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Show THE CITIZEN . Last machinery arrives Ephraim for new power plant. to be opened Sugar Company pays De- cember 15th, making a total of for all purposes for the year. Ogden Echo Dam water storage to cost under $35 per acre foot. Ogden Lions Club will buy building to enlarge Weber College campus. Salt Lake City Pioneer bakery, established by Brigham Young in 1854, r to be rebuilt as office building. O Union Pacific will spend $100,000 in $7,-800,0- 00 1928 advertising Utah resorts. Salina Important road improvements planned on Gunnison - Levan highway. 0 Salina Contracts awarded on waterworks rebuilding project. Parowan Cheese factory to be improved for more and better production. Manti New bam completed for cavalry troop, National Guard. Eureka Basil Prescott, geologist, leases Chief Consolidated No. 1 mine. Price Price River Petroleum well is down 2505 feet, with oil showing. Eureka New air compressor for Mammoth mine is ready for insalla-tio$25,-00- n. . Eureka Big Nordberg electric mine hoist being moved from Gemini mine to the North Lily. Silver City Lynndyl highway completed and in splendid condition. Silver City Two important headings being driven in Tintic Coalition mine. Mammoth mill dump has shipped 15 cars ore a day. Ogden This city placed on air mail Eureka route between Salt Lake City and Great Falls, Montana. New high school at First South and Second West Streets Logan Minerva Cafe Department of the Interior through the Geological Survey, the United States leads all other countries of the world, and in the capacity of .its constructed plants it nearly equals all Europe. The total for .the United States at the end of 1926 was 11,- 700.000 horsepower for plants of 100 horsepower or more, as against 13,- 100.000 horsepower in Europe, presumably for plants of all sizes. In the period 1921 to 1926 the capacity of constructed plants in the United States of 100 horsepower or more increased 3,800,000 horsepower, while in Europe the increase in plants of all sizes was 4,200,000 horsepower. During the last three years of that period, however, the rate of increase in the United States was much greater than during the first three years, whereas the rate of increase in Europe showed a decline. The leading countries in Europe in the use of waiter power and the capacity in horsepower of this constructed plants in 1926 are as follows Italy, 2,300,000; France, 2,000,000; Norway, 1,900,000; Switzerland, 1,850,000; Sweden, six-ye- ar . 00. The developed water power of Africa amounts to about 14,000 horsepower, but Japan has built plant aggregating 1,750,000 horsepower, and India 200,000 horsepower. New Zealand has some alrge plants under construction, but those completed have a capacity of 60,000 horsepower. The Dutch Islands of Java, Sumatra, and Celebes have plants of 80,000 horsepower. Tasmanias plants have a capacity of 75,000 horsepower. Australia depends mostly on fuel plants and has utilized only 2,000 horsepower of its water-powresources. In South America, Brazil leads the the other countries by a wide margin, with 500,000 horsepower, most of it used in Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. Chiles plants amount to 114,000 horsepower, and Perns to 55,000 horsepower. Coming back to North America we r Dishes a Specially . water power of the world was as follows: North America, 16,800,000 horsepower; South America, 750,000; Europe, 13,100,000; Asia, 2,100,000; Africa, 14,000; Oceanica, 240,000; total of 33,000,000. As the total capacity of the water-powplants of the world in 1920 was 23,000,000 horsepower, there was an increase of 43 per cent in the six years. er . er er European 110 W. 2nd So. S. LEADS WORLD IN THE UTILIZATION OF WATER POWER RESOURCES The extent of the industrial development of a nation, which is the modem measure of its civilization, can probably be gauged best by the extent of ltd use of mechanical energy. For this reason it is interesting to compare the extent to which the water-powresources of various countries have been utilized and the progress which is being made in building new plants. In both respects, according to an estimate made by the U. Ogden County will join in paving two miles highway to Huntsville. out $1,500,000 to beet growers, use the airplane as a means of tranB- portatlon and that often from a dozen to twenty birds will make the trip on one plane. At the end of 1926 the developed . o that migratory birds have learned to 1920. De- cember 20th. Utah-Idah- horsepower at the end of 1926, an increase of 2,138,000 horsepower since Salt Lake City National forests in Utah include approximately 7,991,300 acres. UTAH INDUSTRIAL REVIEW IS find that Mexico has plants with a capacity, of 300,000 horsepower. A part of this capacity is in plants supplying Mexico City and there is not much activity in building new plants. Newfoundland has a large new plant for the manufacture of paper that increases its total to 160,000 horsepower. But the only real competitor of the United States in the whole world is our neighbor Canada, whose plants had a total capacity of 4,556,000 A diamond will turn permanently green if exposed to the rays of radium. still has a city ordinance prohlbting the parking of any vehicle in public Btreets unless a draft animal is attached to it. Buffalo At a banquet of the Zoological Society of Ireland, eggs sent from China fifty years ago were served and pronounced delicious. . Greenland is practically covered, with a blanket of solid ice more than ' a thousand feet thick. The American people make more use of electric lights and power, use more phones and radios than all the rest of the world put together. Dreams of great power plants operated by federal or state governments or public ownership of telephones are absurdities from the practical FMtHOHT HOTE Backing, Not Speeding. I wasnt doing forty miles an hour, protested the motorist. Nor 30, nor even 20. Here, steady on, inetrrupted the magistrate, or youll be backing into National Grocers something. Strictly Modern Absolutely Fireproof The raising of Angora rabbits for wool, which brings as much as eight dollars a pound, is an important item of industry in France. 249 So. Stale St. The Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, known as the worlds best runners, live on a diet of bean cakes, corn and chili. 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