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Show itrsiiiM; noitK o. CA.VM.M.' PliAM' Work on tho canning plant is being rushed fast as twenty men can do It. Tho cement walls for tho boiler house aro completed, and tho brick will's aro going up al a rapid rate. Thu committee was out ono day this week collecting 011 thu capital stock and reported that they met with success In making collections in every Instance. In-stance. There are cry few Instances in Utah In which this could bo done at this season of the year. Work Is boing rushed so that the plant can tnko caro of the rlpoiiliig fruit. Had thu plant been In operation (ho past week It would have meant a saving of inaiiy dollars to Pleasant drove. Owing to thu rain last week thousands or cases of raspberries were lert too long on tho bussbes and got too rlpo lo ship out of the state. These were thrown on an already glutted market, resulting in tho growers getting get-ting about oue-hair of what they shortlil havo brought. Had the cannery can-nery plant been ready thuy would Iiiih been canned here. Then, loo, the thousands thou-sands of bushelB of apleots could huw' been used locally ir tho canning plant had been In operation; to say nothing of tho thousands of pounds or cherries that growers were compelled to sell at i! cents per pound, |