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Show A i News Notes : It's a Privilege to Live in I Utah I Salina Paving of the first section of the Salina-Richfield road in Sevier county will be under way by the middle mid-dle of the summer, it was announced by H. S. Kerr, state road engineer. Gravel surfacing of the road was finished fin-ished last year, and this summer the state will start the paving with a three-mile project from Richfield north at an estimated cost of $90,000. Salt Lake Studies to determine the extent butter substitutes enter into the markets of Utah are being made by the Utah State Farm bureau. The first survey of this nature was made at Nephi recently by M. S. Winder, secretary sec-retary of the bureau, and a condition Bomewhat alarming to the dairy interests inter-ests was revealed. In the survey it was found that for every pound of butter but-ter bought in Nephi there were sold about three pounds of substitutes. Actual Ac-tual totals were 200 pounds of butter to 562 pounds of substitutes. St. George With the planting this spring of 20,000 new trees, the raising ot flgs in Utah's Dixie has been launched launch-ed on an extensive scale. Utah figs are unsurpassed, and it is expected that the St. George country will soon be one of the primary fig-raising sections sec-tions of the country. Salt Lake More than eleven and one-half tons of Utah rhubarb appeared appear-ed on the local market Wednesday, according ac-cording to Walter Kingsbury, marketing market-ing specialist with the federal bureau of markets. Mrs. Kingsbury also re- ishes, running fifteen dozen bunches to the crate, were on the market also. There was a shortage of asparagus, not enough coming into supply the demand. Spanish Fork Roads from Salt Lake to Carbon county are in good condition, condi-tion, it was announced by Governor George H. Dern, who returned Wednesday Wed-nesday night from Hiawatha, where he spoke at the annual fathers' and sons' banquet Tuesday evening. The governor said that, while he had expected ex-pected the road muddy through Spanish Span-ish Fork canyon, that such was not the case. Midvale Work is progressing satisfactorily satis-factorily on the new city hall, and it is expected that the municipal offices will be moved from their present location loca-tion to the riew one some time in July, it was announced last Thursday. Ogden Bids for the grading of six and a half miles of the Victor-Irwin road in Idaho were called for by the United States bureau of public roads. Bids will bo opened here June 9. Completed of this stretch from Victor to Swan valley will give Swan valley an outlet to railroad connection. The highway will be highly beneficial in view of the floods which have harassed Qwon vnllou lnfplv. Salt Lake Mining, agricultural, industrial in-dustrial and scenic assets of the state of Utah will be depicted in a $10,000 exhibit at the Transcontinental Highways High-ways exposition at Reno, Nev., June 25 to August 1. A general plan for the exhibit has been worked out by the special committee appointed by Governor Gover-nor George H. Dern, and efforts are now being directed to collect displays from all parts of the state. Provo Utah's geological formation offers the student more material for study than any other area of the same size "in the United States. The variety of geological products makes its geology geol-ogy interesting economically as well as historically. Lchi Eradication of weed outlaws has received practical attention In Le-hi Le-hi during the past week. Commissioner Commission-er J. W. Gilman and Inspector Helga Swenson are supervising the distribution distribu-tion ot salt which is being placed upon numerous plats of white top and othei noxious weeds. Lehi city is cooperating cooper-ating with the county In the weed campaign. cam-paign. A full carload of salt was unloaded un-loaded and distributed during the past three days. Price With already three or four times as much water In Scoficld reservoir reser-voir than there was at any time last year, Carbon county farmers are looking look-ing forward to a succsesful season A. W. Horsley of the Price river water conservation district and Wallace R. Wayman. secretary, returned from a trip to the dam. where they were met by E. B. Jorgens.cn. agent for the Sutherlln-P.arry company of New Orleans; Or-leans; John T. Oldroyd of the Etate land board, and C. J. Ullrich, engineer . Salt Lake Tourists visiting the Utah state capitol next summer will see among the exhibits in the ground-floor ground-floor display room one depicting the sheep industry of Utah. This exhibit authorized last January by the Utah State Weolgrowers' Association, at its annurl convention, cannot he prepared j and installed this year, but the com- j mltKe in eh-rge of the exhibit is ac- ' jvn. reports James A. Hooper - j |