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Show HIAWATHA FOLKS PROUDJF GAMP Bf jurcii ivrnuxT shown in tiii: Hf! HAI'IJIV I'lllST WOHK. H r BBHj ! Monthly limbering ur Htnphor K Where Thing f Intern! to All Art Bt ' lliti4tt Hubert llovvnnl nml Kti- Bi I ' ,vrrliil(ii(lcnl (liMMliirt llciiil Tlmrly HHf l'nH'r New nml (olp of CnuiM. BBK - " K! The Hun Hpeelnl Hervlee. Hi' ' HIAWATHA, April 0. When mi Ht1 ' 'i iti't'ldelit or ii (lentil li) necldcnt oc- Hr ' cur In it mini mine it great mull)' Hj j Ihnughllc people gcucrull) attribute Bj i ' 1 It to carclcsstieTii or even callousness H1 of the mint owner, operators or those BEi I In charge or the proetlesil riu) uf the HKT . business, hi fact It I tho common CK Idea, thank to the mouthing of it Bjj fpW irresponsible blatherskite, thut Hsjw I , Uilnlim iiirportitlon 1 It tMigiigt'd BV ii i t in i'oal ur mi'titl nilnliiK him attmt-H) attmt-H) j I , "' tutrix ul nml that tho miilmliiK H' f of it miner ur hln death b ni'elilrnt HB'i nrp mnttcri) thut nrc given no secimil Bk thought. Agiilu, they think tlmt thrri B) are iiliMiutily no prruuiitliiiin takrti H . ) l. to nufi'iniuril IKv uiul limit. It U re- Hl liratrdly usfvrted that mining com- Hf paiilrs iMi n I it rr men cheaper thun B II m I urn unit tven that Irglnlullon for Lik the safety of emploea U hltterl) Hf fought, anil iiUii that tHinomy In pro- Mj ilurtlon l pntetltvil with the lili'ii that ! the sirrUU'lug of it human lfi In a 1 matter of nu moment whiittv'er. ' ': Sur'i i'iii, tin sioKiiii. i '? - 1 ',. It Mould In nell for kiii-Ii people to I1 lnlt iuimi of the nml itmuw uf I'ur- 1 w bun eotinly It U wll kniiwu by mine Murker of all grooVa that In t'tuh B:l the mining nuiiMtnlii Iihvm made the 1 : . mottii "Hrft Klrt" In rtwl truth th Hji ' first tHHiMlileratlon uud our t-oal iiiIiib Hfjj art proldHl with ti- kmiwn de- Bi li'o to inliilinl ilunger. and I'tabux B ' Mhntild be proud of the fiu't that the HB inlne uf this state ha made aueh ftjfl ' great Htrlilm in the Mieneo ur iiwl B mining that Utah utMiiil head and D , ' houldeni nlHitu uthsr ktates In th HB ! 5 iinliin In the ext'tillomt of the iihiI H r , f operator' state uf prviMtrmlneMi and H V uiulely to rod u oo the iHt'iipatliiu uf HB i u miner, formerly, It U tim true, one DH of continual danger to one of rum- B ,,' J- parntlie wilet Th Hun linn glu iHB j; i i. niticli space to thin aubjert and has KB ' r kept the people of tho eounty thur- f uuglily Informed us to the efficiency of tho fliat aid uud rescue Murk thut. " has been done b the men of tho various coal ramp In the gounty. BBBJI both In their computltlona and In ihelr B ' actual battles In nctlvo nervlie to pro- B teut life and property. ' BBBlK j i m Hfgiilai Monthly llM'iikloni. r ) 1 ir Mas the privilege of The Huii'mI HHj ! J representative, to be prrm'iit lust Krl-1 HBj; ,(3 day evening St one uf the regular HH.).jJB meeting held every month In Hla- BBMi r5 wths, under the suldnnee of (teneral Hid''' .. HHbbEItIbbl Hiiperinteudent McflruM'. Thr meeting meet-ing nrt real "wifely flrnt" affair They lire attended by the mini superintendent, super-intendent, mine foremen, nltuiit mine fmenieii, Mifet) foremen, mine engineer and muster meehnnli'. In fart, the lirnd of all depArtmeul an required to be present. All matter nrn dlseuwied with the turnout freedom. free-dom. Opinions are sollrltrd from everyone ev-eryone present mid respectful attention atten-tion I given to every iiggi-tlnn, The vlsltnr I Impressed with the fact that those present are men who nre earnest earn-est In purpose and that they attend the meeting not only with the object of learning morn of their chosen profession, pro-fession, but with the Idea of rendering valuable service by their Interchange uf opinions, to the safety mid well being uf the men who work under their direction. At last Friday's) meeting meet-ing two excellent paper were rend one by (leneral Mine luspcctur Hubert Hub-ert Howard, the other by (lus (luod-uit, (luod-uit, superintendent of the HhiMtitlm mine and they were, to mi the least, extremely Instructive. l'llMT II) lllMVllir HllMlirtl The title uf Inspector Howard's paper pa-per was "Mine Accident. Their I'aiisa nml 1'rrvrntloii," and tin subject wit treated In a most exhaustive manner. He pointed out Hint accident III coal mine have been known ever since coal mining begun and thut as men ure human and liable to err. that tie-ildents tie-ildents alt liable to happen n long a toal mining continues. He went rully I Into the cause of uc blent In tin I mine nml the development uf iuoun-ii iuoun-ii res for lumhutlug or avoiding them The Improvement In the working ioii-dltlon ioii-dltlon In tin mines mid the grudiiitl decrruse of the rule uf mortulll) according ac-cording to the production of coal ulniw llrst legislative euailment ImpoetMl stricter regulation and supervUlou whs full gone Into The gniitcr imrt of I impel tor Howard's paper dealt with the prevention of explosion in coal mines, and he made mention of the test that are being conducted b the government to determine the ef. fit lem and tost of rendering the coal dust Inert by sprinkling roik dust Ik h Kimineri lal mine other inwu.i of aafsgwinllng life and conserving con-serving property were thorough!) trwitml and the dbK-iiaaloii vthlth followed fol-lowed wu Interesting and showed that the men prevent at the meeting hail given the subject much thought, mid all of them, espetlall) Humh who were In chaigv uf department which were tourhwl um,h l the ewUt. ImiiI opinion that were well grounded and will worth w)ng i lose attention to (,'u (,'iMMlarl On Haulage, Hiiperlutendent (lus (loodart's paper on "Mine Haulage" In vvhlih he discussed dis-cussed iVonomliml s)slem and the comparative efficiency of horse ami mule us ngulnst that of motor brought out some ver) livel) arguments. argu-ments. Kuperlntendeut (inodart miide u stioug plea for more humane method meth-od In handling animal underground and that part of hi paper "(lathering Haulage lly Motor.' was the busl of oxieedingly Interesting discussion I The innihinj's veterinary. I)r. N l Spalding, who s alio connected with tho I'tuh Fuel oompan) In n similar i capacity, made it few timely ugges-tlona ugges-tlona us regards tho proper rare und feeding of horses und mules What should br their proper ration during the time the) an steadily nt Work and dining period of Idleness was tolli lied upon by the doctor and a comparison of the cost of feeding at the different mine of Hie county was given. After the meeting ever) ImiiI) adjourned to the hotel, w he.ro Mr. Clark served a ver) dellelou supper. I'ctilt Doing t.'iMMl Work. It I already well known among mining men thut Htate Mine Inspector I'ctilt Intends to try and have the tuiirta mine come under the supervision super-vision ur the state a well a the foul mine and most likely nt Ihn next meeting of the legislature a measure uf this kind will be introduced. There may be a good deal uf opposition from tin ipialtx iiiliici to the passing of the law, but cutild any iuartx miner have had the opportunity of observing observ-ing the great Improvement In coul mining conditions brought about by the pieseiit Inspection law now In force he undoubted!) would strenu-ousl) strenu-ousl) support the movement , Although Hiawatha I to have no baseball team this coming aeuson. Ihrre are plenty of nmusruienta for the people of the camp, Director oung of the bund ha under his guidance about tweuty-flve men mid the) ure doing some cxi client work. A large number turned out for pntc-llte pntc-llte on Tuesday evening and went through some strenuous work. There Is also ii well conducted gun club and adjoining the club' hall there are ex-t ex-t client tennis court thut are ninth freiiuented during the warm month of the ear. I'lciil) of Aniii-ciiicut.. One null! cable featiue f Hiawatha, und thl Include Itluik Hawk mid West lllawatlia. Is the iiculnc of tin. house built b) Hit. coiiihiii foi the nicuuimodiitlon ur the employe. The) ure substantial In coiisttuitiou, eom-moilloii eom-moilloii and room) nml It I also no-lb no-lb cable that the i lemiup slogan In the tamp U followed to the letter. Nor must one forget to mention thut the water used for iuIIivmiv pUrMe Is piped rnmi spring hi the inoiintulu and I about the purest water useil In any part of the state |