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Show Springville liy K. I,. PONE, Principal, Springville High School. (litprinted from the Railroad Red Unok.) Springville, Vtah county. Utah, holds a rather strategic Nsitinn. It is the jmirtion city for the Denver Den-ver & Rio Grande Western main line and the Tintic branch. The industrial in-dustrial advantages of the city and vicinity are considerably enhanced because of these transportation facilities. fa-cilities. The branch line train coming tli rough Sanpete and Sevier cojm-ties cojm-ties also consolidated here. Springville Spring-ville is also connected with the in-jdustrial in-jdustrial centers of I'tah and Idaho by means of interurban electric railroads. The population of Springville, according ac-cording to the census of l'.rJu, was 3,500. since that year the city and ' vicinity have enjoyed a material progress. A conservative estimate would place the increase in population popu-lation since that time at -too. Industrial In-dustrial advancement has more than kept pace with the growth in population. The resources of the two banks in Springville in December. 1922. totaled to-taled $735,000; in December, 1923, they totaled $850,000. The total individual in-dividual deposits for December, 1!J22, were $285,000 : in 1023, they totaled $300,000, The total saving deposits in December, 1922, were $2tiu000; in1923, they were $306,-0O0. $306,-0O0. This evidence of i ndnstrial progress, coupled with a decrease in individual liabilities, bespeaks prosperous growth during the last year. The city schools are a part of the consolidated Nebo school district. Four well constructed buildings make possible efficient teaching in the grades, while, a combined junior and senior high school furnish adequate ade-quate space for secondary work. In educational activities, Springville is particularly proud. A strong community com-munity interest has placed the schools in the city above the average. aver-age. Springville has long excelled in art and music. This reputation is maintained through definite accomplishments. ac-complishments. The collection of fine original paintings owned by the Springville high school is possibly possi-bly unexcelled in the west. This collection is maintained by and grows through the efforts of the high school. The gallery now contains con-tains 52 oil paintings and three pieces of statuarv. The collection is valued at $100,000. Springville boasts of the best fruit region in Utah. The bench district to the east of the city is ideal for the production of highly colored and I flavored peaches, cherries and apples. ap-ples. One hundred and twenty-five twenty-five cars of selected peaches were shipped out of Springville during the month of September, 192:3. These peaches were sent to the markets mar-kets of the middle west and the east. The gross receipts for this production would total :7O,OO0. This branch of the fruit industr- covers an urea of possibly 209 acre?. The cherry production, while not so extensive as the peach, is grow-! grow-! ing rapidly. During the summer of 1922, twelve cars loaded with the choicest cherries were shipped over the Kio Grande to markets in the (Continued on Last Page) s;unl acres supply the hcet.s for rhis , l'.-iciury. Thi' I'tH't pniwin industry ; is it i--u liii'Jy prdi'irahk' on tin.1 ; 1: ;ny dark suil mlj.-uvut to I'tab j la lie. It narnrally will lie eoiisider-: eoiisider-: atily eiiiiam-ed at the enmplel inn of ! the I'tab lake reclamation project. This projeei eontempla tes briimiim ! uinier cultivation l.uou acres. One- half of this acreage lies just west I ai Sprinville. j The Nprinu'ville Cnimini; oonipany I is a potent factor in developing mi-! mi-! ot her important and lucrative in-I in-I das try. Much of the soil in this section of Utah county is especially ! adaptable to the production of ves;c-: ves;c-: taldes. Peas and tomatoes are par-j par-j ticularly profitable. The factory taking care of these products in I- Springville. isone of the leading j canneries in the state. Sprinuville during V.r2.. Iiecuiisi of 'ihe altitude and many days of sunshine, sun-shine, the apples produced, as witli rhe peaches and cherries, are d-dic-i'fisly flavored. 'onse!iiex;tly. the I fruit carr ing the stamp of the I SprinvMle-Maph-rnn Fruit asoeia-! asoeia-! rioii is much in demand on the market. mar-ket. U'hiie the fruit growing in this vieiriry is now a major agricultural enterprise, there are many reasons to predict, a much better future. The fruit growers association recently re-cently organized is contemplating the construction of a storage plant and packing house. It is expected that this plant will he completed within the next year. Such a concern con-cern will greatly familitate the shipping ship-ping and marketing of fruits and vegetables. This with the number of young and contemplated orchards indicate organize prosperity for the fruit industry of the section. The Springville-Mapleton Sugar factory, located in Springville. helped materially to stimulate the development of the sugar beet industry. in-dustry. This factory employs 20 skilled workmen year round, and 150 campaign laborers. Three thou- Sprlngviue (Continued from Page One.) east. Most of the cherries, how- i ever, are shipped out in small lots, j It is estimated by the Springville j Fruit Growers association that j 2ii;V(M) pounds of cherries were i shipped out of Springville during the last year. The solid variety of Springville cherries receive top-notch top-notch prices in every market. The gross income from the early summer sum-mer fruit is in excess of $27,000. i The apple production, just get- ting started in this district, promises prom-ises to be a lucrative enterprise, 30 carloads were shipped out of. |