The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21
DELEGATES OFF
FOR PORTLAND
Leave to Root for Salt Lake at
Mining Congress.
ARMED WITH ARGUMENTS
TAKE WITH THEM A QUANTITY
OF LITERATURE.

The salt Lake delegates to the sew
enth annual meeting Of the national
mining congress left for Portland. Ore.
at 1855 last night IN a special Pullman
car attached to the Oregon Short Line
train. The delegates who left last
night and those who had preceded them
went determined to secure for Salt
! Lake the permanent headquarters of
the congress. They viii be aided in the
good work by the delegates from other
points in the state, or by their proxies
should any of them fail to go 10 Port
land before the question of the location
Of permanent headquarters is disposed
of, which win not be until some time
next Thursday They viii also be aided
| by delegates from a number Of other
states.
Delegates From Utah.
The following delegates were appoint
cd by Governor Wells to represent titan
at the congress:
United States Senator Thomas
Kearns, United States Senator Reed
Smoot, Congressman Joseph Howell,
State Senator Simon Bamberger. State
Senator 6 Z. Loose, former Senator
Frank J. Cannon, Judge c. c. Goodwin.
Professor J. E Talmage, John Dern.
w. H. Child. c. L. Rood. Harry 5. JO-
seph, P. T. Farnsworth, James Z. Jen-
nings and John A. Kirby.
In addition to these the following
have been made delegates to represent
the Salt Lake Commercial club. the salt
Lake Mining exchange. the Salt Lake
Real Estate exchange and other COM
mercial bodies:
w. II. Tibbals, :. W. Morrison. James
Chapman, c. L. Dignowity,, A. y. Nc
Kay, W w Bryne, W J. Haloran, !
W. Houston, Q. T. Petersen, O. W.
Powers. George 2. Holman, c. T Mix
er, A. j. Davis, c. f. Hudson, Tony
jacobson and z. A. Hartenstein. These
and Fred J. Kiesel of ogden. and
Messrs- Dern, Talmage, Child, Kirby,
Jennings and Joseph have gone to Port
land Some of, the others in the list Of
Governor Wells Apprentices will prob
ably get there before the vote on head
quarters is taken.
officers of Associations.
The officers, board OF directors and
members of committees of the mining
congress as new organized are.
Of1cers-J- II. Rscnards, president,
Boise Ida; Colonel Thomas Ewing,
first vice president, Les Angeles; r. {.
Patterson, second vice president, OTna-
ha. Neb.: J. Frank Watson, third vice
president, Portland, Ore: Merchants
NaNloiidl Ddiths tfFdSuACis GDf tiduu. OfE
Boa-d of Directors. n. Richards.
Idaho; Colonel Thomas Ewing, Califor-
MIA; r. c. Patterson, Nebraska: J.
Frank Watson, Oregon; Colonel Z. T..
Brown. Colorado: DR.. A. J. Holmes,
North Carolina; John Gray. South Da-
kotai James H. Lynch, Montana; John
Dern, Utah.
Legislative Committee. H. Mitch
ell, United states senator, chairman,
Oregon; ]. H. Richards. Idaho; Colonel
Thomas Ewing, California.
Programme Committee. c. Patter-
son, A. NJ, chairman, Nebraska: J.
Frank Watson, Oregon; John Gray,
South Dakota.
Transportation Committee - Irwin
Mahon. chairman. Pennsylvania; J. Fl.
Lynch. Montana; Captain Thomas h.
Muir, oregon.
Building Committee-COIonel Thomas
Ewing, California, chairman; David II.
Moffat, Colorado; J. Z. Leonard, Pitts
burg. Pa.
Denver Strongest Rival.
Although FL Paso is also in the field
TO secure the headquarters, it is evil
dent that the only real competitor Salt
Lake VIII have Will be Denver. That
city has been making preparations to
capture the prize. and viii work early
and late during the sessions of the con-
greSs 70 accomplish their purpose. But
it is believed the representatives OF
Utah can convince a majority of the
delegates that the congress should be
permanently located at Salt Lake City.
1t is said that they win have the active
cooperation Of a number Of the dele
gateSrfrOm Idaho, Montana, Washing.
ton and Oregon. and may receive as
sistance from delegates representing
Nevada, Wyoming and other states.
It was learned yesterday that
proxies would be voted at the sessions
OF the congress. This information
came in a telegram from Portland and
occasioned some rapid hustling on the
part of Fisher Harris, secretary of the
Commercial club, and others who have
taken an active part in promoting the
project TO secure the headquarters / 1t
was decided to urge ali who have
bought memberships in the American
Mining congress as representing Utah.
and all who may buy them before
next Thursday morning. and who can
not go TO Portland. TO send their
proxies TO Mr. Harris at the Com
mercial club rooms. He wants TO be
able TO wire 500 proxies Thursday
morning 10 John Dern. chairman, and
w. II. Tibbais. secretary Of tie salt
Lake delegation. Il costs but s. 10
secure vote in the congress, divided
between s. membership fee, and s. for
the first years dues.
Much Literature Taken
The Salt Lake delegates took with
them d trunk full Of literature, which
will be distributed among the dele
gates from other states. They have
hundreds OF copies of the Union Pa
CHIC railway company's booklet en-
/ titled Utah" Also many copies of
Utah and Her People" another
booklet. Then they have several
thousand handbills on which is u
diagram showing Salt Lakes advant-
ages as a place TO have the national
mining congress establish it's home.
The distances from salt Lake to San
Francisco. Denver, Los Angeles, Port
/ land, Butte, Cheyenne, Durango. Lead
vile and other cities are given This
diagram shows Salt Lake to be more
! favorably situated than any other city
in the territory of tie west. Above
the diagram is Inscribed salt Lake
City for permanent headquarters OF
American mining congress. S1.0e0, 0G9
dividends from Utah mines for July"
Below the diagram Is: "Utah's Min
eral Production in 19Q3 Gold. S5.15S. 500;
Silver. $4,000, coo; Lead. S5,90S. 00G; Cop
per. s5,Si0,3o0. Grand Total, 1893, S26,
T710e."
The delegates will wear silk badges with
gold trimmings. and on these viii be the
same device and inscriptions as on the
handful.
In addition to the booklets and hand
bills 800 copies Of +. +. C0lbOrn'S Te-
port on the mineral resources Of Utah
and 600 copies IT this issue Of the Sas-
Lake Herald viii be distributed where
they will do the most good In Portland
Then there VII be a card or hanger
showing the city and county building in
Salt Lake and the location of the site
whie< It is proposed TO donate 70 the