The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-28

lGoldtlelG, Nevada, Sept. 81 to Oct. 2
1913. y program is being arranged
which will include discussion of va
rious matters pertaining to the vel
rare and progress of the mining in
dustry, the aim being to give greater
opportunity for practical discussion
and consume less time in the reading
Of technical papers.
During the past year the Congress
has had several committees at work
conducting Investigations. report OF
which will be made to this session
These reports will be open for discus,
sion, and the committees reporting are
as follows:
| Committee on Vertical Side-Line
Law:
| BY Geo w. Ritter, Salt Lake City,
Utah. Chairman.
| Committee on Coal Tax Insurance
Fund:
By Samuel A. Taylor, Pittsburg, Pa
Chairman.
Committee on General Revision of
Mining Laws:
By Walter R. ingalls,, New York
City, Chairman.
Electrical Equipment:
BY Dr. Edward b. Rosa, Washing
ton D. c.. Chairman.
Committee on Prevention of Mine
Accidents:
| By II. Foster Balm, San Francisco,
Calf, Chairman.
Committee on National Forest Ser,
vice.
BY Col A. G. Brownlee, Denver.
Colo, Chairman.
Committee on Alaskan Mining
Laws:
BY ]. L. Steele, handbook, Alaska,
Chairman.
| The silver question will be dis
cussed with a view to devising means
Of bringing about greater use of sill
YER, and decreasing the rate of ex-
| change between the United States
and countries using a silver standard.
Sir Moreton Frewen, of London, Eng
land; James j. Hill and John Hays
Hammond have been invited to speak
on this subject. This phase of the
question is different from the free sill
yer doctrine of few years ago, and
becomes an important issue at this
time, by reason of the fact that Amer
lean manufactured products are in
great peril of being excluded from the
silver-using countries of the Orient
and South America because of the
high rate of exchange. An adjust
ment of the silver question, there
fore, becomes imperative, else these
very desirable markets will be closed
to American industries.
GOldfield citizens are making elabo
rate arrangements for showing the
district to the delegates, and the
State Of Nevada has appropriated s.,
10000 to pay the expense of collect
display of the states minerals, which
is being installed at Goldfield.
The Congress will consist of thu
regular members of REORGANIZATION
and all duly appointed delegates, wh'
have equal powers in all the deliber
ations of the open body.
w. H. Blair, of the Idaho Spring!
Hardware company, returned Sunda.
from a three weeks trip to the nortl
west, and if he missed any sights o
that new empire he doesn't know it
He visited Butte, Spokane, Bellinghar
and many other points but spent th
most of the time at the Seattle ex
position. He made it point to SCI
the people who have left this section
to seek their fortunes in the north
west, and reports that all of them ar
evidently prosperous. Mr.. Blair i
not stranger to the localities whicl
he visited, having spent some TIM
there, but says he could not help bu
prosperity in that section, and from
inquiry as to the resources he wa
convinced that the good times viii
continue
Thomas G. Mallalieu, who ha
been connected with the Ordinance
bureau of the War Department dur
ing the past nine years has beer
transferred to the Post Office De
partment in Washington, D. c. ant
ton in the office of the First Assis
tant Postmaster General. He spen
several vacations in this city with hi
relatives.
E. J. Dies, the newsdealer, spen
tho unnaf NJ 1o urifh friends IL