Show BIG nIG CELEBRATION AT HEBER ATTENDED BY MANY PEOPLE Men and women prominent nt in ev every every ev- ev ery and civic activity in Wasatch county and officials of ol the Union railroad and the Park- Park Utah Mining company gathered in Heber last Saturday night at a banquet banquet banquet ban ban- given by the the Wasatch Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber her of commerce to celebrate the completion of oC the tho new v new bran branch h hr rai r rail rail- fi riad to the Utah Park-Utah mine minea a an ap P event marking a new epoch in the history of th the Park City dis district If the state of Utah can b be callec called called call call- ec ed the great intermountain empire of ot undeveloped loped resources said Secretary Sec Secretary Sec Secretary L. L C. C Montgomery of th the 1 Wa Wasatch i- i satch chamber of commerce in his address certainly Wasatch county can justly claim to be the ve very y heart and vitals of that empire To ro the west westa and a and nd north o of us lies Ues the greatest greatest greatest great great- i est undeveloped district of ot the intermountain west while to the east and south extends hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- o of square miles of the best grazing lands In the Ithe United States Timber abounds and underlying a great part of our county are rich deposits of coal and other minerals Wasatch county has a greater diversity diversity diver divor- I sity of minerals within her borders than is contained wi within any single state in the United States Mp Most t common among these minerals are arc gold silver lead zinc zinc copper iron lime and clay In various various' forms and many of the hydrocarbons Including includIng including ing gilsonite and ite The commer commercial ial growth of Heber valley an expanse of rich farm farmland land and smiling meadows wooded stretches sheltered by the rolling rolling foothills of the grim and scenic Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch ran range e was outlined by John O. O Anderson president of ot the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch Chamber of commerce TrIbute Tribute Tribute Trib TrIb- ute was was' paid by the speaker to the pioneer merchants of the county Abram Hatch and Mark Jeffs who started the first stores more than a half century ago using log cabins and packing boxes to house and display display display dis dis- dis- dis play their meager stocks From From m these small beginnings i a a steady growth has has' been experienced In all lines Mr Anderson said and lIand now instead of hauling out a afew afew few wagon loads of products with ox- ox teams we are shipping in and out of our valley approximately carloads of coal loo carloads of stock carloads of of merchandise j i cars of lime rock thirty cars cats of peas cars of dairy products besides more than cars of building building build build- ing materials and machinery automobiles auto- auto mobiles gasoline and oil honey granite and miscellaneous Items Addresses also were made by President Joseph R. R Murdock George A. A Fisher and E. E J. J Hanson W. W J. J Bond discussed th the agricultural agricultural cultural cul- cul tural p possibilities of the valley The Wasatch Chamber of commerce commerce commerce com com- I merce delegation consisted of George Smith J J. A. A Jensen George Fisher John Anderson Bishop H. H W W. Harvey John H. H Miller John A A. Fortie L. L C. C Montgomery Bishop Joseph Dr B. B A A. A Dannenberg Dannenberg Dannenberg Dannen- Dannen berg and William Giles After luncheon the party led by General Manager Hunt and Mine Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent H. H R R. Wallace inspected the bunk houses change room and new lodging house of the company The new branch line is about I eight and a half miles in length and cost a approximately The track is standard gauge of ninety- ninety pound ra rails ls and is is' a striking example I of all that is best in railroad engi engl- The roadbed is solidly and permanently constructed and the grade is easy to make it possible for the company to give cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle shippers of the valley the best type of service On the trip to Heber Heher the visitors vIsitor were taken talon by George A. A Fisher to toto toto to the town of tetley I wl which h the thc I Utah Park Mining Minim company expects expects' to make one of the most modern min mill mining ing leg camps in the west The new townsite lies lias about one mile from the th Ontario drain tunnel Its situation has been governed by the losin to found a community possessing po all the requisites for tor a n model living M place Electric Electric lights plumbing and sew sewerage rage facilities adequate vater ter for house and garden purposes and andall andall andall all other conveniences will ba 3 available avail avail- able Ji O rt C |