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The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
COALyILLE ~ ADDING SOME
To TONNAGE or THE STATE

Repairing Of a mile OF Union Pact.
fic track will add five hundred tons
20 the daily output of Utah coal mines
The track to be- repaired ~ spur
from the town ct Coalviilc 60 the
summit Fuel company'H mine. one
mile south. The matter II now In the
hands OF the state public utilities
commission with fair proHpccts that
necessary repairs a. the track In qurr-
ton viii be made forthwith.
Some days ago r. W. Blake. prcsi.
dent Of the Summit Fuel company'H
coal mine. appealed Co the public utii-
titles commission Tor assistance In COM
pcllinE the Union Pacific railroad
either Ia repair the track OF give the
fuel company pprmiEHion to max"
such repairs. Blake says about nine
hundred ties VIII be- required. and he
aaid his company II willing a. do the
work. Tie aVerS that letters written
the railroad have received me- replies.
and on this account appeal was made
to the state commission.
The latter. upon receipt ct this len.
formation, telrgraphed y. y. Calvin,
president of the Union Pacific at Oma-
hn. aud last Saturday received reply
stating NO word has been received by
him relative to the summit Fuci com-
pnny's dcrirr. Nnlyin stated that the
question would be- taken up immr-
dintely and az soon ~ data pertaining
o. amount 80 repairs required for the
spur track ana the cost nf these were
obtained he would communicate them
o. the commission.
lilakr declares that his company b.
operating the mine, but h compelled
o. haul all its product over u wagon
ruud a. the ears. iir adds that at the
start the daily output viii hv three
hundred tons. and that this viii boz In
creased e. rive hundred tons per dnN
during the winter.
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noon ~ WIVES. MOTHERS
NND TIM FAMILY ~ WELL

According o. james ~ Wolfe, ass
sistaut state attorney general in
charge uf the prohibition bureau. mine
operators are expressing satisfaction
over results pf operation uf the bone
dry" law IN Utah. Formerly. the mine
operators toll Wolfe Their, was al
ways scarcity of men immediately
after payday hvcaus" the miners re-
manned away from their work any
where from two days Ia "a week ur
ten days Some even Jumped their
Jobs" he SAYS. after spree" ANA
employers were constantly put Co the
Necessity of hunting other men Ia
take their places.
This condition. Wolfe says, had a
tendency O. reduc" production from
the mines. because II was always dif-
ficult O. gct men IA take the places
of the absentres ON short notice, While
the fact War known and guarded AK
ainst as well as possible, there never
thelcss was constant trouble from this
source.
Since the prohibition law has got a.
working In good form, Wolfe says, tho
men stay at their mine work with
splendid regularity, and the ming out
put h. therefore greatly Increased
without the old Inconvenience which
the assistant attorney general regards
as a great benefit now when maximum
metal production has become "a war
Necessity,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07

To help meet the shortage OF nfty
million tons In the country's coal sup
ply. the national fuel administration.
in cooperation with the department
Of agriculture. has inaugurated an
intensive campaign for the substltu-
ton OF wood for coal. "One cord OF
hard wood ~ equal 10 a ton OF coal"
says an announcement OF the fuel adj
ministration. zone ton ~ released
for use In war work for every cord Of
wood substituted. Statistics show
that there II a vast amount OF dead
wood In many sections Of the country
and that the supply Of wood In many
communities " sufficient for domcs-
tic purposes In those parts"
IL was announced that the depart
mcnt OF agriculture would provide
the services OF expert forcsters with
out charge 60 supervise the cutting OF
wood 10 that no damage would be-
done Co growing timber and that the
largest use might be obtained Of the
wood supply.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
AROUND RIM COAL CAMPS
PERSONAL AND OrIlEIiNiSi

The agitation ~ Grand Junction.
colo. in favor ui city ,ual mine has
spread Co Gunnisun, where u h found
that halt Il dozen mines mp ohio
Creek could easily hr obtained.
Coal for domosti, purposes he Lon
don. Eng hHH been utiunod and
prices hay, been fixed. ranging from
forty -onr shillings ana siN pence Tor
the best grad, down O. thirty five
shillngS Tor poorer grades.
About carload ct coal day b. gu-
INK out from Price Ia Idaho from the
Miuhurn mine north of this city II
costs about two dollars and seventy
live cents a ton on the cars, This Ia
cludes mining wagon haul and roy
atty,
strict economy in the use ct coal la
France iH necessary this winter In or
der 60 avoid shortage, This h being
accomplished by the issuance of coal
cards hy which an amount IN allotted
Co each family with limit or two
hundred ana siNty-four pounds a
month for families NJ Ca four per-
sons.
Favorable Temperatures of Noyem-
ton uf fuel In Utah more than any
other agency. according 60 viewpoints
at officials ut the state fuel admins
tration while the demand on Utah
coal has been heavy, h b. estimated
that thousands uf tons less coal were
burned last month than during No
yemher of last year
The United states Fuel company
has ordered three new shoyeling ma
chimes. II h claimgd that these ma
chimes, which shovel direct from
quantities of broken coal in the mine
into mine ears will handle five hum
dred tons pei shit ct eight hours. In
addition Go the shuyeling machines
the company has recently purchased
AN electric locomotive at standard
make
Peerless Coal company operating
up Spring Canyon has It's yards more
than half completed and force Of
fifty men are at work in the construc-
tion Of the surface tramway All OF
the building material and equipment
for the new tipple and surface i'm
provemcnts is on the ground. The
company expects 10 be- in position TO
begin regular coal shipments by the
latter part of next January
The coal situation In ogden Is he
coming more encouraging, The Den
Yer and Rio Grande delivered approx
imately two hundred carloads last
week and moderate temperatures also
have helped To conserve the supply.
The Weber county farm bureau may
file complaint with the fuel sub
(ContInued on page eighty
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
THREE MORE PROPERTIES
NOW ABOUT READY To SHIP

When winter IL at IT, height three
new Utah coal mines. which II has
cost more than two million dollars To
develop, viii he In fun operation, ac-
rording To information conveyed a.
officials of the state fuel adminls,ra-
ton. says last Mondays Herald-Re-
publican, The exact output OF the
three is not known, one of the new
mines opened. situated near Coalyille
On the branch line OF the Union Pact
fic II known as the Weber mine, Clar-
rncc and Ernest Hamburger OF Salt
Lake City are the chief owners. This
property soon viii De- In fun operation.
~ h equipped with modern mine ma
,hinery and has sufficient trackagc
for extensive development work,
Financed by Watts 4 Watts NJ
ogden. another coal mine has lust
been opened near niawatha In car
bon county. II Is expected that This
mine win be shipping from ten to
twelve railroad ears OF coal day soon
after January LIST A twu-mile spur
connects the mine with the Utah rail-
way. Fred A. sweet. president at the
Standard Coal company, h. opening
the states third new mine. II h.
known a. the Peerless, and Is situated
near the Standard group In Carbon
county. Its output Is reported as be-
ing OF grade slightly superior Ia the
ordinary Carbon county coal.
j. \. Spelman, who II AT the head of
the car service bureau OF the Utah di-
vision Of the federal fuel administra-
ton. reported recently that by the lat
n part OF December coal mines OF
Utah should have an ample supply of
cars and that the labor situation alone
viii then present a serious problem.
Appeals have been made by holders OF
coal property at Fillmore and Cedar
City for the extension Of railroads
down into that district
II appears improbable that branch
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seizure MAY Result

RtCHFIELD. Dec. New orders
In the coal situation have been 70.
coived. and the boarding Of coal has
been placed under the ban. Adviccs
are sent out that those having a six
tecn-day supply Of coal must not re-
order. and that no one person should
have more than one months supply
on hand II the situation grows any
worse. coal will be taken from those
who are well stocked up and diHtrib-
utcd TO those having none.
A. the coal question grows more
acute. another II coming up OF almost
equal gravity. Men dealing In wood
fuel are charging eNorbitunt prices
Tor the wood. u has been ancertaincd
that a. much AZ eight and ten dollars
has been charged "a load. In some of
the nearby towns wood u delivered
for five dollars n load.
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CARBON HAS THE COAL;
THE CARS ARE COMING

Under mandatory orders of n. 4.
Garfield, federal fuel commissioner az
Washington, ID, c., one thousand box
cars ~ forty-ton capacity are being
rushed forward as fast as railroads
can bring them, from the various
points on the Pennsylvania lines To be-
loaded with Utah coal FOR immediate
delivery TO California points on the
Southern Pacific. according 10 tele-
grams received the last few days by
y. r.. Scott. general agent Of the Sou
thern Pacific at Salt Lake city.
Complaints about coal shortage by
Californians have been wired to Wash
ington for the past two weeks. and the
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
MOVE IS MADE TO
HEAD OFF FUEL
FAMINE
DR. ~. a. GARFIELD DECLARES
ron PRIORITY SHIPMENT.
Producers East OF the Ilockic- Motif
fled OF Preference Order with An
Industries OF the Nation MobiiiEing
for War scrsic--Improycnc
and News About Carbon Camps.

WASHINGTON. u. e.. Dee. g.-The
fuel administration today moved 10
avert serious Industrial fuel famine
by u series OF preferential fuel ship
mcntr To- continue over period OF
several days orders issued by DR.. n.
A. Garfield established the order of
preference In which coal needs are to
bc fillnd. Directions were sent o. five
thousand producers. representing all
mines east of the itockivr. Preference
h 90 be given - follows
From all fields In Ohio. Michigan.
Illinois. Alabama. Tennessee. Colorn-
do and Okiahoma-prcfe Ca
government orders. railway fueL do
nestle requirements. public utilities
and munition plants.
kentucky and Pcnnrl iyaniR- dow
vrnment orders. railway url, domrs-
tic requirements public utilities. steel
plants. hyprOduct coke ovens und mu-
milton plants.
WRIST Virginia aud VirEiniu-Gov-
eminent orders. railway fuel. tide
water shipments tor now England. do
nestle requirements, puhlic utilities
and munitlon plants
The fuel administration explains
that these requests cover practically
al of the coal production ot the coun-
Try. outside the Rocky Mountain dis
triotH whore the output n largely con-
sumed in the localities where u b.
produced
while these rffa-tr Ia meet tho
situation were made by the fuel ud-
minlstration, big business throughout
the United States was today prcpnr-
ing To mobilize fur war service,
Il was announced tonight that a cali
had been issued Tor the assembling
In Washington ON December 18TH ~
th. chairmen of the war service COM
mittoer OF every Industry In the ma
tion,
The call was sent out hy the cham
her of commerce of the United States.
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drastic action taken by the fuel Off
Gals II the result The thousand cars
will be turned over to the Denver and
RIO Grande a, Denver. Colo. whence
they will be rushed under full steam
to Carbon county's coal fields, and
here loaded with the least possible
delay.
They will be checked at every tor
minai point by government officials.
who are interested In exediting the
forward journey OF the relief trains.
Tho cars will be sent west without
loads
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
CHAMnERIlAIN's TABLETs.

Chamberlain's Tablets are intended
especially Tor stomach troubles, bill
iousness and constipation. and have
met with much success In the treat
ment Of those diseases. People who
have suffered for years with stomach
trouble and have been unable To oh
tain any permanent relief, hay" been
completely cured by the use uf these
tablets Chamberlain's Tablets are
also OF great value for biliousness
Chronic constipation may be perman-
emily cured by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets and observing the plain print
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
Chance to Save
Offered Through
The Sun.

Ily carefully reading the adyer-
tiscments In The sun you can often
save money ON your purchases. The
things you need may be offered
Just "A little bit cheaper today than
they will be az AMI other time,
The now rug for the parlor, the
new dining room table, the new
suit the sack OF iur the electric
al article. che paid OF shoes or the
new hat may be advertised today
at saving worth while.
Don't lay this sue OF Tho sun
down until you ha read every ad-
vcrtisement IN itsH olumns. Econ
omical people their buying
through advertise S--and they are
putting mOley II the bank by SO
doing.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
NorICE-uNTrID STATES LAND

Ouicr. Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 20.
1917 To Whom II May Concern;
Notice h hereby given that the state
of Utah has filed In this office lists OF
lands, selected by the said state, under
See. OF the act OF congress approved
July 10, 1894, as indemnity school
lands. Viz. Serial O2O2SO. northeast
quarter of southwest quarter. See. |,
Twp. ~ South. Range i6 East; south
west quarter of southwest quarter OF
Sec. II. Twp. ~ South, Itangr 2 East.
Salt Lake meridian. Copies of said
lists. 10 far as they relate a. said
tracts by sub-dlyiaiona have been con-
spicuously posted In this office for In
spection by any person Interested and
by the public generally, During the
period at publication OF this notice, or
any time thereafter, and before final
approval and certiticatiOn, under de-
partmcntal regulations of April 20,
1907, protests or contests against the
claim OF the state 20 any OF the tracts
or subdivisions hereinbefOrc de-
scribed. ON the ground that the same
Is more valuable Tor mineral than for
agricultural purposes, viii be- received
and noted for report 10 the general
land office al Washington, ID. &. Fail
ure "a 10 protest or contest. within tho
time specified. viii be considered suf-
ficicnt evidence of the nOn-mineral
character OF the tracts and thu sslee-
tiOns thereof being otherwise free
from objection. will be approved TO
the state. GOULD a. BLAKELG,
Register,
FIRST pub. Dee. 7. last Jan. I, 1915.
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NOTICE 10 WATER USERS


state Engineers Officc. salt Lake
city. Utah. Nov. gS. iai7.-Noticc a.
hereby given that Ferdinand llrchUr.
whose poStofficc address ~ pricv.
Utah. has made application Ia accord
anCc with the requirements of the
Compiled Laws OF Utnh, 1907, ~
amended hy the session Law of Utah.
1909. 1911 and 1915. Co appropriate
EiN-tpnthH GO Of "a Hsgond-fout OF
water from Grassy Trail CrccK and
an unnamed wash In Carbon county.
The water from Grassy Trail Creek
viii be- diverted at n point rs degrees
O2 minutes east 1880 feet from the
northwest corner of Soc. 2. TWP 10
South. iianEr . East Salt Lake base
aud meridian, aud The water from the
wash win be- diverted nt "a point
south so degrees 90 minutes east
tit2 r'vt from the same corner. tn"
water viii be conveyed hy means ol
two bitches aggregn,ing nine hundred
feet lu length and urcd from May
18Th tu September 3Oth ut zach year
tu irrigatc forty acres uf land vm-
brnced In the northeast quarter ni
southwest quarter OF huid section =.
This application n designated Ia the
state engineers office uH No, 1903.
Al protests against the granting ui
Haid application. SEATING the reasons
therefor, must be- made rs affidavit In
duplicate, accompanied by u Zee uf
f2,b0. ana filed IN this office within
thirty taOl days after the completion
OF the publication ct this notice. 81.
r. McOONAGLE. state Engineer.
Date uf first publication Dee. Z.
1917. Date uf completion uf puhlicu-
ton Jan, Z, 1918,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07

LEXINGTON. Ky, Dee. 2.-Firc
said C. 10. uf lnccndiary origin dam
aged Thousands ct dolinrs' worth Of
mnchin.r, nf the plant 1T the south
east coal company. and Tor u time
threatened M. town 1T Seco ana the
great coal fields in i.rtrhrr county to-
duN.
Dynamite War used &" sever ruu-
,ryor. thereby saving the tipplc and
town. This viii ncrcssitat, the clos
ing nf the mines ut Soru for several
weeks
Guards have been placed around the
company plant
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07

wAsHINGToN. u. g.. Dee. An.
other advance In prices on essential
was made by the govern
m.nt tonight President Wilson. by
executive order. dccrcod that opera
tors OF anthracite mines are entitled
to thlrty-fiyr cents pet ton more FOR
their coal.
The advance was made Co enable
the operators o. meet wage increases
averaging 20 pet cent &C. all their
miners The years output h estimated
at about ~ .0O0.0 600 tons, and the OPP
orators. therefore. will have some
$50. 900. coo extra tn meet the wage
Increases
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07

WAsHINGTnN. u, a., Dee. dee
claring American homes are over
heated. the fuel administration urges
all houscholders 10 maintain a tenn
perature OF not more than dS degrees,
recommended by eminent American
physicians. With that temperature
tho saving In coal will 80 far toward
meeting the enormous war demand
for fuel, officials announce,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
rnlurrs of the speech.

They tthc American peoplc) are Inn
patient with those who desire peace
by any sort OF compounds.
Thir method OF combined intrigue
aud force which we now see clearly as
the German power. thing without
conscience or honor or capacity for
uovcnantcd peace. must be crushed.
We shall be willing and glad 60 pay
the full price Tor peace. and pay Il un-
grudRinglS.
our present and immediate task In
Ia win the war. and nothing shall turn
~ aside until u IL accomplished.
Thoa. who desire To- bring about
peace before that purpose IN achieved
counsel tn carry their advice else
where. W. viii not entertain H.
The Russian people have been poir-
nnod hy the very same falachoodH that
have kept the German people la the
dark. and thp poison has been admin
ister-d by the very same hand.
earnestly recommend that the
congress Immediately declare the Unit
ted States In "a state of war with Aus
trin- Hungary,
Turkey and Buigaria are mere tools.
aud de- not stand IN the direct path ot
our necessary action.
Congress must gu further iu author
king the government Ca set limits to
prices.
Additional legislation may also be-
come necessary o. effect the most ct
nrient coordination ana operation of
the railway and other transportation
systems 1T the country,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07
pERSHING SENDS MESSAGE
To THE AMERICAN PtOrLI

, NEW YORK, Dee, "A mvr-
, sage from General Pcrshing tu
, the people of thu United States
} was read today by Bishop Luther
, a. Wilson before the west sid"
, branch ct the Young Mems Chris
, tian association. Il follows
} Tell the American people that
, there Is NO ground for the hcrcsN
, that Germany cannot De beaten,
, Germany can be- beaten, DER
, many must be- beaten ana Ger
} many viii be- beaten
, There n nothing 'iltN-uiN'
, about the Americans over there.
, said Bishop Wilson, They are
, 100 per cent true. They are the
} best looking ana best appearing
, men az the front, They are cool.
} courageous and eager "a get In
TO the fight
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07

line viii be extended az far as Cedar
city. at least for years. but coal ex-
pcrH declare that the coal properties
extending east from that point are
nearly o. important. potentially ~
the Carbon county fields
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-12-07

Growers of potatoes are earnestly
urged by the government To market
their 1917 crop throughout the nine
months that II viii be used as food,
as an even flow OF the crop through
the channels Of trade 10 the con-
sumner viii aid In stabllizing the mar
ket and preventing waste
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According To AN English dispatch,
bacon is not now procurable In many
butcher shops In London, In shops
able to secure supplies the price
ranges as high as sixty cents a pound
for grades OF bacon that before the
war sold for eighteen cents.
The visible supply of rye in the
United States ON October 20 1917,
was a.4bi. 900 bushels, an Increase OF
more than 80 per cent over hast year.
The sun for good job pricing.
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FIGHT TO VICTORY
SAYS PRESIDENT
WILSON
WAR MESSAGE DELIVERED IN
PERSON To CONGRESS.
Amy Peace That America Makes Must
Include the Peoples OF Northern
France, the Balkans and Other
Countries That Arc Being Now Out
ragcd-Featurcs OF Brief Message.

WASHINGTON. u. G.. Dec. A.
President Wilson today called upon
congress 90 declare n state OF war ag-
ainst Austria Hungary. Pledging Am-
erica TO war TO victory and declaring
nothing shall turn us aside. he asked
that Austria Hungary be formally
listed among Americas enemies To re-
move this embarrassing obstacle that
stands In our way"
Any peace that America makes
must include delivery Of the peoples
Of Austria Hungary. Turkey and the
balkans az well as Northern France
and Belgium from Prussian domino
ton. he said The president suggest
cd remedial legislation 20 meet the
railroad and food situation.
The latter he said. was based on
"aclfishnCss' at present rather than
on the law Of supply and demand. He
urged legislation for full Use of nat
urai resources and watcrpower OF the
country. more drastic laws Co punish
allen enemies and an amendment to
Include women as we'll as mon under
the alien enemy act
The president suggested that In
stead OF combining enemy aliens In
comfortable intcrnmcnt camps they
be put In pcnitontiarics. where they
can be- made 10 work 'aH other Grim.
insls do"
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Complete legal blank stock at san
Lake City and Provo prices. The sun
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Continued on page eight
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The Sun Tor good job prlrting,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-06
PORTLAND SURVEYOR
SHIP FOR L, J. BRANN?

The impression prevails here at the
capital that Louis J. Brann, former
MAYOR Of L wiston, former judge of
the Lewiston municipal court and for
mer register Of probate Of AndroscoS-
gin county. will be selected as the sur
yeyor OF the port of Portland to NIL the
vacancy caused by the death OF Hon.
Cyrus W. Davis of Watervllle Inc
office pays a salary of $500 per an
mum.
Judge Brann has the endorsement OF
the State organization, the Dciho-
cratic State committee. headed by
Thomas Y. Doherty of Houiton' Hon.
William r. Pattangall of Augusta
Hon. Daniel j. McGillicuddy Of Lew
iston. the newly elected member of the
Democratic National committee from
Maine and others.
AS a matter of fact, Ex-Congressman
McGillicuddy as a member OF TIE Dem
ocratic National committee from
Maine. will be the gentleman VINO VIII
dole out the patronage, so the impress
sion seems TO be prevalent here that
Judge Brann will get the appoint
ment. Judge Brann left Lewiston last
night and has an appointment lor
conference Thursday morning WIN
Hon. William G. McAdoo, the secretary
Of the treasury.