Show SALE OF SALT LANDS the beck salt company has sold its acres of land on the borders of great salt lake between black rock and salt tako city tor the principal stockholders in tho beck salt company are the richard J taylor family ot ogden charles A of W H williams of ogden moses thatcher of logan and david eccles of ogden ehlt la the company around which such a controversy raged recently it being asserted that president joseph P smith attempted to stamp out the enterprise ter prise in the interest of the inland crystal salt company the salt trust the new company which Is backed by a smelling smelting sm elting company is preparing tor an extensive salt business during the present year it is now pumping gallons of water a day and expects to on tho market tons of crude salt as the result of th years work nest winter refan ery will be erected this company professes to do business of the salt trust at the same time it intends to enter upon no campaign of rate cutting by a contract entered into by the american mining and smelling smelting Sm elting co and the beck salt co of salt lake in which company lee taylor chas and W H williams of ogden are heavily interested the salt producing grounds of the company were optionally sold for and of the contract price has been paid as the first installment the balance to follow in specified payments the beck co held in its possession all the improvements including the salt refinery sluices and other appliances necessary to refine salt their rights allowed them 10 refine and sell salt tor the time of their lease which Is for thirty years the ogden people think they have been fortunate in making such a deal |