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Show FLOUR MILL IS SOLD TO THE SCOVILLE PEOPLE The Utah Milling company has sold its brick block on Lincoln avenue and Twenty-fourth street to the Goodale-Scovllle Goodale-Scovllle company and the company for the present will prosecute Its milling mill-ing business through its flour mill at" Preston, Ida. President Harold J. Peery states that it is possible that his company will establish a new mill in Ogden, but that it will be some time before definite action is taken The plant on Lincoln avenue was recently much damaged by fire, the manager stating that It cost almoBt as much to replace new machinery as to put in a new plant. The building was not greyly damaged but the machinery ma-chinery of aTl kinds was practically made unfit for use. The structure covers sixty-three feet on Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street and 132 feet on Lincoln avenue, three stories and a basement. The exact purchase price has not been disclosed but it is understood that the amount was something over $12,000. Officers of the Ooodale-Scovllle company state that plans for the occupancy oc-cupancy of the Peery building have not heen taken into consideration and that it will likely be a month or more before any steps will be taken tow ard using the structure It is possible that the Scoville Paper company will occupy the building and that the other concerns in which the Scoville brothers broth-ers are largely interested, will use the building as a warehouse and general gen-eral distributing point. A L. Sco ille, one of the prime movers In the Scoville Interests, is In California and it is said that nothing definite respecting re-specting the use of the new block will be taken up until his return. The milling company will begin the removal of the machinery from the building immediately and Mr Peery states that it will require about two weeks In which to make the change. |