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Show PAGE ' SIX PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1941 Utah County Is State's Garden Spot of Agriculture COLD STORAGE PLANT AT LEI1I Ace of Aces r . - -- - GILSOfJITE PLANT IS QUE OF UTAH'S GROWING IfJDUSIOB Well-kept farms are the rule rather than the exception in Utah county. Above is a typical scene as Farmer Brown cultivates his crop. Utah Goanty Planning Doard Says- OBJECTIVES: Security in the Home A Satisfactory Income A Healthier People. Executive Committee: Loc R. Taylor, Pay son, chairman; chair-man; David II. Jones, Spanish Fork, vice chairman; S. R. Boswell, county agent ; Clarence D. Ashton, assistant agent; Bessie K. Lemon, home demonstration agent; Frank Shelley, American Fork; Mrs. Mary II. Mower, American Fork, and Mrs. Mabel Stewart, Payson. 7003jlerc3 of Good Gofary Land In Utah County Says Gommiiieo CELERY COMMITTEE Clarence Durrant, -ft. F. D. No. 1, Provo, Chairman 1. There are seventy-five hundred acre3 of good celery land in Utah county. 2. There is a surplus of man power on the small farms of this county. 3. There are acres of land infested in-fested with wild morning glory. Celery cultivated in five foot rows gives a means for control of these weeds at the same time as it produces a valuable crop. 4. There are too many varieties of celery grown now and we need to produce some certified seed of the recommended variety. 5. Utah county farmers who are interested and prepared for careful care-ful attention to the details of production pro-duction of crops can grow celery successfully. G. Our celery lands are fertile and they are in areas where good water can be obtained. 7. Our land contains some peat and has a little alkali, which lends itself to the production of celery. 8. Our land Is comparatively cheap and we do not need to plant celery in 20 inch rows. 9. There is a nation-wide reputation repu-tation for Utah celery. Why not capitalize on that asset. 10. At present there are only a few insects and diseases in celery in this country. 11. Celery production lend3 itself it-self to cooperative production and marketing. 12. Business men are interested in celery as an additional cash crop, and are willing to encourage its production. 13 Celery requires 15 to 20 m.in-work clays per acre, as compared com-pared to sugar beets with 12 days, potatoes with 11 days, cabbage with 20 days, onions with 40, cucumbers, cu-cumbers, pod peas, and beans with 50, and berries and small fruits with 85. 14. Celery becomes ready for consumption when weather is cool and also provides labor at a time when the majority of labor consuming crops are harvested. 15. The celery industry is an old one, yet it needs considerable study and development by college experiment stations, farm organizations organ-izations and business mens' organizations. organ-izations. 16. The production of celery and its shipment out of the state, brings new money into circulation. circula-tion. 17. It is recommended that the cooperative increase its members from to ten to about forty. That a new warehouse be built this year on a rairoad right of way. That efforts be made to cooperate with the potato growers cooperative coopera-tive now Eefng formed, in the building- of the warehouse. 18. That we cooperate with the Crop Improvement association in the production of celery seed which is certified. 19. That we cooperate in the production and distribution of eel-cry eel-cry plants. "0. That some experimentation bo done with the narrow row planting. 21. That the organization se cure a mechanical washing machine. 22. That we develop markets in the east in cooperation with the Union Pacific Railroad. 3. That the gift package program pro-gram be used for the definite purpose pur-pose of developing markets. 24. That we encourage growers to keep costs of production records rec-ords on narrow rows versus wide rows. " 25. That we re-check the man-work man-work days needed to produce celery. 26. Celery is a luxury food and the market may be better in 1941 than it ha3 been for years. Rosicrucians were a group of philosophers, originating with a. German monk named Rosencruez in the fourteenth century. Factories Gain In Utah County Value of manufactured products in Utah county increased from $7,219,153 in 1935 to $9,293,693 in 1937, the last year for which U. S. department of commerce records are vailable. Number of manufacturing manu-facturing establishments Increased from 45 to 49 in the same length of time. Utah county factories employed 1.2S0 workers, who earned $1,-452,375 $1,-452,375 during 1937. The firms paid $5,736,903 for materials, fuel, electric energy and contract work, and added $3,556,795 to value of the materials. The Lehi Cold Storage company is equipped with cold storage and locker equipment that is becoming becom-ing so popular in Utah and throughout the country. Ten years ago the frozen food locker plant was little known; there was only one plant in Utah. A recent survey conducted, showed 31 plants in operation in Utah, with a capacity of over 10.000 lockers. Twenty-nine of these plants have been established since 1937. Fifteen Fif-teen have started business during dur-ing 1939 or 1940. The average number of lockers in these p'lant3 Is 357. The frozen-food locker has many advantages to offer. According Ac-cording to officials of the Lehi, Cold Storage company, meat may be butchered at any time of the year and brought to the plants where it is properly chilled and all the animal heat is removed. After aging the meat is cut into steaks, roasts, chips, etc., and wrapped and labeled. The meat is then frozen and placed in lockers to be used by the patron.- So that customers may have a greater variety of meat in their lockers, the company com-pany is now equipped to cure hams and bacon. Fresh fruits and vegetables grown during the coming com-ing season may be frozen and stored so they can be enjoyed during the winter months. Star Flour Mill Supplies Trad Ouer Hide Urea One of Utah county's important impor-tant industrial establishments is the Star Flour Mills of American Fork. Owned and operated by Henry, Herman and Ernest Parduhn, the mills distribute throughout Utah, Wasatch, Carbon, Sevier and Salt Lake counties. The firm has an annual payroll pay-roll of over $15,000 and operates six trucks. The mill produces six tons of flour every 24 hours. Star Flour Mills specializes in production of the famous Red Star flour. Using Red Star flour, Mrs. Vel-da Vel-da C. Bunker of Vineyard, last April won a state-wide bread-making bread-making contest, winning a new electric range for her prize loaf. Red Star flour also was used exclusively ex-clusively at the recent department depart-ment of utilities cooking school in Provo. Herman Parduhn, one of the owners and operators, is a member mem-ber of the Lehi city council. ))un in.?; t Cm'. J ANOTHEE .PAYROLL FOR UTAH COUNTY LE PI GILSOMTE COMPANY a nun innusmv has been established in mm godhty at pnoue- This Company Is a Utah Company, with a Gilsonite Mine in Duchesne County, and a Processing Plant in Provo. More and Better Payrolls . . . Mean Prosperity for Utahl efiSYLG PEAK GILSGOITE GO. RAY DAVIS - - President and Manager HENRY GARDNER Treasurer ERNEST KNUDSEN - - Vice President I. E. BROCKBANK ----- Secretary PLANT LOCATION SEVENTH SOUTH & UNIV. AVE. Phone 1G2.J PROVO, UTAH P. O. Box 327 No. 1 Ace of the Royal Air Force is reported to be Pilot Officer H. M. ("Steve") Stephen, 26, above. He is credited with 23 enemy planes, more than any other British fighter pilot, although al-though several are crowding him closely. Stephen recently "eot" five German planes in a single day. KAMI UNION UXDEK INQUIRY PRETORIA U.n Because the principle of the closed shop has given the South African Mine-workers' Mine-workers' Union a practical monopoly monop-oly of employment in the Ran J gold mines, a public inquiry into the affairs of the union has been ordered. The new and additional uses for the product constantly being devised, the demand for Castle Peak gilsonite is growing and new markets are opening up, according ac-cording to Ray Davis of Salem, manager, and his ' eon, Chester R. Davis of Provo. The Castle Peak Gilsonite mine is located near Myton in Duchesne county, where 12 to 20 men are employed, and its processing plant and warehouses are in Provo, Pro-vo, at Seventh South and University Uni-versity avenue. The Castle Peak investment in Provo amounts to $18,000, and the investment at the mine is between $25,000 and $30,000 for the hoist, power plant, tipples, bins, bunk houses, etc. From five to six men are employed at the Provo warehouse and refinery. refin-ery. The mine has a generous supply sup-ply of pure gilsonite deposits, the vein being three and a half feet thick. From 25 to 35 tons are mined daily. The output is constantly con-stantly increasing. The ore is a hard, dried oil. It is black, shiny, and tar-like. Gilsonite Gil-sonite is used in such products as paints, lacquers, varnishes, rubber, rub-ber, asphalt compounds, foundry sanda, battery boxes, roofing material, ma-terial, printer's inks, phonograph records, automobile tires, lino-lvUms, lino-lvUms, molds for paper factories and steel mills, patented road materials, floor compositions, etc. Gilsonites are classified as se lects with a melting ppint from 268 degrees F., and up, and the seconds. generally starting at about 300 degrees and running to 450 degrees or higher. While Castle Peak gilsonite has been shipped to several foreign countries, Japan is about the only one now rec riving gilsonite from the Davis mines. Officers of the Castle Peak Gilsonite company, responsible for developing the local industry, were Ray Davis, manager; Henry Gardner, Gard-ner, Spanish Fork, treasurer; I. E. Brockbank, Provo, secretary, Ernest Ern-est Knudsen, Spanish Fork, vice-presidrnt. Canyon Snowfall Highest in Years AMERICAN FORK CD A national park survey of snowfall and precipitation on the American Amer-ican Fork canyon watershed has disclosed farmers of north Utah cunty may have their most ample water supply in seven years during dur-ing 1941. The survey showed a snow cover of 47.77 inches on the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos loop divide. Water content con-tent was 10.89 inches compared with a seven-year average at this point of 6.41 inches. MANUFACTURED IN UTAH COUNTY WITH UTAH COUNTY PRODUCTS BY UTAH COUNTY LABOR J oil" the Best Two .Food Firodmets In America o o o SUNFPEZ The Ice Cream That Is "Naturally Better" INSIST UPON SUNFREZE ICE CREAM for Your Next Party or Lunch-eon. Lunch-eon. Your family, too, will love it as a dessert. Take home a quart tonight. to-night. . Milk r& "It's Safe Because . . . It's Pasteurized" CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE ARE UNDER AN UNUSUAL STRAIN. They are more likely to fatigue than younger children. . . . 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