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Show UTAH INDUSTIIIAIj KEVIEW Industrial Activity Giving Kinploy-ment Kinploy-ment to Thousands In Utah Outside Out-side Money Invested. m Dec. 11 Utah coal Is being shipped ship-ped for first tlmo to United States war ships. Salt Lake Ooldflold Consolidated Mines company plans to hao at least one unit or Its 500 ton llotn-tlon llotn-tlon plant In operation by January 1st. Salt Lake Pugot Sound Steel corporation, with headquarters In Chicago, has mndo Inquiry relativo to Iron resources of stato with view tq establishing oxtenslvo foundarlos If oro-bearlng lands obtainable aro adjacont to railroads anil water. Many other loiters of a similar na-turo na-turo from oastorn manufacturers havo been iccolved In tho state. Hingham Utah Copper company announces substantial Increase In wages of minors hero. Ogden Western Pacific awards contract for construction of branch lino between Grant Station and Tooele smelters to Utah Contract Co. of Ogden. Prlco Prlvnto capital plan3 to furnish wator to Camoron, Cartlo-gate, Cartlo-gate, Helper, Knllworth and Prlco. From tho standpoint of now Industrial Indus-trial development tho west needs two things from Congress, worknble wn-torpowur wn-torpowur legislation such as Is proposed pro-posed uudor olthor tho Shlolds bill or the Ferris bill as umonded In tho Sonato nnd relief for Innocont oil operators on withdrawn lands. Salt Lake November bank clearings clear-ings Increase $20,000,000 over year ago. Delta Shfllclant beet acreage signed sig-ned to nsaure sugar factory. Hrlgham City Utah-Idaho Sugar company and Amalgamated Sugar company announces they will pay $7 a ton for 1917 crop. Murray Mountain States Tele-phono Tele-phono Co. and Amalmagated Sugar Co. rushing work on new exchange. Improvements here which together with Improvements at MIdvalo will cost over $300,000 and glvo Salt Lake County ono of the best telephone tele-phone services In the country. Ogden Dambergor Interurban to enlarge yards and sheds here. Brlgham Hot Elder county will spend $7200 on road repairs. s Ogden Company formed to spend $10,000 drilling for oil. CongreBslonnl Inquiries nnd Investigations In-vestigations during recent years havo becomo so numerous and generally gen-erally so unsatisfactory In tholr ro-sults ro-sults thnt tho public have coma to look upon them nskanco and with moro or loss Incredulity as to their benefits. Salt Lake Deserot Nows. Grantsvlllo promoting 'railroad connection with Western Pacific & Tooolo. Marysvale $1,500,000 potash company formed to dovolop beds In Piute county. Salt Lake Liberty school contract con-tract let for ?30,78G. Utah farmers 'aro generally pleased pleas-ed with the advance In prlco to $7 a ton grnnted by Utah Sugar companies com-panies nnd plant to plant Increased acreage. Production of sugar beet seed In tho United States Is rapidly Increasing; Increas-ing; Ah nn advertisement for "celery day" Utah celery was sent to President Presi-dent Wilson. Ogden Consul Neuteboom Is endeavoring en-deavoring to Interest Hollanders In Edam cheeso factory here. If tho withdrawal order of tho 86,000 acres of land hi Utah is put through, prospective oil development In the state will receive a setback. Logan Win. Evans lots contract for 10-ton Ice plant here. Salt Lake Tho Potash company, of Utah, capitalized nt $1.50d,000 incorporates in-corporates to develop alunlto beds In Pluto county. Corlnno Frojert to reclaim 11,-000 11,-000 acres of water logged land near hero making rapid progress, while t 45,000 acres may bo drairied near Oirilnn. Salt Lake Tho Stato Conservation Conserva-tion Commission has been asked for Information relativo to sultablo clay deposits for manufacture of paint. Illverton Local peoplo talking of sugar factory here. Hrlgham Contract with Utah Powor & Light company for servlco to mako it tho best lighted city in tho state with tho exception of Salt Lako City. Sal Lako Utah raraflno, Oil & Wax company Incorporates to develop devel-op oil shalo beds near Soldier summit. sum-mit. MIdvalo Utah Iron & Steel company com-pany to build JGO.O00 addition to Its factory. Hrlgham Motion Tlcturo Products Pro-ducts Co., opons branch hore. MIdvalo Utah Iron & Stool company com-pany makes first shipment of Utah mado rails. Tho capacity of tho local lo-cal plant Is CO tons of steel rails por day. Hlchllcld Modern hospital to bo constructed here. |