The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-02

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Wendover - Silver Island mine
near here shipping out fitch ore.
Ferber mining camp is building up
in satisfactory way. The new
wagon road direct from Ferber to
Gold Hill is now open and is a very
busy thoroughfare. 1t is twelve miles,
or the same distance as from camp
to Erickson's ranch railroad station.
There will soon be daily mail from
Gold Hill west to Ferber. 1t is de-
clared. There has been some talk
of building railroad line westward
to Ely. 1t would pass about six
miles northeast from Ferber.
With oil supplies declining, with
coal rates going up, Secretary Lane
of the interior department says every
available water power should be con-
verified into hydro-electric plant, and
Congress should enact law to en-
courage development.
Max Mayfield. of the Falk Whole
sale company of Boise, is seeking to
establish potato flour industry at sew
eral points in this state.
Utah Power & Light company Is
building 2.3 miles OF 11,000-volt
transmission line at Uintah to serve
the Morgan Canning company's pea
viners and eighteen residences. Ten
men employed on this extension for
eighteen days.
Chloride Herald announces Utah
controlled Keystone mine will build
mill.
Bear River gets 2O,OOO-bushel ele-
vator and FIGURING mill.
With war taxes mounting higher,
there is demand for economy and
lowering city, county, school and
state taxes as never before.
orlando Oil company, near Dragon
in the Uintah basin, has one we'll
producing % barrels per day. They
now have a refinery equipment and
are making four grades of splendid
OIL The finest of the grades looks
something similar to the famous
so in l." while the three other
grades are of a darker color.
West Clinton-Utah Power COM
pany recently completed an extension
to serve lighting, fuel and power
customers at this point.
Ogden-State Industrial school es-
tablishing water system.
Salt Lake may get one Of the six
big steel plants to be located in the
J west.
, Corinne-Monster electric pump
installed on Bear river to irrigate
: 500 acres of land.
r Before the food control bill had
, passed. over 1000 were already on
the payrolls and 5000 one the wait
ing list-politics versus business.
Tremonton has secured fine mu-
: nicipal water supply.
Monroe-Contract let for building
cooperative flour mill.
Ohio Copper OF Utah is mining and
treating 1000 to $500 tons per day.
Western Coop company, big in
, dustrial enterprise Of Box Elder
county, installing telephone system.
Work begun on new Mapleton and
Springfield sugar factory.
, Midway hotel at Tremonton and
Main street being improved.
| notwithstanding June the Utah
Power & Light company built S.14
, miles Of 44,000-volt and 11.000-volt
, transmission line to serve the Watts
Coal company. Twenty men are en-
ployed on this extension for two
: months.
. Double tracking, a billion a year
spent on new extensions, equipment
and terminal is impossible with
| American railroads where a national
, commission OF As state commissions
, play politics.
Perry Canning company enters Box
= Elder county with $4,000 plant.
| ogden lets contracts for $95.413.-
: 55 bitulithic and s40,956 asphalt
: paving.
I Utah capitalists to sink an oil well
i. at Pocatello.
Salt Lake-Hewlett soft dring and
, ice cream factory will be built.
, Park City mines turning out $780,
> 900 week. Tintic s260,000.
!. Gravel-bearing water at $40 feet
; makes large tract available at Nal
orie.