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Show j News Notes I I It's a Privilege to Live in t I Utah I Myton Contreal for the construe-lion construe-lion of the federal aid highway proi ect between Myton and Roosevelt a i distance of 9y2 miles, has been award, ed by the State Road Commission to the Lyon Construction company 0( i Ogden, it was announced yesterday t' Under the bid of the company the proV ect. will cost $151,706. 336. The enji eers of the commission estimated the ' project total at $167,900.62. Salt Lake City More than one thousand delegates from Utah, Idaho ' Montana, Arizona, California, Oregon' Washington, New Mexico and Texas' will gather in Salt Lake, September 9 10 and 11 for the fifth annual Pacific' States Savings and Loan conference f George E. McKinnes, president of the U. S. League of Local Building and Loan associations, representing invest-ed invest-ed capital of five and one-half billion i dollars, will make one of the principle addresses of the convention. The ex- !' ecutive committee of the national league will also meet in Salt Lake to formulate policies of the several thous- ' and member associations during the coming year. Magna Construction of a large septic sep-tic tank, costing in the neighborhood ! of $1500, is now under way in this com- i muity. The work was started by the i Magna Sewage, company to augment sanitary conditions and to eliminate danger of possible contamination of ' water at the outfall of the Magna ' , sewer. Vernal Following the rain and hall storm of September 2, low temperatures tempera-tures have been the rule in Vernal and Ashley valley. On three successive succes-sive nights the local weather observer has reported temperatures ranging from one to three degrees above freezing at the station just west of town. ' Kane County A tract of land lc- ' cated in western Kane county will be thrown open October 27 for entry by former service men, according to announcement an-nouncement Tuesday of Eli F. Taylor, register of the local land office. The i land will be open to former fighters until January 25, 1927, after which it J will be subject to entry by the general ' public. ' Salt Lake Organization of the Col- j orado Woolgrowers' association, a ! state organization of sheep men, was !.r completed at Grand Junction,. Monday, according to report by F. R. Marshall, f: secretary of the National Woolgrow- ers' Gssociation, who represent the na- r tiottal organization. The Colorado f unit elected officers and a board of nine 'directors, one from each of the $ local woolgrowers' asociations in tha i bate. I East Crescent Smoke wreathed the k mountains east of Sandy Tuesday j 1 when flames, whipped by the high :. wind, raced up the mountain-side. The " fire, which started this morning, was j j beyond control before it was discov- j,. 3red, and quickly extended over an ; 0 area of approximately six miles in j" length. j s Caldwell, Seven stiff games are in- a eluded in the College of Idaho football -( I schedule, announced recently, as fol- j lows: October 2, Washington State jC I college at Pullman. Wash.; October ;ii 1 8, Willamette college at Caldwell; j; October 16, Cheney Normal school at ,m Cheney, Wash.; October 23, Univer- j sity of Idaho at Moscow; November 6, j J Whitman college at Walla Walla, j; Wash,; November 11, Pacific univer- sity at Caldwell; November 1!), Idaho r; Technical institute at Pocatello. I Chicago, Discussing the crop situa- 'i tion in detail, the report of the United !-' States department of agriculture says the winter wheat crop is made and 1 no small part of it already marketed. j In the wheat belt proper, it is a fine ' I crop. ! Salt Lake The registrar's office at .; the University of Utah is receiving ; 1 hundreds of applications for entrance i each week. New students must all ' have their credentials in the office of i-( the university before registration and , ;i j will not be accepted until they do so, according to E. J. Norton, recorder. j Myton The Myton-Anetlope.unit of ;.. the federal aid road was given its iv I final examination Monday before be- i j ing turned over to the state. W. H. ,' I Varley, resident engineer, accom-I accom-I panied . R. Simpson, district engineer i I of Price; Fred C. Farrer of Duchesne, , W. W. McConchee of Bonita, county ; ! commissioners, and W. W. Clyde, con- tractor. The road was found satisfac- j tory and was received formally from Suinsion & Clyde, contractors. . j Provo Warm weather without rain has prevailed generally throughout the state during the past week and ... precipitations is much needed, es- ;,; pecially for fall plowing and for. fall and winter ranges, says the weekly ,( crop report of J. Cecil Alter, in charge of the ' local office of the weather bureau. ijj Price Quite an increase in tl18 ' building activity in Price during Au' Kust over previous months was noted -j in tiie monthly report issued by Grant 1). Purlieus, city building inspector. -Permits totaling $1,'1.200 were issu(,i ;'j (luring the month of August. ,y Monticello The S-an.luaii fair bo held September 9 and 10, and A. b- Wood, manager predicts one of I'11' l most successful fairs- ever held in I'1C (oiiiity. l),i t the lack of finance no farm exhibit will be included tins v:ir. i full program of sports 1 ''L'cii a; i aliped. , ' |