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Show t News Notes t It'a a Privilege to Live in Utah SALT LAKE Trust companies in Utah have gained approximately three and a half million dollars in resources during the past year, according to data compiled by the United States Mortgage and Trust company of New York. Resources of trust companies in Utah total $90,312,750 now, as compared com-pared with $86,745,111 last year. PF.OVO Mild, cloudv wath.-r re-vailed re-vailed for the week ending November 23, excepting for the latter part when temperatures fell below freezing, according ac-cording to the weekly weather crop ami range report from the offices of J. Cecil Alter, in charge of the United States weather bureau in this city. MORGAN Letter giving formal notice to the Utah Construction company com-pany to proceed with the relocation and construction of the railroad tracks and highway around Echo reservoir was sent by E. 0. Larsen, engineer with the reclamation service, lately. Under the terms of the "contract the company must begin work within thirty clays of the date on which formal for-mal notices is received. KANAB Ranges of southern Utah are in excellent condition for the winter, win-ter, due to unusually heavy moisture during the past week, says David A. Smith of the presiding bishopric of the L. D. S. church, who returned lately from the Kanab sta'--e nuarter.y conference at Kanab. Thirteen inches in-ches of snow was reported on the country side of Kanab. The church official also reports that roads ta Utah's southern scenic lands are still open. HEBER -General conditions of the highways are reported good by the state road commission in the weekly report on the roads in the state. There are a few exceptions, the road between Heber and Duchesne being barely passable. The road over Soldier Sol-dier Summit is partly covered with ice and snow, and chains should be used. MYTON Several farmers who reside re-side on the Lake Fork road out of Myton, under the supervision of F. W. J. Myers, during the past week have been grading the road and putting put-ting it in excellent shape. KAYSYILLK Grid togs . of the Davis high school are tucked away for another year, and beginning this week, Coach Jack Croft sent his basketball prospects together in t'.ie first games of a round robin class series that will weed out the squad and give him a working nucleus to put into the Ogden district race this winter. FARMIXGTON School census records rec-ords for this year show a slight increase in-crease in enrollment over last year. There are 375G students enrolled in the Davis county schools, an increase of 61. The number of children of school age not enrolled in school is less than last year. This year there are 198 not legally excused and last year there were 21S. YERXAL C. X. Woods and Dana Parkinson, assistant district foresters from the district forester's office in Ogden, Og-den, have returned to headquarters following fol-lowing a conference in Yernal with A. G. Xord, supervisor and Glen A. Lambert, ranger, of the Ashley national na-tional forest, on the amount of funds required to maintain forty-five miles , of telephone lines, 174 miles of trails, twenty-five miles of roads, nine miles of boundary and seven miles of fences on the Vernal district of the Ashley national forest in 1928. PRICE: Price was the shipping point for two carloads of honey from the warehouses of the Mountain States Honey Producers' association, A. M. Anderson, secretary of the association, reported at a meeting of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce Directors of the Eastern Utah Creditors' Credi-tors' assciation also attended. REDMOND Grading and graveling of the county road from the north city limits to the Sanpete county line began be-gan Monday and the work will be rushed to completion before bad weather sets in. The stretch of highway high-way Is about three miles In length. OGDEN Within a few days construction con-struction work on a mile of train sheds will be under way at the Union station, says Secretary Jesse S. Richards of the Ogden chamber of commerce. This Is part of the program of Improvements at the terminal, suggested by the chamber of commerce and given approval ap-proval by President William Sproulo of the Southern Pacific and President Carl R. Gray of the Union Pacific sys tem. MYTOX C. T. Beggs, local honey buyer, recently purchased 8.'i9 cans consisting of sixty pounds each from honey producers in the Uintah basin. This amount, on the basis of 500 can to the car, represented over one and one-half cars of honey. Mr. Ileggs shipped this amount from Price to a Los Angeles brokerage firm, the samo to be exported to Germany to supply market demands In that country. rAXQUITCII The latest project ol the local Rod and Gun club to improve hunting of this section was the placing of a shipment, of twonly-tlvo Chinese plieasents in fields along the I'ownr House creek. Tliey will he protected from severe weather arid the club has arranged with Hay Roberts of the Tel-lurid'! Tel-lurid'! Power company to see that, the birds have siillieient fond throughout the winter. President W. Karl Marshall Mar-shall esllmntes that, this shipment brings the total pheasants of tlio soc-tlcu soc-tlcu to approximately 500 blrda. |