Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-07 | Page 7 | Sees Magan Third among Utah Cities

Year 1920 to Place Town Among Leaders, Optimistic Opti-mistic Citizens Say. PLAN BIG CARNIVAL Plant of Utah Copper Company Com-pany Factor in Promoting Promot-ing Growth. With the largest payroll in the state, that of the Utah Copper company, the firm foundation of its existence and prosperity, Magna, according to the predictions of its leading citizens, promises to be the third city in Utah in 1920. The Utah Copper company has . j"a payroll of $750,000 monthly. Of this 'S amount Wagua gets $225,000. This money is spent by the wage earner, a goodly portion of it at home. It is at Magna that high carnival is to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, October IS to 20. The Magna Commercial club has completed plans for the event. A general holiday will be declared. There will be a street parade, pa-rade, games of all kinds, indoor pastimes, pas-times, such as boxing and wrestling, dancing and a programme of speaking, " v with the most prominent speakers obtainable ob-tainable in Utah present. The permancy or life of the great ore body at Bingham has been increased from an original estimate of about thirty years to an actual seventy-five years of working time under the present pres-ent conditions. The explanation for this increase is that what is now being ! treated as ore was at the time of the I original estimate considered waste. Ore is now being mined and milled that is nearer 1 per cent copper than 2, and it is proving profitable. Magna, Modern City. Magna is a modem city of 5000 in-', in-', habitants. It has every convenience, '' including paved streets and sidewalks, j electric lights, a first-class water sys- t tcTn, access by interurban railroad, two ! ' Bchoolhouses which cost $-lU,000 each j and a $45,000 high school under con- struction, and over forty business houses. Four years ago Magna did not really exist. It was merely a resting place for the weary worker from the copper mills. At that time two small stores . supplied all requirements. In August, 1914, the Utah Copper mill men at the Magna and Arthur ' plants increased the daily tonnage from. 7000 to 12,000 tons in each plant. The 't- superintendents publicly congratulated 4r? the men on their hard work and this was the keynote to the era of good feel-. feel-. ' "r ing and of closer co-operation between j , labor and capital. ' ( When the war came the. plants first shut down; later work -was resumed on a half-time scale;- soon the mills were ,f working full time and the tonnage start- cd to climb. The price of copper went up and the men were given an increase in-crease in wages without solicitation on their part. A farm was cut np into town lots, j Business men were the first to come in ! and commenced building on Main street; j ,' , the Utah Copper company started im-; im-; ' provements. Then the laborers them-j them-j ' selves became interested in establish-i establish-i ing homes near their work. The govern ment established a postoffice and almost al-most over night Magna became, a city. Big railroad corporations have figured that in a community where there is a , large payroll there are three people to every wage earner. At the plants of j 1 tho Utah Copper company at Magna ; there are now 5011 men on the payroll. This figures a population of 15,033, if all the families resided in j Magna, instead of the wage earner's spending two hours a day to ride to ) ' and from work. i f Field for Future. J Professional men have seen a big j field for the future in building up their t practice in Magna by residing there to I bo on the task at all times and to help 1 in. community building spirit. Churches t of every denomination have erected their houses of worship rind have estab-!, estab-!, lished their clergymen in this thriving : city. Three garages are kept busy caring car-ing for the automobiles owned by citizens citi-zens and there are ample accommodations accommoda-tions in board and room for visitors and those without homes who do not t wish to travel great distances back and forth to their ilnily labor. 4l The citizens of Magna point out that V Magna is bound to grow in proportion N to the business of the Utah Copper com- pany and that copper will always be in demand, just the same as sugar or wool, or cotton or iron or coal Interest is constantly increasing in homo building, and there is every indication indi-cation that, those who build will do so with the idea of permanent residence in ) this record-breaking community which is turning a mountain into copper to reap a harvest of gold for the company and the workers.