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Show PROGRESS AND COAL. We have mentioned heretofore, as one reason for the shortage of coal in this city, the great progress of the country in generttl, and especially the progress in Idaho in the newly reclaimed re-claimed regions that are being brought under settlement and tillage. The Twin Falls (Idaho) Times, Jubilantly notes this. In these words; The Salt Lake Tribune says the coal famine Is largely due to tho settlement Of the lands under the Twin Falls and Mmldoka irrigation projects. There Is probably no use In denying tho charges or trying to provo an allhl We are here In large numbers, and we are using nil tho coal wo can get and hollering for more. Tho Times has often said this would he tin greatest and most populous agricultural section In the State within a few years, and jKilnted to the rapid development de-velopment going on as an evidence of this It doe-n not weaken these assertions any to have a great paper like The Salt Lake Tribune allege the rapid settlement of this section as a cause for the shortage short-age of coal. We promise. If this Is true, that the shortage will be much more marked within a year or two, because, with the thousands that have come, de-Veiopment de-Veiopment tins only begun We gladly second these words in all that they state and imply, so far as the progress of that region is concerned. con-cerned. We want to see all that country coun-try become many times more populous and wealthy than It now is, and we do not expect that the fulfillment of this wish will be long delayed Hut we demur when It comes to a greater shortage In the supply of coal, that Is too severe to be Increased. It is not necessary that either this city or the newly settled regions of Idaho, or of Utah, or of any other State, phould be short of coal. The coal beds are ample, many immense deposits .are not being worked at all. and otherH are worked chiefly when the call for coal Is Imperative, lying Idle, or nearly so. for months at a time In the warm weather. What Is wanted Is the continuous con-tinuous working of the coal ndnes In summer, and the accumulations thereby there-by of a reserve supply which will meet the sudden and enormous demand which springs up on the coming of cool weather It makes no difference to the public whether the coal supply companies that work the ndnes do this, or whether wheth-er tho dealers In coal here anel elsewhere else-where do it; the essential thing Is to have the coal, and as It Is a simple prohlem to solve, the public has a right to demand that It he solved. Probably the mines now opened and working are ample to furnish all the coal tint the country needs. Rut if they are not, other deposits are available avail-able and should be developed. It Is not ,,t all a difficult thing to keep xip with the coal demand. All that Is needed Is a little forethought and I j fair measure Of common sense. |