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Show PAGE EIGHT .ERQVg(yTAHV SUNDAY HF.P.AT.D. - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23,- 1941 A . A Ti p i ) 1 r a US S -X &T li(T 1 li MM 5? li IL. V - On ii it i (A COUNTY PRODUCES 40 PER CENT OF STATE'S ANNUAL APPLE CROP Utah county, with fertile soil and a good water supply, is a center of agriculture. A large portion of its population depends on farming for a living, and rightly right-ly .so, judging vy a look at the county's record agriculturally: Utah county produces 40 per cent of the state's annual apple crop; Is fourth in cherry production in Utah; Produces more than half the state's crop of plums and prunes more than any other county; Is first in peach and strawberry production in the state; Holds fifth place in tomato production; pro-duction; Has the second largest number of hens and the second largest egg production in the state (only 17 counties in the nation surpass Utah county in chicken population popula-tion and only 14 in egg production produc-tion ) ; Rates second in the state in the number of dairy cows and dairv products; Is seventh in the number of sheep and lambs but sixth in wool production; Has one sugar factory, four canning factories which pay annually an-nually to farmers nearly $500,-000 $500,-000 for tomatoes, pears, beans and cherries, and whose payrolls average $170,000 annually. UTAH ROADS IMPROVED DURING 1 940 SALT LAKE CITY iL'.D Improvements Im-provements to more than 225 miles of Utah highways in 1940 cost the state approximately $2,-500,000. $2,-500,000. a yearly report of the state road commisison disclosed. More than 140 miles of state highways were hard surfaced and S5 miles were graveled. W. D. Hammond, highway commission chairman, said most of the roads graveled last year will be hard surfaced during 1941. Military defense standards were being compiled with by the highway high-way department in its projects of widening and straightening 4.5 miles of U. S. highway 91 between be-tween Hot Springs ajid Brigham City. This project will provide a four-lane four-lane highway which meets national na-tional military defense standards, Hammond said. Another four-lane four-lane highway will be provided in a 4.5 mile project at the Point-of-the-Mountain south of the Draper crossroads. Grading and graveling on a new highway between Deer creek dam and Charleston is over half completed. com-pleted. Hard surfacing will be completed next summer. Hammond asserted that military mili-tary needs have "prompted state and federal agencies to designate a number of Utah's highways as strategic roads under first, second and third priorities." These changes chang-es have resulted in considerable revision of some .state road construction con-struction plans. GOLD FOUND, BUT THKRE'S IUTCH OAKLAND., Cal. U.R When George V. Leggett found $1,000 in gold in an old house, the only persons who got anything out of it were the court-appointed appraisers ap-praisers whose fees were $5 each. The court ruled that as the gold was not turned in to the treasury in 1934 as required by law, gold coins are no longer tne personal property of anyone. Once the U. S. mint has fixed the value of the wold, the claimants are expected to file suit for its value. JUSTICE GOES IN HIGH GEAR EL PASO, Tex. U.R) A record was set in federal court in El Paso when a federal judge sentenced 52 persons to jail in 95 minutes, or an average of one minute and 48 seconds sec-onds per person. All were charged with illegally entering the United States from exico. Long Surgery Successful MILFORD, Mass. (U.i;) Miss Mildred Gilmore, 37, has undergone under-gone 18 operations in a long struggle strug-gle to regain use of her limbs, fche has almost recovered from a childhood attack of paralysis which crippled her right leg. Father and Son On Warship WOODSFIELD, O. (U.R) A Woodsfieid father and son, William Wil-liam Bullock, Sr., and Wiillam Bullock, Bul-lock, Jr., are not only both in the U. S. navy but both are stationed on the same ship, the U.S.S. Wichita. "PYGMALION" IN AFRIKAAN CAPE TOWN, South Africa (U.R) Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" has been produced in an Afrikaans version in Cape Town under the title of "Koop My Blomme." CILNGE FOLDING ILACE Sheets should be folded occasionally occas-ionally in different places when ironed and should not be placed in large piles, as the weight presses press-es too heavily on the fold and wear is increased. - UTAH DECODES WESTERN HUB FOR DEFENSES United Press Correspondent SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Feb. 22 (U.nt Salt Lake City forms the hub of a gigantic army construction con-struction program calling for expenditure ex-penditure of more than $20,000,-000 $20,000,-000 on five projects that form the center of the nation's second western line of defense. Thousands of workmen are busy rushing these projects toward to-ward completion: 1 An $8,000,000 army airdrome Hill Field on several hundred acres of what used to be farm land in Davis county, 30 miles north of here. 2 A $12,000,000 quartermaster's quartermast-er's supply depot at Ogden, 40 miles north, that will supply all western army posts. 3 A string of 32 new munitions muni-tions huts at the Sunset army arsenal, ar-senal, adjacent to Hill Field. 4 Improvement of Salt Lake City municipal airport and construction con-struction of permanent headquarters headquar-ters for the 5th air base group of the army air corps, recently moved mov-ed here from Hamilton Field, California. 5 Development of hangar and repair facilities at Wendover, on the Utah-Nevada state line 130 miles to the west, for use by bombers target practicing on a new, million-acre desert bombing range. One Iiunway Completed Preliminary work at Hill Field has been under way for more than a year. But until the current session ses-sion of Congress, funds had been forthcoming slowly. Now, one of four runways i3 paved and ready for use. Two others are nearly completed. Each of the runways is 7,500 feet long and 150 feet wide, capable ca-pable of handling the largest military planes. They are located on a knoll in the broad Salt Lake vaTley, about 10 miles from the edge of the Great Salt Take and about five miles from the foothills foot-hills of the lofty, rugged Wasatch mountains. Construction of hangers, supply sup-ply rooms, repair shops and barracks bar-racks has started. Like the other four projects, time of completion will depend upon how "fast money is appropriated appro-priated by Congress," according to Major L. K. Hastings, assistant assist-ant constructing quartermaster on all of the military development work in this area. Work on the quartermaster's supply depot is starting. Illustrative Illustra-tive of the speed with which the project is being pressed is the fact the land 1,678 acres was taken over first under a court order, ord-er, then paid for when titles were cleared. Kail Lines Link Depot The depot will be located just north of the Ogden city limits and alongside main and branch tracks of four railroads Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Western West-ern Pacific and Denver & Rio Grande Western. It win store all varieties of supplies for distribution distribu-tion to all army posts west of the Mississippi river. The Sunset arsenal has been in operation for the last four years but is now being expanded in line with increased military emphasis on this area. Power stored in huts already built on a series of rolling hills runs into the thousands thou-sands of pounds. The arsenal also contains apparatus appa-ratus for loading shells of large caliber. The 32 new storage huts will double capacity of the plant. Amount of money to be spent on development work at the Salt Lake municipal airport has not been decided. The field's runways already are considered among the best in the west. Planes of the 5th air base group, when they arrived from Hamilton field, were placed In long rows at one end of the field. Their pilots, mechanics and officers went to Fort Douglas, historic army post on the East Bench of Salt Lake City, which only a few weeks before be-fore had been abandoned by the now streamlined 38th infantry. Housing- Facilities Inadequate But accommodations at Fort Douglas, 10 miles from the airport, air-port, were inadequate. A serious housing shortage was created in Salt Lake City. Then barracks were ordered constructed at the airport, in addition to temporary hangars and other buildings. Included in the air base now are three heavy bombing squadrons and one long-range reconnaissance squadron. The million-acre desert bombing bomb-ing range was set aside for use by bombers by the Department of the Interior, which controlled much of it as public domain, and the state. The buildings at Wendover will be mainly of a temporary nature and will be used to house the planes only during bombing maneuvers. ma-neuvers. The bombing range, largest of its kind in the world, starts just north of the Bonneville Salt Flat speedway, scene of the world's fastest automobile runs. ntcrmounfain Fruits Lend In Quality, Flavor Intermountain fruit apples, peaches, cherries, pears and apricots apri-cots again in 1940 took the spotlight spot-light for all-around qualities, de-liciousness de-liciousness of flavor and susceptibility suscepti-bility to table use and for canning can-ning purposes. Like celery in the truck garden marketing arena, Beehive state watermelons and cantaloupes, Utah county peaches reigned supreme su-preme on markets where consumers consum-ers demanded the very best. The superior quality of inter- 1 HE SALT LAKE 5 ! mountain-grown pears, apricots and grapes became more widely known as shipments extended farther afield. Realizing the superb quality and deliciousness of the intermountain inter-mountain fruits, canners placed more canned fruits on markets than ever before. Several brands attained almost instant popularity, popular-ity, competing favorably with many nationally - advertised brands. BIRD EXPEDITION CHARTED NORTHFIELD, Minn. (L'.E) A party of ornithologists from Cornell Cor-nell university and Carleton col-liege col-liege will make an extensive study of bird life in lower Mexico. The study will Involve collecting and banding of all bird types in the Sabinas river valley in the vicinity vi-cinity of Gomez Farias. OVER A QUARTER OF A ERVING UTAH COUNTY 8 u s s YOUR CHOICE OF FOUR TRAINS AND THREE BUSES DAILY TO SALT LAKE AND TO PAYSON FI08T GLASS 7E3IIETS ON BASIS OF Using Highway Mileage First Class Round-trip Tickets Provide 30 Day Limit for Return 1C0Q KILE MILEAGE ON BASIS OF RAIL MILE Coupons Lifted on Basis of Rail Mile. Good Between Any Points On Line For Bearer or Bearer and Party. if THROUGH FREIGHT RATES WITH ALL CONNECTIONS East or West North or South FDEE PICK-UP W BELIUE8Y SERUICE On Less Than Carload Lots SAME RATES - BETTER SERVICE Railroads Prove Payroll Builders, Aid To Industry Within the last decade the railroads rail-roads of the intermountain empire proved, as always, paramount in importance as payroll builders and participants in aids to industry. in-dustry. It is estimated that the railroads rail-roads operating within the intermountain inter-mountain area have paid out to workers in Utah, Idaho, western Wyoming an deastern Idaho more than $30,000,000 annually in wages. The Utah figure is set at from $14,000,000 to $16,000,000 yearly. Much of this annual worker in - with on 7) c .....cJjrev Mile Per Mile 'AST. : FREIGHT SEEVIC &. UTAH come goes to employes of shops, yards and offices who make their homes permanently in some intermountain in-termountain city. Extensive shops and roundhouses are maintained in Pocatello, Ogden, Salt Lake City and smaller shop in Provo. In Pocatello alone approximately 1100 wage earners work in the shpps and yards of the Union Pacific Pa-cific railway. DOG SAVES LOST BABY BUTTE, Mont. (L'.I!) The 'h'om-ing 'h'om-ing instinct" of a cocker spaniel is credited with having possibly saved the life of 11-year-old Dolores Do-lores Smith. Lost in the woods for three hours with the dog following follow-ing her footsteps, it finally occurred oc-curred to her to put the dog ahead of her and she merely followed the route home which it ihstictively scented. if cor.ajaTaTLo: ON BASIS OF 0 STUDENT 7ESKETS ON BASIS OF Ues'i-End Excursion Dates - Gno faro cm Gna C3alf Tickets on Sale After 2:55 P. M. Friday and Good For All Trains and Buses on Saturday and Sunday of Each Week. Return Limit Monday Following Date of Sale. RAILROAD Accidents Cost More In Utah Than New Roads SALT LAKE CITY (U.R) Utah constructed 200 miles of new roads and highways during 1940 but Utah's motorists paid out enough in automobile accident damages to have constructed an additional 400 miles of new roads, a survey disclosed today. The state road commission expended ex-pended $2,500,000 building new roads and improving present highways. high-ways. Traffic accidents on city streets and state and county roads coit $7,650,000. Engineers estimate it cost Utah's 550,310 residents approxi- CENTURY ON DOS 71 1G tesliets Per Per for Qound Trip CORPORATION Forest Revenues Amount to $33,250 SALT LAKE CITY, (UJ?) Receipts Re-ceipts from national forest revenues reve-nues totaling $33,250 have been sent to the state of Utah, Rep. J. W. Robinson has been advised. The payment to Jtah repre-cents repre-cents 25 per cent of total revenues from Utah national forests in 1940, forest service officials said. An additional sum of $13,013 from the 1940 receipts has been set aside for road and trail construction construc-tion in Utah forests. mately $5 each for the road construction. con-struction. Automobile damage cost was estimate at $13.90 apiece. Mile Mile s I |