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Show PUIS TO OBTAIN STATU FOI UTAH Claim Is Made, That Mining Industry of the State Dc.- serves Recognition. The 'Commercial club committee on initios and mining has Issued a call for a special meeting next Friday at noon, whim a campaign Is to be Inaugurated to obtain governmental nld toward the establishment In Salt Lake of an ore-tt-lng or experimental station under tho supervision of the United Stales bureau of mines. During tho recent American Mining congress at Chicago, steps wre taken with a hope of securing from tho national congress an appropriation of ?r.00,000 with which to establish nn experiment station somewhere In the west. John Hem. then president of the congres. took an active part In the move, and pointed out tnat the mining Industry was no bs ontltlrd to governmental aid than agriculture. It was argued that If the government could make annual appropriations for aflcuW tural experiment KtutloiiH In the different stales. . It could also. assist tht mining Industry in the same way. Sine the move was started. Mr. Hern and niHiiv other prominent mining men j of this cltv. have been working to bring I about thu "selection of Salt l-ake as the natural aud .legitimate site for the station sta-tion in ce tl government decide to 'mak' the appropriation. Friday h committee com-mittee meeting will mark the first gun In tho campaign. |