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Show I ; BIG DEAL MADE IN COAL LANDS H j, ! F, A'. Sweet and Associates Take Over By H . ' Purchase Holdings of Crystal H J Coal Company. H l One Of Iho lllggftt oonl land deal i pulled off tile preaent 'eor In Carbon Hl count)' In the rain during tho past B ' , I week of fotlr hundred nml forty neres Hj 1,1 of patented property IioIoiikIiik to tho H j, Cootnt Goal company to 1' A. Sweet Hl I nnd associates of Hnlt Ijvke City. Tho 5 j Cr)ntnl Con I compnny linn been In tho H control flute It organisation of H j crnl Ogdrn people. Hj Wlilln tho prlee paid for the prop- B erty Ik not made pnlillr, Tlin Hun linn H It from reliable source Hint the con. H f sldcratlon U rlone to two liniidrtMl and H l tvvent).flVo thotinand dollar. There H! nrn three Mr vein of eoal under I) Ing PJJH thin acreage Hint In Mid to lo of ni PJJlj fine urn (In nn nny In It neighborhood. !The holding of Hie new owner nre to pnM to the I'oerlen Conl company. PJJH j It I pnld, boom to Iip organist d, nml PJJJ which Is figuring on townnlto Juki PfPJ ' below the enmp of Hlorr In Hprlng H Can) on. Considerable money tin H i been pent by the Costal people in H development for about three year. H t V, A. Bw'eol, one of tho lending PJJH spirit of the tVerlm. In president of PfB i the Hlnndnril Conl company near by 1 itAit.itoMiH i:conomii: in 1IIH Tin: co.nhumitios orcou, H S. ' r Passenger train rcprenentlng 11,. H . , i 3(7,03k mite of train wnlm n jenr H l1 i have, been eliminated by the railroad H of the lountry to facilitate maximum H tranKportatlon of ft right for snet'enn- H fill proneeutlon of the uiir, I'alrfux H Marrlnon, t'linlrmnn of the ruilroads H war lonrd, him mi announced. H- Thla wn done. Harrison pointed H nut, to enVe manpower, Yuri nml mo H ' tire power to be applied to the trans- H, portatlon of net'canllle Cutting off Bi thin V ultimo of pUKurngir nervier, ho V asserted, "will tnnkn nnllnble for H ' other purpose over 1. 1 20.000 ton of H : i "The railroad ) stems lit the Kant H t ern department, ' the statement nddn, H "hae rut out MRMIM mllea of pn- H,i eenxer train eenlce. thun Mng Till,- B( 113 tti of toal per )enr Hli 'i "Itoad In New Knglaml liuxe nr- S1 , ranged to eliminate 1.1117,331 paueu gcr train mllcn with n ra Inir of Sst.-( Sst.-( 731 ton of con I. The llontou and Maine rut out J.llit.ll mllea, tlin M New Haven 1.707.001 and the Maine H' ' f Central 4U,7. Hl M "The lere Marquette nnd the Vn H i Ml haih, the only roade reporting na et iiV' ., af'X from the t-entrat department, have ilH ' f 3) Eliminated together fte.tOO mllea of H im aervlce and plan to no 4t,it& tuna iB . t II r con, iiV i fS 'The Kntithern railway line rut out H jt 1,100,000 paanrngtr train mllea nnd iH I B will aave (7,3113 toua of conl " i7.IOMTl AI.HIIXIIV IIIUJIN iit)iiu(mi.Ni or Tiioi'iti.iw Although ronauinera are storing twice na much coal thla aummer na liut retail dwtlera at Halt Idke City eipect itH mtiih trouble neJt winter na In prelotia onea In auppllng local demand, and a eerloiia ahnrtage feared. According to C II. W'orle) of the Rtnndard Coal eompan) nlHuit a per cent of the re'all trade nloti-d innl tail year na compared with to to 1 3 per cent thla )vnr. He iIiiIiiih that there la no exotue for u ahurlugo If the rsllronda furnlnh the nwei.ir enra. "We ure working our mlnea nt half rapacity," he atuted, "and eould work them to full eapaelt) If the railroad would furuUh the enra to haul the coal nwuy I'tuh prodtlred 3.(00,1)00 tona of tonl lat jeur nnd will produce pro-duce 4.000,000 ton IhU )inr Vi would produce and eell 7.000.000 Ion If tho ronda could handle It If err) family will put ualde n little iinl na n reaervc thero will Ih none of the auf-frrlng auf-frrlng of laat )ear Hurh an emergency emer-gency aupply ahotild never be tout lied DC long n coal could be obtulned and only lined na n laat return " Worlea flgtilen na to pnidilitloii nre protevted ti) II I" IVrimtrom of the llamlwrger Coal rouiimn) who aaya that although the mlnea nre ki- Ing tho hlgheat wagea In hltr they iV J 9 nre begging fur men today, lie be- PM B llevea that It would be linpoMllile to H, ti double production with the prnMtit H . labor ahtirtnge and the greater illfft- PKH ' ll cult)' In aecurlng men that l exiwcle.1 )Bu H to follow the relet live ilruft. piH i k John H Crltrhlnvv of th.- milted B t I '. U Ktatea l'ual comimnt aaya tlvat 'tha piKJ i a produrera rattlli that tlw rallnmiU H i nre hnvlng the givateat difficulty In piB f K eeourlng additional ewra. The In. H f , . ' M nreaalng demanda of the war ...id the piB H (inormoua itlmulatlou nt traffic of K j ' B every kind hue iirntucel a vaat car pBS ', fl ahorlage that piMtnt to I worn H U ' more Hcute na winter draw nearer In ) II aplte of the fait that many of the H ( ' ; roada have aiidetl new equipment aa PPPj i I ' fl u" " M'd ' "t'taln.it. the altu- PPH I atlon Ima net been r lleved PJJI ti "The I'tuh railway will begin oprr- H ( utlon the flrat of November and the PPv ' v Denver and Ittu Orantlv will l re- PIH j, ( He,ved of avipplylug all of the rolling ,. T V atddk for our mlnea." I'rili blow myo. PPjjj J j I "Thla new rallteay haa two thouaand B I lm n,'w eHr" 'ur oonl Juru,11 "nd win i' I- Mn have it number of tvew UuomotlvM to V " ' ?ill 1U( lnt" "n',p" bettvenli Hie mluea PfeV' ' i ifl nnd I'roto. The Denver unit Itlo PB V fi flruiule will not wrtldvate in the j j hnndllnir of any of theae enra BJH' , I 1 J j "The producera enn hardly wxptrt piHj i t 1 mu oil from the Denver und Itlo PJH It ti Ornnde at thla time, bIiiso the rnent PPJ 5 ,U .3 flooda will probabl) post the road over C SsH n million dollara and may aerioutly ! J Kiw cripple Itn reaourcof Another fmtor bB 1 fflmm which will probably of fact the gain In eK ' ni u. i wwwa new rare within thla territory la the order of tho federal trada eommlndnn In ending bark to their territory nil rolling atnek of Haatern rftllwaya which hnve been tiaed extenalvely here In the pant." It la no Id that another algnlfloiiit phnnp of the coal ettuntliin, tint gen-r-ally upprei Intml b the public, la that of etipplylng nn Immenncly larger trade nnd terrltor) than In the jxint Wnahlngton mlnea are reported to be ahlpplng honvlly In Jhhvii nnd Itueela while Hie California markela nre turning turn-ing to Utah for coal becauee of the discontinuance of the Auatrnllan aup-III) aup-III) nnd the lark of ahlpa to bring Ifaitern nml to the i'nclflc Coaat through the l'ntmuiA mnnl Another gup Hint I'tnh iiiIiim mitat fill haa been prodmed b the cutting off of the auppt) of nnlhraelle nnd coke that haa In the wt come to thla mnrkef from Colorado None of thh la being ahlpped In now CAitno.v coaks l'oit mi: .NAVV Or VMTIIH hTVTICj Cnrlmn county coal for the nn) of the United Htatea Thla la the rlognn Hint may be. aounded throughout Hie Weafvvllhln the next few weeka. The ua of Utah toal by the United Htatea government for Ha bnttleahlpa on the 1'arlflo Coant will rcautt In a ntvlng to the country of mlllloua of dollara n )enr It will aim rntiae revenue to thla atnte of hundreda of thouwindn of dollara a rnr I'or many nira Ctnh conl producera hnve nltcmptrd to gain the favorable attention of Die naval authorltlra with n view to having hav-ing local coal lined by the nav) Innteait or the prodlitl of the Went Virginia, Mar) land and l'ennn)lvanla fleldn. The navul department rlnlma that I'tnh coal la not dralrable In that It cannon Ion mtuh nmoke, nnd II iimhI while the country won engaged In war upon the nenn, would provide too gixtd a target Aa n ""noiiiciuc. Weal Virginia coal la now lielng ahlppcd to the coiitlng alullnua of Hie navy on the ruclflc Count. The ront or thla coal la 110.40 n ton. Ctml mined In I'tali may be ahlppcd lo Han I'mutlM-o at 15.15 a Ion &ivi' lltti Dollara. More than live dollara a ton wn be anved to the government In thla nge of ctinacrvntlon If It will onl lonnlder the advliablllt) of lining I'tnh iihiI lliiimnuh na HlotlMUda or toua or iihil ure nhlpped from Weal Virginia lo the I'aciriu Coant evr) )rar. the nlgnlflcnnuc of Hie mvlng. It U d I. limed, lim-ed, i an eanlly be readied In addition, the dlntanre la muth leaa from lltnll to the 1'uilflo Co4tt than from Went Virginia. The qurntlnn of apeed In the mutter of coal ablpmcnta might form nn Importnnl Item within the next few montha or )enra, according lo local produirra. Ivcul produrera h lharc la n way for the navy to tine the conl and eliminate amoke I'rcnent npeclflcn-Houa npeclflcn-Houa of battlenhlpk prmlllde the vo. blllt) of t'lah i-ompitlng with the Went Virginia toal fleldn. Hut II In contended that If Hie combiintbiu iliBiuhera wire enlargml Ctnh coal might be lined to advantage The conl Involved In building greater enmhua-(Ion enmhua-(Ion ihambira upon Hie ehlp. would not amount to i tier ent of the total that might lx nuved In the Mwt of cheaiwr tranniiiiilallon, rotnpurlug toal ahlpped from Utuh with that eonnlgued to the I'aelflr Coant from Went Virginia. Utter I'ioiii DauliN, In a letter retcnll) to a Halt Like I'll) gentleman. Joeaphun Danleln, ncretar) of the nav), nckuow lcdgiM the retcltit of u conimunlealbiu to him liuiulring aa to the altitude of the government on the iUetlou The bt trr or Dunlrla reada "Thla department full) apprei latea the udvautugea which would reniilt If coal were obtulned from fleldn In Utah, but It la regraltwl that, of the mil II) tenia of Wentern tottln m) fur nmdurleil. none haa been round that la Mitlnfattar) for line on naval Vriwrln, WVnteru rouln being. n n rule, of high volatile content and relatlNel) low heal unllK. Coal purchaavd for the uuv)'a uae afloat la ohlulneil from mlnea on Ita uirnpluhie lUt, which MimprbHNi the high grade learning vttala from Weal Vlrglnlu, Man land and rinnnvvanla flvlda. th quallt) or which rwl haa Ixh-u round iwtlafNtlory In all rvapevla lor naval purtNteeo. for your Information, ttvw coat at coal tlellvered to the naval fiwl deiwit, Tihuron. t'aln , niuUr ewent contract. Including i out of traiiiMrtiitloii, In ap-proalmalel) ap-proalmalel) leu dollara er ton nka I'or Information. It la deairid to thank you for the euggMtkMia tontalnwil In your telegram tele-gram referred to and If you are ( tlally Intenaried In Hi muttar under dlacuaalon, tUU ilcimrtniiiit would We pluaaad to recwlve further rtkular In the iweml.ee. II being iMrthttiktrl) doelred that tin following Infurma-tlotl Infurma-tlotl be fumlntiad (a i Co miner lul mime of immiI. lb) Nam of mint or mlnae. tc) Kxatt location Of tvuth mine uttv tuunty and town, "till Nam or oilier daatgnatlan of the cualbeila or bed. (e) Hritlah therinati iinltn r poaiid of 'dry i-oal ' (f) rurveulago of unh In 'dry coal' ' (k I'er ciitagH of aulphur in dry wmiI.' "(h) Percentage of volatile matter mat-ter In 'dry coal. "(I) Moisture In coal aa received. "(J) Nnmn of owner, operator or firm liandllng mitpnt M lAlM. tog'th er with nn addltlHM darlM1n ot the eoal deemed of Iniportanso. rUIIf, I'AMI.Ml Ttlllll,Tlt.VlD. THINKH ItAIMKUD'S lllwl That n fuel famine of prtportlonn hitherto unknown In thla country thr catena the people nnd the Indua-trlea Indua-trlea of the United fltatce, la the opinion opin-ion of ft. IS. Cnlvln. president of the Union Pacific railroad, upon bin arrival ar-rival In Utah lnnt Week from the Pacific Pa-cific CfKint. "I am much dlnturlied over the fuel nltimtliin," ileMarrd Calvin, Cal-vin, "which. In my opinion, fonnn one or the blggeet nnd monl eerloHn proii-Inma proii-Inma confronting tho Amerlenn gN-ernment gN-ernment nnd w)de todny ll N n prritileiii Into vrhlih the natural re-Axirira re-Axirira of the counlr) do not mlrr It la a lueetlou or production The om nlng of new mlnea, ngl tatxl In nome ipirtera will bimler inther than help Hueli action wonhl lie entirely n hlndrnnre to prodo Hon It would only nerve to further dl ld the nlrend) meagre nnd rnr In-offl i lent laltor wipply. To mr tnlnd then nre but two poanlhlc iMililtlnli- 111-txluiiton 111-txluiiton lo the minimum or tin- e of coal or n heavy Inereaiw In llw la Imr auppl) I am or the opinion Hint the reduction In tht ihw or eml woobl not tutlrely eIe the illffleulD but It wmild help materially. The whole matter reel tipon production, hlh deenla entlrrl) uM)it Hie tabor aup P ' Would ItoliKf tlic Ontpiii. Cnlv.n imlnted out that the mlnea of I'tnh and Wyomlpg were working practically 30 per tent under cnpnrltv licnune of the ahorlage of labor "The opening of new mlnea." he natd "would not Inrrrane the prodin lion but more likely would reduce the output out-put b) dividing the auppt) or labor now available lo the nlread) iMil-oied iMil-oied propertlea. Win n the mlnea nlrend) nl-rend) develoed nre working to ta-iHirlt) ta-iHirlt) und It la then round that the nuppl) of nml la Inadequate tin re will lie ample lime lo develop new propertlea prop-ertlea Hut even then It would le fur eanler for the developed proportion lo Imreaae their output than to put new mlnea on nn iteriitlug laialn" Cwvlvln prenenletl n reHirt from I'reeldent William Hprouje or tin Hou-thrrn Hou-thrrn I'ntlflc, Imlrmnn of the railroad rail-road war board of the Wentern din-trie), din-trie), allowing that n concerted nunc ment on the hirt of the rnllroadn to Inercane the ml producllon had ri wi)IihI in an Imreaae or 1H&.700 enra or hlliinilinirtn coal during the mouth or June 1917. over the month of Jum n yvnr ago. j .In nr Output Knoniioii.. "The total output or bltiiintnou cmI In the United Htatea during tin month or June wan 710 131 Aim n ordlng lo government reporta Cat Vlll Hilil The Inrrenne over Julie n ear ngo wna 111.700 cum Itnllmut Ing Hie average load or ensh ear nt fort) -five tona Which la tiinaen alive III the inne of eoal. the lmreand con I tonnuge would be 7.000,(00 tonn. Hut orf nceount of Hie enormoun hit rcanc In all linen or Indnntry and Hie Ikhiv) demand for fuel on the art of the gVv ernment thin enormoun coal out put mt III In limdciuute to meet the condlthmn The ahorlage of labor nt the nilnee In general throughout the eountr). from whut 1 can nwortaln, and nil the mlnea pnilaibly nre work. Ing In Hie vblnll) of 31 to 30 er cent under enparlt) 'CoudlHona are nbnormal lor thin ncMnou III an fur an fuel In itmeemetl nud I urn of the opinion that a eapac ID mitpot or all mlnea for novcml montha to come will be nltnoet liecce-ary liecce-ary ir n nerloua fuel ahorlage la prevented pre-vented Along the linen of Hie Union I'n rifle 1 muvc Mopped the iHltnlng or old Ilea and Hmltera and the) are be. lllg colMxrveil or lined In lieu of coal wherever ponalbte I have had our t raffle men Umk Into tho rate nltua-llon nltua-llon with reference to plating wttod on the market ami we are doing ever) ev-er) thing In our power to make It U'ohtlmied to Hign eight ) BIG DEAL MADE j IN GOAL LANDS (Continued from page to ) powdlile for the amltltilthin of wood for eoal n ruel In the terrllery we wrte. ' Could Tnkr Off Tnilnx. Homp or the inllrttniU iindebtpdly rnn ante conl b) taking (( aome o( the iiaHenger train. On an nternge n pflpxenger train will eonNtime a ton o( coal lo etery fKtecM mil An An llloxtrntloii of thp good tlmt call be done In thu illrecllon the elimination f one train phi h wn cUlly btwen Halt l.nk City and I'm-ntPllo would ante eight) -two hundred Ion f ew In n year Wp hate had under con-xldirnllon con-xldirnllon the ndtlNAhlllt) of itirtnll-Ing itirtnll-Ing our twxxeiiger Imln rtlee. but nt present It arema that nothing more rnn be done Hut It lx entire!) prob-able prob-able that the 1 urtnlhnent of iwwenger train eertlee will become n nerewlt). nnd K II iIopn thp ienpp ot the rouii Irt xhoold itffer no olijec tlon na aueh in linn will be taken only In the ht InterexlN or the rounir) on A whole 'The rnllroniU nre doing ever) thing in their imwpr lo nwdxt the govern-mini govern-mini nml the Mople In thU national crlxl A I red ill much good Im been .done In Hip Inerratecl eoal produitlon and the marked relief lo the rnr xltu-ntloti xltu-ntloti We are urging Hint ever) car be loaded lo 1 10 per rent ooiwelt) nnd the rexullx obtained nre terj grnllf). Ing In about elxt) dnya the rnr xhortage of the country hn been re- I dm ed from 1 13,637 to 77,141" |