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Show i News Notes j ' ' Privilsg to Liv in t Utah SALT LAKE Air passenger service j through Salt Lake has Increased to such extct that the Western Air Ex-Picks Ex-Picks has Installed 6 new large passenger pas-senger planes on the route to Log Angdeb this year. HYRUM -Retail trade lit Utah and southern Idaho Is Bhowltig, subs'.autlal increases each mon;h. Duri.:g January, Janu-ary, 1S20, the Bectlon reported en Increase In-crease of 14.4 per cent over the tame month In 1323. ESCALANTE Arrrngements are bring completed here for a big rabbit rab-bit and sparrow hunt. The rabbit drive U to begin this week and Is to be continued for several days. It Is hoped to clear the district of the rabbit rab-bit pest, which appears to be growing. grow-ing. A contest has been arranged between be-tween the North and South wards. 6 ALT LAKE The largest crowd yet to witness a skiing event In the state sew young Kalmar Andreaaen jump S3 feet and break the Utah record re-cord of $8 fact recently on Kasmus-sen's Kasmus-sen's Parley's canyon ranch, In the Norwegian-American Athletic club's annual skiing tournament. The old record was made eight years ago by Axel Andreasen. GUNNISON Dairy farmers of the valley, including several of Sevier county, met at the Gunnison Valley high school recently to organize a dairy association. 0. L. Malmgren was temporary chairman. II. A. Malhlesen, federal specialist in cow-testing cow-testing work In the western dairy division; di-vision; C. O. Stott, Sanpete county agent, and S. It. Eoawoll, Sevier county coun-ty were officers In attendance. LOGAN During the month of January, Janu-ary, there were 3CC cows milking and 68 dry in the Rlchmond-Lewiston Dairy Herd Improvement association, according to the report of Le Rol Nelson, tester. The tverage milk production pro-duction per cow was 846.1 pounds, as compared with 810.2 pounds for December. The average butterfat production pro-duction per ce. was 29.63 pounds, compared with 29.46 pounds for the preceding period. PROVO Two committees from MaIeton end Lehl waited on the Utah county commissioners recently in regard to read matters in their re- Bpective communities. A petition asking ask-ing for the improvement of the road on the north side of MaIeton was presented by the Mapleton delegation. The matter was taken under advisement advise-ment The commission appropriated $109 for the completion of the road at Lake Shore. SALT LAKE Provision for the construction con-struction and maintenance of livestock live-stock highways is contained in a bill Introduced in the senata recently by Ssnator R. J. Evans. The bill empowers em-powers the state road commission, the state bocrd of agriculture, county commissioners, city commissions, city councils and town boards to designate, design-ate, survey, build, protect and mam-tain mam-tain these highways, to purchase the right of way therefor and to spend the necessary money for the carry-lug carry-lug out of the purpr-as of this bill. DUCHESNE According to present plans of tho state road commission, roads In the Uintah basin will be greatly Improved during this coming summer. Bids have been asked fur the construction of four bridges. Two or tnese Drmges are over tne Ducnssne river, east of Duchasne, to connect with the completed project at Antelope, Ante-lope, and the other two are on tho Duchesne to Frultland route over Red creek and wash. The bridge over Red creek will be more than twenty feet above the surface of tho water. RANDOLPH Heavy losses of wild fowl are beig suffered In the slough area near Laketown in Rich county, according to advices received recent iy by the state fish and game depart ment This area has never been known to freeze up before as solidly as it bas this yea". The excessivs and continued cold weather, however, has closed up the grounds and the ducks are starving to deV.h. Some feed will be shipped Into the district by the department to tide the ducks over until the weather breaks. OGDEN It is announced from the district forest office hero that anonymous anony-mous cash prixes of $1000 and '$50, respectively will be awarded through the Society of American Foresters lor essays describing the present forestry situation la the United Statc3, and proposing a cation-wid remedy for its Eolution. The scop? of the essays submitted should be to !Uff5est a plan for the forest situation that will solve the problem of a permanent and sufficient suf-ficient surply of forest products. Essay.- jiust not be over 3000 words In lenglh and must bo based on the ac- ' tual situation in the United States. CEu" CITY Plans are now rapidly rapid-ly taklne shane for the lrttlng of the remaining contracts for completion of the Bection of the Zion-Mt. Carmel highway in ZIon National park, according accord-ing to E. T. Scoycn, superintendent. Mr. Scoyen has just returned from Ogden, where he conferred with B. J. Finch, district engineer, United States' bureau of public roads, who informed him that plans for the two bridges, one acrofs the Virgin river and the other across Pine creek, are now practically complete and ready to submit sub-mit for bids. |