Arizona republican., 1915-10-02

TUCSON. Sept. 3O.-Hon. Van H.
 Manning, chief of the federal bureau of
 mines. succeeding Dr. Holmes, de-
 ceased. spoke before the student as
 sembly at the University of Arizona,
 Mir. Manning's talk was preceded by
 a few well chosen remarks by Chancel-
 Tor Frank H. Hereford and by General
 L. II. Manning, brother of the chief
 MT. Manning said This is the first
 student body I have ever had the pleas
 ure of speaking to. Arizona being the
 first state in the union in the alpha
 bet. I hope, through the efforts of the
 bureau of mines, to have the honor of
 being instrumental in making it the
 first state in the union in the produc- tion of mineral resources. Today I am
 here conferring with the president of the university. the chamber of com merce. and the business men of Tucson in order to consider the establishment of one of the ten experiment stations which the government authorized to be established. which means that they will all come west, including Alaska
 The work Of the bureau of mines is of a technical character. Recently in San Francisco there was national mine rescue contest held, in which there were some 45 prizes given and over 200 miners, from all parts of the country participated The work up to the present time has been devoted all most exclusively to coal mining. but a generous congress has taken account of the metal mining operations, and an appropriation has been made the last two years, to carry on this work, and it is our desire to be as active in the metal mining states as in the coal min ing states"
 MT Manning quoted at length from report on the mining industry of the state of Arizona. showing the growing importance of this industry here, and the necessity for such work as is being done by the federal bureau of mines.
 Il do not wish to be misunderstood that I am criticising the agricultural possibilities of this state, continued Mir Manning. but I am booster, and my particular sphere is the bureau of mines Congress has appropriated S2t oeo.o00 for agriculture, and less than s2.oO0.OO0 a year for the development l of the mineral output of the United | States Agriculture is receiving today over ten times more than that of min l ing. and mining is the basic foundation | for agriculture and every other actfv- | lty we have. Therefore should a sta | ton be established at Tucson. I feel | sure that the federal bureau of mines VIII take care of the problems of Ari- zona- I have conferred with Dr. von hleinSmid, the president of the Uni | Nersity of Arizona, and members of the board of regents, and have been as- Sured of cooperation with the federal bureau of mines to establish the sta Ion- At Salt Lake we have a CO., operative agreement with the univer sity there. The university has exnen- ued about S12.000 a year there and the national bureau of mines about the same amount, and both parties emnIov experts to carry on the investigations
 MT Manning spoke very encourag insIy of the possibility of the establish ment of mine experiment station | here If it is established it will mean the expenditure of thousands of dollars throughout the mining districts of the | state, in an endeavor to establish new and improved methods of nininp and | develop greater safety for the miners l Nlth the state appropriation of STE OO0 l TOT mining building at the Universitv l of Arizona and an additional s75 Ooo assured there will soon be on the cam pus of the university, a building worthy of the industry, and sufficient room to mousse adequately the mining courses and operations now being carried on by the university