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Show ;:News Notes;! ! : lt' a PriviUg to Liv in ' ', Utah MYTON The week beginning April 9 la the date set for the opening of the Antelope sheep shearing plant, which Is located eight miles west of Myton. It is expected that 50,000 head of sheep will be hundled this season. Ed Chris-tenson Chris-tenson of Springville will supervise the work which involves about fifty men and several trucks to handle the wool to Price. The shearing season covers about six weeks. BRIGHAM CITY The new $30,000 armory and community center building was formally opened and dfidicated here by an eluborate and fitting program, pro-gram, which prominent state and mil-tary mil-tary officials,, with local officials and citizens, participated. , LOGAN Survey of the snow cover In Spring Hollow and on Mt. Logan made by the Utah experiment station on March 1, results of which were announced, shows a normal accumulator accumula-tor during March of about 10 inches of water. This, however did not overcome over-come the deficiency of snow on Ma-cn 1 and, as a result, the snow cover on i April 1 la considerably below that of a year, ago. On April, 1, 192?,., there was about 41 inches of water at 9000 feet elevation. This year there Is only '31.2 ln.ches. Salt Lake Clearing skies and rising temperatures were following .oh one more real taste of snow, which rode Into Salt Lake with a brisk gale. The-snowfall, of from three-to Jive ' inches, which had dampanod cleanup "campaign ardor for a brief spell, was I .rapidly f' melting and before, nightfall 5 "it was practically gone" on the lower levels. 1 i ,. . Sl'-RINGVILP" -Opening, of. the. .seventh .sev-enth annual national art exhibit. "Was formally observed Keie :ln UVe iSpr.fag vllle thtgj. srhoojvaudltorlunt. !p .., Franklin .8. Harris president, of ihe rirtgVd'm Young university, was -the principal speaker at the exercises. Hundreds passed through the halls during the afternoon's presentation ol nationally; known artists' works and favorable comment was heard. ; LOGAN According to C. Z. Harris Richmond dairyman, plans are rapidly progressing for the annual black and white day at Richmond, which hat been set for May 4. Considerable Interest In-terest is developing among the dairy men of the county that are Intending to have their herds represented In the big event. MANTI A car of dairy cattle from Cache county was unloaded In Sanpete recently. There were forty-two head of animals in the consignment, which were purchased for $3085. In the shipment ship-ment there were twelve grade calves at total cost of $330: a registered calf, $75; twenty grade heifers springing, bred and yearlings $1717; two registered regis-tered heifers, $220; five young cowl $532.50, and two young bulls, $210. OGDEN Utah canneries packed 2,-361,037 2,-361,037 cases of tomatoes, peas and mlscelaneous products In 1927, making the second largest pack In the history of Utah canning, the Utah Canners' association as-sociation announced. The pack of 1925 of over three and one-halt million 1927 total. In 1926 the canners packed ' cases was the only one to surpass the ; 1,065,102 cases of tomatoes and 770C,,- 322 cases of peas. Forty canneries i were In operation. ' PRICE That the Uintah basin is ' interested in the proposed highway ' from Price to Vernal via Nine-Mile ' was the word brought to Price by II. D. Ford, general manager of the tta- ven Gilsonite corporation, who, In com-J com-J pany with Superintendent P. H. Ste- phenson and Mine Foreman E. G. Gurr of the company, was In Price on com- panly business. A. T. Burton, a good-I good-I roads advocate from Vernal, was with the party, and he said the suggestion would receive the undivided support of Uintah county. I OGDEN Twenty-one members of I the Weber County Fish and Game Pro-I Pro-I tectlve association went to Spring t creek In Ogden valley and built troughs to divert water into the fish I retaining ponds of the association. The E ponds are now capable of holding 100.-000 100.-000 flsh. E. L. Ford, president of the E association, said. Ponds in Spring creek itself also have been built with a capacity for 40,000 fingerling trout. GUNNISON In the Gunnison district dis-trict t'-'.is year farmers will Increase acreages in every line, wlih several hundred acres turned to cauliflower growing, an industry moving rapidly to overtake celery growing In the j state. ' VERNAL One of the severest w'n l-storms l-storms in many years vislsted Vernal ! and Ashley valley recently, the gale reaching its height just after the i schools had been dismissed for the I I noon hour recess. Many pupils found I it difficult to return for the afternoon ; classes, as the high school is located i In the western end of Vernal and the , j gale ras blowing from the west. j I MANTI Last week saw the first 1 eRgs go through Sanpete's grading ! plant at Mantl. Manager K. Jensen i has the old box factory building Ik . i supplies. A nsw 1 1-2 ton truck is shape for handling the egg3 and feed ; now on hand. It is painted white, with gold lettering signs on each side, "Milk-White Eggs." A carload ol feeds has arrived and has been un loaded. PROVO Industrial surveys show that many Utah towns and cities have completed plans for extensive street Improvements, with milps of sldewalki J and pavements for 1928. ' |