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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-19

He had been on his way back to
Ada with SO in his pocket. Just one
more coup and he could go to her
with money enough to start their
married life, and a lie on his lips. Why
not? She had sent him into the
world to make man of himself, as
his father had done. Good people
always turned down the responsible
ity like that and then wondered that
he was base.
He shook his thought from him
and crept nearer. AS he watched at
the foot of the garden the light went
out.
Five minutes later Jim's hand was
on the handle of the door. He was
sure that it was bolted. Still, he
wished to make sure before trying
the windows. To his establishment
it was unfastened. In a moment he
had slipped quietly inside and stood
listening.
No sound came from the interior.
No doubt the old man was already
upstairs in his bedroom, preparing
for sleep. It might have been safer
to wait longer, but Jim was not afraid
of an old man.
He had learned that the safe stood
in the living room. It would be an
easy matter to force it. There would
be an unavoidable noise - but that
was where Jim excelled, in the get
away.
He stood in complete silence and
darkness. He waited a moment,
then he stretched out his hand
toward the door of the dining room.
He found the handle, turned it.noise-
lessly, and entered. He closed the
door behind him.
Suddenly the light was turned on
It had been one of those episodes
common to country towns. The cleo
trio lights had been put out of COM
mission for a few minutes nv some
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The old man started to his feet and
stood, confronting him. Jim, taken
aback, remained motionless. He had
not had time to make up his mind
whether to flee or strike the old man
over the head. He had never de-
scended to violence.
The old man peered at him intent,
ly. And suddenly Jim relied that he
was blind! The sightless eyes were
looking into his own with puzzled
expression.
Then, with a look of charming be-
nightly, the old man advanced to-
ward him, one hand outstretched, the
other guiding him by the table edge.
81 am glad you have come, Mr.
Mr.. jennings" he said. 'Yeu wrote
me that you didn't think you could
get away to draw up my will, and
that had better wait till 1 was in
town, but now you have come 1 am
very glad
Jim took the outstretched hand and
muttered something.
''Sit down." said the old man. 81
want you to read over my Will and
tell me whether it has been drawn
up correctly. l see very badly, you
know. 1 can manage to write, but
reading is beyond me. hope every
thing is correct"
Jim took the will in his hand and
began to scan it. At the first SEN
tence he startled violently and stared
into the old mans face.
"You see, I.have left all to my son
James," said the old man. 81 did
him a great wrong. You know why
1 had to leave the home town? 1 told
your"
"eBecause-of James," murmured
Jim.
Eyes. Everybody knew about his
theft from the bank, as they suppos-
ed, and couldn't hold up my head.
We had ALWAYS been hOnored among
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-08
NOTICE OF SHERlFF'S SALE.

By virtue of an execution in my
hands, issued out of the District Courl
Of the First Judicial District of the
State of Idaho, in and for the County
of Shoshone, in the suit of w. w. Pa
pesh, plaintiff, against j. l.. Bates, de-
PENDANT, duly attested on the 18th day
of March, A. ID. 1915, have levied up
on all the right title and interest OF
the said j. l.. Bates, defendant, of, in
and to the following described prop
erty, situated in Shoshone county,
Idaho, viz:
Lot Eighteen (1S), block four "a, of
Sunnyside Addition to the City OF
Kellogg.
Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday, the 18th day Of April, A. d.,
1915, at 200 o'clock p. m. of said day
at the Bank street entrance Of the
county court house. in the city of Wal
lace, county of Shoshone, state Of Ida
no, | will sell all the right title and
interest Of the said J. L. Bates, de-
described property, at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash in law
full money of the United States, to
satisfy said execution and all costs.
The amount of the judgment in said
action Is $387.93.
Given under my hand this oath day
of March, A. d. 1915.
ROBERT II. PEEL,
Sheriff,
BY DENNIS GOGGIN,
M25-A15-4t Deputy Sheriff
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Failure of the Democratic Party.
washington Post. }

more, and the republican party is call
ed upon to provide it.
"The democratic party has guaran-
teed defeat for itself for so years to
come by its deliberate reputation OF
its promises to the people. 1t prom
ised to reduce the cost of living, and
it has not done it, but while living
costs advanced, work became more
difficult to get, and hundreds of thous-
ands of men walk the streets of the
cities this winter without work, food
or sufficient clothing.
1T promised to protect American
citizens and their interests at home
and abroad, and the republicans have
but to point to their platform pledge
on this subject and offer Mexico a.
evidence of the fraud practiced on the
voters.
Candidate Wilson'S complete in
dorsement of the tolls exemption law
for American coastwise vessels ira
versing the Panama canal and Presi
dent Wilson's demand for tolls upor
these vessels and the support of this
reputation of the platform by a ma.
jority of the democratic senator's arf
representatives demonstrates the utter
faithlessness Of the party and its unfit
ness for any position of trust or power
Not in the entire 14O years of inde-
pendence of this country has there
been such an open and plain abandon
ment of political pledge as this repudi
alton by the democratic party of its
own declaration on the tolls exemp-
ton, and Speaker Clark. when he adj
vocates the reelection of President
Wilson must indorse that reputation
Of the party platform by his candidate
fortunately for the country there is
no chance for a democratic victory
next year.
THE country is against the party,
against its leaders, and recognizes thai
L has neither convictions nor princi
oles while dominated by its present
managers The party was defeated
asst year in nearly every important
tate in the Union, and It is weaker
With every day that passes. It re-
undated its promises of 1912. 1t can
Iot be believed in 1916. Republican
ictory is assured by the votes of hun
reds of thousands of former demo- !
rats"
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The Washington Post was in the be-
! ginning a strong supporter of the Will
son administration. Its attitude now
is vigorously expressed in the follow
ing editorial:
Speaker Clark has evidently &C.
cepted Mr.. Wilson as the democratic
nominee for the presidency in 1916
else he would not have given him the
complete Endorsement which has re
Gently been published Republicans
can now rest satisfied as to the re
suits upon the issues which will be
presented to the electors in 1916, for.
with Mr. Wilson as the candidate,
there can be no successful dodging
by the party in power Of those issues,
no covering up or avoidance of the
record which thousands of democrats
are ashamed of and which hundreds
of thousands of former democrats will
repudiate by their votes in 1916.
The party must face its record
upon the tariff Its failure to protect
American workingmen, American agri-
culturists, American manufacturers,
and American investors will2 lose It
votes in every congressional district
in the nation.
Its levy of direct taxes to cover the
deficiencies in the revenues from the
tariff cannot be successfully defended
before any audience, either democratic
or republican. in the country.
by its tariff schedule it legislated
foreign manufactured goods into this
and it legslated business and
profits to the foreign producers, where
t legislated closed shops and factories
IN the United States and caused un
employed labor by hundreds of thous-
lnds, to seek soup houses and to form
bread lines in every important city of
he republic.
AS the soup houses and the bread /
ines and the armies of tramps of 1898
o 1896 were the result of the last dem
cratic administration, so soup houses,
read lines and tramps are of the pres
mt one, and as the full dinner pail
romised by the republican party in
S9B flung the democratic party out of
over that year and brought 16 years !
{ prosperity to ALL so the soup houses !
nd bread lines of the Wilson admins '
alton have caused nation wide de- 4
land for the full dinner pail once {
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THE EAST CALEDONIA.
New Company Prepares to Develop
Heating Property.

New Company Prepares to Develop
Heating Property.
The East Caledonia Mining company
Is the name of a new corporation re-
Gently organized to develop the Keat-
ing mine at Wardner The Heating
was bonded by w. H. Nichols OF
Butte and through him the new com
pany was organized to take over the
bond and develop the property. The
officers Of the company are: H. J.
Rossi, president; w. H. Nichols, vice
president; W. A. Bartee, secretary, and
these with Franklin Pfirman and
William Hall constitute the board OF
directors.
The main development OF the Keat-
ing consists of a shaft about 400 feet
deep, sunk with the idea of drifting
from the bottom and raising on the
vein, in which considerable ore had
been disclosed. Financial difficulties
came and the original owners were
unable to consummate this plan.
The property joins the Caledonia OH
the west and is supposed to contain
the Caledonia vein. In doing a little
prospecting few weeks ago the new
owners struck considerable ore In a
tunnel on the west end Of their
ground It is expected that extensive
work will soon begin.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To e. A. Swenson, his heirs or assigns
You are hereby notified that l, your
co-owner, In accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States, and all
the acts supplemental thereto and
Iamendatory thereof, requiring annual
labor on mining claims, have expended
in labor and Improvements for the
year 1914 the sum of 500 on each Of
the following lode mining claims, stu
Iated in Evolution mining district, Sho-
shone county Idaho: Extension. Dia-
mond, Banker and Maine, amounting
to total Of $500; and If within ninety
600 days after the legal period of
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to pay your proportion of such
expenditure, being One-siXteenth or
$25, together with the cost of this adj
vertisement your interest in said min
ing claims will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, as
provided by law.
LEONARD MAGNEE,
M4-JeS-14t Wallace. Idaho
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American Smelling & Refining Co..
Report for 1914.

plants and mines was KEEP. in good
physical condition by the expenditure
of $1S79 1876 which has been charged
in the regular operating expense ac-
count In addition, there was ex9end-
ed for improved facilities and new
properties $1,275772, which was charg-
ed to the property account. This ac-
count has also been credited with a
depreciation charge of $1,540,350, SC
that the property account shows de-
crease from the report of last year OF
$264,576
! On account of the reduced ore re-
ceipts, the several plants were able to
work up many accommodations of ores
and furnace byproducts At the end
of 1914 the total value of metals on
hand, in process of treatment or re-
fined and ready for the market, aggre-
gated $24, 660,942, a decrease during the
year of $1,820,0 The ore on hand
produced from mines belonging to the
company is valued in the inventory at
its cost of pre- Guction. All other met
ais on hand are valued at the same
quotations as have been used for sew
eral years.
Advanced Cash Against Ore Shipments
During 1914 there was added to the
cash working capital Of the company
the sum of $904,343, derived as follows:
From net earnings (before deducting
depreciation to property less fixed
charges and dividends, $2554,465 less
amount expended on the property OF
The company, for investments and for
bonds and stocks purchased for re-
tirement, $1650122; net increase in
working capital, $904,3 Metal stocks
and other net current assets were con-
verified into cash to the amount of 3d.
086,769; so that at the end of 1914 the
total cash on hand and subject t.
check was Increased to $S,03477S.
The strong position of the company
as to cash on hand at the beginning
of the European war; when for time
there were no quotations for silver,
lead or copper, permitted the manage
ment to advance cash against ore
shipments of the mines, although for
a considerable period Of time the pro-
ducts could not be sold, nor was there
a basis upon which to fix the value of
the ore. The directors believe that the
various miners whose product is UNI
der contract to the company were emf
nently pleased and satisfied with the
accommodation given them.
Improve Working Conditions.
Many years ago the company decid-
ed that it was advantageous to intro
duce in connection with all 24-hour
work, the three shift system, giving to
all men eight hours work, instead of
10 and II, as had previously been the
custom. At the present time less than
6 per cent of it's labor works - hours
daily, and even this unimportant pro-
portion is being eliminated. There is
no doubt as to the desirabiity of insti-
tuting S-hOur labor in place of longer
hours for the health and welfare of the
men. In most cases the company had
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And in accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at the
office of the company in the Otterson
block. Wallace, Idaho, on the 18th day
of April, 1915, at 500 o'clock p. m. Of
such day to pay the delinquent assess
ment thereon, together with the cost
of advertising and expenses of sale.
JAMES A. WAYNE,
Secretary, Otterson Block, Wallace
Idaho. M25-A8-3i
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NOTICE.
To Whom 1t May Concern

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Sadie
Allen and Ben Hammett. owners of
undivided interests in the Virginia
lode mining claim situated In Beaver
mining district, county Of Shoshone,
Idaho will not nor Will either Of them
be responsible for any debts or obli-
cations however incurred by Patrick
Burke. or his assigns. or by any per-
son or corporation whatever, for any
work done upon, or for any machin-
cry or supplies furnished for or used
upon said Virginia lode mining claim,
or for any contract, debt lien or OBJ
legation made or incurred In respect
to said lode mining claim.
Dated this 23rd day of December.
A. ID. 1914.
SADIE ALLEN,
BEN HAMMETT.
D24-M27-5 mos
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And IN accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel Of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at the
office of the company in the Eagle
block, Wallace, Idaho, on the I'd day of
April, 1915, at 3 o'clock p. m. of such
day to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon. together with the cost of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
OTTO A. OLSON,
Secretary Treasurer Of the Idaho
Nevada Exploration Company, Lin
tied; Office in Eagle Block Wallace,
Idaho. M1S-A1-3t
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And in accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at the
office of the company in the White &
Bender block, Wallace Idaho, on the
18th day of April, 1915, at 1880 o'clock
p. m. of such day to pay the delin-
quent assessment thereon, together
with the cost of advertising and ex-
penses Of sale.
w. A. SMITH,
Treasurer Sonora Mining &
Milling Company, Wallace, Idaho.
MIS- Asst
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Following is an abstract of the re-
port of the American Smelling anc
Refining company for the year 1914
taken from the Engineering and Min
! ing Journal. The company is by fal
the largest purchaser Of Coeul
ld'Alene ores and also one of the larg'
est operating companies in the district
the Federal Mining and Smelling conf
pany being one of its subsidiaries Fol-
this reason the report of the company
Is of unusual interest to Miner read
ers:
Earnings of the Company.
The total earnings of the company
in 1914, after deducting all expenses,
fixed charges and proper allowance
for the federal income tax payable on
1914 earnings, aggregated $lO,Sl1,9l5.
From this amount was deducted for
depreciation $1,54O,35O, and for losses
incident to the Mexican and European
wars. $4,000, leaving $9,O91,565 net
earnings applicable to dividends. After
paying the dividends the sum of ST.
014,115 was carried to profit and loss
account.
The combined profit and loss ac-
count Of the company and its subsi-
daries since it's organization in 1899
shows: Net gain after paying fixed
charges, $144702,115; depreciation
$40 ,869 1888; dividends paid, $104 1922, =
1853; surplus, $19,510,05S.
The total net gain for 1914 was but
S10143 less than in 1913, which again
illustrates the regularity of the earn
ing power of this company. When the
internal national difficulties began in
Mexico the directors declared to the
stockholders that the operation of the
company's properties outside of Mex
leo had an earning capacity more than
equal to the dividend requirements
Large expenditures, extending ovel
many years, on the plant Of the com
JdilS III INC ShltCi otlIC7 'NhN ~ 't4'>
purchase of new properties have in
creased the operating capacity anc
have reduced the cost Of smelling and
refining So long as conditions re-
manned normal these improvements
continued to show their effect in in
creased net earnings in all directions
except Mexico, but war brought about
temporarily, an absolute cessation o
buying in virtually all of the meta
markets ol the world. After August
and up to the end of 1914 the company
suffered from a large reduction iE thu
output of the principal lead and cop
per producing mines, but since thu
opening of 1915 the demand has shown
such satisfactory Improvement tina
these principal mines are now increas
ing their output.
The condition OF affairs in Mckee
continues to cause the directors anX
iety. About August l it seemed tina
most of the companys plants ant
mines in Mexico would soon be able t
resume operations, at least to limited
extent. The resumption of operations
however proved to be only temporary
During 1914 the property at all tn,
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NOTICE.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:

To All Whom II May Concern:
Notice Is hereby given that Edward
Freed, the owner of an undivided one
half interest in the Comstock, Com
Neree and Deadhorse lode mining
claims. situated In Eagle mining dis
trict county Of Shoshone, Idaho, will
not be responsible for any debts or OBJ
legations however incurred by NJ H.
Robinson. or his assigns, or by any
person 7r corporation whatever, for
any work done upon, or for any ma
chinery or supplies furnished for or
used upon said lode mining claims, or
for any contract debt. lien or obliga-
tion made or incurred in respect to
said lode mining claims.
Dated this 18th day OF January, 1915.
J14-tf EDWARD FREED.
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DR.. MAGICIAN ENLISTs.
Former President Of University May
90 to the War.
Moscow Star Mirror.

Mrs. w. II. Robinson of this city has
received word from her daughter, Mrs.
James Alexander MacLean, that DR.
MacLean is in momentary expect
alton of being called to join the Eng
lish colors and to go to Europe to
fight. DR.. MacLean volunteered some
months ago and has been drilling with
regularity and frequency in the COM
pany formed in Winnipeg The first
three regiments OF volunteers have
been called for and as DR.. MacLean
is a member of the fourth regiment
ii seems not improbable that he will
be summoned.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK.
HOLDERS.

Office of the Sonora Mining & Milling
Company, Wallace, Idaho, March II,
1915.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the following de-
scribed stock on account Of an assess
ment of two (2) mills per share levied
on the 18th day OF February, 1915, the
several amounts set opposite the
names Of the respective shareholders
as follows, to- wit.
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been obliged TO pay the same wages fof
S-hOur work as 1t had previously paid
for IL hours. and the company has
sought To offset the Increase in the
cost of operation by labor-saving de-
vices. The two changes have gone
hand in hand, so that the company il
not able to decide as to the compare
! tive efficiency of men working a short
er number of hours. The capital ex-
penditure, however. in connection with
these labor-saying devices has been
large, but undoubtedly it has been A
profitable investment. In one of the
works where these devices have been
installed TO the greatest possible ex
tent the same amount of work Is done
with one third the number of men as
in another plant doing the same class
and amount of work but where labor
saving devices have been introduced
only to a limited extent.
President Outlines Policy.
In conclusion, Daniel Guggenheim,
the president, says:
'At the request of the United States
commission of industrial relations
your president recently appeared be-
fore that body and testified fully as
to the conduct of the operations of
your company and as to its relations
with its employees.
The stockholders may rest assured
that the directors of the company are
fully alive to all subjects Of public
and corporate welfare touched upon in
these Investigations, and since nearly
all of them are officers of the company
in charge of its various operations,
they are brought into daily contact
with all these matters.
Careful consideration has been Civ
en- to the subject of unreasonable
profits, unduly long hours of labor, the
payment of less than living wages, and
unfair methods of competition as af-
fecting the prices of either raw or fin
| ished products.
THE company purposely keeps Its
| treatment charges as low as possible,
| in order to encourage the maximum
production of ore, and it endeavorS to
make sales of its metals at the same
Iprices at which they We're purchased,
and therefore it is not financially inter-
ested in the market price Of its pro-
duct. Your company pays cash for the
metal Oftentimes Of hardly appreciable
quantities per ton of ore This all
must suffer more or less loss and great
risk in each of the many metalurgical
processes through which it passes, and
on the average the resulting fine metal
is not converted into cash in less than
four months after the purchase. The
buying, smelling, transporting, refin-
ing and selling, with all OF the innum-
cradle risks, of the vast sum OF two
hundred millions of value Is, as already
stated, effected for a profit of less than
4 u per cent of the annual turnover
Even these profits, however, cannot
be obtained from smelling and refining
dioiiC, pul diO oeCuie Gu through the
ownership of producing mines, the pro-
duction Of coal and coke, the manufac-
ture Of many metal products, the pro-
duction Of sulphuric acid from form
erly wasted fumes and the saving of
various products from the dust of hue
chambers of too infinitismal quanti-
ties to be discovered in the original
ore, all of which is obtained through
the expenditure of large amounts of
capital and the command of the best
metallurgical talent
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK.
HOLDERS.

Office of the Laclede Mining Company,
Limited, Wallace, Idaho, March 20,
1915.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the following descrb-
ed stock on account of assessment No.
%, levied on the 18th day of February,
1915 the several amounts set opposite
the names of the respective sharehold-
ers as follows, to-wit: