Show news notes its a privies to L live liv in utah L h huntington among the business matters transacted at a recent meeting of the board of county coin commissioners ners were two betterment applications cat ions one for graveling three and adne half miles of the state road south of huntington the state to participate to the sum of 2500 and the county to pay the remainder of 2000 the other was for graveling two miles of the state road north of emery the estimated cost is of which the state will pay 2000 and the county the remainder SALT LAKE livestock on the western range is in good condition having gone through the winter in in good flesh with light losses according to the april 1 report of george A scott livestock statistician for the united states department of agriculture assed recently generous and well distributed precipitation during march was recorded for utah with seasonal temperatures greatly benefiting the ranges prospects now are shown to be very good for spring feed and mostly satisfactory for summer but with limited storage and reserve water in high areas PROVO condition of winter wheat on april 1 was 96 per cent of normal compared with 95 per cent a year ago according to the utah crop report issued by frank andrews agricultural statistician for the united states department part ment of agriculture ten year average of wheat at this time was announced as 93 per cent in the united states the winter wheat crop was reported as per cent normal on april 1 compared with a year ago and a ten year average at this time of LOGAN the outlook for poultry owners in cache county and utah in general is exceptionally bright according to H A campbell cache county director in the utah poultry producers association at present the utah egg is holding its own on the eastern markets and is bringing a higher price now than it has for some time mr campbell said eastern extras are bringing 30 cents a dozen and selects and standards 28 cents SALT LAKE work of damming red butte creek above fort douglas and the construction of a reservoir for the post is expected to start soon according to post headquarters first lieutenant C S sletter has just been designated quartermaster in charge of construction the arrival of a hydraulic engineer from washington D C is expected soon further details of the project have not been announced BRIGHAM CITY an increase of bearing peach trees this season of about 15 per cent more than those of 1927 is expected by frank andrews agricultural statistician for utah in the united states department of agriculture this estimate is based upon reports from peach growers who have now trees of bearing age compared with for the past year PROVO utah countes coun tys fair will be held in prova thursday friday and saturday september 27 28 and 23 according to president john F mendenhall of springville Spring ville who just re turned from a meeting of the association of utah fairs at salt lake mr mendenhall was also chosen on a legislative committee to meet with the next session of the legislature in an effort to obtain a state appropriation for foi county fairs E S hinckley secre tary of the county fair board alsi als represented the county at the state meeting VERNAL the persistent persi stent coll cold winds of the past two weeks are responsible for severe losses in lambs to to flock masters of ashley valley and other parts of the uintah basin while lambing in the large ran range 90 flocks will not commence until april 15 and perhaps later lambing has haj been in progress in the flacks maintained by farmers and others ing sheep on a smaller scale BRIGHAM CITY city San itar 1 I inspector jesse owens announced thac tha t brigham cites annual cleanup campaign will begin monday april 23 ar range ments are being made by the tha city board of health to have all citi zens clean up their premises and pil P the rubbish ashes cans etc on this sidewalks near the curb the rubbish will be hauled off by the city during cleanup clean up week DUCHESNE garants on this the treasurer of the united states aggregating were rece received by state treasurer john walker to bo be applied on three highway propositions in the state the project and amounts follow thompson to cisco in grand county duchesne fruit land and uintah morgan county farmington A remodeling pro gram which will require an expenditure of several thousand collais will begin at lagoon resort in the near future it was announced by julian M bamberger president of the barn bara berger railroad and owner ot of lagoon who just returned from the pacific coast where he studied various resorts PLEASANT GROVE there are 33 canning factories in the state of utah that put up more than cases of canned fruits and vegetables ege tables eacia year |