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Show News Notes , (' a Privilege to Ltv In UTAH PROVO The summer fallow system sy-stem is the Index ot all successful -dry farming and la a fixed program in Utah. SALT LAKE The Utah publlo school system has alwaya held a very high rank In nationwide survey. sur-vey. MORGAN Many sections ot Utah, becauae ot altitude and soil condition, produce outstanding crop of peas, beans and all cereals. RICHFIELD Although this section sec-tion has experienced an extended dry spoil, the prospecta tor an ample irrigation supply are fairly good. According to official reports, there are now 20 feet bf ater In the Otter Creek resorvolr, as com' pared with 10 feet at the corresponding corres-ponding time last year. PLEASANT GROVE The 215,-000 215,-000 fruit and vegetable grower making up the membership ot the 1270 cooperatives in the United State harketlng fruits and vegetables, vegeta-bles, sent more than 200,000 car of produce to the consuming center cen-ter during the 1928-29 marketing season, the federal department ot agriculture finds. COALVILLE Although the In-termountaln In-termountaln state still produce but a small total of ths nation's cheese supply, they have increased their production considering In the last ten years. In 1928, however, this group ot states supplied about 4 per cent of the nation's total. Greatest Increase in production during dur-ing tht period was In Utah and Idaho. MOAB The first real snow storm of the year hit this section recently. recent-ly. About one half Inch ot snow fell bore In the valley although before be-fore night most of it had disappeared. disap-peared. The fall was heavier in the higher districts and on the desert north of here. Sheep and cattlemen ot this section were becoming greatly concerned over the prolonged dry spell, as the watering places were freezing. ST. GEORGE The 1930 budget ha been set at $47,011 for Washington Wash-ington county. A public hearing on the budget will be held soon. The estimated 1330 expenditures follow: County roads, fCOOO; county Indigent and old sge pensions, $3000; sinking fund and Interest on bonds, $5000; state road fund, $10,-000; $10,-000; county advertising, $300; office of-fice expense, (3821 ; salaries and general expense, $18,830. EPHRAIM At a special meeting of the city council the budget expenditures ex-penditures for 1930 were fixed as follows: General fund, $7,000; streets and alleys, $2,000; eloctrto HghL $7,000; water works, $6,000;- library, $2,000; sinking fund, $1,100; special lmprovemats, $1,300. This budget is considerable below that of 1929. J. S. . Chri8tjnsen and James Frost have beeu employed to audit the city books and accounts. ac-counts. VERNAL Expressed In percentage, percent-age, the road from Salt Lake to Vernal in the year 1924 wa 17.5 per cent totally surfaced, while In 1929 the highway is D0.8 totally surfaced,., with that part uncompleted uncom-pleted at this time being on the federal forest reserve. Utah's hare has been completed, either to federal aid standard or to state standard, which Is comparable, having hav-ing been accomplished by betterment better-ment funds. PROVO Contracts for two road projects in Utah county were signed by the Utah county commissioners com-missioners recently, according to County Commissioner A. O. Smoot The state will Join with the county coun-ty on both roads. The first project was that of surfacing and graveling gravel-ing approximately six miles of road between Soldier Summit and Old Tucker. A bridge over the railroad rail-road right of way alsi will be constructed. con-structed. The approximate cost will be $20,000. SALT LAKE The population of Sr.lt Lake City within municipal limits at the opening ot 1930 Is 153,905 compared with 118,110 In 1920, an Increase of 32 per cent, according to a survey-estimate issued is-sued by the newspaper feature bureau bu-reau recently. The survey Is based on excess of birth over death in the city since 1920, the Increase In youth of school age, the Increase In aomestie water services ana omer factors having a bearing on populations. popula-tions. OGDEN Forest officials report that timber cut on national forests during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, exceeded that of any previous previ-ous year, with a total under sale contracts and land exchanges together to-gether ot more than 1,600,000,000 . board feet. The cash receipts exceeded ex-ceeded $4,090,000 for the first time and increased $753,000 over the previous fiscal year. The amount of timber cut in the lntermountain region was as follows: Idaho, 157,-377,000 157,-377,000 board feet; Utah, 8,905,000 board feet. |