The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

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lco and Arizona, are not vet represent
ed IN congress, and they will have to be
considered IN any apportionment plan.
Mining Claims Threatened.
Ginning men of Colorado, while not
opposing the general policy of conser-
vation,' says G. II. Warwick of Lead
vile, 'are really opposed to the new is
sues.
The Nelson senate bill is particu
larly Objectionable. 1t provides that
all mining claims can be condemned by
the secretary of the interior for water
power sites, If. In his judgment, such
claims are worth more as power sites
than as mining claims While patented
claims are not mentioned, there can
hardly be any doubt that the language
used can be held by the courts as COW
ering patented claims also, Therefore,
on the lower hillsides can be held with
any security of title il the bill referred
to should become a law. While it is
true that manv mining claims may ap
pear worthless, no one can really tell
what an undeveloped mining claim
NAV contain.
Ginning laws continued Mr. War
wick, care in grave danger of becom-
ing a dead letter. In the forest reserves
the rules and regulations of the depart
ment of agriculture can materially
change the intent and the spirit of the
mining laws, which have so rapidly de-
veloped the mineral resources of the
United States and made 1T the greatest
mining country in the world. These
laws should be modified only by the ad
vice and with the consent of the min
| ing people And they should not be al
lowed to become the football of the pro-
fessional conservators, and well-mean'
ing but misinforme enthusiasts
"Every miner should be protected
and guaranteed his rights under the
mining laws whenever he enters re-
serve, Without prospecting, mining be.
comes stagnant, and it is the belief of
many practical mining men that the
present condition of mining is due to
the lack of prospectors on the public do"
main. The sight of a prospector In the
mountains is becoming rarity. This
the prospectors of sublecting themselves
to the whims and fancies of an agricul-
tural bureau situated in the city of
Washington. This condition of affairs
the Colorado mining men are determined
TO ameliorate.
New Free Lunch Phase.
SaIoonkeepers no longer monopollze
the free lunch system,' SAYS w. s. Ba
con, of Portland, Ore. Recently the
officials of the electric railroad that runs
between Portland and Salem adapted
this feature, which has long been one OF
the leading inducements of the saloon,
to their own business. Now free lunch
| is being served to the patrons of this
! line The rear car of the train is an
observation car. much like those IN use
on the electric lines in Indiana and
OHIO. In the front part of this car is
buffet. At meal times the porter
| tko 6Ohf InDpn
Not an elaborate meal, but it serves its
purpose and pleases the patrons.
''The men at the head of business al
fairs on the coast do not let many ideas
get by them. That scheme of serving
lunch is not a big thing. but 1T shows
that the officials are on the JOB, ana arc
trying TO make everything comfortable
for the passengers. 1t is hardly to be
imagined that they lose money by 1t.
Rare Postage Stamps.
Col. R. S. Weaver, Of Atlanta, Ga, a
collector of rare POSTAGE stamps, IN
speaking Of his hobby said Among
the rarest Of postage stamps are the
bomelv Moderate issues used on iet-
ters transported through the south in the
early days of the Civil war. Nearly
every one Of them is unpleasant to the
eve. vet they are treasured specimens
IN the collection Of those fortunate
enough to possess them. go,
q At the beginning of the war, con
tinued Colonel Weaver "no regular
Confederate stamps were on hand and
postmasters were authorized TO receive
money in payment for the postage on
letters to be forwarded, Small change
was scarce, and in order to facilitate
matters postmasters issued local stamps
of their own design and sold them to
patrons number at time, lnese
stamps could thereafter be presented TO
the postmaster in nayment OF ~"stage;
"Confedorate PROVISIONAL stamps aho
envelopes include 144 different varieties,
and the majority arc held AT a very
high premium. OF many varieties, not
more than one specimen is known,
though it is not at all improbable thal
Others Of some Of these raritles are now
resting on old wartime letters, slowed
away and forgotten >, .,,,a
cd Colonel Weaver, "and so rarely 40
thev come up for sale, that the standard
catalogues do not mention the prices at
which they are held, When a specimen
does come TO light, it usually changes
hands at a private sale, ana mus noC
even expert collectors are always aware
of fhe approximate value OF rare is
sues. -
Real Newspaper Enterprise
"Newspaper enterprise doesn t seem
TO know any bounds of latitude, SAD
KNOX p. Goodrich, of Seattle, at the
Shoreham. "The proprietor Of paper
in Alaska called the Daily Prospeetor
proved this last February when his shop
~ have copy of one of the issues 11,
gotten out without type or press me
news was typewriter on white paper
which WAS pasted on black cardboard.
This card was photographed. and about
twenty or thirty prints werc made. t
These were passed out to regular SUP
scribers, who, after reading them, hand,
ed them on TO others; There were no
gest news was there, and the paper did
not miss an issue