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Show FROST DID LITTLE HARM R. D. Young of Richfield Tells of Conditions Con-ditions in Sevier. Salt Lake. May 5. R, D. Young, of Richfield, manager of the Western Construction company, was In the city today on business connected with the 20 miles of canal which his company has recently completed from Richfield to Redmond, Sevier county, a distance of 20 miles. The canal is a continuation continua-tion of the Sevier, Valley canal, will make available for purposes of agriculture agricul-ture some 22.000 acres of good land lying under the canal. Of this amount about 8,000 acres belong to the state, and the balance being owned by residents resi-dents of Sevier county. Work on the canal was commenced last August, and since that time about $100,000 has been expended In the work. Mr. Young says the effects of the recent frosts on the fruit crop of the country were not serious. |