Show news notes its a privilege to live in utah PROVO the total valuation of all utah crops in 1927 at prices paid the growers Is estimated at alth a field seed production not equaled by any other northern state utah now stands first in ill the production ot of alfalfa seed SALT LAKE utah is most fortun abely situated in a region where there is almost total absence of severe storms blizzards tornadoes hail and other destructive forces of nature NEPHI the eighth annual wheat day tor for juab valley has hag been set tor for july 10 this event has come to be recognized for or its educational value 1 not only to the farmers in and about nephi but in addition has become of benefit to the farmers of a wide area in the central part of the state FARM FAH farmington INGTON thirteen carloads of 0 davis county cherries have been shipped to date to eastern and western markets according to a report mado made by 11 II P mathews district agricultural inspector the first car was shipped june 15 a date one week in advance of 0 the first ca snipped shipped last year this caz ca went to los angeles OGDEN georgo george shorten assistant secretary of the utah canners tion announced that ten factories were put into operation to can cherries and will operate until about july 4 when they will wilf start on the apricot crop carloads of 0 cherries are being shipped ick to other markets and are plentiful on the ilie local market SALT LAKE utah moved from the position of 0 sixth largest gold producing state in the united states to fifth place during 1927 according to figures released by the united states mint in cooperation cope ration with the bureau oi ot mines gold output of utah amounted to 1 I for 1927 as compared with 3 for 1926 SALT LAKE there are more than a million and a half cords of wood available for paper making in in utah ubah theron H tracy industrial engineer declared recently in discussing the proposed new paper mill ile he announced that the company will commence to build a plant in salt lake within four months 4 COALVILLE contract for tho the clearing of the echo reservoir of trees and brush has been awarded to the heiselt construction comp company ariy of salt lake city for a contract price of and the salvaged i i in the site work is to be started t within thirty days and the contractor 1 has days in which to complete the 1 1 clearing MOAD MOAB hopes of utah oil men were revived on monday by the report from fiarn moab that the boulder oil and gas r company on the IV A endter ranch in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 17 34 25 had struck a strong flow ot of gas that threw rocks over the top of the derrick depth 0 the well situated sixty miles south of moab and seven miles sou southeast theist of of I 1 monticello Is 2640 feet SALINA A trainload of between and head of yearling hereford steers was wag shipped from thompson springs spring grand county to salina last week these cattle belong to tb J A of 0 provo they were raised on mr Sc ranch at indian creek san juan county and were shipped to salina where mr has a summer range to prepare them for mar ket DUCHESNE range condi conditions tiong in the duchesne upper provo and beaver creek territories are excellent and sheep are moving toward the forest according to blaine betenson assist ant supervisor of tho tha Wa wasatch national A forest who returned recently frow from N i an inspection tour betenson said work on the provo river road is completed and it isnow possible to go by automobile to mirror and tyrol lakes at the head of the duchesne EPHRAIM roads throughout the state are in good condition generally according to the weekly report issued by the state highway department in some places where construction work Is under way there are some rough places but as a whole the majority of the roads are reported in good condition the ephraim orangeville road is still closed on account ot of snow this being the only one not open at pres ent roads to the best fishing sections of the state are reported in condition that ranges from fair to good VERNAL construction work on 19 highway projects involving the ep elpe e ll 11 deture of approximately was under contract in utah the first 7 part of june according to data just released by the road dep department artmen jaa two of those projects project shad had been con conry 13 plated however and the contractor released those were the duchesne i city and tremonton blue creek roads work on the other projects was under construction and six six were nearing 1 completion the report showed 17 projects 40 per cent complete at that t time k BRIGHAM CITY engineer J A burnett of salt lake city came to brigham city recently and eral hours at the charles anderson mine south of cantua SI Han antua tua he expressed himself as well pleased with progress being made at the mine development work has been in progress for some time and the main tunnel is in about feet several bodies of ore have beeri been encountered the company ats r a number of carloads carload of ore on the dump which will average 18 thin the ton or net about 10 per ton at the smelter em elter aw |