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Show INews Notes It' a Privilege to Litis in T Utah I j VERNAL The Uintah basin will odd to the wealth of west when rail transportation comes to handle tha rare minerals found nowhere else la the country. ) LEHI Sugar beet production la Utah for 1928 Is forecast at 572,000 tons, according to the report of the United States department of agriculture, agricul-ture, reissued Tuesday by Frank Andrews An-drews at the local office. BOUNTIFUL One of the fine flavored fla-vored fruits that Is making Utah fa-nous fa-nous in world markets is the Elberta peach. The state's crop in 1927 was .valued at $073,000. Exports totaled' 793 carloads. HEEER CITY Utah's wheat crop In 1927 was valued at 5,792,000. Winter wheat, 85 per cent of which was grown on dry land farms, averaged 19 bushels to the acre. Spring wheat, 80 per cent grown on irrigated land, averaged 31 bushels to the acre, h GUNNISON Damage possibly running run-ning Into the thousands of dollars, although al-though a accurate estimate is not yet obtainable, was caused by a cloudburst accompanied by hail, which swept over Gunnison Wednesday afternoon. The heavy downpour lasted three hours. SALT LAKE Fourteen federal highway projects, costing a total of p.pproximately $1,500,000, are now under un-der course of construction In Utah, It Is shown by a statement prepared la the offices of the state road commission. commis-sion. Some of those projects are now Bearing completion and the majority of them will be finished before the close of the present year, It was stated. stat-ed. OGDEN Prediction of a record-breaking record-breaking onion crop for Utah Is made by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician, statis-tician, in his August bulletin. Tne bulletin says that indications August 1, 392S. are for a probable onion crop for Utah of 403,000 bushels in Aug., 1927. The acreage this year Is estimated at S70, as compared with 900 last year. For the United State as a whole, the total late crop of onions, including the Utah crop, is forecast at 13,175,000, as compared wi:h 17.773,000 in 1327, showing a considerable reduction. KANAB P.angc-s throughout southern south-ern Utah from Panguitch and Cedar City southward have received a refreshing re-freshing and much needed rain during th.i last few days and the skies are f.ill hf-avi'.y overcast. This summer : his been one of the dryest for sone time, ar.d the ranges are burning tp, and in some peaces barren. The fcr- est and park officials in Zin National park ar.d the Ktlab National forest and Grand Cinyen National park hive been csrccir.ily alert and have, in tha case of ?.:on Park, forbidden rromisca- : ous smoking, allowing it only in cer- , tain areas, due to the extreme'.v hich : Cre h.-.::.rd. i Gt'NNlSON P.-.r.r--. te crunty i receiving re-ceiving a pro at deal of reeogntiica fr. r.i the s:.;:o on the hiphwayi . thre'uri.'.:; !he county. On the federal aid rrovc: for cement tlghway to Is bu lt in the northern l art of the county, coun-ty, at F.,:rview. Mi. Pleasant and ' Spring City. A. G. Your.; Construction co::-.;-.,ny if P.iehf.i Id was let the con-. con-. tract, hoinc the lowest bidder. The t amount. S:'.V!"";,7.C'3, was within $-1 of , the estimated cost cf the construction ns n-.a.'.e by the state department en-'. en-'. gir.cers. The second low figure wst 1 nireie by tho Sevier Construction com-I com-I rauy at $57.f:1.17. I.K1II Suirar beets, grains and hay ! In some ports of Utah are svifferins ; from the rxoissively dry weather, ac-1 ac-1 c-rd'r.R to the weekly crop report of J. Cecil Alter, government neteore!-i neteore!-i ogist. Issued Wednesday. The report j follows: "The weather has continued ; dry. cxeoptiug for scattered showers ovir the southern ror'.ion cf the state. Temperatures were also abnormally hich. rem . tiers being rather unfavorable unfavor-able for alfalfa s-cd. Irrigated crops 1 r.ot ahnudar.tly supplied with water I and the gra.-ir.f ranees g.-nora'.iy. Cr,:!n cult.uc Is nearly finished ar.J -vir,g grain throshitiv: rapidly. SALT I.A ;: Registration of fresh-lien fresh-lien s'udonts at the University of Utah will tako place Thursday. Set ten-bor 27. and former students w i'l register Monday. OotoK-r 1. Friday and Saturday. September nr.d 2?, will he given over to special instruction instruc-tion periods for the new students. All freshmen will he required to attend. Uegular classroom Instruction will be I'-ln Tuesday. October 2. High school graduates who me entering the Vnt-versily Vnt-versily for the first time should solid a ropy of their high school credits to the Kecorder's oUteo at least one month prior to registration. Last yesr 11S1 freshinon, tho largest number In the history (,f the institution, catered the Virvrrsitv. It (s estimated Hi'1 Giis fall enrollment of first year ffa-l"tits ffa-l"tits will bo even larger. Sew class, s more faculty members, and ether added add-ed facilities have been provided for the largo number of student! expected. t'liOVO 11. V. Swiiison. P.'a'i f'l tv agricultural Inspector, has been tak-'' tak-'' ': oi oli.-.vd samples of pcM s poaehos f,.r chemical analysis to determine deter-mine wtioih.i- or not thov arc villi a the sinav ios;,luo rcgnlat ions Man of the big ,.- buds of fie eonalv ! t'cgiiiiiing ( vi,,k fo,. ,!,j,.m,.,i. S 'f the f; nit in 10 ,.,1, ,1 this woe The I'lu-t iM,;,.,. ,, mul f'orr f''"in codling niolh woims than II ;' bi-en for n number ,-f oais. aoo ".;-" o Mr. Swenson. pad fie i:ro-" he section aie looking (.uie.l '' cepl!,.;ially Xocd xcur. |