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Show THE UTAH WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW December 17- Salt Lake E. E. Calvin, president of the Union Pacific, notifies state public utilities commission that improvements im-provements requested on spur track to mine of Summit Fuel company at Coalvilie will be undertaken at once and company will be able to send out from 300 to 500 carloads of coal daily. Ogden Farm machinery may be manufactured here by eastern firm. Utah's upkeep cost increases. Six million spent in 1917 as result of war work and high prices. Strict accountability ac-countability of every dollar should be demanded to help hold down the tax burden. Potash fields in Utah to be reopened, re-opened, government announces new policy of issuing permits to prospectors. prospect-ors. Estimates place acreage under production in 1918 at 12 per cent over 1917. Utah manufacturers working to increase production of raw materials and make Beehive State more important im-portant figure In industrial and producing pro-ducing activities of nation. Dividends of twenty-nine U. S. mining companies paid in November 1917, decreased from $12,245,275 paid in November 1916, to $9,697,-493. $9,697,-493. J. F. Greenawalt of. the Mountain States Telephone Co. says telephone companies are facing darkest period of their existence and that to continue con-tinue high class" service must have co-operation and patience of public. Garland Franchise asked for Oregon Short Line R. R. to build from this point towards Bear River City. Garland .Many roads of county being improved with gravel.' Logan City The work of reconstructing recon-structing .Mormon Temple recently damaged by lire has started employing employ-ing three shifts a day. Park Valley Telephone connection connec-tion with Kellon being installed. L'riglmui City Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. building new sidings j and will erect a large warehouse i soon. . - Rock City Union Pacific roundhouse round-house recently destroyed by fire being be-ing rebuilt. Garland Howell reservoir dam being enlarged. Payson "Paysonian" boosting for paved streets for this city. Paradise now has electric lights. Salt Lake convention of mining men protest price fixing on silver as tending to retard production and ask change in war tax laws so that mining industry pays same proportion propor-tion as other industries. Loyalty to government is paramount and total income of mines offered if necessary, but equality in taxation urged. Saint George Modern quipped "garage completed here. Hurricane to have $10,000 mercantile mer-cantile company. Great possibilities for the production produc-tion of oil from shales in Grant county coun-ty which, if developed, will lead to large industry. Ferron celebrates the completion of water system and electric lights next improvement to be considered. Delta sugar factory producing. Ogden Union Railway Co. to increase in-crease trackage at terminal here. Salt Lake Sixty thousand acres of Levan ridge .irrigation district to be developed. The so-called "conservationists" have been forced to admit that their '.policies restricting oil and water power development have brought the country face . to face with fuel famine. Eagle Belortphan and Globe mines united and will operate with electricity, securing power two and one-half miles distant. Provo Benjamin Drainage district dis-trict organized covering 7,0 00 acres and improvements to anaount of $150,000 to be made. Pleasant Grove desires large pipe line and new fire hydrants installed. Fillmore City 'working for Carnegie Carne-gie Library. Politicians now admit what . the railroads have claimed for years, that a high state -of efficiency and economical operation cannot be secured se-cured with 57 varieties of regulation held over them. Millard county votes to form irrigation irri-gation district in eastern portion. Salt Lake Corinne Oil & Gas Co. incorporated for $200,000. Eureka Shipments of ore from Tintic for week total 190 carloads, $250,000. That a serious labor shortage will menace 1918 crop is prediction , in business, manufacturing and agricultural agricul-tural circles. xPlans to combat the condition have already been .outlined by manufacturers, agriculturists and federal agents. It has been recommended recom-mended that practice of discontinuing discontinu-ing school in beet harvesting period, which was adopted this year, be continued con-tinued as measure to offset in' part, shortage of labor. Is it good sense at this time to shut out foreign labor? la-bor? a |