Show h FARMERS DO 00 NOT WANT A SMELTER i iSo So Says W E Dail Dali Dai Who Resides Near Hot Springs Ogden THERE ARE BETTER SITES Situation Take In itt North Ogden O del liar rl Plain Cily Clr 1111 W I lt t View ami Id That alt all ni Is not nol smooth sailing saing for tor forthe tho the proposed smelter moler at It Hot lint Springs n ii few fel miles atiles mie north of or Ogden Is evidenced by b statements made by b AV W V B II DIU a I Ile resident le of ot the tho named place In Inthe Inthe Inthe the place ho he takes exceptions to allegations made that tho the country countr sur surrounding surrounding rounding the hue the smelter Is barren for miles around Und and to the tho designation of tho thin land as lS weed forms by b mem mom members Items bers of ot tile the dub club of ot Ogden Mr Dial then goes goeR on 01 to say Ray say Such aro arc true truo only In tho the eyes ees of ot persons who havo hao no regard tot for honesty nod truth arid and Ind who seo ste things only in ill their own Interests Such people l must think that the tue farm tarm farmers ers era of ot this vicinity are nrc lre a n set sel of r tools fools to bo be driven from their homes home and aliel mlle made to abandon a their farms and or orchards to permit a n few tew wealthy men mon mento mento monto to build up one Industry In at tho the ex cx expense Pease pense pen e of H a 1 number of others Most of tho farmers have hao been heen hero here for many mI yeats and amid by hy hard patient work have built bui up tip U their farms to a high hl h stale of If if production we Ye were le hero nera first and Intend to stay sll and wo we con consIder Rider sIder thin the farming Industry greater than thal that of ot n IL smelter FARMERS GOOD TRADERS If I the tho farmers were wro to tn discontinue to tu do business In iii Ogden I think most of the tho business sl houses there thero ther would close their doors dom It I Is II the tim trade trado of tile the farmers former that keeps up 1131 tI tho lie bush busi business bushness ness of cities cUel anti a nd why wh the tho people hoopla of ot the tl cities elleI want to 10 tear down the tho farming industry Is more than limn I cnn can understand are hotter bolter sites sieR for fol smelters than lion that tha at al lint Hot Int Springs and In places whore no iio possible damage can cun be ho done anti and Ind from whence Ogden 0 would reap as much hutch Inch benefit as ns though time the plant were seme to bo be erected tl r here litre The Tho only barren land lund In tn these o Is I a n small Imal tract once it ut lake It I l II is i surrounded on nil all al sides by good 11 tr and not far 1 nr a tIn farms statements are arc borne borno out Olt by b the tho grain bins ha la v gar gardens gr dens iCet and anti Holds fouls folds dairies etc tc that abound hereabouts COVERS ENTIRE STATE Marshalls decision covers the state and not Salt Stilt I ko county alone alono The Weber club met II with representatives rere of the tho Independent eat ent Mine lne on Jan 31 91 1 and ont tho the members and nOI paper men melt tried to lo pull pul wool over oer the eyes eye of oC the smelter people to th lii effot Hint HUt the farmers farmer of r Weber ard rud counties countes well 11 anxious to have hae the smelter built hult The Tho farmers vere alert handy with tho thin telephone and the thit th attempt did dil not not quite lutte succeed The Thir Th club was asked to appoint a n committee to meet with the tho farmers within a n radius of ot five fo fomie miles flues mie of Tint Hot Springs to get Ret the farm fam farmers ers eri lr to tn sign an nn agreement to take lake a it I reasonable price for their land hand In II case caso the tile smelter damages the tho land Do they the think that we are ara lre anxious lo to sign hm away our rights right as ns free trl Ameri Amerl Americans rails cans Well el we wo are not not Wo We a cant Iton them from building n a smelter hut but If It there thero are arc ar papers to bo be signed I ned they th time are arc the ones to sign them Tho The situa situation siua tion ton tak In North Ogden Olden Slaten II Plain City Fart Farr I al West ct Pleasant View and In this area rea there thero are aN some same 52 02 12 sections of ot land laud of or nearly acres cres In lii Inthe Inthe the district ama aro O not less than 1000 1000 farm furm farmers ers ems with n mt 1 population of at o about 1000 The Tho increase of tf the 1000 farms Is te about an nn average of 1200 and nearly nil all al tho the trade goes oel to Ogden Oden On these there farms are aro not less of Improve Improvements manIa ments anti and personal properly which with the low bow average price of ot 50 7 iter er acre nere for tor the land hand would make a n grand total of ot Now which Is iii the tho better Industry tho thin farms above aboe Indicated or a n smelter that th t would em cm employ ploy on oti an nn average a 75 i per por cent for tor foreigners eigners MEETING AT WILI ARD Monday Monda evening Fob 3 an on anti antl smelter meeting was wal held at Willard ia Int Id and It win was tho the unanimous voice olce of or tho the assembly that tho the farmers did tili riot not want a ml 1 smelter at itt It Hot Springs and uni that the consent of the farmers only be obtained by the tile smelter com corn company compan pany pan buying out omit the tho entire entre country countr before they thoy began to 5 build huld their plant pIon |