Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-12-08
House to House Canvass
Will be Made of State to
Determine Amount of Coal
Necessary for Winter Use.
r. P. HARMON TO
GET DATA HERE
Volunteer Committee Will Begin
Local Canvass Next Monday fol
Purpose of Listing Amount on
Hand and to be Needed.

In response to request to Mayor
r. p. Harmon by F. r. Gooding, ma
tional fuel administrator for Idaho
there will be a fuel supply of Noun
tain Home made next week. C. H.
Stewart Ed Weaver, F. l.. Brady
Dan Latimore, v c. Rowett and B.
b. Smith will make a house to house
canvass of the city in order to de.
termine the amount of fuel now or
hand, and the amount required tC
carry the town through the winter
They will be supplied with blanks fol
the householder to fill out and sign
telling the amount of coal, wood OF
coke now on hand, the estimated re
quirements for five months, immedi
ate needs, and from whom you buy
This information will be classified
and supplied to Mr. Gooding at the
earliest possible moment
The necessity for this fuel survey
and the conservation of the fuel OF
hand is pointed out in several circu.
lar letters sent out in the past weel
from Mr.. Gooding's office. In part
the circulars are as follows:
"As Fuel Administrator for Idaho
it becomes my duty to advise the
people of this state of the critical
condition that confronts them in
their present fuel supply. Since m!
appointment as fuel administrator fol
Idaho, / have been trying hard tC
master the situation so as to be able
to advise the people intelligently OF
the true conditions
During the summer months as
member of the State Council of De
fense, gave this matter considerable
attention so | was able to take VI
the work on my appointment as
Federal Fuel Administrator for Idaho
with some knowledge of the condi
tions.
1T has been my hope that / woulC
be able to improve existing condi
tions so that the people would have
at least a reasonable supply of fue
for the winter.
During the month of October
small increase of thousand tons
was made over the tonnage furnished
Idaho in 1916 for the same month
] believe thoroughly that if priority
right was given coal equal to that o.
food stuffs and live stock that the
conditions would be so improved tha
the needs of the people would soo1
be met through an increased eff
cheney at the mines. Utah and Idaho
were given the first priority right OF
coal movements issued by the govern
ment This was brought about yer,
largely through the efforts of w, w
Armstrong, Fuel Administrator TO
Utah, and myself.
"The records of the Wyomin&
mines show conclusiyely that the
priority given to coal has been
mighty factor in increasing the eff
cheney of the mines located on the
Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line
Before the priority right for Goa
these mines were only working Il
about SIS per cent of their efficiency
Since the priority right has been il
existence these mines have raised
their efficiency to 95 per cent, giv1nt
us decided increase in coal from the
Wyoming fields.
II have advised the people of Idaho
however, that this priority order ha
not done so much for the Utah fields
While the conditions are improyini
daily in a small way, up to the pres
ent time it has not been enough t,
show any great increase in the out
put from the Utah fields Owing t,
the physical conditions and lack c
equipment on the d. & r. G., | al
now satisfied we have nearly reache
the high water mark.
THE conditions that now alarl
me are those over which ] have
control, and are serious matter t,
the people of this state.
find that in November, 1916, Ida
ho received $4,000 tons from tn
Utah and Wyoming mines, while fc
the first three weeks of Novembe
1917, we only received 9,400 ton