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Show ( News Notes It's a Privilege to Live in J l Utah 1 Ogden. Morrison & Knudsen, contractors con-tractors of Boise, Idaho, were low bidders bid-ders on three large road projects in northeastern Idaho when bide were opened at the district office of the United States bureau of public roads. The three bids aggregate $370,147.97, and recommendation was made by B. J. Finch, district engineer, to the bureau's office in Washington, D. C, that the low bidder be awarded the contracts. Manti. Mayor A. Judd and members mem-bers of the city council have recently accepted plans submitted by Professor Profes-sor Emil Hansen, landscape garden-j garden-j er, for the beautifying of the Manti city park. Myton. The flour mill of Myton, which is owned by the Light & Power company, and was managed this year by Lionel Babcock, has finished its season's run. More than S000 bushels of wheat was handled during the year. Washington. The corn belt farm relief re-lief bill was approved by the senate agriculture committee as a rider to the administration's cooperative marketing market-ing bill. Spanish Fork. The management ot the Utah-Idaho Sugar company at Spanish Fork is making a concerted effort to induce farmers in this vicinity vicin-ity to increase their acreage of sugar beets. Mark Austin has been here and pointed out the necessity of a larger acreage if the local plant is to operate this year. Richfield. The Richfield Commercial Commer-cial club held a largely attended luncheon, lun-cheon, at the clubrooms recently. The club determined to initiate and foster a cleanup program to make Richfield one of the cleanest and most sightly cities in the state. Salt Lake City. Egg production for March in the Second Utah Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Contest was considerably better than for February. The hens averaged averag-ed 19.1 eggs each, or 63.6 per cent. This brings the average for the five months to 74.7 eggs each, or a production produc-tion to date of 49.5 per cent, as compared com-pared with 53.6 per cent for the same period last year. Washington. The condition of winter win-ter wheat on April 1 was 84.1 per cent of normal, increase of 1.4 points from December 1, last, the department depart-ment of agriculture announced. Payson. At a meeting held last Wednesday by the chamber of commerce, com-merce, the problem of procuring more sugar beet acreage was discussed by Lee R." Taylor, John Lewis, Rastus Robinson and Albert Powell. Richfield. Much interest is being taken by the schools throughout Sevier Se-vier county in the final scoring being made by the contest judge, James H. Wallis, executive secretary of the Utah Public Health association. Spanish Fork. With the awarding of more than $500 in prize money -and the settlement of all sales accounts, one of the most successful exhibitions exhibi-tions of livestock ever held in this section sec-tion came to a close. Despite the handicap han-dicap stormy weather put upon the efforts ef-forts or the management of the Second Annual Utah County Livestock show and exhibitors, the show was pronounced pro-nounced a success. Price. A meeting of farmers and business men called by Clayton Negus executive secretary of the Eastern Utah Credit association for the purpose pur-pose of effecting a cooperative association associa-tion between tho farmers and business men of this part of the state was held Friday at the courthouse at Price. A large group of men from Carbon, Emery and Duchesne counties attended attend-ed the meeting. Gunnison. Sufficient acreage of beets has been contracted by tho farmers of Gunnison and Sevier valleys val-leys to permit the running ot the sugar plant this fall. Price. M. Ilousecroft, state bridge engineer, and L. M. Iluggins, bridge engineer for the bureau of federal roads, are in Price making their cx- animation of the progress on the now steel and concrete bridge over Grassy Trail creek, sixteen miles southeast of this city. Defore laving this section sec-tion of the state they plan to examine exam-ine all bridges from here to Moab and go over tho entire line. Ogden. The Utah Construction ' company was awarded the contract. for grading the Kenilworth branch of the Denver & Kio Grande Western j railroad between Kenilworth and Help-j Help-j er. The distance of the route is about j right miles. This information was n-; n-; ceived at the company's trenMiil offi- ! j ces here from W. II. Was lis, pre i- : dent of the company, who is at. the ! ' railroad company's head office in I t i - ' vtr and attended the opening of bids. Salt Lake City. 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