Show news notes 0 it its Is a privilege to live in UTAH 4 PROVO the total orchard crop in utahan utah in 1928 including small email fruits had a valuation ot of MIDVALE MID VALE celery growing still is an infant industry in utah but the product is recognized as a superior table delicacy the tha country over LAYTON utah growers have established an enviable reputation in the production of s sweet cherries last years crop was worth a and nd totaled pounds PRICE one hundred pheasants have been planted by the emery county fish and game association through the efforts of their commissioner tred fred larson of castle dale larson larsen was in price last week to receive a shipment of the birds and transfer them to the emery district MYTON gideon basil who is farming in pleasant valley south of myton and whose land Is under the taylor canal has made a good wheat yield for the uintah basin on virgin soil on a five acre tract mr basil threshed 40 bushels of wheat to the acre with the price of wheat at 1 per bushel BINGHAM immense amounts of gravel avel were carried down to the paved highway one halt half mile east of bingham during a cloudburst recently covering the road to a depth of nearly five alve feet tor for a distance of feet a long along the highway no one was in the vicinity at the time and traffic was later rerouted over another road VERNAL A delegation from vernal representing the commissioners commissioner of uintah county and the local llona lions club early this week went to the K ranch near the colorado line where they met members of the colorado state road commission and discussed with them plans tor for the improvement of 0 the U S 40 highway from vernal to craig SPANISH PORK FORK roads in diamond fork canyon were rendered impassable by heavy rains and cloud bursts recently A largo large number of picnickers and fishermen were caught in the canyon and had considerable difficulty getting home in some places they had bad to rebuild the roads where they had been washed out deep gullies were made bythe by the floods A force of men Is busy repairing the roads SALT LAKE twenty eight fires ag within forest reserve boundaries have burned over lands less than 10 acres acrea in size in utah since beginning of the present fire season according to report of the federal forest service isi sued recently A total of 1627 1527 has been expended exclusive of salaries in fighting the blazes thirteen of the fires were caused by man and five involved criminal negligence VERNAL A new record in growing wheat on virgin soil in the uintah basin has been achieved by gideon barll baril a farmer residing south of my ton duchesne brunty when he grew au an average of bushels of karkoff wheat on il lve ve acres touched by a plow for the first time early the past spring the wheat la is of finest anest quality of that variety and mr barll baril plans to seed a tar far greater acreage to the same came wheat next year OGDEN the royal canning company plans to open the tomato canning season in utah tuesday tomatoes grown along the foothills east of layton which ripen eur curlier lier than other crops of the state will be canned first then the plant will be shut down tor for a few days until others crops are ready iobe to be put up the bulk of the seasons pick will start moving at week according to leroy marsh district agricultural inspector EPHRAIM ranger wells Thur thursby fiby of the mantl manti forest reports that a band of elk numbering seventy head has been seen from the drive ne near arthe the road camp nearly every day during the past week ranger hanger C williams reports that district no 2 has experienced more rain during the present as season ason than alian tor for any year since 1914 although the showers have been I 1 extremely heavy the damage from floods has been comparatively small FARM farmington INGTON davis county growers began harvesting their sweet spanish onion crop r recently they will be merely starting lio however wever this week only one or two growers reporting that they are ready but by the first of next week the harvesting will begin in real teal earnest ear lawrence hatch ul of bountiful wallace noble of woods cross and ana L S rice of farmington are among the first to start to pull their onions carload shipments will not likely be made until the latter part of next week RUPERT three cars of fat lambs feeders and ewes representing the cleanup for the reason of about head bead were shipped recently by the county lamb pool the shipment ment lu charge of ployd floyd 11 hansen ansen farmer went to st joseph mo 0 |