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Show ii News Notesi; ! i lt'$ m PrioiUgt to Lioo in ', Utah - r t SALT LAKE Increased freight business throughout Utah necessitated the construction of a (350,000 freight handling yard by tbe Denver Kio Grande Western and Western Pacific railroads In 1928. FARMINGTON If the farmers of Cache county who are seeking tax rebates on the ground that deer and elk ha, been damaging their property pro-perty will Just drive a few herds ot the animals over Into the mountains east ot Davis county the Davis county coun-ty commissioners will be delighted. PROVO Apple growers ot the county coun-ty who paid a reat deal of attention to pruning and trimming ot their orchards or-chards are realizing some excellent profits for their work at the present time, according to Inspector H. V. Swanson of Utah county, following the sniping of several carloads of an-pies an-pies from American Fork and Orem during the past week. , LOGAN In making a report ot his monthly survey of the snow cover on Mt. Logan, George D. Clyde of the Utah experiment station states tnat there Is more water on the watersneda ot northern Utah than there has been any year since 1923. This excellent snow cover is largely due to the recent re-cent heavy anows and present pro spects Indicate a good runoff tor 1929. PRICE That the road from Clear Creek to Scodeld and frou ScoHeld to Colton Is clear and tree of snow was the report brought to Price recently re-cently by Theodore Edur, road rtre-man rtre-man for the Scofteld section. . Mr. Edur succeeded John C. Staley as road foreman there January 1. More than tour feet ot snow fell on parts of the roads. LOGAN There Is more water on the watersheds ot northern Utah than there has been any year since 1923, and, when tbe lower elevations are considered, this year compares favorably favor-ably with 1923, which was an above-normal above-normal year for run-off. This is the conclusion of George D. Clyde of the station, after completing his regular monthly snow survey on Mount Logan. SALT LAKE Overcast skies, which bave been threatening Salt Lake for the last week, disgorged themselves lust Tuesday morning and the city was treated to an additional three-Inch snowfall. The official forecast read fair for Wednesday, but officials of the weather bureau found a low pressure pres-sure area still prevailing in the valley. Mild temperatures are expected to continue. , LOGAN When an Impolite doer knocks down your fence, shoves your cattle out of the way, acts like a star boarder and then gives a snort of contempt con-tempt when you threaten him, what can you do? This is what numerous farmers owning land aSJolnlng the eastern foothills from Hyrum on the south end ot Cache county to Richmond Rich-mond on the north asked e county commission. PRICE Despite the fact that the snow on the Bummit of Indian pass la unprecedentedly deep, acordlng to old-time old-time residents of that region, trafflo Into the Uintah basin by way of the Price-Duchesne road Is still moving. Superintendent Cyril B. Cluff of the U. is. mall garage at Price says his drivers have kept up their difficult schedule with the aid ot the maintenance mainten-ance force of the state highway. UTAH Sales of automobiles In Utah last month were nearly double those ot January, 1923, according to the monthly report Issued recently by Carl L. Snow, manager of the Automotive Au-tomotive Trades Publishing company. Last month Utah residents purchased 1012 passenger cars, compared with 616 during January of last year, and 167 bucks as against 47 for the same month of 192S. RICHFIELD Statistics gathered from farmers and threshing machine operators Indicate that Sevier county raised 199,572 bushels ot wheat of all varieties in 1928; 99,203 bushels ot oats, and 161,437 bushels ot barley. The total bushels of all small grain was 400,214, according to S. R. Bos-well, Bos-well, county agricultural agent This compares with 170,206 bushels of wheat 126,827 bushels of oats and 108,090 bushels of barley In 1927. LOGAN Potato growers are urged to take cdvantage of the opportunity afforded by the state board ot 'aTri-culture 'aTri-culture to have samples ot csrtUied seed potatoes tested, in a circular let-tor let-tor sent out by Dr. F. E. Stephens, state asrlcultural inspector. All samples should be sent to John ri. Blazzard, Washington county, by parcel par-cel post They should arrive as near February 20 as possible, according to the instructions. VERNAL The natural gas franchise fran-chise for Vernal for a period ot twenty-five years was granted to H. B. Durham of Casper, Wyo., at a meeting meet-ing of the Vernal city council recently. recent-ly. Mayor Rice Cooper presided at the meeting. According to the terms of the franchise, construction ot the pipe line from the natural gas wells, thirteen miles southwest of 'ernal, must begin before June 1, 1923, and natural gas must be dellverea In Vernal Ver-nal on or before September 1, l'Jii'J. The probable cost of th. construction will be $125,000. |
