The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-03-09

trfcts have faIlen into line with tne
Utah Idaho and Amalgamated COM
panies and announced their accept |
ance of the Logan price agreement
for 1918. This action removes last
difficulty in the way Of an effective
campaign for larger beet acreage
in this territory for the coming sea
son, and gives reasonable ground for
expectation that between $4,000 and
10000 acres may be planted in the
two states, as against 10000 acres
last season.
= Ogden is to have six additional
public drinking fountains.
Davis--The DAILY mine earned
$144,473 for last quarter.
Altonah school children built rock
steps for all school houses.
vernal-The Palisade Oil Com
pany prepares to drill.
Utah may become the Pennsylva-
MIA of the west. The Colob plateau,
which runs from Cedar City. Iron
County, to the Colorado Canyon, a
distance OF fifty miles. as we'll as
hundreds of millions of tons of iron
ore that ranks with the best in the
world. s
Brigham--The Amalgamated Sug-
ar Company has closed its run. pro-
ducing 5000 tons Of beets.
Coal surplus increasing throughout
the state and price cut to 81.
Lehi excited by Utah Lake oil ex-
plorations.
Mount Carmel---The highway to
Kanab is to be improved.
Net proceeds of the Union Pa
cific in Utah for 1917 were $5,67s,-
423.
While farmers will plant increased
acreage OF sugar beets there will be
no decrease In planting Of either to-
matoes, peas or wheat. Wheat will
be grown largely ON uplands and ir-
rigated tracts given over more liber-
ally to production of cannery and
sugar crops.
Brigham will build flume to con-
troll the floods in the gulch.
Park City is shipping 100000 of
ore each week.
Salt Lake building operations for
January total s150.527.
Ore mill is to be erected and pipe
line is to be built ut Muncy creek
mine.
Cache County Is to build a high
school.
Sunnyside--Coke producing plant
here. at the largest mine of the Utah
Fuel Company, is working full time.
When an authority like DR.. David
T. Day Of the United States Bureau
OF mines states that there are 20.-
600. 900. 900 barrels Of oil in Colora-
do oil .skale beds. and as much more
In Utah. and that 1t is up to these
two states to relieve the oil shortage,
the Importance of the Walsh Pittman
bill passed by the Senate. permitting
development of these lands, is appar-
emit and It is a poor time for certain
department leaders to try to kill the
! bill In the house.
Moab coal project on the La Sal.
Is being developed.
Payson--A survey of the available
labor In Utah is now being made ant
each county must prepare to handle
it's own farm labor problems thi
coming season. according to ]. w
Watson. farm help specialist TO
Utah.
Salt Lake-Work has begun OF
the Deseret Bank building.
Moab Independent: There is
possibility OF considerable activity i
the San Jaun oil fields. The oil shal
reefs Of southeastern Utah win b
thoroughly tested out within a yer
short time. The success OF IN
treatment of the Utah oil sands an
shales will reyolutionize the oil bus
ness In the state. and will assure tn
opening of oil activity in the Sa
Juan fields.
President Wilson and Secretai
McAdoo have recently advised publ
service commissions that strong pa
lie utility companies are most nece
sary to the u. s.. at this time an
where necessary rates should be raj
ed without delay that these comp
MES may keep pace with the time
Oh, what blow to the peanut POI
ticlans and agitators!
Tintic mines are shipping 200 G.
loads OF ore per week.
Calf Iake-Tha Mormon Chur,