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Show j News Notes j Jt't a Privilege to Liv in 2 Utah COALVILLE Working an average daily force of 120 men and 150 head of stock, the forces of the Utah Construction Construc-tion company, building the new Lincoln Lin-coln highway and the relocation of the Park City branch of the Union Pacific railroad around the Echo reservoir moved a total of 46,000 cubic yards of earth material during January, as reported re-ported by F. F. Smith construction engineer en-gineer for the government. LOGAN Inasmuch as nearly all the snow has disappeared in northern Utah and indications are that spring has come, prospects for a season's water wa-ter supply are good at the present according ac-cording to a report issued by Profes sor George D. Clyde of the Utah experiment exper-iment station. ROOSEVELT With its home office in Roosevelt, the Dry Gulch Irrigation company lays claim to being among the largest mutual irrigation companies com-panies in the world, watering approximately approx-imately 53,000 acres of land subject to proof of beneficial use and actually watering, this year, 44.058 acres of land in Duchesne and Uintah counties. ROOSEVELT After sinking a new shaft a depth of forty-three feet, the Raven Gilsonite mine crew was forced to abandon the work due to wate-. Approximately Ap-proximately 250 gallons of water per hour was developed, overtaxing the pumping facilities. With a new pump on hand soon, and drier weather, it is possible that work on the shaft will be resumed. SALT LAKE Annual meeting of the Utah Fruit and Vegetable Growers' association will be held February 18 at 10 a. m. in the offices of the Utah State Farm bureau in the Dooly building. New officers will be elected and matters mat-ters concerned with the marketing of this year's crop will be discussed. J. W. Gillman of Orem, president, will have charge of the meeting. VERNAL Utah in 1927 produced 4,046,000 bushels of the three major feed crops barley, oats and corn-compared corn-compared to 3,392,000 bushels in 192 3. The Denver & Salt Lake railnod is preparing for operation through th? Moffat tunnel, which is expected to be j opened about February 15. according I to an Associated Press dispatch re-! re-! ceived here Thursdav. The lavine of j the track is now in progress. No recent re-cent developments in the proposed use j of the tunnel by the Denver Sc Rio j Grande Western railroad have been reported, the dispatch states, j LOGAN Cache County Poultry : Producers' association opened its fit-; fit-; teenth annual show in the Stevens ; building, on Center street, and will continue for th? rest of the week j There was a gratifying attendance all day. officials report, and th judging ; brought out some favorable commen'. j VEKNAL Maurice B. (Lefty) ; Flynn. erstwhile movie star now conducting con-ducting the HIMioad ranch, seven miles east of Craig, his gone to New York City to confer with his father ', and other capitalists with reference ic i the establishment of a silver fox farm j on the ranch. ; PMOVO Sheep in Utah are little j affected with scabies. -it was reported to the biard of county commissioners j by Thomas R.dni.t'.d sheep inspector, j The stale apiarist reported that there ; are G4.0U0 colonies of bees in the slate and that they are graded by experts 1 as the cleanest in the country, less j than 2 per cent of them being disc s,d. j VERNAL Charles Hanna of Vc m il, I operating a line of traps on Ked mo.in-tains. mo.in-tains. eight miles north c f Vernal, has caught the largest badger oa record in I'intah county. The pelt m.'nsur d 42 inches in length from tip of nose tn tip of tail, was :t7 inches wide, and brought 59 in the St. Louis fur market. Th ruling price for badger pelts, i prime, is from JiJ" to $c"..."0. ! PAYSON- Lions club regular lunch eon and business meeting was held at i the Strawberry betel with President : H. F. Ott in charge. A report of tbe Lions road comnili:oo on its work in ; connection with Eureka Kiwanis club 1 In constructing a hard surfaced road between Santaqiiln and Eureka, was : made, with all plans in readiness for i ils early completion. SALT LAKE General precipitation, heavier in the southern counties, favored fa-vored livestock, range and ci p condV tions. according to the weeklv report Issued from the ofilee c f J. Cecil All r government weather observer In tbis city. HH1C.HAM. CIT-More than 100 poultrymen of the southern part of l.loxelder county attended a poultry meeting held at the commercial club rooms in fbis eity. The meeting was followed by a buffet luncheon Jesse W. lloopes or this cilv, presld t or the slate poultry association Mli chairman of the meeting, reviewed th , accomplishments of the sla(0 (KIIM.'7. at Ion and predicted a prosperous jv-r for Ihe poultry industry. 1 1 EHEK --The llnancla' report of Wasatch county for the year ouclln,-Pecemher ouclln,-Pecemher 31, as published ,v All'r-,1 ShaVp. county clerk, show tbe county coun-ty and the various runds In a healthy condition, with no I .nulcd Indebted nc'HS. The- report follows: Fixed as sets. $L'l.:i00: to ,.,,.,! r v.,,.,,,,,', runds, $(',S.05(',.r,'l: due count v r,v, stale, lir.0: hair salaries atic'l ' ,.(!, sources. J7I2; t ot it 1 resources. $9:i,LMS el: m:ii liabilities, . 15,7 17 i;, ) j, , total p-ceipts for tie,, year were "!,S'"n ! total ilhibursieiu t t, til27,l 11.50. |