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Show .... .. ' ' , - '. ' r. .'V';. ; ; , ; , , " ' ' ' i r. - "'". ': - - ' c V : '' y - v - ; - THE; PRESSBULLETIN VOLUME 48 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1918 NUMBER 28 Prominent Men of Utah ! ? "''! i I , I i ':::;:::;;:::;i:;;:.s.;:;;:;::t::yv::;;J I " i lisS. lip 1 1 ' - - p ' ' ; i ,. Vk' I':-:- R. C. GEMMELL The general m?nner of 1he Utah Copper Company is a man of wide experience in the mining world. In fact we might say that he is perhaps the best mining expert in the intermountain country. " Mr. Gemmel holds the degree of Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan where he did major work in civil engineering. lie later took his Master's Degree from the same school and then took a position with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. He had followed civil and mining engi-neering in several states before settling in Utah. He served the State of Utah as state engineer .from 1898 to 1901. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and also a member of American Institute of Mining. Mr. Gemmell was , superintendent of the mines of the Gug-genheim ExDloration Company in. Mexico from 1903 to 1905. In May, 1913, he was'made generaKmariager of the Utah," "Copper Company, In this capacity he has served this greatest copper producer very successfully for the past five years. STORY OF Ell fill; DAYS l!i urn nil Mining And Scientific Press Tells Of Early Days In The Great J Copper Camp Describes Shooting Affray Over Mining Property In Which Two Partners In Mining Property Are Put Out Of The Way The First Prospect. The following story of an Interest-ing affair which took place In B'ng-- ham In the early days of the camp appeared in last Saturday's Issue of the San Francisco Mining and Scien tlfic Press and will bo read with ln terest by many of the old timers ' here: ' Editor The Mining and Scientific Press: Reading the fourth article of this series recalls vividly to my mem s ory the following which will be of in- -' terest to many of the early residents at Bingham. "In th9 yoar 1871 I was employed " ub a contractor ut tlio WJnnomuck mine. Al iliemis was the manager of the mlno and' smelter, about half a . mile below "the town. The principal hotel was named Hotel Clark. He- - low it, and on the west side of the gulch, was a large rooming house owned by Richard Predcux. George A. Jackson, one of the first miners to reach Central City, Colorado, during the Pike's Peak excitement, was plac-er mining just above the Clark hotel, and close to the junction of the two gulches. Warren 1 lick man, son of Bill Hickman, a notorious Mormon character, was postmaster. A short distance above the junctton, In the left hand gulch, the post office, main store, and Justice of the Peace were located. Some tunnels had been driven Into tho mountain, but aban-doned at this time. Sol. Cleveland, a nephew of Jackson, was owner and manager of a boarding house In Ga-lena gulch. During a suspension of work in one of the mines, -- several . mlpers continued to board with Cleve-land. Cleveland entered into a ver. " ' . bal contract with two, who wanted to . . Al lTn A 4,. .... i ..1,. .' boards tooU, and powder; they were to find a property and do the work. I . "About three months after the con-tract waa made, a miner, returning from town, told Cleveland that his partners were about to sell a mine. . The parties did not arrive at the ' boarding house that night. About 10 o'clock the next day Cleveland went to town, and soon learned that a trade was on for the mine at, the office of the Justice of the Peace, file arrived there when the buyer was reading one of tho papers that had been drawn un. Listening carefully, he learned that he was no party to the transaction Excitedly, he told the purchaser he was a third owner In the mine, and no deal would be made unlfss his Interest was recognl'.ed. Instantlv one of his partners denied the ownership, and Invited Cleveland outside to settle the matter. Passing but of the door in advance of Cleve--, land, he grabbed a stone and raised himself to throw It at Cleveland, who shot him, and he fell over the steps of the office. Cleveland then entered I and shot the second partner as he stood by the side of the Justice and ' the purchaser. He drew a second re-volver from his boot leg. and, with one in each lr.nd, he walked a hun-dred feet up the gulch, and entered a tunnel driven Into the side of the mounta'n "By this time a Crowd began to accumulate, and many were shouting, "Uang h'rn," "Shoot him!" Among the number rushing up waa Jackson, who was surprised to learn that the man wanted was his own nephew. "If you want the man," Jackson said, "I will bring him to you but no shoot- - . . Ing or hanging will be done until af-ter he has had afair trial. Now, if ten men will promise me they will escort him to the Justice's office and allow him to have a fair trial, I vill go Into the tunnel and bring l.'m out.!' "This was agreed upon, and lr a few minutes Cleveland and Jackson came out, both heavily armed, anl i ' escorted between the ten mc n who ! had promised to protect him. ThcV went to the Justice's office. A trial was held, and Cleveland waR set free. ! OTOKT.E KISLINOnURY." 1 Regulations In Camp Now Very Strict Town And County Au-- J thorities Join Hands To Stamp Out Epidemic United States ( Representative Assisting In Work Wearing Of Masks Is Made Compulsory Stores And AH Business Houses Arc Required To Close At Six P. M. . The influenza situation has reached a criqal state in. Bingham and in - order; to prevent a further spread of the epidemic the authoritfes have ad- - opted the most rigid precautionary measures, Euch as the compulsory : wearing of face masks, closing of all places of business at six o'clock in tho evening, the maintaining of . a strict quarantine of all homes where anyone Is affected with the disease I and the officers are prepared to see that the regulations- - are enforced to - the letter. The town board' met In extra ses- - sion Tuesday afternoon and this meet--: ing was attended by Dr. W. S. Harri-- : son, assistant surgeon United States health service, who Is now assisting 1 the state board of health, and after discussing the situation here It was f decided that some drastic measures I were necessary to stamp out the dis-- - ease. Accordingly a resolution re-quiring the wearing of face masks was adopted, and shortly thereafter the circulars and window cards were printed and distributed throughout "the camp. 1 Dr Harrison also prepared a circu-lar iRwhich he offered the most feasible plan for combatting the dis-ease, such as has met with success itt other communities affected with the disease. Dr. Harrison has been '" 'here during the past week in the In- - , terest of the work and ho will prob-abf- y be here for another week or - -- longer. He say the situation in this f ' "amp is more serious than any other fjownfhas visited." He believes in. using Vvery" available weapon for lighting the disease and is a strong i Reliever Jn the tfUcaey of inoculation as a preventat He said this meth- - - od had not bce'a runy aemonBUTnt-- u that the prevailing belief in the niedi--' cal science' was that a person who had been Inoculated was practically immune. Also this treatment Is in V I no wise injurious and causes but little iilr.TMivenience. Quite a number ' of peoifiJPuere have already taken the treatmeui, The seriousness of the epidemic has now been on the increape for more than two weeks. Society hall has been turned into an emergency hospital and a large number of patients have been . cared for there during the past week. The nurses are worked over ' tlmeiand the number at hand is not sufficient to administer to the sick. The people of the camp generally are responding to the instruction of ' orders, and the very day that the res-- ' i olutlon went Into effect making the wearing of face masks compulsory al-- r most everyone who appeared on the street had on a mask. There was a run on the stores for masks Tuesday evening and the Red Cross workers remained at .headquarters till a late hour Tuesday night preparing masks for the crowds who waited to receive them. 'Early Wednesday morning the stores had a supply sufficient t ac-commodate the people. ' With the' care which Is now being observed it is hoped that tbe epi-- demlc will soonbe under con'r.'l. FCSTAU 8AVING3 INCREASE The postal savings at the Bingham poBt office Is still making Increases, and accord- - ing tn Information given out by (Postmaster Countryman, on Tuesday, the total deposits amounts to $289,744. The post-- master is hopeful that by the first of next year that this office will have the largest deposit of any In the state. - DEATHS f The funeral of Ren Matson, whose death occurred here Sunday night will be held at his former home In Salt Lake. - The arrangements have not yet been completed. 'Mr. Matson who was 39 years old, died of Influenza pneumonia. Besides his widow and five children, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J- - P. Thompson, of Salt Lake; two brothers and one sister, Theodore Matson, and John Matson, and Mrs. Lillian 'Butler, Portland, Ore-gon. Mrs. Sarah Lindberg died Monday at the iBingham hospital with the in-fluenza! (She was twenty-fou- r years old . and is survived by her husband John W. 'Lindberg and two children. Mrs. Lindberg was well known" and her many' friends will miss her very much. ' The many friends of Ren Matson will be sorry to hear of his death nt his home in iCopperfleld, Mr. Mat-so- n was thirty-eigh- t, and leaves 'a widow and five children. Mis. Jack E. Mitchell died with Jnliviiza at tho Bingham hospital on Tuert"o.v. Mrs. 'Mltchel is survived by her husband who is with the Ameri-can army in Franco. Joseph Shelley, age 66, an old time resident of the camp died late Wed-- nesday night as a resuu or injuries he received a few days previous while hauling lumber. He had been in the camp about thirty years and for a i long time was employed as teamster by the Bingham Coal and Lumber Co ' He was well known and well liked here. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. .Mrs. George Rawlins, age 28, died Tuesday afternoon of influenza after a brief Illness. She Is survived by her husband end several children. UTAH COPPER Production For The Third Quar-te- r Reaches The Total Of ' 53,311,943 Pounds - According to the fifty-secon- d quar-terly renort of th TTtah CniiiKr iCnm- - pany, for July, August and September of the current year, as released from the Salt Lake offices of the company, the total production of copper reach-ed a total of 53,31(1,943 pounds. This is an average monthly output of pounds, as compared with an average of 17.254,928 pounds for the previous quarter. The report further shows that In addition to tills, there was a total of 1,116509. pounds of copper contained la the precipitates from the leaching plant; 25.4S1 pounds In shipment from the mine, and 275,745 pounds In ore shipped direct to the smelter, making a total gross production for the quar-ter of 54,7;!9,C78 pounds, as compared with 62,724,C"3 pounds for the previ-ous quarter. During the period in question a to-tal of 3,412,700 tons of ore was treated being 210,800 tons more than for the preceding quarter, when 3201,900 tons were milled. The average grade of the ore was 1,2004 per cent copper, and the average extraction was 65.07 per cent, as compared with 1.2535 per cent and 64.49 per cent, respectively, for the second quarter. The percent-age of recovery was low because of the large tonnage treated and the comparatively low copper content In the headings. The average cost per pound of net copper, produced from concentrates for the quarter was 16.609 cents, while ilia prut nra not rum n d fnp all nnrmcr produced from concentrates, crude ore, leaching plant and mine preclpl-- ; tates, was 16.&14 cents, as compared with 15.047 cents for the previous quarter, no credits being made to cost In either case on account of income from gold and silver or miscellaneous sources. The value of the gold and i -- ii i j . . silver . i . , j in ore aim touccuiraiei" muiin u $408093.67, and the miKCPlhinoons In-come amounted to $139,938.93. These Items combineM are equal to 1.054 cents per not pound of copper pro-duced. The high cost per pound Is due to Increased chargea for smelting and refining; Increased freight rates,1 and Increase in wage scale. The high-er smelting and refining charges be-came effective July 1 and June 25, re-spectively. The following tabulation shows the financial results of the company's op-erations for the quarter, as compared with the second quarter: per pound for copper, as compared with 2,5.205 cents for the previous quarter. This difference in carrying price is due to the sales during the third quarter having been less than the production. The regular quarter-ly dividend of $2.50 per share . was paid on September 30. During the quarter there was re-moved a total of 1,02j380 cubic yards of capping, or an average of 360,700 cubic yard", per month, as compared with l,lf7515 cubic yards and "89 ,171 cubic yards rosierUvely-fo- r the second quarter of the year. The operations of the Bingham & CarfieM railway were satisfactory. A daily average of 33.1M2 tns of v!'H transport I'd :ml a daily atiu:rt of 4i!)'J tons of eonune-H- al frc!--- ' f was handled, making ti total daily 'e of i!7,7ll (ohm, ih comp;ir"d with 31, tons, Hi'.'.i tons and i'.O.O'il for the second quarter. 1918 1918 Third Quar. Sec. Quar. Net profits fmtn operations $4,1 69,697.66 $3,4S3,8il 2.74 Other income, rents, etc., In I Utah ..... '139,938.93 259,188.83 Incnpie from Nevada Consol- - ldated Copper" Co. divi-dends 7.10 375 00 730.375.00 Income from Bingham and Garfield railway divl- - d Mids 50,0110.00 Total net Income $5,31 0,oi 1.59 0,1'V!.?76.57 Db'burseinf nt to stock-holders . .$l.0i:i ..?5.(i0 ft fifil.225 00 Net surplus $I.21S,7SC.39 $2,432,1.51. 57-T-e earnings for the quarter pre computed on the basis of 21.041 cents COUNTY COURT CASES The following were fined' 5 each for violating the quarantine regula-tions: Tony George Koutrakls, Gust Kotcras, Gust iBugaiis, George Dlmaa, Mike Geomanls and '3am The following were fined $25 each for violating the quarantine: j George iMatsamas, Tony Maragos, N'ick Bolbasis, George Pappadrew, Mike Yamis, Mike Somos, Sam Nick-as- . The following were fined $10 each for the samj offense: Theo Blokos, Christ Fletches, John Da'skas, Nick Cocham, Tony POulas, Harry Upharim. John Pappaa, Sam Alliel, iMike Kallas. John Legman, intoxicated, $50. Ed Day, for assaulting Officer Cul-leto-was given 60 days. , iH. Mitchell, charged with issuing a bad check, was dismiesed on motion of the prosecuting attorney. j WANTS INFORMATION ABOUT JACK THOMPSON IMiss Edna Thompson of Scranton, Pa., Is seeking some Information oboi't her father, John J. (Jack) Thompson, who resided here during the year 1.910 and is supposed to have died here during that year or the year following. In her letter she saya: . "A few days ago I was informed by a party named Ted Studders that my lather died In (Bingham, L'tah, in the year 1910 or 1U. This Mr. Stud-ders has not been to Bingham ince, but was told by several people who livfd there later that Jack Thompsen died soon after he left. I would like to know .the cause of his death as well as whore he was burkd. This gentleman I mentioned lived in Bing-ham at the same time my father, John J. Thompson, did and was per-sonally acquainted with him. He said he worked for a man named O'Brien and boarded at a Mrs. in the fall of 191 0." Anyone who has any information concerning the above named ihould rend tho particulars' tc The Press-Bulleti- LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER IS NOW VERY BUSY ; (II. N. Sandish, local health officer, is now very busy looking after the duties of his office, die Is getting the signs placed on tho houses Infected with the epidemic as fast as possible, and he Is giving special attention to those who dislike the Idea of wearing masks. He has arrested quite a num-ber this week who were caught out without masks. ADDITIONAL COTS . AT SOCIETY HALL Society Hall which has been turn-ed into an emergency hospital is be-ing better equipped for the work. The number of cots has been Increas-ed to eighteen, and every arrange-ment has been made to give the pa-tients the best attention. IS. EUGENE SULLIVAN DIED WfiESDAnMlfira Mrs. Bridget Sullivan, 29 years of age, wife of lEugene Sullivan, general foreman of the 'Boston Con. mine, died Wednesday afternoon of the influenza at the Bingham hospital after a brief illness. She was one of the most highly esteemed women of the camp and waB loved and respected by all who knew her. She was a member of the Catholic Church and was a good Christian woman. She gave freely to all charitable causes with-out making public display of her kind acts. Her acquaintances speak of her In the highest terms as a neigh-bor and a friend. She was a native of Michigan and came here with her husband from Calumet, 'Mich., about ten years ago. When she became 111 last week she was brought to the l Bingham hospital where she was : given the best medical attention, but medical Bklll and careful attention proved unavailing. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Dan and Eugene, and three sisters, Mrs. Hesa, IMrs. Marceau I and Mrs. Wide. Her husband, who was with her practically all of the time during her illness, Is now quite sick with Influenza at the home of his brother, Daniel Sullivan. Foreman of Ohio Copper Dead Walter iBurke, age 36, died Tuesday afternoon of the Influenza. He was foreman at the Ohio Copper Mine, and had been a resident of the camp for fifteen years, lie was well known In the camp and had many friends here. He was a native of American Fork and remains were, taken there yesterday for burial. He Is sur-- , vlved by a wife and five children. ji EAGLE CHANGES HANDS f Th Eagle soft drink parlor, which was ownrd by iBert Shepard, for the i past few "months, has gone back into the hands of its former owner John ' Rino. Mr. Rino took charge of the place Monday. He had expected to ., go to the army, but now that the war 'is over, he has decided to do busi-ness InBIngham. , Letters ' Frc m Bingham Soldiers holds out much longer. I'll be all ready for the old soldiers home, I suppose. But nevr you .fear, I'm going to be here as long as I hold out "Seen lots, having been here for several months, and have seen real fighting. Not that kind you read about, of trt'nf'h warfare,' but fierce, honest d fighting, the k!nd that makes you see your God many, many times before you quit. Once upon a time I had queer Idas it eating Rauer kraut and welnnies across the Rhine, but there- were too many limberger Hotter from Khil S. Kim to J. T. Dean: "Your honor, ahem! (How is your excellent self! and the shop, the wea-ther, the town and even your chew-ing? And the boys, where are they? I met one at Leavenworth, but they railroaded me the same night and never had the chance to exchange anything. I "As for me, I'm all right. Nothing missing. Still Intact and hide whole, and expect to go through O. K., but I have my doubts. "France Isn't Bingham, and BIng-- 1 ham Is, I think, a whole lt - better than this La 'Belle France, as so many nuts have termed. But then It Is a matter of personal taste. And as for me, give me a piece of one American skirt than all the pari voolng, merry eyed madamoiselles in France. And give me a sunny corner In Bfnghnm where I can doze In peace, rather than this beautiful, quaint (its cold and wet) France whore shrapnel whiz, a joy killing time. "Ore', but this war is mire enough. heKima. whnt-- r tianiay-calli- t kind of a (tame Hint's glvpn me so much chills till along itiy pi!ihI column that now I thir.k my hii'khnne's kimla ' worn out. And I have shock mid ' grunted like a cj.ld, wet dog so often ' I'm getting knock kneed to lrnt Fun-- ' ny kind of man I'll he If this war dumps and nests in the way which checked us only temporally, for, mind you, we all are determined to get across or shoot the stool from under the kaiser, whether those sons of Huns cover their and up with limberger or not. The only thing that woTles me is the wet and cold and thone whiz bands for 1 kinda think one of those eight Inchers would knock the wind out of me some. However, I'm hop-- 1 InU they won't and if they do, here's hoping f g! t a jo'j aa coal heaver down there o I could make it damn hot for that kaiser feller who's the cause of all this tiresome, hard dcys and agonizing hours, and the loss of munv friends, brave, true, who now lie in the cold, wet sod far from home and kin." DAN POTOVICH DIES IN FRANCE OF 'FLIT ' Peter Sudakovich of Phoenix, has jfc I'med a letter from his brother, f I whewfs now on the battle front In 1 J France, stating that Dan Potovlch, J who left here last July with a large : 1 delegation of Serbians who had en- - fl jilted, had died in France with the il influenza. fi Potovlch had lived In this camp for H a long tiT and waa well known and f well liked X a ,ar8e number of peo--I ! pie. When the Serbians made the ef--f " fort lait summer to get every s who was able to do military service to enlist he was one of the fellows to JVJ tho colors. Hie was an all ' roimjgood fellow, fully imbued with ; a spirit of patriotism, and his many '.i friends here will learn of his death with genuine regret. WEARING MASKS If you wear a mask It should be thoroughly sterilized every few hours by boiling thorough- - ly or burning it and putting on a new one. About a half a day's wear is all that the mask will b of service without cleansing. Mark the mask in some way fo ns to wear the same side out at all times. 1!y cr of W. B. HARIHSON', Assistant U. S. Surgeon. 4 ! FIRST SOLDIEli KETUUNS HOME v ra'id Drvia returned home Tues-fisi-from rs'ir.p Lewis. He is the first of the Bingham soldiers to get home. He was ilischarg) d along with 300 soldiers fiuj that camp, but out of the 300 l.t .run the only man from I , Vtah to he reUat.,.,1. He had been In j army only a sliurt time. |