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The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21
sorry He Spoke,

lie was In the parlor of st. Louis
residence while his tiancee was playing
a Chopin sonata on the piano. Her
mother was seated almost opposite her
future son-in-law, and when the prop
er opportunity presented itself she
said:
Don't you think Edna has great
ear for music?'
Il certainly do" replied the young
man. III you'd stretch a few strings
across. it would make lovely gull
tar
But he never finished his sentence
New York Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21
In.t What He Needed.

A man went with his wife to visit
her physician. The doctor placed :
thermometer in the woman's mouth
After two or three minutes, just as
the physician was about to remove the
instrument, the man. who was not used
20 such a prolonged spell of brilliant
silence on the part of his life's partner.
said;
doctor. what will you take for that
thing?"- New York Times.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21
II All Depends.

A student long ago asked the presi'
dent of Oberlin college IL he could not
be permitted to take shorter course
of study.
"Oh, yes" replied the president. ''but
that depends upon what you want TO
make Of yourself. When God wants TO
make an 0nk, he takes hundred
years, but when be wants to make a
squash he takes six months - In
structOr.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21
Blizzard North OF us
Mountain REGION in Snow

SAT- LAKE, April 2l.-While Inc
central east IS sweltering in summer
temperatures, Nevada. Wyoming,
Idaho, Southern Montana and parts OF
Utah and Colorado are experiencing a
snow storm that at some points has
taken on the proportions of a blizzard.
The snow began falling last night
and still prevails over almost the en-
tire intermountain country.
At Lima. Mont. over six inches OF
snow has fallen
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21
Local, Weather Report.
SAVED MANY A TIME,

Don't neglect coughs and colds even
ii it is spring. Such cases often re-
suit seriously at this season just be-
cause people :.rc careless. One Minute
Cough Cure will r. move all danger Alb
solutely safe. Acts at once. sure cure
for Group. gripe bronchitis, and other
throat and lung troubles. Postmaster C.
o. Dawson. Barr, H., says: 1T Is the
very best cough medicine in the mar
ket. 1t has saved many a severe sick
ness" S. d. Bell & Son.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21
Oriental H0FReSho

The type of horseshoe common In the
orient is plate fitted so as to cover
the entire bottom of the hoof. with II
pcrforation in the center The weight
of the average horseshoe is three
foulths of a pound. The native smiths
usual! cut these plates from sheets Of
wrought iron and rudely shape them
for The purpose In view.
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CENIER OF eREAT INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE.

From commercial standpoint situated being
population
Is the natural distributing ponthe
radius of miles.
The obbns trade Of the city amounted
and the building of the railroads booked
greatly
has seen the building paper
None heretofore
people have been made sick with
gigantic things railways lines
Northwestern
Colorado
ton ana the Is being pushed
Grafton our people have been looking with
This witnesses the ruton of
building
Pedro
binatons greatly
that the of this great center
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

carbons in the shaIe include everv
grade from petroleum ether to solid
wax and VIOLA tiliZe AT temperatures
ranging over about 1000 degrees of tenn
perature, Fahrenheit. This necessf-
tates graded heat, for otherwise the
lighter oils would undergo destructive
dlstiliation before the voIatiIization OF
the heavier ellis occurred. The shale
must be ground to a certain fineness
or the Light oils in the interior of large
Jumps would be sUperheated while be-
ing retained by the heavier oils to-
ward the outside of the body. By auto
matte feed and delivery, shale being
used for heating, which is decidedly
conducive to economic extraction. the
process is continuous. The oil obtained
Is an excellent lubricant; 1t Is a perfect
solvent for asphalt and mixed with II
makes superior jet black enamel
paint for iron; it also forms the basis
for roof and outside wood paints, be-
sides carrying a heavy percentage Of
W..
After the hydrocarbons have beer
expelled from the shale either in the
retoPt or in the fire box, the residus
or ashes, as the case may be, has been
found to be suitable for making nat
uraI cement without adding other in
greCsents. but further burning is nee
Nssary. The cost of the cement pro-
ductiOn IS minimized BY an abundance
Of fuel on the ground and the fact the
residue or ashes for making the ce-
ment are already quarried and par
tally burned and ground without cost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
PROSPERITY GENERAL THROUGHOUT CITY.


points
upon period OF unexaned prosperity
lhes
be unexanped
air evidenced OF
ana social life Ride about the city
In
of the mini king
records building the
(s Of
aggregate s567o
broad ranches and
Montana Colorado
hold gods this valley Of the They
aetersc American
university
II IN
is this They
cultured judgment
children
America The officers and teachers
their efficiency
with the youth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
SURROUNDED BY BEAUTY SPOTS.


through escape Imprisonment are
constant delight
and recreation for the can
add nothing
the great blue that lies crowning glory of
the landscape of h world
IS ound? - ~ a"0"
There pride
ne lake and stl
fortunate
In one grand scheme of buand
my Italy - ~
more
surroundings
Man cannot live the
peng distributed by
me careful man
the
city of his choice
mate the character of its M is social
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Coal Production Shows Biz Increase

/ BIOLOGISTS who have made the
tT coal deposits of Utah a study
make the unreserved statement
that they are inexhaustible. Just how
many tens OF thousands of acres they
embrace is not definitely known. But
the state will be able TO produce coal,
and of the most excellent character,
years after the extensive fields of Penn
sylvania and the Virginias have been
worked out.
The state boasts of a number of
large mines, located in as many coun-
\ ties. and innumerable smaller ones, but
they convey no legitimate idea as to
the vastness OF the coal deposits For
hundreds of miles in the southern part
OF the state the out-croppings are mute
testimonials to great bodies of fuel ly-
ing under the surface strata. They are
easily accessible, as it is not necessary
TO sink to great depths to mine. There
fore the cost of mining much of the
coal is minimized.
In character the coal of Utah is not
excelled by that of any coal producing
state in the Union. 1t is OF two classes
steam producing and coke making.
The demand for the steam coal is grow
lib Tit HlcAlC, anu Ac1A
manufacturing concerns in adjourning
commemorative have learned to appre-
ciate its value, and are buying it in In
creasing quantities each year.
AS yet the coke industry of the state
is in it's infancy. But it is only a
question of a few years at the least
before the coal section Of the state,
which is the southern portion, viii be
dotted with ovens roasting hundreds Of
thousands of tons every year.
Production of Coke.
The coke production for this year was
12S.524 tons, as against 5l.607 tons for
1901. an increase of 1917 tons, greater
by 50 per cent than last year. The
coke this year was the production Of
the Pleasant Valley and Utah Fuel
companies mines. The former con-
Germ manufactured s6091 tons. and the
latter AZ, 433 tons. Last year the Utah
company did not make any coke. But
this year it built about go ovens, which
are now in full operation. The first
ovens were completed IN June, num-
bering about 100. The remaining $50
have been constructed since then, and
they were placed in operation as soon
as ready for the manufacture of that
commodity.
OF the 12S,524 tons OF coke manufae-
tured in Utah this year. about 60 per
cent Of it was used in the state. the re-
naming 40 per cent finding market
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SOURCES OF SALT LAKES WEALTH.

wealth
other institutions Of culture and refinement and builds
in
$A545oO counting the corporations
made public
half million dollars in ofthose of 1901
The
sun 10 the
dividend and the CITY IS
the o grow
The business Of the community is transacted through
tus which hold their
money on deposit Salt Lake
t Dim
failure is to recaIIit -
the citizen the future of the nothing cheerful
promise Tor the coming
All these signs point continuance substantial growth
that mas our history for the past
not want DO044' FISHER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
COMING THE HYDROCARBONS
INTO MONEY STAMPED BY UNCLE SAM

\ numerous Utah localities are
| found various hydrogen and car
bon compounds known by the gen
eraI term hydrocarbons These sub
stances include gases. oils and wakes
and vary in their characteristics ac-
cording to the proportions of the two
elements named and the conditions IN
der which they combine
This article is limited TO the nature
uses, occurrence and recent efforts to
develop this class OF products in the
vicinities of Tucker and Soldier Sum
nit on the Rio Grande Western rail-
road, about eighty and ninety miles.
respectively. from Salt Lake In the
region named the hydrocarbons have
a paraffine base and possess greater
value than those with an asphalt base
usually found elsewhere
Formation of Country.
The country is built up Of blanket
strauflcations, being sedimentary de-
posits that slope to the northward at
angles varying between 10 and 80 de-
grees from a horizontal line. The lay
ers differ greatly in thickness, but the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

ceries was about $500, 900. making the
Total approximately $1,000. 600 as
against S6,500.000 for the preceding
year In the drug and chemical line,
the volume Of business grew from $3.50
600 to about $1,000, 600, said to be due
10 the same cause
me Jobbers in confectionery saw the
increase of quarter of a million in
their trade is attributable to their in
VaoIng new territory. The dealers in
farm implements say their growth i'm
business IS due to immigra ton and old
farmers increasing their agricultural
tools and machinery. Dry goods in
creased to $3.50 600 from 81, 500. OOO oyv-
ing to a general prosperity and grow
Ing population.
The Jobbers anticipate a better bust
ness during the new year than in 1902
owing to assurances OF the two new
railroads and the determination on the
part OF spectators, investors and
miners to open up new mining dis
trlcts and develop further those now
being worked. AS a jobbing center
Salt Lake has a great future. the bust
ness men say, limited only by the
growth and development Of the state.
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hundred feet, and it Is said that the
VEINS, with depth, increase IN size and
nave been erOss-cut a long distance
With no indications Of a stopping point-
ms wax finds ready market at a fig
ure approXimating the price of casting
copper and regular shipments are be-
ing made to New York. For seDarat-
ing the wax from the foreign matter
IN the vein special machinery. recently
completed and which is protected bv
patent, is being used with success. The
process for separation in general is A
heated cavity partly filed with water.
the melted wax coming to the top and
the rock staying at the bottom. In the
snaIe strata the hydrocarbons are A
complete mechanical mixture to the
Inlnutest particles, and for extracting
lheSe hydrocarbons in the form of oil
the Utah ShaIe company has expert
mented to successful issue with ma
chlnery in Salt Lake and which is now
on the company's ground
Process of Extraction.
The process, for which several pat
ents have been applied. is not complex,
but decidedly exacting. The hydro
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

TIE year just drawing TO a close
was most prosperous one for the
Salt Lake Jobbing trade. The vol
ume Of business was little more than
s4,0O0,00O greater than in 1901. aggre-
eating $751; 900. as against s27. 235. 600
for the preceding year, which was
city 'i'O
Inc enormous amount of business
transacted during the year is attribu-
table TO two causes: The increase in
population of the state and the ability
or certain houses to break into new
territory by quoting lower prices than
their eastern competitors. In addition
10 those two reasons may be added
the general prosperity of the country
The largest gains made during the
year were in what are known as luxu-
res, including confectionery. furniture
or a fancy character. dry goods of a
good quality, expensive groceries and
household goods
The general increase Of the jobbing
business ranged from 10 to 25 per cent
over 1901 The few exceptions are in
minor articles. The increase in gro
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
Prosperity of the City is Founded on Lasting
and Enduring Basis.
Secretary of Commercial Club Discusses Cy Magnificent Indus
trial and Other Advantages Financial, Social, Edu
caJiOna and Business Center
oy Fisher Harris ssorstar of the connsrcsal clubl

AN
100000
increase possible
expectation
tah or the discovery
e state
y many Of our sangu citizens But these
conservative
Iact however
SAT-
necessary be
VIII see great beautiful
'o' Oh course that this
based upon substantial personal opinion In the
171 place. consider
means and leisure the globe in order
see
almost
mountains ruggedy beautiful
the city
exhibitions Of the
nunnberies lie a our verydo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
On the Frontier.

A group of congressman were telling
stories of their experiences in court One
gentleman contributed this incident
which is printed in the Washington Post:
In case which was tried in one of the
border towns. one OF the lawyers was an
eastern man who was new to the coun-
try
VIII you charge the jury, your h0nor2-'
he asked. when the evidence had been
submitted
on, no, guess not replied the Judge
never do charge them anything They
DON'T know much. anyway, and / let EN-
have all they can make
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size Of the individuals are decidedly
uniform. One of these strata, which
Is on an average about fOrty-siX feet
thick, contains from IS to As per cent
hydrocarbons, and is called shale, the
rock itself carrying lime and other in
gradients. This vein is the basis of To-
cations made for several miles and
covering a large acreage. by the Utah
Summit Oil & ShaIe company. a
closely related incorporation. at Sol
der Summit. Under the shaIe deposit
and extending 10 an unknown depth
are numerous fissure veins eutcropping
at the surface and various places south
of the Outcroppings of the shale. These
assures carry in them ozOcerite or par
afflne, together with badly broken de-
posts of country rock These assures
are the basis of locations and opera
tons of the Summit Placer company,
a New York concern that has a large
tract just east of Soldier Summit sta
ton.
The indications are that the hydro
through the assures under great heat
and pressure and were absorbed by the
shale. the extremely heavy portions at
the conclusion Of the eruption remain
ing in the assures.
Works Well Equipped.
The wax works, as they are called,
at the Summit are well equipped with
buildings, power and hoisting maehin-
cry A shaft has been sunk several
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

IN the adjoining commemorative. The
1902 Importation of coke amounted TO
about 1885, $50 tons. The importers were
the Rio Grande Western road, KEN
merer Coal company. Diamond Coal &
Coke company, Central Coal & Coke
company and the Union Pacific railroad
company.
Increased Coal Output.
The production of coal in Utah this
year aggregated 1.641. 43S tons as against
1924 tons for 1901. an incfease of 4s9. 2l2
tons The value of the product for this
Year. based upon $50 per ton at the
mines, the average cost of production.
IS $500. ia Using the same basis for
determining the value of the product for
1901, 1t was $l-S2S, 3S6 an increase for 1902
over 1901 of $63S SIS
The coal iraportations for the year
aggregated 1877, 92) TONS Last wear they
We're l07,940 tons. showing an increase OF
$3.50 tons for 1902 as against 1901 The
importers were the same concerns that
shipped in the coke Although several
new mines opened up in 1901 were oper-
ated during the year. and in spite OF the
Tact that the older mines employed more
than 100 men this year than they did dur
ing 1901, the demand for coal was so
great that the Utah mines could not sup
ply it, and the importing companies were
compelled TO ship in the vast quantities
which they did.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

Der OF fatal accidents than any other
state in the Union. According TO the
computations of State Coal Mine inspect
or Conner Thomas, Utah wrested that
nonor from the southern state this year.
During the year West Virginia produced
20 tons of coal to every fatal accident
Utah produced 217,Sd tons to every IA
tality.
The number of accidents in the Utah
coal mines this year was tWenty-one as
against twenty-six for last year, a de-
crease OF five. Last year there were sew
en- fatalities and nineteen non-fataIities
This year the fatal accidents numbered
nine, two greater than in 1901, but the
non-fa talities were twelve seven less
than last year.
Eight new mines were opened up during
the year; two in Carbon county and six
IN Emery. None Of them produced coal,
but viii do so next year.
Production of Mines.
The following table shows the coal
production of the state for this year by
mines, with comparative figures for last
year:
Name of Production bv Tons
Mine and county. 1901. 1902.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

= = ~ y = ~ = = - , =
= UTAH COAL STATISTICS.
y ,r . :
Value production
=
mi worked.
produc tor, tomas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
Employees in Mines.

During the year 1883 men we're en-
ployed in the various mines of the state.
as compared with I724 for last year. an
increase of 109 The following table
shows the mines in which the men were
employed. and comparative figures for
1901.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
Few Accidents Occur.

For many years West Virginia has LAID
claim to the distinction OF producing
zIl0ss tons of coal for the fewest num-
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= = = : = = - : : = = : :
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-16

who has died of thirst there. Among
all the tales of grim hardships and
dreadful suffering by emigrants to
California before there were railroads
west of the Missouri none is so pitt
full as that of the party who got lost
in Death Valley in 1S49. There were
500 emigrants in a caravan at Salt
Lake City in August of that year All
were going to the gold fields in Cali
fornia A division of opinion arose
as to the safest and easiest trail
across the trackless plains and the
Sierras to the new Eldorado. Some
200 of the party struck out for the
southeast and found the old Santa Fe
trail, which finally led them to south
ern California. The rest went plod-
ding in a caravan across the wastes OF
southern Utah. There was nothing to
show them the way through the life
less roasting valleys, past the bald
mountains and then westward over
the towering Sierras.
The caravan was in the land Of
thirst. For four months the starving,
half crazed men and women wandered
hither and yon through the region OF
horror seeking some pass between the
mountains to the Pacific ocean. Mi
RACES led them vainly miles away from
the trail Their wagons fell apart
from dryness and horses fell daily un'
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-16

Last year has been record year in
the export trade of Russian cigarettes.
The trade seven years ago only reached
the figure of 30.0O0.00O, while the re-
turns for 1901 show that during the
year 129,000,000 cigarettes were sent
from Russia to foreign countries Ger
many appears to be the best customer.
her purchases amounting to 100000.
Finland second, with 24,000,000, the
rest of 10000, 900 being spread all over
the surface of the globe.
We do not defer to-day's punish
ment by to-morrow's promises.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-16
SOLD HIS DAUGHTER FOR 500
Father Punished with Is Years Inn
prison mont and KI 900 Fine.

Jeanne Polite, Is years old, was the
complainant against her father yes
terday morning before Justice McMa-
hon in part / of general sessions. Her
father, Pierre Polito. a French Canad-
ian, is 40 years old. He was arrested
on the charge of having sold his
daughter for $50 to a French waiter,
a cadet"
Word of the girls plight reached
the Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Children. They rescued her
and it took two weeks of treatment
to enable the girl to tell her story in
diligently.
On being arraigned yesterday for
sentence Polite told the judge that he
did not understand English very well
Judge Mcmahon expressed the belief
that the man would understand it
when he heard his sentence, and he
imposed the maximum penalty OF the
law-fifteen years in the penitentiary
and a fine of $1,000. There is another
indictment on which the father may
be tried with an additional penalty
of ten years at hard labor. 1t is prob
able that he will be tried on this
count, and that in addition to the fine
he will have to serve twenty-five years
in the penitentiary.-New York
Times.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-16
DR.. Burton's Atrship.

DR.. Burton, who is now conducting
experiments under the British war Of
flee, claims to have completed an air.
ship better than that of Santos
Dumont. 1t is com bination of bal
loon and areoplanes. By system
OF aeroplanes and framework be-
tween the balloon and the car he
claims to have conquered the problem
of rising and descending without hav-
ing recourse to dropping ballast or
emitting gas. An automatic water
balance apparatus keeps the airship
horizontal. Even passengers walking
about the deck would not disturb the
ships equilibrium. The balloon will
be $50 feet long, eighty feet more than
Dumonts, with a deck Of 1O4 feet,
driven by six propellers of entirely
new form set in motion in pairs by
three petrol motors 45-horse power
each. One pair is placed in the bow.
one amidships. and one in the stern.
The three motors, fed by PIG gallons Of
petrol distributed in thirty-siX cylin-
ders. will weigh 1.150 pounds. The
ship will carry seven men and Will
be capable of remaining in the air
forty-eight hours. maintaining a speed
OF twenty-five miles an hour.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-16

Illinois has two nicknameS. 1t was
early called prairie State from the
character of it's land, which in most
quarters is rolling prairie. 1t was
nicknamed the Sucker State" from
the fact that early travellers on the
prairies often suffered great straits
for lack of water. They soon learned
from the Indians how to satisfy their
thirst, for proceeding to low place
in the prairie, they would search for
crawfish holes, into which they in
serted a long straw, and sucked up
the water beneath. Such, at least, is
the story told and explanation given
of the nickname.