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were falling directly over the house.
Come. all of you. to the pump. We
must fight it, said the old farmer.
Miss l.otta bring me light tin pail.
The only chance is To climb on the roof
and pull water up with IL rope from each
end"
Frank Shaw.
ladder was put against the end of
;hr house and they were soon on the
roof which was smoking in several
places. Water was quickly poured on
the places that had caught. For over
two hours Harry Richards and Frank
Shaw stayed on the roof. At last the
wind lowered an they dared to rest IL
minute.
Mr.. Martyr called. Come down. boys.
You have saved my old home where
was born and all my children. God bless
YOU. The gals and ! could never have
put the fire out
As they came down, he grasped their
hands heartily
Harry Richards was so exhausted. he
fell over when the old farmer let 20 his
hand. They almost carried him in the
house, and good Mother Martyr brought
him glass of grape juice. which soon
revived him.
AT i II. m. after partaking of strong
coffee and a substantial meal. they took
their leave. But Harry often found his
way back while he WAS in the country
for his health. and after he returned to
the city. he still continued to come The
family always gave him warm well
and fDrn
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Crop Bulletin,
WEEK ENDING MONDAY, AUG.
Bird. 1903.


W EAlll Filth" t"mp"rHtur" for
the past week has averaged several de
@rr"S below IN" normal. Ii" afternoons
W"r" hot on Wednesday and Thursday
Whrll several lroStr1ti"nS w"r" reported.
inc highest temperatures on th"S" dates
ranging FROM ~ t" - degrees through
OUT IN" section. NhlI" tn" nights We're
continuously cool. tn" lowest morning
temperatures were generally experienced
on INC 18Th. tn" minimum going rs low
rs II degrees III til" mountains and
reaching - t" 10 degrees i'll th" interior
ana south. General thunder storms on
tn" afternoons Of tn" 18th and 3bth. gave
about tn" normal amount of rainfall for
tn" season. ana were followed by light
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MINOR CROPS.-Gardens and truck
patches are yielding well, though grassy.
Celery and caulillOwer are going to mar
ket from the western counties Early
cabbage is heading nicely. and the plant
ing of late cabbage for winter use is well
advanced. Some turnips are being sown
in the south. Sweet corn has had an
unfavorable season, but is now doing
fairly we'll Tomato plants lost most of
their first blooms hut those coming after
held on well, and gave way to enough
young fruit to make n good crop if ma
turity is safely reached. Some loss by
rottlng is reported from the south and
southeast. where the fields are yielding,
but the quality of the tomatoes reaching
market is generally good. The crop for
the canneries is several weeks late. and
the estimates advanced as to the yields
vary from light to very good. Early po-
tatoes have rotted badly in the extreme
west, but elsewhere the yields are salts
factory both in quantity and quality :
late potatoes are still being planted
Sweet potatoes are doing well. Small
shipments of watermelons and canta-
loupes have been made from the southern
and eastern counties. but the Yields will
be light. Grapes have set well, and the
loss by rotting has been small.
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COLONEL l.. l. LIVINGSTON,

COLONEL l.. l. LIVINGSTON.
Colonel l.. l. Livingston, Member of
the Industrial Commission and the lead
ing Democratic member of the Com
mittee on Appropriations in the House
af Representatives, whose home is at
Atlanta, Ca, writes:
81 take pleasure in Joining with
GENERAL Wheeler, Congressman
Brewer and Others in recommending
Peruna as an excellent foEic and
cafarrh cure. "-CoL l.. l. Livingston.
Catarrh Cured.
All phases of catarrh, acute or chronic,
are promptly and permanently cured.
1t is through its operation upon the ner-
vous system that Peruna has attained
such n worldwide reputation as sure
and reliable remedy for all phases of
catarrh wherever located.
Mr.. Jas. o. NORM, 1879 Ontario street
Montreal, Canada, writes:
Peruna is certainly great catarrh
remedy. 1t cured me of catarrh of the
head and l gladly indorse it. Canadians
are peculiarly afflicted with this disease
and for years the doctors have tried to
overcome it with elixirs, powders and
pills, but Peruna has solved the question
and since the medicine has been estab-
lished here hundreds of people have
been cured of catarrh. JAS. O. NORM.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj.
vice free.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum bus, o.
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FRUlT.-Early apples have given
average to good yields F.: the winter var
i"tics nr" still promising. although some
dropping continues. and local loss by
wind gusts occurred during the week.
Pears are scarce. and as market crop
are not of any consequence. Early
peaches are about gone, many having
rottcd before ripening. The peach crop
will be very short and the quality as a
rule is inferior, although in some places
the fruit is reported to be of unusually
fine grade.
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vest is nearing completion, and thrcshing
has begun. in the extreme west else
where threshing is practically finished.
The yields for the section are consider
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Tin Pail
Romance.

smiling June sky. with scarcely
Il cloud to dim the brightness of
early summer Il white dusty
road-hed the graceful form of
girl. moving with the swift
ness of fawn in the grass
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

vania, at least sl2, while II plants ~ d, "a
erected In Utah the product could h.
made for $3.50 per ton under fnvoy-
able circumstances, a further ndynn
tage Is found in favor OF iiioi
IT, in the cost OF mining. II H.
claimed that the steel trust cannon nrn9
duce It's ores for less than 81 10 ncr
ton while in Iron county the ores ON
be handled az low az 10 cents per ton
In large quantities.
MANUFACTURE OF steel. RAILS.
It Is also figured that steel rails. for
which there is Il great demand at tho
present time, could be manufacturod
here at n much less cost than else
whsle, owing to the many natural adj
vantage to be had, A plant operating
on an extensive scale could produce
them for slS to the ton. The demand
for wire, nails sheet steel. structural
steel, iron bars, armor plate, etc q
also an important factor to be consld-
cred. The development OF the Pacific
coast and the orient Is sure To furnish
great market in the future and Utah
should, and, probably win be ready ia
compete for this trade.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PIONEER SAMPLlNG MILL, SANDY.

familiar mining
still institution The
the which from there sampled the Pioneer
before The today and
certainly materially For previous last February
spring sampng
organized, the premises Since
machinery devices for the
smeers
producers classes Of
they would be under the Old
who st prefer the hand ampng
Of mill
ten-hou shift. The
is the 49,
Cushing Macintosh
years business
liberal
from all the
located point Sandy and
the
Denver g. Rio Grande and & Lake
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& Rio Gpnde railroad vii extend It's
lines into the iron fields from Marys-
vale during the present year
IMPORTANCE or UTAH REGIONS.
The Importance OF the Utah iron re-
gions has been recognized by the fore
most experts In that line In the country
and careful estimates made by men Of
standing indicate that I}essemer pig
iron can be produced here for So per
cent of what II Is costing the steel
trust nj the present under most favor
able circumstances.
When John r. Jones. recognized
authority Investigated the deposits Of
Iron county some tme ago he declared
that previous to this time the greatest
single body of iron ore That he had
ever seen aggregated 30000,0O0 tons;
but In the Pinto district he found n
body aggregating several times that
amount and In submitting his report to
the gentlemen who had employed him,
he made the following statement;
WILL ECLIPSE ALL OTHERS.
within few years Utah should be
producing more iron than any other
state In the union. The deposits In the
southwestern part of the state are the
greatest | have ever seen, and | have
examined all the principal iron deposits
I'm the United States Cuba and Nene-
zuela.
"The close proximity OF the iron to
an ample supply OF fuel and lime fluX
makes 1t possible to produce iron In
Utah cheaper than anywhere else in
the United States, Iron works can be
erected In this state which will pro-
duce iron so cheaply that, with fair
railroad rates, the finished product can
be laid down I'm Chicago on at least
equal terms with the product of the
United States steel corporation or any
other producer The low cost OF pro-
ductlon would make II possible for the
Utah iron and steel works to control
absolutely the trade of the western
part of North and South America and
the orient. 1t will take little time to
get the Utah iron and steel works In
shape for steady production, but when
they are completed, they must become
an important factor in the Industry of
the United States"
ORE EASILY MINED.
The Iron county ore Is principally
soft red and brown hemetite. which
can be handled easily by steam shovel,
except where blowouts occur, which
are hard and magnetic Hundreds of
acres viii require but from one to
three feet of stripping. Various iron
experts who have examined the region
declare that the surface groupings are
as great as any In the world and that
II is difficult at the present stage Of de-
veopment to give any accurate idea
of the tonnagcs available. However
some have placed 1t at l,00O,O0O,00O
short tons. The ore runs about go per
cent metallic iron, while the silica av-
erages about per cent, Plenty of
fuxing material can be easily obtained
CLOSE TO COAL MEASURES.
"The coal measures In Carbon coun-
ty' says another expert, produce II coke
which is equal to the Connellsville arti-
Gle, both as regards analysis and
strength necessary to carry furnace
burden. This coal is about 225 miles
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as the pure metallic fluid is caught
In an iron Kettle. and when no more
continues to come, II Is weighed up
ana the actual per cent Of saving noted
and compared with the assay,
This Is probably the only reliable
way of ascertalnng just what the ac-
tual saving Is, as il cannot be found,
as some might think, by testing the
ore before and after treatment since
the pans are taken from the muffle red
hot, and should there be any mercury
left In them 1t would naturally most
all pass Off before they would cool.
THE mercury is put into IRON TASKS,
each holding seventy-six ana a half
pounds net, of which there is now
some 1926 on hand ready for market
"Tho mine run, averaging about I per
cent mercury. and per cent moisture,
with q conservative estimate, gives
enough ore In sight to keep the plant
running for period Of two years.
"rhe general expense necessary for
the running OF the plant IA compare
lively small, as 1t only requires one
man 70 shift of eight hours, besides
weighing, etc, Slack coal Is used for
a foreman TO oversee the sampling,
fuel, about 500 pounds to SHIFT. Cya-
hide solution Is run out from the mill,
through the cooling trough and back
into the supply tank, so that there Is
no loss Of water The plant Is now
all under cover and In good shape for
winter"
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syndicate carry out the plans now be-
ING considered Utah would reap the
benefits OF the building and operation
Of great steel plants and rolling mills,
WATER Is PLENTIFUL.
a sufficient water supply has caused
some apprehension In the past This
difficulty, however, can be overcome by
the building OF the greater works IN
either the Utah or Salt Lake valleys,
and site on the shores OF the Utah
Lake ls now being considered.
The San Pedro railway management
is already preparing TO build branch
line into the Iron districts from Lund,
40 miles south OF Milford This line
win very likely be constructed next
year, when the forces now at work In
filing the gap between Salt Lake and
Los Angeles. on the deserts OF Nevada,
are recalled.
PREPARED FOR BUSINESS.
Col Miner IL prepared to commence
active mining MS soon as the branch
road is finished he having already
contracted with the American smelt-
ing e Refining company to furnish the
latter 400 tons OF nuxing ores daily
from the deposits at Desert Mound. II.
Is confidently expected that the Denver
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
OPERATION OF QUICKSILVER
RETORTS AT THE SACRAMENTO.

into furnace. similar to the assay
furnace, so that the fire can play all
around them. Each retOrt Is connect
ed on the top at the back end, with a
four-inch pipe running out over the
furnace and down through a trough
of cold running water,
THE ore IL brought from the mine
and dumped on a board door where it
is thoroughly mixed, quartered down,
and samples taken for moistures and
assay. It Is then weighed and mixed
with lime To take up the sulphur, and
a little fine coke or charcoal TO carry
off any free oxygen, az carbon oxide
and thereby prevent oxides Of mercury
forming In the pipes and clogglng them
up The ore is then put into the
pans about two feet square. Four OF
these pans slide into each mufne. MAX
ing twelve all told, and holding about
100 pounds Of ore every twenty-four
hours.
After the pans are placed In the muf-
1e the door Ia sealed up tightly and
the furnaces gradually fixed up. Soon
the moisture begins to pass of through
the four-inch pipe when the mercury
fumes, passing through the cold pipe,
condcnse, and running from the end
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products could be obtained from Utah
cheaper This iron field, developed, Will
eventually control tho Pacific coast and
oriental iron business II properly ma
nlpulated The orient IL the future
great market for many Of our manu-
fnctured commodities among which
iron and steel are the principal. There
are no other known iron deposits IN
the west that are OF sufficient extent to
be considered as the basis for devel-
oping an iron and steel enterprises
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
Col S, b. Miner Is In possession Of
other valuable date concerning the
mining and manufacture OF iron, and
men competent to do such things have
compiled for him figures on the cost
of producing iron in Utah as compared
to other places, in which he finds a
showing greatly favorable to the build
ing up of the industry here. 1t is fig
ured, for instance, that 1t costs the
United States Steel corporation 81 20
per ton to produce Bessemer pig; that
at the Birmingham, Ala, plants 1t
ranges from IS 10 50 and in the Shen-
ango and Mahoning valleys of Pennsyl-
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OLD JOKE CAME TRUE.

MANY n true word Is spoken In Jest
and an uuconsclously the otner Gay | was
one % the actors I'm a Joke that has been
a drug clerk "A gr came In and nhe
wanted dose Of castor oil, but she want
ed II sO disguised that II wouldn't be OF.
fcnsiye 20 the taste. Have "A glass Ot
soda water on me while you're waiting.
| said. mixed a dose of oh with tpo
syrup and she dln't seem to know the
difference as she drank 10 without n
murmur. Other customers came In and
! waited on them Finally she became I'M
patient and asked for her oil Why,
you've had g. | said You drank II In
that glass Of soda water She turned sort
OF green about the gllls and Raspod;
Il didn't want IL for myself, ] wanted it
have Knocked me down with feather
In an instant the old minstrel Joke came
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

HE Sacramento, of Mercur, which
has introduced some new mining
features IN the way OF extracting
the values from it's quicksilver
ores has attracted not a little attention
IN that regard.
A description Of this plant which is
not lacking in interest was contained
IN an article contributed to the current
issue of the Mining Review in which
the writer says
while this plant Is not as yet as ex-
tensive as that at New Almaden Cal,
where $50 tons Of ore Is handled per day
averaging one-haif per cent mercury,
yet il is giving very good account OF
itself and is proving quite a nice little
side issue In connection with the reg
ular mill run averaging about flask
of quicksilver to shift and running
with the regularity OF a clock.
THE retorts In use are three In NUM-
Der and are shaped like the mufne used
In an assay furnace; they arc cast iron.
eight feet long, two feet wide, and one
foot high, set side by side and built
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
GIRLS WHO SHREK.

"If the rising generation Of American
girls is not taught 10 use the speaking
voice properly We shall develop into a
race Of unconscious unintentiOnal
shrews" says Miss Fay Templeton, a
well known and popular prima donna, III
some rich woman wished to bring upon
her head the blessings Of posterlty she
should eudow a chair Of voice develop
meut which would not necessarily include
singing lessons,
"Listen TO the penetrating feminine
voices all around us, shrilling, almost
shrieking IN head tones, And ! am sure
that not one OF those women realizes that
her remarks are being heard all over the
room. II she dll she would talk less OF
personal matters. Ride on the elevated
head viii ache moro from the piercing
voices Of the woman around YOU than
from the combined din Of train and street.
Have you ever had u telephone ring In
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PROGRESS MADE IN THE
PARK VALLEY MINING DISTRICT

ing its milling facilities In the near
future. At the beginning of the pres
ent year the mine was in debt; but
II now has balance IN It's treasury.
'rhe ores of Park Valley are principally
productive of gold
The Deer Trail Is another promising
property In Park Valley the Elamigo
Is another the lone is stlll another,
while the Great Buffalo and PLANETARY
are propositions which give much en-
enlargement to their owners.
Little of Importance has been done
i'm the Ashbrook district during the
year; however. considerable prospect
ing has been done and on the Whole
the future OF the country looks bright.
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THE STAGE KISS.

Daniel Frohmun and some friends were
discusslng various theatrical matters IN
the lobby OF the Lyric when I'd stranger
addressed them
II beg your pardon. gentlemen said
he. but m q psychologist I'm search OF
information. ] happened DO overhcar your
conversation ana presume you are con-
nected with histrionIc unairs. can amy
Of yea tell me just what a stage Kiss Isl?
OF course / mean It's character or Kind. p"
Mr.. trohmon declined 20 commit him
sell, but one Of the party replied
sort OF one fellows wife gives him
when he comes home after losing his
weeks salary at the racos"-Now York
World.
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your ear because the woman at the other
end OF the wire was using head tones In
talklng2 II rs frghtful.
"The true root OF the evil Is that the
American woman either cannot or VIII
not use ner speaking voice properly. Hun
drods Of dollars to cultivate singing
voice, but not one cent nor j0t OF her
time TO improve her speaking voice! Mas
sage and lessons in physical culture to
develop e plump throat but not hlYe mln-
utes a dan to enlarge her chest And yet
q gentle voice Is womans most effective
Wennnn -MnshlnEton rImea
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

IN THE extreme northwestern corner
Of Utah is situated the Park Valley
and Ashbrook mining districts.
which seem destined to become I'M
portant producers of the more precl-
GUS metals when further developed,
In the former district the Century
is the most important mine 1t is
equipped with l6-stamp mil and Is
making money. An evidence of this
was seen during the year by the mine
entering upon dividend basis. The
developments Of the year show an
Improvement In physical conditions ana
the management contemplates enlarg
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

a deal is now In an embryo state,
which vii mean II finally accom-
pllshed the organization of powerful
corporation In which Senator w. A..
Clark. OF Montana, and other proml-
nent officials Of the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake railway are to fig
uro conspicuously IL Is to be hoped
that this talent will become Interested
In building up the iron interests OF
Utah for It would eliminate In the
early building OF great steel plants in
this state, and the furnishing of EN-
ployment for hundreds and even thous-
ands of men.
THE COLORADO +. & |. co.
But the advent OF the Colorado Fuel
n Iron company IN OF no small import
ance provided that corporation goes
ahead with the opening OF its proper
ties upon a commercial scale II is
probable that this concern has no
intention OF building the expensive
plants here-at present at least, that
1t has already done In Colorado, and
it IL quite likely It's purpose IL when
things get to moving. TO ship the pro-
duct OF the Utah mines OF the COM
pany to Pueblo to be manufactured in
to articles Of commercial use.
on the other hand, should the Mine-
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back TO me, and I realized that had
played It myself an unconsclOusly I Of
tere1 my apologies, but an apology IL
hardly an antIdlte for a dose Of castor
oil, "-phil0dClghla Record.
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from the iron on tho Rio Grandc rail-
road.
Pig iron can be manufactured IN
Utah for 50; steel rails can be made
FOR $40 ton. The Colorado Fuel 81
Iron company az Pueblo, colo. IS the
only pig iron ana steel manufacturer
west of the Mississippi river and It's
cost per ton is high, as all the raw
materials are hauled from considers
able distances New Mexico,
Wyoming etc.--to point OF manufoc-
ture, which ia l,400 miles from the Pa
cinc coast and 900 miles farther from
the coast than the Utah iron. This
company could not compete with an
iron and steel plant in Utah for the
Pacific coast ana oriental iron and
steel business.
PIG IRON ESTIMATES.
pig iron sells In Salt Lake City at
sSs to sac ton and I'm San Francisco
at S34 to S3S. Steel rails in salt Lake
are SAC and i'm San Francisco S4S. The
annual consumption OF rails on tho
Pacific coast Is about 100000 tons, and
OF pig iron 100000 tons Tho consump-
ton would be much increased if iron