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Show . i Utah Indus-I Indus-I trial Review Pacific Coast Manufacturer and Industrial News Bureau Eureka Apex Standard Co., to start sinking shaft Ogdcn Improvements made at plant of Utah Cereal FoodCo., In order to Increase capacity for war purposes. Salt Lalcc Construction on now Pantnges theatre to start Salt Lake Loss of nativo trout from Fish Lako will bo pre-vented pre-vented by tho construction of a concrete outlet between- Mud lake and the Johnson reservoir. Salt Lako Utah and Idaho will produce 30,000,000 bushels ' of wheat this season. Of this, Idaho will produce 22,000,000 and Utah 8,000,000 bushels. Profit making and proflteer-Hi proflteer-Hi ing are two very different and, i contrary ideas. Tho first must be encouraged as definitely a3 latter must bo suppressed. War taxation should bo based on same distinction. Gold Hill Discovery of ore carrying molybdenite and schec-llto schec-llto made In tho shaft of the Yel-low Yel-low Hammer mlno of tho Wcst-orn Wcst-orn Utah Copper company. Fish Springs Now 200-ton mill of Utah Mlno Co. will bo in operation soon. Utah Oil Refinery is now tum-lng tum-lng out each month about 1,000 barrels of grease, 1,000,000 gal-Ions gal-Ions of gasoline, 250,000 gallons of kerosene and 250,000 gallons Production of Portland cc-ment cc-ment in Utah in 1917 amounted to 920-.730 barerls. Tho question is, nro labor un-ions un-ions more powerful than tho "Union"? Aro exempted work-men, work-men, receiving double and treble pay over old rates, to be further ' pampered at expenso of boys on firing lino? Vergin City Dixie Oil Co., H. preparing to drill well No G. Utah county peach crop estl-mateed estl-mateed to be 80 per cent of last year's output More sugar can bo had for next year, 'but will requler H' prompt and broad-visinocd ac- - tlon by the Sugar . Equalization Board to make possible an ln-creased ln-creased domestic supply. 6,000. acres of Tooelo county are to be developed by Utah Grain Grower's corpoatrion. Salt Lake New recontsruc-tion recontsruc-tion hospital at Ft Dougals will be opened with 1,300 beds. Later capacity of 3,500 beds will bo reached. Utah flour mills aro loaded with flour In excess of tho de-mands de-mands of tho West which can-not can-not bo moved to tho European H. market because of tlio recent H: government order prohibiting L the shipment of wheat to foreign -1 'ports in flour form. (. State of Utah will collect closo r: to $989,000 from mining taxes J in November. Net proceeds of H Utah mines in 1917 totaleld $32,- 11 959,960, as compared with $33,- 204,411 in 1916. Increased Utility rates aro an LH every day occurance. Tlio pub lie realizes that increases aro necessary and little complaint Is heard. Beaver City Beaver Bottoms Development Co. organized to further development of that rich section of agricultural lands. Salt Lake Descret Museum to move to a now structure which is practically completed. Metal production of Utah In 1917 reached high value of $99,-328,000., $99,-328,000., Production affected by sovero winter weather, higher costs, and shortage of labor. The prices of metals, except silver, were lower than In 1916. Salt Lako county's production In 1917 Is 75 per cent of total. Road building and street Improvement Im-provement throughout country passes under federal control for war under regulations Issued federal highways council. Gary Motor Truck Co. of Gary, Indiana, aro shipping Motor Trucks from factory to bonded warehouses in principal Western cities to hold In reserve for rcshipmcnt and drive away delivery during busy seasons when railroads are overtaxed and freight cars unobtainable. Salt Lake Peruvian Concoll-datcd Concoll-datcd Mining Co. to build oro tram at Alta mine. Will bo 4000 feet long nnl cost $15,000; has opened thrco largo faces ore. Shipments of coal from southern south-ern Wyoming for week ending August 17 aggregated 2436 cars, while shipments from Utah were 2121 cars, which was an Increase In-crease over shipments of previous pre-vious week. Government to ship wheat direct to Europo from grain fields of Utah In bulk. To increaso coal production, twenty-eight producing managers mana-gers have been appointed by U. S. fuel administration, with Thomas Sneddon as manager for Utah and southern Wyoming. Wyom-ing. Will try especially to make workers in coal centercs realize necessity for increased fuel tonnage ton-nage ns a part of the war program. pro-gram. Brlgham City Honey crop in Bear River Vally best ever, known hero. |
