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Show f 4 THE BUN, FBICH UTAH EVERY FRIDAY. SEC PAGE 1 TWO CARBOfi i l. : (OH COJU. HEN HONORED Ml W IDE A Business Story motor car INSTITUTE . . William Littlejohn of Castle Gate, of the jiroper-tie- s general iu Carof the Utah Fuel was last Friday elected bon resident of the llucky Mountain Coal Mining institute at ihe close of its session al lit u err, Colo. Other officers chosen were James Dairy in le, E. 8. How Sttidebaker reached the heights ilL-lri- i - .1. B. Forrester and Horace Hnk, Muses, Nice i resilient s for Colorado, Wyoming, Vlah and New Mexico, respectively. Forrester is the geologist for the United States Fuel comjiany and resides over at Hiawatha. Benedict Schubert was again chosen secretary and treasurer. Frank X. Cameron, vice ' I 1 A JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 18. A renewal of the present bituminous miners wage scale fur a term of three years was approved unanimously by the of miners and operators of the central field here today. It is a compromise of the miners demand for a four years contract and the operators offer of a renewal for the rustoiuary one year. Tomorrow the report will be considered by the miners policy committee and then referred for approval to the entire joint conference of miners and operators. The agreement was counted as a victory for the miners and their international president, John L. Lewis There is hardly any doubt but that the ixilicy committee and the full joint conference will give prompt approval, it is believed. Signatures of the thirty-two miners and thirty-tw- o operators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania will then be affixed to the contract. They will he effective April 1st, after it has lieen formally subjected to a referendum vote of the members of the United Mine Workers of America, both bituminous and anthracite. i p ; i .2 ) X A v-t- : - , i . ' k r i ; i V. f 9 i 'i t i r iV !? T i r it to you. president and general manager of the Utuh Fuel comjKiny at Salt Lake City, is a retiring vice president. Technical and general questions affecting the industry (coal) in the four states mentioned including the lalxir situation were discussed during the three days session. This was the eighteenth annual gathering. Membership in the institute is composed of managers, uKrintendents and mine foremen. Mure than a hundred and fifty delegates were in attendance. The institute discussed plans for amending the mining laws of Wyoming, Utah and Xew Mexico to conform to those of Colorado, providing for the legal recognition or certified mining officials from other states. Dalyymple declared that if these amendments could not be obtained he the Matanuska field and refusal of would attempt to have that section the nay to utilize Alaskan coal. of the Colorado law repealed. COLORADO FUEL AND IRON HAS VERY FOOR YEAR DENBY AND FALL FIGURED TO FRITTER AWAY COAL In the year ended on December 31, 1923, the Colorado Fuel and Iron comWASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 16. Former Secretary Fall and Secretary pany made net earnings from operaDeuby were declared iu a letter laid tions totaling $4,5f)0,642 as com) a red before President Coolidge today by with $3,361, &!7 in the previous year, John E. Bailable, an Alaskan railroad a gain of 1,189,314, according to the constructor, to have entered into ne- annual report made public last Saturgotiations in July, 1921, for transfer day afternoon. Of this amount, accrued in the iron departand lease of the rich Matanuska coal reserves of Alaska, along the same ment and $1,620,781 in the fuel, an inlines as were later followed in the crease of $l,5.r4,349 in the iron and Teapot dome oil lease. The Alaskan a decline of $365,034 in the fuel from lease was not executed, but the letter the preceding year. In his statement said the navy detriment, largely to the. stock holders, J. F. Welborn, through the efforts of Bear Admiral president of the company, says: Coal J. K. Robison, had assiduously refused production fur the year was 3,194,441 ever sinre to ierniit the use of Alas- tuns compared with 3,175,949. A somekan roal by the navy. Ballaine, who what larger amount was consumed in constructed' the Alaskan Central rail- operating our steel plant, but commerroad, the forerunner of the present cial sales, due to abnormal conditions government line, presented his letter fell off over two hundred thousand to the president as a supplement to tons. We have felt the general low deprevious charges that powerful inter- mand for eoal that has affected the ests are at work to hinder the devel- industry throughout the country. In opment of Alaska. He also has pre- addition to this, mild weather prevailsented charges to several senators, in- ed in the territory where our coals are eluding Chairman Leuroot of the sen- marketed, .during the months when cold weather is usually experienced, ate oil investigating committee, Ths records show that Secretary with the results that in no month of Fall of the interior and Secretary Den-b- the year did commercial orders equal began negotiations as early as July. the producing rapacity, a condition 1921, for the transfer of the naval that we have never previously expecoal reserves in the Mantanuska field rienced. The most unfavorable market confrom the navy to the interior department and for the leasing of that re- dition now affecting our business is serve for a period of fifty years, found in the large farming sections the letter Bays. The negotiations and where our eoal, wire and nails are the terms agreed upon between the used and is due to the abnormally low two secretaries in this eoal reserve buying ability of the farmers. This ran along lines exetly parallel with condition induces the substitution oi! the negotiations and the terms of the cheaper fuels, frequently without release of the Teapot dome reserves. No gard for comparative values and also lease of the Mantanuska coal reserves causes postponement of needed farm was executed. But the net result was improvements requiring nails an that naval mining operations in the wire. This situation is further reflect Matanuska were transferred by Secre- ed in reduced buyng of our coal an tary Denby to the interior depart- steel by railroads. ment, and abruptly closed in May, President Welborn states that the 1922, at a time when the navy, as of- eoal used by his concern-imaking ficial reMirla show, had a mine devel- coke for the last cnlendar year lotalcr oped and equipped ready to produce in beehive ovens 171,988 tons and bytwo hundred and fil'y tons a day with product wens 7(12,598. Used at comsix hundred thousand tuns of roal pany plonls 582,850 tons with comblocked out in t hat mine, nnd with mercial sales of 1,677,005. Coke use two million and five hundred thousand at beehive ovens 12S tons. Byprniluc tons of the same quality in sight by roke used at romjmny plants 413,58!! diamond drilling in the Coal Creek tons with commercial sales of 34,7?2. district During the negotiations over the Rights Are Withdrawn. Matanuska coal reserves, and for two On tlie ground that the land was years continuously up to the present known to contain coal as of June 8, time, misleading announcements con- 1909 when title otherwise wouh trary to the established official facts have reverted to the state under the About the quality of Matanuska eoal school land grants act Eli F. Taylor, have been given wide publicity by the register of the United States laud ofbureau of engineers of the navy, of fice at Salt Luke held which Admiral llohison is head, and that Utah had no City,toMonday See. 2,Twp. right by the bureau of mines of the interior, 16 South, Range 14 East in Emery of which Dr. Buin is the head. county. In giving his decision, which followed a hearing, Taylor said the PROBE ASKED FOB IN MATTER fact that the section was withdrawn OF ALASKAN COAL from all entry except eoal filings on December 17, 1906, and on April 3, D. C., Feb. 16. WASHINGTON. was withdrawn from all entry Senator IjiFollelte, republican of 1909, indicated that the land was known Wisconsin who introduced the resolu- to he of mineral character previous oil d tion that started the inquiry, to June '8, 1909. The state presented another Saturday, also dealing no Various depositions with the leasing j edifies of Former were testimony. introduced the government Secretary Fall. La Toilette's new mea- and George O. by Frnndsen nnd Lesure, prepared al ter John E. Ballaine roy A. McOee .of Trice and John II. of Seattle, Wash., an Alaskan railroad pro-osc- io 0,-i- i.v .iv t ; .ifi.d story of Studebaker has told by many men in ways. Now let ui tell THE half-milli- i: fov""' Studebaker growth has in late years been Motordoxns sensation. Sales have mounted until last year 145,000 buyers of quality cars selected Studebakers. They paid over $200,000,000 for them. All must realize that a new situae cars. tion has arisen in You who are interested should now analyze the reasons. high-grad- traditions 72-ye- ar The Studebaker principles come traditions in their 72 existence. They have never wavered. In all changing conditions they have brought new luster to that name. Men come and go, but a name like this becomes a heritage to foster and enhance. Thats what weve we who have that done name in keeping for a time. Studebaker has always been a leader. For two generations it led in horse-dravehicles, now products of the past. Most of you remember wn er er j exactly. We invested $8,000,000 in a drop forge plant to make all our own drop forgings. $10,000,000 in body plants, to build all bodies to our standards. . We employed 1,200 skilled inspectors to see that all standards were fulfilled. There are 30,000 inspections on Studebaker cars during manufacture, before they go out from the factory. Studebaker traditions. In time we secured the men. We told those men to build for us tiie utmost in fine motor cars, regardless of all costs. We pledged them our good faith mid our resources. That's the whole story Thats about the whole story. The cost was $ 50,000,000 We built new factories modem Touring Roadster up-to-d- never-changin- ate Find Out Why made the trip from coast to coast Coupe-Roadst- Coupe Sedan - - er .)s.) - - - - - - - ..... ... ..... Now we deserve a hearing. All who consider a car at $1,000 or over should learn what Studebaker offers. That in fairness to yourself and us. Check one by one the advantages we offer. Youll find them by the score. Remember that 145,000 who did that last year chose a Studebaker car. There are nine chances in ten that youll do it. Consider our record, our accomplishments, our policies and principles. Consider that we have at stake on satisfying men like you. Dont buy a car in this e class without seeing what we give. $90,-000,0- 00 high-grad- SPECIAL. SIX 975.00 1195.00 1395.00 1485.00 119 Touring Roadster Coupe Sedan (5-Ps- W.B. - ' Touring Speedster Coupe Sedan THE WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER Income is not the sole outcome of same month of 1923, according to the rcH)rt of James Dalrymple, state mine this life, but most ieople think it is. ntqiector. January production amountSuccess is duing tfce best with what ed to 1,209,152, the heaviest for some time. The average number of men em- we have. ployed in and alxiut the mines last month was 13.890. They worked on an average of 21.7 days. Delta county where the Utuh Fuel company is the1 largest operator employed a hundred and ten men during the month. It had an output of 122)77 tons, an increase Nothing Is so essential as to of twenty-fon- r hundred and ninety-on- e have your plumbing In order at over the same period of last year. tills season of tlie year when frown pi M'S may ramie trouble, NEW CONCERN GOING INTO THE ('all I'lione 200 if mlxfortnne visit) your home In (lie form of GORDON CREEK ZONE hunted pipea or any oilier kind of iiluinhl ng troubles. We are Articles were filed with the secreIn looatlng tliem and making the proper reiialra. tary of state at Salt Lake City this week for the Consumers Mutual Coal company, a Utah curjioration, which is soon to begin the development of Reed Plumbing and Heating its property up on Gordon Creek to 18 North Eighth Street tlie west of Price. The incorMrators llione IDO are Donald E. Jenkins, a capitalist of Lake Balt City and Cincinnati, 0., president ; Arthur E. Gibson of Price, vice resident and general manager; John II. Wootton.Snlt Lake City, state Spring senator and lawyer, vice president; J. Tracy Wnolton, Salt Lake City, secCoal Co. retary; llenrv II. Richardson, J. Louis Strohanr and F. C. Stannard of Salt loike City, directors, and Royal C. Barnes, assistant cashier of the Deseret National bank, treasurer. The company has extensive eoal land holding nt the bead of Gordon Creek nnd will develop this proyx-rtto an ultimate rapacity of two thousand tons a day. Development will keep pace with the demand, but as it is mutual and will be operated principally in the interest of the stockholders, furnishing them roal at rosl, Minora and Shlpiiers of the it is expected that the mine will bp Celebrated in continuous kept operation. There are now five companies organized for the development of coal in tbe Gordon Creek section, the others Coal being the National, the Gordon Creek Coal, the Mines at Union Coal nnd the Great Western STORKS, ITAII We Are Experts ex-jkt- Canyon Spring Canyon General Offices. 817 Newhouss Building. Balt Lake City, Utah m . s.) s.) (All prices . o. b. factory. Terms to meet your convenience.) iWESTERN AUTO COMPANY, 60H.P. 126' W.R. $1350.00 1325.00 189100 1985.00 . - ..... ..... SIX BIG 50H.P. s.) , . $1750.00 183100 249100 2685.00 Price, Utah OF AUTOMOBILE QUALITY PRICE WHOLESALE CO. STANDAG All Kinds of Fruits and Vegetables 45 ..' $1 We deserve a hearing chines. Of the $50,000,000 in our plants and equipment, $32,000,000 has been invested in the past five years. So it represents the last word In efficient manufacture. We established a Department of Methods and Standards, to fix for every Studebaker detail the maximum of quality. We created a Bureau of Research and Experiment, employing 125 skilled men. They make 500,000 tests par year to maintain our supremacy. They fixed countless standards, including 35 separate formulas for steels. Then on the most Important steels we offered makers a bonus of SIX 112' W.B. 40H.P. - - 1 095.00 s.) We g simply followed the Studebaker We new with them fitted We principles. have begave to plants. ma- our buyers the utmost values they 12,500 equipment years of could not match. Then they turned by tens of thousands to Studebaker cars. Over 750,000 of those cars have gone out. Their performance has developed a People paid over $200,000,000 last year for 150,000 per year. demand for Studebaker cars. Every increase in sales The result is now a demand for 150,000 brought a lowered cost, which we promptly gave per year. our buyers. Today these Over $50,000,000 in modem plants and fine cars are offering values equipment to build the finest of fine cars. which no rival can approach. One of these cars, built in 1918, has run They have made us the worlds largest builders of 475,000 miles. That means 80 years of car December service. this In quality cars. ordinary queens of their time. They were used by multitudes of people who loved quality and style. When motor cars succeeded them, Studebaker became the logical leader in that field. Any other place would have been an anomaly. The only way to the top A concern of this age has one fact ingrafted in its fiber. The only way to leadership is through superservice. The leader must excel in all you seek in quality, in beauty and in value. There is no other way to the top. Every stretch of the road is strewn with wrecks of those who tried another. LIGHT to conform to those standards 15 not what you determines your place in the say field of endeavor In run. every long one must accept that fact. We had the money, the plants, the of prestige. We had the incentive What others say Studebaker carriages i1' the Matanuska coni reserve from the navy to the iuterior Land Hearing Held. department, calls upon the interior to determine if tlie state secretary to submit bis department's hadHearing n clear title to two hundred acres records iti the matter to the senate. A copy of the transfer agreement be- of land in Sec. 16, Twp. 2 North. tween Secretary Fall and Secretary Range 5 East was held before Eli F. lor, register of the Inited States Denby is asked in the resolution, to- -' ffif. In'! Saturday. The guy-othgetlier with all executive orders and introduced testimony to show prnlnn pajHTS, including any h,ase tract was known eoal land at the made, applications for leases and cor-Ml- p when title would have reverted j time respomleuee on the subject. Ballaine, iu a letter presented to to the state under the school lands the president yesterday, asserted ne- - E9"aT,t act. James E. Robinson, George gotiations for the transfer of juris- - II. Judd, IV. I). Robinson, W. II. Clark dot ion was Ixgnn Lv the two secreta- sml Albert Robinson, present owners, ries in Jnly, 1921, and that the rec- resisted the governments claim. The ords would show plans to lease it for state was not represented. The ease fifty years on terms exactly paral-l- i was taken under advDement. with those of the Teapot dornfe oil reserve transaction. No lease was An Increase Shown. Coal rompnny. made, he said, but tlie transfer was As these have large investments in Colorado mines produced 216.751 followed by suspension of mining in more tons in than January, 1921, the (Continued On rage Eight.) tran-f- buyer Rich in meaning to every MINERS NOW CONSENT TO THE SCALE RENEWAL R.3 COAL North Ninth St. Mined In Carbon County Shipped Everywhere HILL & SHEYA t,;K; ' Properties At FLOUR h For your family Frida of tlia Valley mads right hero at Price and as good as the best Feed for your animals. Both these at low cost. Vffi Standardvllle, No Dust, No Ash il No Clinkers. We deliver. Farmers MiU Unexcelled and Elevator S t or age Company Purposes. j. wilrvr nntxiiAM Manager. STANDARD Coal! Delivered in Price at $6.60 the ton or $3.00 at the mines. Best of lump. Finest fnel obtainable. Rebuilt road to the Olson mini., Wagon haulers invited to load from here. For further particulars see E. K. Olson at Price. Or, phone orders to 100m. William Comstock Lessee F& (1 CO. SALT LAKE CITY General Offices Ninth Floor Kearns Bft Two hundred posters deals live stock improvement by wf purebred sires are to be bung throughout Kentucky. The diijj was recently arranged for by Ithoads, field agent in anBj .ban dry, University of Kpntutt! with t ing in States department of ngricnlu state is conducting an nej paign to improve all classes I stock. ii |