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Show 7t .t - ..,',,. t ,. "'' '' :: ." ' " '' ; ': ' ": v ' vr ' ' i , ',' ,. ,.'' : '.: - .v .: .','.ifi':'y'' ' " V' i i ., .? ,., f ' V ' - . . THE PRESS-BULLETI-N VOLUME 48 r BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 NUMBER 10 UBErnloiliAiiF Final Figures Show That Bingham Subscribed $339,260 to Third Liberty Loan More Than Three Times Its Quota Campaign . Was Well Arranged people Justly Proud of Record. Bingham people are Justly proud of the splendid record this camp set lit the third Liberty Loan drivewhich ' came to a close last Saturday, The quota for Clngham was fixed at $112,-00- 0 and the figures which are now In: band show that this town bought" bonds to the amount or $339,260 or' more than three times the quota. Fig-uring that the population of the cauu ' Is as much as 10,000 the subscription would represent an Investment of' . $33,926 for each man, woman and. child in Bingham. .. With this record Bingham stands in the forefront Of th9 towns and cities; of the state, and it U hardly likely that: eny town of the elze in the United States subsciibed so much. It was well .. worked her and everyone had the op-portunity of purchasing a bonl, and , there is not a great number in !Bing-ha-who were able that d:d not make a purchase. IThe returns at hand show the fol-- . 'owing amounts subscribed at the vari-ous agencies in the camp: ' Citizens State Uank. $37,300; Bine-.-, bam State tfSnnk, $40,360; Copper State ttiank, $26,316; Utah Copper Company, $150,000; Highland iBoy, $1)1,900; Apox, $25,000; Lark, $18,500;. United States Mines, $20,000. This waa a campaign in which all patriotic people took part and much ' credit is due the ladles of the camp for their work in increasing the sales. ,. V Finns debt broadside t m r At Big Mass Meeting Sunday Night in Swedish-Finnis- h Temper-ance Hall Article in Salt Lake Tribune Alleging That 125 Finns Had Been Discharged from Bingham Mines Was Branded as Falsehood. The FinnB of (Bingham were by no means pleased with a certain article which appeared on the front page of the Salt Lake Tribune lApril 28, in which it was stated that 125 Finns in this camp had been discharged from the mines as I. W. W. agitators and because they were trying to precipi-tate a strike, and to voice a protest against the uncomplimentary allega-tion they held a big mass meeting at the tSwediBh-Finnis- h temperance hall last Sunday night, which was attended by 200 or more people. 'In this meeting it was stated that there was no ground for the mislead-ing publication and that the story which appeared In the Salt Lake paper was a perversion of fact. A. W. Lubeck presided over the meeting and in his opening remarks referred to the grave Injustice which had been done ' , the Finns and the people of Ftnnish ex-traction by this highly flagitious and untruthful statement. He stated that so far as he had been able to ascer-tain that not one single Finn had been discharged for being an I. W. W, or for trying to foment a strlk8 in the camp, lie then asked if any one in the hall had been so discharged or If any one Ij, knew of a Finn who bad been dis-charged .for si'ch a cause. He also, stated that there was an animosity against the Flnrs because of the work or ineir temperance society, ana their eTforts in behalf of Improving the moral condltions'ln the camp. The next speaker was William John-eo-who read the Tribune story, and commented upon it. He said that there was o connection between the Finns , P . and John Shields, the I. W. W who ' was Indicted Just before the article - , appeared. He said that ' everything which happened in the camp and every evil rumor was charged against the Finna, and If the Finns ever did v anything good the credit went to some one else. He denied that the Finns were proGerman. stating that the Ger-man were now fighting against Fln- - land and were trying to make a Ger-- i man kind of that country. He also .r'i aid that the Finns were not strike f" agitators and that among them all In ; the great strike of 1912 not more than , ; three or four voted for the strike, and that since Amertca had entered the war they were unanimous in their to .strikes. There were a number of other speakers and they all declared that ' . there had been no Finns discharged r from the mines for being I. W. W. ag-itators and etrike promoters. ; Axel Rodes stated that during the labor ex-' citement last fall, when it was feared ; that a strike was brewing, in behalf of .,';' officers of the vigilance committee, he made a house-to-hous- e canvas of every Finn home in the Camp and ascertain-ed the fact that every Finn here would ojH'ose a strike should an attempt to . bring one on be attempted. And this Information he said he delivered to f the committee. It was suggested by one of the Speakers that legal acttpn be taken against the Salt Lake paper, but Charles Lovdahl said that he thought the best thing was to let the papers , ,. know the facts, that the Finns were ' not so bad as was claimed, and that ( maybe the papers would say some-thing good about them sometime, (Resolutions were passed censuring Ja, the Salt Lake Tribune, denying the : truthfulness of the story relative to ' the Finns, and denying the rumors afloat that they were unpatriotic. Following the mess meeting a spe cial program was rendered nd later re--, ' , freshments were served. JOE IUCII GOES TO NEW YORK ..Joe Melich, prominent business man and official of Phoenix, will leave for New York to attend Important national meetings of Serbian organizations. On May 21 he will attend the con-vention of the Serb Federation Sloga of which organization he is a member of the supreme committee. This will be followed by a meeting of the Ser-bian National Defense League of Am-erica, of which Mr. Melich Is a mem-ber nl the main committee. He will also attend the meeting of the Serbian war commission of America he being the Utah representative of that or-ganization. iMr. (Melich has been very active here In securing enlistments of his countrymen, and since the beginning of the great war he has shown him-self to be a patriot on every occasion, lie is a splendid fellow, speaks perfect English, and will represent his state well at these national conventions. While away IMr. Melich will visit Chi-cago, Pittsburg and other cities In the Eta st. , ( BINGHAM WILL HOT GET Ci OF ELK State Deputy Game Warden A. L. tHeaston was in Bingham the first of this week and from him it was learned that It would be impossible to get the extra car load of elk this spring which Mr. Heaston and Mr. Jerome Bourgard are to purchase for this community. i iMr. Heaston stated that immediately after it was decided to make the pur-chase he took the matter up with the proper authorities and was informed that Bingham could have a car load or even ten if so desired. The order for a car was then placed and inquiry made concerning the shipment and to this no answer was received. IMr. Heaston thinks that the letter was lost in transit, and as it is impossible to catch the elk at ths season of the year it will not be likely that the elk will be shipped here until cold weather. It is understood that the herd of elk now in this community is doing well. Numbers of them have been Been by various parties during the past few weeks feeding on the hills. USE' MORE POTATOES. . , LP consume the ITi" 1017 record break-- . ISm-- ,nK potato crop. B Government " ex- - pert3 have est.-mate- d that over 700,000 extra , acres of potatoes were planted last year. The United States r'ood Administration is endenvor. Ing to push the natlnns big po-tato stocks Into channels of trade and has placed potatoes ou the list of substitutes that, may be bought along with wheat flour, - Potato soup has become a war dish. Here Is a recipe that has been tested by United States Food Administration experts. In-gredients needed are three pota-toes, one quart of milk, two slices onion, three tablespoons butter substitute, two table-spoons flour, one and one-hal- f tablespoons salt, bne-quart-teaspoon celery snlt, teaspoon' pepper, few prulns cay-enne and .one teaspoot chopped parsley.., Cook potatoes in boiled salted water. When soft run through, t strainer. Scold milk with on-ion, remove onion and add milk slowly to potatoes. Melt the fat . add dry ingredient stir until well mixed, then stir into boiling soup. . Cook one minute, strain T and sprinkle with hurley., ' " DOG CASE DRAWS A OIG CROViO It was a dog case that took the cake in the . court here Wednesday, and a large crowd was present to see how it would come out It was a rather peculiar case. One Thomas Savas was indicted for maintaining a public nuisance becaube he had owned a dog that was in the habit of killing other people's dogs for pastime and amuse-ment. From the testimony it appear-ed that this dog had fighting procliv-ities and that he had sent several of the canine species on the Lng jour ney. ' iThe legal battle was hotly contested and a Jury was selected to pass on the the merits of the case. A great num-ber of witnesses appeared to testify to the bad character of the dog, and it developed ?.s the case went on tl.A the dog in question had "long since passed of the sage of actions, and that it wa only his master now that was to face danger, iui mis nog . raa actually murdered other dogs and something ouifht "to be done as a lesson to the dogs which now live in the commun-ity in order that they might exerisc more care in the matter of taking life. The attorney for the defendant was careful tat no unjust or.lncriminatlng evidence 'was brought against his dog and insisted that the state would have lo prove the "corpus delicti, the modus cperandi and the locus n quo." and when the assistant couuty attorney wa8 unable to produce the corpus del-icti it was seen that the case was go-ing pgainst him, but he fought on till the last. It was argued in all seriousness, as great matters of law and justice were involved. Finally when it was late in the afternoon the attorneys had fin-ished their speaking, the judge gave a very comprehensive charge to the jurors and they retired to make up a! verdict. After much deliberation the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. Samuel Thurman conducted the prosecution end A. C. Cole represented the defendant. The interest in the case was intense, and it was the talk .of the town the evening following. BiHiM men. school m Ml FIRST YEAR BOOK Book Is Well Planned and Is Artisti-cally Designed.' - . The first year book of the Bingham high schiol made its appearance in the school building early Monday morning. The books show that a grat deal of time was spent upon the' de-signing and making up of the book, which was printed by a Salt Lake firm. The first in the book is a large pic-- lure of the Utah Copper company's mine in (Bingham, which was taken last year especially for the-- year book at the solicitation of this year's busi-ness manager. The book is dedicated to Mrs. Inei Todd King, the only teacher In the bighchooj who,Jaa beea. wtttlus, for. four years. Then the faculty is featur-ed In two pages showing their pic- tures and the names and classes of reach. Then one feature In the book is entirely original, as no other school in the state of Utah has th- - same idea, that is the service flag which has the heads of the eight , high school boys who have Joined the fighting forces of Uncle Sam. The book features the senior,' jun-iors, sophomores, freshmen and the Junior high school in group and in-dividual pictures. The other: depart- ments are those of commercial work, domestic science and art, and the chemistry rooms. Then comes the de-bating, music, art. staff, student, of-ficers, athletics. Jokes, lively snap-shots of the school year, and last of nil that showing of the true patriotism ef the merchants of Bingham Canyon, in their loyal support that has made the book a success. The members of the staff are Alfred Anderson, editor; Mrs. King, editors faculty advisor; Clyde Countrymnn business manager; Albred J. South-wic-business manager's advisor; Lillian Chiara, art editor; Doris Sta-pleto-associate editor; Mark L. James Jr., Jokes editor; Ada Clays, calendar editor. The art work In the book is really a work of art for a high school student to do; Miss Chiara is certainly to be congratulated upon the admirable way In which her drawings, were made. They have been pronounced by the en-graver as some of the best of any high school year book art editor's work. Al-fred Anderson, the editor, with the help of Mrs. King, did some great work in the arrangement and design-ing of the book. To Clydo Country-man and Albert J. Southwick belongs the honor of bilnging home the bacon m the form of eds ana for the making f.f the contracts ind the printing of the book. The book altogether is one of the best of any high school in the state of Utah, and as UlnphamV first year book it will stand oui to theown and state as a landmark in the advancement. (,f the children and students of Bingham and the Bingham schools. MINE EMPI OYEES BUY MANY BONOS IN THIRD LOAN To the activities of the various min-ing companies is due much credit for the large amount of bonds purchased In this camp. They arranged matters so that practically all their employes aided in the subscriptions. Of course many of the employes had placed themselves in shape to buy before the campaign opened, but there were some who were not so enthusiastic on the subject, ana it way necessary to use Jacksonlan diplomacy to make them !nvest. . . (Anyway the officers of the com-panies knew Just about what the em-ployes could buy and arranged matters accordingly. . They knew what wages the men drew and about what portion they could safely inyest, ' Therefore ft was decided that those who could buy bonds and did not would have to find work at other places. ?t was arranged so that they could buy bonds and pay for them on easy monthly install-ments. Still there were some who refused and they lost their Jobs. It is not defi-nitely decided Just how many lost their Jobs on this score, but it is In the neighborhood of 100. GREEK CONSUL LECTURES AT , COPPERFIELD , : Or, Gregory. Papalllou, recently ap pointed by Greece as coneul to Utah.: onw bo waa & jrldtmt ot Clilcasro for. .j "; a number of years before taking chargo of Ureclan affairs In this state, - delivered . a splendid lecture to be-- tween 800 and 1000 Greeks at the Byrnes hall In Copptrfield Wednesday night. - ' Uiis lecture had to do with fae im- - . ' portance and necessity of patriotism in America, and he urged his country-men to enlist in the United Statea army, buy Liberty onds end lend their full support towards the winning: of the war.. He cautioned the Greeks. . against quarrelling among themselves '. over Internal affairs In Greece and stated that they tculd not know of the conditions at the present time. H v urged thtm to get together and work in harmony for the common good. He also advised that they form organisa- tions for the benefit of the war work. He remained over in the camp Wed-nesday night and met with the men Bnuin vesterday for the purpose of Perfecting the association. Dr. Fapai II- - u Is the firtt consular represepta-'v- e of Greece to be located in Utah ,and he is creating much lierest here. He is planning for a larger and better Greek church building in Salt Lake and also for a Greek school. He spoke to over dSOO In Salt Lake last Sunday which was the occasion of Greek Easter. Of the number present about 500 were from Bingham. . - BASEBALL GAME HERE SUN-DAY BINGHAM n SOLDIERS Sunday, May 13, the (Bingham boys and the Boldiers from Fort Douglas will cross bats on the local diamond. The Boldiers are considered a very fast team and this game promises to be a good one. Mr. DeLaney is trying to arrange with with Lieut. Schuyler to have his boys execute a drill for the benefit of the tans. The game starts at 2:30 p.m. The batteries for liingham will be Ott Burke, Ole Jen-sen and Ed Shaw. . The iBingham team has been doing some good work since it was organized and it ought to bo in shape to play a high class game next Sunday. As to how the local nine will compare with the soldiers is at present a question. The soldiers are said to have plenty of speed and pep, but the liingham-ite- s feel sure that they will be able to make it interesting for the visitors, and there is no doubt but what the game will be one that all people who enjoy good baseball will want to see. This is the first match game of the seaaon and the people of the camp should turn out in full force. SALESMAN SHOULD BE LICENSED iA number of people In Bingham think it would be a good idea-- to re-quire all non-reside- stock salesmen doing business in this town to take out a license. Other towns are adopting such a plan. In Suit Lake all stock salesmen are required to pay a license fee before they are permitted to do business in the city. Should Bingham Oeclde to license salasmuL of this kind it would not only bring a large amount of revenue to the town treasury, but it would be some protection to the people. It would at least make it Impractical for the fellow to do business whoso only object In the game is to get for him-self the full amount of money that the purchaser pays for the alleged stock. There are a number of peoph) in town who have bought stocu m companies which do not exist. The man who Is engaged In selling this kind of stock would hardly undertake the risk to ask for a license to do business In the town when he could not show that he represented some bonafide com-pany. The business of selling stock has become a great Industry In this camp and It Is nothing more than right that the salesmen should be taxed for the privilege of carrying on their busi-ness here. IMER PITT CHOSEN HEAD OF MINING CONGRESS At what way be termed a reorgani-zation of the Utah chapter of the Am-erican Mining congress, held recently at the headquarters in the Boston building, Imer Pett, general manager of the Bingham Mines companyr Vic-toria and Kagle A Blue Bell, was elected board president. He succeeded A, B. Apperson, who has resigned. Others chosen as members of the board were J. B. Whltehill of the In-ternational Smelting Company, A. C. Wilis and HI M. Hartmanirof the Ophil Hill Consolidated Mining com-pany. ) . JVlr. Pett. who was honored yester-day, is a Utah boy, born in Brlgham City. He has made one of the most re-markable records of any young mine operator in the West About ten years ago the properties of the 'Bingham Mines company paased from the hands of F. Augustus Heinze to those of James P. Graves of Hnlnn ami nsawt. ntes. The Uostonlaus Insisted on 'Mr. Pett taking the management, although at the time there were debts of about $1,500,000 hanging over the company. Mr. Pett finally consented. Latfr the company acquired control of the Eagle & Blue Bell which alro had a debt round its neck of about $500,000. Ia these past few years Mr. Pett made his record. He has wiped out the $2,000,000 of Indebtedness and brought both the Bingham Mines and the Ragle Into dividend class. Their ag-gregate dividends to date is $1214,890. This represents a grand net profits made in that short time of approxi-mately $3,000,000. Few 0erntors in the West will equal that record. Kspe-- , daily is this so when it is taken into consideration that the mines were considered worked out when Mr. Pett asuunied the management, and he re-ceived little financial assistance other tlian what he dug out of the mines themselves. AID Of HIGH SCHOOL WILL GIVE BALL TONIGHT - ,'.. - Third Annual Ball of Bingham" Hlght School Promises to Be a Great One. One of the best dances of the year will be held in the Canyon hall to-night, Muy 10, 1918. It is gien by lite 'Bingham high school alumii associa-tion. Rosell's Eoliun orchestra. In-cluding a full men's quartet, will present to furnish the music uud to en-tertain you while you dance. (Before the dance the third annual banquet vilh be held In the Sortety nan. and win be served by Mr. Phil r'urdy of the Vienna Cafe. The bmi-m- et is going to. be a splendid cue many speakers are included in the program and the guest graduates will be present and also the members of the alumni association. Joseph Mayer, '17, is the president at present. His ttrm expires in June. HIGH SCHOOL PLAY YAS AJJHEAf SUCCESS Large Audience Heirtv"AII on Ac-count of Polly". Tuesday night in the Canyon hall the High School 'Dramatic Club, under the direction of Mrs. King, put on another of their good plays. The best show that has been in the hall for a lon, long time. "A11 on Account of Polly" was really good, the acting splendid, the play was a success, be-ing well attended and Kupporlfd by the students and the townspeople. Mrs King deserves a great deal of credit for the admirable way in which the play was produced, and the partici-pants In the play are to bo congratu-lated upon the admirable way In which they took their parts. The main ehar-- ! acters of the cast were, Polly Perkins. jUllian Chiara; Baldwin Beverly, Ova jCountryman; Mr. 'Beverly. Hugh (Glenn; Mrs.' (Beverly, Anna MaHtern; jGeraldine and Hortense, Doris Staple-- ! ton and Pearle Adderley; '.Marie, the jniaid. l.acrrn Jones; the manicurlnt (and hairdresser, (Nvorgaret Gayth-jwalt-and Gladys Jones; llarklns, the j butler. Severn Grand'iuiHt; (Pudgy and Tummy, two poor youngsters, Dorothy iKappele and Hiley Patton; Silas Young, Fred lloskins; Mrs. Chadfield, 'Kathryn Hyland; Mrs. Featherstone, Ethl N'owers and Peter Hartleigh, Alfred Anderson. FUNERAL OF JOHN GALLIGAN The funeral of John Galligan. who was killed Thursday of lust wee by being "truck with a runaway push cart on the Copperbelt line of the p. & U. G. railroad, was he!d from the (athollc Church Sunday afternoon. Hev. Father J. Dins officiating. The church was well filled with the friends of the deceased, and Fatler Diss In his address reviewed the life of Mr. Galligan and made mention of a number of his good works. The bur-ial was in the Uinhui cemetery and a large concourse of friends followed the corpse to its final resting place. The pnllbearers were W. iL. Wilt, Joseph Myland, John Steele, Phil Cul-leto- Jirn Crellen, Patrick Hyland. j IADS G. A: SCH1DI LEAVES FOR DURANGO ".: G. (A. iSchmitt. who has .had charge of the local office or Uie Adams Ex-- ' press Company, since laHt September, left Sunday for Durango, Colo., to take charge of the company office in that city. Sines coming to Bingham Mr. Schmitt has handled the express business in a most satisfactory man-ner to the patrons, and as a result of his effleimt service has more than doubled the volume of business. (Mrs. Schmitt and the" children will remain in 'Bingham for another two V weeks in order that the children may finish out their school. JE. A. JenHen of I'rrvo. who has been connected with the express bUHinens in Halt Iike for the pant year, arrived here Friday to take charge of the of-- , icf. Mrs, Schmitt is still with the offi e h(,re assisting the new agfiit to I familiar c himself with his duties. The United Stated civil nervlee com-- , mission Oipiin en:i:iunces an examina-tion for the position of clerk-carrie- r in the .Bingham postofflee June 2. There hiu been difficulty In secur- - ing a sufficient number of applicants lor this position and therefore, oil 'lunlified persons are urged to (hter tfft- examination. Application blanks and information can be obtained from the local secretary ut the uostoffiee. MONTANA-UINGIIA- MINE SITUATION PROMISING The Deseret News Uvst Saturday carried the following storv with refer-ence to the Montansdltnghnm mine: It is reported from iBingham that the IMentanaWingham is now shipping about two carloads of ore a week, or approximately K0 to 120 tons. The ore Is said to curry 5 to 6 per cent copper, with a little gold and sliver. The ore is taken from the Fort una property, where extraction is from the richer streaks In the quartzite 'Most of the Ohio Copper ore Is found Impregnated through the same kind of quartzlte. The Montana-Bingha- mill is not op-erating at present. The recent assessment dates are May 8 and May 2S. the delinquency falling next Wed nesday. This Is the property which pays its new general manager the princely selary of $15,000 a year. It Is reported tht the second year the sal-ary is to be raised to I'iO.COO and the third yeur $;.00. This would make a total of $W,'"i0 In threi? yep.rs to he jpnid one man which would call for a nice little assessment of itself. POSTMASTER SAYS POSTAL DEPOSITS ON increase: In spite of the large amount of Lib-erty Bonds and Thrift Stamps pur-chased by people of this community tho postal savings deposits ul the iBingham post office are still rapidly increasing. According to information received this week from Postmaster Country-man the amount of the postal deposit jhud reached $l.'O.000 by the first, of (May. At the present rate of increase? jit will not bo long before the amount :on deposit will be sreater than ,that. lof any oilier office in the ptatu. I BAMBERGER CAR BAIN BURNS IH OGDEN; DAMAGE 11,000 iDamage estimated at $500,000 was done by fire to the property of the1 Bamberger t'lcctrtc railroad and the substation of the Utah Power & Light Company, at Thirty-firs- t street and Lincoln avenue, shortly after 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. The fire, it is stated, originated from a short circuit, which caused the I lightning arrester to explode. |