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Show ii News Notes i i It't a i'riuiUtft to Liv in Utah - ' . . TOUkl.K -Willi twenly-lhreii working work-ing properlleH. Tooelu counly ranks third In the ulalo In number of producing pro-ducing mineral mines. II also rank a high In Ihn livestock Industry. VFUKAI, Uintah counly la second lu thn slain In iiroilnclioii of alfalfa Heed, producing :i;i,:i:i;i huidiela In 1!)7, and third In corn, Willi a crop of E7.0U0 bushels In 1H117. SALT I.AKK rrodiicing 52,',!i!l,-2 52,',!i!l,-2 f 7 pounds In l'.illV, I'lah county ranks" second lu tho slain In production of lend. 1 1 is tlrst lu airaira hay, apples, honey, peacheH, pears, spring wln-aL and cattle. llKliKK CITY-Wasatch counly produced pro-duced t7,t;fiii,irjl -woilli of mineral In 11117. H ranks second In volume of ore treated, second lu minerals produced, second In gold, silver and ziifc, and j third in copper and lead. eoAI.Vli.I.h: Summit county's; eight working mines In 1117 produced l.r. H71, -i) I worth of minerals and JK!-"',- lull worth of coal. Tho counly ranks third lu tuns of ore Heater, third In production of zinc and third hi production produc-tion of coal. KICHI-'lKl.D-Tlin beet sugar harvest har-vest of Sevier valley Is about half over, nccordlng to olllelals of the Utah Idaho Sugar company's plant at Klslnore. The beet factory will slart slicing beets for tho vatH soon and expects to run continuously for a period of from four to fivo weeks. OCDKN Dell Adams of I.ayton, T'tah, stopped off bore on his way lioino from a hunting trip and displayed dis-played a deer, a mountain sheep and a mountain goat, which lie bagged on tho middle fork of tho Salmon river. Ills companions on the trip were A. M. Johnson of Avon and Hilly Wilson, nn Idaho guide. Kach of those also ahot a deer, a sheep and a goat. ITtOYO-Hats are again overruulng T.'tah county and doing untold damage, hllo farmers are reluctant to take any measures to eradicate them, nccordlng nc-cordlng to acrlciltural officials here. V. J. Thayne, county agricultural agent; Grover Clyde and 11. V. Swc-n-nn, district agricultural Inspectors, nil said recently that thousands of the rod n'.s wore extant. I'.OISK Idaho darios Increased tho output of ever prcduot but casein during dur-ing the f.r.u six months of l'J2. George .'. Tucker, stale director of dairying, ripe'.:!. The production of commrr-r::.l commrr-r::.l butti-.-f. t was 12.S7,o:.9 pounds, com : -.ed W illi 1!,C0S.0.".I pounds during dur-ing tin sane period la-t yc2r and brought In ?3.;02,X), compared with i J3,2f,7.i'jS last year, an increase ol PDKASANT GIIOVE Purchase of l"5,0u0 bushels of apples has been completed by the Pleasant Grove Canning Can-ning company. Tho company just ! completed a large run of canned toma- ! toes nnd shipped 5,000 cases to one eastern purchaser. Good crops of strawberries, cherries, beans, squash, oprlcots and peaches have also been handled this season. The run on apples started this week and will continue con-tinue until February. SPAXISH FORK Comb honey producers pro-ducers 'of this district recently shin; cd to Jonesville, N. C, one carload of 14SS cases of comb honey of the fancy and first-class grade. The shipment was made by the Stewart brothers, Arthur and Albert Stewart, and Lew Jones, Selling with them were the Rev. Theodore Lee and a number of small producers. The honey crop was far below average in quantity this year, but of excellent quality. SALT LAKE Twenty federal aid highway projects, costing J1.5SO.000, were In various stages of contruction In Utah on October 20, it Is shown by a report Issued at the offices of the state road commission recently. Five of these were better than 95 per cent completed, five were more than 80 per cent finished, and only seven were under 50 per cent completed. Of the seven, two have been placed under contract only recently. GUiXMSOX S hiprnents will amount to 120 carloads of cauliflower and 30 of cabbage, the product coming from the fields in the Westview district dis-trict that has found its way to the markets mar-kets from Gunnison, according to L. E. Hancock, representing Smith and Hancock, wholesale merchants of Salt I Lake, handling the products. Seven carloads have been shipped in the I last week, making a total of last year at the same time. LOGAN Plans for a big celebration celebra-tion In recognition of the opening of the Western Milk company's new $250,000 condensory at Wellsville are complete, according to F. P. Champ, a director of the plant. The celebration, celebra-tion, which is being sponsored by the Wellsville chamber of commerce, is expected to attract citizens from practically prac-tically every town in Cache valley. A half holiday has been declared by the town of Wellsville for Saturday, November 3. Democratic Hats The Turkish fez was the most ole-turesquo ole-turesquo nnd economical hut in the world. Worn winter and summer bv every man In Turkey from the snl'-tn to ihe poorest laborer, it was the world's most democratic head cover-ing- Woman's Home Companion. Ea:-ly Use cf Wireless In .Inly and August, 1 SI 111. the Marconi Mar-coni syslem of wireless telephone was tried lor the lirs-t time dnric.g the Prilisli u;;v::l maneuvers and the two crui.i .s .lam, and Kuropa were tit ted Willi It. |