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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-12
NOW.
once a week

Today in almost every town and city
residence from once to 10 times daily
except Sunday by an army of 10000
letter carriers and another army of
nearly $4,000 rural carriers serves the
country communities from Florida to
Canada and from Maine to California.
An army of more than $4,000 men are
employed by more than 5000 postof
fees to serve the American people and
with the exception of its hamlets and
small villages where every resident is
convenient to the postoffice, everybody
receives his mail by free delivery. In
1897 the rural free delivery was estab-
lished with A routes. For a year or
two it was purely an experiment for
the expenses were far in excess of the
receipts and even today rural free de-
livery does not pay the postofiice de-
partment but it has become such an
absolute necessity to the farmer that
he has compelled the government to
make it permanent and the whole
country Is we'll satisfied to be taxed
for the deficit. For rural free delivery
has not only increased the attractive
ness of rural life but it has greatly
augmented the business Of the country
with the city and contributed to thu
general prosperity.
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AMERICAN GEM PRODUCTION.

The gem industry of the United
States in 1918 was marked by fair
ly large output of sapphire, real ad-
vance in the work of testing the Ar
kansas diamond field, and a greater
activity in the Nevada opal field. There
was, however, a decrease in the pro-
duction of most of the other gems
mined. The total production was val
ued at $319,454, according to d. b.
Sterrett of the United States geologi-
cal survey The output of sapphire IN
Montana was the largest ever reported
to the survey and the value is estlm-
ated at $238,635, or over $4,000 more
than in 1912. The sapphire consisted
Of both blue and varlcolored gems and
culls for mechanical purposes. In Ar
kansas one diamond washing plant
was in operation about three months
and recovered several hundred dla-
monds and the construction of another
plant was practically completed. Many
new claims were located in Nevada
opal fields, the development of which,
along with those previously opened
resulted in a fairly large output OF
beautiful gems.
The imports of precious stones fol
1918 were valued at $45,431,98 and were
the largest in the history of the In
Gustry.
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THEM.

1t was 20 years ago today that the
free delivery of letters was extended
to all towns in the United States hay
ing 5000 population or over, This
completed the extension of free deliV-
cry of letters paying 10 cents postage
which began on that date. The free
delivery of letters was, however, be-
gun in the larger cities in 1863, during
the civil war 1t was then made neces-
sary by the fact that the people in the
cities crowded the postoffices to hear
from the front. In large cities like
New York, Philadelphia and Boston
the increased mali of war almost
swamped the postoffice department and
made free delivery an absolute neces-
sity. But In 1864 there were only 6S5
letter carriers in all the cities of the
United States. In 1889 when free de-
livery was extended to smaller towns
citizens in towns of $4,000 population
had to send to the postoffice for their
mail. The most urgent letter could
iot NC ISlINSiSu Ny posN q Sih5iC nv
ment ahead of the least important and
a vast majority of the two-thirds of
the population of the country living in
the rural districts had to travel on an
average of rom to 10 miles for mail
and in many of these districts mall
was delivered at the postoffice only
once a week.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-12
IDAHO INDIANS
RECEIVE FORTUNE
UNCLE SAM PAYS MORE TO THE
coEUR D'ALENE TRIBE
FOR LAND.

The distribution of more than $780,
mo the first payment TO the Occur
FAlene Indians of money realized from
the sale and settlement of their reser-
vation lands In 1910 is now being made
nv the bureau of Indian affairs, ac-
cording to M. d. Colgrove, Indian
agent at Tekoa.
There are e12 Indians, old and young,
entitled to participate, and $500 per
canita is now being placed to their
credit In banks. Mr.. Colgrove said
that $4,000 is still in government
nossession because not enough banks
have given surety to entitle them to
receive the funds.
Another similar sum will remain to
he distributed when the last payments
have been made by the settlers. The
work of distributing the present APP
nortionment will not be completed for
several weeks.
Mr.. Colgrove was in Spokane en-
route to Cusick, Wash, and to Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho, to inspect two new
school buildings just completed for
use of the Kalispel and Kootenai In
dams, respectively.
Equipment, books, clothing and food
supplies for the prospective pupils
have been requisitioned and will be
collected as soon as possible Mr. Col
grove said the first terms will prob
ably be begun this year At Cusick
there are ~ Indians of school age-5
to IS years--and at Bonners Ferry 20.
Each school will be presided over by
an instructor and a housekeeper. The
MONDAY meal will be furnished to the
pupils free, as will their clothing and
books.
Mr.. Colgrove said that the new wa
ter system for the agency at Tekoa is
nearly completed and when finished
will have cost about $4,000, while 5000
worth of cement walks have been
made at the agency. The we'll is now
down 3S3 feet and yields IS gallons
per minute but is to be driven to a
depth of 450 feet. A 10000 gallon
concrete reservoir will distribute the
water.
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When but consider the word war
feel a shock, as if one spoke to me OIL
witchcraft, inquisition, some dead ana
distant thing, abominable, monstrous'
unnatural When we hear of the can
nibal we smile with pride and proclaim
our superiority over those saVages'
What are savages--real savages-Who
fight to eat the victims, or those VINO
fight to kill, merely to kill? Ihese
youthful soldiers Of the line speeding
along yonder are destined to death'
just as the flocks of sheep driven along
the roads by the butcher. They are
destined to fall on plain, their heaus
cleft by stroke from sword or thelr
breasts pierced by a bullet. Ana these
are young men who could work. pro-
duce, be useful Their fathers are ola
and poor; their mothers, VINO curing
20 years have loved and worshippeu
them, as mothers can worship, VIII
learn In six months or perhaps year
that the son, the child, the big chllu'
brought up with so much trouble WIFI
SO much money, with so much love
was thrown into a hole like oeao
dog, after his body, riddled by pul.
let, had been trampled and crusheo
into pulp by the charge OF cavalry
Why have they killed her boy he'
noble boy. her only hope, her prloe
her life? She can not tell. Yes, why
War! To fight to slaughter
to massacre menl And today IN oui
times, with our civilization, when W.
imagine that human genius has al
vanced so far in knowledge and 81
high in philosophy, we have schooi
where they learn to kill, to Kill az
distance, with the utmost accuracy
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-12
Guy De Maupassant on War

MANY people at a time, to kill poor
innocent wretches, burdened with
family. And most Supplying of all is
the fact that the people do not rise
M against the governments. What
difference is there then, between mon
arches and republics? The most
stupefying thing is that society does
not revolt in a body at the very word
war Men OF war are the scourges OF
the earth. We fight against nature
ignorance, obstacles of all kinds, 10
make our miserable life less hard Men
-benefactors and learned men-speno
their lives in working and searching
for what might aid, succor and relieve
their brethren. Passionately devoted
IN their useful task, they accumulate
discovery upon discovery, elevate the
human spirit, furthering knowledge
adding daily to the prosperity com
fort and strength of their country
xUor breaks out. In six months gen.
erals have destroyed the efforts, the
patience and the genius OF 2o years
We'll since governments have thus
power of life and death over the peo'
Die, it is not astonishing that the peo'
nile sometimes assume the right OF III
and death over the governments. TheN
defend themselves. They are rlgh'
No one has absolute right to govern
others. One can do it only for tn
welfare of those one directs. Whoeve
governs has just as much power I
avert war as the captain Of ship ma
n save his vessel from shipwrecR
when captain loses his vessel he
condemned IL he Is found to be gullt
of negligence or incapacity. Wn
should governments not be judged al
ter each declaration Of war?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-12
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

When Count Bernstein, German
at Washington, said Can
ada had forfeited her rights under the
Monroe Doctrine, he was probably
right. Canada is In this war with the
mother country and her troops are or
soon will be on the firing line.
So far as Canada is concerned she
has put herself outside the pale. Ger
many has an entire right as between
them to attack her and Canada knows
this. She has not left herself entirely
'defenseless nor has she asked this
country for protection.
Count Bernstorff added that OF
course Germany had no intention o.
attacking Canada and doubtless this
is true. But he might have known BY
merely reading Monroe's words thai
this doctrine was not announced K
protect Canada or any other American
territory.
1t was to protect the United States
from undesired neighbors. 1t Is fol-
the United States to say under tina
doctrine, if any European country
shall attack any government on this
side of the oceans and for the United
States alone SO far as this doctrine l.
concerned.
One thing may be taken as certain
that none of the combatants will lanC
any troops on American soil or BON
bard any American city without tn,
risk of violating United States neu
trality as this nation regards this sit
uation.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-12
PINE OILS FOR FLoTATloN.

Engineering & Mining JournaD
In view of the increasing use of pine
distillates In the flotation process, 1t is
of interest to know something about
the methods of manufacture and the
characteristics of the various products.
The raw materials are the resinous
woods of the south Atlantic and gulf
loblolly and Cuban
pines. For the purposes Of manufact-
ure the dead and fallen timber gener-
ally known as lightwood is used. The
bark and outer wood have usually rot
ted away before the timber is gather
ed. There are two general processes of
manufacture:
l. The steam and solvent process
from which are obtained turpentine,
pine oil, rosin, and spent wood which
is suitable for paper pulp or may be
burned under the boilers.
2. Destructive distillation process,
he products Of which are turpentine,
Dine oil, pine tar oils, pine creosote
ills. pine tar, charcoal and uncon-
densed gases which may be utilized
FOR heating the retorts.
In the steam and-solvent process,
The wood is reduced to fine chips by
passing through chipping machines, j
IS then placed in retorts' and super
heated steam is driven through the
$3.50 ..;I .bo r,o1otila +urnantinn and
pine oils have passed over to con-
densers. The pulp remaining in the
retort is dried by evacuation, and a
LIQUID hydrocarbon is sprayed over the
top and allowed to percolate down
through the wood. The rosin and any
remaining pine oils are thus extracted
and later the solution Is separated IN
TO its component parts. 1t should Dc
noted that all of the products OF TIT
steam -and-solvent process appear nor
mally in the dead pine wood and are
not products of decomposition.
The destructive distillation process
however, changes the composition o.
some of the products. In this process
the wood, in the form of cordWood, !
placed in horizontal retort seale'
and heat applied externally, the tenn
perature being raised slowly until tn
wood is thoroughly carbonized. Tn
volatile constituents are passed to
condenser and later subjected to dis
tillation, whereby the several liqui'
distillates are separated from one an
other.
Up to date, the oil most used ha
been the steam distilled yellow pin
oil. The commercial pine tar oil an
the refined pine tar (creosote) Oil haV
also been used with satisfaction
some mills; as the yields of these oil
per ton of wood are large, the cost
low, and experimentation may deveio
that for certain oils these oils VIII {
as efficient as the more expcnslN
steam distilled oil.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-12

Dynamite used in the mines of the
Oriental Consolidated, Korea, amounts
TO approximately 1000 50-pound boxes
per year Also 100000 detonators'
Government explosive regulations stip-
ulate that only $50 cases Of fracteur
may be stored in each magazine, while
special permission was obtained 70
keep 10000 caps in each, both 70 pc
kept in separate magazines.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS.

Hypotheek Mining & Milling Co..
Annual meeting at Office of company.
Wallace. November II at TO-: 90 a. m.
Silver Eagle Mining Co., Ltd.--An-
nual meeting at office of company.
residence of John ]. Hogus, Bank
street, Wallace, Idaho, at 7SO ., m.
Thursday November 10.
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able Oct. IL to e. Jones' secretary.
Kellogg Delinquent sale November ~
Postponed to December IL.
Lewis 6 Clark Mining co.--Levied
July 20, l mill, payable September Is
to ]. Il, Bean, secretary. Mullan. De-
linquent sale, November 10.
Lucky swods Cold and Copper Min.
ing Co.-LeVied August 10, mill pay
able September 10 to Otto A. OLSON,
secret arytreasnrer, Eagle block, Wal
lace. Delinquent sale October 10.
Postponed to November 10.
Nabob Mining Company Levied
August 81, 8 mill payable October l
to Harvey M Ross, secretary, Kellogg.
Delinquent sale November 2. Postpon-
ed to November 16.
National Copper Mining Company
LmIted-Levied September 4, 5 cents
payable October to Charles McKin.
mis-, secretary treasurer, Wallace. De-
linquent sale November 5, Postponed
to December s.
j! North Bunker Hill Mining co.--Lev-
led June IL, 2 Mills payable to N. T,
Hardy, secretary, Kellogg. Delinquent
sale postponed to October 81. Post
poned to November %.
Phoenix Mining G. Milling Co., Ltd
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tober rs to ]. F. Whelan, secretary,
Wallace. Delinquent sale, November
20.
Rainbow Mining G. Milling Co..
Levied October 49, mills, payable on
November 80 to George Austin, secre-
tary treasurer, Wallace. Delinquent
sale December 81.
Reindeer. Queen Mining co.-Levied
August ~, 2 mills, payable September
81 to j. H. Wixom, Wallace. Delin-
quent sale October "a. Postponed to
November g.
Syndicate Mining and Exploration
: Co.-Levied October 26, mill, payable
November rs to F. b. Yerian, secre-
tary- treasurer Wardner. Delinquent
sale, December %.
Sunshine Mining Co.--Levied Octo-
Der 90, ITO mill, payable November %
to G. w. Dougherty, secretary treas
urer Wallace Delinquent sale, De-
cember %.
Sonora Mining and Milling Co..
Levied October %, mills, payable on
November 30 to E. o. Herring. secre-
tary treasurer, 404 River street, Wal
lace. Delinquent sale December 80.
y Sunset Banner Mining Co.--Levied
October "a, u MILL payable November
rs to Herman ], Rossi, secretary
treasurer, Wallace. Delinquent sale
= December IT.
e. Sunset Development co.--Levied or
r October 8, 8 mills, payable November
Z to VIM. Schierding, secretary-treas
urer, 402 High street, Wallace. Dc
. linquent sale November 30.
+ Tuscumbia Mining co.--Levied OF
: September IA, 2 mills, payable Octobei
: 20 to Morton Webster, secretary, Wal
a lace. Delinquent sale November 30
Postponed to December 81.
80 Tarbox Mining Co.-Levied Angus
lie 81, IN mills, payable September 20 &
Y, Richard Daxon, treasurer. 42s Higl
0. tober 26, 1880 p. m. Postponed to No
tober rs, 1880 p. m. Postponed to De
J. cember rs.
~ Valentine Mining Co., Ltd.-Levie
August IL, mill, payable Septembs
~ to Otto A. OLSON, secretary treas
urer, Wallace. Delinquent sale Octo
Der IL. Postponed to November IL.
ie Wisconsin Mining Co.-Levied Octo
IL Der IL, mills, payable November
u to Louis Bolduc, treasurer, kellogg!
Delinquent sale December FL.
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ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.

Atlantic Mining Co.-Levied Octo-
Der 2S "a MILL payable November rs
10 Otto A. OLSON, secretary treasurer,
Eagle block, Wallace, Delinquent
sale December 2S.
Amador Copper G. Gold Mining Co..
Levied September 7, l cent per share,
payable October 81 to A. l.. Nicholson,
secretary, wallace, Delinquent sale.
2S
Black Bear Consolidated Mining Co.,
Ltd.--Levied July 16, cent per share,
September l TO l.. l.. Brain
ard, secretary treasurer. Wallace. De-
linqucnt sale October /. Postponed to
October %.
Blaine and Emmett Mining co.-Ley
led Sept. Is, mills, payable October
rs, to N b. Miller, secretary treasurer,
Mullan. Delinquent sale November a.
Bullion Mining Co., Ltd.--Levied on
September 81 mills, payable October
21 to ]. H. Taylor secretary treasurer,
Canyon avenue. Wallace. Delinquent
sale, November 49, Postponed to De-
lcember 7.
Continental Mining Co.-Levied Sep
- o hi
to M. j. Flohr, secretary treasurer
Wallace. Delinquent sale Nov, s. Post
poned to December s.
Occur d'Alene Investment Co.-Lev
led September 10, mills, payable &C.
tober 10 to J. r. Bean, secretary Null
Ian. Delinquent sale November Ia.
Copper Chief Mining Co.-Levied OF
September Il, mills, payable Octobe
Il to j. H. Taylor, secretary
Wallace. Delinquent sale, Novembe
I23. Postponed to December 7.
Copper Crown Mining Co.-Levie'
September S, 2 mills, payable Octobe
Ito to John Hendrickson, secretary
Mullan. Delinquent sale November IA
Carney Copper Mining Co., Ltd
Levied August a. IN mills, payable
September 81 to G. d. Miller, secre
tary, Mullan. Delinquent sale Octo
Der 81. Postponed to November Fl.
Copper King Mining and Smeltin!
lCo.-Levled September l, / cent, pay
liable october / to II. w. Ingalls,, treas
Iurer, Mullan Delinquent sale Novem
Der /. Postponed to December /.
Comet Gold and Copper Mining c.
Levied September 10, " mill, pay
lble October 20 to Joseph F. Whelar
secretary, Wallace. Delinquent sal
November 20.
Echo Mining Co., Ltd.-Levicd DC
tober Is, Y mills, payable Novembe
20 to f. Hedin, secretary treasure
II
lis.
East Hercules Extension Mining G.
| Levied August %, 1 mill, payab
| october 1 to w. H. Macfarlan, secrt
| tary- treasurer, Rooms l and 2, Shel
| wood building, Spokane, Wash. d.
= llinuuent sale November /. Postpone
to January 2, 1915.
Eastern Star Mining g. Milling Co.
1 LEVIED September 16, 2 mills, payab
lOctober 20 to ]. c. Glahe, secretar
Burke. Delinquent sale. November
HiIarity Mining Co.-Levied Sci
r tember 10, mills, payable to Geor
} Steward, treasurer, Stewards DR.
store, Wallace. Delinquent sale N
. vember 20.
Rypotheek Mining & Milling Co.
,evied September rs, 10 mills, payat
to Otto A. Olsson secretary treasure
Wallace, Idaho, October 26. Deli
uent sale November Is.
Idaho Montana Mining Co.--Leyi
September 5, l mill, payable Nov,
!. II. Wixom, secretary, Wallace. Z
Iinauent sale November 81
Idaho Nevada Exploration Cole
led october 7, mill, payable Novemf
to Otto A. OLSON. secretary tres
urer, Wallace. Delinquent sale DNce
Der /.
% Little North Fork Copper Mining
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With an instrument of his invention
a Chicago man can measure one-five-
millionth of an inch, one-fiftieth of the
distance revealed by theoretically
perfect microscope.
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STENOGRAPHY offers a free course
in bookkeeping with every shorthand
scholarship purchased within ter
days. Write for particulars. A13-t
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new stem winding watch there is IN
serted a mariners compass.
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EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND


 He will enter on his third year at the New York Law school in October.
 Mr. and Mrs. Jemes Stedman of Lebanon spent Sunday with Airs. A. 2. Browning.
 Gilbert Hall and daughter Jennie, Mrs. Cornwall and Kiss Jessie Camp bell, all of Colchester. and Mrs. Nellie Park of Worcester, Mass, were visit ors Sunday with Misses Ella and F1of- ence Hoffman.
 Visited Pomfret Friends.
 Miss Lydia Johnson spent a few days this week with friends in Pom fret.
 Mrs. Jennette Hoffman and grand daughter, Miss Florence J. Redwood, have returned home after ten days visit with friends in Easthampton and Northampton, Mass.
 Mrs. William Buteau of Baltic spent Saturday and Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Fred H. Clark.
 Misses Kittie Mccarthy, Margaret Welch, Mary and Katherine Desmond and Joseph Desmond, all of Norwich, and Miss Mary Cavanaugh of Boston were Sunday guests of MT. and Mrs. J. H. Mahoney.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. A. ,Rockwood and family and Fred H. Race, Jr., spent Sunday with Mrs. Frank Smith of Brooklyn.
 Mrs Kate Johnson spent several days this week with Mrs. Samuel Hartshorn.