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Show I I UTAH WEEKLY IN- DUSTRIAL REVIEW H $ & Mining Activity, Itallroad Construe- Bl tlon, Power Development, Prepnr- Bl ntlons for Sugar Mnniifnctiirln:; BJ nntl (lenernl Farming Activities BJ Are llclug Pushed. I Bb April 20. Gross amount of bust- BJ ness dono by the American Smelting BJ & Refining company places It In BJ forerank of national Industrial en- BJ terprlses. BJ Utah has population of 4.7 persons BJ to the square mile. BJ Ogden For week ending March BJ 29 local bank clearing gained 113. 5 BJ per cent over previous wpok, bolng BJ greatest gain for samo period of any H city In the United States. BJ Mining Is Utah's ono grat Indus- BJ try which has contributed largely to BJ the prosperity of the wholo state. BJ Public Improvement work Is start- BJ lng in all sections of state as weather BJ conditions permit. BJ Rochester, shows great activity Si, with big mill in coursp of construc- wff tlon; much high grade oro proved. H Sugar companies offer to hold H sugar for government. "Tho United Bj States comes first," said Mr. Cutler. Bj "Every man, woman and child In BJ this country has to help tho govorn-BJ govorn-BJ ment In the mobilization of tho food BJ resouiccs, the materials for tho inak-BJ inak-BJ lng of war and the conscntratlon of BJ tho finished product and the, raw mala ma-la terlals, that victory shall bo on tho BJ side of the nation that always stands H for right." BJ Garland $25,000 bank and office BJ building being erected here. BJ Pioche Shipment from local BJ mines to Utah smelters, past woek, BJ total 65 cars. BJ Amalgamated Sugar company re- M port big increase In sugar beet crop. BJ Wnsto land being reclaimed for beets BJ at the request of the government. BJ Ogden Utah Construction com- BJ pany to cultivate vast land holdings BJ to Increase crop production. H American Sugar Refining company B8 to spend $1,000,000 for trademark B8 advertising in 1917. B8 Sugarhouse Bambargor coal yards being Improved; lumber busl- ness good here; addition bolng built for furniture company. BB Salt Lake Announcement made H by C. W. Whitney, general manager Hj of American Smelting & Rofirilng flB company's plant at Garfield, at work B of enlarging plant will commenco at IB once. It is Intention to increase ca- Bj paclty of Garfield plant 40 per cent, BB n treat largo tonnago of copper ore IB from mines in Arizona, Montana and B Idaho, which It is unablo to handle Bf, at present. ifr Government statistics show that electric light and other utilities are practically tho only commodities which have declined In price. Utah is producer of more metals nnd minerals necessary to the United States In conducting war than any other state, according to James A. Lane, chief engineer of mlnprnl products prod-ucts corporation nt Marysvnle, tho only company commercially making potash In tho United States. Construction work on $1,500,000 sugar factory to bo built at Delta, Millard county, has beon started and It Is expected that factory will bo ready for run of 1917. As soon as weather will permit, oflclals of Utah Power & Light company com-pany will make trip over Immigration Canyon railroad to determine upon tho feasibility of purchasing tho road. Railroads of tho U. S. completo plana to co-operate In every way with government to handlo war situation. Every available acre of farming land In Sevier county will bo cultivated culti-vated In effort to augment crop production pro-duction of county for use during probable period of war. Utah, Montana and Wyoming seem duo for an oil boom. Utah manufacturing concerns offer to co-operato In every way with gov ernment. Salt Lake $70,000 garage to bo built hero. Raising soy beans promises to help solvo high cost of living In Utah. Roosevelt Cheese factory proposed pro-posed hero. Saint George Actual construction work on 35,000-acro reclamation project on land south of hero to Hurricane to start this spring. Mining companlea aro boing formed in Utah at lmprecedentod rate. Grantsville to havo new 210-horso power hydro-electric plant to furnish furn-ish power for potash plant and other Industries. Park City Development work of Cal.-Comstock mines to bo rushed. Hon. C. N. McArthur, congressman congress-man from Oregon, says congress should havo courage to pass legislation legisla-tion permitting development of western west-ern water powers and Ignore so-called so-called conservationists who aro making mak-ing play for political capital only. The sequel to tho Adamson law has promptly made Its appearance In tho petition of tho eastern and western west-ern railroads for increase of rates. Hlghor wages, dearer supplies and necessary new equipment can bo mot only by an augmented revenue This tho railroads ask for and this they aro entitled to. |