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Show I iKews Notes It' a Privilege to Live in Y Utah j SALT LAKE Mild weather and precipitation was general, though comparatively com-paratively light, in southern and eastern east-ern portions of the state, according to the weekly weather, crop and range j report from the offices of J. Cecil Alter, government weather observer, for the j week ending November 30. ! BRIGHAM CITY The Brigham I City sugar, factory of the Utah-Idaho J Sugar company has finished its cam-l cam-l paign for this year, the big mill hav-I hav-I ing been in operation for more than forty-five days. The campaign was a most successful one this year, according accord-ing to Superintendent A. C. Pearson, and during the forty-five day run more than 46,500 tons of beets were sliced ' The men are now busily engaged in cleaning up the factory and finishing I up the adds and ends of the campaign, j Approximately 200 men have been em-i em-i ployed at the factory during the beet-cutting beet-cutting period, with an additional 100 men working at the beet dumps. OGDEX Indications are that more than 400 students of college grade will enroll at Weber college for the winter quarter when registration for this rrork begins, it was stated by President Presi-dent Aaron W. Tracy. Final examinations examina-tions for the fall quarters will be held soon. Instruction for the winter quarter quar-ter will begin the morning of December Decem-ber 6. PROVO Decision to refrain from further consideration to launch a new hospital in Provo for the present was reached at a meeting of representative citizens. The consensus of opinion was that the financial burden was too much for Provo City to undertake at this time, without help from the county coun-ty authorities. BRIGHAM CITY The local sugal factory si just completing a forty-five day campaign, during which time more than 46,500 tons of beets were sliced. The campaign was a success and from the 36S0 acres planted to beets In the Brighim sugar factory j district an average of more than thir- j teen tons per acre was harvested. j MURRAY' For the second time j j within two weeks Salt Lake City and j j its immediate environs received thu j greatest amount of precipitation ol ' any locality in a storm area generally ! ; covering the northern spates. Precip- j ; itation for the past twenty-four' hours up to 9 o'clock Tuesday morning ol last week totalled .S6 of an inch, as , computed by J. Cecil Alter, United States meteorologist. HEBEIt CITY' Seven inches of new snow fell on the city watershed at Brighton on Sunday and Sunday night making a total of twenty-eight inches of snow on the ground, according ta Information received at the water-. water-. works department Monday. j j BRIGHAM CITY While at Clifton i ' Idaho. Robert II. Stewart, county ag- : I ricultural agent, of this city, and Ralph ' ! Richards of Riverside purchased twelve head of cows and heifers and ! one young bull from the purebred j dairy farm of James Skelley. There is perhaps no herd In the entire west which shows breeding back to the extraordinary ex-traordinary foundation of the United States more than this herd, according to Mr. Stewart. OGDEN Highest price ever paid at the Ogden Union stockyards for bulla was recorded recently, coming after a succession of records for high prices in the steer market. B. Child, ol I Clinton, sold an individual 1010-pounc bull for $7, while several auimals weighing from 1250 to 1500 pounds sold for from $6 to 6.25 a hundred weight. "Previous bu'l prices have hov ered about the price of $5.75. MYTON The aftermath of the re cent flood when tha Farnsworth dara I broke recently reveals the fact thai there will be a heavy loss to the i farmers who constructed It. The loss to the Uintah Power and Light com pany is placed at $1000; a storehouse I filled with tools and supplies was tak-I tak-I en. T. C. Gwyn of My ton. iocal en gineer of the Indian irrigation proj ect. estimates the loss to the govern mcnt at from $3000 to $5000. To the county the loss will be heavy because of bridges damaged. Ranches along the course of the flood on the Lake j Fork river were damaged and several farmers - 'ill have a heavy loss. SALT LAKE Estimates by forest officials show there are 500.000. 00C board feet nnd 3,000.000 cords of as pen wood on the national forests of Utah. This wood Is used In the manufacture man-ufacture of excelsior, wood pulp, matches mat-ches and boxer for butter, cheese and chocolate. MYTON Several of th sheepmen who range their flocks of sheep In the Nine-mile district and Green Rivet coun'y smith of Myton have begun to ! move their sheep in tint Licalitly fot the winter. Among those already gone i lire Coleman brothers. Murdoch broth ers, Ray Dillmao and Mr. Lewis Other will utilize this section In the near future. SPANISH FOKK Sugar beet ship incuts from SaU Lake and Utah conn ties have almost d.uiblod, thus tar th s Benson, last year's production, according accord-ing to word from J. A. Anderson, gen oral tralllo manager for the Sail Lake .v. Utah railroad. A total of 1700 cars of beets has been moved lo date, while last year's crop v easily accommodated accommo-dated In 10H0 cars. It Is expected that an additional 500 cars will bo delivered lo the Utah Idaho plants at West Jor-dan, Jor-dan, Spanish Fork, Maplotou Slid Sprlngvllle. j |