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Show HVTilDUSTItltt REVIEW Ogden 'Extensive repairs are being made on the county roads near1 here. Salt (Lake Preparatory to beginning begin-ning development on a big scale, the PopenShenon - Co., operating in the Salmon 'River country, has closed a contract for the construction of a nine mile power line and has purchased purch-ased & considerable quantity ot new machinery. Prove The North Tint'c mine property prop-erty sold for $7,000. iMoab Survey of government state post road between Thompsons and Blandlnit. 122 miles, is couplcted. Milford A large body ot rich oro on a 300 foot level, running about 20 to 25 por cent copper nnd carryi ng a quantity of gold and s'lvor. encountered encoun-tered at Creole mine. Proper legislation per ilttlng development devel-opment of the West's oil and water-power water-power resources would be the greatest labor, fuel and time conservation measure ever passed. Our law makers mak-ers have wrangled over the proposition proposi-tion for years and in this time of stress it is nothing short of criminal for polit'cians to continue the delay. Nephi now is assured of a Federal Building. The site is purchased for $5000. ' ' . Nephl la to hove a. Carnegie Wb rary, , (American Fork Work has commenced com-menced on the road between Pleasant Grove and here. Salt Lake The UtahJWyomlng cor-porationfl cor-porationfl to purchase $27,000 worth of oil and gas properties. Bingham Canyon Metal mines here are developing large amounts of high , grade copper ore. Salt (Lake (Eighty thousand acres in San Juan County are to be sold at from 2,50 to $15 an acre. The tracts include coal, agricultural and grazing lands. Ogden Eden and Taylor Schools of the county system are being remodeled remodel-ed and repaired. . IMoab $2,593,022 assessed valuation valua-tion of Grand County for 1918, an increase in-crease of $48-7,393 over 1917. Every private citizen and every publio official should oppose radical measures discouraging to industrial development and tending to increase the city, county and state taxe3. Moab The convict road crew will complete their work at Seven Mile. Salt (Lake The first contingent of 1200 boys of boys working reserve will leave for tho northern part of the Btate to work on the beet farms. PafSott Pftvlng work is underway here. . . Parowan Contractor are preparing prepar-ing for the erection of magnificent structure for Bank of Iron County. Salt (Lake The Utah IPower & Light Company has applied to the Public Utilities Commission of Utah for permission to extend its system into the town of Perry, where it seeks to Bell electric current for heating, lighting and power purposes. t Salt (Lake iWork on the Strawberry Road Is contemplated. Salt Lake The Utility Commission authorizes Increases in gas rates of Utah Gas & Coke Company to enable it to meet greatly the Increased operating oper-ating costs due to abnormal conditions over which company had no control, Similar increasea are being granted in many states' to enable the utility companies com-panies to maintain efficient service, Salt Lake The discovery of a foui foot vein of copper silver ore within 16 miles of here is reported by Free Metals Mining Company. American Palls it is estimated that the electric current developed from water power saved 1,000,000 tons o( coal in Utah in 117. New freight rates will add approximately approx-imately a cent a pound to cost of copper production which added to the general advance of 26 per cent in the cost of operation since last September Septem-ber makes an increased price for red metal essential if the maximum production pro-duction la to be maintained. 'Battle Mountain iMinlng camps are booming. Tungsten mining is Important, Im-portant, some leases are netting $1000 a day. Tonopah-'Kur'jka-HPropertios here are yielding profits;, much ore is being be-ing shipped. Salt Lake Shipment of coal to northern California is to be doubled. It is estimated that 15 beet sugar 1 factories were built in 1917 at approximate ap-proximate cost of (1,000,000 each. Utah is credited with 10 per cent of American beet sugar production. (Salt lLake -Appeals to go to the department at Washington for the construction of the Moffat railroad to develop resources ot northeastern Utah. Fillmore City A two ton truck freight service between Delta and the east side of the county Is planned. Agitations and controversies which discourage sugar beet raising and sugar manufacture injure one cf the West's greatest industries and offer direct aid to Germany through cutting cut-ting down sugar supply. |