The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-12-01

Inc timber II reported TO be usco w
furnishing heat in Goldfield stoves,
there being no standing timber Tor
miles.
Two hundred and fifty families at
sait lake city will share In the dis
,r,bution of a hundred and fifty tons
Of coal recently donated to the needy
by the Y. c. NJ. I. The coal viii be DIS
tributed without regard TO race or re-
lusion By various ward bishops.
Reports are that the American
Fuel company's mines at Neslen are
working every day. No coal has as
20, been sent out from the recently
opened vein on the east side OF the
canyon. The Neslen mine has a big
contract with the oregon Short Line.
Il IL said the proposed uintah Da-
sin branch OF the Denver ana fho
Grande out Of Soldier Summit, ana
which II Go DC constructed IN the
spring 10 vcrnal. will not reach any
local properties along the way. How
ever, any one Of three or four feasible
spurs would touch coal beds In snort
distances.
Saws the Marysyaie chieftan OF last
Friday: - coal famine threatens
lMarysvaie already. Yesterday
chIcftan representative called az the
home Of one Of the town officers and
found him yet In bed. When asked
az 20 what the trouble was he inform
ed us that he had no coal. and that
he would stay In bed until the sun
warmed up the house. This was be-
tween 10 and n o'clock"
Miners at the Garfield tColo) coal
minos received a pleasant surprise last
week when George Smith. manager Of
the company, announced that there
would be n raise In their wages De-
ccmber 4, 1915. amounting 20 five
cents a ton or more. which will mean
"a material Increase In their daily pay.
Tho high cost of living was the cause
OF the raise and the miners viii I'M
doubtediy feel grateful 90 the thought
ful employer for the just raise. says
Grand functions News.
officials In the office OF the Utah
Coal Sales agency center Interest In a
letter received from ,. G. Ewing. pres
ident Of the Northern California RE-
tail Coal Dealers association. when
says that the supply OF coal for do
meStlc use In Northern California has
, been exhausted for the first time In
years. Ewing says that Northern
california and oregon are In the grip
OF unusually cold weather and that
heretofore Northern caiifornians have
been able 20 20 without fuel until De-
cember LIT.
Taking up the coal famine a. a
municipal calamity the mayors OF
baker and lie Grand. ore, are re-
ported 20 have appealed 20 coal min
Ing companies In Utah for Hufflcien,
=, fuel 20 tide over n serious condition In
: their cities. Similar appeals have
been received from towns In Idaho
and =. Il. Farrell OF Stockton. Gala,
came 20 salt Lake City In person last
week 60 plead for coal. for which he
said he was willing to pay almost any
; price. the coal supply In stockton hav-
! ing been depleted.
United States Fuel company report,
an order from Trail. w. C.. for tive
! cars of coal. Trail IN In n district tina,
. IL Of itself coal region that should
Y be supplying all that country with
fuel. hut the Canadian authorities
. have gathered up all the Austriani
. and Germans working In the mines
= and put them In detention camps In
n stead OF allowing them 90 eontlnus
working This. with the fact thai
= many Canadian miners have gone q
!, the war, has caused very heavy
: shortage In help. and then there Il
. the shortage OF cars
: According 90 information given out
By the Salt Lake Route. this compan,
q has transferred approximately thres
= hundred freight cars 10 the Denver
! and Rio 0rande within the last thres
/. weeks In an effort 10 relieve the Goa
a mines OF Eastern Utah. The Sal
Lake Route has been throwing prac
=. tioally all OF It's newest cars and al
: cars that could possibly be spared Int,
the coal fields OF Utah. other rail
roads are said 20 be giving similar ait
a 10 the Denver and Rio Grande. which
has held the coal fields down 20 hal
their normal output on account OF cal
shortages,
According TO an Eastern authority
!, the United States Smelling. Minis
" and Refining company directors will
= meet for dividend action thu latte
: part OF December and In view OF IN,
-" pressure that II being steadily exer
cised from various quarters Il woul,
l''" W W AfaHoiAult tAbfNNhtlol
J. that the present four dollar rate OF
r. the common Will be increased. Stronl
y arguments for a six dollar basis viii
! be made. The smelling and minini
= company, OF which w. q. Sharp /
president and general manager. own
2. the coal mines at Black Hawk. Mohr
i land, hiawatha and Panther canyol
l. In Carbon and Emery counties.
J, Showing evidence OF serious con
= eern, John Davy OF the Davy Grail
~ and Fuel company OF American Falls
Ida, arrived In Salt Lake City las
l. week and declared that the people g
n his city were suffering as the resul
N OF lack Of coal lie called the head
he quarters OF nearly all the coal minin
u companies and held a conference viii
ia " A. Sweet president OF the standar
Al