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Show News Notes! 0 It' a Privilege to Live In z 1 UTAH I X VERNAL January 1, 1929, figures s'jow there wars 100,000 horses In Utah, with a value of $6,317,000, and 4000 mulec, valued at $267,000. AMERICAN FORK Production of poultry In Utaii In 1928 amounted to 1093 carloads, valued at $5,386,392.60. A total of S17 carloads, valued at $4, 720,639, were shipped to points outside out-side the state. CEDAR CITY Building In the bust, ness section of Cedar City has taken on almost boom town proportions the past week, several new business buildings build-ings having been started In addition to several still under construction that were started earlier In the summer. PRICE Partial results of the tests conducted on Carbon dairy cattle for tuberculosis have been determined, and, according to O. P. Madsen, county coun-ty agent, only one animal reacted to the experiments. Fortunately the cow had not been used by Its owners for dairy purposes. VERNAL With more than $1,500,-000 $1,500,-000 Invested In the production of honey In Utah on January 1, 1929, there were 70,385 colonies of bees In the state. In 1928, total honey production In the state amounted to 5,067,720 pounds, valued at $506,772. Beeswax production produc-tion the same year amounted to $21,-115.50. RICHFIELD According to A. Woodruff Wood-ruff Magelby, chairman of the Monroe Mon-roe Lamb Feeders' association, feeder lambs from all parts of southern Utah are being brought Into Monroe for feeding. On account of the cold spring and the many losses incurred the lamb crop Is 50 per cent short. More than 80,000 head will be fed. Those the feeders are receiving are of good grade. MT. PLEASANT Construction work on the new Maple canyon road was begun last week under the supervision su-pervision of Marinus Larson of Moroni. The survey was made by forest service officials and provides for a 12-foot road with 16-foot passing places each 300 feet along the project. A large percentage of the work Is being be-ing donated by citizens of North Sanpete. San-pete. PROVO The apple"crop In Utah county Is very light this year, according accord-ing to County Inspector H. V. Swen-son, Swen-son, and because of this condition growers will be faced with the problem pro-blem of keeping them free from worm stings and limb rubs. Shipping of apples ap-ples began In the county recently with the first carload leaving Spanish Fork. Other cars are being loaded at Snow and Oym. The apples are of good quality and size. PROVO More than 150 fine art masterpieces from the French, Italian, Ital-ian, Flemish, English, Dutch, Span-Ish, Span-Ish, German and American art Behoofs are being exhibited at the Brlgham Young university by the Colonial Art company, according to Professor E. H. Eastmond, head of the local Institution's In-stitution's art department. The exhibit, ex-hibit, which is an outstanding one, has been open tor the past several days and will be open until late Thursday evening. The public is Invited to wit-oess wit-oess the exhibit. HEBER CITY Weather conditions " ueeu generally gooa wroughout Utah during the past week and cattle round-ups and lamb shipping are in progress, the weekly weather summary issued recently by J. Cecil Alter, me-teorologlst me-teorologlst in charge of the federal weathor bureau, showed. Sugar beets, tomatoes and apples are maturing rapidly and the weather has been excellent ex-cellent for harvesting alfalfa, hay seed, and for threshing grain and alfalfa alf-alfa seed. The alfalfa seed harvest is practically completed without frost injury. OGDEN Working forces of the Amalgamated Sugar company are busily engaged in putting the Ogden factory of the company in condition for the season's run to begin October 14. It Is said that beet digging will begin In Weber county about October Octo-ber 10 and the factory will be put In commission four days later. The crop in Weber county is one of the heaviest In years, both in acreage and expected sugar content It is said also that labor conditions In Weber county are excellent, bu In Cache valley it may be necessary to import laborers for topping and digging. From 200 to 300 men will be needed in Cache val- lav an A TAiL OGDEN Articles of Incorporation of the Ogden Union Stockyards company com-pany were filed In the office of the Weber county clerk recently and in connection with the filing it was announced an-nounced that the new company, which Is a subsidiary of the Union Stockyards Stock-yards company, which has been in successful operation in Ogden for a number of years.'had procured control of the stockyards at Pocatello and Montpeller, Idaho. The acquisition of these two stockyards Is expected to mean much to the bid Union stockyards, stock-yards, as well as to vBtockgrowers throughout the Intermountali country.. |