Show OVER THE LOCATING OF THE experimental STATION county commissioners decide to probe into tha matter and obtain light from mondays standard nearly all of the morning session of the county waa taken up with the bids tor the building of the five steal bridges to the ogden valley in addition to this the questionable tio deal that weber county la getting in the matter of the location of the new experimental station came in for considerable discussion county fruit tree inspector it E allson appeared before the board and brought up the matter of arranging for an exhibit of fruit at the state fair it was through this channel that the new experiment farm question came up from the statement mad by the inspector and chairman stanford it is taken aliat weber county feels that it Is not getting a square deal mr aileon made a lengthy statement oil the question and said that notwithstanding the expressions made by the location committee when they were here and the further facts that weber county drafted the bill providing for the station and had the same presented in the state legislature it now seems cut and furled that weber county Is left out in support of this argument mr wilson stated that at the time when samples of earth wore being from the different sites throughout the state the committee took samples from but one site here while in the other counties they took samples from all the sites which in itself was taken to mean that weber county stood but little show he said that weber county was at the head of the list as a fruit producing county so tar as utah was concerned but that notwithstanding all these things it seemed as it a hole waa dug tor the station at spanish fork and the prize would b dropped i therein the location committee early in the race told salt laka county that it was cot wanted hence they were placed at no expense and lust why they aid not do the same with weber county Is not understood it was the sense of the board that they would endeavor to ascertain why weber county was sidetracked and this question will be taken up with the location committee at once in the hope of solving the same to the satisfaction of all on account of the slight handed out in the above matter mr madsen opposed an appropriation for the placing of a fruit exhibit at the state fair it was finally decided however that the um of 75 be set aside to be expended by the chairman and tault tree inspector in the securing of a proper exhibit the committee has power to expend that sum but Is cautioned to keep as much below that amount as possible in this connection it is stated that there are a number of fruit growers anxious to display their fruit at the fair and this together with the products from the poor farm which will b handled in connection with the above appropriation is expected to make a very creditable showing from this county in the matter of bids for the building of the five steel bridges in the ogden valley the bids received were as follows A M blodgett missouri valley bridge and iron co minneapolis steel and e co construction company the first and second bidders named were the only ones to enclose tha proper checks with their bids as per the specifications hence are alone considered the bids were referred to city engineer A P parker who will report to the board on the subject at 4 this afternoon T R oUy and W L ste wart appeared before tbt board and again revived the matter of building the road to the lake share duck club in the warren district it will be remembered that this matter was supposed to have been settled at a previous meeting when by mutual consent it was decided to open the road tor a portion of the way to the duck club grounds according to the statements of oUy and stewart they had it from a reliable source that W A skeen who first objected had gone back on the agreement they asked the board to investigate the matter for the purpose of proceeding with the opening of the roadway the board after some discussion decided to visit the site on friday of this week an adjournment was then taken until 2 |