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Show WW- i ... ' MILESTONE IN UTAH CANNING Gov. J. Bracken Lee accepts a plaque commemorating the production of the four billionth can for the state's canning industry since its founding in 188S. Presenting the plaque to the Governor, second from left, at the annual convention of the Utah Canners Association at Salt Lake City are Dr. R. H. Walker, Walk-er, Utah State Agricultural college, left, representing Dr. Louis Madsen, president of the college; W. C. Stolk, president, presi-dent, American Can company, second from right, and W. R. Eddington, president, Utah Canners association. Mr. Stolk described the plaque as a "salute to the imagination and energy that is so characteristic of the efforts of the people of Utah." The inscription on the plaque cites Utah's current output of 200,000,000 cans of state-grown products yearly, valued at $25,000,000. |