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The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06

The tunic was short on one side and
long on the other, giving the irregular
line so much in vogue. Formosan
embroidery was used effectively
down the front and for the cuffs. A
surplice-closing vest of fine net was
used under the waist This had a
graduated frill around the neck which
was wired to stand up in the back.
The skirt was plain, tapering in well
toward the ankles. Around the waist
was a crushed girdle finishing at the
side, with a large gilt rose; artificial,
of course
No matter how elaborate the dress
light waist is often preferred to
the one that matches the skirt.
low the bust, for the wide girdles
reach to about there and leave
scarcely room for ANYTHING but the
yoke and sleeves. Quite few waists
are seen in the shops made especially
for these dresses. Some are worn
over light-colored chiffon waists,
giving an air of alluring daintiness.
The surplice effect is very smart,
and is used great deal where the
body and sleeves are cut in one. 1t
is a very becoming style to most
women, as a V-shaped neck is not so
harsh as either round or square
neck.
Short jackets in bolero and Eton eff
fects are to be seen in silk as well
as in other materials. Figure 2 is
dress l admired very much at a
tango tea, which reminds me that
tango teas are one of the latest modes
of amusement for the dancing-mad
public, for tango tea menas
tea with dancing" a
To get back to fashions. The lit
tie dress 1 speak Of was developed In
printed silk having a gray back
ground with roses scattered over 1t.
The little bolero jacket has smart
Japanese collar. and was charming
FASHION LETTER-Coniinued
in it's unadorned beauty. The tilt of
the jacket gave the popular pulled-up
effect which is so stylish. The skirt
was very plain, having the closing
directly in the front. With this was
worn a surplice crepe de Chine
blouse. A net yoke, following the
line of the surplice V at the neck just
peeped out above the silk. A girdle
of silk encircled the waist, ending
with a fiat bow across the front.
Worn with this dress was a string of
jade beads. Such accessories are
beautiful and give a finishing touch
to the toilet, but it is not every one
who grasps the psychology of know
ing when and where such a touch is
required
The fashion of wearing artificial
flowers is still very popular. The
single flower seems to hold the pref
erence over the punches that were
worn a year ago. Even children are
hardly thought completely dressed
without their artificial flower placed
on the muff.
The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06

Any time girl goes to the front
door in an old kimono and her own
complexion when young man
calls, 1t Is a sign that the young man
is as popular as a twelve-ounce bot
tie of Caster Oil, as far as she is con-
cerned. 'R
The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION CURED

Five years ago had the worst
case of chronic constipation ever
knew of, and Chamberlain's Tablets
cured me-" writes w. S. Fish, Brook
lyn, Mich. For sale by all dealers.
LIan1 (adv)
The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06

Short Boleros
l saw a most attractive water lily,
with long looped-up stem, having
it wherever they could find a conve-
nient resting-place, looking like dew
drops One little shop makes speci-
atty of these flowers, that are so per-
feet and the oror so tantalizingly
natural that they are termed pre-
served flowers" ~
While we have become more nat
ural in our figures than heretofore,
we have added few lesser artificial
tiles to our list. One is powdered
hair which is quite smartest thing
for dress occasions, and with that
goes the patches of Colonial days
But while the strait-laced among us
may deprecate these vanities, are
they not far less barbarous than the
tight corsets of former years?
The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06

What has become of the old-fash-
ioned tight wad who used to keep
mis- change in a leather bag with a
shoe lace tied around the top of it?
The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06

A fifteen-year-old girl understands
men better than fifty-year-oid man
understands women.
The Bourbon news., 1914-01-06

Some men are so dog gone un-
grateful that they don't even thank
YOU for worrying over their business.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
SOAP NINE.
Nevada Has New Claim to Distinction
in Mineral Resources.

While prospecting in the mountains
south of Elko last summer a man
found deposit of a peculiar nature
and, his curiosity being aroused, he
sent some of II to a chemist for analy-
sis. says the Free Press. The chemist
called the attention Of some of his
friends to the peculiar properties Of
the stuff. 1t contains in a great meas
ure all the ingredients Of soap, and l.
usually known as natural soap" II
was taken up by some of the eastern
people who are users of large quanti-
ties of soap and just the other day q
shipment was made to an eastern city
in order to test out the quality of the
stuff. The claim Is that by adding the
chemicals that are lacking fair quail
ity Of soap can be made at very low
cost. and, while 1t can not be used for
toilet purposes. there is a big demand
for this cheap soap. which will do the
work as well as the more expensive
kind. If the experiment proves sue
cess the deposit will be mined and
brought to Elko for shipment east.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
DESTROYING POLITICAL PARTIES
(Blackfoot Republican,

The prediction Of the late Senator
Hepburn that the adoption of the dt-
rect primary in Idaho would bring
about the destruction Of political par
ties, is daily coming to be more APP
parent as the truth. In eliminating
the political boss and the machine rule
Of the convention, we have received IN
exchange, the loss of leadership of the
strong men, capable of organizing men
into working forces that represent the
best talent that can be assembled. We
have received a condition that drives
men out of politics or compels them to
go it alone, and in that step we place
the cheeky, self seeking pretender on
a level with the man of real and rec
ognized ability, in securing nomina-
lions for office. The man of ability
and modesty, who would be nominat-
ed under the convention plan Is easily
beaten under the direct primary by the
brazen pretender. He will push him
self to the front to the disgust of the
worthy ones and they get out of the
government business until conditions
become so bad that a popular call
brings them into action.
When a popular call seeks to assert
itself the chances are that the weaker
party will mass its voting strength
al ainst him in the nomination by reg
istering as a member of the party they
want to defeat and voting to nomin-
ate the opponent of the man of ability
and then beat the weak man at the
polls and elect a member of the weaker
party. 1t would not matter which party
is in power the tendency is to defeat
them for the weaker one. Disintegra-
ton of parties is the certain results
and handing the reins Of government
to untried hands insures the greatest
risk and the greatest encoura cement
for scoundres to run for office.
A possible remedy under the present
law is for parties desiring to nominate
good men to meet in convention and
adopt platform and nominate a ticket
subject to the approval of the voters
at the primary. The law might be
so that one election shall
serve instead of two as at present, and
the voting show preference among
giving the election to those
receiving the highest votes in the
lists.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
people seems to be lost - view.

people seems to be lost . view.
Idaho Is young state, rapidly in
crasing in population. and 1t is the
natural order that each legislature
should find 1t necessary to make in
creased appropriations over the pre-
ceedinS one for the administration OF
the state government. AS the popula
ton increases the demands upon our
state institutions increase in the same
proportion and increased appropria-
lions must be made to meet the addi-
tional requirements. This must neces-
sarily place a heavier burden upon the
taxpayers until such time as the new
population bears its share of the bur-
den Of taxation This is a constructive
period through which all older states
have passed.
Then there are adjuncts to the state
government which become necessary
With the growth of the state and which
make an additional drain on the pub
lie treasury but which confer a CON-
pensating benefit upon the people. An
example Of. these is the public utilities
commission. This was created by the
last legislature in response to the de-
mand OF the people as expressed
through the platforms of every politi-
cal party in the state. This commits
sion entails an expense of about $40, :
600 per year which is paid by tax
upon the people, but no one can DENY
that the people are receiving a direct
benefit from it's work far in excess Of
that amount. The workmens compen-
sation bill which will probably be
passed by the next legislature, will al
so carry with it considerable expense
to the state and add to the burden Of
taxation but in view of the benefits to
follow its enactment, It has the APP
proval of the people of the state.
The same conditions prevail in the
counties. The people vote for special
road improvements, new roads, new
school houses and many other things
which must be paid by taxation, and
then protest when the levies are made.
The fact is that as a rule the tax rate
simply represents the necessities of a
condition which has been created by u
vote or the people. Occasionally the
money of the people Is squandered by
public officers, and often bills for pub
lie service are allowed without suffi-
cient scrutiny. but these cut Il small
figure In the big question of taxation
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
FACING BOTH WAYS.
(Oregonianl

When delegation OF women who
work in factories asked President VIII.
son to assist the cause Of woman suf-
frage, he "regretfully told them" says
an Associated Press dispatch, that he
could not urge anything on congress
which had not received the organic
consideration Of the democratic party"
The democratic platform says:
I'VE favor the exemption from tolls
of American ships engaged in coast
wise trade passing throhYh the Pan
anna canal"
A Washington dispatch of the AS
ISOLATED Press, published in the Ore
CONAN of February s. begins.
President Wilson announced today
that he would endeavor to have repeal
ed at the present session Of congress
that provision of the Panama canal
act which exempts American coastwise
ships from the payment of tolls
The platform is an insuperable oh
stacle to the presidents doing what he
does not wish to do, but 1t is no OBJ
stacle at all to his doing that which
he wishes to do.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
STRIKES AND COMPULSORY AR
BITRATiON.
mining and Scientific Press


Strikes seem still to occur, how
ever much the laws be tinkered, and
experience still holds first place as
schoolmaster. The general strike IN
New Zealand, called three months ago,
has now been declared off and the
thousands Of miners and union men
who responded to the exhortations of
the labor agitators have returned to
work with nothing gained save an ex-
perience, which may or may not prove
profitable in the future. 1t will be re-
called that the New Zealand parlia-
ment has enacted law for the COM
pulsory arbitration of labor disputes.
hut this proved futile in the present
instance, and settlement has only been
brought about through pressure by law
abiding citizens who refused to allow
the strikers to interfere with those who
desired to work. The situation Is sim
liar to that in the Lake Superior cop
per region where present indications
point to a like solution The recent
government investigation in the latter
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
PETITION OF PROPERTY OWNERS
IGNORED.

Having created the paving district in
defiance of the wishes of the property
owners of the city, the city council fol-
lows up its high handed action by re-
fusing to give the people who must pay
for 1t a chance to select the kind of
paving to be used and to consider the
price to be paid for it. BY fixing an
arbitrary limit of $40 per yard it is
the opinion of many property owners
concerned that they win be compelled
to accept class of paving that may
prove inferior, and inasmuch as they
are the ones who must pay the bill. 1t
would be merely matter of fairness
on the part of the council to permit
them to select the material and agree
on the price. Considerations of this
kind, however, do not appear to APP
peal to the majority, for the petition
WOO piusiiSu dsiue With lltlle cere-
mony. The action of the majority is
the more remarkable from the fact
that only one member has property
by the paving District.
Eighty per cent of the property in
cluded in the first paving distric; WAS
represented on the petition asking for
this concession And yet it is recalled
that Mayor Taylor stated few days
before election that in case he and the
citizens ticket were elected, paving
would not be forced upon the people II
there was pronounced opposition to 4. |
Well, there seems to be pronounced I
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12

The agricultural bill which Just pass
ed the senate provides for liberal APP
preparation for agricultural colleges Of
the country to be used under certain
conditions Tor demonstration work.
Senator Jones of Washington, offered
an amendment which would give the
negro agricultural colleges Of the south
the control Of this fund the same as
the white colleges. Southern senator's
TN Of Virginia, and Smith of Georgia,
in Of Virginia, and Smith of Georgia,
were on their feet at once in OPPOSE
ton to the amendment and ridiculed
Senator Jones' lack of knowledge of the
negro question in proposing such a
plan The amendment was showed
under by democratic votes, After read
ing the report of the incident, an in
telligent negro of this city remarked
that such acts Of injustice as this made
it impossible for him to understand
how any man Of his race could vote
the democratic ticket And no one else
can understand 1t.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
pRosPEcroR AND GOVERNMENT
Or. A. f. Penrose. Jr.)

Or. A. F. Penrose, Jr.)
1t was the encouragement given by
our government to the honest effort of
individuals. that originally developed
and fostered the mining industry Of
the west. If we attempt to interfere
with this by too many restrictions, I
think we will find that prospecting
and the development of mines viii
lose much Of their old activity ! be-
lieve that the federal and state gov
ernments can do much good for the
miner in making geological surveys
and Typographical maps, but I do not
think that they ought to exercise too
much paternalism over the individual
who Is legitimately trying to succeed
by his own efforts. l do not believe
that the western miner wants to be
ratronized in this manner Give him
his freedom of action in his honest eff
forts and he will generally make good
without having to be taken care Of
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
Three Great Keynote" Speeches

speech. Theodore Parker also used 1t
/ in the sos.
But Lincoln clothed the idea in a
fashion that the whole world can re-
member, just as Jefferson, taking the
hackneyed phrases, put them in the
Declaration of independence in such a
form that they have all the force and
power of new principle.
Three Keynote Speeches.
Lincoln was not making his speech
for even the concourse at Gettysburr
and people had gone from Phlladel-
phia to witness the ceremonies-but
he was sounding what we should call
a keynote for the nation then in the
midst of great war
only two other American KEYNOTE.
speeches can be compared with tho
one spoken by Lincoln so years ago
TINS afternoon. One was Patric,x
Henrys liberty or death masterpiece
and the other Webster's liberty and
union reply to Hayne.
Both OF them were typically kew.
note speeches, for each crystallized .
nation wide sentiment
And these three are not on,v tho
greatest, but very rightly the most
celebrated speeches ever spoken nm
the American continent"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
TAXES AND THE PEOPLE.


The matter of taxes in Idaho seems
to be the favorite theme for editorial
writer's throughout the state, the con-
tention in most cases being that taxes
are too high and that policy Of rigid
retrenchment is absolutely necessary.
Singularly enough the burden of the
blame for high taxes is placed upon
the Office holders who are charged
with reckless extravaganza in spend
ing the public funds The fact that as
d rule these officers both state and
county are making expenditures IN ac-
cordance with the expressed will Of the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12

Stories of Lincoln are always inter
esting and in order. All things consid
cred, Lincoln was the grandest char
'acter America has produced. Wha
follows below, from the Philadelphia
Ledger, bears evidence of being corrcc
history as to the production of hi.
great speech on the Gettysburg bat.
tlefield:
"a little over so years ago-a
bright, sunlit afternoon--there was
delivered what has become much the
mostly widely read speech ever spo-
ken In the English language. 1t was
Abraham Lincolns' address on the bat
tlefield at Gettysburg.
1T required only two or three min
! utes for President Lincoln to speak his
! Immortal words. His address had
been Immediately preceded by a two
hour speech of United States Senator
Edward Everett of Massachusetts.
Two Minutes-Two Hours.
After they had returned to Wash =.
lington, Everett wrote a letter to Lin.
coin, in which he said: II should be
glad if | could flatter myself that I
came so near the central idea of the
occasion in two hours as you did in
two minutes"
but the almost universal testimony
of those who heard Lincolns speech
Hay. his secretaries and biographers-
was that the immediate effect upon the
audience was not anything like so
great as we should suppose.
Popular Error Corrected.
Lincoln did not write his marvel
Gus address on the back of an envelono
on the railroad train. Mr.. Nicolav
proves by authentic documents-and
he was then saving everything for the
great biagrophy of his master-that
about half the address was written in
washington on November II, and III,
balance in Judge Wills house at Get.
tysburg during the evening of Novem-
Der Is. after arriving there from Wash
ington, and on the morning of the 18Th
There was no writing on the train
At that time there were no exclusive
drawing room cars for even the presi.
dent of the United States, and Lin
coin travelled in an ordinary car sur.
rounded by the party going up 70
Gettysburg for the dedication of tho
national monument
An Old Idea Clothed in New Fasb;or
England realized the greatness NJ
me speech more quickly than did
Americans. The Edinburgh Review
md the London Spectator pronounced
I a masterpiece and compared II with
some Of the gems of Pericles. Indeed
he Review said no other grafton cop,a
'e compared with Lincon's.
THE concluding part The gover,-
nent Of the people. by the people and
or the people shall not perish Yro,
he earth was not thought or,gina,
With Lincoln. The same idea 10 IN
Vebster's reply to Hayne. 1t also an.
'eared In an old school reader Ave
ears before webstre's immorts,,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12

case seems to have resulted In nothing
more tangible than a report that some
of the smaller companies were opera.-
ing at a loss, while the Calumet K
Hecla company has made extremely
large profits" The conciliators' report
has been rejected by the operators on.
the ground that they will have no
dealing with the Western ederation of
Miners, nor would they have any Of its
members In their employ
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
WAGES IN JOPLIN.

Labor conditions in the Joplin dis
trict, Missouri, are exceptional, and
the work accomplished per man Is
very high. Miners work hours and
millinen 10 hours, and wages average
s272 70 $40 per day, respectively. At
81 mines, 1877 men average SIT tons
per man per day. including all depart
ments, at cost of 46s cents per ton
mined.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-12
EXPANSION OF MINING IN THE
COEUR D'ALENES.

Thirty years ago from every point
OF the compass hordes Of gold seekers
were rushing to Prichard creek over
newly made trails, and the thousands
Of restless souls who remained In the
new Eldorado, or in disappointment
early abandoned the new diggings, IT.
tie dreamed of the real significance OF
that mad rush for gold. 1t was the
quest for gold that led to the disccv-
cry of the great lead-silver deposits on
the South Fork, the development Of
which has surpassed the expectations
of the early miners creating an indus
try which continues to expand with
each succeeding year
From strictly gold district, 1t re-
quired only few years to demon
strate that gold must occupy a minor
position as compared to lead with sill
Yer as a by-product The district rap
idly advanced as a producer of lead,
and its future seemed bound up in the
success of future exploitation of the
great deposits of that metal And IL
has not been disappointing In that re-
spect, for over a third of the lead pro-
duced in the United States comes from
this district and there is more ore in
sight today than ever before.
Years passed ON and then there was
heard reports Of copper finds in this
same district which first appeared on
the map as a gold camp, then lead. The
'tireless prospector soon opened up
great veins of copper bearing ore end
before one hardly realized the fact
copper mine was shipping ore and 9TH
ers were in process of development. To-
day copper Is a big and growing factor
in the industry of the district.
But the expansion did not stop with
copper. II does not require an old
timer to recall when it was a common
thing to hear that the ore of certain
lead-silver mines carried so much zinc
that It was heavily penalized by the
smelters. or that the percentage of
zinc had become so great that it could
no longer be probably mined. But
such remarks are no longer heard. and
zinc. instead of being a handicap to
mining, has become one Of the big re-
sources OF the district. The zinc that
formerly penalized lead is now separ-
ated and saved by new processes, and
what once cut down the profits of min
ing now adds to them. But this is on
~ the small end of the zinc mining in
dustry. Great bodies of zinc ore have
been uncovered and the district now
boasts of zinc mines as well as those !
of copper, lead and gold, and the fut-
ure of zine mining in the Occur
d'Alenes places it on the same level (
with lead.
Starting with gold 80 years ago, the |
Occur d'Alene 2district has reached the
first place as a lead producer and has
enough ore in sight to maintain that
position for many years, while copper
Ind zinc promise to rival lead before
many years elapse.
Gold. lead-silver, copper and zinc
where is the district that can compare
With the Occur d'Alene in diversity Of
mineral resources, In record of pro-
luction and profits, or in long life,
,ased upon known ore reserves?