The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-05
VISIT OF DELEGATES
. TO MINING CONGRESS
WAS A HAPPY EVENT
WE'RE ROYALTY ENTERTAINED
AT KELLOGG AND WALLACE
60 AWAY HAPPY
Side Trip Was Filled With Pleasure
and Profitable Sight Seeing, With
Amusement Of CommendabIe Char
acter Furnished for All.

Beyond doubt the visit of the dele
gates to the American Mining congress
and their ladies, made last Saturday
after the congress bad closed at Spo-
kane was an occasion filed with
pleasure for all of them and will be
recalled with pleasure Tor years to
come. II is equally true that benefit
will accrue to the Coeur d'Alenes for
the visitors saw many things they did
not know existed, or of which they
had limited, secondhand knowledge.
The enterprising people of the Occur
dAlcnes. the mining men and others
who helped in the reception and. en-
tcrtainment of the guests. have moth
ing to regret in the way they did their
duties as hosts and all are entitled to
praise.
The stop at Kellogg was made in
the afternoon and here the visitors
were given an opportunity to see the
great mine and mill and were shown
every courtesy and consideration by
the Kellogg and Wardner people
Amusements were provided which
really amused and entertained the big
party and they arrived at Wallace in
the evening with appetites whetted
for more of the same kind Of enter
tainment.
They were not disappointed. A
royal welcome awaited them here and
they were made to feel at home by
the sincere hospitality that everybody
was anxious to extend. A committee
Of young ladies', chaperoned by Mrs.
Margaret Mallon, went to Kellogg on
the afternoon train and distributed to
the delegates and ladies programs Of
the entertainment planned for Sat-
urday night and Sunday Each of the
visitors was also given badge guar
Of the city while here. The Wallace
girls who represented the city in pre-
senting the programs and badges were
Miss Lucille Mahoney, Miss Anita Nc
Carthy, Miss Jessie McGrath, Miss
Buelah McClelland. Miss Ethel Roach,
Miss Marie Mallon, Miss Mary Beale,
Miss Muric Brien and Miss Maude
Schunk
At o'clock the stores were closed.
and the Wallace people in large num-
bers joined the visitors in having
good time in Eagles hall. Here the
environments were typical of the west
ern mining camp rendezvous. The
hall contained lunch counter, all the
gambling paraphernalia that ever
graced frontier hail. a moot court
where prominent Spokane citizens
faced a severe Judge and were tried
for patronizing the Spokane Dig
gins" and other enjoyable and much
enjoyed features. Each guest upon
entering was presented with pack
age containing a thousand dollars in
crisp. new bills, good for anything in
the house 1t went" at the gambling
tables. where one of the lady visitors
Is said to have won $115,000. II went"
at the lunch counter and lot of it
went" at the counter in the lobby.
Sunday the special trains were taken
to The mines IN the canyon anI at
Mullan, where every opportunity was
given the visit to sec the big mines
and mills. AT the Morning boarding
house bountiful dinner was served.
The delegates returned to Wallace late
gret at leaving such hospitable enter
tainers started at o'clock on the re-
turn trip to Spokane.