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Show 8$$8g"3SSSgS UTAH WEEKLY IN- DUSTRIAL REVIEW $ p 3$3&$$$33$2$3$ Now In the Timo to Buy Liberty Itonds, I)o It Today, Don't Wnlt Until Tomorrow. Oct. 15. It is estimated that tho Utah Copper company will be obliged to pay an excess profits tax for 1917 of more than 113,000,000, or about $S a share on tho 1,624,490 shares outstanding. x Western railroads show a falling off In net revenue from operation In tho month of August compared with August last year, according to preliminary pre-liminary figures made public by Interstate In-terstate commerce commission. Garland Oregon Short Lino authorizes au-thorizes construction of branch lino 9.65 miles from hero to Bear Illver City at cost ot $178,400. Cornish Strong flow of gas struck here. Reports show labor shortago has seriously affected crop harvests and Is reducing running operations. Tho people of tho entlro west feel outraged at tho strikes conductod by organized labor to cripple tho shipbuilding ship-building Industry on tho Pacific coast. fj Prvj Coal terminals nearlng completion. Two coaling trestles, water tank, 90-foot turntable round house, machine shops, oil storage tanks and railroad equipment aro being be-ing erected. Utah-Idaho subscribes for $325,-000 $325,-000 of second Llboity loan, dividing credit betwoon states. $200,000 for Utah. Giant warehouse Is planned for Salt Lake. Ogden Tomato pack will be heavy this year. Wilson Amalgamated Sugar company's com-pany's mill starts run. Salt Lako Western Qu company strike ntjwiwoll ln( Spring valley. Simple llgeslatlbrf- permitting development de-velopment of watorpowers and protecting pro-tecting pubjls lntorcs'Js a national necessity. IHa no TidVi'ntage to tho public to tlo the power up so It cannot can-not be used when wo have state and fedoral bodies fully protecting COn- Burners In the matter of rates and service. September dividends disbursed by mining companies fall under 1916 record. Salt Lake & Utah road opens Its new Magna branch of 14.8 miles. Salt Lake Prlco-Myton highway which will tap tho Uinta basin, will be completed soon. Copper shortago caused by labor troubles; production loss In metals aggregates 100,000,000 pounds. Provo Contract let for two miles of paved highway here. Tho Llttlo Cottonwood Transportation Transporta-tion company will improve tnd make passablo part of tho highway In Llttlo Llt-tlo Cottonwood canyon. Grantsvllle Utah Limo & Stono company to open holdings nt TImple. Porowan may havo sugar factory. Lohl Beet cutting begun at Lehl factory. Epanlsh Fork Heavy yield of beets for plant hero. Kaysvlllo seeking Improved highways. high-ways. Mldvale system to be finished by October 15. Now Is tho tlmo for cities and counties coun-ties to figure on holding tax expenditures expendi-tures to a minimum and help offset tho additional tax burdens necessitated necessi-tated by tho war. Salt Lako The Emigration canyon electric railroad Is being dismantled. Euroka shipments of ores from mines of Ttlntlc this week totaled 149 car loads, estimated at 7450 tons, valued at f 220,000. Ogden Sugar factory to start on run today. Over 2000 ton? ot boots delivered to-plant; record season Is expected. |