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Show Announcement Of Second Steel Plant Unit Is lade On Steel Day, Report Says The most important iron and steel announcement to be made since the day the Columbia Steel corporation decided the plant would be located midway between Springville and Provo will be made from the speaker's stand at Ironton on Saturday, June 7, Utah Steel day. The announcement will be made by Wigginton E. Creed, president of the Columbia Steel corporation, and will be in the form of statement of the decision of the corporation's directors to begin immediate enlargement of the plant here. That President Creed will make such an announcement has been rumored ever since, the first plan for Steel Day wasj conceived. Mr. Creed, and other officials of the corporation ' persistently have refused to predict future developments of the company's plant here. They have insisted the time to talk about that is when they are ready to get to work on it. Therefore little attention has been paid to rumors. But now it is said the directors of the company have decided to go ahead with certain developments, a second unit, and to make the announcement of this development on Steel Day. President Presi-dent Creed will speak for the directors, it is reported. Just what will be included in the "second unit is more or less a matter of guesswork, but from fairly authoritative sources it is learned that the next step of progress at Iron-ton Iron-ton will be the building of open hearth furnaces, for the conversion con-version of. pig iron into raw steel. This step is held to be necessary for the conservation of fuel, millions of cubic feet of gas now being wasted daily. Another blast furnace and additional ovens are believed to be included in the program of development, which it Is predicted will be definitely announced an-nounced here on Steel Day, which is expected to bring 30,000 people from all over this state and other states, to the Provo-Springville Provo-Springville celebration. Elaborate arrangement has been made to care for this large number of sightseers, Provo and Springville combining on the program, a dual affair, cUviueu impartially between the two cities. ' tee had been appointed to make arrangements ar-rangements for an excursion to Provo for the Steel Day celebration at Ironton, June 7 : IT. J. Doolittle, F. W. Middleton, L. IT. McConnell, Don Coppin and Alma Esplin. It is expected htat Iron county will occupy a conspicuous place at the opening of the iron and steel industry in-dustry of Utah because it is the source of supply. The enormous mounds of ore at Ironton would undoubtedly un-doubtedly call the attention of visitors visit-ors from all sections to the possibilities possi-bilities of Iron county. OGDEN. OGDEN, May 20. Probably two thousand Ogden citizens will attend the Steel Day celebration at Provo and Springville June 7, according to the best estimates now possible. The Ogden band will be taken along and an effort .will be made to secure a section in the parade for Ogden band and marchers. BRIGHAM CITY. BRIGHAM CITY, May 20. Several Sev-eral hundred persons from Brigham City and the surrounding area will go to Provo for Steel Day. according to business men here. Plans have been made for Brigham people at the steel plant that day to advertise Brigham's Peach Day later on. PRICE. PRICK, May 20. Carbon county will be represented at the Steel Day celeb-ration in full force. Coal of Carbon will unite with iron ore of Iron county in Utah county where the two now meet and fuse. Hun- dreds of coal minors will gel off June 7 for -Steel Day and business houses in all coal mining communities communi-ties practicaly will he deserted by merchants and clerks, all intending to spend that day in Provo, Springville Spring-ville and Ironton. EIREKA. EUREKA, May 20. Will Eureka be there? Does the sun rise? Sure Eureka and all Tintic will he in on Steel Day. Every Tintic automobile automo-bile and there are many of them in the mining district wil be loaded to the running hoards with Timlc's human contribution to Provo and Springville's Steel Day celebration. Even Charley Huish is going to close his Reporter print shop that day so the devil can get to the steel plant. LOGAN. LOGAN, May 20. By the combination com-bination of Stool Day with the state convention of Elks Logan will have a large representation of its citizens in Provo June 7. The local lodge of Elks expects to send a hundred members to Provo for the convention conven-tion and there will be two or three hundred more go down Saturday I just for the Steel Day program. Springville's Steel Day program while not entirely completed already assures the visitor plenty of entertainment enter-tainment There'll be a free barbecue all day long, at City Park and in the same park -there'll be a strawberry festival going all day and evening. A continuous program of entertainment entertain-ment will be staged at the park. In the afternoon at 3 :30 a ball game between Springville and He-her He-her will give the fans a couple hours of sport. And the visitor will get plenty of j dancing, at Glengarry, Reynolds Hall and Opera House. The Star theater will have matinee and evening even-ing performances. Tiie wild west with all its wool will be brought to Provo and Spring-ville Spring-ville for Steel Day June 7. A herd of wild horses, wild cattle and wilder wild-er men are coming in for the Steel Day celebration in order that the "is the slogan of our cowboys and we are certainly going to do that very thing until the people have seen horses and cowboys in all of the attitudes that have made the wild and wooly west famous." SALT LAKE. SALT LAKE, May 2G. Just how many thousands will leave Salt' Lake June 7 for Steel Day celebra-' lion at Ironton, Springville and Provo will never be known. The secretary of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce today estimated that "there'll he thousands of Salt Lakers there, how many nobody can tell, not now. anyway.' Two Salt Lake bands will be sent down, financed by Salt Lakers interested in-terested in the development of the iron and steel industry in this state. Governor Charles R. Mabey will speak officially for the state of Utah. Nearly every state official and many who hope to become state officials after the next election will he in Provo and Springville June 7. partially to celebrate Steel Day and partially to build political fences. SPANISH FORK. SPANISH FORK, May 20. Spanish Span-ish Fork not only intends seeing ; Steel Day programs at Trovo and Springville but hopes that many visitors visi-tors will be attracted to this city and to Spanish Fork canyon; that many will remain over Sunday and visit the south part of the county that day. On Saturday practically the entire Spanish Fork population new industrial Utah may nave a glimpse of the old romantic Utah when cowboys, Indians and coyotes held foil sway. LaMar Nelson, YV. W. Orem nnd John 1 Jlendenhnll, directors of the amusement of the day, promises the crowds who will tie here one of the : wildest days in the history of Utah county from the point of view of bucking horses, roping steers, trick ridim- and other sports popular with ... -..-..y inhabitants of the state. In order that this show may lie a big one, cowboys are being imported from the wildest regions of Idaho, Montana nnd Wyoming. These men are coining with important import-ant reputations to support and will give some unusual exhibitions in all jof the sports and labors of the early west. Besides the siring of professional profession-al bucking horses, several of which have never been ridden, a siring of bush-lails from the reservation nnd from southern counties of the state will be brought into exercise by the cowboys. A herd of forty or fifty wild steers will be utilized during the afternoon for exhibition purposes. pur-poses. The nfternoon of Stel Day is to be full, brimming full of fun. The crowds w-ill assemble in the North Park of Provo nnd the Public Park of Springville for the big barbecue at which the Columbia Steel corporation corpor-ation will net as guests. More than rhree thousand pounds of rich Utah bocf will be cooked in under-ground ovens in the truly wild western style and will be served free of charge to 25.0O0 people. This will represent the greatest banquet ever attempted in T'lah county, j Immediately after the luncheon I people may repair to the parks j where the wild west show will get under way immediately. This I great rodeo will be followed by wroslling matches anil other cr.ter-'tninments cr.ter-'tninments until the orchestras strike up for the grand balls at night. ' "Let 'cm buck" said W. W. Orem. will journey northward to the 'steel plant. This will be true, too, of Salem and Leland. PAYSON. ! PAYSOX. May 2fi. If there's anybody left over here on Steel Day it'll be because be couldn't get a ride and was too crippled to walk to the steel plant. Tayson expects to close up for the day for not only all Payson. but people living in Goshen, Santaquin, Benjamin and Lake Shore will knock off n day to celebrate cele-brate the advent of the iron and steel industry in Utah. AMKRICAN FORK. AMERICAN FORK, May 20. For once in history the north end of Utah county is going solid for the central nnd south. That'll he June 7 when this city, Lehi. Alpine and Pleasant drove will keep the Orem line and (lie state highway busy with a flow of north-enders going to the steel plant. Stnimro as it may appear tyiousiinds of persons living north of Pleasant Grove have never seen the st 'el plant. c:n R city. CTiP A R CITY, May 20,Sixty members and guots of (ho Chamber of t '..immeivo ;: 1 ! ended lat week's lii;:-h--on in 'lie Hotel Fl Ksealante. President M. J. Macf aria no announced an-nounced that the following commit- |
