Show news notes I 1 its a privilege to live liu in utah PROVO the total valuation of all utah crops in 1927 at prices paid the tha growers Is estimated at DUCHESNE with a field seed production not nat equaled by any other northern state utah now stands first in the production ot of alfalfa seed SALT LAKE utah is most fortun situated in a region where there la is almost total absence of severe storms blizzards tornadoes hail ball and other destructive forces of nature NEPHI the eighth annual wheat day tor for juab valley has been set tor for july 10 this event has come to bei b recognized for or its educational value not only to the farmers in n and about nephi but in addition has become ot benefit to the farmers ot of a wide area in the central part of the state FARM farmington INGTON thirteen carloads of davis county cherries have been shipped hipped to date to eastern and western markets according to a report made by H P mathews district agricultural inspector the first car was shipped june 15 a date one week in advance of the first car shipped last year this car went to los angeles OGDEN george shorten assistant secretary of the utah canners association announced that ten factories were put into operation to can cherries and will operate until about july 4 they will start on the apricot crop car 4 loads loada of cherries are being shipped to other markets and are plentiful on the local market SALT LAKE utah moved from the position of sixth largest gold producing state in the united states to fifth place during 1927 according to figures released by the united states mint la in cooperation cope ration with the bureau of mines gold output of utah amounted to for 1927 as compared with 3 for 1926 SALT LAKE there are more than a million and a half cords of wood available for paper making in utah theron H tracy industrial engineer declared recently in discussing the tha proposed new paper mill he announced that the company will commence to build a plant in salt lake within four months COALVILLE contract for the clearing of the echo reservoir site of trees and brush has been awarded to the heiselt construction company of salt lake city for a contract price of and the salvaged timber in the site work is to be started within thirty days and the contractor has days in which to complete the clearing MOAB hopes of utah oil men were revived on monday by the report from moab that the boulder oil and gas company on the W A endter ranch in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 17 34 25 had struck a strong flow of gas that threw rocks over the top of the derrick depth of the well situated sixty miles south of moab and seven miles southeast of monticello is 2640 feet SALINA A trainload of between and head of yearling hereford steers was shipped from thompson springs grand county to salina last week these cattle belong to J A of provo they were raised on mr air Sc ranch at indian creek san juan bounly and were shipped to salina where mr air has a summer range to prepare them for market DUCHESNE range conditi conditions ony in the duchesne upper provo and beaver reek creek territories are excellent and sheep are moving toward the forest according to blaine betenson assistant supervisor of the wasatch national forest who returned recently frair an inspection tour betenson said work on the provo river road is completed and it is now possible to go uy by automobile to mirror and tyrol lakes at the head of the Duc duchesne besne EPHRAIM roads throughout the state are in good condition generally general lv according to the weekly report issued by the state highway department in some places where construction work Is under way there are some rough ri places laces but as a whole the majority of t I 1 the roads are reported in good condition the ephraim orangeville road Is still closed on account of snow this 1 being the only one not open at present roads to the best fishing sections of the state are reported in condition that ranges from fair to good VERNAL construction work on 19 4 highway projects involving the eapen deture of approximately was under contract in utah the first part of june according to data just released by the state road department two of those projects had bad been completed however and the contractor released those were the duchesne city and tremonton blue creek roads work on the other projects was under construction and six were bearin nearing 9 1 completion the report showed 17 projects 40 per c ent cent 1 complete at that time BRIGHAM CITY engineer J A burnett of salt lake city came to brigham city recently and spent sevi eral hours at the charles anderson mine south of mantua he expressed himself as well pleased with progress being made at th the e mine development work has been in in progress for some time and the main tunnel is in about feet several bodies of ore have been bee encountered the company has ha a nuner bumler of carloads of ore on tris the eti ll 11 which will average 18 to cioe en cn or nt net n t about 10 per ton at the i itei |