The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-05
M'CLELLAN'S NAME
NOT ON THE LIST
ST. Louis Fair Committee Over
looks Utah's 0Tganist,
GOVERNOR MAKES PROTEST
COMMISSION RECEIVES REPORT
ON EXHIBITS FROM STATE.

/ On EA61b4IS EhQM STATE.
/ PROFESSOR J. J. ATccleuan's name
/ does not appesr in the ofHcisI list
Of American organists who win
give recitals on the festival hall organ
/ during the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
[ ton. Governor Heber Al. Wells yes
terday called the attention Of George
t W. Stewart OF st. Louis. to the mat
/ ter. He is chairman OF the bureau 90
music for the exposition. The letter
IVES read 20 the members of the Utah
| commission during their meeting yes
i terday afternoon, and received their
/ full endorsement The protest OF the
! governor, which reciJes the facts in
/ the case. reads as follows.
The attention of the Louisiana Pur-
| chase exposition commission for this state
has been just directed TO the fact that in
an official list recently published of
/ American orgauists who VIII give reCitals
/ on the Festival hail organ during the eE-
! position. these orgauists being some sew
/ enty in number, no Utah lnstrumentalist
seems 10 have been found worthy OF men
/ ton.
/ Unwilling to believe that this omission
/ is more than an unInfenLional oversight
/ / am requested by tbe commission 10 re-
mind you OF the high place held iu the
I tiit4-iNdl WNlA4 bt ti+E LtA4ft4a ana fftfA4Aft
! ful tabernacle organ Of THIS city 8ud It's
+ modest Yet brilliant master. Professor J.
/ J. Mcclellan. The instrument itself may
be safely classed as one of the really
4 great ones in the world. while the ma
| steal profession viii agree, we think. that
/ its charm and power are most skillfully
/ exhibited under the hands OF the artist
named.
! The reluctance I feel in being thus com
/ PEELED 10 bring the matter TO your notice
/ is greatly reduced by the sincere con
/ vjction that I am doing q service 20 the
/ divine art in requesting that this talented
{ performer be not omitted from your list,
/ and while awaiting your early reply, I re-
/ main very respectfully yoIrs.
HEBER 81 WELLS.
/ Governor and Chairman Commission
Mineral Exhibit Very Fine One.
The features OF. the meeting, aside
from the above communication. were
/ the request of the state board Of edu-
/ cation for $1,000 with which 30 make
an educational display, the report Of
/ Director General Samuel r. Whitaker
/ on the progress Of the work ne has
/ done, and the report Of Don Measure
of Provo on the mineral display.
The latter prefaces his report with
the statement that his work OF pre-
pairing a mineral exhibit ended on Feb.
! >, and consists Of exhibits from the
| metal mines, the coal mines and also
ifT0m the hydrOcarbOn fields of the state,
together with building stones, gem ma
terial, brick clays, pottery clay, china
clay, brick, sewer tile and Utah shales
for the manufacture of Portland Cs-
menI. with an exhibit Of the cement
prepared and also formed into horn
blendic slabs, a similar exhibit of the
potter's clay. being the claws in nat
ural state, and an accompanying ex-
hibit of sewer pipe and drain tile, with
still a third exhibit Of brick and brick
cIays."
EJr MacGuire describes the exhibit
more infinitely, as follows:
Mineral Exhibit Is Varied.
The exhibits in this collection contain
a rich and varied line OF ores from the
mines Of PARK City Summit county an
exhibit from the mines OF Alta Little
Cottonwood district, Salt Lake county,
zinc ores; an exhibit of gold, silver. lead
1 copper and zinc ores from the mines OF
Bingham canyon. ali from the group OF
mines known "a the property or the INT
ed states copper company, an e&ntplr or
the gold, silver. lead. copper and ZINC
/ ores of the LaSal mountain region. In
Grand and san Juan counties; "A exhibit
/ of the gold silver, lead. copper ana
quicksilver ores Of the regions around
Msrysvale, Piute county, also from the
gold mines at Kimberly, Piute county
An exhibit OF gold, silver. lead. copper
] and zinc ores rom the principal mines
/ or Beaver county. cnler among Wnlcn are
/ those from the old Horn Silver at Frisco,
the famous Cactus copper mine at Cop
! per gulch. the Imperial Washington.
Beaver Lake. Old Hickory, Harrington
Hickory and ether mines ia and around
F.! Frisco and Milford.
Southern Countries Contributions.
An exhibit very exhaustive and ezpisE-
/ atOrv was taken from the mines OK
Washington county, consisting or ores or
| siiyer-beariug sandst0neS az Silver Res
! the copper mines Of West Mountain
/ known as the Dixie copper mtnesi also
the siiver-lead mines Of the west Noun
/ tain range IN the same county
! From Washington county 1 also oh
tanned an exhibit of agatized and peTifieq
I wood. foot and hanging wall country rock
/ Of different veins and siver~bearing reefs
/ From Iron county an exhibit was OBJ
! tanned from the gold and silver bearing
! veins Of the SCateline district. end AZ
rangements entered int ofor an exhaust
i've exhibit Of iron from the famous mines
from the mines of MuIard. Juab ana
I Utah counties as exhaustive an exh hit
/ was obtained al M time would permit.
, and those parts Of Juab and Utah coun-
, | ties which the time allowed me did not
permit me to visit were visited by others
appointed later by the commission, and
doubtless these localities VIII have fair
representation
Exhibits OF gold silver. lead. copper.
zinc and anthony ores were obtained
from the counties Of Cache, Weber. Wa
hibits from TOosle. Dintah, Rich. Morgan
Emery and San Juan counties
Many Minerals Are Included.
; The area Of the state gone over in the
, limited time allowed was greater than
. during any previous expQsitiousA and Ing
some lines the exhibits of certain mineral
resources are more extensive than ever
before
s ! Into the hands Of your director general
! / L have turned an exhibit from our state
which consists of gold. silver. lead. cop
per. zinc, iron, bismuth, autimony. alum
) num- manganeses SODIUM chloride, So
C-um sulphates sulphur. arsenic as
American Jet, phosphorus. petr1fieQ and
agstized wood, limestone, limo. cement.
gravel. sand, Oolific sands. asphaaturne
rock, granite, traChyre. gueiss coz giOmeT-
ates OF the early and later measures. g.
. bestos garnetyte, sarnetss Divine msla-
Chite, CTEstallized quartz pvrite, etc.
The exhibits from some localities were
, the first ever made of this nature from
; the stare Of Utah. PARTICULAR those OF
. / asphaltum from the north shores OF the
Great salt lake and The radiUu- prodUc-
ing ores Of Professor valley. Grand Gown
IS, Utah.
Make Application Little Late.
The report states that the mineral
exhibit consists Of 164 cases. The mem
bers Of the commission said yesterday
that Utah's mineral exhibit viii ~
one OF the finest the world has ever
seen.
The members Of the state board Of
Z education said ~ was their intention
/ to make q unique display, and thought
that it could be collected and installed
{ for about 5000. After LAYING The mat
p ter before the commission, The beard
: adjourned to Superintendent Nelson's
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