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Show PAGE TWO. THE PEOVO HERALD STEEL DAY EDITION. UTAH COUNTY, INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL . and that the bad grown to over $275,000,000. annual yield fro tbe Provo river ?5 'particularly advantageous from that ords. now many snow mat tua nas arms ana orcnarda is nearlv inT tan I The Lake Mancllx.lnt. Suit h last March 12 March. is years ago over 60,000 teres plantes to or-- 00.000 and from our livestock If anyone Ik looking fur an ideal electric line connects all the prio-clifonibiuation of iuduMry, agriculture. charts, over 60 per cent f which la owners receive over tSOOuorn towns of tbe valley with Salt ascribed as the actual date, and this In apples and 24 per cent in peaches year. scenery and all that gties with Its of celebrated cities Provo seventy other and Lake ' year important tboue basic resource, then Utah Provo la tbe county seat of Utah la shipped from Provo each year. Tbe main line and tbe fifth snniverssry- - The settlers on state. Ibe couny, that veritable lnlund empire, Tintie branch of the Denver ft Uio tbe banks of tbe Provo river first county and la rightly named the Apples grown In Utah county are Just a abort distance south of Suit Grande Western and the main line constructed a stockade and later a Garden City of Utah. It has a pop- much eoght after by eastern buyers Lake City, awaits tola coming. of tbe Los Angeles ft Bait Lake mud fort as. a protection against ulation of 14JS02. snd hundreds of thousands of dolIt is bounded on tbe east by tbe lars of this product Is sent to the railroad, pass through the county. the Indiana. The peaceful valley to Although one of the fimiller sized providing an excellent outlet to bout day carries no Indications of tbe bzeautlful Wasatch mounts ins and eastern and western markets eacn divisions, I'tiih county lays claim coast and eastern market a. Tbe daya tbat marked its early history. to the west is Utah lake, a lovely year. ' to place auxins the leaders in its proposed Moffat road through tbe Pleasant G r ve was once known as stretch of fresh water ten miles contribution to the economic pros Uintah basin will terminate in Battle Creek, tbe name being de- wide and thirty miles long. Ecenlcauy. thla valley among the great state. the of I'tah county perity Mount reaches mountains south haa no peer. it and To north tbe Utah numerous county. encounters rived from of 46,000 was given by population of the districts of Utah the east side highest pesk into valley the rich clti-sethe Un agricultural Timnanogoa, Indians. with the IvJt) census, but any loyal moat accessions la beon tbe probaa of easily Wasatch inUtah range, In Is Into county. development that It that of the county, and delving history ; nounced. This has resulted almost one finds Justification for quesThis section is the richest agricul- from Provo and hikes are held each cludes nearly everyone, will tell an for that fact from the more whether industry or agri tural region In Utah and baa no year from this point than entirely tioning Inquirer that there are small-scalProvo la tbe city of Industrial farming, such as was culture has been most Important as peer in the lntermonntaln west 60,000 people in the same region tonecessary before the coming of Irri a background for Utah county. It Sugar beets fornvtone of the most possibilities. All kinds of raw day. The 1923 axxeKxed valuation can be furnlsbed cheaply gation, tbe many small streams was at Provo tbat the first wonktn profitable crops, over two million for the county was iM.OOO.OOO. Its from this and quickly Ao the manufacturer. coming from tbe mountains offered mill and sugar factory was estab- dollars being derived area Is 2,342 square miles, or 1,498,-80amnio water. The early pioneers lished In Utsh. The woolen .mill crop alone la 1920. Our nes roes to the coal fields is a acres, of which approximately Water power Wheat. notttoea. bay and other great advantage. chose tbe east side of the valley, started by Brlgham Toung waa tbe within the la Included and today one going through the foundation for the woolen Industry crops are raised in abundance and may be developed at numerous forest reserves. Utah lake, the or over the high of Provo today. Tbe first venture In bring good returns to tne grower places near Provo and electric, gas largest body of fresh water In the arteries that heretofore have car eountv on train In the and steam power msy be bad at when one certain Some finest now of tbe peaches Is g waa always not covers 100,000 successful. of way blood ried the approximately agriculture. only late, acres, rne wasatra range occupies Utah county Is In a quandry. She has tunned the corporate limits m but later there was built at Lebl a world are grown In thla section and reasonable rates. One of the largest hydro-electrand western of the third county visions blast furnaces, kmg one community ana entered anotner. sugar factory tbat marked the tri- thousands of carloads of thla fruit the belching plants In tbe west Is located at the on lta forested slopes are Innumer- tralna of pig Iron and all that In From tbe Jordan Narrows on we umphant entrance of the Industry mouth of Provo canyon. At the same time north, where tbe river naa cut Into this state. Until tbe entry of has been paid to saving tbe able springs that start the streams dufctry means. Bait lake. Power la transmitted to the mines making of coke. supplying the water for the fertile she sees ber fertile farms that have thrnueh to reach Great towns of tbe iron smelters industry and agri nets given off in thecoal will be re- of the Tlntlc district and over tbe tbe culture were one. Tbe sugar fac- Tbe 1000 tons of valleys and providing Domes tor tue leen ber chief claim to fame for going south there are Fork, Pleasant tories, canneries, woolen mills and duced to approximately 600 tons of mountains to tbe coal mines in and sees thou- rhl. American trout that attract anglers by the the hist hundred to tbnt particular region. sands of additional acres that can Grove, Orem, Provo, I ronton, Bprlng- csndv factories have been denend - eoke. It la estimated tbat the by Carbon and Emery counties. Borne manufacturers have recogent on agriculture and one could product ovens wiU produce 9000 gal After accounting for the moun- be made eqtally productive by the ville, Spanish torn, naiera, Ions of coal tar, 12,000.000 cubic feet nised these advantages and are lonot survive wlthont the tainous area, the lake, and making application of water. The people shore, Geneva and Benjamin, with on the ridge at of illuminating gas, 300 gallons of cated here. The Industrial payroll GIVES IMPETUS. provisions for a certain percentage of I'rovo and the other communities Santaquln perched The coming of tbe steel Industry benzol and a significant tonnage of of Provo Is over one million dollars of desert land, one fiuds that the of the county are wondering If it the southern end. . On the foothills A large por annually. agricultural area will not exceed Is Industry that la going to be the sre the communities of Goshen and to Utah baa given Utah county a ammonium aulpbate. Elberta. Provo, with a population- new grasp on optimism. The erec- - tion of tbe gas wiU be consumed at 800,000 acres, and all of that is not foundation for their future developIndustries sre not the outstand under cultivation. Yet that area ment The county's scenery Isn't f approximately 14,000, Is the larg- t(m of a stee, pUnt t into,,, in. the mllL The surplus wiU be marof Provo, however. The has the fertility of the Nile valley causing much anxiety. As the years cat cltv of the county, au ine volving the expenditure of spprcxl- - keted for consumption in tbe com- ing feature is famous chiefly because of its nave coal near Tbe city tar, munities by. first and the people living there have the pass it will Increase In importance. communities are prosperous, for the unit, mutely $3,500,000 educational and home making adtttributes of the lielginns when it Tlmpauogos will alwaya smile or modern school systems, attractive has made the county realize its from which is derived a veritable Toung unicomes to getting the most out of frown, as befits its mood, on either residential sections, and their mod- stragetic position with reference to thousand and one products such as vantages. The Brlgham school of tbe thel adargest versity, medicines and the patent perfumes, From soil. ern the bespeaks appearance their agricultural an industrial or agricultural valley. this new and important activity: Latter-DaSaints school system, Is To seek some sort of a settlement vancement of the county of which Ironton is about three miles south vnrlous chamical compounds, wiU be part of Utah county there are shiphundreds of families and Provo OFFICERS r, st refined. 1000 a a vote was recently taken among the they are part. of Provo and there is some talk of ped out annually approximately homes in Provo in their are making VARIED. establishment As the a of result PRODUCTS to South cars of peaches, 5O0 cars of apples, school children of I'rovo, and It waa name its being changed of this Wm. H. Brereton, President ovens the Repub order to take advantage 100 cars of pears, 100 cars of cher- found that only a trifle over 7 per Utab county has the soil and cli- Provo. This move is being taken be of the Institution. ries, 100 curs of prunes, 600 cars ceut of them were from families de- matic conditions and the water sup- cause tbe steel company has an- lic Creosote company has contracted splendid John Roundy, Vice President of potatoes, SO cars of strawberries, pendent on agriculture. This would ply for all type of farmlngg. The nounced no plans for building resi- for the erection of a $500,000 plant Never use a piece of wire in place coke ovens to manufacand the of vegetables, fruit opposite SO cars of onions, 50 cars of other indicate that comA yields workmen. high its has dences for industry already Alva Nelson, Cashier of a fuse. vegetables, 50 cars of candy, 040 established Itself in Provo. But the sugar beets, celery and special crops munity, however, Is springing up ture creosote and flotation oil from The Provo cars of canned goods, 1200 cars of important aspect la that the In- make the land too valuable for the around the smelters, but Provo ihe tar Julian F. Greer, Asst. Cashier refined sugar, and 800,000 gallons of crease of Industry will have Its re- production of grains and hay except citizens feel that a large share of Foundry and Machine shop, which milk. It is no wonder Utah county flection on agriculture by enlarging as rotation crops. The county is the workmen will choose to make has been In operation for some time, baa been known as the garden the home markets. not, however, without lands suitable their homes In tbat city. When tbe is finding its position considerably DIRECTORS grain and bay rais- steel company reacbea maximum enhanced by the entry of companion county of Utah. From every standpoint the Utah for large-scal- e firms. of Tbe Cedar Utah of tbe defarms county Tbe people would Geologists dry undoubtedly We are apt to think of Utah as a R. W. Brereton valley Is Ideal for both agriculture ing. Wm. H. Brereton operations and tbe other activities clare that the agricultural area and Industry. Utah county contains valley In the northwestern part of being attracted by it are going It feel that the Ironton smelters are state, or with but little atbe to and in certain their magnetic that enables Utah county to main- not only the Utah valley, but sev- the county raise good crops tLere will bean a considerable increase timber of a market value, Lafe Bown John Roundy traction of other branches of the are over 4,000,000,000 feet yet, tain her exalted position Is merely eral smaller valleys. The Utah supply considerable tonnages of bay In population. of timber will livestock their n extension of the Great Salt Lake valley, however, la the most produc- for winter feeding of tbe place Installation of the first unit of great Industry tbat in two counties alone that awaits John A. Randall E. E. Corf man valley and should not be considered tive of them all, although comple- that are grazed on tbe forest re- tbe plant haa been under way for section in tbe front rank of the In- n tbe saw. intermoun-taisome time and when completed dustrial centers of the N. C Spalding separately. Begardless of topog- tion of the Strawberry irrigation serve ranges In tbe summer. That in one county alone In 1923, historic region. Everyone knowa how there was raised fruit enough to Tbe county bus will produce approximately 500 tons raphy, however, the citizens of Utah project has gone al ong way toward was natural that after of pig iron dally. In order to turn a payroll builds and stabilizes a re- supply every man. woman and child , can rejoice that the great valley ex- putting the Goshen and other minor tends south and doea not came to a valleys Into a position where they aeciaing 10 setue near urev sail taut this amount 1000 tons of coal gion and It Is tbe large payrolls that In the United States with a pound, Mdden end at what Is now known can combine forces and challenge lake tbe Mormon pioneers should ex and a similar tonnage eftrude Iron the. people of Provo and Utab coun- each of fine fruit and tbat the fla M the Jordan narrows. To the the supremacy of the mother valley. plore all parts of their new home. ore will be necessary. The coal will ty are' seeking. The employment of vor of Utah fruits and vegetables imaginative mind It appears aa Industry considers . transportation To the north they found other come from tbe Bunny side mlneerUR 400 people by tbe Columbia Steel has no equal in the world. though, after shaping the Great facilities, .and the excellent paved valleys Ideal for a state's principal supply of coking corporation will furnish a. good In 1905 the value of good turned sfart on tbe large scale expansion, out Bait lake valley, spreading out In highways and the railroad systems people, and to the aouth they fonnd coal, and will be bandied In leee than by Utah factories- feel. three directions from Salt Lake which traverse tbe county make it another region tbat attracted ther. ovens. This will be the first they it had $50,000,000 while In 1923 Tbe first settlers, according to re time tbat any particular attention n 0 nature surveyed ber work and momentarily decided she had been generous enough wllh thN state, Hut a glance to the south from the ridge through which the Jordan river has since cut brought to view the rugged beauty f the lordly Tim ttanogoK, and she knew that such Jewel should have a special setting, and, continuing the work, she sup plied lr. THE GARDEN CITY. In its ascension to leadership rtah county has always considered Itself the garden county of Utah. and I'rovo, the couuly seat and third largest city of the state, baa taken on the appellation "Garden city.' It was not a misnomer, aa the expert figures previously given amply prove. But recently Utah county found that within ber bor ders lies the natural meeting place for the Carbon county coal and the Iron county Iron ore. Now the thrill of Industry la pulsing through Facts About Provo State 1 e la Of Provo sugar-makin- ic by-pr- i i i I; half-centur- other.-STEE- . I. i' y i' i; : if: hi; UTAH TIMBER n it- non-timb- 1.1 bnck-gtund.- lt . I.ii tf f 1 4 It WE DO A GENERAL BANKING The Provo BUSINESS. Utah County Mattress Factory BOOK If You Need BINDERY PLUMBING PHONE 4 SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 345 Provo, Utah. Utah Timber and Save your old clothes and have Coal Company 661 W. Second N, mattresses made from them at the above address. And Want Is prepared to execute in at RIGHT Prices , ry,jYfVvwwuiM or HEATING Service First Class Work PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON first-cla- and satis- ss factory manner all kinds of binding. Particular attention given to the work of schools, colleges, universities and public FULL SUPPLY PRICES Plain edge, $5.25 i,, from 50-lb- ., to $9.00 If BUILDING MATERIAL r i, ii i;. i. Roll Edge $7.25 to 60-l- b. Call on P. L LARSEN Books, Periodicals, ' from STORE YOUR COAL $11.00 FOR WINTER. Technical and Scientific Publications, Theses, Reports, 343 W. Center. Phone 574 Ruling, Blank Book Making, Etc. All Kinds of Commercial Work. Utah County Mattress Factory DEPENDABLE SERVICE 160 West Fifth North. PROVO, UTAH 60 E. Fifth North St. Phone 852. n Use the Phone 232 |