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Show t THE LEHI SUN, LEHI, UTAH THURSDAY, AUGUST, PAGE TWO URSI THE LEHI SUN, Issued each Thursday at Lehi, Utah by the LEHI SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second Class Matter August 5, 1914, at the Post Office at Lehi, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879. NHoul Advertising Rtprtnttiv NWEWSPAPED AnmmiNG SERVICE. INC., Strvhj Amtrte' A dvtrfjwi n4jtt Horn Town Nwspprf v MW.bUrfc-aiSMti.& men mbfoimq,-t.CA 'mi few CwHrai TwImI It., New Twfe, N. T. Spotlighting UTAH Poor Grading Hurts i Utah Produce On National Market Uranium Test in Grand County Subscription rates $2.00 per year; six months $1.00. It Takes the Right Kind of Know-How to do a good repair job on your car! And our mechanics have that knowledge know-ledge and experience in their fingertips. finger-tips. You can always depend upon us to do every repair job big or small expertly, efficiently and at modest cost. 0 TIMPANOGOS MOTOR Telephone 93 American Fork At the request of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department Depart-ment of Interior has withdrawn from entry and reserved for the exclusive use of the government, 115 square miles of public land in southeastern Utah and southwestern south-western Colorado. The Commission Commis-sion in cooperation with the Geological survey will make comprehensive com-prehensive studies and tests looking for uranium bearing ores. Lands found to contain uranium will become available for developing devel-oping and mining by private interests in-terests upon arrangements made with the Government. Expansion and Rebuilding Equipment and parts for the Orem Steam Plant, one of the first units of the Sixty-Million-Dollar expansion plan of the Utah Power and Light Company, have been ordered and some of them have been delivered. The new plant will be a 44,000 kilowatt kilo-watt unit and will be located in Orem. The Western Rock Bit Manufacturing Manu-facturing Company has just gone into full production in its new $150,000 plant in Salt Lake City. Largely locally owned this com pany, housed In a 5,000 square foot building, will produce 3,500,- 000 bits annually. The bits are used in the mining and construction construc-tion industry. The United Concrete Pipe Co. of Pleasant Grove and Los Ange les, California, have just spent more than $100,000 re-modeling their Pleasant Grove concrete pipe production plant. The plant can now produce the huge pipe with the use of all modern conveniences. con-veniences. They have the contract con-tract for furnishing the pipe for a 72-mile section of the Salt Lake aqueduct. Metal Mines In Utah Still Produce Millions i Office Supplies Typewriter Ribbons All makes, regular and portable sizes. Carbon Paper Pencil and Type Stamps, Pads & Ink ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. 66 West Main Metal Mines Produce 158 Million Dollars in Utah An all-time record was made inUtah production of the five principal metals during 1947, according ac-cording to figures just released by the U. S. Bureau of Mines. The value of gold, lead, copper, silver and zinc amounted to $158,100,773 a new high record. Utah's mines during 1947 produced pro-duced more gold than was produced pro-duced in any other state. The yield was the highest In the state s nistory, 421,662 ounces and its value was calculated at $14,758,170. Copper production during 1947 amounted to 553,066,000 pounds which was a gain of 133 per cent over the previous year. The value of the yield was placed at $111,943,860. suver aiso naa a good year with a production of 7,780,032, a gain of 89 per cent over the prev ious year. Our silver production was valued at 7,040,939. Lead showed a 62 per cent in crease in production amounting to 99,396,000 pounds valued $14,313,024. Zinc likewise showed an in crease in production volume with a 36 per cent increase which amounted to 87,346,00 pounds worth $10,044,790. Over a period of years Utah has been near the top among tne leading states in the produc tion of these five important metals. :-HUl(SMQf.v:.: 7' - 'c a AV-v - J ...'" YliB Blga fv-W: pwff, IB RES Mi, KV woim mm ?, ...MW' . Vs M M h..y U t-3 1.1 met W Wh,' STANDARD TIRES mm i -W pi m iir Plus Tax I Social Security Officials Want Worker Data If:? O O Fr Ssk, Economical hlihy Driving . . . Get til Ti We need used tires for retreading! retread-ing! You'll be amazed at the liberal trade-in allowance we'll give this month for your old tires. Here's your chance to get famous Firestone Standard Tires at BIG SAVINGS. Even if your tires are only partly worn, you'll get FULL allowance for the unused mileage mile-age during this BIG SALE. DON'T wait . . . TRADE and SAVE TODAY! To help them protect their full social security benefit rights, the Social Security Administration is issuing a special call to workers and former workers who have reacned the age of 65, it was an nounced today by Sherman H. Ruesch, Manager of the Provo Field Office. Any person covered bv the Social Security Act may file his claim at age 65 even thoueh hp is still working, according to Mr. Ruesch, of course, the eligible wage earner may not receive benefits while he is workiner in a job covered by the Social Security Se-curity program. But by filing application ne can prevent any possible loss of (benefits in the future. If he keeps outtiner off making a claim, he may lose some monthly payments to which he would other wise be entitled. &o important is this matter that we not only invite, but urge all workers in pisivate industrv and business estatalishmpnta those who have done work unrfpr Social Security to come and see us," Mr. Ruesch said. For the convenience of resi dents of the American Fork area who may wish to make anrjoint- ments with this representative. there is published below a form which they may use. Fill in the blank and mail it to the Social Security Administration, Box 163 Provo, Utah. I am 65 years old or older, and wish to inquire about mv Old- Age Social Security benefits. I have read your article in the American Fork Citizen and would line an appointment the next time you come to American Fork. Provo New methods of utili zation of Utah's fruit crops and new methods of handling, grad ing, shipping and marketing indicated in the results obtained by orchardists of the state in the last few years, it was pointed out to business, Industrial and agri cultural leaders of Utah County In a meeting held Monday eve nlng in the County Building with members and researchers of the Natural Resources Committee of the Utah Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. The meeting, third of a series being held throughout the state, was arranged by Clayton Jenkins, secretary of the Provo Chamber of Commerce and presided over by Aura C. Hatch, president of the Chamber. It was attended by representatives from Ameri can Fork, Springville, Orem and Provo. Utah, once rated highly in all markets for its fruits, is losing its position due to strides by other fruit-producing states rath er than its own losses, according to Dr. EIRoy Nelson, acting di rector of the Bureau of Econo mic and Business Research of the University of Utah, which is directing di-recting a survey and analysis of the state s resources under the sponsorship of the Utah Cham ber of Commerce and the Indus tril Committee of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. In the case of the apple crop, he pointed out, a surplus went to waste in 1947. Last winter, nowever, Utah housewives were Duying apple sauce prepared, pacKaged and shipped from New York state. Lack of processing plants in Utah was responsible. On the Denver market recently pint cups of Orem raspberries were selling for the same or low er price than Colorado berries in half -pint cups. The reason was the reputation being acquired by uian norticulture products due to improper or no grading at all. More and more, indications are being given by the survey that unless Utah obtains standard or uniform grading either through laws or tnrough voluntary cood eration through cooperatives, all markets will be lost. With toD Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gordon Lehi, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Mercer, Mer-cer, Delos Penrod, and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Pederson and daughter went to, Firth, Idaho, Sunday to attend the burial services serv-ices of a cousin, Reed Armstrong son of Mr. and Mrs. Lei Armstrong, Arm-strong, former residents of American Amer-ican Fork. The voung man was casualty of the recent war brought home from overseas. fruit only in size, color and texture tex-ture going to fresh fruit and canning can-ning markets, he pointed out, the remainder of the crops could be salvaged through juicing operations opera-tions or the manufacture of jams and jellies. Theron Nelson of the research staff now making a survey of the state pointed out the ramifications ramifica-tions of the effect of industrialization industriali-zation upon Utah cities, using the Thermoid plant and Nephi as examples, to predict what might NEWS VIEWS By HAROLD 4" -si-.? We're not ' ,f thinking about the pickup of yovr car, hvt how fast you answer the ' telephone when it rings. Answering promptly -often saves " missing 4m- porta nt calls. am I A Dr. Mauchly, 0f phi pres phia, is now demonsteekePF his Universal Automatic "i puter . . UNIVAC. f chine is a robot brain J f the size of a piano . a'leS just the thing to ownifiS1 ing gives you headachy )ol he can add, substract, etbal write letters and even f on 3 the odds onapokerhaaSS handles 300 multiplicatic ? trave 12-digit figures per 4 pk That's faster than you he Na tne questions! Now 7 Dieg scientists can only Xv a macnine that will ans,' Elbe few thousand national, -CZlZ uauunai ana personal tions, we can all sit bat-: tne snaae and relax about it, Doc? I A W A: f m-! A Japanese man 12,000 foot Mt. Fuji in 6 tl on a pair or bamboo t That's really taking the It high gear. Our service tof is definitely not stilted! cf tesy and friendliness lsl keynote at ALPINE Mtf CO., INC., 190 E. Main S: Bring your car in for the! est motor tune-up job int Your motor will sing liif bird and run with gr2 power and efficiency whecf maestros of motor twi harmonize your motor's opt tion. Come in any t Phone 124. i THE MOUNTAIN STATtS TELEPUCWE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. I happen .in a varying de? the economy of Provo, 1 Geneva, Pleasant Grove, Si vill, American Fork and! Utah County cities. E Dean Beuhler, U. of U. Si making, a study of the ms dustry, dealt with cost anct ket factors of Geneva ail processing or satelling f connected uith it as a sotf their steel supply. i The tax situation in re Thermoid and Geneva Sit discussed as part of thee operation in competitive 5 kets. J. K. Richardson, c: Utah Mining Association p out that these production : were directly affecting fcL velopment of known ore dei in the American Fork areal were now deemed "mar only because of the high .4 production. J. A. Theobald, presidents Utah Chamber and H. tj Voiker, secretary of the Si Resources Committee also speakers. fit 6 FREE! FREE! FREE! Free demonstration of our Frigidaire Automatic Washer. My Name Is My Social Security No. Is . TRI-CITY FIRESTONE DEALER STORE 21 E. 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