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Show 'P Tee EmakAm Mews rV0L-I- - BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1923. Nq74Q' HIGHLAND RESIDENT DIES Martin Canich, 30 years of age, died at the Highland Boy on Thursday last after a long ill-ness. He had been a resident of the Highland Boy district for 14 years and was born in Jugo-slavs. He is survived by his widow, Marya Canich and three children. Deceased was a mem-ber of the National Croation Lodge No; 368 and was much respected by those with whom he came in contact. Funeral cervices were held from '.the Holy Rosary church under the auspices of the Croation Lodge, whose members acted as pall bearers. The Rev. Father Ryan officiated. Interment was made in the Bingham cemetery under the direction of Neil O'Donnell of the O'Donnel Undertaking Co. PHONE MANAGER prawoo . Robert Cole, manager of the telephone exchange of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company, reported to Chief of Police Frank Thomp-son and to the sheriff's office Thursday morning that he had , 5 been robbed of between $300 ' and $400 of the company's mon-ey during the night. Cole claims that he had the money when he went to bed at the Modern hotel and that it was gone when he woke up. How the money was taken he does not know. He states that , he heard no one enter his room and fund nothing , disturbed when he arose, excepting for the fact that the money was " gone. Representative of the com-pany from Salt Lake are re-ported on their way to Bingham to investigate. The chief of po-lice an sheriff's office are both reluctant to discuss the case. Cole is married an his fam-ily is visiting in Ogden. During their absence Cole has been living at the hotel. News Notes From Lark Mrs. Fred Turner is visiting in Bingham with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerrans. Mrs. Joe Andersen of River-to-n has been visiting with Mrs. John Prowse the past week. Mr. and Mrs. George Atkin-son of Wardner, Idaho, came to camp the past week and will make his home here. The officers and teachers of the L. D. S. Sunday school mo-tored to Sandy on Sunday last and attende da Union of State officers. The Relief Society entertain-ed at a social on Tuesday af-ternoon. A pleasing program was given and a delightful luncheon enjoyed. Miss Louie Hatt, Miss Vera Norellberg, Glemm Nell and Al-bert Otterson attended the dance at West Jordan on Fri-day. By orders of Deputy Sheriff Dows Thomas, "cheek to cheek" dancing is to be banned in any public dance hall under his juri-sdiction. Frank Bullock, John Prowse, Ruby Savage and Mary Ander-son motored to the American Theatre and enjoyed "The Vil-lage Blacksmith" on Tuesday last. Miss Hessie Lovell of Mt. Pleasant became the bride of Henry Von Elm of Salt L5ke City the past week. Mrs. Von Elm taught school in Lark last summer and her many friends here wish her every joy. Mrs. John Townsend and daughter Elsie of Dinkeyville have been visiting here the past week with ?s. Mararet Park. Mrs. W. Webb. entertained in honor of Mrs. Townsend and daughter on Wednesday, Lun-cheon was served to nine, and an enjoyable afternoon spent. The Lark Social Club enter-tained at a card party Wednes-day evening. 500 was played and prizes awarded as follows: Ladies, first, Mrs. Dave Magee, second. Mrs. Alma Blum. Gents first, Frank Bullock, second R. P. Nell. After cards a luncheon was served. It will be of interest to the people of Lark to leam that Miss Margaret Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Webb, and who is now attending the Mil-for- d High School in Beaver county was awarded a cash prize the past week for the best essay on "what the Constitution of the United States means to me." Miss Webb is entitled to congratulations from the com-munity. Bingham Society Mrs. Bruno Gueck visited with friends in Bingham' on Wednesday. Mrs. Moss Wolfe of Chicago is the guest of her daughter Mrs. Louis Buckman. Miss Elva Nowlin visited with relatives and friends in the valley the past week. Mrs. Joe Scussel and Mrs. Martin Beaneo were business visitors to Salt Lake on Tues-day. Miss Mary Robertson of Salt Lake City visited with friends and relatives in Bingham the past week. Jlrs. Ray Gemmell returned from American Fork this week where she has been visiting rel-atives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Barnard entertained Mr. and Mrs. Stew-art Young and daughter Isa-bel- le the past week. Miss Nana Swenson and Miss Lilas McColman, the popular teachers of Copperfield, visited in Salt Lake this week. Mrs. T. Wilson entertained the B. B. Club at her home in the Vienna apartments on Fri-day. Mrs. Frank Thompson and Mrs. Quigley have been visiting friends and relatives at Salt Lake City this week. Mr. and Mrs. Niel O'Donnell have moved into the Vienna apartments formerly occupied by J. Sorensen. Mrs. Fetes of Salt Lake city visited the week end with her daughter Miss Mae Teter, who is manager of - the Western Union Telegraph company here. Mr. and Mrs. Niel O'Donnell attended the Charity Ball at the Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City on Wednesday evening, given under the auspices of the Cath-olic Women's League. A large number participated. Mrs. Ray Buckle entertained the B. B. Club on Friday last. Luncheon was served to Mrs. George Wells, Mrs. O. Brady, Mrs. H. Brown, Mrs. Grace Hunter. Mrs. Lydia Larson, Mrs. A. Johnson and Mrs. T. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs R. T. Dahlquist visited in Salt Lake City on Sunday and dined with relaives, Thomas W. Dahlquist, Mr. Dahluist's brother who is con-nected with a law firm in San Francisco was the guest of hon-or. TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS IN WEST'SELECTRIGAUNDUSTRY The progress of the Utah Power & Light Company from Its organization ten years ago up through a series of advancing steps of progress to its pres-ent position as a great unified system serving 205 communities anq" 85,000 customers with electric power, is vividly, told in one of the most excellent booklets ever published in the West. This booklet has just been issued by the Utah Power & Light Company to commemorate its tenth anniversary. The great program of electrical power development carried forward by the company in this territory during the past ten years is detailed in the booklet. Beginning with the company's organization in this territory when southeastern Idaho, northern and central Utah and western Colorado were served by a score of scattered, small, jnadequate power plants, individually wned and operated, the booklet traces' the activities of the Utah Power & Light Company in building up a tremendous organization with all modern equipment, and with a distribution and generating system adequate to supply dependable and economical electric service to this entire territory. It is the intention of the company to distribute this new booklet to each of its 85,000 customers, in order that each consumer of electric service in Ihis territory may have a complete understanding of the great organization, snd a full appreciation of the great amount of effort necessary and the in-vestment of millions of dollars required to build the present light and power system, and make possible the growth and progress of this intermountain region. The booklet brings out the fact that the Utah Power & Light Company has developed one resource of this territory water power and that in this development it has contributed a vital factor to the development of every other industry in this region. The booklet shows that during the ten years of its existence, the Utah Power & Light Company has brought the economy, comfort and convenience of adequate and dependable electric service to many thousands of homes and many industries, which previously had been unable to obtain that service, snd that it has become one of the largest taxpayers in the states it serves more than a million dollars a year going into the public treasuries. Three million dollars a year are distributed as wages to ita 3,000 employees. Supplies and materials purchased in local markets eest several million iollarn each year. During the past ten years it has teen instrumental in bringing in more than $30,000,000 in new capital for the development of hydro-eletri- o power in its territory. Twice that sum will undoubtedly be required in the next ten years. One of the most interesting statements made in the publication is the fact that notwithstanding the enormous increases in the prices of every other jommodity, during and subsequent to the World War, the Utah Power & Light Company is still serving 97 per cent of its customers at the same rates, Dr at lower rates, than those charged in 1914, the year of the war's outbreak. The equalizing of rates in 1922 which effected some advances to users of power affected less than 2000 out of the 85,000 customers of the company. Other data treated in the booklet, include the company's 40 generating stations with a total installed capacity of 224,000 horsepower, 200,000 of which is hydro-electri- c. Among the larger hydro-electr- ic stations that are described snd illustrated are those at Grace, Cove, Oneida and Wheelon on the Bear River. From these and the other plants comprising the system the company brings power to its customers over the transmission and distribution lines, substations and other facilities involving the expenditure of vast amounts for labor, supplies and materials.. High foltag transmission lines from the , various generating stations connect at Salt Lake City, the main distributing point of the system. To alter the high voltage current so that it may be used in domestic, commercial and industrial service, many substations are located st or near the points where the power is used. From these the distributing lines carry the current to the consumers. One portion of the new booklet is devoted to showing that in converting the water power of this territory into electrical energy, in bringing its ser-vice to home, and to mining, manufacturing, farming and many other indus-tries, the Utah Power & Light Company has an important and very definite place in the scheme of community welfare. Not only must the company main-tain continuous delivery of this power to meet all reasonable demands, but it must keep well in advance of these demands,, for a modern community would be impossible without electric service. The brochure sets out the part the Utah Power & Light Company plays in the conservation of this territory's natural resources, and shows that the energy generated every year by the company saves one million tons of coal, which would require 25,000 railroad cars to haul it from the mines to destination. The company's development at Bear Lake as a storage reservoir furnishes a splendid example of water conservation. Artificial inlet and outlet channels for a distance of 23 miles have been constructed to carry the flow of Bear River into and out of the lake. By this means water is s"tored during the flood water season and released as needed during the low water season, irri-gating a large agricultural region. While increasing the minimum flow of the river, danger from floods is practically eliminated. The Utah Power & Light Company has developed efficient electric light-ing service in its territory to a remarkable extent. Ten years ago 15,000,000 eandlepower was about the amount of lighting service used in this territory. Now it is more than five times that amount. That section of the booklet treating on street lighting shows that com-munities within the territory of the company are known far and wide for efficient street lighting systems and that the Whiteway lighting system of Salt Lake City is acknowledged by the foremost engineers as leading the world. Ten years ago there was not a community in the intermountain sec-tion which could boast of its street lighting system. When all the agricultural land in the territory served by the Utah Power & Light Company, which could be irrigated by gravity flow, was de-veloped, there still remained large areas of rich soil which only required life-givin- g water to bring them into production. The use of electric power for irrigation pumping then came into being. Today there are on the com-pany's lines electrically operated pumps with a total capacity of 17,300 horsepower. The total value of crops produced on this land is $6,000,000 an-nually and the value of the land thus brought under cultivation has been in-creased $11,000,000 since electricity for irrigation became available. It is an interesting fact that this large amount of wealth is produced at an average cost of $1.40 per acre per year for power. During the summer of 1919 the natural flow of Bear River fell far below its normal minimum. Not only was there insufficient water for pumping, but the land irrigated by gravity was also deprived of water. The Farmer was faced with the prospect of losing his entire crop. Then the Utah Power & Light Company's mammoth pumps at Lifton on Bear Lake were started and the natural flow of the river was increased nine times and bounteous harvest resulted. The booklet vividly brings to attention the significant fact that electric energy was the only commodity or service required by the farmer during the World War which did not increase in price. That this fact Is appreciated by farmer's in the company's territory appears to be conclusively shown in the advantage taken of this modern economy in farm operation. United States government statistics show that the total average of farmers using electric service throughout the nation is seven percent and that Utah farmers lead the world in the percentage useing electric service on their farms. Another interesting fact brought out in the company's brochure is that out of every dollar received by the company for its services, eleven and one-ha- lf cents is paid back to the communities as taxes. Last year the company's taxes amounted to a total of $1,015,462. Less than 10 per cent of this went to federal taxes, leaving more than 90 per cent to go back directly to the cities, counties and states wherein the company renders service. The taxes paid by other classes of business are in many cases less than one per cent of their gross earnings. Every dollar which the Utah Powjer & Light Com-pany spends for extensions of its facilities produces additional taxable prop-erty in its territory and its equipment becomes a permanent part of the com-munity. A little arithmetic serves to show that the company's taxes amount to more than $2,700 every day in the year. Another interesting disclosure In the company's booklet is that more than half of its stockholders are its customers, 2,600 out of 6,000 shareholders beinj "customer-owners.- " JOHN CAULFIELD, JR., TO SUPERINTEND NEVADA PROPERTY The many friends of John Caulfield, Jr. will learn with pleasure of his recent ascent in his successful ladder to the of the United Comstock mines at Gold Hill, Nevada. Mr. Caulfield has held responsibe positions with the different mining companies of this camp including the Utah Copper Co.his work at Gold Hill will be looked upon with inter-est by the mining men of the state. - HAPPENINGS IN AND , AROUND BINGHAM D. R. Packard of Salt Lake City who is representing the Utah, Wholesale Grocery Co. was in camp on Wednesday. W. J. Foley, of Salt Lake City who is connected with the Con-tinental Oil Co. was a business visitor Tuesday. Delia, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Mackay was taken to St. Mark's Hospital at Salt Lake City on Monday suf-fering from an infected hand. Leo. C. Murano, son of Pete Murano and Miss Mary Boyle of Salt Lake were married on Thursday last. We are pleased to report Jo-seph Atkinson who has been dangerously iil with pneumonia is reported to be out of danger. . The Kiwanis club have moved into more spacious quarters at Smith's Hall over the Diamond. This club with a continuous membership will prove one of the biggest assets of the camp. D. A. Plumley, U. S Govern-ment inspectors was a business visitor to Bingham on Monday. Mr. Plumbley has a number of friends in Bingham who are al- -i way willing to greet him. Raymond Devine, son of War den James of the State ' Peni-tentiary at Salt Lake City visit-ed with his sister Mrs. Neil f O'Donnell on Saturday and Sun-day. Watch for a write up from Ray on the great copper camp which will later be published in this weekly. Arthur BJork of Salt Lake City was on Wednesday sentenc-ed to sixty days in the county ." jail for assault and battery on Elizabeth McClelllan of Copper-fiel- d. The assault occurred at Copperfield on Jan. 26th. Whilst Miss McCIellan was employed as . chambermaid in one of the ho-tels of the camp. : Axel Rhodes, of the U. S. Mining Company's property in Butterfield says development work in the tunnel is forging ahead, the air compressor is run-ning in full blast and about twenty miners are being em-ployed. The new bunk house - is Bteam heated throughout with ' plenty of hot and cold water. e Mr. Rhodes is a practical min-ing man and was a visitor to Bingham the past week. Chief Deputy Ade Heaston ar-rested on Monday F. Hori, a ' Japanese stowaway who was . smuggled in this country on the steamer "Hakushika Maru" on August 12th last and landed at Aberdeen, Washington. Mr. Heston in company with a U. ' S. Immigration officer made a ' climb to the Utah Copper Hill ' and arrested Hori who was at work with a section gang. . " t HEAR YE! Wedding invitations or Anouncements i $5.00 per 100, with envelopes We also ppecialize in Letter-heads, printed envelops, Calling.. , Cards, Busines Cards, Window Cards, Milk Tickets, Restaurant Tickets, Bill of Fares, Menus. Get prices on any kind of printing of Leonard Gust, Mana-ger of the Bingham News Job Printing Plant. All New Equipment. Satifaction Guaranteed ' . , LOST ' -- Lady's White Gold Watch, was left in Ladies' wash room at City Hall on Sunday morning last. Noj of watch is known. Reward offered for its return U Miss Mae Teter, Western Union Telegraph office Bingham. LOST An Airdale Dog, 7 months old, wears Salt Lake City License tag on collar No. 2214. Reward will be given for its return Phone 139. Bingham. To: The Members of the Utah Copper Mine Employees' Benefit Association and to all whom it may concern TAKE NOTICE that a meet-ing of the members of the Utah Copper Mine Employees' Bene-f- ir Association residing, at or near Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, will be held in the Judge's chambers of the city hall, Bingham Canyon. Salt Lake County, Utah, at seven o'clock p. m., Wednesday, February Fourteenth, 1923, for the purpose of organizing and incoiporating the Utah Copper Mine Employee's Benefit Asso-ciation as a corporation not for pecuniary profit under and in accordance with the statutes of the state of Utah in such case made and provided and, at such meeting, to take such steps and pass such resolutions as may be necessary to effect such pro-posed incorporation of said as-sociation. All members are urgently requested to be present at this meeting. Dated at Bingham Canyon, Utah, this Twenty-Thir- d day of January, 1923. George Bolman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees T. E. Watson, Secretary. MIKE MORRIS AGAIN IN TROUBLE Mike Morris who served twenty-- six months in the Utah state prison for the killing of Conne Mack here in 1917 and who was released by the board of par-dons in 1919 is now charged with violation of the Mann act in connection with the alleged illegal transportation of May Davis from Salt Lake to Bur-le-y, Idaho. COPPERFIELD NOTES J. A. Bulock spent a week at Fort Herriman as the guest of Miss Mary BodelL Mrs. Ji Torensno and daugh-ter Elsie spent several days in Lark visiting with friends the past week. Jackson Steele returned home this week after undergoing med-ical treatment at St. Mark's hospital. Mrs. James Brocklebank re-turned on Monday from Salt Lake City where she has been for the past two weeks visiting relatives and friends. The members of the Copper-fiel- d Fire department met on Thursday evening and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: William Steele, Chief; R. Hyland, Secretary; and John Knudsen, Treasurer. After the election an excellent luncheon was served and en-joyed. BINGHAM JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL SHOWS EFFICIENCY Miss Delphia Nielsen, a pupil of the Bingham junior high school was last week awarded first place in a state wide essay contest on safety, given under the auspices of the Highway Education Board at Washington. Her essay will be submitted in competition with the best essays of school chidren in every state. Awards will be made by the National Automobile Cham-ber of Commerce. SHIPMENTS OF ORE FROM THE BINGHAM DISTRICT THIS WEEK United States Mining Company 78 Carloads Utah-Ape- x Mining Company 25 Carloads Bingham Mines Company i carloads Montana Bingham Mining Co 9 Carloads Total 122 Carloads' |