Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-20
Merchants Make Move in Direc-
ton Of Securing Smoke De-
cision Modification.
70 CONFER WITH FARMERS.
0. p. Miller Says Conference Will
Not Result in Any Such Hoped
For Agreement.
would Rather Gee the "Smelters Go"
Howe Declares Murray is Not
Doomed" in ANY Event,

The long controversy between the
Salt Lake valley farmers and the smelt-
ers located In Murray and Bingham
Junction is taking on new phase, as
4 IL becoming more apparent that the
clash Is vital one and one that
threatens the existence of the smelt-
ers in that locality.
A movement Is now being organized
among Murray business men TO see II
something cannot be done to secure
modification of the decree recently rem
dered by Judge Marshall against the
shelters. TO do this 1t viii be neces-
gary 10 secure a vote Of the majority
Of the slgners to the petition against
the smelters, on which the case In the
Federal court was based. O. p. Miller
Of the citizens committee says this can
never be accomplished, not because the
farmers are angry, or obstinate, or un-
reasonable, but because the continue
lion of the smelters as at present
operated means the destruction OF the
entire Salt Lake valley south OF Salt
lake city as +, a suburban home
sIstrict or as farming cen
,sr and this ia the richest valley in
ne west from those standpolnts. "We
Would much rather shin our produce to
,hn SHELTERS elsewhere" he says, than
- abo ndon orr homes. and give up the
valley far any other purposes than
smelling ores"
-
COMMITTEE NAMED
THO r,oyarnent towards lessenipg the
,orcs ~ Judge Marshall's decree Is
hnaSed nv The Murray BUSINESS and
prornotion association. and the follow
ny committees was placed In charge Of
ms work. ID. w. Moffatt. chairman:
y cahoon T.. G. Miller. q. NJ. Mum
ford, orson Sanders. They VIII cir
Associated with them will be j. r.
cahoon. as chairman OF finance oom-
mittee.on which Mayor Charles Brown,
George Lingley, Charles Etchel and
Frank c. Howe will act
'sg ,,y,, ~, ,ylxvrs save
"hAA
When seen hy4a News representa-
i've today, .. n Howe, manager OF the
Murray Business Mems Promotion as
ISOLATION, said: Yes, we nave APP
Ihsm With q view 10 seeing n thew viii
not agree TO recommend 10 their own
organization a moolncatioh 2i .ne NM
tations tnal illuminated III Juuss MAI
shalls decision from WHAT i nave
heard | am sure ,nat many iarilets
VIII agree To inns ana una, IL ~ pui,e
possible TO secure the modihcatlon we
feel Murray SO nluch .eeus. ms pusi-
ness men we CANNOT anoIu 10 nave tne
shelters move away ana nope tney WIN
not 90 So we shouiu IKE 70 see 'heh,
buy up the surrouhains ianu-,ne idnu
wnere the greatest damages ARISE, anu
remain. we tnink tnis can De zone anu
want 10 see the attempt MADE
MIrRRAY NOT "DOOMED."
Mr., Howe, although the active ana
working head or the Murray business
men and anxious to nave the smelters
stay where they are, resented the story
IN salt Lake paper today saying that
Murray Is doomed II they are moved.
He declared this to be untrue. HE was
willing to admit that for time =
would hurt business materially but said
the association would continue prosper
Gus no matter what the outcome OF the
PiScSlit oispuih W.
,,,ox,r MOD rApurps
The fight for the allied farmers has
beer carried on by an executive COM
mlttee consisting of one man from each
Of the principal southern county towns.
John c. Mackay is its chairman, with
~ r mli,el' sr Sn ara NJ sSsncsr a. a.,
Its members.
Mr. Miller was seen this morning IN
an effort to obtain the views OF his
committee on the new proposition. He
said; I'VE fully realize that this lis
grave situation. and that vital inter-
ests are at stake. What we have To do
to consider what interests are the
most costly to sacrifice, since some
ming must be sacrificed. You people
who do not go home every night into
cloud of the poison smoke, to find your
animals dying from poisoned water,
and your orchard burned dry and dead,
while the health even Of your family
endangered from the arsenic dust
mat settles everywhere, have no idea
u me seriousness of the problem that
extends all over the valley, and right
10 tSrI ne sh very e.y los % stbb bo
.ianiets WHO nave peeh ihciteu " az
Won N hostility to the smeiters, put II
not that way at all. We took INTO
M conslderatlon me great value OK
nv, nv smelters TO the county, nut we also
r MN INTO consideration tne values
,t ,.'s against tnehi' 'hat eahhol OK
v WIN 'nem.
at is case OF our homes against
,ne smclters--not just one home here
"'N tItTe. ana an Isolated farm. Dut