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Show I News Notes : It's a Ptivilege to Live in ! Utah Ulehfield Despite tlie dry season, Sevier county is not bad off agriculturally. agricul-turally. With the eoeption of sugar fleets, which received a body bluvv, the outlook is interpreted as satisfactory. satisfac-tory. A cross-section of the agricultural agricul-tural situation, as gained at the annual an-nual county fair, which was held here September 8, If and 10, shows a harvest har-vest not up to expectations, but eo.ua to a ten-year average. Carbon County Repair work on tb.9 Carbon canal Is under full swing, according ac-cording to George M. Bacon, state en-Kineer, en-Kineer, who has Just returned from Carbon county, where he has been superintending the beginning of tha work. The Improvement is being done under the authorization of the state land board, which voted the expenditure expendi-ture of $20,000 In the work. Sevier County One hundred and forty-two cows registered in the cow-testing cow-testing circle of Sevier county averaged aver-aged 770 pounds of milk and thirty-one thirty-one pounds of btitterfat during Aug-UBt, Aug-UBt, the sixth month the circle has boen in operation, according to a report re-port by S. R. Boswell, county agricul tural agent. Sixty-three cows in the group produced more than thirty pounds of btitterfat during the month. Gunnison Gunnison valley yesterday yester-day witnessed the worst downpour of rain and hail In many years. The rain and hail In many years. Tha hail was so strong that even the leaves were stripped from the alfalla ind trees. Price A cooperative agreement for the construction of a new road below Scofleld was made yesterday by Carbon Car-bon county and the Price River Water Conservation district at the monthly session of the county commiss;oners. A. W. Horsley, president of tho district, dis-trict, and H. G. Mathis met with the board In regard to the agreement. Myton N. L. Peterson, president of the Uintah Basin Cooperative Seed Grjwers' association, recently called a meeting of the directors in Myton, It was held for the purpose of consid-ering consid-ering the financing and marketing o,' the alfalfa seed crop of. those who are members of the association. It isi believed that united action will provi beneficial along many lines. Nephi, Plans are now complete lor Nephi's diamond jubilee and home coming, which will be held in connection connec-tion with the second annual Juub county fair. The celebration will take placf on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 15, 16 and 17. Lehi, A special mass meeting of the taxpayers of Lehi was held last evening at the Memorial building, having hav-ing been called by the local committee for the purpose of obtaining the senti-of senti-of the Utah Taxpayers' association ment of the taxpayers relative to the construction of a municipal lighting plant. Granger, Construction of six miles of county road connecting Granger with the Redwood road is now under way. The work is progressing rapidly. Fifteen culverts will be installed along the road. The culverts, manufactured manu-factured at the county shops at Murray, Mur-ray, are being delivered at the rate of two a day. Myton, The Uintah Basin Seed Growers' association plant located in Myton has opened its warehouse and already has received 300 sacks of alf alfa seed. The rule the association has made for the season of 1926 is that it will store only the seed that is cleaned at its plant. The association does not plan to sell sacks this year. One hundred and ten seed growers are members of the organization. Salt Lake. Articles of incorporation incorpora-tion of the Iron Mountain Railroad Company of Utah were filed with the county clerk Wednesday afternoon, and it. is indicated by the company ihat this action presages development of some of the important iron deposits depos-its of southern Utah. Myton Contrcat for the construction construc-tion of the federal aid highway project proj-ect between Myton and Roosevelt, a j distance of 94 miles, has been award- cd by the State Road Commission to the Lyon Construction company of Oirdtn, it was announced yesterday. Under the bid of the company the proj ect will cost $151,706,336. The engin eers of the commission estimated the projoct tota' at $167,900.62. j Kane County A tract of land lo- cated in western Kane county will be thrown open October 27 for entry by I former service men, according to an- I nouncement Tuesday of Eli F. Taylor, reeister of the local land office. The land will be open to former fighters until January 25, 1927, after which it will be subject to entry by the general public. Suit Lake City More than or thousand delegates from Utah. Idaho Montana, Arizona, California, Oregon Washington, Xew Mexico and Texas will gather in Salt Lake, September 9, 30 and 11 for the fifth annual Pacific States Savings and Loan conference George K. McKinnes, president of the U. S. League of Local Building and Loan associations, representing invested invest-ed capital of five and one-half billion dollars, will make one of the principle addresses of the convention. The ex eeuiive committee of tho nations7 It-ague will also meet in Salt Lake |