| Show VALUABLE wore WORK rox OR THE zio ZIONS central board of or trade is dong all ati excellent work I 1 etwas not organized to ente enter r anto any particular brandhof brane branc hot hof business i or to inaugurate any special I 1 industry adus tr y its chief office is 14 to cit collect information on the resources and possibilities of the territory and bring at into such a shape that it may ba bel used in a manner by othera others for ford the development of our material lilt interests orests and the advancement of agriculture trade commerce and manufactures during its recent two days d ays session in this city the board ha bas considered a great many subjects and the various committees have made re ports of a vory very interesting character will no doubt be spread before in good time after aften tin tine yand ind adoption by the directors among the reported upon was the salt product i 0 k of 01 this region and it is to this that we desire at present to cal call atten latten tion it Is well known everywhere that our great lake yields salt enough to pickle the whole world if necessary those who have used it for various purposes have discovered however that it is net as w wll wil 11 ada adapted p ted for dairy use as some other ki kinds I 1 and liverpool salt has been imported in considerable quantities for mixing with butter but through the labors of the board of trade it is quite probable that the necessity for this importation will be entirely avoided according to a report presented there are some come salt balt aping i about 25 miles east of montpelier Mont polier in the bear lake count country rk in the possession of some rome of our oun people which yield salt of the purest quality A chemical has been made of this salt snit in comparison with the liverpool and salt lake article articles sj and the result shows that the bear lake salt contains in every parts of pure chloride of sodium or common salt the liverpool and the salt lake th thia analysis is of the solid matter in each it also appears that while the bear lake article contains a larger proportion f pure falt than the others named the matter remaining conta ns a less proportion than the tho i hers of sulphate of or magnesia ne sia which is the most nauseous a and i nd bitter bilter an anong among ong the substances that form the residue and which is th the most obnoxious t tho the flavor of butter i this is a valuable discovery with the present facilities for lor bot hot bolling about three tons of salt in awen twenty ty four hours mn be produced from the montpelier Moni pelier sah springs spring sy and it can be laid down in ia that flourishing town at sixty cents per hundred I 1 ands the oregon short line of railroad will pass through or close by montpelier and 19 is is 19 now graded to within half a mile of that place so 0 that railroad connections will soon be made with all parts and cheap shipment be secured salt lake salt misused Is used extensively for or ordinary dl inary pu purpose reposes and aud will continue to find a jarge market but the montpelier lMont peller salt will I 1 doubtless come into general use in these parts for dairy and table use uge usen uaea and aud nd thus do away awaya A ith the need heed importing the liverpool or any other kind there is one interesting fact that has hag been elicited by this analysis aea acm io that we have no nt nl n L t ta send tu anew york or any other city outside of utah for a thorough and competent chemical analysis of any kind the salts referred lo 10 were analyzed by professor joseph T kingsbury at the university of deseret which is presided over by dr john B R park that institution has every facility and all the talent that are needed for effecting as full and complete analyses as can be desired this ought to be generally known and we take great pleasure in publishing it A as a credit mark to that educational establishment we expect to publish the full analyses of these three kinds of salt as well as other reports that will prove ot of and benefit to the tiie people of utah as soon as us they have been examined and d mado made ready to present to the public |
