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Show THE CITIZEN iwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiHiuiHiiiiiimiiHiiiiuiuHiiiiiuuiiiiiniiiiiiuiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiinmiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiie UTAHS INDUSTRIES I 11 deal of virgin water power in Europe for electrical energy, and its development will greatly lessen the present supply of coal, which is used almost exclusively. There are 4,853 miles of wire in the average sized Bell telephone central office, enough to reach from San Francisco to New York and half way back across the continent. MiiiiiminiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiMiiminiiiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiimiUa SHORES OF GREAT SALT LAKE HARBOR BIG 80DIUM BEDS (By Nahtaniel Jackson.) After several years of experiment- ing and exploitation it appears, to chemical engineers, not only in Salt Lake City, but in metropolitan centers, that the shores of Great Salt Lake between Garfield and the mouth of the Jordan river, soon will develop one' of the most important chemical industries in the United States; The base for this industry is sodium sul- phate, which exists in layers, under a sand overburden, very thick and pure enough to attract the attention of commercial chemistry throughout the land. The experimenting began about the time of the World War, when the value of chemicals shot sky high and made it profitable to extract them even with the most crude application. Several small companies were organized. They appeared on the shores of the lake with varied separation processes. Some success was attained,- but generally it was found necessary to suspend operations, when who had been attracted, handed down the opinion that' too small capital was invested. One noted chemist, F. C. Grimes of the Hobart Building,-- San Francisco, representing the Shillings interests, who spoilt a month on the salt flats, . . ?x-pert- expressed the thought that the s, chemi- cal concerns were endeavoring to with $25 capbu'ld a Pierce-ArroSince that time many have ital. seen the wisdom of his remarks and according to those who are now wrest-'lin-g with the problem on the beaches of this side of Great Salt Lake have ample funds with which to proceed. It is a well known fact that one concern has filed with the. state on approxiamtely four square miles in this area and are on top of one of w 'the purest deposts of sodium sul- phate in the United States. It is ample in. size to furnsh a market for scores of years to come and at a price which is bound to mount, owing to the fact that chemicals which come from sodium sulphate are going into very extensive use with the result that the demand is healthy and will increase. The sodium sulphate which lies under the sand overburden is said to represent a very ancient deposit. Chemically it consists of ingredients much different from the sodium which, when the weather is very cold, rolls up on the shore from the brine of Great Salt Lake. That type melts very readily and is said to contain, impurities which cause it to be objectionable as against the sodium sulphate lying in. great layer depos- its. In addition the deposited sodium sulphate, it has been found through experiments of recent date and which lend impetus to the importance of the product, possesses behavior pleasing to the commercial chemist. It can bo roasted and blown off in a powder, to be .caught in whirling separators, In a', condition where it may be barreled or sacked like flour. It is this form that attracts the chemical trade and as soon as the production begins it will be rolling back to the chemical centers in the east by trainloads. Those hopeful of cpmmercializing all the output right here have visions of chemical plants strewn along the shore of Great Salt Lake on this side, which will employ thousands and add greatly to Utah's financial wealth. It would be idle here to attempt to discuss what sodium sulphate will do, except to say that it breaks up into a chemical school of about 200 products which vary (n value from a few cents a pound to $300 an ounce. Chemist Grimes, one of the best authorities to have speculated cn the opportunities here, and who has subjected at San Francisco laboratores the brines of Great Salt Lake to expensive and extensive tests, predicts tha under favorable electric power Salt Lake will win renown as a chemical center. The power rates are now, it is said, very favorable in that section, wher a large amount of electricity is used, to the chemical industry. On an average for manufactruing purposes cost engineers agree that they are almost as low, if not as low, as they are at Niagara Falls. This should mean, some time during 1924, the opening of a great chemical industry which would attract more attention of eastern financial men than almost anything we have, except the mining industry. The attendng chemical problem is difficult without the advice of a competent chemical engineer; however, it sholud be productive of gain if some of the financial men of the local area would look with a keener eye to what is taking place on the near shore of Great Salt Lake. . r'-ite-s LET IT BE DEFINITE. The average citizen seems to feel that he is hot qualified to discuss the Muscle Shoals project and the disposition of this great public property by congress, due to the magnitude of the transaction involved. As a matter of. fact, the property belongs to the people and the way it stands now Henry Ford has made a proposition to lease it from the government for a period of 100 years at a very low rental, part of the consideration for which seems to be thai he will undertake to make cheap fertilizer. This latter point, however, is apparently indefinite as to quantity or price. If a man leased a farm to a third party on condition that he clear out so many stumps per year and tho lessee failed to live up to his agreement, a good lease would provide that the land revert to the lessor, and not be left with lessee for speculative purposes. After all verbiage is brushed away, it would seem that this is about the situation in regard to Muscle Shoals and the public interest snould be protected along these lines whether u lease is made to Henry Ford or anybody else. This property should not be used as the basis of private All wiring and electrical fixtures are made of copper and it would take millions of tons of the red metal to make he change. There is a gret Municipal 1 Corporation Local Securities Central Trust Cq lnvestmcnlBonds Main at First South Salt Laka City. Utah EVANS & EARLY Funeral Directors 48 8outh 8tate 8treet Telephone Wasatch 6616 ! IlSHHIHHtmiUlUHMHHMtMalHHIIIimillMMHMHNIIIII : s Make YOUR Home Modem I Once the conveniences which make housekeeping easy were found only in the homes in the big cities. Now in the West j i these conveniences are found in the homes in the smallest hamlet and on the farms. Wherever the wires carry elec- tricity, you will find electric servants in the homes. In your own home, electricity will do all of your orduous, uninteresting tasks for you. It will clean, wash, iron, cook and sew. It will keep your home comfortable and clean with the least amount of work. X : j j . j j M j i j j j 1 j ; I ! I ! ! tx x: x Electricity makes your housework easy and pleasur- able. Come in and let us show you the advantages in saving of time and money as well as labor, which these electric appliances will effect for you. i interests of Europe are contemplating the electrification of all railroads and shoulu the interests come to such a decision there will be another boom in the copper market. Government IIIHNIMIHIHHIMHIMNaHNIItNMINIHHIlHHHHIMIHmHHMIHMIllltl MARKET FOR COPPER. Railroad 3 - WILL REBUILD HANGAR. The city commission has decided to rebuild the air mail field hangar which recently burned down and upon which the surprisingly low figure of $5,000 insurance was carried. It will add to the insurance money enough to rebuild the hangar, and will depend upor the government for reimbursement. B i i! I j j j |