Show t A A A A i news notes S its a privilege to live L w in utah 4 UTAH the price of zinc iti in utah was per cent higher in january 1929 than in january 1928 SALT LAKE increase in salt lakes population is anticipated by an order for 2300 new telephones by the mountain states telephone telegraph company UTAH utah telephone service will be improved im roved to the extent of this thia year mountain states telephone telegraph company officials report SALT LAKE livestock throughout the tate state his has started to show improvement pro with the heavy snow leaving the ground J cecil alter chief of the local weather bureau announces in his weekly report the ground as is drying up rapidly and the grasses on the ranges have started to appear HEBER graveling of the road k between e heber and charleston will begin soon with the moving of the contractors equipment to a gravel pit southeast of heber the project is part of federal aid project no 65 A and graveling of tile the heber hailstone and the hailstone park city roads has been progressing for some time LOGAN the snow cover in cache valley has been deep and contina continuous ous and as a result the water supply this summer will probably be considerably above normal according to professor george D clyde who nho has just filed a report of snow conditions of northern utah for february professor clyde stated that drifting has been severe RICHFIELD spring plowing is the vogue in sevier valley with the return of mild spring weather conditions dit ions the recent thaw that sent the snow blanket which covered the entire valley away in mist also seems to have taken the frost with it and to have left the soil in excellent condition for the plow in many places the farmers are csiti using tractors PROVO in competition with some soma of the largest makers of cast iron pipe in the country the pacific states cast iron pipe company plant was awarded the contract calling for the tha delivery of 10 feet of cost iron pipe to be used by the utah gas and coke company of salt lake in its expansion program this is said to be only the first allotment and further orders are expected OGDEN the city lecent decently ly was waa making a new effort to clear the airport here of ice and snow which has prevented its use since early in january because no equipment heavy enough to clear it was available officials official of the national parks airways declared that concern is losing a lay day because of inability to land here they said ogden apparently received more snow than any other airport on the salt lake great falls route SALT LAKE salt lake should have natural gas by september 1 fore cast J D Robe roberts its assistant pla manager nager of the utah gas coke company speaking recently of the progress in co instructing constructing the pipe line to baxter basin wyoming mr roberts spoke at the weekly luncheon of the ali ah engineers club in the chamber of commerce natural gas development in the baxter basin and adjacent fields assures a supply during the present generation at least GUNNISON roar of a torrent in the San pitch river followed by a report that two automobiles had been demolished when they fell into a large gap in the highway three and a halt half miles northeast of gunnison was the first indication at about 2 a rn recently that the antelope reser voir five miles northeast of the town had broken and was pouring its contents down the valley toward the sevier river passing through aun lun nison on its route SPANISH FORK plans for the annual utah county liv livestock stock show to be held at spanish fork march bearch 27 28 and 29 are going forward rapidly many entries have bave already been signed up springville Spring ville city in the north has announced the purpose of sending a lot of fine exhibits A number of visitors are expected to be present this year quite a number of the salt lake chamber of commerce have expressed their n to come as to have a num burn r of state officials LEWISTON fresh outbreaks of hemorrhagic septicemia among cattle herds of thi this s region were reported but quick action by herdsmen will prevent spread of the disease veterinarians in believed the major outbreak of this disease was reported I 1 recently and was handled successfully by vaccination and i eig eighteen h teen hundred animals have been treated PLEASANT GROVE total a 1 s of the pleasant grove canning con pany the past year were around according to clifford L right rna manager nager and expenditures were in the neighborhood of mr bir wright reports the outlook for the canning industry ii bright alil mr wright particularly in ii this section we consider con siler pleasant grove as ideally located for the production of fruits that go into canning rt products ro ducts and the possibilities of this nepion ire fre great the chany plans 01 01 oa a sid id erable expansion in the faute |