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Show AMERICAN FORK. AMERICAN FORK, Nov. 29. Tha auxiliary electric light and power plant which the Utah County Light and Power company of this place is arranging to install in-stall one and one-half miles above its present plant, in the American Fork canyon, can-yon, will, it is estimated, cost about $130,-000. $130,-000. The location survey is completed, and when, the board of directors meets during the coming month it Is expected that definite arrangements as to the time It will commence the construction will be decided upon. It Is expected that the new plant will furnish light and power for the Utah Copper company's mill at Bingham canyon. The main cause of the erection of the auxiliary plant Is the excessive demand de-mand on the present plant for more electric elec-tric power. It will. In all probability, be used to a good advantage as a motive power for affording a better means of conveying the ore down the canyon, which the unusual activity in the canyon the past year has produced. Mrs. Frank D. Huish of this place, who. was brought down from Idaho suffering with a severe case of typhoid fever, is sufficiently recovered to be able to get around again. a Stephen Clements, who for the past year has been inspecting the possibilities of Idaho, haa returned home for the winter, win-ter, and says that Utah -is good enough for him. A . The basar which was held here last week proved very successful, netting somewhere near SfiOO. Miss Fern Featherstone of this place, who has been suffering with an attack of diphtheria. Is sufficiently recovered to get around. The forty teams which have been hauling haul-ing ore from American Fork canyon mines have diminished to about four. However, as soon as the weather will permit the activity will be renewed, some Eastern capitalists having become greatly great-ly Interested In the canyon mines. Peter Adamson, known as "Scott," came down from the Wyoming mine in American Fork canyon yesterday. He reports re-ports the property In an exceptionally fine condition. see Local railway men are rejoicing extremely ex-tremely over the reinstatement of A. E. Welhy as division superintendent of this division. see Over 40,000 head of sheep have passed through American Fork on -"their way from the summer range to the desert, where they will be wmtered. Paul Stewart of this place Is down from, the canvon and expects to return tomorrow. tomor-row. He Is engaged, with four other miners, on the Surprise prospect, owned by Judge Baskin of Salt Lake. This property prop-erty directly adjoins the Miller Hill, f. 1-ere the recent big strike has been made, snd Mr. Stewart states that lt is only a question of a short time until they encounter the same ore which has made the Miller Hill famous. At present they are working on a very promising lead. |