Show H BUY uy U UTAH I AJ-I PRODUCTS a aThe T I The 7 he Romance of the he Western Hog Flog L t 1 He Was Once an Outcast but Now He Wears a Ribbon on His Tail l By F. F E. E Becker Juno 6 It G.-It It w was as out at attha atthe OGDEN th the tha fat stock show In tho the sto stockyards stockyards stock stock- kI k- k I yards of North Salt I Lake 1110 ako that I If Ii Ir f r first l learned what hut a a. lh live lIvo e bunch i of ot livestock men thoro thorn are aro living In Ini i O Ogden den It W was tho last da day of tho show and tho the sided block s and patrician representatives tall cs of man many a blue blooded cd had been groomed down to the lalI last lal 1 I fanc fancy curl and were up lip for the highest bl bidder And there were homo somo classy I animals some animals some that would have ha call caused cd a sensation In this country ten yours years ur a ago ajo o but which now excited only keen and md critical comment from tho the wise farmers and who moved among the pens You s see c whilo while tho the stock has been getting better here Inthe Inthe in the tho West cst tho the m men n o ha been bren getting and both can look each other In Inthe Inthe Inthe the eye eyo yo now with mutual understanding understand understand- ing THE BIDDING Anyway the tho bidding nS' nS started an and I Ill I'll say it was short and fin i In fact there wasn't much to it i Somebody would whisper a bid so 50 you OU could hardly hear it an and then some one elso would sing out a price several points higher lie lIo would generally generally gen gen- crall be so high that all competition n was discouraged It being my dut duty and m my pleasure to find out who were the successful bidders I asked tho the officials of or the show how and almost invariably received re-c re hell the reply Oh that's another mother one of them Ogden fellers I remember that I phoned the office something about Ogden sweeping everything e clear at the fat stock show and the paper carried a n. big big- to that effect Tho The fact was that some record- record brea breaking prices es were paid for Cor cattle sheep and hogs and that Ogden den buyers buyers buy buy- ers erR grabbed nearly the entire offering One or or two firms In Salt took some choice stuff and Mr Ir Hau HausT Hauser er of Los This is tho the thirtieth of a indu industries trie series Gerl 8 of articles on tho the of Salt Lake City and vicinity The purpose is to give detailed information regarding the Industries Industries Indus Indus- tries and their products so that loyal may better cooperate in n the homo home industry campaign now being inaugurated b by br the Utah Manufacturers Manufacturers' association The Tho Telegram believes Utahn will buy Utah products if they know what whet these products are arc and yo o this is il undertaken under campaign of education taken Daily or 3 as rapidly as th the information cart can bo be as d d. The Telegram will describe a local loca I in industry industry in in- and its output After that I it et is is up tip to the buying public to todo to todo toI do its part I I i i Angeles n bought a fancy lot of or lambs l nt Rt a. a fancy hut but O took tho cream and they smiled when the they did it THEY'RE AHEAD I I guess guss that hat was uns of tho the fact that Ogden ORden livestock men are arc just about two jumps ahead of or any other stockmen in tho the West rest rl right ht now They are arc turning things over at n 1 remark remark- remarkable remarkable remarkable able rate and are re really making Ogden Oden Ogdena Odena a sensation among amons- livestock centers of or ortho tho the country Just to give ghe you rou a quick view of or tho the situation 1 dont don't believe e I can cnn do o better than hand a n. little dope to me by I Sn Imon nn S S. S Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen secretary and manager man of tho the Ogden Og- Og den Packing Provi company tho the hl biggest est meat ment packing plant west wept of Omaha They built tho the first unit of their plant In 1 1906 06 although they had boon doing a l fresh meat business as early as s 1901 At that time there were vero mighty few flogs In the Western countr country coun coun- tr try The They started and now no aro the recognized pioneers of or the hog industry In Ut tha Intermountain country There were only a few hundred hogs hoss raised In all the vast ast country between tho the Rock Rock- ies and the Sierras ton years ago abo On January 1 I 1916 1016 th the government re reported reported reported re- re ported t head hend In Utah and Idaho and this result came about through h tho campaign of ot e education carried on by hy Telling About the Biggest Packing Plant of the Mountain States tho Og Ogden cn Packing and Provision com com- Ilan pany BLOOD WILL TELL Not only that but one of oC the first steps taken by Intermountain stock- stock raisers was WM tho the modern mo ern adaptation ol of the thc slogan that blood bloo will tell and a di divine divine dl- dl vine belief In tho the truism that a l pound beauty will eat no more mor than z a ai i pound OO scrub cruh I The stepped out Jilt with real monc money InI In ir I their hands h and anti gave g Eastern E raisers a a delightful thrill b by paying more morp for fot blue ribbon winners than came cam from any oth other r source and the result was wat that the the- West est soon become populated with the thc highborn quality in cattle cuttle sheep p and ho hogs s. s And now no ever even though breeding of or f fancy nc stock in the tho ft Is but a crooning Infant in 81 age tho the bc best t specimens of ot our farms an and ami ranches are taking the ribbons every every- everywhere where whort thc they are 10 shown If It t you rou will permit mo rae to disagree foia for foi fora a l moment momen I want to tell you OU that th the tho reason reasor I am over in Ogden for a a. brief space is because the Manufacturers Manufacturers' Af of af Utah heard about those articles I v- v vas as as writing In Tho The T Telegram a and III I thought It would bo ho nice to mention men men- lion tion Ogden Provo and Lo Logan Logan- an The To fact tact Is that I am finding po so much to about l In Ogden den that It sure tickles my Industrial scalp INTO MILLIONS Ono One of or the first things that drew draw my attention was the tho Og Ogden en Packing and Provision ro 1 company a most moat remarkable example of or tho the giant Industrial strides made by tho the Nest Veat That plant did a business of oC less than when It first got busy with fresh Cresh meats In 1901 The present bu business Is running 10 10 And to show further what wonderful things can happen in the West Vest the one-horse one concern which started with a capitalization of In 1901 is now capitalized for 2000 all nil of which is paid up has a l plant worth and nd the war warI I supplied pounds of meat products to France England Englan Belgium I Switzerland nd and Italy IY I Another surprising thing is the thc giant I strides mado by Ogden a as a livestock lI center which havo have gone Bono hand In hand with tho the growth of or th the packing company com cent pany party From nothing a few years ago ago Ogden has become one ona of oC the principal livestock Ih stock centers centera of or the United States and UHl just the tho other day the boys bos In the I name gamp celebrated the fact that on that day the receipts In the O Ogden den yards were second only to those of Chicago Now ow then Mr 1 Home Industry Booster put flut that in your our pipe and smoke If It RAILROAD CENTER One of the chief reasons sons for th the ex extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary ex- ex growth of ot the industry Is Ogden's position as a railroad center Stockmen can ship their offerings to this point and If they dont don't like the price they out can reship to tl any point of the tile compass without difficulty Such men as James Pingree now no president the late F F. J. J Kiesel Klesel who was vice ico president and Mr Jensen who Is the active head in charge of or th the tho business saw things coming and built accordingly l The They began the packing packing- of or pork lorl products t in 1906 and added further units to the plant In ht 1912 1914 and 1916 Today the industry utilizes about nix tx ix acres of floor space and in ever every department Is one of the most cOmpletely equipped and scientifically arranged packing plants plants' of or tho the entire country countr They The now give ghee employment to persons and have a daily ca capacity capacity ca- ca for tor dispatching the finished products of 1250 1 50 hogs hOES 1500 sheep heep and I cattle THEIR BRAND POPULAR The They have made the tho Mountain Brand Bran pf Pr products one of the choicest lines of 01 food to bo be had In the United States The They ha have distributing plants in Salt Lake Ogden and Price Utah and bl branch plants in Los os Angeles and San Francisco They The have selling agencies at t Pocatello Poca Rock flock Springs Denver New York Boston Liverpool v J. and London Lon Lon- don Besides the fresh Cresh meats which they turn out In surprising volume the they manufacture ham bacon lard hard sausage and man many other things They rhoy make use uS of or everything even down n to the hair hall of the animals slaughtered This last Item goes Joes to the packing o of automobile cushions It is hard to convey an Idea of oC th the perfect condition condit of oC the plant unless un I could coul take you ou through h it as fl I was taken The Tho thou thousands and of pounds of or meat stored away awa there In stacks and piles in b barrels anti and In fro frozen froen cn layers led Ie mo me lC think that it H would be impossibly Im Impossible Im- Im possibly possible for tor any part of or the world to togo togo too go o hungry PERFECT PLANT One entire section of or tho new equipment equip equip- equipment ment houses the power and refrigerator ator or plant Three Throe boilers with a total capacity of horsepower furnish all tho the steam used throughout the thc pl plant nt Giant electric motors with a a. of oC SOO horsepower are arc required for all tho the manufacturing processes and for fOI tho tha driving of or three thre ammonia compressors compressor com com- which furnish tons of ot re re- re Tha is a three story structure with six lar large e st steam am renderIng renderIng render render- in Ing tanks tank used for Cor rendering lards and greases s. s Tho The manufacturing manufacturing- building bui is feel feet square and occupies fh ti five full floors This p part rt of tho the plant provides all the facilities fc for the killing of hogs hOlg their dressing and cutting the making of or sausage lard refining and for tho storing storing stor tor- ing of smoked meat meals etc The Tho smokehouses smokehouses smoke smoke- houses are sixteen in number and oc occupy occupy oc- oc cupy CUP five floors with a total capacity of pounds of or smoked meats per day The Tho cold storage building Is feet on five floors and is insulated tI throughout throughout cell t ceilings floors and walls with with cork four to six Inches In thickness This Insulation n alone alono cost Th The buil building has haN a total ca capacity capacity capacity ca- ca of or pounds of or cured m meats ats find and lard larel an and contains nine miles mile of ammonia piping for tor cooling purposes pur pur- poses FUTURE PLANS The entire plant of ot the Og Ogden cn PackIng Packing Pack- Pack Ing InS and Provision company compan with th the exception of the thc cold storage e c facilities Is now equipped to handle handlo ho hogs hogg s sper per day I l It lis is so planned U that th t sufficient sufficient suf suf- tlc ent additional cold storage tor means meana m may r bo be o provided at comparatively little lit little lit lit- tle lie co cost t to enable that unit also to t take kc care caro of ho hogs s a day or 01 per year This will be bc done one as soon as us tho the hog supply warrants it From the standpoint of oC a homo home in industry industry in in- dust disciple I got ot a real re kick out of or orm m my trip to that plant If 1 I could show everyone in Utah th the clean and whole whole- some somo way the they have haVe- of preparing meat products at the Og Ogden en Packing and Provision company there would be mighty little ham bacon lard or sausage blu bought ht outside the state |