Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-01-22 | Page 6 | U. S. Will Build up Utah, He Says

US U. U a S Will JILL s BUILD BUILDUP 1 UP UTAH HE SAYS Capt Edwin Guthrie Sees Great Advancement of State Through War natural The great groat natural t resources of Utah and her vast deposits of coal and iron and agricultural facilities will be bo tapped by the government and play an Important part in the industrial progress progress ress of the West in years to come ac according according ac- ac cording to Lieutenant Edwin Guthrie commander of the local navy nay recruitIng recruiting recruit recruit- Ing station who has just returned from from irom San Francisco Lieutenant Guthrie declares the Intensive in in- in industrial activity in the West Vest during the war will wilt be permanent and that people of Utah ana other Western Vestern states can look for hundreds of new factories and plants The East is congested and the un unlimited un- un l limited resources of the West have been recognized by the government said the naval officer toda today There is no no reason leason why the great groat coal and iron deposits deposits of Utah as well welt as her other active production of minerals should not be materially inci increased eased It is my opinion that the West est will wilt some day dav be as great an industrial section as ns the East is at present