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Show LAROECANNERY 1 IS BUSY PLACE Craig Plant at Five Points Starts on Season's Tomato Pack Tomatoes of the 1922 crop are be-' be-' ing canne.i ,t the William Craig Can- ning company plant at Five Point ', the annual run on this product which has made Utah famous having been I Started. Hardly had the stnngless j bean crop been disposed Of by the , cannery and the apricot canning near-j.ly near-j.ly completed than the cannery became be-came the busy center of tomato canning can-ning Craig's cannery Is one of the busiest busi-est places in Ogden this year, with prospects of a long run far Into the wlntei months, with a variety of canned products that has never bei n excelled in the state. The ramoun Craig brands of Alta club and Royal Red are b. Ing used on most of these Including cherries, atringless beans, apricots and tomatoes. Craig's Re-I Re-I peatcr Jams are being made In large quantities, these including the loganberry, logan-berry, raspberry, gooseberry, Strawberry Straw-berry and blackberry jams. Apricot jam Is also being packed Later In the year the cannery will have Us usual run of peaches, apples and pears. But in the winter months, when many canneries are idle, the Craig company will take from cold storage large quantities of berries, including Ogden strawberries, which will be used in making Jam. These berries have been stored away after belntj combined with Amaico beet sugar, an 1 are being held at freezing temperature tempera-ture until the time of their use In th winter, when additional employment j will be given tigden people at a time i that cannery activities are usually at1 t heir lowest ebb. I Practically all If the Craig ..uloiit I for the year has been contracted but I Ogden merchants have arranged for ! a sufficient supply so that there will be opportunity for Ogden people to secure these home-parked fruits that are so popular throughout tho west |