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Show News Notes I f' a PriviUg to Livt in t j Utah I I'ANO U ITCH 1" resent urosrxrts f r abundant crops next summer are not promising, according to careful chock of precipitation to date. Although the section received as much early snow as usual, many midwinter storms of other parts f the stato have been missed by Pangultch. This fact, linked link-ed with the reality that this section has had light xnowfall fir three winters win-ters past, makes tne adequacy of next summer'! water supply doubtful. A promising feature of the outlook Is that heavy fall ralus left the ground veil saturated and has Insured good spring working conditions. Early range Is also very promising, due to the heavy fall rains and thj snowfall to date. . COALVILLE The annus financial statement of John E. Wright county clerk of Summit county, has lieen filed with the county commissions. The report shows a balance un hand In the the county treasurer's hands on IH ccmber 31, 192V, ol $295,000, with the net resources of the county amounting to $190,000. During the past year disbursements dis-bursements ero mado from the various var-ious funds ua follows; General, $35,00(1 road, $20,000; widowed mothers' fund $6000; poor fund, $6500; and fair fund, $500. In addition to the above disburse; ments $50,000 was expended from stats road funds, principally n federal aid work and at the first of the year a Balance Bal-ance of $44,000 was loft in this account. ac-count. MYTON Under the direction o( F. VV. J. Meyer, supervisor of the Midi view and Arcadia districts of Duchesne county, work la In progress on the Lake Fork bridge. Mr. Meyer has a force of men making the necessary Improvements as rapidly as possible. The foundation on the east side of the bridge was washed out by the rei cent flood caused by the breaking o( the dam in the upper country a few weeks ago. The bridge will be raised and a cement foundation put In. Tha road has been graded from the Upalca flour mill west for several miles and a bridge constructed over a bad draw. OGDEN Webor county dairy farmers farm-ers are planning to take a trip to Cache county early this month, under the direction of the Weber County Farm bureau. Equipment ' and an rangement of Cache county dairy barns will be" studied, and In addition the matter of feed for dairy cows ai carried out by Cache dairymen will be looked Into. The Weber county bm reau also has decided to organize cow testing associations to test herds ove definite periods to Increase butterfat production. A survey of all cows In the county also In to be made. BRIGHAM CITY Goose Creek mountains, In the northwest part of Boxelder county, boast a lake ' that Isn't a lake. The summit of the range Is covered in summer for miles with sky-blue lilies. The wind, blowing them, gives tne Illusion of a huge lake. Ogden Value ol Utah livestock Increased In-creased during 1927 about $6,000,000, or 11 per cent, over the preceding year, according to the annual livestock report re-port issued Tuesda. by George A. Scott, statistician for the United States department of agriculture. The rise In values is due largely to a sharp increase in-crease In the per head value of cattl;, the report says MYTON One of the industries th.it la rapidly increasing in the Uintah basin ba-sin is the cream and dairy business. One creamery company has receiving stations established at Vernal, Bonita, Altonah, Mt. Emmons, Roosevelt nnd Myton. Several of the farmers are Increasing their herds of milch cows, while others are beginning to engage In dairying. MOAB Approval of a continuation of the three-year contract on the price to be paid for sugar beets drring 1923 was made Wednesday a', a meeting of the special committee of the Utah Sugar Su-gar Beet Cooperative association and representatives of six of the largest beet sugar concerns operating in this territory at a session held in Farm Bureau headquarters in the Dooley building. BRIGHAM City With a flow of nore than 2000 gallons per minute, the test well recently sunk by tho First National bank of this city on the former form-er J. C. Knudsen farm south of this city has proven more successful than was expected by the company, and will probably be the means of solving the problem of increased irrigation water for the dry lots in and around Brigham City. SAN JUAN Construciton of a highway high-way between Big Wash and Peters' hili, In San Juan county, will not be undertaken at the present time b cause of lack of funds, it was announced an-nounced by the highway commission. Tho proposed road is seventeen miles long. The estimated cost of the work Is $S1,000. 11EBKR The flnancia' report of Wasatch county for the year ending December 31, as published by Alfrnd Sharp, county clerk, shows the county coun-ty and the various funds in a healthy condition, with no 1 ended indebtedness. indebted-ness. The report follows: Fixed assets. as-sets. $24,300; to credit of various funds, rj8,05(i.64; due county from state, $150 : half salaries nnd other sources, $712; total resources, $33,218. 84; total liabilities, $15,747.95. The totat receipts for tlie year were $395,-9M.20 $395,-9M.20 and the total disbursements, j 1327,941.56. |