Show we 6 0 SHARP SIl ARP TELLS A dl ii i I OF COAL HOLDINGS U un i 1 properties arvi ired by t the he united states smelling smelting Sm elting ar elim el ining ng and mining company and their assets W G 0 sharp proal preal dont dout of the united states Sm Mol elting ting refining and mining company with headquarter at salt uke city ta in his annual report mort to tho stockholders recently ays says the tola tota number of preferred of that company Is s eighty two tuo hundred and forty five and of common stockholders twenty fire hundred and fifty bevon durine during tho the year the controlling interest ta in the consolidated fueg company and the castle valley coal company and the entire capital and bonded ednee of tho the black hawk company hava have been purchased aed and additional imad has boon been acquired by a fourth company called the castle gate coal company in 1 which this company ans all the stock the tho cool coal mined by these companies has preeminent pre pro eminent storage qualities and to in the wheat grade bituminous coal produced in the state ot of utah the market for thia this coal Is all the states west of the rocky mountains the demand for coal in this territory ie Is increasing at al meet double the rate of increase for the rest of the united santee and ana the prices are euch such as will be a remunerative return on the in vestment additional railway facilities are being provided to bring this coni coal to ma merkt the utah company wa was formed wl with th a it capital of live five million dollare dollars all of which Is owned by the united states SmILI tIng company the utah company baa haa issued ten ton mII IIa u dollars of 6 per cent cout notes due in april 1917 guaranteed as to principal and interest by tho the united states smelting company the proceeds of these notes are being held and to tol uko oner holding holdings in 00 t e fuel the black hank k coal tho the castle valley valloy coal and other properties lee to iz this abl region wad to supply rail rovAl facility the eb charges arges to capital account of the company during the year amoun tod ted to of which dl represents aa a InToe luent in ia afar ae aind and locks of coal and allied I 1 in rtuh la in addition ta to owned by the utah company A au construction and improvement excepting those included in the summary nuan biary of capital eapen dit have been charged abatt reserves provided out of there baa has boon been dedual t in tho earnings statement provided out of ic lc depreciation improvement ampro bemont and betterment and reserves thie this compares with provided in the f receding year there haa has been deducted from surplus and und sot up as an additional reserve COAL 1 1 i ur UP T TO ellk D F en colo may bluy J coal land thirtyfour thirty four hundred acres and valued at approximately a cullun dollars was surrendered to the united states today by the Co colorado colorada ruea and iron company in consideration of the die dis miseal of a suit fifty eight hundred undred Ii acred owned by the company the land la in located in ia bou sou abern colorado the future entry on on the land will be permitted under the regulations regula tlona and prices rec recently oatly fixed it was wed on under law that permits owners of forest land to return it to the government and IQ in rethorn agrical agricultural tural land subsequently the land wae was tuned turied over to the fuel company the gov om montH monts complaint against the company was that the entrants to the land kiwy they were getting valuable cool 1 pro property porty for four years the company has fouguet the case through the interior deportment where it burd a fa domidion doci dion stan subsequently ault suit was started by the government in the federal court resisting the com danys contention that the ruline of the lh swreta secretary ecret ary ry of the interior was final now evidence was introduced and today a settlement re silted fron negotiations got lations that baro have been la ia iress several months one E ta a IN wm arrested at helper ft a few day dayo ago und fined efty dollars and in tho MO jue jua ices cee court there for selling beer without a Ili conse complaint had has since been made against james ilar tello for dispensing booze oa on sunday and against mike muhab charged with liquor without n P town license alkas ki laid said by br abo county officers to be cor where whore women of questionable charac char act tir also reside tho the county attorney and the sheriff a office enforcing tho the law it h W line with the notice published elet chero la in thia larron conc emial the regulation ot c saloons and th suppression of open and wid gambling |