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Show MILFORD HAS RADIO SPRINGS OF BIG VALUE Utah lias radio-active springs I which surpass those of Hot Springs, ! Arkansas, or Saratoga Springs N. Y.,l and the fraternal orders of Salt Lake; are going to have a chance to devel-i i;p them, according to the owner, P. U. McKeon, of Milford, who is spending spend-ing a few days in this city. The springs are in Beaver county, just: fourteen miles northeast of Milford, ' in the Mineral range. Mr. McKeon, who has developed the springs to a certain extent, feels that he is unable un-able to go further, and made th etrip to this city in an effort to Interest some society or organization to take ever the management and development develop-ment of the proposition. The springs are said to be within eight hours' drive of Salt Lake. At the present time there is a pool: 20x40 feet, two bath houses, a natural natur-al steam hath, fresh water, con-j densed from one of the hottest of the! radio-active springs, and about 300 acres 'of land available for truck gardening. The medical value of the springs has been known among the people of the neighborhood for almost fifty years, according to Mr. McKeon, but no effort has ever been made to commercialize com-mercialize the proposition. The springs first became noted for their curative qualities in lead, poisoning cases. Miners from the southern and central Utah fields report effective cures, the owner states. The curative power in other ailments is now a known fact, Mr. McKeon says. Some time ago experiments conducted con-ducted by Dr. Robert T. Nelson, a chemist of Chicago, indicated that the springs were radio-active to a degree unknown in other waters in the country. According to Dr. Nelson's Nel-son's report, the ledges which surround sur-round the springs would produce commercial radium at a workable expense. ex-pense. Pitchblende outcrops and other oth-er geologic features seem to- show a great quantity of radium in that locality, lo-cality, the report stales. McKeon came into possession of the springs more than thirty y-uivj ago. He has been a miner and mer-chant mer-chant in that part of the slate tor j forty-five years, and was attractd to tlie springs by the cures effected on his fellow-workers, and finally became be-came their owner by purchase and fil ing. Articles of Incorporatiou wore filed, fil-ed, by the Utah Radium Minerals com pany on October 4. 10 2 5, with 11c-T 11c-T keon us president. Orman H. Gabel. .Toliet. 111.; Charles T. Woodbmry of Milford and Henry C. Hunter of Mil-ford Mil-ford are on the board of directors. Finch of the latter holds one share of stock. The remainder of 800. 000 shares is held by McKeon. Two hundred hun-dred thousand shares are held intact by the officers.. Salt Lake Tribune. Idaho Farmers Buy Land Here A pnrty of six Idaho farmers have purchased 24 0 acres of choice land in the pumping belt, south of Milford, Mil-ford, through the agency of the Milford Mil-ford Realty company. They each have 40 acres and will start work improving at once and as 'eon ns possible they will bring their families hero to live. , S. R. A. MANAGER HF.RF George W. Duffy of Salt Lake City, district manager of the Security Hcncflt association. Is hove this week visiting the council of this order and renewing acquaintanceship. The lo-l-nl organbatlon ha been adding a large number of n w members nn.i has made the required increase to entitle them to the moving picture films of the Home and Hospital fan-: opera tod by this society for the aged members and orphans of member; The home farm is located near To-Peka. To-Peka. Kans., comprising over 40 acres of land, with dormitories for (continued on last pagel S. B. A. MANAGER HERE j (continued from page one) j ; the aged and orphans, school build-ling, build-ling, and a general hospital, all mom-1 mom-1 hers of the order being entitled to; jthe benefits without additional cost.; j Milford council initiated a larg? , class on Thursday night at a special ' session in honor of the visit of the district manager, followed by a card party and dance for members and was attended by over 100 of the mem bers. |