Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-09-26
OUR UTAH WEEKLY
INUSTRTAL REVIEW
Newsy Paragraphs Concerning Devel-
opments in Various Parts Of
State Tersely Told.

lent condition.
Logan-Work progressing on third
of three new large buildings for Agri-
cultural College.
Brigham fruit growers to drive for
flowing welll.
American Fork-Contract let for
$4,000 concrete weir.
Payson has new tin and sheet
metal shop.
Six complete townships comprising
more than 100000 acres in Kane
county will be thrown open.
Salt Lake let's $4,000 sewer con-
tracts.
officials Of Weber county are plan
ming for reclamation Of $1,000 acres
Of land near Ogden.
Brigham City-Movement started
to drain a large portion Of Bear river
precinct.
Salt Lake-New Pantages theatre
will be finished in February.
Pleasant Grove has shipped 80
ear loads of peaches.
Park City mines active and ship
ments took jump.
Eureka-Big cash reserve makes
dividend from Iron Blossom mine
sure.
Salt Lake to purchase car load gov
eminent food for distribution
Rich ore is discovered at Silver
Island.
Ogden--Shoe manufacturing plant
employing 500 to 600 persons to be
started soon by John Scowcroft and
Sons Co. 1t will rank with leading
shoe manufacturing companies in the
western country. Six story building
on Wall avenue being remodeled and
machinery is to be installed.
Brigham City launches large street
paving program.
Tintic Empire mine planning to let
a contract for the installation Of
modern equipment.
Provo and Utah counties went on
record heartily in favor Of building a
railroad into the Uintah basin from
this valley by way Of Hobble Creek
$1,000 each and $50 such subscriptions
were pledged.
Park City-Park-Utah mine oper-
ating again.
Ogden-Following demands Of hod
carriers and day laborers for s. a
day, contractors here declare that
after finishing what work they have
under construction they would cease
operations.
Logan-North Cache county will
enlarge pea growing industry.
Park City sent out 1900 tons Of ore
last week.
Great development for the west will
result from the land leasing bill that
has passed the senate Oil land with
in producing fields would be leased in
plots Of $40 acres at royalty OF not
less than one-eighth nor more than
one fourth Of the oil produced. Is
suance Of these leases would be by
competitive bidding, however. Pros
pectors would be able to lease max
imum Of 1850 acres Of coal land on
. basis Of from five to twenty cents
q ton, but provisions authorizing the
sale Of coal lands were eliminated.
Alaskan coal lands would be two per
cent on the gross value Of the output,
and for sodium lands it would be one
eighth of the value Of the output. 1t
is proposed that As per cent Of the
royalties received under the bill shall
be paid to the states in which the
government land is located; 40 per
cent to the reclamation fund, and 10
per cent to the federal treasury.
Salt Lake-Strike made by Stock
ton mine in silver-lead ore which av-
erages $3.50 to the ton.
The highest world price for silver
since 1866 was reached early this
week when the white metal sold in
London market at 61A pence per
ounce, British Standard, 925-1000ths
fine. At this price silver exceeds in
value the old ratio of l6-to-l between
silver and gold. The l6-to-1 value of
silver would make $500 ga pence the
par value of an ounce Of British silver
Of coinage purposes, and slightly
higher value as bullion-market price.
The platform adopted by the new
communistic labor party at Chicago
demands that "the workers, organized
as the ruling class, shall own and
control the land, factories, mills,
financial institutions" 1t also de-
mands that the workers seize the
whole machinery of the American
government by violent action and
without recourse to the ballot box In
other words, it is proposed to insti-
tute class rule, which is contrary 90
the titution of the United States.
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