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Show A y i Bio Starls Lehman, general manager for the Salina Canyon Coal company, with splendid holdings in Salina canyon, was here the early days of the week mapping plans for development work in the canyon. A number of preliminary improvements are to be made at once and plans will soon be complete to start real work on the holdings. While here Mr. Lehman placed an order with the Arneson Lumber company, a local'concern, for a full carload of lumber. The lumber and materials will be taken to the canyon at e once and immediately a large will be erected at the mine. e will have eleven The rooms and will be made comfortable fpr the .workmen who are to be employed in the development work. Later, Mr. Lehman said, more buildings will be erected and an office and other conveniences will be added. In addition to the Manager Lehman placed an order for two carloads of brick to be used at the mine. Some of the brick will be used in placing the foundations for the huge boilers that will be necessary in equipping the plant sufficiently to carry out the work on a large scale. A power engine, cables, cars, track and other necessary equipment have been ordered for the Salina Canyon Coal company. Mr. Lehman is highly enhtusiastic over the prospects and feels confident that it will only be a matter of a very short time until coal will be coming in big quantities from the immense, beds in the canyon. , bunk-hous- bunk-hous- bunk-hous- 150-hor- M Shipments e, se Gan Be Bandied A recent issue of the Utah Farmer displays an interesting advertisement of the annual volume of business the 27 factories located in Utah and Idaho are capable of handling. milForty three and lion dollars annually from beet sugar is would be some sugar returns, some is ad which the of (caption staggering figure. This too without the additional investment of capital. In other words, the 27 factories could produce this volume of business were they given capacity slicing campaigns, or approximately 2,500,000 tons of beets. The revenue from sugar made from this tonnage of beets computed on a basis of $7.00 per bag would total $43,750,000.00, and it is interesting to note that approximately half of this amount or $20,000,000 would go to the beet growers for the raw material figuring $8.00 per ton for beets. Other disbursements of the total are small in proportion to that given the grower, as will be noted below: Beet growers $20,000,000.00 Railroads 7,500,000.00 three-quart- er v iyvy v y MARCH 7, 1924. Sprouting No. 40. Eminent Engineer Gives On Our Coal Gradually and surely Salina and the immediate vicinity are mounting h :o the of any section in he west when it comes to stock shipments. An enviable record has Situation V top-notc- been established during the past few nonths, not alone from point of number of stock, but for fat, sleek and nigh-pric- e getting cattle and sheep. During the entire shipping period for the past month or more the yards at the local depot has been busy and che city at times has been crowded with eager buyers. Fourteen carloads of prime fat cattle were forwarded from the local yards last Saturday and Tuesday of this week six more were sent out. Both shipments comprised some fancy fat cattle and both were consigned to the Los Angeles markets. carDuring February forty-siloads of stock were sent form Satina, being distributed between Los Angeles and the Salt Lake markets. In addition to the stock there were forty-fiv- e carloads of the famous North Sevier alfalfa hay and fifteen cars of rock salt aided in making Salina one of the most active shipping points along the line of the railx road. A gang of carpenters has been here for some time making some needed improvements at the station and among the additions was the ind stallation of a loading chute for sheep. double-decke- Progressive Dinner The annual social of the LProgres-s- o Club took the form of a progressive dinner given Saturday evening. There were five courses served respectively at the Don C. Merril, G. M. Burr, June Webb, Joseph Anderson and A. S. Crane homes. Decorations were red carnations except at Joseph Andersons, where delicate blue sweet peas accompanied the salad course. There were 24 guests and all united in saying that the LProgresso dinner was the best that had been served in Salina for many a day. At the Crane home, progressive 500 followed the sherbet and angel food, prizes going to Miss M. Tuve and Dr. Leo Merrill, while Mrs. Leo Merrill and C. R. Evans were duly consoled for their misfortunes with the capricious scions of royalty. Pleasantly Surprised Pagers Are Filed In Forfeit Soil Suit to forfeit grants of right of way in Salina canyon to the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad was filed in the United States district court by the goverment, Tuesday, says the Telegram. The suit is being prosecuted by S. W. Wiliams, special assistant to the attorney general, who was assigned to the case from Washington. Others named in the suit are: Thomas Beacom, receiver of the road; the Bankers Trust company and the New York Trust company, trustees for the road. A right of way in Salina can or was granted to the Castle Valley Railway company in 1902, after which the Denver &Rio Grande obtained certain other rights from the company as well as from the government. A track was construct; I, but never operated. A committee representing interests of the Salina canyon region recently urged state support in ordering the grants 'forfeited, as it is claimed the development of coal lands is retarded through the roads inactivity. DONT MISS THE PICTURES Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Brandt were pleasantly surprised last Tuesday evening when some twelve of their friends gathered to commemorate the 56th birthday anniversary of Mrs. Brandt. Cards, an enjoyable social time and delicious refreshments were enjoyed by those present. In the contest for prizes at cards honors went to Mesdames E. W. Crane and Henry Cushing and D. G. Burgess and E .W. Crane. Mew Millinery Store grain and alfalfa, thu3 tiding the $43,750,000.00 flood of such commodities onto the As a striking contrast to the fig- local markets, and creating a better ures above quoted, recent articles price for the hay and grain produced. from the press have mentioned the Beets are marketed before the seed deporable conditions existing in the is planted, for a stipulated sum, plus wheat growing belt of eastern Mon- a division of the profits received by tana, North Dakota and western the sugar companies from the sale Minnesota. Financial conditions of of the refined product. It is estimatfarmers inhabiting that area is such ed that a well regulated beet district as to cause nearly. 400 banks in the should carry approximately 25 per past year to become insolvent. They cent of the cultivated and irrigated not only depend upon grain but their land in sugar beets as a measure of operations iq cattle growing are quite safety against overflooded markets extensive. The returns from this by other crops included in the rotasource having been rather scant the tion system, none of which in our past few years, coupled with the low country have the ready market for price of wheat, etc. have so depleted cash incident to beet culture. the reserves of the country banks Reports from other fortunate disas to make it impossible for many tricts of Utah and Idaho where sugar to continue. factories are located, indicate record On the other hand conditions of sowings to beets. The local factory Colorado, Wyoming,, Utah and Idaho, has signed about 80 per cent of the have steadily improved, due largely expected acreage, but they say the to the sugar beet. Where they are prevailing sentiment is favorable to cultivated as a natural consequence signing the full 100 per cent by time there is less acreage planted into planting is completed. A rare treat is in store for every man, woman and child in North Sevier who would see dis- ease banished and better health when the conditions obtain, health film pictures being shown throughout the state will be ex- hibited in Salina, Redmond and Aurora next Monday. The pictures will be shown in Salina at 2:30 for the children and at 3:45 for adults. For Aur- ora the time has been set for 1:15 and at Redmond during Monday evening. Secretary Wallis and M. S. Parker of the Utah Public Health association have just completed a tour of Sanpete county and the lectures and pictures are pro- some of the best, most . nounced educating and interesting ever seen in this line of work. The pictures are free and it is urged by Mr. Wallis that everybody attend. . . Ay Interesting Statistics Miss Wanda Erickson, who has been at Salt Lake for some time past Labor 6,000,000.00 taking special lessons in the art of 1,200,000.00 millinery, has opened a millinery deBag Manufacturers Coal, Limerock and coke partment at the Fair Store. Miss 900,000.00 Erickson became quite expert in the producers Other operating supply art during her absence and she an400,000,00 nounces that it will be her policy to dispensers Maintenance material discarry the best in. ladies and young 1,000,000.00 girls head dress. pensers Taxes, interest, etc. . . 1,750,000.00 Stockholders 5,000,000.00 Total P Bulge M. 1 l'VVU' SAUNA, UTAH, FRIDAY, VOL. 6 R. av Woodmen Entertain Local Modern Woodmen and their wives were hosts and hostesses at a well appointed social Wednesday night of this week when some thirty-fiv- e members gathered for a good time. Cards were the feature diversion of the evening, eight tables being occupied in the contest. Ladies prizes were won by Mrs. Gledon Jensen and Mrs. C. E. Wst, while Robert Evans and Henry McKenna were The National Forest of the Inter- mountain region are rapidly becoming popular playgrounds for the public, states R. H. Rutledge, District Forester, Intermountain District, Ogden, Utah. The National Forest of the Intermountain region were visited by a total of 426,174 persons in 1923, a marked increase over the year before when the number was slightly less than 300,000, the increase being very largely due to the greater number of through tourists who are visiting the National Forests on their way east and west or to the National Parks, as several trunk routes pass through National Forests. At the same time the National Forests must not be conceived as competing in any way with the National Parks in recreation for the public. The National Parks contain wonders of major importance which attract tourists from far and wide all over the United States, while the National Forests play their most important part by furnishing good healthful recreation to the inhabitants of nearby cities and towns. Their importance in this is clearly shown in statistics recently compiled. A total of 141,426 campers visited the National Forests of this region. Nearly half of these or 68,347 are credited to the Wasatch Forest,' not because this Forest has remarkable attractions but because it is close to the thickly populated Salt Lake Valout-of-do- With the assurance now of the immense coal beds in Salina canyon being thoroughly developed and extraction to follow in the shortest time possible, there is every reason for rejoicing by every citizen in Southern Utah, particularly, those of Salina and Sevier county. H. E. Lewis, general manager for the Sevier Valley Coal company, and who spent several days here last week making a personal inspection of the properties east of town, stated that preliminary arrangements were fast being made to begin real work. Nothing definite as to the installation of machinery or the erection of buildings was given out by Manager Lewis, but pending the adjustment of the controversy between the government and the right of way claimed by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad, plans will be perfected and arrangements made to go ahead on construction and development. Mr. Lewis, who is perhaps the best versed engineer on coal deposits and development, gave the Sun man an interview on the importance of coal development in the west. I have been engaged in the coal business for 30 years, said Mr. Lewis, and during almost the whole of that time engaged in the opening and construction and operation of poal mines, the greater part of that time being spent in Utah and Wyoming. It has been very interesting to me to hear continuously during all these years, the pessimist wail about there being too many coal mines. Still I have seen Wyoming coal production grow from three and a half million tons to 10 millions tons a year. And, too, I have seen Utah production increase from three million tons to six million tons. The fact of the matter is that Utah has trebled her coal production every ten years during the last 53 years. There must have been a demand for the coal or it would not have been produced. The western states, especially the seven states that buy Utah coal, is increasing their population, wealth and commercial business very fast and will continue to do so at a rapid rate. All this increase creates a new demand for coal. We too, must take into consideration the fact that the oil production from the existing wells is decreasing, as statistics show, at the rate of many thousand barrels every week, and at the same time the ley. oil consumption by automobiles, tracThe Uinta, close to the Utah valley, tors and various other usages is incomes next with 11,00, while the and bounds, thus creasing by leaps Teton Forest, with its incomparable scenery and world wide fame was visited by only 10,000 campers. Much the same thing is shown in regard to hunters and fishermen. The accessible Forest rather than the primitive backwoods served the followers of Nimrod the best. Out of the 65,153 hunters and fishermen on the National Forests of this region over 7,000 visited the Fishlake Forest and Bill Peters, one of the newspaper over 6,000 each were credited to the men of Southern Utah who is conWasatch and Uinta Forests in Utah and the Targhee Forest in Idaho. tinually boosting and not tearing Probably the wildest Forest in the down, does not mince words in opposwhole region is the Idaho, yet it was ing the granting of a stage line bevisited by only 487 hunters and fish- tween Salt Lake and St. George. ermen. The National Forests serve from the general public which has neither Bills town, Panguitch, far the time nor the money to travel far the railroad, is satisfied with, the to the great wonders of the western present condition, as is evidenced by country, while the National Parks the following article taken from the serve a more wealthy and leisured Garfield CountyNews of last week: class from all over the United States. The News has been figuring pretty Each has a definite place to fill. ever since we read the Paniltli Opposes Agio Slags Lioe Salinas Future Big August Peterson, a former merchant of Salina, and who has been absent for nearly a year at Salt Lake, spent the early days of the week here looking after business interests. Mr. Peterson recently lost his grocery store and meat market by fire and at present he is out of business. Salina looks mighty good to me, said the visitor and I may later decide to awarded the gentlemens prizes. At return here. With the opening of the 11 oclock an elaborate luncheon was coal mines the city is destined to served and this was followed by an grow and will surely, some day, be hour devoted to a social visit. the metropolis of Southern Utah. Claud Christensen and Fred Allred, Frank Herbert underwent an Salina the at who Hospital spent the past six months at operation Mrs. Thursday last, and though still quite Los Anegeles, returned to Salina ill, is recovering as rapidly as can Tuesday of this week. They will rebe expected. main here for the summer. hard lately, first article regarding the Auto Stage line from Salt Lake to Richfield, and thence on to St. George, and we trust that the utilities and the people of this section and up north of us will give the matter as much consideration as we have before they get involved too heavy in the matter. The D. & It. G. Ity. has given us pretty good service for a great many years, and have been unable to make all ends meet any too strongly in a financial way, and if the passenger, express and freight business is up, it is bound to make poorer service all around. We believe it will mean a freight train about twice a week, with a passenger coach tied on the end of it, and take from daylight till dark to get from Marys-val- e to Salt Lake City, and that the n, forcing railroads, manufacturing industries and homes back to the use of coal, or will do in the very near future. Necessarily these institutions will be forced to provide facilities for the use of coal. The railroads and industries who do not use coal, will be forced to use it, due to the prohibitive cost of oil, which is sure to follow sooner or later. Statistics in the eastern centers for the past few years show that of all the oil burning installations put into homes, over 60 per cent have been taken out and thrown into the junk pile on account of the disagreeable conditions that follow such installations. There is another factor that works against the use of oil the high rate of insurance on homes or buildings where it is used on account of the great fire hazard. These facts all being true will all contribute to the demand for the most stable power and heat producer we know of today coal. "As I view the very near future, there will be such a heavy demand for Utah coal that the resources of this state are going to be taxed to the utmost to produce it. I have come to the conclusion that very few of the citizens of Sevier county fully appreciate the enormous resources and wealth that lay locked up behind their mountain walls. We have so many mineral resources and so much coal that it would sound like exaggeration for me to tell you the gigantic figures. What you really need is more boosting and lots of it. Your citizens should get out and talk and make a loud noise and tell the world and stranger what you have. Really, you should all make such a noise that the oustider would come here to investigate. Money never increased itself locked up in a safety deposit box, neither will the resources locked up in your canyons ever bring anything as long as you keep them from view. If you boost your local vicinity, you boost your own state, then your neighboring states, which havent the resources you have, and which they must have, will come to Utah, Sevier county and Salina and buy, thus you wre turning your resources into dollars and increasing your wealth and prosperity and providing employment for your people. I have no hesitancy in predicting that soon you will see long coal trains rolling out of this section of Utah, industries will be paying out payrolls, the size of which you never (Continued on page 8) rolling stock of the company will decrease and depreciate in value, as they will not be able to give us the service they are now doing if automobiles are put into service on regular schedule. This may be the day of autos all right, but we do not believe it the time for the auto to take the place of one of the biggest assets we have in this section of the country, the railroad. We truly think it is poor encouragement toward having the railroad company make any further improvements or better their service. It is a matter that we think needs weighty forethought before any such franchise is granted. The News cannot see where it will do this section one bit of good, but can see where it will materially hurt us, especially in the way of freight and express shipments, if the railroad is compelled to pull down from its regular service it is rendering us now, and if a greater portion of its business is cut off it will be compelled to do this same thing, as sure as shooting. We truly believe the people of this district are perfectly satisfied with the service they are receiving from the D. & R. D., and would hate mightily to see it interfered with in any way that would cause it so suffer any more losses than it is now sustaining. Several of the commercial clubs have taken the matter up and are asking that the matter be deferred for the present at least, and we believe the commission should go well into the matter from every point of view before any decisive answer is given to the stage line. t ) ' |