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Show News Notes It's a Privilege to Live In UTAH j SALT LAKE The highest quality qual-ity bituminous coal on the western west-ern markets Is mined In Utah. SALT LAKE The high quality of Utah Geld seeds, especially alfalfa al-falfa seed, is recognized throughout through-out the entire country and brings top market prices. CEDAR CITY Within the past week the Midvalley alfalfa seed raisers have disposed of their 1929 crop, totaling 800 bags, for which they received prices ranging from 11 to 15 cents a pound. SANTAQUIN High wind and lack of water, coupled with the itrong headway made by the flames, resulted In the destruction of the Santaquln flour mills recently. The loss was estimated at $20,000. Cause of the fire Is unknown. RANDOLPH Oiling of all the surfaced highway of Rich county is being Investigated by the county board and Utah state road commission, commis-sion, according to word given out at the Rich county court house. An estimate of the cost is being made, and It will likely be put into effect. OGDEN When the city commission, commis-sion, aided by the Incoming members mem-bers of the body and the Weber county unit of the Utah Taxpayers' association adjourned recently but to meet again, $140,000 of the f 177,-272 177,-272 that must be trimmed from the 1930 budget had been eliminated. EUREKA Sheepmen are facing new hazards. In Eureka and White Pine counties their flocks, 100,000 strong, are In the midst of a forced march. By this time of the year they should be down In the southern south-ern feeding grounds of Nye and Esmeralda counties, an empire lit are, where water Is adequate, feed sufficient and weather milt'.. MONTICELLO Farmers of San Juan delivered 24,000 pounds of turkeys tur-keys for the Christmas trade to Salt Lake. Turkeys were received from Blanding, Bluff, Lockerby and La Sal. The car load was consigned to the Utah Poultry Growets' Cooperative Co-operative association at Salt Lake. The birds were freighter to Thompson's. Thomp-son's. SPANISH FORK Six men, with Fred S. Dart, foreman, left for the East portal of the Strawberry tunnel, tun-nel, where they will repair the cement lining of the tunnel, which has become worn in places and may collapse if not repaired. The work Is under the direct supervision of Kenneth Borg, project engineer, and the Water Users' association. MANTI K. Jensen of Mantl has been receiving turkeys for the Christmas' pools for the Utah Poultry Poul-try Producers Co-operative association. associa-tion. Eight carloads of turkeys have been shipped from the north- era ena oi sanpete county, ints will mean $75,009. Approximately $100,000 worth of turkeys have left Sanpete county for the holiday market. mar-ket. PRICE Production of potatoes In Carbon county increased approximately approx-imately 200 per cent over 1928, according to figures obtained from O. P. Madsen, Carbon county agricultural agri-cultural agent. Whereas no shipments ship-ments were forwarded from Price at all last year, seventeen cars have to far gone to Iowa, Colorado and Texas and others will probably be sent. CEDAR CIT An appropriation of $10,000 to be used in improving Cedar Canyon road was made by the Iron county board of commissioners commis-sioners at its regular December meeting, provided a like amount is put up by the forest service. In tho even this latter amount cannot can-not be obtained, then the county's $10,000 is to be cxponded by the state road commission on other nro- Jects In the county. PROVO Utah lake will be replenished re-plenished with black bas3 immediately immedi-ately by the Isaak Walton league's Provo chapter. The local sportsmen sports-men decided to build a new propagation propa-gation pond an ' to restock the lake upon the recommendation of Fred J. Foster of the United States bureau bu-reau of fisheries, who inspected the lake and the pond. Mr. Foster has promised to assist the local chapter in ai.y way possible. TREMONTON Cattle selling Is at a standstill in most parts of this corner of Wyoming, as well as down Bear river in Rich county, Utah. Early In the fall many of the smaller small-er growers sold their steers and old cows at a moderate price, but the owners of the larger herds practl-j practl-j cally all held for higher prices. I These have not come, and during the past x0 days the decline of offers of-fers has been so pronounced that buyers have practically quit. SALT LAKE The volume of eggs handled by the Utah Poultry Producers' association for the first two months of the fiscal year, starting start-ing October 1, 1929, shows an increase in-crease of 67 per cent over that for the corresponding period last year, Clyde C. Edmunds, general manager mana-ger of the association, reported. Despite the increased volume, price to producers has increased about fivo cents per dozen. At present, 12 cars of 500 cases each are being shipped each week on the average, mostly to eastern markets |