Show efforts being made to stop fire in coal mine 0 construction of a dike around the area aflame and the digging of a ditch to carry water tor for a distance of 0 a quarter of a mile will be feces sary to extinguish a blaze which has broken out along the outcrop ping of a coal veld vein on government land near Cann cannonville onville garfield Gartl eld county according to ralph S kelley chief ot of the field division of the salt lake land office C C smith and warren R sholes mineral exact exam ners who were sent to the scene of the tire fire to make an investigation have been authorized to let contracts and proceed with the work immediately the two men jn in a telegraphic re port to mr kelley reported that the vein had been burning slowly for nearly a year the blaze covers a breadth of feet along the out crop droppings pings according to the report and extends the full length of a 60 50 foot tunnel from which farmers had been digging coal tor for their own use the tire fire was started by small boys who attempted to smoke out wood rate rats in the tunnel mr and mrs george horton sr entertained at christmas dinner having as their guests mr and mrs carl sorensen and miss susie hor tan all of salt lake and mr and mrs clarence horton and mr and mrs marlin horton of eureka |