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Show News Notes;; t It' a PriviUg to Liv in Utah I VERNAL The Uintah basltt will add to the wealth of west when rail transportation comes to handle the rare minerals found nowhere else In the country. I LEHI Sugar beet production In Utah for 1928 Is forecast at 672,000 tons, according to the report of the United States department of agriculture, agricul-ture, reissued Tuesday by Frank Andrews An-drews at the local office. BOUNTIFUL One of the fine flavored fla-vored fruits that Is making Utah famous fa-mous In world markets Is the Elborta peach. The state's crop In 1C27 was I valued, at 1673,000. Exports totaled 793 carloads. 11KCER CITY Utah's wheat crop In J927 was valued at $5,792,000. Winter wheat, 85 per cent of which was grown on dry land farms, averaged 19 bushels to the acre. Spring wheat, 80 per cent grown on irrigated land, averaged 31 bushels to the acre. S GUNNISON Damage possibly run-nlng run-nlng Into the thousands of dollars, although al-though a accurate estimate Is not yet obtainable, was caused by a cloudburst accompanied by hall, which swept over Gunnison Wednesday afternoon. The heavy downpour lasted three hours. ' I SALT LAKE Fourteen federal highway projects, costing a total of approximately $1,500,000, are now under un-der course of construction In Utah, it is shown by a statement prepared in the offices of the state road commission. commis-sion. Some of those projects are now nearlng completion and the majority of them will be finished before the close of the present year, it was stated. stat-ed. OGDEN Prediction of a record-breaking record-breaking onion crop for Utah is made by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician, statis-tician, in his August bulletin. The bulletin says that indications August 1, 1928, are lor a probable onion crop for Utah of 403,000 bushels in Aug., 1927. The acreage this year is estimated at 970, as compared with 900 last year. For the United State as a whole, the total late crop of onions, Including the Utah crop, Is forecast at 15,178,000, as compared with 17,773,000 In 1927, showing a considerable reduction. KANAB Ranges throughout southern south-ern Utah from Panguitch and Cedar City southward have received a refreshing re-freshing and much needed rain during the last few days and the skies are still heavily overcast. This summer has been one of the dryest for some time, and the ranges are burning up, and in some places barren. The forest for-est and park officials In Zlon National park and the Kaibab National forest and Grand Canyon National park have been especially alert and have, in the case of Zlon Park, forbidden promlscu-ous promlscu-ous smoking, allowing It only in certain cer-tain areas, due to the extremely high fire hazard. GUNNISON Sanpete county Is receiving re-ceiving a great deal of recognition from the state on the highways throufiout the county. On the federal eld project for cement highway to be built in the northern part of the county, coun-ty, at Fairvlew, Mt. Pleasant and Spring City, A. G. Younj Construction company of Richfield was let the contract, con-tract, being the lowest bidder. The amount, $95,967.03, was within $21 of the estimated cost of the construction as made by the state department en- glneers. The second low figure was made by the Sevier Construction company com-pany at $97,051.17. LEHI Sugar beets, grains and hay in some parts of Utah are suffering from the excessively dry weather, according ac-cording to the weekly crop report of J. Cecil Alter, government meteorologist, meteorol-ogist, Issued Wednesday. The report follows: "The weather has continued dry, excepting for scattered showers over fhe southern portion o the state. Temperatures were also abnormally high, conditions being rather unfavorable unfavor-able for alfalfa seed, irrigated crops not abundantly supplied with water and the grazing ranges generally. Grain cutting is nearly finished and spring grain threshing rapidly. SALT LAKE Registration of freshmen fresh-men students at . the University of Utah will take place Thursday, Sep. tember 27, and former students will register Monday, October 1. Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, will be given over to special Instruction Instruc-tion periods for the new students. All freshmen will be required to attend. Regular classroom Instruction will begin be-gin Tuesday, October 2. High school graduates who are entering the University Uni-versity for the first time should send a copy of their high school credits to the Recorder's office at least one month prior to registration. Last year 1181 freshmen, the largest number In the history of the institution, entered the Un'verslty. It is estimated that this fall enrollment of first year students stu-dents will be even larger. New classes more faculty members, and other added add-ed facilities have been provided for the large number of students expected. PROVO H. V. Swenson, Utah county coun-ty agricultural inspector, has bnen tak. lng orchard samples of pears and peaches for chemical analysis to determine deter-mine whether or not thoy are within the spray residue regulations. Many of the big orchards of the county are ' beginning to pick for shipment. Soma ' of the fruit will be loaded this week. ' The fruit is better In size and freer ' from codling moth worms than It has 1 been for a number of years, according 1 to Mr. Swenson, and the grower c( the section are looking, for wotd to u 1 exceptionally good year. |