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Show I News Notes;; ! It't a PriviUg to Ltv in Utah PRICE Expansion of the plan to build a 7,000,000 pipe line from Wyoming Wyo-ming natural gas wells to Salt Lake was reportod recently. The Hope Engineering En-gineering and Supply company, It was said, had started negotiations with the Utah Oil Reflnlng company for the purpose of galniug control of the gas produced at the Utah company's gas well, located about ten nillos from Vernal. Use of this source of supply would necessitate the building of a I branch line Into Utah, which would connect with the main pipe line extending ex-tending from Baxter basin, Wyoming, to Salt Lake. OODEN Representatives of ths Utah-Idaho league will attend the annual an-nual confab of the Pacific Coast league clubs at San Francisco, January 16, the Coast league session tleups with President Fred M. Nye announced. At various clubs of the circuit will be perfected per-fected with teams of the U-I organ-lzatlon. organ-lzatlon. t BEAVER During the year 1927 the Beaver valley creamery' has replaced ' practically all of its old machinery with new. The moBt lecent Improvement Improve-ment was the installation of a large steam engine. KAVSVILLE Former State Senator Sena-tor John W. Thornley reports that the recent snowstorm has been a great benefit to the sheepmen who have I flocks on the west desert. Previous to the storni drouth conditions prevailed on the desert ranges, and it was neo-essary neo-essary to ship water to the flocks In tank cars. OODEN Special improvement taxes for the new street lighting system on , Washington svenue and the resurfaced pavement was levied by the city com-misslouers.by com-misslouers.by an ordinance passed recently. re-cently. No protests were made during the period In which the city commissioners commis-sioners sat as a board of equalization and review. ROOSltVELT Uintah basin grazes 50,000 head of cattle, 200,000 head of sheep and 15,000 head of 'other livestock. live-stock. Improved farms count 100,000 acres, while 650,000 acres of irrigable land produce a large shart of the west's alfalfa seed; 50,000 stands' of bees provide honey by the carload. UTAH Increase of approximately $164,371.24 In the amount of the gasoline gaso-line sales tax collected in Utah In 1927 over the amount collected in 1926 is Indicated in data compiled by Charles Heiner, gasoline tax administrator In the office of H. E. Crockett, secretary of state. Estimating the tax to be collected col-lected In December at $100,000, the records In Mr. Crockett's office show a total of $1,457,686.97 in gasoline tax' collected this year, while the total amount for 1926 was $1,293,315.73. OODEN Three cities already are making overtures for the 1929 convention conven-tion of the National Woolgrowers' association, as-sociation, and several more are expected ex-pected to have their Invitations In when the 1928 convention meets at Ogden next month. San Francisco, which was host to the woolmen In 1925, would like to have them back. ' Denver Den-ver Is back with another Invitation for 1929, and Phoenix, Ariz., also would ' like the chance to have the sheepmen for a few days next year. : VERNAL A new record was established estab-lished In the Vernal post-ofllce on December De-cember 23 in the volume of outgoing first-class mail, In receipt of first-class mall, and In receipt of mail of all other classes. The old record for volume of mall of all classes received in one day was established lust year. SALT LAKE Approximately $8,200,-000 $8,200,-000 In taxes were collected this year by the Salt Lake county treasurer's office, according to Acting Treasurer Walter A. Day. Although the check of the books Is not yet complete, said Mr. Day, It has been estimated that not more than $600,000 of the total sum expected ex-pected to be collected under the 1927 levy will remain uncollected. MANTI Articles of incorporation have recently been filed with County Clerk Ernell J. Mortensen, whereby the three big poultry institutions of this city, the Apex hatchery, the Mantl Mammoth and the Imperial Poultry Breeding farm have been combined and Incorporated for $100,000, and is to be known as the Mantl Apex Hatcheries. Hatch-eries. BINGHAM For the year ended August Au-gust 31, 1927, Utah-Apex Mining Company Com-pany reports net income after depreciation, depreci-ation, but before depletion and federal taxes, of $367,202, equal to 70 cents per share on $528,200 shares of $5 par outstanding. For the 1926 year income in-come on same basis was $781,986, equal to $1.48 a share, and for 1925 I was $1,054,762 or $1.99 per share. PAYSON Crop census for 1927 for the high-line division of the Strawberry Straw-berry valley project has ' been completed com-pleted and the total crop value for the year shows an Increase of about $90,-000 $90,-000 over last year in Payson and vicinity. vic-inity. The total area cropped was 13,-130 13,-130 acres, with a crop yield of $324,870. The acreage per acre was $24.74. PAYSON At the last meeting of the board of education of Nebo school district It was decided to commence at once the construction of a junior high school In Payson. The building is to be ready for school at the opening open-ing next September. LOGAN Hans P. Anderson, secretary secre-tary of the Cache county Holstein Breeders' association, reports that plans are being completed for the exhibition ex-hibition of the county herd at the Ogden Og-den Livestock show, January 7 to 12, icliisive. |