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Show 1 News Notes! 2 It' $ a Privilege to Liv In t j UTAH j OGDEN Monday will mark the addition ad-dition of the Ogden airport to the flelij equipped (or night landing. The 8,500,000 candle-power beacon llgvt according to Harold B. Tripp, manager of the field, is expected to be ready then and placed In operation. FARMINGTON Sweeping without warning upon south Farmington about I p. m. Sunday, a raging flood of water from Davia creek, following the channel chan-nel of the disastrous deluge here a tew years ago, caused considerable property damage and washed out the state highway. Heavy rainstorms east of here Sunday about 7:30 were the probable cause of the flood. LOGAN According to Harry C. Parker, Cache county agricultural inspector, in-spector, potato and grain fields in this county on which certified crops are being grown all passed inspection of the state department ot agriculture during the past week. The inspection was made by C. S. Barrett, who stated that the local fields were cleaner and freer ot disease than last year. TREMONTON More than '0,008 ducks bave been raised in the Bear river Migratory Bird Refuge during the last year, many ot which have been to migrate to distant parts, It was reported by David H. Madsen, superintendent of the refuge. Superintendent Super-intendent Madsen returned to his office of-fice recently after having spen several days at the refuge. He reports thousands thou-sands of young ducks now lu the stage a general suivey was made. MYTON The total precipitation, according ac-cording to the government registration, registra-tion, in Myton, from July 1. 192S, to July 1. 1929, was 811 Inches, while the average covering the previous ten years waa 7.28 inches. During the past year 2.B0 inches fell during the period when It was beneficial to growing crops. The temperature during the growing season ot about four months Is from 83 to 100 degrees maximum, while the minimum is from 30 to SO degrees. PLEASANT GROVE Some 250 boys and girls are being used in picking the string bean crop in this section. It is an interesting sight to see, each morning at 6:30, four large trucks loaded to capacity with boys and girls, ranging from 12 to 18, depart for the bean fields. Their chatter and song awaken residents from Lehl to Provo. The canning company furnishes transportation, trans-portation, and pays the pickers 1 1-4 cents a pound. Some of the best pickers pick-ers can and do make $3.50 a day. MYTON A recent survey ot dairying dairy-ing under the Uintah irrigation project indicates that the dairy industry in the Uintah basin Is Increasing quite rapidly. It has already been found beneficial in solving the financial problems pro-blems of the farmers here. The Bur-yey Bur-yey shows that there are 3515 dairy cows on the Uintah Irrigation project, as compared with 2S15 in 1928 and 2175 In 1927. It Is found that on project pro-ject land owned by whites there are 2006 dairy cows; on leased land, 3G5; owned by Indians, 144, and so on. SPANISH FORK This section was visited by the heaviest rainstorm ot the season late Saturday afternoon. The downpour was accompanied by a high wind Which did considerable damage to ripened grain by blowing It down and making it difficult to cut. The second crop of lucerne hay which was being cut was also damaged. dam-aged. Beets, potatoes and many other crops, however, were greatly benefited bene-fited by the storm. - Wind put the lighting system out of commission lor a short time, but it was soon repaired. PROVO Wool shorn from Utah sheep this- season amounted to 19,764,-000 19,764,-000 pounds, compared, with 22,072,000 a year ago, the Utah wool report issued is-sued recently by Frank Andrews, federal agricultural statistician, de- clares. The lighter clip resulted from poorer condition of sheep that were affected by a dry fall and long winter, the report explains. Average weight a fleece in 1929 is 8.1 pounds, compared com-pared "with 8.9 in 1928. Number of sheep shorn 'this year was 2,440,00d, against 2,480,000 last -year. . . ' FARMINGTON Davis county has harvested practically 85 per cent of a splendid crop of apricots. The fruit, this year, according to H. P. Mathews, district agricultural, inspector, has been ot excellent quality and haa brought an exceptionally good price. Some of the fruit was Inclined to run small, but of a splendid color which xffset the size. The size of this fruit was due to the fact that the trees were loaded to capacity end in most cases were thinned.. The growers were pleased with such a yield after bar- I vesting' not more than a half crop of cherries. PRICE Steady anj heavy rains, which began early Saturday afternoon and continued without appreciable In-terruption In-terruption until 6 p. m. Sunday, have rendered roads lh this section ot Utah almost impassable and a serious traffic traf-fic tieup is threatened. Highways covered with several Inches ot mud and debris and bridges weakened and washed away by floods have caused the Utah state road commission to Issue Is-sue warning to tourists. It Is believed that mall and other traffle out ot Price may be held up for at least day. : |