Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-09 | Page 13 | Mining Meeting Gives Indorsement to Bills

I I MINING MElTING GIVES i. i INDORSEMENT TO BILLS Specially Favors Measure Pro Providing Pro viding for Bureau of f Research I I Various Mils bills now before the th th stat tat 1111 1 looking to R a A b betterment t of oC mining JI conditions condition In Utah were were discussed discussed dis dl- dis- dis cussed at a meeting of mine operators operAtor at the Commercial club last lat night liability bill the eight eight- The employers employers' tn th th taxation and hour labor bill bt and Ind revenue r proposed measures to readjust the basis for taxing taxing- mine properties I tle were werl r rend read and received the Indor indorsement indorse ment of oC tho the meeting Th Tile The measure proposed b by Prof Joseph Jossph p. p Merrill of the University lt of C f Utah r recently introduced In tho the SMI- SMI nate n- n cent ate and providing for tor an appropriation of an annually ual to maintain a a bureau bureau bu Lu- bu- bu reau of or refractory refractor or ore research nt at the th- school of ot mines was wa al discussed J at length and special recommendations made for Its Us passage The report of 0 the legislative committee c of or th the thA Utah of ot the American Mining con con- chapter chapt r COI- COI s which originated ted mo most t of f th th Jr bi bills was wa al r read ud h by Chairman G George orge H. H Dern The following committee was wal appointed to look Jook after the tho interest of the mining bi bills bills- c C. C E. E George II H Dern chairman C Alken AIken AV IV II 11 1 King G. G AV Yo V. Lambourne Duncan MacVichie JI 1 I. I G. G McMillan lc llan Jesse Jesse- Jels' Jels Knight Lester Mangum um n and I Irnest Bamberger