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Show I News Notes j I Utah PARK CITY-TJtah's coallT tion last year was 4,512 409 to and represents an investment nMv 090,000. " of ft BINGHAM Metal ores mi , . Utah during 1927 reached 71-? total, of 16,036,000 tons, valuJ I $74,346,000. From this crude ore n'' 300 tons of finished metals Werp rived. ae' PRICE Financing of the work on the Scofield dam will be T by Carbon county, and the state boM of examiners will reccommend to ft next legislature that an appropriati ! of not to exceed $25,000 be made t reimburse Carbon county for the tm ey expended on that work. COALVILLE There was -an in crease of 3000 fleeces in the Stmait county farm bureau wool clip for 19,g over the preceding year. This year's clip is now being shipped out There is a total of 13,500 fleeces. The pool was contracted with Eismann brothers at 34 1-2 cents per pound. OGDEN May was the largest sheep month in the history of the Ogden Union stockyards, there beinj 300,889 head handled during that per iod. Practically all of these Iambi came from California. The nexthiek est month was May, 1927, when 282-000 282-000 head of sheep were handled. PANUITCH Most spectacular property losses of this section recently were those of Joseph Adair and J, Scott Haycock respectively, each of whom lost sheep in electric storms. Early one morning lightning struck hi a small flock of Mr Adair's sheeD that were bedded for the night at his ranch and killed the entire flock of sixteen. MT. PLEASANT Equipment of the state road commission will be used in clearing away debris deposited near the bridge in Mt Pleasant by floods coming down tSe canyon as the result re-sult of cloudbursts farther back in the hills, it was announced recently by Henry H. Blcod, chairman, and Preston Pres-ton G. Peterson, member, of the state road commission. OGDEN Mayor Frank Francis ras host recently to a number of Salt Lakers who came to the city to inspec: Wright field, Ogden's contemplated new airport. This? is expected to be opened officially on June 30, on the first delivery of mail by air to this city over the Salt Lake-Great Fills, Mont., route. Arrangements are also being made to hold a big celebraaca at the airport on this occasion. PROVO A. O. Garrett, instructor in botany at the East Side high of Salt Lake, recently visited Assistant County Agent W. F. Smith visiting the orchards of Utah county. Investigation In-vestigation of a new disease, which is showing up in the county, and which the local inspectors have found difficult diffi-cult control, will be made by Professor Garrett. The new disease is found especially on the cherry trees, according accord-ing to W. F. Smith. OGDEN At a luncheon meeting of the Exchange club in the Hotel Bigt-low, Bigt-low, Clyde C. Edmonds, general manager mana-ger of the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative association, spoke on the poultry business. He reviewed the rapid ra-pid growth of the industry since a group of American Fork farmers founded the cooperative movement in 1922. Mr. Edmonds predicted that the shipment of eggs from We' county through the association this year would be double that of last year, which will mean two carloads a west DUCHESNE J. H. Young, representing repre-senting the bureau of public roads; E. C. Knowlton. state road maintenaHJ engineer, and Keuben Simpson, district dis-trict ein-ir.eei-. nfter making inspection Pf the road from Duchesne to Dead Os flat have recommended that it be accepted ac-cepted and taken over from the contractors, con-tractors, A. G. Young & Co. Maunce Hou:.vcrat't, bridge engineer for the state, recently inspected the two bribes brib-es over Strawberrv and passed favorably favor-ably on them. This project is complete except a little structure wo in the Citv of Duchesne. BEAVER All past record for tM production of trout, fingerlin.es will w broken at the Beaver fish hatchery tm vear. according to Fish and Ganie Warden Cv Davis Since its tat lisliment. the hatchery has shown an increase each year in the output" tincerlings. In 1927. something 750.000 eggs were luitchcd. a"' improved methods of handling "j will show an' increase this year nearly one-fourth. Lakes and strean-in strean-in the vicinity of Parawan and 1 ' goonah have already been plan" with early hatches. The Little rf' voir and High Low lake nnJ ,fl'r pons have received all they v.'" wrr5' PKOYO-E. S. Hinckley, seero-;0 of the Utah County Fair i'ss.lK'u' said recently that various lmP' ments arc planned for the fan' ,jjr and vicinity, which will '1,lip of September 27 to 2!', next. and better than ever. In lM" l,r new livestock barn, to he rr. it the 1SVJS fair. It is- aimouneed ina water maiiKs will he extended U luiildimv, including the livestock and pens. This supply W,U ,,IM 1Vo to the municipal golf coxr; nuinieiple tennis courts will Jill Ul'tcd. |