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Show i i: Mews Notes ! I ; It's a Privilege to Ltve in Utah HUNTINGTON Among the business busi-ness matters transacted at a recent meeting of the board of county commissioners com-missioners were two betterment applications, appli-cations, one for graveling three and Dne-half miles of the state road south of Huntington, the state to participate to the sum of $2500 and the county to pay the remainder of $2000. The other was for graveling two miles of the state road north of Emery. The estimated cost is $5000, of which the state will pay $2000 and the county the remainder. SALT LAKE Livestock on the western range is in good condition, Wing gone through the winter in good flesh with light losses, according to the April 1 report of George A. Scott, livestock statistician for the United States department of agriculture, agricul-ture, issed recently. Generous and weil distributed precipitation during March was recorded for Utah, with seasonal temperatures greatly benefiting bene-fiting the ranges. Prospects now are shown to be very good for spring feed and mostly satisfactory for summer, but with limited storage and reserve water in high areas. PROVO Condition of winter wheat on April 1 was 96 per cent of normal, compared with 95 per cent a year ago, j according to the Utah crop report is- sued by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician for the United Stages department de-partment of agriculture. Ten-year average av-erage of wheat at this time was announced an-nounced as 93 per cent. In the United States the winter wheat crop was reported re-ported as 68.8 per cent normal on April 1, compared with 84.5 a year ago, and a ten-year average at this time of 81.9. LOGAN The outlook for poultry owners in Cache county and Utah i:i general is exceptionally bright according accord-ing to H. A. Campbell, Cache county, director in the Utah Poultry Producers' Pro-ducers' association. At present the Utah egg is holding its own on the eastern markets and is bringing a higher price now than it has for some time, Mr. Campbell said. Eastern extras ex-tras are bringing 30 cents a d zen, and selects and standards 28 cents. SALT LAKE Work of damming Red Butte creek above Fort Douglas and the construction of a $370 000 reservoir res-ervoir for the post is expected to star soon. According to post headquarters, First Lieutenant C. S. Sletter has ju t been designated quartermatter in charge of construction. The arrival of a hydraulic engineer from Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, is expected soon. Further details of the project have not been announced. BRIGHAM CITY An inTeise of bearing peach trees this season of about 15 per cent more than tho e of I 1927 is expected by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician for Utah in the United States department of agriculture. agri-culture. This estimate is ba.ed upon reports from 112 peach growers who have now G3.928 trees of bearing age, compared with 56,451 for the past year. PROVO Utah county's fair will be held in Provo Thursday, Friday and j Saturday, September 27, 28 and 2.1, according to President John F. Men-j Men-j dcnhall of Springville, who just re j turned from a meeting of the Associa- tion of Utah Fairs at Salt Lake. Mr. Menderhall was also chose i on a legislative legis-lative committee to meet w'th th - nex'; session of the legislature in an elTon i to obtain a state approp-i::ti, n for j county fairs. E. S. Hinckley, serre tary of the county fair board, nisi. . represented the county at the state nioe'ing. VERNAL The persistent co'.i, winds of the past two weeks are re-sponsiblj re-sponsiblj for severe losses in lambs to flockmasters of Ashley valley aril other parts of the Uintah basin. While lambing in the large range flocks will not commence until April 15 and perhaps later, lambii:g has been in progress in the flacks main tained by farmers and others opcrat ing she p on a sn aller svalc. BRIGHAM CITY City Sanitar, Inspector Jesse Owens announced th.-u Brigham City's annual cleanup cam paign will begi i M.mday, April 2:). Ar-rangemcii's Ar-rangemcii's are being made by the city board of health tJ have all citi 7.0ns clean up their premises nnd pil-r the rubhi. h, ashes, cans etc., o i the sidewalks near the curb. The. rublvsh will be hauled olT by the city during clean-up week. 1HK1IESNE ,Wnrants- on thb treasurer of the United Slates nrrffrc-gating: nrrffrc-gating: $2:5,3U1.1" were received by Slate Treasurer John Walker to be applied ap-plied on three highway propositions in the state. The project and amou: ts follow: Thompson to Ciico in Cr.-nd county, $113.;!i!3.S:!; Duelie-uie-Fruit-land, $!lfi7.0H. :id Uinlah-Morgan county, $ 1707.08. FA U M I N G'1'0 N A remodeling pro. gram which will require an expend!-( expend!-( hire of several thousand dollars will begin at Lagoon resort in the near I future it was announced by Julian M , Bamberger, president of' the Ham-j Ham-j bergcr railroad and owner of Laeoon who just returned from th0 Pacific ! roast, where he s-ludiod various n-, n-, sorts, j PLEASANT GROVK-There are 31 canning factories in the slate of Ulnli Hint put up more than 2.300,(10 cases of canned fruits and vegetables cacrj year |