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Show ! ! Mews Notes : ' lf a PriviUgt to Lis in l i Utah t4w MMt j FILLMORE Millard county ranks first in production of alfalfa seed, first in rye, first in swine and second in beep. The county has 190,000 sheep, valued at $2,128,000. MOAB Kans county is prosperous. It has an assessed valuation of $2,032,- i 088, an average per family of $3,503.-60. $3,503.-60. The, county's livestock industry is expanding swiftly. PROVO Purebred poultry growing is making big strides in Utah. The state has 71,000 certified breeding hens, valued at $105,000; there is $145,000 invested in incubators; producers pro-ducers received $63,000 in 1927 for eggs and hatched 1,200,000 chicks val-i val-i ned at $144,000. t PROVO Despite the cool weather, Utah's tomato crop is ripening fast, and canners throughout the state expect ex-pect an exceptional pack in both quantity quan-tity and quality this year, it was re ported by George Shorten, assistant secretary of the Utah Canners' association. asso-ciation. EUREKA Fire of unknown origin destroyed all surface buldings of the Iron King Mining company at Eureka recently, with the aingle exception of the gallows frame at the top of the shaft. The loss was estimated at between be-tween $30,000 and $40,000, with possibility pos-sibility of saving some of the machinery machin-ery which was in the buildings. Loss is fully covered by insurance. LOGAN The Wellsville plant of the Western Milk company will begin be-gin operation on or about October 15, according to an announcement made recently by F. P. Champ, one of the company's directors. Contractor William Wil-liam H. Worley of Logan is rushing final construction of the factory which, when completed will cost approximately approxi-mately $135,000. MURRAY Construction of a new plant here by the Rocky Mountain packing corporation to-replace the one that waa destroyed by fire will start within the next few days, it was an-f an-f nounced by Harold P. Fabian, direc- ' tor of the company. Farmers, he said, have signed contracts with the cor-! cor-! poration to grow 800 acres of peas, , 200 of beans and 250 f tomatoes for a period of five years, i SALT LAKE Like staccato-voiced meteors hurling defiance at death and destruction, a dozen auto raco3 furnished fur-nished thrills for the crowds which attended the races held Friday afternoon after-noon at the Utah State Fair grounds, and when the final race had been run, one racer was in the emergency hospital, hos-pital, seriously injured, and two others had turned their cars to wreckage when they plowed through fences. OGDEN Sprinkling of dusty streets in Ogden city will soon be a thing of the past, as the municipality has been won over to the belief that the oiling of streets is far more efficient effi-cient and is productive of better and more lasting results. Purchasing Agent P. Gridley is now seeking bids for an oil distributor and it is expected expect-ed that the machine will be purchased at an early date. DRAPER Fire which started recently re-cently on the north slope of Mill Creek canyon was steadily gaining headway rapidly. Volunteer fire fighters under the direction of Blaine Betenson and W. W. Smith of the Wasatch forest reserve waged a fight to confine the flames to the north rim of the canyon and protect the Boy Scout wigwam, which was directly in the path of the fire when the wind changed and car ried the course down toward the mouth of the canyon. MORGAN Members of the state road commission met with the Morgan county -commissioners recently for a discussion of a road project to be carried car-ried out in that county next year. Morgan Mor-gan was represented by Commissioners Commission-ers E. A. Wilde, G. S. Heiner and James Bertoch. The commission agreed to widening of the highway between Devil's Slide and Morgan, removing re-moving of several rock points, together togeth-er with an oiling program on seven miles of the road. RICHFIEiKD Coal mining in Sa-lina Sa-lina canyon is- becoming an important industry, according to advices from that section. It is supported tnat a lease on 1080 acres of coal lands has just been granted to Rasmus N. Jensen, Jen-sen, of Salt Lake, with provision incorporated in-corporated in the lease that he spend $75,000 in development of the property in the first three years, and must mine a minimum tonnage of 30,000 tons during dur-ing the fourth year of operation. The lease is on a royalty basis of 10 cent9 a ton to the government. American tggs Popular Fresh eggs shipped In cold storag j from tbe United States are oppreclat- j ed In Chile. They can be had there at B cents apiece, compared with the 12 cents asked for Chilean eggs, and , United States eggs are better, for cold storage Is lacking In Chile, and eggs, too. prnhnhly OGDEN Beet growers in Weber coanty and Cache valley were overjoyed over-joyed recently when rain began to fall, the fall extending as far north as Preston, Idaho. The fall, while slight, is ftaid to have been of some benefit. Beet fields are said to be in great need , of rain as a help to taking the beets from the ground. Generally, throughout through-out the district embraced by Weber county and Cache valley, the ground is so badly baked by the long drought that the beets will be dug with more than usual difficulty unless heavy rain falls within the next week. |