Show Spotlight spotlighting liag ilig UTAH state fair exhibits I 1 special stress wl wyn bo be laid on poultry coultry exhibits at the utah state fair scheduled for sep t 10 16 to 24 announced 0 A I 1 of the draper pouli poul I inc ine and a members of the state fair board this week utah poultry production now ranks next in importance to mining in the state of utah mr said and we expect to put on an expanded exhibit that tha will reflect credit to the industry plans are now being made to house the new poultry exhibit and a special feature of the display will be an exhibition of the finest poultry in utah pigeons and rabbits will be included in the display and will also be given special attention by mr the importance of the poul try business in irl utah is pointed out in the fact that egg production p ro during the last ten years has practically doubled in the state with 50 percent of the eggs going to the home market and the balance to california coal mining with utah fast approaching a state of industrial greatness ithe the business of mining coal is now paying the utah miner the highest average hourly earnings in the state during march 1949 the average hourly earnings of the coal miner was the average hourly wage for metal mining during the same period was 1 51 the I 1 average hourly wage in manu I 1 fracturing fac turing was per hour in nil all industries with ten coal fields in utah occupying more than square miles of land it is I 1 apparent that coal mining now new 1 as well as in the past will I 1 continue to lead all other indus j I 1 tries in the state in average hourly earnings A survey of 1 1 If I 1 t he mining industry indicates cates that as 0 of f april 1949 were employed in this field as against anly the year previous or an increase of 56 percent the increase is de counted accounted for primarily by the bituminous iceal c oal oai mining industry where I 1 only workers w were ere employ empio strike d an in april 1948 due to a strike and were employ edin 1949 starts operation the stoker matic division of the rheem manufacturing co is starting operations in salt lake city the company is one of the wor worms words of 1 S largest manu facture rs 01 tanks household appliances water heaters and furnaces they expect to have hav a staff of 75 men by the end of this year high prod productivity vity according to fred E president of nephis big ther mold p plant lant factory workmen recruited from utah farm areas are high producers at los 1 angeles schulter pointed out their plant was able to make about feet of wire braid hose per month in utah with I 1 the same equipment they make over feet of wire braid hose a mo month rith the increase is credited to the fact that e emp loyes in the utah plant came from rural areas and have proven to be better and more efficient w workmen utah oil developments T S peterson president of the standard oil co of C california aill aila h has s announced a expansion expansion program for salt lake cit city pointing out that his bis company has already put into a pipe line from the rangely oil fields to salt lake an and d the building of a refinery peterson Pc terson said the comp complin anys ys dinv inv investment would soon total in utah western railroads are arc using more and more diesel fuel we must supply the demand he S said sald aid ald and we realize there will be an ever increasing demand for high grade gasoline in this western tourist center we W e musti mus t firnin p pa in supply the demand bushnell fund freed the box elder chamber of I 1 commerce at brigham city has I 1 been notified by sen arthur V watkins that the last hurdle has been overcome in washington relative the converting of the B bushnell hospital into a navajo indian in dhan than school regarding permanent employ ment at brigham city most jobs will be filled by civil ser a vice examinations including superintendent principal department part ment beads chief clerk teachers matrons matrona mat rons supervisors guards office force and maintenance crew the school includes buildings of brick construction the full amount of asked of congress is expected to be available for remodeling the hospital it is expected to have the project completed and ready for operation by jan 1 |