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Show JACKLING TO VISIT Biimci 20 Increased Demand for Copper Cop-per Said to Be Reason for His Trip to Utah. Special to The Tribune. BINGHAM, March 14. In view of the tremendous production of the properties prop-erties of the Utah Copper company and the increased demand for the output of copper ores, Colonel D. C. Jackling is to make a special trip to Bingham, arriving in the leading camp in copper production produc-tion in the world on or about March 20. Colonel Jackling is now in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, where he maintains an office in connection w-ith his Alaska gold properties. prop-erties. Despite the claims upon his attention at-tention by his various other interests, Colonel Jackling has determined that his presence is required in Utah at this particular time. The mission to Utah of Colonel Jackling Jack-ling is patriotic. The Utah Copper company has already offered its re-sources'to re-sources'to the military officials of the United States government in case of difficulties with foreign countries. Wants Experts on Grounds. It has been known in copper mining min-ing circles for some time that there is to be a demand for government purposes pur-poses of all the possible copper ores that can be produced within a short period. The government, in a quiet way has been mobilizing its mining and manufacturing manu-facturing resources, and the tip is, out that it wants men such as Colonel Jackling, Jack-ling, John Hays Hammond, Thomas Edison, Ed-ison, and men of like resources and ability on their own properties in case a call to arms 6hould come. That tho production of the Utah Copper company, and, in fact, of all other properties in Salt Lake county, could be increased 25 per cent in the event of the declaration of war, is the statement made by Bingham banking officials tonight. May Increase Shifts. At the present time there are being worked but two shifts of men on the properties of the Utah Copper company. This could be easily raised to three shifts, say business men. This change would result in the employment of 200 more men. There will be no difficulty in getting get-ting men, according to the employment agencies, for the reason that the company com-pany is paying top wages. In fact, a recruiting officer of the United States army in Bingham today stated that he had a tough job because wages in Bingham Bing-ham were so high. |