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Show News Notes j : It's a Privilege to Liv in 2 Utah j NEPHI Plans are nearing completion comple-tion for the second annual livestock show at Nephi. The new stock farm, built last year on the fair grounds to house the livestock exhibits, will be used in which to show the sheep and cattle. The poultry and rabbits will be exhibited in the poultry building. I SALT LAKE Work of cleaning up the municipal auto tourist grounds near Ninth South and Main streets, and of placing the plumbing and concessions con-cessions in repair will begin shortly, Park Commissioner Harry L. Finch announced, with the intention of opening open-ing the camp April 15. No improvements improve-ments have been planned for the camp this year, Mr. Finch stated. MYTON After continuing for five days the bear dance of the Indians OS the reservation was brought to a clos-B in Myton Sunday afternoon of las- week. The dance, which was continued contin-ued all night Saturday until 6 o'clock Sunday morning, is indicative of the return of spring. At noon of the last day they were given a big feed ly business men. Many people from all over the basin were in attendance and some of them participated in the ceremony. cere-mony. SALT LAKE Automobile pushball, auto soccer ball contests, an act in which a young lady traveling at thirty miles per hour makes her car turn two somersaults forward, and elaborate elabor-ate fireworks, are some of the attraction attrac-tion which General Manager Ernest Holmes announced Tuesday had been contracted for for the next Utah state fair. He said they would be the best ever offered here and the cost will be ?6300. CEDAR CITY Discussion of the proposed $161,000 building program was the principal order of business of the school board meeting in the tabernacle taber-nacle under the direction of the Iro'i county tax committee. Dr. M. J. Mo Farlnae, president of the school board,' and Superintendent N. J. Barlow presented pres-ented information showing the school needs of the county. Plans for building build-ing a high school at Parowan, a junior high addition and grade school building build-ing at Cedar City, and a rural school building at Newcastle within five years, to be paid for in seven years, was presented. MAGNA Contract for the construction construc-tion of 13.129 miles of highway from Orton's ranch to Circleville canyon, In Garfield county, was awarded by the state road commission to Raleigh & uttuB ut odiu .udH-e, iuw uiuueia tur 1110 job. Under the bid of this firm the project will cost a total of $109,917.89, including materials to be furnished by the state. Engineers of the state road commission estimated the total cost of the project at $108,544.17. EPHRAIM Snow measurements made recently by forest officers on the mountains directly east of Sanpete valley show the water content to be considerably lower than that of last year. The water content, however, is practically the same as for 1925 and greater than for 1924 and 1926. According Ac-cording to the officers, with favorable moisture conditions during the spring season, the prospects for water this year should be fair. PROVO There is much interest shown about the Utah County Livestock Live-stock show, which will ' be held in Spanish Fork March 28 to 30. Several Sever-al preliminary shows are being held throughout the county to determine just what cattle should be entered in the final contest. Dr. C. Y. Cannon of the Brigham Young university will be the judge. CEDAR CITY Two truckloads of rainbow trout have been planted in the northern part of Washington county, coun-ty, according to District Game Warden War-den Evelyn Parry. One truckload was planted in the Enterprise reservoir and the other in the Pine Valley creek. They were brought from the Spring-ville Spring-ville hatchery by George Cox, Lee Burnham and Earl Clyde. LEHI Final figures for the production produc-tion of beet sugar in the United States for the 1927-28 season show that the crop amounted to 965,241 tons and that Utah was fifth in total production, according ac-cording to a report received by the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. The nation's na-tion's crop was exceeded only twice in the history of the industry, both in 1920-21 and 1924-25. Production during dur-ing the 1926-27 season was 801,246 tons. oiii ijajvi!, storms of the last few days were worth an estimated foot and a half to two feet of new snow at the city watershed at Brighton, it was reported by Harry Hammond, city waterworks observer, upon his return after a few days in Salt Lake. The watershed, which has been relative lean in the prespring weeks, was con siderably augmented, as the new snows netted 1.64 inches depth of water, according to snow measurements. measure-ments. HEBER CITY Loss of $3445.40 waa experienced by the Wasatch Power company from its operations in 1927 acording to a report for the year filed with the public utilities commission. This company is owned by the Mineral Veins Coalition Mines company, and is operated principally for its own benefit, bene-fit, practically no power or light being sold to other consumers in 1927. Operating Op-erating revenues of the company for the year were $5302.SO with operating I expenses of JS606.20, und taxe amouuling to $152. |
