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Show THE BUM, PBXCEi PAGE TWO KENILWORTH Home of Aberdeen Coal Is City of Contented People Kenilworth the pleasing euphony of the name is happily supplemented by the prospect which greets the eye in a survey of the camp or to put it as do some of the long time residents the little city of homes. Here is located the Independent Coal and Coke companys mines, and it is to accommodate the working force that this assembly of dwellings, business houses and public buildings has been built. Neatness and order are everywhere observed. Comfortable residences, fronted by lawns and flower gardens and fitted with many modern conveniences, go far to make things in Kenilworth much more pleasant than is usually associated with the idea of life in a coal camp. The community is composed entirely of persons who are directly or indirectly dependent on employment furnished by the operating company at its mines. The No. 1 has its entrance up on the steep hillside a considerable height above the town, but the slope of the inside workings is such that the coal is actually mined at or below the level of the residence district. The mined fuel is brought up an inside incline and then lowered down still another steep slope on the outside to the tipple and loading tracks. It is in prospect to drive a tunnel directly into the hill to tap the workings, which operation will do away with the present procedure. The No. 2 is around the hill up a canyon from the older workings, and at present coal from there is brought to the. tipple at No. 1 by a miniature railway system. Eventually both mines will be worked ' through the proposed tunnel, which will bring out coal directly to the present tipple. Coal reaches the markets over a seven-mil- e railroad which is the property of the Independent Coal and Coke company, but which is operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western to get this traffic to the main line. The junction is at a point just east of Helper. This little branch road is slated for the discard shortly, as a new track will be constructed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western from a point near Ileiner to reach Kenilworth over a remarkably easy grade, and the avoidance of the steep heavy haul on the present way in will be overcome. Electric to the camp from dynamos of the Utah is Power andused, brought thousand volt transmisLight company by a forty-fosion line, and converted to desired working voltages locally. All houses and buildings are lighted electrically, such service being given the tenants without charge. This equipment is up to date and ample. AU construction about the mine buildings is of the most permanent character and is well kept up. The tipple stands on an iron and concrete support with dumping and loading conveniences of the best. During the comparatively slack times of the past few months the mines have been gotten in readiness so that at the call of the market a very heavy production can be sent out. Advantage has been taken of the short market conditions to accomplish many things about the property. The organization of workers has been kept practically intact, and much good management has kept the community of close to a thousand people going nicely on short time work month after month. A remarkably hopeful spirit prevails among the denizens of Kenilworth, and real community interest is much in evidence in the many social events carried on. With comfortable and convenient houses, good schools, much excellent entertainment and a well recognized effort on the part of the mining company to look after their welfare, many of these people have ceased to look upon the place as a temporary location and have settled down contentedly to enjoy real homes in the little city, which rests in a cove under imposing cliffs from the bowels of which is mined some of the best coal in Carbon county. Much of the success in keeping up the establishment of mines and town is due to the able ana untiring efforts of W. J. Ellwood, who has been the general superintendent over a course of years. His undivided interest is centered in making the camp a good one. To accomplish such an end means that it must meet this requirement from the standpoint of both the operating company and of the workers and residents. Ellwoods viewpoint recognizes no inharmonious difficulties or vitally conflicting interests in keeping up to such a mark, and the amalgamation of any contacts that might be a source of friction has become his regular every day routine, being met and accepted as a part of the business connected with his position. That there is a considerable manifestation of what might be called home town spirit or fealty to the established camp- - and which is evidenced by a proper and dependable attitude toward helping all such conditions along by the workers is a source of much satisfaction to Superintendent Ellwood. Just to mention a single example of results which are to to be obtained when this spirit prevails, go back to the performances of Kenilworths mine rescue team. With no organization at all and a comparatively short time for preparation, the camp turned out such a number of competitors for places on the team, and these boys worked with such a vim that the selected ones went back to St. Louis, Mo., last August and carried off two first prizes in competition with sixty crack teams from all over the West Two silver cups were brought back. Another cup was won emblematical of the Utah championship. With no treasury stock for sale, and yet in a spirit of helpfulness toward its employes, the coal company has gone out on the open market and bought up some little of its stock which appeared, obtaining much of it at prices resulting from forced sales, and has then given employes at the camp an opportunity to buy in this on instalment payments. Quite a little of the mining stock is now in the hands of such buyers. Naturally the institutions of such a camp aa this which might be classed as public are established and maintained by the operating coal company. Kenilworth is indeed fortunate along these lines. The store of the Kenilworth Mercantile company is a revelation with its large and varied stock of merchandise in all lines. Kenilworth Inn furnishes accommodations' for many of the workers who have not families in the camp. A well equipped refreshment parlor is operated. The meat market is a model. An ur time school ac grade work is handled, particularly in the part F&IDAT DECEMBER 16 FEXDAT. tivities. Formerly there was a schoolhouse which belonged to the coal company. But a couple of years ago this was purchased by the county school board, and enlarged and reconstructed with the present building of seven rooms. About two hundred and fifty scholars are accommodated. The compactness of the town leaves little excuse for absence from school. Considerable open space surrounds the schoolhouse and is available for a two-roo- New Year Kissing Customs Worth Eating Many little dainties that you do not find every day especially for the Christmas dinner. If you are as proud of the dinner as we are of the ingredients we have for you it will be a day of supreme joy and contentment. 14APPINES5 8 Saluting the Parish Pump si ;i has always been a T11EUE mystic X92X m HAPPINESS clone of kiss- comes not so muck from what is done for us as from what we do for others. Its prescription is the best service of which we are capable, tendered unselfishly. Let ion he e year of service to God, our country and our fellow men. The New Queen City Cafe Turner Block, Phone PRICE, UTAH 169 association ing with the New Tear. Every Wise ones tell ns that love comes Making the world safe for democraIf circumstances penult, thus but these are the dayi when the unbidden, but sounds I safeguarding good, cy ii inea his sweetheart at the dawa of account accelerates its bank would a fat in of general interests humanity lie New Year and some lovers are Coupon books of several denomina- be a deal more practical. tot purtlcular whose sweetheart she tions. Kept In stock. The Sun. Is flint they thua salute on this auspicious occasion. There Is an ancient kissing custom jssiKlated with a parish church In The legend Is that any-m- e who at the first stroke of midnight kisses the keyhole of the church dnr. and then runs right round the edifice In time to kiss the keyhole before the fast stroke of the hour. Is certain of good luck during the whole of the Ivor. It requires a certain amount of WMiaMIMIMIMMMWMMlWVUWUWMUVMMWMIMUWMWMaMWMWMIMMnMWMMMIMMMIAMMAMMHMl nerve to enter this country churchyard at the dead of night, even for surh a elecpurpose, but rumor hath It that no new year Is horn without someone essaying the race round the church. The distance Is such that it Is Impossible for more than one person to thus court a years luck. : Churchyards have always been favorite places for New Tear osculations. In the Wenaleydnle district, In days PERCOLATOR WAFFLE IRON gone by, all and sundry could kirn HOT POINT IRON SEWING MACHINE "without scandal" on New Tears eve tn the porch of the church. EDISON IRON TEAPOT It was largely availed of, too, for VACUUM CLEANER COFFEE URN WITH TRAY, It la on record that the accommodaCREAMER SUGAR AND WASHING MACHINE . detion fell lamentably short of the GRILL ELECTRIC DISH WASHER mand, and consequently there was even more squeezing than kissing If CURLING IRON HEATER that were possible. TOASTER HEATING PAD A somewhat gruesome kind of churchyard kissing used to obtain among the Basques of the Pyrenees on New Years eve. It was the custom for the maidens to then repair to the churchyard, and on their fingers waft kisses to the four quarters of the orv CHRISTMAS GIFT MAKE YOURSELF A REAL SANTA What appeals more and serves better than an tric appliance to fill that long felt desire? It always looks nice and serves best Any of the following will be appreciated and useful Make a gift that will live long in the memory of the recipient uni-vers- e. A kiss waa supposed to brush their lips on return, and If It was warm It Indicated that they would marry and be happy ever after. On the other hand. If the kiss was cold and of the earth earthy, the Inference wna that single "bieNsedneas" would he their lot. The only means by which the omen rould be broken was by repairing to the church and kissing the church hell, a gravestone and a piece of coffin wood. Tills remedy was very frequently resorted to; nnd so superstitious were the Basque maidens that hut for the consolation afforded some of them would have lost their reason. In these degenerate days the lot of the mayor of Durham Is for happier than that of hla predecessors .In ancient times. If tradition can lie relied on the chief magistrate war then under an obligation to klsa the first cow, the first sheep and the first pig brought Into the first market of the New Year. This went on mitil It occurred to a resourceful occupant of the mayoral chair to Interpret the custom as relating to the first three market women, and henceforward they were the recipients of the New Tear kisses until the ancient custom vanished altogether. It la much to be feared that the abuse of kissing customs has been largely responsible for their falling Into disuse, though some of them are certainly more honored In the breach than In the observance. One such, which used to obtain In Oxfordshire, concerned tha tenant of certain estates which they held on condition that on New Tear's morning they publicly kissed the parish pump or paid a drink fine to the assembled populace. As might he supposed, the tgpants almost Invariably preferred to pay tha fine,. hut It la on record that one misIndividual actually guided, close-fiste- d kissed the pump In order to keep the fine In his pocket The populace were so disgusted at hla meanness and Infuriated at the loss of the liquor that they held him pie refrigerator plant manufactures ice and furnishes the required under the pump pumped the waand market. refreshment The chilliness for store, hospital ter on him until heand parlor was almost washed presents such an inviting appearance that it would almost be a away. AuThe pleasure to be sick enough to make a sojourn there. The exchange of drink for kisses ditorium as they call the amusement hall is commodious and was, In the bad old days, a not Infrewell adapted to its uses. The picture show gives the best in films quent New Tear's day practice In pubat admission prices calculated to return costs without profit. lic houses, where It sometimes led to Dances, theatricals, social ana lodge parties, and other forms of rows and riots among the frequenters. entertainment are put on here. A movement is now under way At one hostelry In the metropolis which will give the town a public library service in one way or It was the custom for the landlord to hand out to every member of the opanother. aex who called before the hour now completed posite Something like two hundred dwellings are of noon on New Tern's day a measure new are and occupied. About thirty just recently, occupying of ale In exchange for a klsa. nevertheless What the landlords better half ground not heretofore considered in the town, tobut the school than thought so close to the center as to be even more handy of this proceeding report say-et- h not. some of the older places. Throughout the entire town the houses are arranged along well ordered street lines. Most of them show At another London public house It lawns and flowers in the front yards, while quite a few attempts used to be permissible for the first cusat kitchen gardening are to be observed. Much interest is man- tomer on New Years morning to klaa ifest in the upkeep of appearances, both on the part of the tenants the barmaid by way of paying for hla liquor. But only the first was entitled and the owning company. Competition runs high in such matters to dils privilege, and any subsequent was flower pursued best contest the hotly for garden and a prize who presumed to pay In this caller this summer. fashion had to forfeit half a crown to atand Prominently and centrally located is a commodious the barmaid. - One astute Ilehe got her tractive school building. The school is a part of Carbon county sweetheart to rail first and mulcted school districts system. Six teachers are employed, handling several later callers of the customary work up to the finish of the eighth grade. In fact, some ninth half crown In the course of the . : UTAH-ETE- BT Eastern Utah Electric W. C. BROEKER, Co. Manager Corner Depot and Main Streets PRICE, UTAH ABERDEEN C A L 0 Government Equivalent 2104 lbs. Will Not Slack. Unequaled For Storage. Best of Steaming and Heating Qualities. at Kenilworth Mines CARBON COUNTY , UTAH General Offices. Walker Bank Bldg, SALT LAKE CITY |