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Show INDUSTRIES INCREASE j RAPIDLY IN STATE With bumper crops pouring in, a labor shortage oil hand, mines, farmers farm-ers and shipyards' crying for men, railroads working to the limit and the safety of the nation at stake, this is no time to tolerate or sympathize with I. W. W. or labor agitators, let them work or go to jail. Salt Lake Amalgamated Sugar Co. increases capital from $6,000,-000 $6,000,-000 to $25,000,000. Salt Lake and Los Angeles line contemplates building spur to Mil-ford Mil-ford Copper mine in Beaver county, but labor shortage delays plans. Gunnison Sugar plant at Belling-ham, Belling-ham, Wash., being moved here. Salt Lake South "Heckla plans to double tonnage shortly. Alta's narrow gauge railroad will reachh heart of camp in week or so. With a labor problem, the country at war, conservation of energies and resources a necessity and nitrates essential es-sential for crops, we should demand fair legislation from congress encouraging en-couraging development of water power, thus conserving labor and fuel and furnishing fertilizer so necessary nec-essary for the soil. A $22,000,000 increase in Salt Lake bank clearingc. July business shows unprecedented activity despite de-spite fact that corresponding month last year was far above normal. State board of equalization raises farm values 15 per cent, range cattle cat-tle 40 per cent. Moab $165,000 post road to be built tljis fall from Thompson's to Blanding. Smithfield is to have a free public library. Utah Power & Light Co. has erected erect-ed $85,000 electric pumping plant for Lewiston, Bear river, irrigation system to water 30,000 acres Cache valley land with electric current. But for high cost ot all material Grantsviile would get telephone exchange. ex-change. Great activity in Erickson mining district. Shipping carload daily. Park City wants a site for new $10,000 public library. Moab One hundred Hungarian families to colonize Paradox valley. Salt Lake City's 330,000,000 gallon reservoir completed. The railroads of the country have unloaded 12,000 carloads of building build-ing supplies at sixteen army camps within thirty days. Salt Lake business men say Uinta basin is wonderfully rich in possi bilities. Deep creek country shows greatest activity in history since coming of railroad. With legislation giving American ships an even chance with foreign ones this country now has an opportunity oppor-tunity to regain its supremacy on the seas. Why delay action? Ogden Canning and evaporating of apricots starts here. Farmers receive re-ceive $35.00 a ton for fruit. The Government is co-operating with State and county officials in building several pieces of road in Utah. Mining development continues in all parts of the State, new properties being opened and old ones improved.. Salt Lake Moscow JVIining & Milling Co. paid out $19,500 in dividends divi-dends August 1. Ogden The new factories of the Amalamated Sugar Co. will be ready this fall. Eureka The Tintic Standard installing in-stalling large electric motor. Eureka Contract let for development develop-ment work at Walker Mining Co. Force of twenty men to be employed. Salt Lake Forty potato, cellars to be built along the interurban railroad from Cache county to Utah county. Salt Lake New water supply system sys-tem at the State Industrial school completed. Moab Shoe and harness shop to ge established here. Salt Lake $85,000 auto building to be erected here. Salt Lake Work on dismantling Emigration canycm railroad begun'. American Fork Many silos being built here. Salt Lake Auto highway from here to Vancouver, Wash., proposed. To be open for tourist traffic all the year. American Fork Evaporating plant to be built here. Ogden Utah Cereal Food Co. incorporated. in-corporated. Capitalized for $750,000. Salt Lake Rebuilding of Mammoth Mam-moth dam planned. Brigham to have one of the finest meat markets in West. Prices increase on California canned can-ned fruit from 2c to 5c per can which is sure some iucreuse over 1916. It's a good thing for the packers they don't have to submit price to a railroad rail-road commission. |
