The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-10-05

ing that the best interests will be
served In that the railroads will not
know who the man Is or when he VIII
appear on their lines or at their ter
minals.
J. y. Schinness. general manager Of
TIE wasatch Stores company was In
Price last Saturday after trip to
Sunnyside. business. he says was
never better with these institutions.
The great trouble Il to get sufficient
help
J. :. Thompson. general supcrin-
tcndcnt OF Utah Fuel company prop
critics In the Utah division. has gone
tu Seattle. wash. Tor three weeks to
rest tie has had pretty strenuous
time ut IL since the big flood IN June
last
Ijohcrt Howard. state mine lnspcc.
tor went over the gilsonite and elater-
tie properties 81 the Uintah Basin
country last week. Tie found all IN
splendid condition. The demand for
these materials H. good aud steadily
Increasing.
W. J. Elwood was down from Ken
! ilWotth last Friday evening. That
camp h. now outputting he says. four
teen Co sixteen hundred tom day
and working about four days a week
ON an average lie expects soon 10 bc
shipping from the Aberdeen vein.
Miners ~ there are making not less
than four dollars day on an aver
age and some or them as high as
twelve.
Word has been received 10y the pub.
lic abilities commission that coal has
been reduced dollar ton to con.
sumcrs In Idaho. by order ~ the Ida
he utilities commission The Utah
commission Il inquirinE into the pow
ers IT the Idaho body. IL II intimated
that the Utah legislature may be petit
toned tu grant the Utah public utili-
ties commission authority to regulate
the price of coal nj the mine mouth
and to the consumer.
william Darke. for the past thrc,
years connected with the American
Fuel company at Ncsirn. left there
October "a Tor Salt Lake city. where
he will take position ~ secretary
and auditor for the same concern. u
II stated that the capacity of THU
company IL 60 be greatly Increased
In the near future. and for this rca
son IL was necessary that Darkc ac
ccpt the more responsible position
where his knowledge of the minlnl
business would be Of greater value e
his company
Articles Of incorporation ~ the Al
erdeen coal company have been file,
with the county cicrk az Salt LAKE
lCity. The capital stock 81 the com
pany IL $4,000 with shares at the RAJ
value uf one dollar each. The officer
! are ~. g. Edwards. president. Georg'
~ WATSON. vice PRECEDENT. and H. a
} tofaunt. secretary and treasurer. !
, was announced some DAYS ago by q
y. Strcveii that when organized th'
} Aberdeen would become IN" Hellini
} agency Tor Independent Coat and Cok'
company
The price Of lump coal to Salt LAX
city residents has been reduced by a
least forty-gven cents a ton by tn
fixing of the prices at which coal ma
be sold o. the consumer by the re-
taller. Dr Harry A. Garfield, fedora
fuel administrator. has ruled that IN
new order. which became effective
last Tuesday. shall provide that tn
retailers shall Fix the prices 10 as q
limit the margins over cost TO the av
eraEe of such gross margins durlnl
1915. plus maximum of 30 per cen
81 the 1915 margin. In NO instanc
I should lump coal now cost the Zlol
consumer more than $3.50 a ton.
Politicians are queer creatures
They run out ~ coal just aR the res
of ne do. They withdraw mineral Ian
} from entry leaving undevelop"d Goa
} mines az our very doors all tied up Z
} red tape. and In the same hreat
, howl about fuel shortage. observe
} Richneld'H itcaper. II Il II poHHibl
90 lcgiHlnte ana tie up the coal dc
, poslts In saiina Canyon, here In th
, county where the people were unahl
, TO secure sufficient fuel To- cook wit
B during the summer and where We az
, threatened with disastrous cp'
B panic during the approaching white
B why Isn't II possible 10 leglHlnte an
open them upf
a A. nnIFsT aTnng AGnEE tn