Show 4 NT news aws notes its it de privies to live liv in utah a 6 6 0 SALINA in the salina district the produce association this year Is IB signing up 1000 acres of certified potato plant planting lag SALT LAKE population during the last eight years will have increased on july 1 1928 according to the estimate released recently by the department of commerce in washington this increase will bring the total state population to as against the census figure in 1920 DUCHESNE trade headed beaded tor for pit PI chesne by the way of heber and strawberry valley has been turned back by the maintenance force ol of the state road commission on account of 0 the condition of the road due to the thawing of snow this la Is not done with traffic early in the morning A hen the ground Is frozen the corn com mission says that this will probably not be permitted for or a week as there ere are sixteen miles of 0 highway through the valley that have been graded g only and traffic over this stretch would ruin the work done MANTI manri six thousand pounds ol of p poisoned grain is being distributed throughout through ort the country in an effort to reduce the ravages of 0 the 9 round ground aguir rel the poison was mixed under the immediate supervision of 0 A W moore junior biologist of 0 the biological survey united states department ot of agriculture ri assisting mr moore were clinton kjar district agricultural inspector and C 0 stott county agent OGDEN rain which soaked sall sail lake and vicinity recently was ol of inestimable value to farmers and piled up a reserve of 0 water which will greatly aid the city this summer according to J cecil alter chiet chief ot of the united states weather bureau here MYTON T C gwyn ot of myton rest dent engineer of the uintah irrigation project reports satisfactory progress Is being made in putting the and laterals literals late rals in first class shape tor for the opening ot the irrigation season VERNAL VERNAIL an interesting experiment was completed recently by john nielson Nl elson one of ashley valleys pioneer farmers ile ha decided to make a test of the productivity ot of a single ker nel del ot of wheat and tor for this purpose sowed bowed it in ordinary ground surrounded by a fence so as to ascertain the exact amount of increase he was greatly surprised when he counted the result and found the one seed had yielded kernels and 88 sheaths the seed is known as the dicklow variety CEDAR CITY when the new zion park carmel camel highway Is finished 11 will have a tunnel one mile long the tea tunnel to date has been driven 1480 feet VERNAL reports from the uintah has basin in and cache county indicate that bees did not winter well in those localities cali calit ties les it was reported to the state board of agriculture recently by D H hillman Hlll man state apiarist the unfavorable win winter ter weather resulted in the loss ot of many bees it was found that there was a shortage of stores in many parts of the state mr hillman reported and those who fed their bees late in the tall fall have caved laved many colonies which would have starved to death during the winter MYTON farmers ot of uintah basin are advised to irrigate as early as possible this year because snow on OB the watersheds is only 70 per cent normal according to the word released at the offices of 0 the uintah irrigation project at myton information concerning the available water supplies in the high altitudes was gained from the forest service the figures may vary forest service officials report because part ot of the snow stations on the forest have bee been moved to new locations during the past year MANTI six farm bureaus in san pete county have been organized and will begin immediate activities according to newly elected offices st sterling er maud manti Fa fayette yetter wales clarion and mayfield Mayfle ld bureaus are prepared to function PRICE price city will sell the real estate which it owns within helper townsite te according to the city council which men tuesday evening the property came into the possession of the lae city city ot of price years ago it contains in part the right ot of way of the price water pipe line the council at price will demand that the right ol of way be held inviolate before it makes the sale mayor W R porter ot of hel per city has indicated that the city is i desirous of acquiring the property SHOSHONE shoshone falls ida ho is numbered among the scenic wonders of the american continent they are 52 feet higher than niagara falls university 0 01 V UTAH that more geological features exist in the state ot of utah than in any other area of equal size in the tha world was assert ed as an indisputable tact fact by protes sur sor frederick J pack of 0 the university of utah in a talk addre addressed a sed to the business and professional club at the newhouse hotel recently in tact fact the speaker added there are more geological features feature to be found in utah than in any other area ares 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