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Show ! News Notes It's a Privilege to Live in ! Utah ! e-A - Salt Lake City. Egg production for March in the Second Utah Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Contest was considerably better than for February. The hens averaged averag-ed 19.1 eggs each, or G3.6 per cent. This brings the average for the five months to 74.7 eggs each, or a produc tion to date of 49.5 per cent, as core pared with 53. G per cent for the same period last year. Washington. The condition of winter win-ter wheat on April 1 was 84.1 per cent of normal, increase of 1.4 points from December 1, last, the department depart-ment of agriculture announced. Payson. At a meeting held last Wednesday by the chamber of commerce, com-merce, the problem of procuring more sugar beet acreage was discussed by Lee R. Taylor, John Lewis, Rastus Robinson and Albert Powell. Richfield. Much interest is being taken by the schools throughout Sevier Se-vier county in the final scoring being made by the contest judge, James H. Wallis, executive secretary of the Utah Public Health association. Spanish Fork. With the awarding of more than $500 in prize money and the settlement of all sales accounts, one of the most successful exhibitions exhibi-tions of livestock ever held in this section sec-tion came to a close. Despite the handicap han-dicap stormy weather put upon the efforts ef-forts or the management of the Second Annual Utah County Livestock show and exhibitors, the show was pronounced pro-nounced a success. Price. A meeting of farmers and business men called by Clayton Negus executive secretary of the Eastern Utah Credit association for the purpose pur-pose of effecting a cooperative association associa-tion between the farmers and business men of this part of the state was held Friday at the courthouse at Price. A large group of men from Carbon. Emery and Duchesne counties attend ed the meeting. Gunnison. Sufficient acreage ot beets has been contracted by tht farmers of Gunnison and Sevier valleys val-leys to permit the running of the sugar plant this fall. Price. M. Housecraft, state bridge engineer, and L. M. Huggins, bridge engineer for the bureau of federal roads, are in Price making their examination ex-amination of the progress on the new steel and concrete bridge over Grassy Trail creek, sixteen miles southeast of this city. Before leaving this section sec-tion of the state they plan to examine exam-ine all bridges from here to Moah and go over the entire line. Salt Lake City. Work on the first stage construction of approximately Swelve miles of the federal aid road between Salina and Richfield, in Sevier Se-vier county, will begin in the near future, fu-ture, it was announced following a conference between the state road commission, Ira. R. Browning, chioi engineer for the commission; B. J. Finch of the federal bureau of public roads and Joseph F. Peterson, Carl Tuft and Abe Hansen, Sevier county commissioners. Myton. During the past week workmen work-men in the employ of the Maud Ellen Oil company of Neal Dome, five miles north of Vernal completed the derrick. They expect to spud it in this week. Another derick will be constructed at Dog valley seven miles from Vernal. Ogden. The Utah Construction company was awarded the contract for grading the Kenilworth branch ol the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad between Kenilworth and Help er. The distance of the route is about eight miles. This information was received re-ceived at the company's general offices offi-ces here from W. H. Wattis, president presi-dent of the company, who is at the railroad company's head office in Denver Den-ver and attended the opening of bids. Salt Lake City. County commissioners commis-sioners of Sevier county met recently with the state road commission .and discussed the question of constructing (hat strip of road from Salina to Rich field, a distance of 17.5 miles. In 1923 H was agreed that the strip under discussion dis-cussion should be build by federal aid the road to be a two-stage gravel sin-faced sin-faced highway. Later the county ex pressed a desire to have a concretf surface and the matter has been un der discussion. The county commissioners commis-sioners were informed that the state road commission was ready to stand by the agreement of 1923. and an other conference between the count and state road officials is scheduled Salt Lake City. Horses for the spring meeting of the Utah Breeders and Racing association. May S to 3! will begin to arirve at Lagoon this week, according to telegrams and other dispatches received by William M. Murray, racing manager. |