Show WHAT ONE DONE This is n a triumphant day for H I C Baker of Ogden He had dream a few years ago and now the dream has become a thing Mi brI Baker was vas in the habit of tramping over the hills north of Will Willard ar d studying the mineral gy and geology where his shafts tunnels and inclines penetrate the tho mountain side and when tired he occasionally sat down on a boulder and gazed on the panorama rama to the lake shimmering in the distance the v valley in ver verdure verdure dure and a strange something in the foreground Mr Baker was Yankee enough to want to know so he investigated the strange part of the panorama He was told that the glistening white area was an alkali lat flat but that did not satisfy and did not explain so he with proclivities started to get under the surface in fact lie he went prospecting He sank a shaft and had the product analyzed i and the returns made by the chemist proved to be the be beginning beginning ginning of a long campaign of exploration and organization which has culminated in a big factory where the wheels commenced to whirr a day this week and in which there is now in process of mam manufacture tons of marl and ciny dug from the alkali flats Today the re are vibrating with the heat of a blast furnace and out of the refining fires will come the best Quality of Portland indispensable cohesive which is revolutionizing our building methods and is making possible the storing of our flood floodwaters waters for the reclamation of the arid west Mr Bakers initiative has brought more than a factory to this part of Utah Men nTen or of worth have been attracted to Utah particularly particularly to Ogden and there is reason to believe those men will be found in the future doing much to our industries and de develop develop our natural resources It is estimated that the marl and clay clay under ying the equal in raw materials to barrels of I lement which at a profit of fifty cents a barrel stand for a dis of in profits If this money is to go back into he development of this region there is no to be placed on the transmutation wrought by Henry C 0 Bakers dream |