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Show Y XSSr SUNDAY HERALD o)(ooirDS' ' f n culture. Utah's receipts from dairying row approximate $40 million anhas a big nually. Utah County100.900 cows some of the share producing milk in Utah. More than 100 Utah plants are processing, milk into thse products: Fresh milk, ice cream, ice mi butter, cheese, sherbet, cottage cheese, evaporated milk, and nonfat dried milk solids. Utah County and Utah . are known for their quantity produc tion of dairy products. They are ( , signs of milking parlors have been built generally: Tandem, with raised milking stand for the cow and pit to the side; conventional, with all facilities m one floor level; and straightaway, using the pit type but with a single file arrangement, ratner than tandem, for milking. More than 90 per cent of Utah s cows are how milked with auto " ., j - ' .,. . ; V. H ' .' , n T"niiiinn V , . An expansion program of the nd Mountain States Telephone a new at is Telegraph Company peak this, year with construction underway on a $3,000,000 project that will bring dial telephone serv ice to Provo, Orem and Spring ville. Ground Was broken In Febru ary for the new Provo plant the company, at First East and First North. Included in the building will oe offices, shops, and facilities for nro-the dial system. The over-a- ll ject, including a new building at Orem and the switchover from manual to dial operation, will require about 18 months to com plete. Tentative completion date for the Provo building is September of this year, following which ex change equipment will be inand telephones converted stalled Fork and Springville and serves dial for operation. The building growers, mainly from Utah will be a two-story concrete struc County. . ture. The number of growers under The company's ex the cooperative has declined con pansion telephone been in pro has project siderably in the past few years. gress for the past decade during The year 1953 was perhaps the which telephone service has been poorest since growing celery greatly expanded; boomed into prominence in Utah There are now more than 14? 600 telephones on the Provo ex County. Celery growers hope to over change, an increase of 300 per come the problem and revive the cent during the past few years. crop as a leading revenue getter Similar growth has been noted in years to come. in other areas of the county. . " .'! .. '' ' ' . , . ' ; ) -' This herd of Holstein dairy cattle was snapped by a Herald staff phoographer at pasture near Highway 91 about a mue south of Spanish Fork. There are many fine dairy herds in Utah County, known for the high quality, and quantity of production. A number of. modern "milking DAIRY HERD AT PASTURE parlors" have been constructed in the past few years. Receipts from dairying in Utah now approximate $40 million annually, with a good share of that amount r received by Utah County dairymen. .;. "V j : r j sold amounted to 43,389,098. 6.84 per; cent higher than the 40,610,-69- 9 for 1952. U The plant's peak load soared to 12,600 k.w. in December 1953 to surpass the previous plant high of 11.200. i !:: I : ft '- yu- I; L ' ' ; 1 - - 1 " i " - i" V. - I- ''-;- j.-- i: J '- I ' . !''"' i; ' 1" yi!i yyyy . ' !. i , - ' si " 1 - - 1 a ' . ' '. A : - - ' ' ' . . : . iiiaMs the west . - i . 1: !: ?" L j - 1 - . ,:' . . - , '''! v-- 'A - !i r '"; i..r , ": I, ''"( "; ; " i ; ; : i f J j AA 1 ' :! '' ' A I ' - , .' . ed t : ' ! ; ' f"- . ' A i !, : ; J - v .' . . . . ."! ' A 1 r A V-- i ' " ': J .; : . ' ' ' " f :.' ;i j . : AAl :AA 6-- D) ' M:!!! m, l '. - i ; A- v - ' A ' - . rosperity results from community cooperation and a firm belief in the benefits; of the Amencan way of life. The pacific Stated .Cast Iron Pipe and Company has prospered in Provo since 1926 as have Provo ' :t. 'A h has helped to make growth the surrounding areas. This mutual .1 " r,y.y y our intermouritain Area one of increasing national importance. Not All Dollars Are Alike The truth of that statement can be seen clearly by comparing American dollars spent for American-produce- d metals with American dollars spent for foreign metals. When dollars are used to buy the products of American mines, we get more than needed metals. We also enjoy the benefits of payrolls, tax payments and supply purchases that help create a higher standard of living for all Americans. motto will be the guide to a more prosperous i G STATES PACIFI yiy ' CA w x . ' . ST I RON PIPE - . . I ' n : :i ,. a . - metals pay no local, state end federal taxes; no income taxes from workers, staffs and company officials. no in They buy our market. They buy only part of their power needed supplies over here, and ship little ore or concentrates over our western railroads." oreJgn-produce- d "From Th& mines-l- et's V Earth Comes j LV;I ' i O'MPANY yy - y : - ? . - . ; r ; ''!,'.'' ... r UTAH MINING ' ? Our state and nation draw strength from our keep ASSOCIATION an' Abundant Life fc i What happens when AmertcandoIIars are used to buy foreign metals was ably portrayed by Representative Douglas R. String-fellowhen he testified before the.Houio Ways and Means them operating. ' future for us and our neighbors. J '"." j !. : - We feel sure our ; ' ' . f '' ' ' ' - for Alfi "j ... - A ' . A y "-- . iA ' j- , y . j Keyes Tank 2-- f A:t:-- A all-tim- Natural Gas Co. Completes Line ! .V:- ' commission, the depart ment spent $32,103.39 as Its share of a $62,103.39 project for instal lation of mercury vapor lights on the Fifth West and Third South white way, and $10,774.20 for in sodium stallation of state-supplivapor lights just inside the north and south city limits on Highway i ' .i road 9--D) 5. ; 91. During the year the city pur The utility retired $95,000 in chased 268,200 k.w.h. of elec revenue bonds. and Power Utah from tricity Light Co pany, a 29.72 per cent Total bonds issued by tie city decline from the 381,600 of the for all power plant construction and improvements since the proj previous year. ect was inaugurated amounted Big Payroll to Bonds amounting $2,450,000. em 73 The payroll for the been retired, to have $1,098,000 an ployes totaled $274,509.22 $1,352,000 outstanding. leaving e the other topping! high A notable improvement being 1952 figure which was $260,893.10. is conversion of made at Capital improvements in the the powerpresent to burn ga- - inplant power system continued during stead of coaL the year. In fact, more money than the total earnings made in 1953 were put back into the sys tem in improvements from (Continued The new southeast substation, Page Elrath. The outlook appears which enables the city to receive (Continued from Page electricity from Utah promising at this date, li pro standby and Power Light Company, was on a basis of two shifts per day. com ducing wells havirrgbeen a cost of $91,893.73; at 11 TVia pomnanvmakM stel tanks completed of them with alreaJy a total of $99,819.49 pleted, was invested Lf many hooked to pipelines kinds penstocksr-grai- n Three States Natural Gas Com in the distribution system in new bins and various other steel prod etc.; ucts.The tanks shipped North pany is the most extensive opera poles, transformers, meters, at the plant Dakota arebigto be used for petro tor, with 11 producing wells to capital expenditures date. The El Paso Natural Gas proper amounted to $2978.64; leum storage plant" investments, inProducts of the fir mare Company has completed two "general two new trucks, office to clients throughout seven wells, now capped, and another cluding etc.-- cost $V 304.20. western states and as far east being drilled, at the Peters Point equipment, field northeast of Price. Participating will the state as the Mississippi. !'v . '---- 10-- D) mittee in Washington, He saidi j , x . - " (Continued from Page w j ? i Utah Oil Expands Facilities Over Provo Power Plant Notes Broad Territory (Continued from! Page New Gains In Past Year aerved. "The company's growth can best be shown by the follow- -' lng comparisons: "In the early days its investment was about $30,000; now it is approximately $50,000,000. "In 1909, the refinery capacity was seven barrels of crude rl per day; now it has a capacity of about 28,000 barrels a day. , "Then, it employed a manager, one stillman and his helper, one fireman and his helper, a drayman, a salesman and a bookit has on its payrolls keeper; now1500 more than persons. "" "The company today serves ihe public through 90 bulk plants .lfld more than. 600 independently operated retail outlets," Mr. Holt ) j v , . 1,.' ,i , I f:"-- ( , it I ... - - , .'"hi i,n New Building Celery Men Seek Solution To Deteriorating Production Celery growers of Utah County 1953 and are seeking to find a solution to the problem of deteriorating quality and quantity. of the yield. Gross celery sales in 1953 amounted to less Uian $40,000 compared to $531,000 in 1947, according to a report from the Utah Growers Cooperative, which 'has- Backing sheds at American " . I ,nniil iMiiii .v )f y " . '. n,w m M - ..... v famous well beyond the borders of the state, and Utahns are eat ing more and more cottage cheese known for its low cost protein. Utah County and Utah ice cream stands high in flavor and general quality. Tank Truckinj Tank trucking is another a velopment in bringing Utanns or me superior milk. The rolling across stainless steel tank trucks the state means the' beginning of the end of the milk can. One known, too, for the high quality farm tank truck now operating of dairy products. Provo's milk is in the state carries 2500 gallons on the honor list of the United of milk. Some farmers have autoStates Public Health Departme t. matic electric milking apparatus A score of 90 per cent is neces- that takes the milk direct from sary to place on the list. the cow to a stainless steel vat Modern Equipment for cooling and storage. The milk of the One major developments is then transferred from the vat in Utah's dairying during tyS3 to the stainless steel tank truck has been . the building of more It rolls the milk to the processing milking parlors. Nearly 300 Utah plant. conUtah's processing plants, like dairy buildings were under Most the state's dairying farms, rate struction during the year. of the new buildings are of .con- - high hygienieally. crete or pumice stone. Three de- -l Utah s cheese is becoming had a poor year in w n 11-- D Telephone Go. Constructing de matic milkers. ' - M. ' Utah County dairymen nave ptajed a prominent role in bringing. Utah dairying to the top posi tion in revenue in Utah' agri - ".' m.,. 1851 '!' j ' ': |