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Show .1 PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD, ".WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY" 28, 1940 PAGE TWO TV - of Growing 17 dusiry ILdJLU iL First Step In Steel Manufacturing Seen Here COLUMBIA STEEL PLANT HERE Utah Iron Moves Out to Steel Making Centers CEf ITER OF U TAII OPERATIONS Tl Iron In t - X x ! ) . I'rtva fUat cf CctumMi ie-l . Company operates the only blast furnace vest of the Rocky ucuirj. Here Is shown a general view of the o ration. IUw iron ere, coke and limestone are aryM into the furnace by way t,f the skip, inclined to the right of the furnace. After being sub-;t-i to trerc. n-dmis heat the mcUen. Iron is tapped off. and cast into "pigs." S 1 ' '. N The history of Utah as an Iron Yami fliif!nn)in - - ' ." - u I1 i.-xts i'.rs WJ-d ty an electric magnet at t lu plr.t of CuIunitU Stetl Company located near IV-jvo.' Ti; iru.i Ui b ihlppd by rail to the com pary 'a rolling mills at Pittsburgh and Torrance, CSaLfarni for refining- Into steeL - "7' 1 C , J T E L ISC C i NEW WAREHOUSE OP THE C. STERLING. CLUFF CO., . . i f Located on Canyon Road. This Company specializes in Stock and Poultry Feeds. We carry the complete stock of Draper Quality Feeds. . ' We arc here to help you solve your feed problems. We can assist you in gtrttirtfr greater production, more economically eco-nomically by using the "right feeds at the rfcht time. ' For the top pricesmarket'your eggs , through the Draper. Egg Producer's Association, Inc. A top market from coast to coast. ' .We represent them in this territory, v w ; "; We are equipped with all the latest mill machinery.. Our new cleaning' and hammer mill does custom grinding grind-ing while you wait. C STERLING CLUFF 7 DEALER FOR DRAPER QUALITY FEEDS 14th North 2nd East CANYON ROAD Provo, Utah producing state really begins in 1922 When Columbia. Steel company, com-pany, operating a " rolling' mill at- Pittsburg, California,- announced an-nounced Its incorporation, for the purpose of producing pig iron, coka and by-products from ' raw Utah materials. " " Prior to that" time, early settlers set-tlers of the state, dating back as far aa the Mormon migration, recognized the possibilities of iron production in the new territory. From time to time the surfaces of rich ore bodies were scratched, scratch-ed, and varying crude attempts were made to develop an iron in-dustry-J . '",? t ' Iron Deposits '" ' ! " The Mormon church was among tlie first to recognize the value of Utah's iron deposits and aa early as 1851 encouraged : the settlers of Cedar City to attempt a development. In 1852 a primitive primi-tive blast furnace was built by the community and on the morning morn-ing of September 30, the first pig iron manufactured west' of the Mississippi river was tapped off. So important was the embryo em-bryo Industry considered that the early settlement was divided Into two groups. One of these attended attend-ed to the necessary agricultural needs of ' the community while to the other fell the task of operating oper-ating the iron . works." .' ' The arrival of the railroad in the 60's caused the price of pig iron to drop and Utah's new industry soon"'"" became inoperative. inopera-tive. In 1883 the" industry had a short revival. However, projected proj-ected markets did not ' materialize material-ize and again , the operations closed down. . ' ; - ' They remained so until 1923 when the newly formed Columbia Steel corporation' broke ground at Ironton, near JProvo, for the construction of a modern type, 500-ton blast furnace. At the same - time the corporation acquired ac-quired additional rolling mills at Torrance. California, as an outlet out-let for the jironu '. Iron claims on Iron mountain west of Cedar, City were acquired; acquir-ed; coal properties at Sunny-side, Sunny-side, near price, were added; a battery of by-product coke ovens, later to be doubled In capacity, were installed, and oh' May '2, i 1024. 100 tons of Utah Iron were tapped from the furnace and shipped to 'Columbia's California Cali-fornia mills. : : 1 ' :" r - On june'7, of the 'aameyear, the state of Utah officially recognized rec-ognized Its newest industry by proclaiming Utah Steel day. For the occasion an iron bell ; cast at Cedar City was used . to announce an-nounce the ceremony.. In 1929 Columbia. Steel corporation corpor-ation announced sale of an option to the ' United States Steel .corporation .cor-poration for the purchase of Columbia's Co-lumbia's properties : and assets. In 1930 the deal was comDleted and Colombia steel corporation became Columbia Steel company, western subsidiary of the world's largest steel manufacturer. r j During its years .of. operation,! uoiumDia steer company has contributed con-tributed materially to the growth and welfare of Utah: The company com-pany payroll within the 1 state approximates ' $1,000,000, while freight" moved ' annually brings substantial revenues to the railroads rail-roads of the state; ':y X Besides producing an average of 500 gross tons of pig iron uaiijr, uie ironton plant operates oo cone ovens or 15-tons coal capacity ca-pacity each. Some 1,125 tons of coal are coked each day, producing produc-ing approximately t 600 tons of metallurgical coke, 13,000,tK)0 cubic cu-bic feet of gas, 13,000 gallons of tar, together with a quanity or ammonium sulphate and motor fuel. - . ' ' " ' ' Proooiian Held l! ' ... ..... J !. ; i : . - BY CLAYTOX JENKINS Secretary Trovo Chamber of ' ' ' : Commerce Roger W. " Babson, the famous statistician," has predicted that the sum of $6,000,000,000 will be spent in the ' United States in 1940 ' by " tourists, vacationists, etc. ' !.- ,; " '. . The war in ' Europe will eliminate elim-inate much of the foreign travel usually " indulged in by citizens in the United States and consequently conse-quently there will be a great Increase In-crease in travel In this country. ' The president of the United States has recognized ' this ' condition con-dition and ' has proclaimed a "Travel America Year," In which he invites our bwri citizens and friends of other lands to join in a great travel movement. The San Francisco fair will be in operation again this year, opening on May 25 and closing on September 29. To 'attract more visitors, the fair has tremendously tre-mendously " reduced , exhibitor's costs; the bridge toll has been reduced ; from 50c to 35c ' and parking rates have been cut 50 per cent. - - V - Interesting ' Figure : ' " " ' The Conoco Travel bureau of Denver has assembled some . very interesting figures, giving estimates esti-mates of visitors ana expenditures expendi-tures . in various cities for 1939. For example: California had a total of 1.925,400 visitors and the amount of money expended 'in the state of California by these visitors was $235,275,505. 1 ' By contrast the state of Nevada Ne-vada had ,1,969,208 visitors (even more . than r California) - but the expenditures ; were only $9,900,-748.':'-" ; 1 v - 8 Our " own state of Utah had 1,978,644 visitors . , who expended in our state last year '$30,382,-9O0. '$30,382,-9O0. - '; '. : ; One of" the best examples of what a state may achieve i in building up this tourist business is that of our ; neighbor. New Mexico. In 1934 ' there were only a Dout 800,000 XX. I ' .. i. X A- In this view is seen graded Iron ore waiting shipment at' Columbia Steel Company's Iron mine near Cedar City, Utah. The ore will be smelted into pig Iron at the company's blast furnace at Provo. i" that "entered New Mexico. In 1938, due to -a judicious and extensive ex-tensive advertising ...... campaign, this figure had increased to approximately ap-proximately 1,594,000 out-of-state cars. In 1933 the number of visitors had : increased to 3,599,-750 3,599,-750 and the amount of - money expended in ' the state of New Mexico by these visitors was $C1,9G1,9G9. ' -" ' ; The, , New Mexico tourist bureau bu-reau says that the average length of stay in their state is 4 and one-half days; 'the average expenditure, per car is $50.34. The income from tourists and visitors, annually, is almost double dou-ble the income from the ' next three leading industries, namely, mining, ; agriculture " and livestock. live-stock. Very Profitable-, Profitable-, This tourist trade Is immense ly profitable to the merchants and business people where the out-of-state cars money is spent. This business Is aU new business and it 13 all cash business. t 1 Irovo already enjoys a v considerable con-siderable tourist trade but , it is. only a small fraction of what it might be. This year' the chami ber of commerce is endeavoring to attract more visitors and more tourists to Provo arid to induce them to remain an extra day or two. ; ' Some of the methods used: Distribution of a large number if illustrated folders.' Distribution . of auto stickers. Advertisements in newspapers. Publication of a book of facts about Provo. Maintaining 30 'large highway signs on U. S. Highways 91, -89 and 50. - " Cliff Tolboe, chairman or the chamber of commerce tourist bureau and his committee, are working out an extensive campaign cam-paign to tell the world about more travelers to spend a few days in the Garden City. ' ' Boston-Grocer Posts ' , . Old Debtors' Bills BOSTON i:.P Louis Ruben-stein, Ruben-stein, an East Boston grocer, created a neighborhood commotion commo-tion when he Introduced a new and drastic method of collecting bills. He 'said he found that nearly $1,000 had been owed him over a span of years, so he posted the names of several of the debtors on a placard and placed it in the store window. rtubeinstein said two persons, seeing the neighbors grouped around the window, rushed In and paid old bills within a half-hour after the placard appeared, lie .said he plans to post a new list Provo and to Induce more and each day. , ir East St Louis Called Human Dump Ground EAST ST.' LOUIS, "EL ' ab) A-i Court records disclose that East St. Louis has an unusually severe',' se-vere',' law enforcement problem. According to CUy Judge Winiam F. Borders, It is due to the fact that the city has become the -dumping ground of J the ' world." In charging a local grand Jury, the judge said during the last criminal court session most of those sentenced were not residents resi-dents of East St. 'Louis, but transients. Twenty-four railroads and many highways converge at East St. Louis, carrying hundreds of transients from many parts of the country to this river city, according to local authorities. KG RETS WANDER AFAR PINE CITY, Minn. (HE)- Two albino herons" that spent come time on Pokegama lake in Minnesota Min-nesota caused John Dobie, a bird authority, to investigate. He located lo-cated the "albinoes" and decided they were snowy egrets, a tropical trop-ical bird Whose home Is southern Louisiana and nearby Gulf regions. MOTH BALLS KOUT DEER WENATCHEE, Wash. OUT) Mrs. Hettle Martin. Entiat, has settled the problem, of grazing deer. She fastened - a tiny sack of moth! balls to the end "of a broom handle and brushed the implement over the ground where deer had been grazing. ' ' - ! it 1 .- ." i " i - .. h . I , t" .,- . 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