Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-10
1nformation's Devious Ways.

p. ID. mtchcI anu L Ieu lISklIl, Lie
newly appointed commissioners in
charge of the Stites-Elk City wagon
road, met in c. M. Buffers Office on
Thursday of this week and discussed
plans for work. A telephone message
was sent to the state engineer at Boise
asking him to meet with them here at
the earliest possible date to perfect the
plans and arrange to start construction
work at once. The commissioners an
nounced themselves ready to begin
operations as soon as the money sub
scribed by the citizens to meet the
states appropriation, is deposited in
some bank. There is now deficit of
only about 5000. Sites citizens sub
scribed $500 and this money is ready at
any time. Considering the fact that
we have no big mining companies do
nations or other outside funds to make
up this list, but that every cent of the
amount was given by the business men
of the town, Sites has done all or more
than her share. If Elk City and the
intervening communities would come
through accordingly the amount would
soon be Forthcoming. The Elk City
committee, which began soliciting funds
so vigorously, have apparently lost
some of their enthusiasm and are rest
ing on their oars. A we'll known min
ing man of Elk City, manager of one of
the best known properties there, while
here this week subscribed $50 toward
the new road. To Herald reporter he
said: 1.-THE Elk City committee has
never asked US for any donation or COM
municated with us in any way, or we
should have done this before. There
are several other mines in the district,
to my personal knowledge, who have
never been approached on the subject
by the committed. Sites Herald
The writer, for himself, and for the
other members of the road committee,
all of whom are business men of Elk
City, pleads innocence to all the false
charges and vicious insinuations made
by the Sites paper, and its informant,
and since the brother has been Gin
formed by q well known mining
man., +" we will improve this opportunity
to enlighten his understanding on the
matter First of all, congratulation
and thanks are due the citizens of Sites
for the handsome donation they made
for the road, the amount ranking second
to the subscription made by the
business men of Elk City. If every in
dividual, corporation and town, had con-
tributed proportionately and as promptly
as Sites did, the improvement would
now be under way. 1t is the hope that
the contribution made by our neighbor
will prove an investment that will re-
turn many fold.
The criticism of the committee s work,
made from the Information" received
from the well known mining man," is
severe, unjust and would not, we be-
lieve, have been made, had the editor
of the Herald known the truth of the
matter. No mining companies were
sighted by the committee, at least not
Intentionally. Directly after the COM
mittee was formed, it began to meet
and formulate plans to raise the sum OF
money the special act of the Legislature
required At the first few meetings,
which were almost nightly, list OF
the companies operating in this and adj
joining districts was made up. In max
ing up the list some of the companies,
doubtless, were overlooked. Something
like $50 companies were communicated
with. The address of others were moi
known, or else the well known mining
men, at their head were so transitory
that their place of residence could moi
be followed. Some of the mining com
panies, few, were so ''well known
by the committee that it was in the in.
terest of economy and the dignity Of
the undertaking that it was decided best
not to write to them. On the success