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Show Y' Y ' ''- YY Y ', Y .. TME PRESSBULLETIM 'I ' v . , - r .... ' ;. ' ' - j . ..... V.. VOLUME 48 : BiNGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAYNO VEMBER 29, 19 NUMBER 29 IltlllES 19,000,000 LBS. ! OCTOBER Boston News Bureau In Reviewing Copper Producers Of North And South America Places The Bingham Mine As Second Largest Production For October Amounts To 19,000,000 Pounds. scrutiny. For . the past nineteen months the maw of war has devoured close to 95 per cent of the red metal produced In this country and South America,. With the cessation of hostil-ities has come a sudden termination in this demand. While, as yet, the government has not cancelled any copper contracts or any large orders that would consume an appreciable amount of the, metal, it is obvious this 9S per cent demand should Boon begin to shrink, and commercial needs will then have a show The semi official announcement by I the war industries board that one of the allied governments had made a request of the board for delivery of 448,000,000 pounds of American cop 'per was distinctly encouraging to the copper producers. With present smel-ter output from all mines running at j slightly ' over 200,000,000 pounds of copper per month, this one piece of business, if it eventuates, would con-- ! Hume two and a half months to fill, 'i applying every pound of, American production to the order, i The fact, however, that producers j have agreed with the war industries board to keep production up to its present level until January 1, 1919, at leaet is taken to indicate that the government will exert every , effort to i ; stabilize the price of copper, purtic-- 1 ularly during the next few mouths of : business realignment.. . . i The following table pictures produc- - tion in October and . the first ten ' months of this year with compari- - sons: Following is the figure of the cop-p- er productions of the mines of North T and South America as given by the Boston News Bureau: - The smelter output of twenty of the leading American and Bouth Am-erican mines amounted to 155,659,078 pounds of copper in October, an in-- - . crease of nearly 6,000,000 pounds over the previous month, These compa-nies represent 75 per cent of the total smelter production of the United States, and in the first ten months of this year their aggregate output was 1,665,358,335 pounds.- - , A comparison of this period with the corresponding months of last year tells nothing for during the sum-mer and fall of 1917 labor strikes in Butte and Arizona caused the shut- - down of many mines. While in the aggregate these com-panies increased their ; output last month, individually 60 per cent of the mines fell behind their September figures, but the gains were far great-er than the losses. Conspicuous among those that increased were Ana-conda and Calumet & 'Itecla w:th 1,-- ) 600,000 pounds each and Phelps-Dodg- e f , ' with a gain of 1,200,000 pounds. Ken--: necott last month inaugurated a new policy in reporting its production. Figures given out Included its South American subsidiary, iBraden and to-taled 11,974,929 pounds, an amounl that did not indicate much change in either company's average. Copper production figurps from now - on are expected to command l eenei y- - Octobe.1 September 10 mos. 1918 a" mos. 1917 Anaconda 23,4 0 0U0 - 21.SOO.000 253,250,000 211,361,460 . r Utah.... 19,000,0 10 11 7,785,000 0.67,898,1596 .172,1 52 ,325 ' Inspiration '. 8 125,000 . ' 7,800,000 83,675,000 72,060,000 Chlno . ... . 'T. . . . . 7,063,000 -- w-- 7,936.00O-,..- 66,665,4a2-fi7,9a2,0- 94 ..... Jfiami ..' 4,945,17 8 6,012,865 49,218,989 34,736.36 Ray 7,490.000 7,150,000 73.88759 77.956,679 Nevada Consolidated C,700,CS3 6.670,415 66,230,4(15 66,887,350 Phelps-Dodg- e 06,728,371 15,600,623 180,749,615 17,678,624 Calumet & Arizona...' 4,712,000 4,868,000 43,578,000 ' 4976,000 New Cornelia 8,644,000 3.744 000 39,878,000 t Arizona Copper 4,060,000 4,330,000 38,820,700 M Old Dominion 2,373,000 . 2,292,000 27,706.600 - 2S,722,000 Ilk East Butte 1,823,600 2,134,700 21.062,658 15.716,348 Cal & Hecla and Bub. 11,974,929 10,341,468 118,534,193 132,453,866 Granby 3,400,000 3.371,535 3456,1186 32.059.899 Greene Cananea 4,300,000 4.900,000 43,070,000 x2S,SS0,00O Cerro de Pasco 5.836.000 6.150,(MM) 60,098,000 -- N 69,900,032 Kennecott 11,386,000 6,150,000 58,136,000 66,326,000 Chile.... 8,458,000 7,346,000 82,632,512- 71,674.110 Braden t. 6,020,000 55,720000 62.368,000 Total ....155,559,078 150,760.606 1,563,358,335 1,155,789,173 Closed down during summer on account of labor troubles. tDid not begin shipping until June, 1917. xProperty closed down on account of disturbances in Mexico ' tProductlon figures hereafter to be merged with Kennecott's. 10 LULL II PRAISES DASH OF YAHS British Commander In Chief Praises Daring Feats Of Yankee Soldiers Which "Opened The Road To Final VictoryUtah Boys Will Be Brought Home As One Division The"' 145th Field Artillery Will Be Given Grand Reception, But It May Be Thirty Days Before They Sail For The U. S. The 'American Second corps, which served, with the British Fourth army during th closing days of the war, has been rewarded for its work by a, glowing letter of praise from Field Marshal 'Haig, the British command-er-ln-chie- f. The field marshal's message to the command of the corps reads: "Now that you are leaving the Brit-ish eone I wlhh again to thank you " . and all the officers, officers and men, on behalf of my-ee- lf and all ranks of the British ar-mies in France arid Flanders, for the very gallant and efficient serv-ice you have rendered during your op-erations with the British Fourth ' army. "On the 29th of September you participated with distinction in a, great and critical attack, which open-- ' ed the road to final victory. "; "The deeds of the Twenty-sevent-and Thirtieth American divisions which took Uellecourt and Nauroy and gallantly sustained the despurate struggle for Bony will rank with the highest achievements of the war. "The names of Brancourt, Ire-mon- t, iBusigny, Vaux Andigny, St. Souplet and Wassigny will testify to the dash and energy of your attacks. , I am proud to have had you in my command." ' The Thirtieth division mentioned by Field Marshal llaig was known as the ' Wildcat division and came from the southeastern states. The Twenty-sev-lent- h and Thirtieth divisions prob-- I p.bly were the first American divisions i'to fight in Belgium, having crossed the border with the , Fourth British . . Jarmy..' i , Utah E.itery VYi;i Return As , (1 . A Unit I It will be glad news to all ftahns . that the 145th field artillery will come home as a unit instead or nemg mus-tered eut and disbanded before arriv-al on home soil. This news is high-ly pleasing to the members of the . regiment, which is one of the most closely knitted in personnel and state pride of any in the American expedi-tionary forfei. , It should also be good news to the ; ' T home folks, as it will greatly facilitate the making and carrying out of the welcoming plans surely under way since the moment the news of the re-turn to the United States of the Sixty-f-ifth art'llery brigade of which he 145th is a part. The Utah regiment will be among the first to return, and unless there ' is some unforeseen change, the boys T will leave a French port in about ' thirty days. : ; I j " . ! ' :it. " v'" " s - GUST ALEXION Gust Alexion, who is now with the United States army at Vancouver, Washington, was a business man at Copperfield, and for same time was proprietor of the moving picture show there. Hie went into the service only a short while before the armistice was signed. '. The above cartoon was drawn by Frank (My) Mitchell, a Bingham Boy, who is now Jn the army at Camp Lewis, In memory of the, 60th birth-day of Henry P, MdCardle, which was celebrate in 8altiW NovemBer 18. The sketch was (drawn by Mr. Mitchell and sent to alt 'Lake by Peter Mc. O. Bishop, Adopted son of Mr. McCardle, who. la' also with the colors at Camp Lewis, but who took occasion to attend the birthday cele-bration. Mr. MdCardle who has been in iBingham for some time is now a deputy sheriff in Salt Lake City. The above sketch .Is very characteristic of Mr. McCftrdle,' and many people in this camp will view it with interest They will also recognize the fact that Hy Mitchell is some artist as well as a soldier, WHY GEIS LIFE; IH PEtl IHSTEAD OF HANGING Governor 'William I. Stephens, of California, has committed to life im-prisonment the sentence of death imposed on Thomas J. Mooney for murder growing out of the prepared-ness day bomb explosion Jn San Francisco on July 22, 1916, when ten persons were killed and forty others Injured. In a lengthy statement giv-en to the public outlining his reasons for commut ng the eentence, Gover-nor Stephens satd i.Moonpy's case largely paralleled that of Warren K. Billings, another bomb case defend-ant, who is now serving a life sen-tence in the Folsom, Cal., peniten-tiary. The governor said there were cer-tain features connected with the case ' which convinced him that the sen tence of death should not be executed For this reason, and because of the "earnest request" of President son for commutation, he did not be-lieve that the extreme penalty should be paid. Governor Stephens said he accepted "full responsibility for the wisdom and Justification for the ac-tion." Shows Justification In reviewing the case Governor Stephens said his action was . taken after a painstaking survey of the evi-dence produced at Mooney's tr'al, but because of "certain new develop-ments following the conviction," which could not be considered by the state supreme court, to which the case had been appealed, he found Jus-tification for setting aside the death ' sentence." LAST STAGES OF FLU WILL BE MORE SEVERE According to one of the local phy sicians those who contract the influ-- , enza now will have It in the third or pneumonia stagey Many people have hadthe disease in the first stage with-out hardly knowing they were sick, and in fact most every one in camp has probably had a touch of the first stage. And the doctor thinks that those who take it now will have it in the most severe form. , THANKSGIVING DAY WAS VERY QUIET Thanksgiving Day was very quiet in Binghnm. All the stores and the places of business were closed .and there were no places of entertain-ment open. Quite a number of the I people went to Salt Lake and other I towns. The turkey feed was on as usual. The restaurants had the usual supply and so did the private homes. The j restaurant jeople say that the tur-keys this year are unusually poor i which is probably due to the high price of grain. DR. HAGEMAN IS IN NEW YORK CITY Dr. S. P. Hageman, the well known Bingham physician, who entered the medical department of the United States army last summer as a lieu-tenant, is now in New York City, ac-cording to a special to The Tribune from New York giving the names of Salt Lakers visiting in that city. Ac- - i I cording to the dispatch which reads as follows, Lieut. Ulageman is regis-tered at the 'McAlpin Hotel: "New York, Nov. 27. Gerard, J. B. Reed, 'B. W. Stanger, L. C. PIngree, I W. Holland, C. B. Oliver and wife; Imperial, B. II. Franklin and wife; j Martinique, N. B. Whitzel, McAlpin, Lieutenant P. S. Hcgeman." letters From Bingham Soldiers Letter from Charles Adderley, somewhere in France, to Ross Hock-- j lng: I "Well, Ross, I am now somewhere in what they call Sunny France. Where the sunshine is I have not found, but, I suppose if a man stays here long enough the sun will shine. I hope so anyway, but I am a little afraid it's too late in the year now. "But laying all Jokes aside, France is not such a bad country not for flehtlne anvwar. 'Everybody here "Dad said that you were all alone in the furniture department. It sure must keep you Jumping. Say, how is Lizzie, or whatever you call her? Is " she still running There sure is a lot of those things In this country. 1 mean In the U. S. army over here. "Well, !Ross, I do not know of any-thing else that I am allowed to write. So I will get ready to enjoy that good French bed. Tell Dad I wrote him a letter about three days ssro. but haven't had a chance to ' seems to be in the fighting notion. Lots of these fellows have been In the war four years, and they don't seem to be any the worse for it I think if the war should happen to end they would be sorry and wouldn't know what to do for a living. "Well, Ross, 1 sure hare been liv-ing high the last week, three of us fellows having been living with twelve Frenchmen, and believe me, they sure do treat you white. And for good eating, I've ate so much that I can hardly walk. French frleds three times a day. It took us where from two to three hours a day to eat dinner, so you can imagine it, And for sleeping, I had a real honest to goodness bed and mattress to skp on. It's the first real bed I have seen since I left Colorado. I have still got the bed, but have been here for a week, so I expect I will have to move again soon. All that we dojn th'" army Is move. I don't think "I've been in any one place in France over two weeks at a time. "I am so used to carrying a big heavy pack ten or fifteen miles every few days that when I come home l think I shall go Into the piano mov-In-business, or junt hire out as a common express carrier of some kind. post It Try and take a few minutes off and answer this." Letter from Gust Alexion to A. C. Cole: "I will write you a few lines to let you know I received your letter and was very glad to hear from you. "I am getting clong fine and also getting accustomed to army life. I am still in the same camp, but thev will have me transferred to the 27th Casual Company. We don't drill very much these days as It is raining here every day. "Well, Mr. Cole, I am getting along fine. 1 think it is the best thing in the world for a man to get in the army, but It takes a little time to be-come a regular soldier. "I see in the newspapers that Ger-many has signed the armistice, ml am sorry 1 did not get a chance to go to France, but 1 think It is the same because I am with Uncle Sam. "We have everything plenty here. We get regular meals every day, and the Y. 'Ml C. .A. and Red Cross have big halls with piafios ami every nlu'lit we have a little munlc. They furnish us with writing paper, envelopes and everything we need." j j DEATHS Mrs. Agnes Sullivan Mrs. Agnes Sullivan, age 23, wife of Daniel Sullivan, assistant general foreman .of the Boston Con. mine, died Wednesday morning of Influenza pneumonia. Mrs. Sullivan was the daughter of David McDonald . and was well known and highly esteemed by qmny friends in the camp. For a number of years she was engaged in (teaching school,' having taught at I Copperfield and Garfield. For somo time prior to her Illness she was a bank Clerk at the Citizens State Bank. I She was married a year ago to Dan-iel Sullivan During the illnefs of her sister-l- n law, IMrs. Eugene Sulli-- ' van, who died just a week previous. she acted as nurse and was supposed ! to have contracted the disease at that time. In addition to her husband she Is survived by her parents and six s'stera. The funeral will be held in Salt Lake City, Saturday, i . Mrs. Natalina Fosat 'Mrs. Natalina Fosat, age 36, died In the emergency hospital, Thursday of last week of Influenza, and the fu-neral was held in Salt Lake City on Monday. She is survived by a hus-band and one child. " Joe Cordell Joe Cordell. age 33, died last Fri-day c? the influenza. He was a mem-ber of the Italian Lodge No. $8, and was a good citizen. The funeral and burial was in Salt Lake City, Mon-day. le is survived by a widow and two children. Roulln Boulden Roulin IBoulden, age 28, died Mon-day at the emergency hospital of the influenza. 'Mrs. iBoulden had the Influenza at the same time and their d child died of the same disease the day beore. Their re-- ) mains were taken to Springvllle for interment. Fdith Elizabeth, the year-ol- d tfr of George Rawlings, died Sunday of influenza and was burled at Ani-r- - iean Fork. Monday. Its mother died of the Bwme disease' a few days be-- i fore. ;KEV ROOMING HOUSE IS NEARLY fCIlfl AT UFPFR KB OF Jfl The Atherns rooming houre, locat- - . ed in the upper end of town which was swept by fire In September, is nearing completion. It Is built on the s:te of the old Athens rooming , house which was destroyed by the fire and Is the first of the places to be rebuilt in the fire district. The building is three and one half stories high and is a mcdern con-rrf- te structure It has a basement 25 by 40 fejt. The first loorVhioh is to be used for a store is 32 by 40 feet. The second and third ntorie n onnmnaeA (if fnurtcpn rnnma 9 by 12 feet. Above the third storey sre two larpe rooms. The biilldin? is equipped throughout with all mod-ern conveniences. The building is much larger and much better than the one destroyed by fire and cost about $18 000. The finishing touches are now being ap-plied and It will be ready for occu-pancy within the next few weeks. Immediately after the fire, Peter II. IPitchios, who is pres'dent of the company started the erection of the new building and the work progress-ed rapidly. After starting the build-ing Pitchios expected to be called to the army at any time, but kept up the work as he was anxious to have the building as near cwtnpletlon as pos-sible before leaving. Now that the war Ifl over it f likely that many of the others will commencs the work of rebuilding- ir that district. BINGHAM FIRST TOM MASKS iBingham is the first town in the! state to adopt the wearing of face masks in an effort to curtail the flu epidemic. And when it was adopted, here the regulation was rigidly en-forced from the start. The word has gone out that everybody here has to wear masks, including the visitors within our gates, and when people "I " com? In from different parts of the state they come with masks .on. At the depots in other towns the ticket agents tell all who wish to come to Bingham thnt they should get their masks before getting their tickets. Salt Lake has an epidemic of the flu, but as yet that town has not put on the mask. However, It Is expected to in a short while. Dr.. W. S. Harri-son, United States assistant surgeon. Is nc;r in Ogden and he has arranged to have the mask worn there and the city council has passed an ordinance f for that purpose. The flu is very se rious there. The situation here is not so serious as it was and there is a decrease in the development of new cases. The Butle restaurant was opened yesterday with Frank Croy as prop-rietor. Mr. Cmy Is an experienced restaurant man and will no doubt succeed In making the iButte a fash-ionable eating place. SHOW EARLY III jlMMi! The snow came rather early this year. It commenced snowing the day before election and it has continued falling on and off ever since. But as the weather was not cold during the first of the month it melted soon after falling. During the past week the snow storms have followed thick and fast one after another, and now the canyon haa almost the appearance of mid winter. The snow fell all day Monday and iMonday night and near-ly all day Tuesday. After a short It commenced again Wed nesday and the ground is now cover-ed with a thick layer. I Sleighs were brought into use last week, and the wheeled vehicles have J now almost disappeared. The young-sters with their sleds are thick on the sidewalks and the streets taking their Joy rides. Also the big bob-sloil- s are very much in evidence. j 'Last winter the snows did not set in until well after Christmas, but old ti,f.rM thin'' the mow is here now to stay until the warm weather opens In June. The weather has not bv come sever"'" c-'- , but It has j been cold enough for the water pipes? 'to freeze in exposed phu:f- - AIo .th ' long icicles hang from dny to Any froi the eaves of the building. it i s!if' to my that winter has ftiiily opened.. 1 DAIRYMEN DISPLEASED Local dairymen or some of them are highly Indignant at a little story which appeared in the iSalt Ike Tribune last Saturday, which, said that there was only one dairy in the camp which had pore clean milk, and that was the Clean Milk Dairy. The other dairy- - men do not object to the trlb- - ute paid to that dairy, but they say it Is a rank injustice to , tht tn to say that all others t are bad. |