jongenson w-ill have about fifteen or twenty bushels. PANGUITCH Although no careful estimate has yet been made by the rangers, Supervisor Walace Riddle of the Powell national forest asserts that the deer are on the increase in this section. Prospects for a good hunting season will depend largely on weather conditions on the opening date, a light, snowfall being w-elcomed by the sportsmen. RICHFIELD Orders have been received re-ceived by the beetgrowers to begin harvesting their crops on Monday, as the local sugar factory will begin operations op-erations on that date. The beet crop in Sevier County this year is not so uniformly good as it has been in preceding pre-ceding years, and it does not seem to have completely recovered from the disastrous conditions encountered last year, when a total failure was suffered throughout the country. DUCHESNE Utah's alfalfa seed crop is estimated at 15,200,000 pounds of country-run seed out of a total for the United States of 42.000,000 to 45,-000,000 45,-000,000 pounds, according to the announcement an-nouncement of Frank Andrews, crop statitician for the United States bureau bu-reau of crop statistics. FILLMORE Duck hunting in west , Millard county is excellent, according to the reports of W. V. Wilson, local attorney and editor of the "Millard County Progress," and Tribune Fillmore Fill-more correspondent. The first two j days of the present duck shooting season. sea-son. Mr. Wilson bagged his limit at J the Rigby ranch, near Burbank in west Millard, relates the report. Besides j being abundant the ducks are in fine ! condition, added Mr. Wilson. i EUREKA Work of widening and resurfacing the road between Eureka and Dividend will be begun soon and ' will be completed before winter sets ' in. The state road equipment now be- ' ing used on the road between Eureka i and Homansville will be obtained for j this "piece of work. 5MDVALE Work has begun on the installation of Midvale City white wa; ! It is expected that the work will h completed by November 1. Plans a-? under way for a street celebration t; be given on the dat of conpblio-i. The system includes forty-four concrete con-crete standards, set a tin'erva's of ; forty feet along Main street to the i i- ! tersection of Center street, and for a few hundred feet eart and west of , Main street on Center street. The standards will be fitted with a lighting unit of a paneled lantern type and carry a 600-candle-powex light. |