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Show YEARLY ICE HARVEST BEGINS NEXT MONDAY Special to Tho Tribune. OGDEN", Dec. 23. Tho yearly Ice har-vost har-vost from tho ponds In tho city will begin be-gin next Monday. .Local denlers say that tho thickness of the Icq will he ten inches by next Monday, and just tho proper depth to harvest. Last year thoro was considerable complaint mndo over tho ice harvest from tho ponds of tho city. It being claimed by many persons that tho water which was turned Into the ponds prior to freezing was impure. So persistent were tho reports that samples of the water wero sent to Herman Her-man Harms, state chemist, for analysis. Although twelve months havo almost passed, the report of the state chemist Is still forthcoming, ana will now bo of no use. as the ice from last harvest h:is been disposed of. Tho harvest this year Is several weeks earlier thnn usual. Manager Samuel Thomas of tho Ogden Coal and Ice company says Ills company will cut GOO tons In the next two weeks. Other dealers will harvest about the same amount. |