Show I 1 news notes 1 its a privilege to lw live in utah r PROVO utah packing houses turned tamed out products last year valued at this was on a capital investment of the industry is of particular value enabling raisers to dispose of their animals without shipping them to other states PROVO approximately cases of strawberries properly g graded craded and packed have been sent out from the local receiving station of the utah cold pack fruit company located at orem during the past week according to president A V watkins of the corporation HEBER decision to purchase a permanent fair grounds and equip it with modern stalls and sheds for the tha annual wasatch county mutton day arid and stock show was reached at a conference between representative citizens and county commissioners recently LEHI eight thousand cockerels cockerell cocker els were shipped out of lehl lehi by the utah producers asso association clation one day recently the birds are billed to omaha neb and are netting the growers here 22 cents per pound live weight fout four similar carloads have been shipped out ot of american fork to san francisco and other coast points during the past two weeks OGDEN approximately east ern brook trout eerlings gerlings fin were planted in spring creek ogden valley recently and also by the weber county fish and game protective association the shipment was part of thos those e allotted by the federal government from roro the springville Spring ville hatchery spring creek creeh and other spring streams are used by the weber association as development waters PLEASANT GROVE strawberries had their inning when the residents ol 01 pleasant grove as well as thousands of visitors from utah and other sur rounding count counties les gathered here to el imitate upon the largest supporting in austry of the section strawberries the first seasonable fruit of utah were wera abundantly in evidence and in the grove of 0 this city servings garnished with suar and cream were passed out to may long lines of men women and children VERNAL ranchers have begun to cut their first alfalfa hay croc crop awhile while uintah country crops as a whole bai been retarded to some extent ut by bullit seasonable spring weather and the tha normal first alfalfa crop Is not ready tor for cutting until the tenth ot of june the tridell aridell district was favored by excel tio nally warm rains the altitude ol of the region is feet the second crop of alfalfa is reserved tor for slad sl ad and this year is assured at least two weeks additional growing season MORGAN first shipment ol of green peas is now to the east ern market and it Is expected that be fore the season is over that more than 25 carloads will be shipped from salt lake and davis counties dr edgar M ledyard announces last year the pea dea sp brought returns to the farm ers of utah amounting to nearly with a good share of 0 this being received from fresh green peas while the remainder was received from canned peas KANAB southern best rodeo is scheduled to take place at ka nab july 3 4 and 5 according to the tha committee plans arrangements are be ing made to insure the best in roping boxing wrestling and horse racing the committees include amusement E C persons lyle jepson D at and vern avem glazier rodeo jimmy warner G W findlay parvin church and merlin adams fights lyle jepson dee ray esplin and charles mace VERNAL an allotment has been made available by the ashley I 1 blat national ional forest service for the building of an auto highway from the vernal manila highway to fish lake on the north side of the uintah range for fire control purposes the branch road will be two and one half miles long and takes off the main road at carter creek will begin on july 1 and ready for travel this season fish lake in the is considered one of the best fishing waters in chii range COALVILLE arrangements are be ing made this week for the inauguration of 0 a truck service to lake ake caro care of the egg production of the upper weber river valley 11 II M blackhurst of ogden manager of the central sta HOD tor for this territory has been in this locality tor for several days completing delivery schedules etc at present in the neighborhood of cases ot of eggs are shipped weekly and with truck service it la is anticipated that this amount will be increased plans tor for a campaign to increase the output ot of poultry plants in this vincin ity are being made and it is hoped that establishment lish ment dt ot of an egg grading plant in the upper weber valley may be secured in 0 o a year or two VERNAL A continuation of the tha prairie dog campaign iv is bei being ng conducted in uintah county under the direction of E peterson county farm farin agent and S E aldous of salt lake mr air aldous is a representative of the U S biological survey and is expected to spend the summer here the campaign started in ouray valley recently chere retreating of sections treated last year was commenced besides the ouray valley section work will be done at ashley ward draw the bad lands diamond mountain and willow creek |