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Show I News Notes I I ' PriciUg to Lwm in i Utah I UTAH The total value of all Utah's field crops was estimated at $42,000,-COO $42,000,-COO In 1928 and 133,000,000 In 1924. HEBER CITY Utah's crops ol oats and barley were worth to the growers $2,600,000 in 1928 an 1 11,000,000 In 1924 a gain of 1,000,000 in four years. K AYS VI LLE Utah's acre-yield of oats in 1928 was exceeded in only two states. Utah averaged 45 bushels per acre. The United States average was 34.7 bushels. OG DEN Slight damage to buds and blossoms is reported from the hall-storm hall-storm recently in North Ogden. According Ac-cording to LeRoy Marsh, district agricultural agri-cultural inspector. Other fruit trees In Weber county are said to be In good condition. , SALT LAKE The state road commission com-mission recently issued an announce-( announce-( ment stating that the highways in the state were passable' but that several sev-eral were unusually muddy. This applies ap-plies to all roads except the Strawberry Straw-berry Talley highway, which Is still closed to traffic LOGAN On request of the roads committee of the Logan chamber of conujierce, si aauuionai sit,0U Will be expended lor improvements on the Logan conyon highway, according to Information received from Henry Blood, chairman of the state road commission com-mission by W. J. Funk, district super-Tlsor. super-Tlsor. RICHFIELD Sevier county and the southeast section of Utah has been favored with a drenching hailstorm, which has now Listed for three days. It is the wettest time in the history of the section over a period of twenty-five years, according to S. R. Boswell, assistant as-sistant weather observer for this district dis-trict UTAH Receipts from national forests for-ests in Utah showed an increase of more than $12,000 In 192S over 1927, K C. Shepard, supervisor, Wasatch national forest, reported recently. Receipts Re-ceipts last year totaled $198,805.85 and in 1927 the forest returned $186,-501.67. $186,-501.67. One-fourth or $49,701.46 of the total in 1928 was given to the stats roads and school funds. DUCHESNE From to 12 inches of snow has fallen throughout this section during the past four days. Coming at this particular time during shearing and lambing season it has caused considerable damage, especially especial-ly amontr the lambs. Many of thn farmers with small herds have boxed up their lambs and taken them into their homes to keep them from freezing. freez-ing. GARLAND Final arrangements have been completed for the construction construc-tion of a bonded warehouse at Garland. Gar-land. Stockholders of the warehouse company have subscribed sufficient wheat, to be stored in the warehouse, to necessitate an expenditure of at least $15,000 to build a structure large enough to accomodate the crop. Work of construction will begin in time to complete the building to accommodate this year's crop. RICHFIELD Fish Lake forest ser-vice ser-vice officials and rangers are now planting 2700 western yelow pine tree slips from the Pipe nursery, Colorado. Two hundred of the trees, ranging from ten to fifteen Inches high, including in-cluding roots, will be planted in th9 Oak Creek canyon district in Millard county. Five hundred around the T . I T ...... U . .. t ,. i t uiuuuiaiu AMUii-u tuicai. iaugcr DMiuuUf near the head of Salina canyon, in Sevier Se-vier county. CEDAR CITY Sheep shearing t going forward full blast at several of the shearing camps In Washington and Iron counties. At St. Georse, the first to get started, about 00,000 sheep are to be relieved of their wool, while at Hurricane 75,000 are to be sheared, Shearing was to have been begun at Iron Springs early this week, but owing ow-ing to the storm, was delayed. About 25,000 sheep will be sheared at that place. I SALT LAKE An agreement for reciprocity re-ciprocity botween Utah and Idaho in the licensing of tutomobilos was reached reach-ed by Milton H. Welling, secretary of state of Utah and Fred E. Lukins, secretory sec-retory of state of Idaho, at the conclusion con-clusion of two days' conferences. All passenger cars except commercial stage carriers that have license plates Issued in Utah or Idaho will be allowed to pass freely into the other state. The same ruling applies to farm trucks operated by the farmers themselves. TWIN FALLS The board of con-trol con-trol of the south central Idaho athletic district met here and laid preliminary plans for the spring track meets. The sub-district track meet for the Twin Falls district will be held on Lincoln field April 27. The time and place for the north side and the eastern division sub-district meets have not yet been decided on. OGDEN Although beet farmers in Weber ind Cache counties have been greatly delayed in getting seed into the ground as the direct result of the ; unseasonable weather, they will In all ; probability reap their reward in large- j ly increased yields for the year. This l Is the opinion expressed recently by j officials of the Amalgamated Sugar j company in this city. It was added i that the Immense amount of moisture j sow in the ground has placed it in i unprecedented condition and that, with ' normal weather after the beets are , planted, the yield per acre should be , the largest la years, I |