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Show THE UTAH WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW January 7 Willard Oregon Short Line authorizes au-thorizes industrial trackage here at cost of $2185.00. Hurricane A $22,000 school building completed here. Utah leads silver producing states of nation with 14,315,300 ounces.' Amalgamated Sugar Co. closes season's run at Logan, Smithfield and Paul, Utah, and Twin Falls. Idaho. Ogden New industry coming here in shape of motor vehicle factory. It is very important that justice be done to mining industry in war tax measure to insure increased production. pro-duction. Mine operators have presented pre-sented their case to Congress and expect inequalities in tax laws to be adjusted soon. Eureka Reports state that railroad rail-road will be built into West Tintic and Erickson districts. Salt Lake banks in splendid condition, con-dition, business situation as whole declared to be most gratifying. Merrill Nibley, assistant manager of Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., declares prospect bright for increased beet acreage in 1918. Salt Lake Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.'s factories at Payette, Lehi and Spanish Span-ish Fork finish slicing for season after af-ter about 80 days' run. J3righam Amalgamated Sugar Co.'s proposition to purchase Hammond Ham-mond canal, repair and operate it, and eventually turn It over to farmers farm-ers of district at cost, provided farmers farm-ers will agree to grow beets for company's com-pany's Brigham factory, was approved ap-proved at a meeting of residents of the district. The Farmers' Non-Partisan League advocates program of State ownership owner-ship of industries advantageous to its members. Program would involve increases in general taxation. Ogden City expense $20,000r more, revenue $21,000 less, due to prohibition. prohi-bition. By pay as you go policy city will stay on the right side of ledger. Taxes must be held down at this time. Provo New canning company here offering contracts for crops. Union Mines Co. in Eureka county plans to enlarge output. ) Watson Extensive oil drilling operations op-erations to be carried on near here. Salt Lake Pres. Cutler announces an-nounces 1,000,000 pounds beet seed raised by U. S. Beet Seed Co. Production Pro-duction for year smaller than hoped, hut outlook' good for 1918. Price Reported that Millburn ' coal mine will have railroad. I Regulations promulgated by fuel administration setting aside Thursday Thurs-day and Sunday as "lightless nights" do not apply to localities deriving power from hydro-electric plants( as such plants are already conserving coal and oil by using waterpower. This emphasized necessity of legislation legis-lation encouraging to waterpower development. Provo Goddard Packing Co. to erect $75,000 plant here. Ogden American Can Co. enlarging en-larging capacity of plant 25 per cent. Zinc output in Utah estimated at 12,000 tons for 1917. Great oil shale industry starting in Utah. Enormous resources soon to be made to yield rich returns. Salt Lake New sewer is nearing completion. Fillmore Three oil rigs to drill here. Park City Iowa-Copper is now shipping $40 ore. Alta South Hecla mine shipped 7000 tons in 1917. Park City in 1917 made ore record rec-ord output 108,840 tons, worth $5,000,000. December production, 10,622 tons of ore. Forty-eight Tintic shippers in 1917 produce 400,000 tons of ore valued at $12,000,000. December output 714 cars ore, $900,000. Industry has suffered much from strikes of high paid workmen taking advantage of labor shortage caused by enlistments. These men are worst kind of slackers and their names should be published and they should be dealt with same as. delinquents in registration. Utah mining production in 1917 totaled $114,987,720. Metal values for year show Increase In-crease of 28 per cent. " Total pack for 1917 in Utah is 1,250,000 cases of fruit and vegetables. vegeta-bles. Dividends for 1917 show an increase in-crease of $4,500,000. Elmo is now connected with telephone tele-phone service in the county. Huntington City jail being re- modeled and enlarged and city offices to be located here. Salina to have new flour mill of 7 5 barrel capacity run by electricity. National Wool Growers' association associa-tion meets in Salt Lake on Jan. 17 to 19. The railroads of nation have shown willingness to co-operate with government in national crisis even to extent of turning their entire property over. Labor agitators better bet-ter follow suit. |