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l THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1913. H II SMELTER DAMAGE I IS INVESTIGATED I i Review of Important Mailer j Made by Mining Journal j of (he Coasl. j i QUESTION WORLD-YVIDE 1 Experls Are Giving Altention io Problem and Report ' Nearly Due. 1 1 I MmvjgcrH of smcUlim plants now make If much more effort, and more sympathetic L effort, to understand tlic damage don "by fumes. The larsr. compunJes maln L tain on their staffs agricultural chemists, , j soil experts, botanists and forestcra, and 1 attempt to know for themselves tho ex act measure of damage, says the Mining I and Scientific Press. As might naturally j hare been anticipated, trey find that thn j smelters have been charged with, and have frequently paid for, damage due to ' frost, drouth, hot winds, Insects, and a ' large numbr.r of other causes. This haa naturally jnndo tthein skeptical us to damage "claims. Generally speaking, they are willing and ready to pay for any real damage, and merely nslc that tho relatlvo valuo of the smelting Industry and tho damage done bo wclgln'd In de termining wtiethcr a plant must be closed. Unfortunately, perhaps, thn matter Is not so simple from a legal poInL of view. 2Co one has the right to maintain a nui sance, regardless of the valuo of the re sulting product. Residents in an aristo cratic suburb resent establishment of a livery stable or a plg-ety on a neighbor's front lawn, and thu farmers in Salt Lake valley felt tho riiiic about the coming of tho smelters. Relative value docs not enter Into the question: It Is merely a question of fact an to whether tho smel ter Jh a nuisance. I Sources of Damage. Damage from smelter fumcF arises, broadly, from four sources: (1) Minute particles of poisonous substances, such as arsenic or lead, spread broadcast through the air: GO dual of any nature which operates mechanically to Injure buds and " young fruit or othor tender parts of growing plants: (3) SOS, which In moist ' air unites with water to form sulphuric field: () SO-, which, under certain con ditions, also Injures plant life, though to a less extent, In addition, there Is In Instances the matter of offensive odors. There la little question that in the past larg damage was locally done by wnlnvlon of arsenic and similar metallic particles. These can and should bo pre cipitated and taved. fortunately, this may usually be done "at n priflt. Inert dust from smelters Is no worso than that raised by winds or emitted from other iudUHttial plants. The damage In of the same sort as is created by black smoke in cities. It can be largely prevented at a not prohibitive cost, but there Is room for a "rule of reason" in tho Fpced of nbatcuieut of this nuisance. Tho sul phur fumes are best handled by utilizing them to make acid. Unfortunately, tills Is not economically feasible ut many points. The SO.", can be neutralised and precipitated or caught in bag-houses as a sulphate. It may also bo directly pre dicated by thn Cottrcll process of elec trical proc.lplta.tlon. It Is probably not unreasonable to ask that It bu so treated. Tho S02, howrtver, affordH another prob lem. It Is more abundant and harder to treat. Ai present there Is no widely ap plicable method of neutralizing it. Practice in Japan. At the Ashlo smelter in Japan mlllc of lime is used with fair results, and at Campo Scco the Thlogen process Is being developed. At most plants the only feasible plan now open is to dlluto the fumn by blowing additional air in at tho bottom of the stack. The result Is per haps not entirely satisfactory, but it must bo rcmombcrcd that the amount of damage due to S02 Is uncertain and probably small. Tho matter of odors is one Into Hvlileh the personal equation enters largely. On San Francisco bay It wa3 found that the odor enmc, not from tho smelting plant, but from the oil refineries, and in general, complaints on this scorn are not Important. The Hineitlnj? companies have been spending large snmii to get at the bot tom of these various matters and are conducting- cxtcnslvo experiments at present. They aro as anxious to avoid or minimize damage aa any one. One especially commendable move lately made has been to join in creating nonpartisan investigating commissions of technical men to study the particular plants, to recommend any changes that may seem desirable, and to report to the courts If thn smelters aro falling In any particu lar to llvo up to the law as regards nox ious fumes. The first of these commissions was created In Montana v to study tho great plant as Anaconda. It includes Messrs. Ij. D. RIckctts. J. A. Holmes and John Hays Hammond, and its employees have now been busy some months In the plant. They are given every facility and full authority to got at tho facts, and the report of tho commission will be conclu sive because of this fact and the high character and attainments of tho men composing it. In California a bitter war faro has been waged on the Selby Smelt ing & L.ead company by certain residents of Benicla. who allege great damage as a result or smeller rumc rne company has bought casements, marte changes in its plant, diverted shipments of hlgh-sul-phur ore. and spent large sums of money on Investigators, experiments, and In lit igation. Still the complaints have con tinued, and tho officers of the concern feel that theso are now entirely unjusti fied. Expert Commission. Followliur tho example of tho Anacon da, and with the approval of the United States court before whom tho matter 11 ' I I j& The Best Coal Nsgfissii H' Sf mined in the ,:! West 4 Hi & This is more than a mere better than all other t 9 pbraao it's a fact western coals.' U ftft Bv analytical test, Aber- . , 8 H.i Cen Coal runs over 95 cost 19 00 hlBhcr fi? A Per cent actual fuct-u than otLcr cfk j jj poaitivo proof that it's Sold by all dealers. fti Mined by tho Independent Coal & Coke Co.. at Kenilwnrth t?.,i,- HOLLIER TELLS OF EAllfS OF YEAR Porcupine Producer Is Out With Detailed Report of Its Affairs. The net operating profit of the Hol Ilnger Cold Mines, JLtd.. for the six months ended December 31, 1912. were 5600.664. despite lienvy additional ex penses and losses during Xovember and Decomber on account of tho strikes, savs the Hoston- Financial News. The proflta were distributed as fol lows: Thrco dividends of SHO.OOO each, I'JTO.OOO; written off plant. S10CJ2.1: writ ten off development. S122.?3n and $101. 01 was cariiel forward to credit of prof It and loss account. President Noah II. Tlmmlns states that he plant cost tho company 1606.223. nnd developments J302.G39. Including the fire loss of $111.S1J. After writing off the amounts mentioned tho cost of plant will stand at $500,000 and developments at SlfiO.000. Tho balance sheet shows current assets of 5123,627 ami current liabilities of 5SD. 076. The profit and loss surplus stands at $3.11. S01. but this Includes 3250.000 pre miums on shares sold. The profits for the six months wero emial to 20 per cent on the paid capital, which In view of the aforesaid Interrup tions to operations during the strikes, is cmlnentlv satisfactory, I A. Robblna. general manager, Issues an interesting report of production and values, from January 1 to Fcbruarv 11: , . Tons. Value. Week January 7 1373 525,687 Week January M H40 2n.34S 1 Week January 21 1672 43,572 Week January 2S 93O 21,37fi Week February 4 2025 65,005 Week Fcbruarv 11.... 2122 59,31a comes for trial, the company recently asked for appointment of an expert com mission to examine and report upon their methods of treatment and the actual measure of damage. In effect, the offi cers of tho company lay their cards on the tnblo faco up and ask what more can be done. An excellent commission has Just been appointed. .It is headed by J. A. Holmes, director of the United States bureau of mines, and with whom is associated W. F. Snow, secretary of the state board of health, and Ralph A. Gould, whose experience aa chemist and expert for tho farmers In their Shasta county litigation renders him especial ly familiar with local problems. It is anticipated that a report will be completed in three months and it ought to have the effect of authoritatively set tling tho question at Issue, Certainly technical matters of fact are much bet ter determined bv such expert commis sions than by the ordinary Jury with tho Incomplcto nnd distorted Informa tion put before them In the course of a trial at law. and the attitude of the liti gants in providing for such commission is a welcome sign of a disposition to geti at and respect the facts of the case. SUNSHINE BRIGHT WITH A DISCOVERY J. .T. Williams arrived this morning from Sunshine, bringing news of a rich strike on the Wicklund property. Mr. Williams brought a small sack of sam ples of tho ore. which have been exam ined with interest by local mining men. The oro Is a silver sulphide and was struck In running a crosscut on tho .Morning Sun claim, at a depth of about seventy feet. Mr. Williams stated that the ore was struck yesterday, and when ho left camp this morning tho vein had been penetrated four feet without going through it. Tho samples Mr. Williams brought In wero taken across tho four feet, and show a. surprising richness the ontiro distance. No streak richer than tho rest of the ore. In the lead had vet been encountered. At tho time of writ ing this hows no assays have beon made, but mining men express the belief that tho ore will run about $200 a ton some place the figure even higher. Tho existence of this vein has long been known, as it showed on the sur face, but for some reason no work was ever done on It until Charles Olmstead started to work tho property under a bond. Tho owner, 13. Wicklund. has been working tho property off and on tho past five years, but confined his work to another vein parallel to tho one on which the discovery was made yesterday. The vein on which the strike was mado yesterday is between four and five feet wido on tho surface and shows omo high-grade silver. It lays between limn and porphyrltic andcslte. Naturally the entire camp of Sun shine feels elated." said Mr. Williams, 'and wo all feel that Sunshine Is going to make good. Many are coming from Rochester, and they are drifting hi from everywhere. Tho hills are full of pros pectors and 1 don't hellevo you could get a claim x4 close in. Quite a crowd oinyiinnmm?caT,w?3.,n ca,nP Sunday Colonel J. P. Hutchinson and r.. Tr Kaiser. mining men from San Francisco, became interested In some property dur ing their visit a few days ago and It Is presumed they will get busv soon. Jim Hoyden has bonded his ground close to tho old Gem." National Miner. SILVER PICK SHAFT WILL REACH TO DEPTH rle1Vc,P"1?n'- Plans are now under consideration by the Sliver Pick Consoli- ?hiCinnCi0,nW' ,nvlv'"? the sinking of the mam fin ft on the Deserted claim to a depth of 1000 feet. General Manager E. S. Ann Dyck. who Is now In Gold norv''A announcement to the m nmi f,ft,,e c'a a!,d "Weekly Tribune, wm lt Pb,ah, thut further sinking will be started, at once as the timber has already been purchased and the shaft c wRfie1tlmt,4.,avmnT10f amre SwSSS w nilo the Sliver Pick propcrtv has not been productive in the past, it Is still "rto hj- mining men As holding grca possibilities, as it has strong, well-dc- M iin!LthaJ havc bccn followed nea? 1 to the boundaries of the property and are plainly tho extension of vein? that have been highly productive "n the Kott1 t?rr l?ry of 1110 Gold flow Con solidated. Iiioly a Htrong vein has been .s uC u , J"f-S CCU. obtaicd that yield ia 'ugh as 5o per ton. trZ 'eln ? o'Jarge dimensions, be ing apparently sixteen feet between wa Is in places, with ore on both wa Ms and with a broken filling of f rt2 a ,d country rock near the aurfaco wi"re It has been penetrated. The vein lm . southerly trend, almost directly towVd nrn tW4ltPl ??3 Pcncd "on.e lme ago on tho 130-foot eve! of the adjoining Combination mine. The dip Ih to llir enst and Manager Van Jyck cstlmsit' K '"r s'k,nfr1tho n,ain a &! Junc tion of this vein and the oastorly vein that extends to the Mohawk should b" BoWee"0" afL at a lcnl of about Many good assays have been obtained and a considerable quantity of low-grado tul n01 ,n'S,ver -"lc grouiidf but tlio ore. wherever exposed, is spotted In character, and it Is the belief of the management that Kufficlent depth has not been attained to secure, material that Is uniform and in place. The southeast ern portion of the Sliver Pick property forma a triangle lying between the boun daries of the Mohawk and Combination claims of the Goldflcld Consolidated This ground has been developed thus far on y In a superficial manner and it io believed by many persons that it will P;'.J bc valable when the workings shall have attained sufficient depth. CATALOGUE PRINTING ' P2 bJ" tfao Century Is distinctlvo. 55-57 Postofflco place. (Advertisement) ' Keepinn n touch Trith the Wants means, heiujr posted Tenrdin business cnanrcs. SUHVET SECURES II HIDSOHWiME Congress Provides an Ex pansive and Modern Place for the Department. After a 26-year campaign the United States geological survey has received generous recognition at the hands of congress in the authorization of an ex penditure of 52,536,000 for the construc tion of a fireproof building "of modern 1 office-building typo of architecture." With this sum It Is proposed to erect a building on ground already owned by tho government which shall accommo date, besides the geological survey, the reclamation service, th0 Indian office, and the bureau of mines, all bureaus of the Interior department whote worl: is closely related to that of tho survey and amonsr all of which there Is morh or less constant co-opcratlon. Tlic public buildings law, which car ries the survey item, authorizes an lm medlato appropriation of $596,000. the balance to be appropriated aa needed In construction. While this omnibus build ing law If? only an "authorization" meas ure, lonving the actual appropriation of the money to a futuro act, 5',000 of the amount Included In the measure can bc expended immediately, having been ap propriated by a former congress In con nection with tho purchase of the site on which the survey building Is to be erected. Plans can thus go forward at once for tho construction of the new building. For tho needs of the survey and tlic other bureaus mentioned an up-to-date, conveniently arranged, and well lighted building Is of csneclal importance. Too many of Uncle Sam's great army of civil employees at Washington work In part or exclusively by artificial light, in quarters that may be compared to dungeons, a. condition which is sugges tive of medieval times, when the first requirement of castles was walls thick enough to resist the attacks of battering rams and catapults, or of tho still more ancient period when huge, ornate pillars and columns wore the fashion, regard less of the arrangements with respect to light and convenience on the Inside of tho building. The innovation of providing a struc ture of the modern office tvpe for gov ernment "workshons" In which a maxi mum of hlgh-grado output Is the first consideration, such as will occupy the new building, will bc welcomed. NEW MILL PERFECTED FOR ISOLATED MINES J. D. Barlow has returned from his trip to Oakland, where he was looking into the question of getting a mill for his mining property in Fondeway canyon, east of Stillwater, says the Fallon IDaglc. He 13 very much taken with a ten stamp mill made by a company at Oak land and If his plans arc carried out he will probably have one of these mills Installed In the early summer. Tho mill only costs about $2000 complete and Is guaranteed to crush fifteen tons of ore per day. It is especially adapted for the man of limited means in a country like Churchill county. It only weights about '2S00 pounds complete and can bc oper ated by a four-horsepower gasoline en gine and will work orc at a profit that rates from $7 to $S a ton, A very small quantity of water is required. The ore is first put through the roll ers and then passed down to the stamps and over the plates. The concentrates can b0 saved, and thus the various grades of ore can bc milled. The largest pieces of the machinery only weighs 400 pounds, so the mill can be casilv handled in a rough mountain country. ELKO PRINCE SEEN BY NATIONAL TALENT Gordon Campbell and Frank Ro bcr returned yesterday from a trip to Gold Circle, which they made In the former's auto. They inspected various properties, among them the 15lko Prince, and corroborate the recently publluhod reports of lis wonderful showing and proved oro bodies, which entltlo it to rank as one of the biggest mines In the stale. National Miner. A Cold, La Gnppe, Then Pneumonia, is too often the fatal sequence. La Grippe coughs hang on, weaken the system, nnd lower the vital resistance. R. 0. Collins, Postmaster, Barnca.l, N. J., says: "I was troubled with a severe La Grippe cough which com pletely exhausted me. Foley '3 Honey and Tar Compound soon stopped the coughing spells entirely. Tt can't be beat." Schramm-Johnson, Drugs, "The Nevcr-Sllbstitutor,,, Five (5) Good Stores. (Advertisement.) STOCKS, BONDS, GRAINS, PROVISIONS. COTTON. James A. Pollock & Co. BANKERS AND BROKERS, 169 South Main Streot (Herald Bide.) Salt Lake City. ' Direct Private Wires to all Markets. Duplex System One Relay to New York and Boston. Correspondents Members all Exchanges. Stocks Carried on Liberal Margins. Spe cialists In Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph. WALKER BROTHERS DRY GOODS COMPANY, A CORPORATION. Notice of Special Stockholders' Meeting. Notice Is hereby given that upon Sat urday the 22nd day of March. 1313, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon of said dav the oflico of "Walker Brothers Drv Ooorii company, a coiporation, No. t M"reanMi block, corner of Third South and Main streets, in Salt Lake City. Utah thirl will be a special meeting of thcholdcr' of the common capital stock of said cor. poration. for the purpose of considering a proposition to Increase tho common JoOp.000, by amending article 5 of th articles of Incorporation so as to provldu for sucii increase. "wvluo (Signed) J. n. WALKER. C11AS. A. WALKKH, Socrct?ry.SWcnt" And also as the holdora of more than one-third of the common capital stock of Bald corporation. 0304 DIVIDEND NO. 2. Eagle & Bluo Bell Mining company mines located in Tlntic mining district Utah. Notice is hereby Kivcn to the stock holders of the Eagle & Blue Bell Mining company, a Utah corporation, that divi dend No. 2. of five cents per share has been declared by the board of directors upon the outstanding capital stock of the Eagle & . Blue Bell Mining company payable April 1. 1313. to stockholders of record March , 1013. Transfer books cIoho March 2o 1913. at noon. Stock holders who hold certificates under origi nal capitalization are requested to ex change their cortitlcates for proper cer tincatca made necessary hy amendments to tho articlea of Incorporation adopted by the etockholdera ami in force JAMES P GRAVES SYDNEY S. MlSSte1- J Dated, March 4, 1013. Trcaaurer. j THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE! Booklovers1 Oeifisf liJ STARTS AMRCH 23 I FIRST PRIZE Studebaker 20 h. p. 5-Passenger Touring Car., t.fl SECOND PRIZE Apollo Player-Piano '..9 THIRD PRIZE Cecilian Player. . W OTHER PRIZES amounting to Totaling. . $Sfl HERE IS OBJECT LESSON (No. 1) W THE TRIBUNE'S GREAT I j I $5060 BooRlovers' Contest h u (Picture No . Date j- I WHAT BOOK DOES THIS PICTURE REPRESENT? I Write title and name of author in form below. g HI 'jL'xtlG '.ir? . . ?; H H ixtjll03r r r flj I Your Name. . ....... . . I I Street; and Number J I City or Town :... . . .-. . . .-, j 1 Total number of pictures. 77. Contest begins March 23, 1913. Each day U a different picture appears In this space. Cut them out. Save them until I the last picture appears on May 10. Don't send in partial lists. Walt until you have all the answers to the 77th. Read Rules, Dally Story and Special i m Announcements In another part of this paper. It will help you win a prize. ' 1 Extra pictures and coupons of any date that have appeared may be had at 5c. ' Enter today without renlstcrlnn your name. Merely save pictures and cou- ' ffl pons as they appear. B HERE ARE THE RULES CUT THEM OUT SAVE FOR FUTURE USE Tho contest is open to residents of uno office, addressed "BOOKLOVKRS ' Utah, Idaho. Nevada and Wyoming. CONTEST EDITOR." Prizes -iv il 1 bc Tribune and Telegram employees and awarded contestants sendiug the larp; membcrs of their families are barred, est number of correct solutions. Jn Daily for seventy-soven days will bc tho event of two or nioro persons hav published in Tho Tribune a picture rep- ing the eamo numbor of correct solu rcscnting the title of a book, one each tions, tho person, using the small miin day. Beneath tho picturo will bo a cou- ber of extra coupons on Iho set of an pon to fill in with the name of the book swers will bo declared the winner. In and the author, together with the name the event of two or more persons hav and address of the entrant. ing the samo numbor of correct solutions, and using tho same nnnvbor of coupons, Out out tbo picturo and coupon, fill- an equal interest in the prizes tied for ing in tho book title and author's namo, 'will bo given to each of tho tying-eon-writing vour name and address neatly tants, or the persons involved in the , ., , 'tie may choose any one of tho lesser and plainly in the place provided. prizes. No restrictions are plnced on tho man: MorQ than 0QC prizc win nQt bc nor in which answors to pictures are se- awarded to any one farnil', but each cured. Each picturo represents tho titlo mornbor 0f tho family may enter the of one book only. Tf you are not cer- "t!Liuil!?iLCOm-p,-Bte SOi' nly . . . .. J , . ono complete set (comprising not more tain of your solution you may send in than ten answors to any one picture), one to ten answors to tho picture. 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Answers will not bo ac- IS n.?,d, C?n known citi; , , , zens wnoso names will bo annoiiiicid ceptcd unless they aro properly filled out later. announcut on the coupons appearing bcricath each , picture. It iB necessary that pictures be piSfW'aSiVh aVcru sent in with tho answors m order that company or bauk previous to the close all answers may be uniform. of the contest. When you have all seventy-seven an- Entry to the contest may be made at swers, fasten them together and bring fuy time- A1' communications or let- them or mail them in a neat flat pack- 2 Books' age not folded or rolled to The Trib- Contest Editor, Tho Salt LakTrilnujo. The Salt Lake Tribune is now having printed a list of 5000 book titles from which will be selected the 77 titles that the 77 pictures will be drawn to represent. This catalogue will be offered to the public shortly. First Pietyre Will Appear March 23 the BooKlcV'ong., 'g,nS ScVg!?,,?'' COfUe0t are "Planted by good shreJisM ls. f SamPle or the JM pictures that will n!9 in tlic Boolclovoiv (jH Wc are nsing it a H ject lesson to show to solve the actual J pictures when fhCTK Panted. Contest jJM o. 1 will appear MarefcM You don't have io iB anything about bookS win a prize, for the pictS will represent ONbYH titles of books. Tlic jE lures will have nothJH do with the contenU'M - E This picture repiBf I he book title "UB Tom's Oabin,' by HarB Beccher Stowc. JE Isn't the picture clear plain? .Doesn't it fitlH title like the glove fits IjK Every picture in lhriB testthere will be 77 inK will bc just as plain You don't have .to HE scribe. You don't harf solicit or canvass. Simply solve each picjtjE as it appears each this newspaper. SAFliUARDIH the mmm Three or Salt I4K most )rominent men iK judge this BooUotmH The judges in The tine's great .$5060 BRJ lovers' contest will bejjL nounccd later on in SB Li other cities the jo4fl in tho Booklovers' C0Hk were Governors of K Judges of tho SupriKf Courts, Mayors of postmasters, memberB tB clergy, priests, etc. The judges in Tho fK tine's contest will be of absolute integrity the highest standing. V Some time before of the contest the coafc list of 77 hook titles AT tTie names of authors Kj, be deposited in a local.B under the direction vBft publisher of this PaPerR the three judges. jKfc The list of correct tM ill not bc withdraw jT all sets of answers baveBp received and cntorcd The system that used will make it P'BS for an error to oiSR dozen safeguards JK thrown around the cbJBj of the sets and thejM will be invited to the checking. ,Bw The 77 titles as JJBg during the contest known only to the VWffi and the reputation 0IM newspaper stands jMflj nntee to all 'I,lcsf5Mi an absolutely rir nnS partial awaruMn