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Show Turkey Plant Begins Run One of the outstanding industries indust-ries of the Uintah Basin, the Lee Brown processing plant in Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, has commenced the processing pro-cessing of 40,000 turkeys and chickens. The plant started July 30 and will continue until Sept. 15, Tom White, the manager, with Stanley Stan-ley Hall as his assistant, has a crew of 100 on the payroll. The Sterling Transportation Co. tran-ports tran-ports a truck of 15,000 lbs. every day. The Lee Brown Co. has over 240 acres in a turkey farm and the rest are raised by farmers of the basin. The gross income from this industry in-dustry will amount to about $200,000. The armed forces have a priority prior-ity on the outputj but as they take only the prime top birds, some go into the local markets. |