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Show The Utah Weekly I Industrial Review Ogdcn New factory of American Union "Paint begins operations. Colors Col-ors aro found In southern Utah, Wyoming, Wy-oming, Nevada and California. Logan Creation of another sewer district approved. Mldvale Much needed Improvements Improve-ments being made at West Jordan cemetery. Grccnrlvcr The San Rafael Swell believed to be the biggest undeveloped undevelop-ed oil structure In the country. Is the magnet that drew a party of thirty-five thirty-five Salt Lake business men to Gicen-rhcr, Gicen-rhcr, which Is making a bid to become be-come headquarters for oil operations In the southern Utah fields. A tax boosting newspaper says tho-howl tho-howl about high taxes Is unnecessary and that all. that Is needed Is to have tho farmers raise more products from tho soil to meet higher taxes. Utah shlppeYs will not be compelled com-pelled to pay tho 25 per cent increase in tho Itnerstntc freight rates on i coal and ore asked by tho carriers, I to correspond with tho blanket In-1 creaso granted on Interstate rates byj the interstate commerco commission last August. This decision was an-1 nounced In a ruling handed down by the Interstate commerce commission, commis-sion, j Utah Copper company cuts Us regular reg-ular quarterly dividend from $1.50, to $1 a share. At the same time the Ray 'Consolidated Copper company -announced It had passed its quarter-, ly dhldcnd due at this time. Ounnison Citizens pledgo dtpqt site for new railroad. I Tlntlc Is the greatest silver producing pro-ducing mining district In the! b'. S., leading all other silver camps with 7,046,000 ot. white tl?ctal. Tono'pah Nevada, comes second wllh '4,970,000. ot. " . . I Provo Knight company to i educe1 operating expenses at Iron Blossom .pine. ' Japanese farmers In Utah Increase 250 per cent during past ten years. 'Japanese aro working 133 farms consisting con-sisting of 8,348 acres ot highly cul-tlavted cul-tlavted land, valued at $1,950,000. j l'rlco to get $5,000 theatre. Price Big rodeo' to Do held July 3, 4 and 5 being planned here. ' Salt Lake Enlargement of Sheep Vnlloy reservoir dam In Sevier county coun-ty planned. . ; j Ogdcn to vote on$2,025,000 bond Issue March 26, x I Ogdcn Calling attention to great 'demand for pork, an appeal Is made to farmers of Utah and Idaho to raise hogs by Ogdcn Packing nnd Provision Provi-sion company and Ogden Union stock yards. It is stated that the industry has practically died out owing to wartime restrictions on grain. j Price Knights ot Pathlas to build a combined lodge hall and business block. ' Provo Cook Engineering Laboratories Labora-tories company Incorporates for $25,000. ' , I Calncsvllle Deed test now being drilled by the Ohio Oil' company going go-ing ahead rapidly as possible. Returns for taxation purposes wcro raado- to tho state board of equalization by tho Ophir Hill Consolidated Con-solidated Mining company, Too'elo 'county, ot $661,445.06 and the Morton Coal company, Carbon coun- 'ty. $62,150. Ounnison Casino theatro belug enlargod. . Price A big house building campaign cam-paign with the slogan "Build and Own Your Own Homo In Price" is launched by the Price Commercial club, (f I i Snl Lake Completion of Bonneville Bonne-ville Irrigation project set for July lKr-V Contracts made nnd entered Into between public utilities corporations nnd private companies aro subject to revision by the stato public utilities commission and tho rates may bo changed by that body, If after an In-.vosTlgatIon;.lt In-.vosTlgatIon;.lt oppoars that tho carn I pany.ls not getting an adequate re-, turn for Its services under the con-, tract terms. This decision has been i handed down by tho Utah supreme ! court in the caso of the United States I Smelting nnd Refining company against the Utah Power and Light ' company nnd tho public utilities commission com-mission ot Utah. Tho smelting company com-pany acted for seventeen other companies com-panies concerned and the decision although al-though It Is worded to apply to It, lies in nil of the 55 cases brought by companies (o compel the utilities commission to retrain from disturb-ng disturb-ng tho electric power rate of large 'users under contracts wjth the Utah Power and Light company- |