Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-05
Alliance of Farmers THROUGH
Executive Committee, Meet
Officials OF Utah Con.
ON THE HIGHLAND BOY PLANT
Agreement May be Reached by
Which SmeIter Will Decide
Not to Appeal.
Case Is An Old One Beginning With
Mass Meeting of Citizens in 1904,
Followed by Suit In Court.


After the failure ~ A., .r,,,s o,,lsr A..
tenlpt 70 hiring Tho SAT- r.at,. Luz,
farmers tho er,.ltor,.,sr "a .t,o ,,,,,,
owners torstbor ,,r n .o,f,,-.,., +,,,,
weeks ago. tbc-o f- boipg bei6 t,,is a.
terDoon an ir,rort,,, ,,,o.,ir,, ,,,,-,..,,,
the ri.izep,s cor,r,it,,- -,,,r,s.,,+,,,,- a.,
alliance OF farmers ana oeici,i. 80 ~
Utah Consolidated Af,n,nr .o.,,rs,,,,
Tho conference ie q si,,,f.- , .
that held between the same committee
ana Representatives Of the American
smelling a Refining company. at which
previous damages we're adjusted. and
an arrangement made by which the
smeltor could continue in operation
For the farmers those present 90
county Commissioner John e.. Mackey
OF Granger w. n. Hague. Of Taylors-
Nlile' D. W. Carlisle, of Mil creek "a.
IT. burton, OF Farmers Ward; O. 2.
Miller of MIL Creek; Mahonri spen-
Ger OF Taylorsville; A +. Lee, OF
Murray ana Jas. Godfrey Of south
Cottonwood.
The matter OF arranging n meeting
was suggested by the smelter onicials
t. Judge William r. King. who IS
ono Of the attornys Tor toe alliance
OF farmers. and who has represented
them In a hearing before tho federal
court In this city, and another before
the circuit court Of appeals, where
the case was taken by the smelter
interests. Judge King called the
committee togetner ana TINS AFTER
noon was agreed A'on as the date for
the meeting.
STATUS OF THE CASE.
What propositions .yin be discussed
! are not known. Tho status OF the
! case is that the decision OF Judge
! Marshall in favor OF The farmers has
been sustained by me circuit court
OF Appeals III decision Iehueieu ous
G.c,.ior in suu has n,st reached said
Lake and is in the hands OF Atty
WaIdomar Van Colt. Of the hrm
which represents the Utah Consolidat-
ca company The matter Of appeal
ing again TO ;he supreme court OF
the united states is oe'hs cohsioereo'
bu' no deul'l's move mas Deen '''ue.
II Is p'ss'ule 'ni' p''po7'''' '."
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uPo" ny Do'' ga
for an agreement tha- no appear Ni"
De taken from the present decision.
the date being placed far enough in
tbe frt,,rs ga ALLOW, IN, Conpletion OF
.-,.i.t,.. Am, 81, q-..,,t- co,,n-
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"a o. O. F
for the farmers. declared at noon today
,t.t the sif,at,or ,,,s stui "a .stf,ieG.
~. s,,,i,.~s ANA aitbor rho smoke
nuisance ba5 10 be controlled or tho
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NaIiey aDahuoHeu' as eve" t"'a o'''''
little could be harvested OF the crops
-ts,tod d, the smoke belt.
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HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY
r, - .....-..--.. 49,. IN,
Inc present e'il'io'ei7s o7ean -"
"a serious scale m 1904 when the High
land BOY smelter completed an addi-
..-,-,. -.-,...a.,-
no" TO 'H3 "e's"' Oh rs 'H'"No''10N
aud when the opening up Of other
r,,eltors Increased thu smoke area from,
.,--,-. -
re" miles AROUND the pant 70 Ihe
city limits, and thus caused the land
o,-,,ers "a hahn o-,-artzed scttoD CON
telehces WIN tho amelter people "eto
followed by a series Of mass meetings,
lasting year, and nnally by SUIT
in tho federal court the farmers hav-
ina made up their mind that there was
no solution 20 the problem but the
Abandonment OF their land or the clos
ing Of me smelters exceut I'M the devol-
opment Of smoke consuming devices
IN. forrc.rs ,go, tioir suit while ths
-,'clter. i,a,., .i,,.s re-, 1.,,s,, tr ,,,al-
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WHAT SMOKE CONTAINS.
me In6relltnts or inc smelteramoAe
,' Nhieh ohleclions were maze were
Iouna ~ sclentinc investigation con-
o4elsa Iy bF, Ebaush on ne Lnlyef-
~. ul yam; 1T, a alilhse OF tne sanie