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Show .A REPORTER EUBEKA . SAGA OF ALTAS MINES STAR DUST I j r , : . i . . -- V Timrsday, July it ' Jiff By Jr- v jMovie Radio I 15; rfsfr VIRGINIA VALE AT LAST Shirley Templed parents have given in and will permit her to speak over the radio. She will stay up until eight-thirt- y the night that "Wee A Willie Winkle" opens in Hollywood, address a country-wid- e audience and then go home to .bed without seeing the picture. Thin ia more of a victory for Shirley than it in for radio executives. All their money did not interest Mr. and Mrs. Temple, who try to twld Shirley's working hours down to a minimum. But Shirley heard talk on the studio lot about this player and that one going on the radio and he began to wonder why she couldn't do it. She begged and begged. Finally Mrs. Temple just had to let her do it. Carole Lombard insisted that her new contract with Paraa mount include clause giving her permission to make one picture a year for any other com-- . pany she chose, all the little companies scurried around looking for stories that might interest One picture her. ih b x with South Slop LiHe Cottonwood ' Canyon. Alta By COL. GEORGE to San Francisco and by water to Swansea, Wales, where It was smelted and refined. was a big year for 'Seventy-threthe town of Alta. Five breweries assuaged the thirst of the miners, sis sawmills cut lumber for buildings and timbers for the mines. The population swelled to S.OUO. Saloons and dance halls did a flourishing business. So did the cemetery south of town. Tradition has It that mors than a hundred men were killed In fights over mining claims. The faulting of the Emma vein, followed by the domunetliallon of silver In 1873, was a serious blow to the camp. Then, in 1874. came a catnstrophe which was to reduce Alta for a generation to the status of a ghost camp. An enormous snowailde swept down from Emma hill, at the north. The life was rruhed front CO men In buildings on the main street. There ths snow was 40 feet deep. Firs broke out and added to the ruin. Ore discoveries continued, but rejuvenation of the town was discouraged by the lark of transportation facilities. Alta la about 8.500 ft above sea level, lu 8 miles the mad to Balt Laks valley drops 4000 ft. Ora of any but the highest grade could not be moved profitably by wagon. A narrow-gaug- e railroad gave some relief until high operating coat forced Its abandonment. The solution has been found In federal highways and autotrucks. Splendid roads up the canyons are nearing completion. Medium grade ore soon will be marketable. A mine as prolific as the Emma was developed on the Big Cottonwood side In 1814. It Is called the Cardiff''. Economies effected by the merging of older workings and coordinated operations point to an era of low-coproduction. With all Its handicaps the Alta ore tons has produced about gross, and many thousands of dollars have gone to stockholders. Dividends, np to 1817. reported by the V. 8. Gnologiral Survey, Include 8300,000 from ths Emms. $180,000 from the Vallejo and $78.-90-0 from the South Herla (all now owned by the Alta I'nlted Mines Co. I; $350,000 from Ihe Flagstaff, and $212,623 from ths Columbus Con, (both belonging to the Wasatch Mines Co.);-- ' $118,000 from the Masfleld. $625,000 from Ihs Cardiff and $700,000 from various smaller properties. ors haa been Alta's moat Important contribution to ths world, though considerable copper and some gold have figured on the settlement sheets. In some mines bismuth Is a promising resourre. Recently the high proportion of gold In Ihe western perl of ths ar has Inspired much activity there. Ths feeling la general that the greatest obstacles to production from Alta have been overcome and that Ihs sons la entering an epoch of unprecedented prosperity. H. WATSON President and Gen. Manager Alta United Mines Co. e of mlnee crowulng the uuuntalna look down on Salt Lake City, 25 miles northwestward from Big and Little Cottonwood districts, generally referred to as Alta'' In honor of their flrst town. ip 1868, before the Ontario mine began to flood the world with all- Alta was a busy little camp oissemlnatlng reports of ellvor-leastrikes and backing the reports with occasional small shipments of ore. Who flrst stud a pick Into the ground Is not known, though exIt la related that grass-roo- t posures of mineral were made at the Instance of the Indefatigable (lea. Patrick E. Connor, of Fort Douglas, as early as 18(4. The strike which gave Alta Its flrst million and. Incidentally, led to International notoriety, was made by James F. Woodman, assisted by three companions Chisholm, Wood hull and Relsch. A mineral-stainesurface streak tempted Woodman's pick and, 83 feel down, become a fabulous ore body. The "Kuiuia" mine had been discovered. For flour, bacon and other supplies the miners had gone la debt to Balt merchants. Now the Emma Mining Co. was formed and a largs Interest In It taken by Walker Brothers, storekeepers and smbryo bankers. Litigation over an option on this mine, Its purchase by a British company In 1872 and an Investigation of charges that the American minister to London used his ofllclul position to boost the stock are printed history. For two years beholders were daisied by the siie and richness of the Emma. Scarcely less Impressive were the slopes of the Flagstaff, Just west of the Emma, also tagen over by a British company. Claims were located all along Little Cottonwood. Big Cottonwood (the nest canyon north V and the ridge between the two. A multitude of tunnels and shafts nosed Into the ogterops and, presently, several prospects were shipping ore. i The Kmma'i grsat shoot was terminated hyj a fault which cut off the ora like a knife, but not before some three million had been mined and hundreds of thousands Meanwhile paid as dividends. rich veins had been discovered In the Prince of Wales and Masfleld mines on the Big Cottonwood side, and the Albion, on the divide to the south, where the tone extended over Into American Fork can- DOZENS d d yon. . Lead-silve- I Ors deposits of Importance were uncovered In ihs City Rocks, Columbus. North Star, Urluley, Toledo, Reed A Benson and many others. During the flrst year of production ore was hauled by os team down Little Cottonwood canyon and to llgden, thence by rail Although Imby kangaroos are burn traction of an Inch hllud, and tinly-In length, they find the way to the maternal pouch without a distance. , J r a star like t . ... ' , - A. w t1" wc: , . mth, ...A GRAND FOOD! Science has discovered that potatoes provide extra Vitamin C, readily available calcium and phosphorous, and a high content of iron and Vitamin B all important elements to good health. When Lombard, they figured, would put them in the big theaters, and in the big money. And now Carole haa gone and broken their hearts. She has signed a contract with Selznick to make one picture a year for him for five years. v Interesting information, but not nearly so impressive as a great, big baked patato nice and mealy its russet jacket bursting steaming hot with n couple of pats of fresh butter, some salt and pepper . . . tbat't rtally stmt thing it tat. Yet, this is only one of a hundred ways of preparing and serving this marvelous food. Nowhere are auch excellei t potatoes grown as in the higher altitudes, the mountain All of these regions valleys, the great plains of the West, and the Pacific Coast slopes. Pacific Railroad. the Union are served by Efficient, rapid railroad service specialized cars fur safe shipment brings potatoes to your table from this area every month oi the year. Among the nation's railroads Union Pacific is in the front rank as a transporter of potatoes. Last year Union Pacific moved 41,422 cars of the world's staple vegetable the nutritious, economical potato. Call t yttr grtett ItJar Pau tbt ptlaltn It thtfamil ttmght sthi has a grand surprisa all ready for Irene Dunne. They have found a dlzsy, hilarious character for her to play la a perfeetly-ma- d comedy tha kind sha loves. It Is the role of a rich, giddy girl who wants ta be a detective and who goes around detecting whether anyone wants her to or not. "The Mad Is tha nama, and Miss Minton here's hoping It Is half as good as everyone expects it to be. R-K- -0 PACIFIC RAILROAD SHIP AND RIDE UNION PACIFIC law violators, Mr. Black added Jail sentences curb breaking of liquor act. The comments followed imposing Jail HHiiteiicvs for state liquor law of a thirty day Jail sentence upon rlolatora Is the only effective means Charlotte Rupple. convicted of liquor t enforcing the act was the com- snlcs nt the Golden Hotel, at Salt ment late Inst week of James V. Lake. She was arrested again later Funk, chairman of the liquor con- on a perjury charge arising out trol cotnuilaHluti, and larnell Black, of her testimony that ahe sold only chief of legal division. beer to a commission agent. j Mr. Funk, asserting that suspended seutenses breed roniempt lor the law, asked cooperation of the courts in enforcing the liquor art and said the commission Is convinced that the1 Weary of waiting around the War- proper way to create respect for the! ner Brothers studio watching song law is for the courts to send all of-- ' and danca stars overworked while tenders to Jail. there was rarely a part for her, "We especially believe maximum Josephine Hutchinson asked for a terms should be Imposed on violareleasa from her contract and got tor who sell liquor to minor," said There are a lot of people on the lot who think that Greta Garbo is just about the grandest person alive and one of them is Charles Boyer. When their current picture, "Countess Walewska was about half finished, he went to the director a little worried. He had discovered that his part was much longer than hers. Breezily the director told him not to give it another thought. Miss Garbo knew all about that before the picture was started and insisted that no changes The picture must be be made. good, she said. "Not all Garbo. M-G-- it. quor Liquor Board Head Urges Jail Term For Offenders that the Mr. Funk. Immediately signed her for one of the Declaring that small fines are most thrilling roles of the year. She garded as a sort of "license" by will play the lead in "He Who Cets Slapped, with Spencer Tracy and Robert Taylor in the cast. er Meanwhile, the same studia that Is making Miss Hutchlnsoa so happy, is making Joan Crawford unhappy. She suspects that the storyfinding department forgets her for months at a stretch and Just pick out any old story that is left ever as a vehicle for her. Rumor haa it that she would like to break away and go to work for Sam Goldwyn. Maybe she will. And you know what grand pictures he makes. a After all, the Bennett sisters, Joan and Constance, wont play the picture star and tha double in the popular novel, "Stand In. Joan Blondell has been borrowed from Warner Brothers and will play both parts. Constance was not keen about playing the vicious, calculating star and Joan is intent on going to the Summer Stock thea- ter at Dennis on Cape Cod to do some stage acting. Incidentally, Joan is said to be the best rumba dancer in all Hollywood. Wouldn't you lova it if aha would In Latvia, the peasant woman danca in a film? If enough fans plants carrots by plaring seeds In her wrote and asked her to, she probmouth and blowing them Into th. ably would. Stars lova to get letfurrows as she walks .along. ters that offer suggestions. re- li SAME DIFFERENCE. "The office boys at our place had a strike for three . weak V last motJh." A strike for three weeks?. Goodness, why didn't yog settle it sooner? "Because it was that long before we realized they were striking." WIndson Staar. sit-do- alt-do- PEERY HOTEL HALT liAKE'H MODERN POPI'LAR PRICED HOTEL Broadway and West Temple Kates: $1.50 to $3.00 FREE GARAGE |