Show i news notes its a privilege to live in utah SALT LAKE salt lake is is the center of a great livestock area that in 1927 sent more than cars of livestock to the salt lake stockyards stock yards DRAPER poultry raisers raisers in utah are receiving returns of approximately 2 per hen per year after all feed costs have ov e been deducted the state has many man y individual flocks of from to hens PROVO preparations for the shipping of the onion crop of utah county are being made by the growers according to W J thayne utah county agent A number of the biggest shippers already have sacked a big portion of their crop GUNNISON the th e horse ho r se pulli pulling n g contest promises to b be e one 0 of f th the most 0 a t interesting features of the sanpete county fair which is to be held september 1213 and 14 S W chapman of slant manti has the pulling contest in charge ile he expects a hun hundred dred teann teams to enter the contest BRIGHAM CITY in a letter just received by the local chamber of commerce from governor george 11 dern dem the chief executive accepts an invitation to participate in the peach day festivities here on september 1415 14 15 other prominent men of the state have also signified their intention to attend the big peach festival MYTON farmers who reside close to sit emmons altonah alzonah and bluebell where there has been sufficient water for irrigation purposes are having good results in the raising of grain this season some of the fields are producing from thirty to forty bushels of wheat to the acre A considerable portion of the grain has already been cut and some has been threshed i PROVO according to john F mendenhall den hall ball manager of the utah county fair association every effort is bei being n g made to bring to the fair this year a greater exhibit in all departments A better pro program ram of horse racing together with special ecial entertaining attractions tr is well under way the ile fair opens september 27 and will continue for three days washington salt lake leady lead all other large western cities in percentage of grain in post office receipts in in the month of august as compared with august of last year according to figures made public at the office jk of the postmaster general the grain w is per cent front from tu to only four out of fifty large cities in the united states slates included in this tabulation have a larger gain GREEN RIVER melon day green rivers big annual festival was fittingly celebrated monday by one ft cf the biggest crowds ever to assemble at green river last years crowd of persons was equaled if not exceeded by the assemblage from all over eastern and southern utah which congregated here monday to do homage to the principal product of the valley the melon MYTON the public schools and high school of duchesne county will open monday september 10 several of the buildings are being put in better condition and new equipment provided A total of twelve truck lines have been established providing transportation for the pupils the Duch duchesne esme county teachers institute will nill be held thursday and priday friday september 6 and 7 at Due duchesne besne an interesting program la is being prepared COALVILLE coalville Co alville city counell council has named a committee to investigate the cost of installing pipe from the flowing hot well in the recently acquired city park with instructions to report at the next meeting the services of emil hansen landscape gardener at the tha utah agricultural college have been secured to design the new pa park rk grounds and it is expected this work will be under way within a short time FILLMORE opening day of the tha millard county fair being held at fillmore was attended by one of the largest crowds ever assembled at a millard county fair the exhibits n the department of agriculture domestic science and art and education were effectively displayed in the recently remodeled old state capitol the work of remodeling having just been completed in preparation for the establishment lish ment of a state museum in the old historic structure RICHMOND the state road commission and the commissioners of I 1 cache county have reached an agreement whereby the road will put the highway from the richmond cross crossroads Toads through lewiston to the idaho state line in good cond condition itin and level evel up the detour that runs through cove precinct both of these highways have been used as a v while the concrete highe highway ay larer W north part of the cou rity vas mas being constructed the two roads are to be put in in first class shape it is said OGDEN IV R chaplain head bead of the united states forest service grazing research at washington D C conferred with officials of the intermountain forest service here for a shor time recently mr chapline was en route to california from the east ernest winkler Winkl cr chief of grazing in the intermountain forest service ervice sr returned to ogden from southern utah at the time of mr Ch Chiplin cs visit the ranges in southern utah are ery cry dry but both cattle and sheep are in good frood condition showing good weights aldr winkler said said |