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The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
Many IntermOuntain and Coast Consumers
and Dealers EndeavOring to Make
Contracts With Mines.

Demand for million tons of coal in of the largest
amount mined in Utah to be made local mines during
the coming year by the ntermountan and Pacific Coast indus
tries and domestic according TO A. Apperson
president and general Of the United States Fuel
pany with mines at awatha Carbon and Black Hawk Carbon
county and at Moand in Emery county San Francisco alone
is demanding that Utah mines furnish million two hundred
thousand tons during the coming This exceeds the amount
Of coal which has from Utah mines San Francisco in for
years by many hundred thousands of tons.
c. b. Lawrence of the Western Fuel of San Francisco
Salt Lake City this week and last contracting for monthly
supply fifty thousand tons Of coal from the Utah mines Agents
of other coal dealers San Francisco and other Pacific Coast
cities camorng for coal Lawrence estimates that the other
Francisco alone will demand that the Utah mines
furnish them fifty thousand of coal month"; making total
Of hundred thousand tons of coal going from the Utah mines
the Pacific Coast metropolis every thirty days.
The United States Fuel Is urging the use of
bucket of coal where used two before in order that the
serious situation concerning the coal supply of the Western
be brought home to the Letters TO be
sent to all dealers urging them to get in touch with the
impress upon them the necessity of saving coal
II is estimated that quarter of the coal consumed the inter-
mountain country is wasted through improper burning and
through the pronenes the attention
the proper of the storage coal according to Apperson
Vice President and General Manager Apperson left Monday
Boston, where he is TO take number Of operating matters
with the officials Of the United States Fuel in regard to
increased production at the mines in Carbon and Emery county
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
HOUSEuoLDERS URGED To
ECONOMILE IN Use Of COAL

WASHINGTON. u. G.. May s6.-
An appeal 90 the country's house
holders o. save every pound OF coal
possible and thus help win the war
was made tonight by y. =. Peabody.
chairman OF the national coal board
Of the council OF national defense.
THE pound OF coAl that you save to-
day" said Peabody, may contain the
last gasp Of energy necessary 90 drive
shell home through To the enemy
and spell victory instead Of defeat
The pounds OF coal that many may
save on many days may forge the
shells that may decide the war IN ia
vor Of "a worlds democracy. The
householder can maintain a less num-
Der OF coal fires lie can even short
en- the number OF hours they are In
operation.
III ever there were need FOR the in
PRODUCTION of the proposed daylight
saving act throughout the country, Il
Is now, That Immediately would take
an hours burden from the street
railways. the electric light companies
and the electric power companies
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
UTAH INSURANCE RATES FOR
COAt. MINERS TO COME HIGH

II h announced by Harrison =, Jcn-
kinr. member of the industrial COM
mission Of Utah In charge % the In
surancc end ~ the commissions ac.
tiyities. that the rate ON coal mining
In the stat. viii be- nine dollars on
every hundred dollars OF the coal
mining payroll In the state.
THIS rate n rather higher than one
that was forecast. though not au-
thoriled. some time agn, and yet II
declared not a. b. beyond what the
conditions ~ the industry, the wages
paid and the terms of the Utah law
viii require.
In the event II IL found Co be too
high. after proper reductions have
been made Co create a sufficient re-
serve und. the commission IL cm-
powered 20 return the excess a. the
employers The aim Of the Utah law
IN described a. being only o. afford
protection 90 the employees nc cost.
The coal mining companies 81 the
state may. 81 course, insur. la the
casualty companies, provided they
may find any willing To take the
business. or they may form mu-
tual company o. handle their own In
dustrN
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
OGDEN PEOPLE CONTROL NEW
WYOMING COAL CORPORATION

with ogden capitalists In control.
the Superior Rock Springs Coal COM
pany. capitalized az $500 COO has
been organized In Wyoming and the
officers announce that the company
viii be producing five hundred tons
of coal daily by August list VI. s..
Browning u president. vice bresi-
dents. n. -. Porter and ~. ". Watts;
secretary and treasurer. Lawrence r.
Dee: directors the foregoing and o..
l.. Becker Mariner Browning. ". e..
Day. =. y. Fletcher and w. g. wright
The mine is situated near the town
~ Superior. where the company BE-
constructing thirty houses at the
camp. and it b. expected that eighty
miners will be- employed by August
iH. ". e. Marchcnt viii be- general
manager and J.. T. Hay suporintend-
rut of properties Nearly eight hun
drod acres of coal land we're pur-
chased by the company from Thr ruy-
eminent az four hundred dollars an
acre
Tho browning a Watts Interests
are rlsn developing q big body ~ coal
lands In Carbon county, on the line
nf the Utah railway. about four miles
to the north 81 tiiawatha. the latter
town being one Of the United States
Fuei company camps.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
GooDHART GOING To TAKE
THINGS EASY FOR AWHILE

Gus OOodart. who has resigned his
position as general superintendent OF
the Hiawatha mine after "a service
with the United States Fuel company
u nearly five years. has moved 10
Price with his family and n going Ia
take Il easy" he told The sun last
Tuesday, for time. Previous to go-
ing Co Hiawatha he was with Utah
Fuel company for something like ten
wears and before coming 20 Carbon
county was with the Dodge-Phelps
mines az Dawson, ~ NJ, when y, l.,
Carpenter and Frank y. Cameron
were directing things there
The mines at Black Hawk and Hia-
watha are az this time putting out
about four thousand tons daily, he
states, and this could be increased
materially II miners could be had and
railroad cars were available. There
IRE something over three hundred
men at work at the two camps men
Toned. and greater number would
he employed II they were available.
Wages all around for all classes are
the highest in the history Of coal
mining In Utah.
Mohrland. Goodart says. is output
ding around thousand tons a day
and could easily increase this az any
time. The cry az that camp also h.
for more miners and railroad cars
All three camps are working four aud
five days a week at this time.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
FEDERAL CONTROL OF COAL
SUPPLY BEING ADVOCATED

CHICAGO. May 2s.-Federal con-
troll OF the nations coal supply was
advocated by the Illinois state council
OF defense In a report OF its food. fuel
and conservation committee. made
public tonight. J, ogden Armour
head OF the Armour packing inter-
ests. was the chairman OF the commit
tee. and made the report II recon-
mends;
That the unnecessary exploiting
activities of coal brokers. spectators
and interlopers, as opposed 20 the
necessary and legitimate transactions
Of the regular dealers and consumer
purchasers. be prohibited.
individuals ana concerns, but mo-
tably brokers and speculation" sets
forth the report. 'as distinguished
from regular dealers and consumers,
rushed 20 the producers with all sorts
OF fancy offers and premiums With
prices advanced. operators have been
loath 20 reduce them, and We find
prizes unusually high In many in
stances.
I'VE find that freight rates have
advanced little or nothing; that the
price paid miners has increased pos
aibly twenty-five cents, but that other
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
PuEL FAMINE now MENACES
Nil PACIFIC COAST STATES

SAN FRANCISCO. May .25.--Paci-
tie Coast and other Western States
are feeling possible fuel famine. ac-
cprdinR Co statement Just issued
here Ly Southern Pacific railroad Of
nriaia The shortage applies to wood.
coal and oil. Dearth ~ coal. IL due Co
shortage of labor for coastwise and
foreign coal and lack of equipment
for rail transportation.
The wood situation II ~ serious. the
report says. that the Southern Pacific
has determined Co reclaim all scrap
piilng. ties and second hand lumber
along L. lines The company says
that IL reserve supply Of oil for loco
motives ~ almost exhausted and that
within four months u will be- short
the daily requirements OF twelve
thousand barrels.
In conclusion. the statement urges
that the people avoid all waste and
conHsrv. every possible source OF fuel
supply.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
q. \. SWEET PREDICTS CONL
FAMINE FOR COMING WINTER

Speaking at Salt Lake city the
other day ON the possibility of an
other coal famine this coming vim
ter. Fred A. Sweet. president Of the
standard Coal company operating at
Standardyiiie In Carbon county. had
this Co say. The people of Utah
don't know what they are up against.
Unless some relief II Offered imme-
diateiy there win not be q ton OF stor-
age coal In Salt Lake city next win
ter. Salt Lake city has some Of the
biggest coal mines In the West az her
very door. yet her citizens viii suffer
for the want OF fuel unigHr something
IL done immediately.
There ~ no limit of coal la Utah
and all the mines have adeauat"
equipment for working fun capacity.
Hut there n not mine producing
much more than one-third capacity
az present. The people want the coal
and operators want 60 get II out one
10 dependent upon the other ana both
are at the mercy of the railroads. our
organization has been disrupted
through lack OF cars Men quit the
camps because We could not Civ"
them steady employment. The Hitua-
tlon has become 80 serious that u VIII
require several months Ca bniid up
an organization for capacity produc-
ton.
''rhe railroads have made plenty
~ money. according Ia their own
statements. hut they did not buy add
ditional equipment. Now they ARE
accepting surplus business and place
ing the people of Utah In the shadow
% coal famine and suffering Aud
on top of u an they want an inrrcaso
% rs per cent In freight rates, II II
only hra1en attempt AZ oNtortlun.
while the shippers of Utah are plead
ing for cars IN. Denver and Ria
0randc h sending hundreds of ~
cars to foreign roads In through
transportation"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
BowEL COMPLAINTS N INDIA.

In lecture az one OF the Des
Moines. la. churches missionary
from India told Of going into the In.
terior OF India, where he was taken
sick. that he had a bottle Of Cham.
beriain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy with him and believed that
u saved his life. This remedy IL used
successfully In India, both as a pre-
Nontive and cure for cholera. You
may know from this that II can be de.
pended upon Tor the miider forms OF
bowel complaint that occur In this
country, ohtainable everywhere 49,
Adyt
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

y. White. president OF the United
Mine Workers OF America. today ad.
dressed a protest to President Wilson
and the members OF the council of
national defense. The mine workers
he asserted. must not he chained u
the Foil In the spirit OF the old Rus.
'sian rerfdom." ~ the arrangement
proposed by the committee on coal
production would chain them. a
matter of grave concern 10 our ma.
ton has been precipitatcd by the
sudden development out OF your or
sanitation 81 u committee on coal
production. which sets aside u com
picto national agreement between
min. owners and mine workers Just
recently arrived az In New York city"
said white In his letter To- the prrni.
dent and council of national defenr.
ny fhat agreement the haste indus.
try OF the nation was placed on an
assured foundation OF adequate aud
uninterrupted coal supply.
Speaking on behalf Of the halt
million workers OF our organization.
! call 90 your attention the fact that
these two notable conferences 81 the
central competitive field and the am
thracite field offered Co you. as an
auxiliary 20 your own council. Joint
committees of operators aud workers
tn direct the production of coal on
that hasis ~ mutual interest aud mu-
tual confidence and efficiency Ma
doubt through the immena. pressure
nf duties resting upon you that offer
has been completely ignored ana this
vital. basic industry H. threatened
with complete disruption. NJ not pro-
tested against In time and " not sue
crHsfullY resisted at once. your com-
mittre on coal production would place
the great coal areas of the nation al
the dictation uf ayowed enemies II
union labor. with all the caiamities
that would entail.
II would defeat the maintenance
throughout the war Of those union
labor standards of justice and eff
cheney which the president az the
United States only a week or two ago
so nobly pledged himself and this
government 90 maintain, II would
set al nauEht those principles OF In
dustrial square dealing which not
only the United Mine Workers have
successfully advanced. but which the
great associations OF mine owners
themselves have most splendidly and
patriotically agreed 10 and Endorsed.
Perhaps most of all, II would set the
mine owners who have recognized
humanitarian standards among their
workers az the mercy OF the cut
throat competition of the worst em-
ployers In the business. II would dis
rupt all standards, all decency, all
genuinely patriotic ideals"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
wNnNING Is OWN.

Walter NJ. Boydcn. state dairy and
food commissioner. has issued mo-
ticcH Co dairymen and crcamcricr
warning them against using milk
cans or cream cans belonging a.
others than Themselves or for any
purpose other than that designated
By the owners. II has come o. the
attention of the state dairy and food
department that this provision Of the
law 10 being violated and the notice
H. given 80 that those who may be
ignorant Of the law may comply with
IT, provisions and avoid prosecution.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

ARE 10 SUR FRUIT.

Utah rruitgroWers will ship fruit
time In two years. according to J. ~
Walker. State crop pest commissioner
Montana will receive large shipments
quarantine against Utah fruit havng
been repealed. The quarantine was
csta blished because ~ the presence Of
cooling moth. The moth was virtu.
ally eStcrnhinated last year by lat,
frozts and energetic work on the part
OF frultgrowcrE prevented spread oi
the peHt
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

The twenty-second general annual
conference OF the Young Mems and
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement
associations, and the fifteenth annual
conference OF the primary associa.
lions OF the Church OF Jesus Christ
OF l.atter-day Saints viii be held in
Salt Lake city, on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and sunday, June 7, s, . and
10, 1917. All members are invited
and all officers are particularly re-
quested Co be present al an OF the
meetings OF the conference. and a
cordial invitation II extended 20 the
Saints generally 10 attend the meet
ings TO be held In the tabernacle on
sunday, June 10Th. Present indica-
lions are that there win be an unusu-
ally large attendance from Price and
the surrounding towns Of Carbon and
Emery county, The railroads are To
give the usual low rates.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
BIG RUSH IS EXPECTED
Federal OFFICIALS Preparing to Care
For strawberry settlers.


. Federal land office officials I
. are making preparations for
q rush Of iandsepkers when four
q thousand acres Of homestead
q lands on the strawberry prof.
. ect. at the foot Of West Noun
= tain and skirting the shore Of
= Utah Lake. are thrown open TO
= entry June goth. According TO
= government reports. the land is
= in a specially desirable location.
= The soil h. rich and fertile and
. water Is supplied In abundance
. through cement lined canals.
. The land is level and the pre-
= liminary cost IT preparation for
= farming will be light Settlers
= who ~ on the land Immediately
= after filing will be able To get
. their fall crop Of wheat. The
. land h. on two steam railroad
. lines and adjacent 90 one inter-
= urban electric line. II is trihu-
= tary also to the new state high
= way. for the construction 81
= which large bond issue has I
= been voted.
= The average value 81 land In
= the vicinity Of this tract IN pri-
= vato ownership Is from seventy
= five 90 hundred dollars an
= acre. For these various rea-
= sons an oldtimc land rush is cN-
= pectcd. Information In detail
= concerning the land H. furnished
= by Project Engineer Lytcl ct the
= strawberry project az Provo.
= Filings will be received at the
= United States land office az Salt
= Lake city June 18TH to goth. ar
= ter which a drawing will take
= place to determine the success
= ful applicants.
= n b. announced that mo- main
= tonanyc or operation charges will
= Do collected Tor water supplied !
= Ia 1917 60 the public lands en- !
= tered June goth
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
CRors NRE INCRENsEp.

Increase Of so per cent In the states
production Of last year h expected by
j, u. Walker, crop pest inspector. aud
J. Edward Taylor. secretary OF uhe
seed committee ~ the state council of
defense. a. a result of increased plant
ing this s"ason Yield Of eleven tons
Ia the acre II expected Co be- the
states average Tor sugar beets and
three aud three ana a half tons Of
potatoes
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
MILLIONS OF TONS OF COAL
ARE BEGGED FOR ON PACIFIC

wise costs per ton In operation have
advanced no more In proportion than
in other lines
coal production, distribution and
price should be- taken In hand by fed
erai authorities and by the state
council Of defense Of Illinois and that
in event the state council will use an
its power to effect satisfactory
change IN prevailing conditions.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
MAP ON LETTEnmEAp.

The National Midland Trail associa-
ton. with general offices In Grand
Junction, Colo, has some new letter
heads which bear a complete map OF
the Midland TRAN. The letterheads
state that the trail IL the shortest
motor road from coast 20 coast"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
NINE POLICY IL ATTACKED;
PRESIDENT WHITE PROTESTS

NEW YORK, May 26.-Declaring
that the policy recently outlined by
he committee on coal production OF
the council OF national defense would
place the great coal areas OF the ma
ton at the dictation OF the avowed
enemies OF union labor, with all the
.calnmities that would entail" John
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
AROUND THE coal CAMPS;
Personal AND OTHERWISE

J. A. Rasmussen, a director 81 the
Iron County Coal company, has ar
rived In Cedar city and says that ev-
erything Is going along swimmingly
with the projected developments OF
the coal properties on the face OF the
mountain adjacent Co Cedar City.
Two or three companies are submit
ting bids for the supplying and cree
tion OF the tram and the company's
engineer. Prof. William Peterson. will
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

The man who made the latss I
tune was talking 10 the sludsHN
the business department
"All my success In life; all ny
mendous financial prestige J vs ,.,
one thing alOne-pluck, pluck ~,
Yes, sir" said a voice from ln,
dlence, but how are We 20 INV
right ones 60 pluck ?"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
SECRETARY LANE ORDERS THE
SALE OF LANDS IN THE BASIN
WASHINGTON. d.

WASHINGTON, u. G., MAY 4.
} 2b.-The department OF the in 4
terior has announced that three 4
hundred thousand acres OF land 4
} within the former uintah Indian 4
reservation will be sold at pub 4
} lie auction az not less than fifty 4
cents an acre at Provo. com 4
mencing June 18th. Sixteen 4
} thousand acres within the for I
} mer cour d'Alene reservation. 4
Idaho. will be sold az not less 4
} than one dollar an acre at pub 4
! lie auction, commencing August 4
} 18th. I
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

When viii II end2 Absolute knowI-
edge have none, but my aunt's
Washerwoman's sisters son heard a
policeman on his beat say 10 "A la
horer In the street that ne had a let.
Yer just last week, written in the finest
pr'eA' from Chinese coolie In Tim
pu''"'' Nh" SAID the niggers In Cuba
knew Of "A colored man In "A Tee
town. who got II straight from a cir
Gus clown that a man In KIondiks
heard the news from gang OF south
american Jews, about somebody In
borneo who heard a man who claim
ca To know OF a swell society female
rake whose mother-in-law win I'M
dertake TO prove that her seventh
husband's sisters niece has stated IN
a printed piece. that she has a son
~ho mas a friend who knows when
the war 10 going 20 end.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
J. W. Hammond, Manager.

Walter NJ. Boyden. state dairy and
food commissioner and =. -. brown.
state statistician, are undertaking re-
sprctively survey Of the food sun
ply and the 1917 crop production of
the state The proposal emanated
from the supply control and inyesti-
CATION committee of the state council
OF defense. A representative OF the
council " defense Is expected In Price
AT any time now. Records win be
made OF the foodstuffs In mills. ware.
houses, packing plants, cold storage
houses and the places Of business of
produce iobbers and wholesale dis
tributors. The returns viii be tabu-
lated and presented 90 the council Of
defense. number OF additional
deputies viii be appointed To- serve
during the period OF the survey.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

IF YOU please mum" said 1n' !,
gar when the door was opensu 4
a timid knock. i've lost my >
leg"
Well. do you expect 20 find ! u
This Is no bone yard" and 'p'
slammed the door.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01

Continued on page fOur)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-02
Liberty Loan Primer

- ERE the catechism What Every One Should
III Know About Americas Loan should
u u know about the Liberty Loan of 1917
O. What is the Liberty Loani
A. The Liberty Loan the people the United
States TO the for freedom and democracy
@ What the of the first authorized by the secretary
of the treasury
4 $2ONOO0ND
q How much do Liberty Bonds of this COST
From $50 $lCOUwhatever their face value calls Tor
O What interest do they bari
Interest of N will be payable semi annually
Dec Is and June Is
Q Must all subscribers Liberty bonds until the aot
men made to know whether will their bonds
No. purchaser Of a $50 bond his
o. If necessary could borrow on bonds?
Yes United States bonds the best that
be Offered borrowing They will for the best
obtanable
O. What $ the
A. The faith honor United backed by all the
resources of the American people
q How can buy Liberty Loan bond2
A. BY applying the treasury department Washington
federal bank The pooce department large OF
panes department bankers and other
firms and have patocal offered
and transmit applications for the Liberty Loan without
O. Must the full price of the bond be paid application
No; only OF the bond when application
made
o When the remainder be paid
In instalmn follows IS percen, June B 20 Mrtnt
How the purchase Liberty Loan bonds express pat
riotm OF the American people?
A. Every American who subscribes the Liberty Loan subh
the OF the the United entering
ducng the Every American who buys Liberty Bond
his her love of American honor