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Show ilNews Notes: Jt't a F rivilege to Livt In j I UTAH i LOGAN Logan city water is ol good quality bacterlally and organ lo ally, according to work received here from L. H. Male, sanitary englneet of the state board of health. Th analysts was made on the request ol William Ewer, superintendent of the city water department, who sent samples of city water to Mr. Male. MYTON According to the record of rainfall as compiled at the government govern-ment atatlon of the Uintah Irrigation project ln Myton, the precipitation for July was 1.14 of an Inch, while for the same period in 1928 It was .10 of an Inch. LOGAN According to Cache County Agricultural Inspector Harry C. Parker, already this season lO.OflO pounds of weed destroying chemicals have been placed on nozloua weed beds In the county. Six thousand mora pounds of chemical will be aprayed on noxious weeds before the close of the year's campaign, Mr. Parker aald. RIVERTON A terrific freak windstorm wind-storm played havoc with trees along the paved highway between River- ton and South Jordan at 1:30 a. m. Wednesday, completely blocking the road for some time. Two poles were also torn down and indications were that Rlverton would be without telephone tele-phone and light connections Wednesday Wednes-day night. KAY8VILLE Utah's onions, tomatoes, toma-toes, cauliflower and green peaa were all farther below normal ln July than at the same time last year, according to the truck . crop report Issued by Prank Andrews, agricultural statistician. statisti-cian. Onions were reported 71 per cent normal, tomatoes 76 per cent normal, nor-mal, cauliflower 88 per cent normal and green peaa 71 per cett normal VERNAL A decidedly optimistic outlook for the aheep Industry as a whole was expressed by R. H. Rut-mountain Rut-mountain district, in addressing the ledge, district forester for the Inter-Ulntah Inter-Ulntah Basin Industrial convention, held recently, - However, he said that on the -basis of Utah conditions, expansion ex-pansion In range sheep is not desirable either from the standpoint of the individual in-dividual operator or the Industry $ a whole. " ' ' " "' HEBER CITY Utah's production' of green peas for canning ln 1929 la estimated slightly smaller than hist year's crop in a report Issued recently by the United States bureau of agrl culture. The estimate for 1929 H quoted at 24,367,000 pounds, while thai for last year waa 26,035,000 pounds. The report also shows Utah's crop Is surpassed only by those of Wisconsin Wis-consin and New Tork, which states supply half the nation's yield annually, PROVO Dr. F. E. Stevens, state inspector of the U. A. C. experiment station, was In Provo recently and ln company with A. B. Call and H. V, Swenson aslsted in cutting the grain in the different plots of Utah county to be taken back to the experiment station and compared with other grains. The plots located in Manila and Maploton were planted with different diff-erent varieties of wheat oats and barley bar-ley on April 2, and 8. OGDEN A new state rearing pond In Weber county will be sought of fish and game In Webef county, It was decided by the directors' of the Weber County Fish and Game Protective association as-sociation ln meeting with J. Arthur Mecbam, state commissioner. Me-cham Me-cham and State Hatchery Superln-teadant Superln-teadant William Whitney will survey possible rearing locations, starting next week. The vicinity of Hunta-ville Hunta-ville is mentioned as a possibility. OGDEN The Utah crop of onions, tomatoes, cauliflower and peaa are all below normal, according to the July truck crop report released by Frank Andrews, federal agricultural statistician. statisti-cian. The pea crop, which Is reported as only 71 per cent normal, Is lowest on the list, with a total crop forecast of 12,184 tons, as compared with 13,-018 13,-018 ln 1923. Tomatoes, reported at 76 per cent normal; onions at 81 per cent, and a cauliflower crop forecast at 88 per cent normal, are the chief deficiencies mentioned in the report 6 ALT LAKE Freshman registration registra-tion at the ,nlversity of Utah will ooen September 26, with preliminary instruction for first year students continuing con-tinuing September 27 and 28, it was announced recently by Theron Par- ; melee, secretary to Dr. George Thomas, Thom-as, president Second, third and fourth year students will register September 30, with regular classes for all students starting October 1. Work on remodeling several of the buildings on the campus to provide additional ad-ditional classrooms for the anticipated anticipa-ted increase ln freshman enrollment la progressing at a rapid rate and is expected to be completed in time for the opening of the fall quarter. VERNAL The Uintah County Fair asaoclation has announced September 26, 27 and 28 as the dates for this year's show at Vernal, and has called for bids on a number of improvements to be made at the fair grounds, including in-cluding the building of 80 feet of bleachers, an addition to the grand- stand, a poultry exhibit room, 12 ad-I ad-I ditlonal box stalls for race horses and repairs to the main exhibit hall. According Ac-cording to President L. H. Allen, plans of the association are well under way for the fair, which will be in every way the jnost Interesting and attractive attrac-tive fair ever held In Uintah copnty, |