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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSYILLE, PTAI! A LAW TO REGULATE ARTESIAN years. Might as well tax the salt content of the right of way on the Southern Pacific railroad along the Lucin cut-of-f. The coal mines of the state should pay a fair tax but it is nof just to lery a tax on theoretical wealth which cannot be realised on. The craze for increasing taxation will add sufficient to the increasing cost of living without going whole hog at once. raklkM fcy Uiumned coal is about as unprofitable TEE INLAND PRINTING CO. as undeveloped water power. The Editor , W. F. writer knows a man over in Emery C A. IfHnn, AiMtitli Editor county who owns a quarter section of mattor February ... undeveloped coal land, which he has EatorWI m 1U. at KayarUia, Utak. undrr tba act of been March I. 17. trying to sell for the past ten years and up to date the land has been Jtdyortialng rates oa application. a liability instead of an asset, and the Bubaaription (til per year, when paid la man at that. He ranee; 1.5S par year on overdue aubacrlp-tko- a owner is a poor or whan not paid la advance. would like to sell the land at a penny for each ton of coal the land is supTEUCFBONES posed to contain, but up to date naij Office, No. 1 a tax shark has sought to purchase. F. Epparooa, No. ft Stir Drfhly Srflrx WELLS Senate bill No. 42, now pending in the state senate, is of interest to the people of Davis county. The 1111 provides for the regulation of well drilling machines, for licensing the operation of the same; reports to he made to the state engineer and what the re-- n(l-cl- M well-drilli- i nt No. 4w C. A. Epparaon, GIVE THE WEST AN EQUAL And now It Is suggested that all the gold eoin of these United States be called into the national treasury at Washington, and retained there, for the purpose of preventing bullion loss by abrasion, and that gold notea be issued for circulation while the gold is on deposit with the government The proposition should be adopted not only to prevent loss by abrasion, but because of convenience to the people. CHANCE veil-drilli- If the cost of living continues to advance the average citizen will be compelled to take a hand cart with him to haul his gold when he goes to purchase a beef steak or loaf of bread. The value of paper currency is increased simply by adding cyphers without a corresponding increase in weight But seriously, would it not be a bad plan to hoard all the gold of the na tion at Washington? A foreign foe captured and burned the capitol on one occasion and a Confederate army got almost within gunshot of the capitol In the early days- of the rebellion. If the government is to call in all the gold coin it had better cache it a long way inland, for we are not especially noted for protecting our coast or border lines. - The tax experts who are having so much to say about the valuation to coal lands had better go slow before they ''succeed in converting the people of the state to the theory of taxing the undeveloped content of the coal lands ' of the state. If the coal companies are taxed 'at the rate of 20 cents per ton on the unmlned coal under the surface of their lands the people may confi dently expect to be called on to pay $10 per ton for their coal before many Central porta shall contain. Section I of the bill provides that artesian wells may be driven and the waters used only under the regulations prescribed in the act. Section 2 provides that every person or company desiring to operate a outfit Must first secure a permit from the state engineer, said permit to contain the following data: Cind and quantity of power used, type and capacity of machine used, Hie drainage district in which the appli-cadesires to operate, experience and qualification of the applicant. 'Vfoien the state engineer is satisfied that the applicant is competent to machine of the operate a cind specified, and to make such reports as will be required, he shall within fifteen days after receiving the application grant a permit for the applicant to drill wells in the state of Utah. ' Section 3 provides that every corporation, company or person, before driving an artesian well must majee an application containing the following data: The name and address of the owner of the property, the name of the county and the drainage district in which the well is to be driven, the exact location of the proposed well with reference to nearest section corner, sizq and kind of casing to be used, the estimated depth to which it is pro- The great development issues for western states are involved in problems o( public lands, conservation and water power policies. Half a dozen eastern millionaires maintain a national press bureau and flood thepress of the United States with their ideas on these lines. Fifty to 60 per cent of the acres of the western states are held back from natural normal settlement by. various kinds of reserves. Forest reserves, power reserves, coal reserves, oil reserves and game reserves are used as pretexts to permanently hold up lands. According to highest authorities when these western states , were admitted they acquired all sovereign powers of the older states. Congress retained the right to dispose of public lands to forward im mediate settlement and development o: these new western states. ! In the grant to Congress by states there was no thought of allowing the federal government to exercise perpetual dominion over them. That is the afterthough engrAfte on our government by the doctrine o: western conservationists who have become autocratic guardians. Western senators and representatives who are playing the game i o eastern conservationists should res lize the folly of their position. ' Release the natural resources and the natural rights of the western states from the clutch of those who are playing the game of benefactors of , future generations, for - politics purposes at our expense. ' give me ng Hello. please ' i Utah Power & Light Company? This is Mrs. Jones and I am telephoning in response to your advertisement in The . i ( i i ( ' Reflex. Our electric service is entirely satisfactory and my electric iron, the toaster stove, my electric percolator and my little grill stove are all operating nicely; in fact, I dont know what I would do without them. You stated in your advertisement last week that you would be glad to send someone out to demonstrate new appliances, however, and that is really why I am telephoning you. I am so tired of sweeping my rugs and carpets with a broom every day and raising, dust that settles all over the rest of the house that Id like to try an electric cleaner! . I want to see just how an electric sweeper works in my own house, and if yolill send someone out this afternoon ' : i ( i i 1 i :i i i i i i i i i I i i 1 .t r Now, Mrs. Customer, wont YOU telephone us, just. as Mrs. Jones did? Wont you give us the opportunity of showing you how easy it is to keep your house clean with an electric cleaner, and how economical they are to operate you need pay only a small sum down and.the balan ce in easy month Iy lnst allinen t s with your light bills? We are as close to you as your telephone. This 13 telephone month gineer containing the following data: Name of county and drainage district in which well is located, 'exact location as to section comer, date on which weF counbegan to flow, if no flow, is tered so state, depth of well and type of casing, depth to perforations, depth td water, height to which it will rise in casing, if water rises give static pressure at mouth of well, and more than one flow is encountered give the static pressure of each flow, temperature of water, the flow in gallons per minute, the log of the well that is, in detail, the thickness of each kirn of material through which the driT has passed. The report must be filed with the state engineer within ten dys after the well is completed or work suspended. The state engineer may ai; any time during the driving of the wel require detailed report of opera tions if he so desires. Should the driller refuse or fail to make such reports his license may be revoked. Section 6 provides that every owner of a flowing well in this state, 'shal close such well during the periods when the water is not needed for irri gtftion; and such period shall be lim ited to the period of growing crops provided, that if water from the wel is needed for culinary purposes, the watering of stock, or for fish culture or for other beneficial use, the owner shalLtap the well and insert a pipe no larger than is necessary to supply the water for such beneficial use and before applying the water to such beneficial use the owner ofthe well shal make application to the state engineer which application shall be made such form as the state engineer shal prescribe, and shall contain the fol lowing (1) , The name and address of the applicant; (2) The name of the county and the drainage area in which the well is located, and its location with reference to the nearest section comer; (3) The volume of water flowing from such well; (4) The purpose or purposes' for which the water is to be used, and the times during the year when such use is to be made Section 6 provides that in districts where boundaries of artesion basins have been established, if it is foun that the record of static pressuream flow from year to year shows that pressure flow is decreasing, thus indi eating that water is being drawn from artesian storage faster than itia being supplied, this fact shall be interpretet by the state engineer as . sufficient reason for holding that all groum water in that reservoir has been appropriated and that no further permit: shall be allowed in that particular basin. Section 7 provides that In the dis- referre4toia.the foregoing aec tioiv-- the state engineer -- shall stake definite measurements of each Artesian well once a year for five years, or unti' it is definitely determined whether the artesian supply has all been :: r. priatedr Utah Power & Light Co. Efficient Public Service Can yon imagine the Father of hii Country using a, telephone? 22nd to Can you fancy his friends calling him by telephone on February wish him many happy returns of the day? multiplied WashHow greatly comprehensive telephone service would have I Continental Army How it would have ingtons ability at the head of the Nation 1 our new-bor- n simplified his duties as the chief executive of The telephone is still young, but it serve the public to an extent that Would have been beyond the conception of Washingtons day and generation. So intimately has the telephone won its way into the very lives of the peothe aervice would be nothing less ple of today, that a general cessation of , than a national calamity.other while commodity has been every By the way, has it been noticed that materials cost of required in the fursteadily raising in price, and while the rates in gennishing of telephone sendee is constantly increasing, telephone eral have remained the same? revenues afid our operating costa Gradually the margin between our total has narrowed until the lines are too close for comfort. was never confronted with Washington was a servant of the public; but be the problem of conducting a public service with a fixed rate of income, and costs. trying to make this balance with steadily increasing -- posed to drive the well. Section 4 provides that after driving any artesian well, whether water is encountered or not, the driver of the well shall make report to the state en- - -- 11-- 3 Washington and the Telephone - Section provides that any "viola tion of the provisions bf this act sha be deemed a misdemeanor. Since the above article was written the bill referred to therein has been killed in the senate, but nevertheless we print it to give our readers some idea of the freakish and foolish legislation that is being urged in the present legislature. 8 - j x The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. " ; m IS AFTER THE WAR We do hot expect that Germany will do anything to provoke actual hostilities with the United States. She has troubles enough without that. We sus- pect that the French admiral is right: That Germany is gathering all her forces to make a supreme effort sometime in the near future; that she intends to marshall all her power, on land, in the air, and. on the sea, to bring the war to a successful conclusion; and that " if she. fails, she will make - another effort to negotiate peace. Should that transpire, she will not want the United States to take part as an enemy. But if our present alarm results in stimulating our preparedness program to the point of an actual mobilization of war, it will be of vast benefit to the government and loTour peopled It will give all concerned a new knowledge of the nations capacity to meet a real wars requiremens. It will at the same time show in what we are weak, and supply a hint of what wq most need b way of preparedness. Already it haa been made clear that our republic cannot any more live behind the Chinese wall of no 'foreign Ours is a world power complications. and we are bound henceforth to have a deep interest in what the other Powers are doing. Had a little common knowledge ruled in our trade re-lotions with oversea countries during the past thirty years, New York would today be the' world's commercial center. We should have had a great merchant marine and great financial enterprises in full swing in many foreign countries'; and, more important stilly these countries would have been acquainted with our ways, and our flag would have been as familiar to them as the British flag now is. Were that the situation now, there would.be ageneral turning to New York City as the worlds clearing house. These facts ought to be clear u r other i,tiesJy. this-- time, that they would finally prompt some sensible legislation. Our great field should be South America. Our people produce so much that those states need, and: they in turn produce so many commanding products that our country needs. They possess so much fine land that is now yielding nothing and which the poor of the earth would be glad to cultivate. They have so many cities, roads and bridges to be built, that long prior to this time our business relations with them should have been most intimate, and oar connections and enterprises there should have .been multiplied many fold. During all the strain of the present warGreat Britain has kept her merchant ships running steady to those ports. She holds the trade of those countries as to be one ofher chief assets. When the present war .is over she hopes to resume the old program, to send a loaded ship to, say, Rio; to add the freight to its original cost; to exchange the cargo for, say, coffee; to return the ship with her cargo to, say, Liverpool; there to exchange that cargo with freight from Rio added, for American wheat with freight added, and then send it to New York with another freight added. All thelSme for a quarter of a century past, we have been submitting to that kind of business, and like blank idiots haye accepted itas thing. And the foremost newspaper of New York City haa kept saying that it was the proper thing to do. Will that' business be resumed with the close of the war? It surely looks as though it would, for some nations are like somnambulists, they walk with wide open eyes and see nothing. Goodwins Weekly. he-right mitted to go through the big mills and see the milling process from beginning to end. . We also had the privilege, one of our friends, of visiting the underground workings, and seeing how the mining was carried on. While this may not be Interesting to all, nevertheless, it. is interesting, to see how the ore is broken down, loaded into cars or chutes and tamsported either by mules or electric haulage to the shafts. Though ore is dumped intor big ore bins 'at the foot of the shafts, then loaded into large skips which hold five tons each, and hoisted to the top and dumped into bins, loaded into railroad cars,' and transported to the mills for treatment. The shafts are on an average of 400 to 500 feet deep, and the or occurs as a disseminated mineral through the dolomite limestone . In the district there is mined end milled approximately 24,000 tons per day. This asays about 4 per cent lead, and is separated in the mills into marketable products. The processes in the mill is to crush the crude ore to about inch size, then screen wet in two milimetre screen size and the coarse sizes are concentrated on Hancock jigs, the medium sizes on MISSIONARY LETTER FROM THE concentration tables and the very SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD finest sizes are treated by flotation. ST: FRANCOIS By flotation is meant the process of DISTRICT, COUNTY, STATE OF .MISSOURI violent agitation of the slimes with small quantities of selected oils. .The Elvins,Mo,FeW 12, 1917. lead sulphides becomecoated with ou Dear Editor: and rise to the surface and are skimPerhaps many people are not aware med off and thus separated from the that Missouri is Jhe greatest lead pro- worthless - gangue. ducing state in the Union, but neverAll. concentrates are shipped to theless this is a fact, and practically district and smelted all of the output Is produced in St. smelters in the into pig lead. The daily production w Francois county. The district is loabout 650 tons metallic lead per day. cated in Southeast Missouri, the cenm There are about 6000 men employed ter of the district being Flat about river, the mines and the mills, and which is, seventy miles south. of St 2000 more in the smelters in which the Louis, and about 25 miles west of the concentrates are reduced to the metalMississippi river. lic lead. The people are very fair on an Ther are five big companies and we have been able to three-eight- hs ' som; fSr srmdl ones.- "The large ones are the St Joseph Lead company, operating mines and mills at Bonne Terre and Lead-wooFederal Lead company, operating at Flat river and Elvins; St Louis Smelting & ReFmlng company, operating at St Francois; Doe Run Lead company, operating at Flat river and Elvins; Desloge Consolidated Lead company, operating at Desloge, and the Mine La Motte company, operating at Mine La Motte. We were agreeably surprised to fin a Utah man among the staff of the Federal Lead operating company, and through his influence wt wer pep attelriHs-aiStricC- Md - d; average a. number., of them Jnves.tij3.ting , religion. our Yours truly, ELDER CHESTER B. FLINT. ELDER JOS. F. SEELEY. NLOST, STRAYED OR'STOLEFrom Centerville, black cocker spanie answers name of "Bob. Reward return or information of his whereabouts. Agent S. L. O, Center Aflv. -- An auto tire chain in found around Kays villa or Layton, If please return to Dr. Rutledge, vills. Adv. LOST F. 2 |