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Show 1 UTAH'8 BOUNTEOUS PRODUCTS ; DISPUTE HARD-TIMES TALK r Wonderful Story of State s Unceasing Progress Is Writ Large in Figures From Various F Fields of Industry C. I t mistic n Utah in th s tenth r JJ month of the year 1014 The 5 altars of industry before which the people kneel for their da ly bread are heaped high w th the fru ts of an ST tinusaally successful season n field and factory and mine Far from the dev r. astatine clash of war w th ts w de ir demoral zat on of bus ness t! s com monwealth stands serene am d the tP products of its labor the n ore stat s tics of wh ch stand out as a con plete C jrefutat on of the calamity howler BE. Eeports from e ery branch of pro Luctive industry w th n the state speak 5- In millions Mother earth ignoring El politics and the destructi e str fes of knen has yielded up the heaviest crop E ef foodstuffs n the h story of the state E Livestock ha? waxed fat as never be fore and the returns have been greater . The mines, desp te recent curtailment fc" avo rolled p a total that will com ST 'pare, favorably with the output of other g years The railroads have spent m 1 ET lions for improvements From the fa St tor es come reports of the largest pro 5" iuction in years In fact from all tect ons of the state and from e ery C Industry w thout a s nle if or but f the story of prosper ty in ts soundest SET form is coming in Big Growth in Building srr Building operations in !alt Lake ft. City thus far th s vear are o per cent r greater than for the same period last Ev year tell ng of the conf dence of the people in the tv g destin Publ c SE. improvements have totaled $1 500 000 ! already and wjll run higher Unem plovinent s a negl bio factor money E is c rculat ir more freelv than in most sections of the country and new bus " ness ventures are boldly afoot Ef The tear thus far has brought the E citv and its richest tr butary "ect on r a new railroad the Orem 1 ne 4. ET , great new ndustrv he He ules Powder plant w th ts emplovn ent of hundreds of men s also an acquis t on of 1914 So runs the story ndefinitely Gram Crop a Marvel The gra n crop that great bas o foundat on on which the prospe ty of a commonwealth ests more largely than on a y other one so rce of wealth b m 1 ons of bushels hea er th s oar than last year m Utah The -nhea rop alone accord ng to the O to r crop est mate of the Un ted states d partment of agT culture, w 11 be 340 000 bushels for Ltah In 1913 the crop totaled 6 4'0 000 show ng an ncrease this car of 90 000 b shels in itself an element of prosper ty to be reck oned with Tho oat crop for 1914 ac cording to the same report is 4 650 000 bushels as compared to 4 140 000 n 1913 an increase of 510 000 bushels The hay crop totaled 1 116 000 tons th s year as against 90. 00O tons lat year an increase of more than "00 000 tons wh ch represents a net increase in val e of moro than $1 000 000 The eorn crop a negl ble factor n Utah s agn cultural nd str es totiled 366 000 bushels th s 3 ear an n rease of 2b 000 for the ea The barlev crop s 1 410 000 as compared to 1 loo,000 last year an ncrease of o5 000 bushels Increase in Apples The production of apples totals 808 000 bushels th s year an increase of 198 000 bushels Only the potato crop fell awav th s vear The total est mate October 1 s " S10 000 b shels. Last year the crop was 3 61 0 000 Th s crop p ospenty is d stnbuted generallv throughou the state every sect on report ng substant al ncrease due to an excellent season for dry farming and to the ever ncreas n" aroa of cult vated acreage Growth of the cult ated area in Utah this j ear has been as great if not greater than for several previous years Thou ands of acres have been placed under the plow mos of them redeemed om the desert tr c s New farms even new ommun t es have otne m o be ng add ng man thousands of dol n s to the ag cu tunl wealth of the e Deserts re Transformed D v fa m ng grows apace Due prob alii to the frequent rains that came lur n the growing season th s year the d v farn crops have exceeded per a re all past records Thirty f e b hela of wheat to the acre has been frown on many a broad tract wh ch t a vear or two ago wore tho for b dding n ask of the desert Down in the Escalento al oy where m other years homeseckers were wont to go 1 urr edl bj 1 ttle dream ng of the po tentialit es sleeping beneath the barren, ugly surtaca of the country tens of thousands of acres have been put to wheat wheat that is superior n many wa s to that grown under rr gat on Mu h of h s development has beeu done th s vear though the f r&t redemp t on of the alley began several years Iu tl e ro ng pla ns stretch ng west ot Neph in Juab count the plow &ha e 1 as turned up other tho sands of acres of heretofore useless land land that already has yielded Its crops this year at an in t al outlay of capital much less than that requ red for rn gated crops. Haven for Refugees Down in San Juan county other large tracts have been added to the produc ing area of the state Here1 many of the refugees who fled from Mexico two years ago have settled down to make their homes anew and reports from that sect on show that scores of dry farms have been opened up this year and several farming comraumt es have been estabh bed In fact the growth of San Juan county has been n ore marked in 1914 it is sa d than ever before due to the development of ts drv farm tracts Reclamation by rr gation has not lagged. On the state s big P ute proj eel the extens on of the canal system s x miles brought new tracts within the reach of the water and as fast as the water is made available the land s being sold and tilled On the Delta project development work has been completed th s year to a point where steps are now being taken through the state land board to have 43 000 acres of land under the project patented to tho state from the federal government under the Carey act Th s means that 43 000 acres have been placed under c It vat on or in reach of irr gation and that suf f c ent work has been done on. all of it to meet the federal requirements Many Are Seeking Homes Applications to the state land board for farm loans under the a t of 1911 have been heavier so far this jear than any previous vear s nee the law was passed Th s s an e idence of growth that cannot be refuted Ev ery appl cation has been made to se ctre money with which to increase the productivity of the soil enlarge the area under colt vation and to make general farm improvements The heav ler the call for loans the more develop ment is be ng carried on say land board officials Before another month s gone Utah sheepmen w 11 have realized "this year about $6 oOO 000 on the r wool and mut ton i h omenta or a return of $3 2o on each of the 2 000 000 sheep that grae on the Utah ranges this desp te the removal of the tariff on wooL From the off ces ot the state sheep eommiss on wh ch keeps in close touch with the industry t s announced that the vear thus far has been a favor able one for the sheepmen Many ra ns kept the summer ranges covered with feed and the sheep are com ng from the mounta ns m excellent cond tion The shipp ng of lambs to the eastern market s now at ts he ght and befo c t closes about 1 OOOOOOTiead will ha e been sold at p ces rang ng a 1 ttle h gher tlan las 3 ear A st ong and steady market has met all the sh p ments so far though a si ghtly d sorgan zed condit on exists just at present It s est mated that the lamb sh ments w 11 vield si ghtly more than $1 000 000 th s year and the wool cl ps last spr ng netted about $" 500 000 The mutton shipments represent a substant al contr bution to prosper ty n Utah just at present The proceeds come to the sheepmen n the form of eal cash all of which is brought ba 1 to the state and s put into circulat on rapid B W McClure editor of the Tat onal Woolgrowers Magazine predicts a rapid advance m wool pr ces for al grades of wool su table for the k nd of blankets and undercloth ng used by the armies of the fighting nat ons The de rhands for this class of wool which comes f romthe cross bred sheep such as three eighths an 1 one q artcr blood have become so strong already that the pr ces have advanced 0 to 4 cents per grease pound Lnfortunatelj the fine mer no wool is not used for army pur poses and consequently there has been a dec! ne n London sales of 2 cents per bound for this clais Cattlemen Are Happy Utah cattlemen have prospered tins year more than for any year n the past decade accord ng to Dr F E Murray chief of the Un ted Statea bureau of an imal industry Uthough the old cattle baron days have gone, the industry is suff c ently large n Utah at present to add about 800 000 to the annual n come of the commonwealth There are n round numbers 100 000 beef cattle n the state at present eclus ve of dam stock and breed ng stock Th s number includes only tho range cattle raised for beef shipments The increase is about 5 per cent all of which 1 shipped, mak ng a yearly sh pment of about 95 000 head which seH at an av erage of, from $30 to $3o a head net t ng the stockmen approximately $800 000 annually Th s ear owing to the excellent con d t on of the range due to the frequent ra ns the cattle have come fron the u-o ntains n first class shape and. so are sell ng at better prices per head on the eastern markets The. burea of animal ndustrv re po ts that d sease (S practicallv noii ex stent among the range cattle of Utah at present so tl at w th beef prices soar n" constantlv life for the cattlemen has become one grand sweet song Improvement in Quality The ra s ng of a few head of cattle as a part of the bus ness of the aver age farm 3 beeom ng more common n Utah e ery year W th the pass ng of the open range and the great nocks that used to graze under nd 4ua' owne sh p this form of cattle ra s ng ha been resorted to of necessitj It re suits in the ra s ng of a better breed of cattle for one thing and produces a better distribution of the proceeds In fact the raising ot blooded cattle has be on e more pre alent in Utah in rlcent years than in most western states Extra fine stocks have been im ported and the r effect is be ng felt throughout the state both in beef cat tie and m the dairy stocks Demonstrates Growth i.s the crops are the surest baro meter of conditions in the state at large so is the record of building op erat ons the safest guide to the state of prospentv in the -city This be ng true, Salt Lake is forging stead ly ahead w th a building record showing a remarkable increase over that of the same period last year In the nine months of 1914 ended September 30 the city building office had ssued 858 permits for erect on of b Id ngs costing a total of $2 59a 9o9 During the corresponding period n 1913 the bu Id ng permits numbered 603 and called for construction costing $1 0 390 showing an increase th s vear of $1 023 659 or approximately 75 per cent This in new of a general falling off of bn Id ng operations in other parts of the country s doubly significant as nd cat ng a rap d growth in popn lat 0 and a soundness of bus ness con d t ons that feels no ser ous apprehen s on over the state of affairs brought on by tho world wide disturbance Not Checked by War A st dy of the building operations month by month shows an even more asto nd ng growth Dur ng August after tho war had 1 roke out with ts supposed larrisg of bus ness founda tions n th s country Salt Lakers took out permits for $480 045 worth of building construction and n Septem be wh ch Is rather late n the buil 1 ing season ordinaril) the total ran to $481 850 4bout 90 per cent of this aelmtv represents growth n the resident sec t ons of the c t a b g majority of the perm ts call ng for the erection of modern homes ranging in cost from $2500 to $ 500 each The largest per m ts issued ha e been for apartment houses n the res dent sect ons these ranging from $lo 000 and $20 000 p to M0 000 and $b0 00C th ono or two as h gb as $75 000 No realH b g perm ts su h as used to swell the totals three q arters of a m 11 on nt a lump in the days when skvscrapers began to r se appear in the $2 500 000 total reg stered so far th s year The jermits are of unifo s ze thro ghout Mining to the Tore Bait Lake has the proud distinct on of having the onlv stock exchange that rema nea open nftnr tho outbreal nf the F ropean war The trad ng h been conf nel pr n pnH o n t sto kr wh cl hs e n nta rl I ( pr es regard ess of tho light trad ng Th condit on n the op nion of tho na or tv of the b okers has onl boo poss ble boca ne of the onfidon 0 of he est n" 1 M n the m s ot Utah Tl 0 la ge copi er r operl es rta Ic 1 the 0 tp t t 1 they had rcachc I a TO re cent operating lass nt wh 1 po nt 11 a e a ntn n ng n stea lv prod on The great s I er lend proport cs througbo t the stat lov over are out ng th n run pro to iv b b t few e t ons Camps Still Active Tho war a d th 0 seq ent deel d of pr cos fo elver n 1 leal has ha 1 b t I ttle eff to h 1 an p as ta Park it th T I t Irs 11 B l lb 1 ) tfiSn It ing om It g pr x nn o or e mouth f t a n s Tl V er can 8 g&Rf go an is 1 r ban ncr tic nog lor ood of 23 000 to s of s e eal ore per mu th an 1 0 42 ) 0 tons of eoppor oro por nonth One of the largest purel nse s 0 s'ine ores uot smclled 1 tal t th tltal Ore Hftmt nj. on pan l 1 is si ipp nj, a heavy tonnage montl 1 The International Smelt ng So Reflji nt eompaiy has boon p rchas ng 31 til tons of ore per month from the ca js thro ghoit Utah This brigs tho to (Continued on Following Tago ) UTAH'S PRODUCTS DISPUTE HARD TIES (Continued from Preceding Page ) tal tonnage of ores purchased by the three smelters from Utah camps up to 11S 63o tons per month without taking nto cons derat on the propert es pro due ng zinc ores a number of wh ch are shipp ng the r product to Blende Colo State Scores in Sugar The b ggest suj,ar beet crop ever pro du ed in Utah s now being handled by the factor es of the Utah Idaho Sugar company and the Amalgamated feugar company More than I 000 000 bags (100 i ounds) of sugar will be ma ufactured bv tl e Utah Idaho com panv n tb s car s run S xty five Eer cent ot the rop for this output as been p oduced n Utah the tonnage be ng the heav est per acre in the h s tor of the industry According to sugar off c als the pro ceeds to t e farmers from the sale of the crop th s 3 ear w 11 be about $4 500 000 The beauty of the sugar beet industry trom the standpo nt of the farme s that no matter what the fl at ons nay be n the pr ce of the f shed product the r crops are con tra te 1 f 0 at a f e& p ce beto e the see 1 s put nto the ground Thus their market s assured leav ng noth ng to worry about but the s ze o the crop anl the harvest ng of t oiu the standpo nt of the s gar ma tacturers, the yea has been gen era ta orable and the outlook s even better w th sugar pr ces soar ng on account of the war Railroads Up to Date W th an eye always to the needs of an n reas ng traff c the ra lroads do ng business w th n the state and the terr tory tl butary to Salt Lake have kept pace w th the growth and develop ment of th s Beet on bv the expend t re of m 11 ons of dollars n 1911 Wh le but few new branch 1 nes we e opened there was much development v.o k on the 1 nes already in operat on and n improving traff c f ac 1 t es The state s greatest ga n th s year in the transportat on 1 ne was the open ng of tl e Salt Lake & Utal ra lroad known as the Orem nterurban running t om Salt Lake to Provo through one of the most fert le and thickly popu I ated sect ons of the state Th s 1 ne was completed to Provo J ly 24 at a cost of about $2 0.00 000 Construct on work was begun m March 1913 and one year later the road was opened as far as Lehi. Four months 1 ter it had been extended to Provo and was electnf ed It runs through a sect on not here tofore directly traversed by a railroad bne It crosses the Jordan r ver soon after leaving Salt Lake and keepB to the western s de all the way to Leh The need of transportat on facilities for that section is shown by the fact that the road runs one f e ght train daily to handle the traff c Rio Grande Spends Much The Denver Eo Grande ra lroad spent $750000 for double track ng ts 1 ne from Th stle to Provo, a d stance of twenty miles dur ng 1914 mak ng a cont nuous double track from Helper to Provo The road spent lO 000 for a new fre ght stat on at Jpden wh ch was completed last Apr A new depot was built at Thistle and several lesser stat ons were erected along the line in Utah Extensive repair work in the nature of ma ntenance is be ng carr ed on by the road rnclud ng the plac ng of twenty five miles of b pound ra Is w th 90 pound rails fron AI dvale east The Oregon Short Line ra lroad wh ch w th the completion of the double track from Salt Lake to Ogden has been cons dered as a pract cally completed railroad system in Utah has devoted its improvement work th s year to the build ng of better term nal fac h t es No new branch 1 nes we e bu It n Utah, but in Idaho several were opened dur ng the year n new terr tory At Pocatello the new term nal was com pleted Freight Traffic Gams The Salt Lake Route has confined its operat ons to the bu lding up of ts pres eut system Both 1 nes report ncreases in fre ght trafit e th s year though just at present passenger traff c has fallen off The record c ops n Utah and Idaho have taxed the 1 m ts of the roads in hauling them to market In the c ty the purchase of the Utah Light & Balwav company by the Utah L ght & Tract on compan a hold ng corporat on organ zed by the Utah Power & L ght interests was the nost momentous deal of the year nvolvmg more than $15 000 000 City Forges Ahead ''alt Lake C ty as a munic pal cor porat on s putt ng more than $1 500 000 into publ c mpro ements th s year Contracts for street paving curb ng and gutter ng s dewalks sewer3 and water improvements total ng more than that figure have been let alreadj and are be ins rushed to complet on Por street paving $o00 000 approx mately is be ng spent th s year The operations include the pa ng of Th rd avenue Thirteenth East street E ghth West 6treet Second South from S xth West to the Jordan river Twelfth South from Jiinth to Eleventh East st eet Fifth East from Iwnth to Tenth South street State street from Tenth to Eleventh South and several lesser ex tens ons One sewer contract embrac ng all the unsewered port ons of the c tv was let several weeks ago on a b d of $6 1 000 For a supply main on Th rteenth Eat street the city appropriated $9'' 0 0 For c rbs and gi tter ano her $90 00 u be ng spent $o0 000 for sidewalks $2o 000 for storm sewers $10 000 for the C ty Creek aqueduct on North Temple street $9000 for the Jordan and Salt Lake canal condu t $77 000 for new water ma ns and $35 000 for a d str bu t on reservo r on the Tort Doug as mil tary reservat on |
