Show MONTANA SMELTER FUMES How Battle Is Being Waged Between Amalgamated and Ranchers The recent decision of the the he federal court courtIn In Utah whereby the smelters were en enJoined enjoined Joined from smelting ores which con contained tamed more than 10 per cent In sulphur unless they provided some apparatus which would reduce the amount of sul sulphur sulphur sulphur coming from the flues has called attention to an Important action TIOW pending In the federal court In Mon Montana Montana Montana At tana says Bays a Boston financial paper first view it was supposed that the Utah decision would have a direct bearing and would perhaps be a precedent in the action against the Washoe smelter at atAn Anaconda An eonda Amalgamated Interests how however however however ever insist that the same s me conditions of affairs does not exist in Montana as in Utah In the latter state the land affect affected ed by the smelters has a It large agricultural agricultural tural turn value while in Montana the land supposed to be affected by the smoke and fumes from the tho Washoe smelter is 15 practically barren waste and of little ag agricultural agricultural agricultural value Ready for Smoke Suit The Amalgamated Amal Copper company has been preparing for the tho great smoke suit for a year or more and has had some of the most expert chemists and author authorities authorities ties on agriculture soil soli vegetation and plant and animal life tife making careful studies of the situation in and about the tho smelter and of the effect of the smoke on these several natural Interests These experts are now giving their testimony on tho the result of their several investigations investigations Investigations in the suit before a master In chan chancery chance chancery of the kind cery ce in in Montana No o case for was ever eer more carefully prepared trial as to its scientific phases and it bids 1118 fair when it is finally concluded to be a precedent on many points in alt all future actions of a similar character The testimony is so voluminous that it Is not likely to be le finally before the court be before before before fore the middle of next year ear Stack Three Hundred Feet High When hen the Washoe smelter was built great care was taken to obviate any possible ill lii effects from the smoke and fumes by b building the great stack to the height of 6 feet on top tOl to of a hill hilt at least oo feet above the tho general level leel of the valley alle The rhe farmers however were not appeased by this care in building and ana an made demands for damages as the thet had before during the existence of old time smelters They were not to let up In their demands as thy had heretofore secured something like libo tOO OCIO In the tile way of settlements for alleged damages They therefore formed a com corn company company pany known as the Deer Lodge Valley Farmers association representing over 90 0 per cent of the land in the valley alley and the south part of Powell county adjoin adjoining adjoining ing in The association entered a claim for for alleged damages in addition to the WOO 4 X damages heretofore paid its members A committee appointed by bythe b bythe the association however cut down this demand to and then further re reduced reduced reduced it by the amount previously paid as damages reducing the claim to 1120 In approved claims and in un unapproved unapproved approved claims For this amount the association makes a general proposition to the Amalgamated company to trans transfer transfer transfer fer the title titie to all the property land and water rights ri represented by the association aSSOCiation This Thill would include about 60 0 acres of land lan at between 18 and 13 19 per acre Amalgamated Interests declare that the amount of damages claimed Is preposterous ous and that the farmers and their so called association are arc simply Cent on making a strike The outcome of the case will l b be t awaited with interest by byall h hall byall all smelting interests throughout the country |