Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-10-22

One hundred thousand persons saw
the Utah State Fair.
Preparations for constructing an in
tra-state federal road between points
in Utah and Arizona we're made Sat-
urday at a special meeting of the
state road commission, when q delega-
ton of citizens from Kane, Washing
ton and Iron counties outlined their
wishes in regard to this highway. The
road will be one of the earliest taken
up in 1921, according to present plans.
It will extend from Kanab, Utah to
Short Creek, Arizona, including Hur-
ricane, Utah, and Fredonia, Arizona, a
distance of a little more than 20
miles.
Estimates have been made that the
total production Of beets by all COM
panies operating in Utah, Idaho and
Washington will be close to 100000
tons. OF this amount the Amalga-
mated Sugar company will produce
about 81 per cent, the Utah-Idaho
company, 55 per cent, and the remain
ing 18 per cent will be produced by
the seven other companies in these
states. For this crop it is estimated
the farmers will receive in the neigh
borhood of $30,000,000
Utah paid $685. ISL internal rev.
enue tax to the government for the
past year. OF this amount the mining
industry furnished large proper
ton.
Salt Lake Survey of Howell mine
tunnel completed,
Ogden-Union Pacific to get 2,000,-
900 ties in this vicinity this year.
Cedar City-9,0 900 feet Of timber
has been sold near here.
A warning to building crafts that
unless they "resort to reason" and
end jurisdictional disputes the unions
may be destroyed and the open shop
come into vogue has been issued by
Pres. Donlin, of building trades de-
partment Of American Federation of
Labor.
Utah has approximately 100000
900 tons of high grade coal, enough
to supply the world for decade.
Delta-Utah-Ida sugar factory
starts slicing. Expects to run full ca
pacity, $50 tons day, for 10 days.
Payson is repairing all her streets,
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Iputs in electrically operated beet
loading station as cost of $4,000.
Wasatch county starts digging beet
n crop. Getting an average of IS tons
per acre.
Eureka-Central Standard awards
shaft sinking contract.
Franklin K. Lane, former Secretary
of the Interior, says, an politics. the
high cost of living, the greatest issue
, in the public mind, is overlooked BY
the campaigners of both the major pc,
litical parties"
Eureka-Shipment are being made
from new strike on Eureka Hill prop.
erty. Mammoth Mining company has
shipped $50 tons of ore daily to valley
smelters, and is to increase shipments
Beet grinding at Spanish Fork Sug'
ar mill begins.
Logan--Large body magnesite ore
under development east Of Hyde Park
Lehi-Tintic is ready to start sinking
new shaft on property in North Tintic
Eureka-Rapid progress being made
|, in development of Yuma mine.
Tombstone Prospector: "Stabiliza
ton of the price of silver has had the
of stimulating silver mining all over
the west. The U. S. will not sell its
silver for less than S1.00 an ounce anC
the other countries cannot deliver
any quantity to speak of. india is
grabbing all the white metal that car
be bought. Silver is the East Indians
metal, considered necessary to with
stand the rigors of famine in his coun
try whenever the rivers fail to supply
J water for irrigation. The price of 81
an ounce paid by the government fore
es smelters to pay a like price II
: will require seven years to produce
the demands of the government quota
for it's minis alone.
Statistics compiled in the offices Of
the Utah Public Health Association
and presented by James II. Wallis
IS executive secretary at the annua
meeting of the association held last
week, reports deaths in each county in
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