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Show 1 igifi PUIS WHICH HAVE BEEN I ENLARGED BT OODEN MONEY il , nDlto the fact that international I i JXns Bceracd to presage a gen-I gen-I retrenchment of industrial dc- 'iiinacnt Jnasrnuch as conditions I i ,ra so uncertain and impossible of I I' ,nrate forecast, tho record of Indus- f JSi activity in Ogden during the year f V 1917 has been one of remarkable ,nritv progress and prosperity. The I i rs i 191o and 101C were years of I ? mness and it seemed only fair that I fv. trinity should be made complete by I I f! addition of 1917 to the bountiful I ' isous. Still there were many, and - nc them business men of high rc-I rc-I i "?,J who looked with disfavor on 1D17 f would declare at any time that Its I ; rr uncertainty and disillusion would 1 iunpon business. J rimo then the entrance of Ameri- rt into the war and there was no neT any chance of such procrastina-I procrastina-I Si Amorica had a Job to do and , Im started in to do IL She hnd to I lobOizo every latho, every wheel, 3 Zftrf furnace, and every man in the Mtion and when they started unified ' Tork to aid their native land all Lucbt of possibilities and probabillt-I probabillt-I ceased. Amorica was living In I J rSlIUcs, Sbo was mobilized to win. "' Vow of course this reflected very di- rtcently right down on to Ogden and the I 3 rear which started with such forebod- j . has endod with a remarkable and I noaumental record of achievement hich tho fondest hopes of Ogden and j ei,er county's citizens thought hard- ; M ij- possible, at least greatlyimprob- j ' With this tremendous rush of work I i to b done there aroso an inevitable I :' coaditlou, which to students of ccon- v coy was clearly forseen, there was a J I I tonacquont scarcity of material caus- 1 I ' by tho excessive demand. This, then I ' (he reason, that some large business 1 concerns have not mado the expansion I ' rtich iney planned prior to 1917 al- I I i though their manufacturing and out- I I ; cat of produce has been greatly in-I in-I i creased. With the scarcity of mater- f ul came a consequent raise in price t Thlch extended to foodstuffs arid cloth- Iej, of course, but increased wages 1 ' ind heavy demand for labor somewhat f dualized tho condition. J Again has this been reflected right t down into Ogden. There has been the f ttfo main classes of labor demand, for c J the agricultural enterprises and for the t I industrial enterprises. There has been c 1 jome pinching shortage during the ag- c ricultural harvest season but the con- C dltlon was handled quite well consid- v cring its newness and the general un-preparedness un-preparedness of the people for it. ' ProgrcsG Shown. One of the most convincing proofs . of (kden's prosperity during 1917 is found In the bank clearings for the ' ' year. Tho records of the Ogden Clearing Clear-ing House for 1917 show n gain of approximately ap-proximately 50 per cent over corresponding corre-sponding periods of former years. , There is hardly a wholesale or retail establishment in the city which has cot shown a corresponding advance -' meH or at least a satisfactory record , h lor tho year. ' Onoof the first big construction pro-J pro-J Jcts to be completed during 1917 was !' list of the Ogden Packing & Provision ' company. During the late winter there came tho completion of the Ogden Iron Works structure. Development of ! tho canneries of the county quickly I followed as it was seen the year would demand an Immensely increased out- Iput of canned foods. Tho Utah Can-' Can-' nlog company increased its capacity by fully 33 per'cent and the William Craig Conning company and the Van Alen Canning company alsp made con-! con-! slderablo enlargements, j Early in tho year the Amalgamated Sugar company began the enlarge - cent of its Ogden plant by erecting a special structure for tho placing of K new sugar process. At the same Umo the construction of this company's com-pany's two large plants at Smithfleld, I'tah, and Paul. Idaho, was started, f these being completed in time for tho i fall sugar campnign and making a to-' to-' tal of eight plants under operation by , thl3 ono company. ! New Elevators. The Utah Cereal Food company has erected during tho year a new battery ; of elevators with a total capacity of JCO.OOO bushels of grain. These, in con-$ con-$ Jiaction with tho other elevators of tha same factory, have the greatest . capacity of any cereal jplant in the The Holley Milling company, which ( JP1501 tQo Plant? of the Ogden I nS & Elevator company, made ad- :t &uon8 and improvements, Including e building of a large elevator at the 5 ocalx mill in Ogden, so that this j. fabllshment became a prime factor V lour milling affairs. Alvord Brothers waslructed a smaller mill west of Og- f aa addition of importance to that ;. Prt of the corumunitv. ? Only lacently the" Globe Jlilling - waspany of California began work on i Plant to be combined elevators ja Jour mm. Re-locatlon of the ' JJ a3 tocomo necessary but the ' r7fM y1wlU aoon make its aiinounce- .B,to nrPcrty on which this mill . ;U bo Seated. When this Is finished SVmVa11 wUI bo th0 largest plant ; n j ln tlie intcrmountain coun-; coun-; 2J Md rival those of grain terminal ; v.? iCffecl ot thc ProhibiUon law SL ? Breally notlced !n Sden. f , 2?50n!s bein5 rapidly filled with iow.rt,ln,lls- Hwevor, one change of trK?C0 Vs made whcn thd Beck-IU Beck-IU 5 & Ma,tIB company ended nd X?en?e M a utnh corporation ' net hv ,ant In Gden was taken ' tomnSv ,l?eker Manufacturlng Jrinks hich Is now nuking soft ' iten7iv company has secured an "wobIto business In this line '' ahv. ,Stock Yard8 Grow. Ottea Si th L.ion Stock Yards of i : tUor nract5CHlly finiBhed last I carlv d 'ere not occupied unUl t eTo706,.1110111118 Since that '! das busiij?3 h,!lV0 done Sl tromen- 1 for Z has noL been un- j re h0 C 6cIen yards t0 Uandlc ' - Uo, in I ?L T 8ueop' or mro 1 SI Omaha J ?rBle dny than th rds : SQ rotKan8a8 Cit-V- Tho close I ' kinghou?A?PJovIsIoncomPany,s ' d for fhlt brousht Q lar6e d- by commit? haS b0en general J tm rThalon men fr other i for breeders and or feeders. flans w 0r'08 General. i 2 ' dilft!!ep slon of in- I P J U?gcr Promts th?f and a" the i U Jecls that aro to tiG carried t through have not yet been announced there Is sufficient to show that Ogden will keep up Its remarkable progress. The construction of the Globe Milling Mill-ing & Elevator company plant will be one of tho greatest tasks of the year. The Utah Canning company is making mak-ing preparations for heavy expansion, details of whiqh have not yet been announced. an-nounced. Tho Goddard Packing company com-pany will build a large cannery, ad-Joining ad-Joining its present plant, besides carrying car-rying through thc building" of its Provo cannery. Sugar Industry. Iv. It. Eccles and his associates In the sugar business are already arranging ar-ranging for the builfling of another sugar factory, to be constructed at Whitehall, Mont, while tho Amalgamated Amalga-mated Sugar company plans expansion and Increased capacity of several of its eight sugar factories now operating. operat-ing. The People's' Sugar company, of which George S. Browning is president, presi-dent, anticipates that Its sugar beet acreage will be doubled In 1918. Additional equipment at. the American' Amer-ican' Can company will add 25 per cent to the capacity o that plant. The Utah Packing Corporation contemplates con-templates a considerable addition to its Wasatch plant, just west of Ogden, , together with increased ( output of both canned peas and tomatoes. Constant increases are being made at' thc Ogden Packing & Provision company plant and these will bo continued con-tinued during tho year, though to what extent has not boon determined. Tho Hansen Livestock & Feeding :ompany is building a large stock food nill west of Ogden, one of the real xdvancements in the livestock industry indus-try and has established the largest 'ceding station of the intcrmounlain :ountry on this property, near the )lant of thc Amalgamated Sugar company. com-pany. With, tho manufacturers and the armer8 working in close co-operation, hrough the Ogden food manufactures' manufactur-es' committee of which S. S. Jensen s chairman, and the Weber county arm bureau with President D. D. Mc-vay Mc-vay as its leader, there is every cer-ainty cer-ainty that there will be Increased ood production, increasing tho output f Ogden's principal factories along his line, while every other business if the city will forgo ahead as a result if war demands, for practically every )gden Industry is essential toward the linning of the groat conflict. oo |