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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02

tons. Many men feel themselves
privileged to curse and swear over the
telephone in fashion they would
never dream Of If talking face to face
with the persons addressed The
young ladies of the telephone office
have to bear disagreeable and ungen-
tlemanly remarks from cranks every
day, and they are at least entitled to
protection from those whose churlish
language passes the bounds of de-
cency. Too many people, aggravated
by delays or mistakes in the service,
take it out" on central" never
stopping to ask themselves how they
would like their daughters or sisters
to have to endure such coarseness. The
only protection the operators have had
heretofore has consisted in reporting
the telephone user to headquarters.
Occasionally the telephones have been
taken out as punishment. But there
has been no protection against the
casual user of a telephone The con.
viction in the police court is said to
be the first in Ontario, and 1t ought
not to be the last. The law deems
the using Of obscene language on the
street to be a misdemeanor, and GER
tainly it is equally so over the tele-
phone. If the case leads to improve
ment in the manners of boorish tele-
phone users it will have served we'll.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02

sources that belong legally and moral
ly to the people of the states, Pinchot
again poses as the defender of the
people as against the greedy grasp of
monopoly.
If there had been anything hacking
to inspire the people of the west to
more aggressive opposition to water
power and leasing bills, 1t is the re-
appearance of this dispoiler of the
west in support of them. The states
of the west demand no more than the
older states have enjoyed. and which
Is guaranteed to them by congress in
the law that brought them into the
union. The people of western states
have shown themselves capable. of
handling their internal affairs without
the advice of those who would conserve
trees in preference to men, who would
leave every stream in the solitude of
the wilderness disturbed by mo sound
save it's own dashing", and who would
ignore the needs of the present in or
der to provide for generations of the
future That is Pinchotism, a system
that is directly opposed to the spirit
of the west, and which if it had been
adopted fifty years ago would have
stopped the prospector' in his quest for
gold, turned back the sturdy pioneer
that followed in his wake, and blocked
the building of the empire of the west.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
MINING COMPARED WITH OTHER
INVESTMENTS.

In a statement made recently by
Chester r.. Lawrence, prominent
financier of Boston, the claim is made
that of the average returns from the
capital invested in various industries,
mining leads all others He says
1.-THE National Banker, in a recent
issue, makes the unequivocal state
ment that the combined dividends paid
by the gold and silver companies of
the United States are greater than
the combined dividends paid by all the
banking institutions of the United
States; that the combined dividends
United States are greater than the
combined dividends paid by al! the
railroads of the United States, and
that So per cent of the freight handled
by these same railroads is either ore
or some commodity connected with the
mining and milling of ore"
10 this somewhat astounding and
not generally known fact, Bradstreets
and Dun's commercial agencies supply
the startling addenda that but So per
cent of all legitimate mining invest
ments fail, as against "a per cent in
commercial lines.
During 1907 $3OO,OOO,OOO was lost in
gilt-edge securities and about as much
during the past two years, which was
more than was lost in mining
Government figures show the fol-
lowing returns in capital invested
Railroads, per cent national banks,
"a; Insurance, Il; numbering, IA;
manufacturing IA; mining, 1872.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
THE NoRTH's OPPORTUNITY.
caldwell Tribune)


Where? Oh where? are the norti
Idaho candidates for the governor.
ship? That is the question agitatine
the minds of divers candidates an6
several people. The north has wanted
the governorship for a great many
years and many of us are afraid that
that section has set about it's capture
this very year. An uncanny intelli-
gence seems to be at work in the nor
thern part of Idaho this year and we
fear with the purpose of landing the
office.
At the present time there are two
candidates in the field They are both
from southern Idaho. A third from
south Idaho is about to announce his
candidacy so we are informed. These
three are looking for the same vote
They expect solid southeast vote to
put them across. We fear that each
has been deceived. This year the vote
of the southeast will be very fairly and
equitably divided among four mem
the three from the south and the one
from the north. In consequence one
northern Idaho man will win in
walk. Who and where is that north
Idaho man?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02

the desirability of connecting the two
sections of the state has been recog-
nized and advocated by his predeeess
ors. And they accomplished just as
much toward its construction as the
present governor without appointing
and accompanying a commission of
political friends to view and pass up
on the feasibility Of the road from
comfortable automobiles. There is not
newspaper in the state that is not
anxious to have this north and south
railroad built, but with the exception
Of the governors personal organ in
Boise, they are not loading their col
umns with laudatory comments upon
the patriotic purposes and liberality of
Moses Alexander and Jerry Day In
fact, they are taking with very large
discount the talk that is being put out
by the governor and his chief railroad
builder Mr.. Day, for they know that
50 far nothing has been done that
would give the capitalists definite in
formation upon which to base an esti-
mate of the cost of the proposed road
and its earning capacity. The enter
prise is one of merit and the people in
all parts of the state hope to see the
north and south road constructed, but
they are not being fooled by the stuff
that is being put out for their con-
sumption by the governor, nor his
encomiums of disinterested Liberality
of Jerry Day. They know that in this
as in everything else, the governor is
playing politics.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
THE PHILIPPINES.


christian Science Monitor)
1t was a good deal easier to take on
these islands than it will be to dispose
of them. In relieving Spain of all OBJ
legation for their protection and gov
eminent, the United States entered in
to this obligation itself, voluntarily
and deliberately 1t is bound in honor
as we'll as in interest, now to look to
their welfare in the future. 1t must
protect the Philippines even against
the Fflipinos, if that is necessary to
the good of both. At no time since the
nation came into possession of the is
lands has there been greater need of
firmness in dealing with their people
Nothing can do them more harm, car
be less creditable to the United States.
than the making of promises that can
not be fulfilled. Casting the Philip.
pines adrift, throwing them on their
own resources before they are ready
for self-government, or before the
world has reached the point where
the integrity of the small nation is re-
spected, would be the sheerest mock
cry.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
Mr.. ROOTS SPEECH.
New York Evening Post)

New York Evening Post)
When Elihu Root takes his time and
puts pen to paper, the result is apt to
be something notable. His speech at
the republican state convention recent
ly-really a speech to the country, &C
tually intended as a rallying cry for
his party in the coming presidential
campaign-was the performance of a
master
In style, in ordered thought, In close
argument, in disdain for rhetorical
fripperies, it stands out above all our
current political oratory.
AS powerful attack upon the presi-
dent, it leaves the shrillest assaults of
Mr.. Roosevelt looking cheap.
1t is the deep baying of a mastiff as
against the yelping of terrier
Even one compelled to dissent from
much that Mr.. Root said, and to crit
icise his address sharply, can not re-
fuse the tribute Of intellectual exhil-
aration in reading a speech so con-
summate In form and so weighty in
matter.
Mr. Root appeals to reason.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE
WEST.

1t is observed that Clifford Pinchot
who was kicked out of the Taft ad-
ministration for conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman, is trying tc
come back. He is again breaking into
print to show how the water power
trust and the mining trust and every
other so-called trust which does not
agree with his ideas in regard to the
natural resources of the country, Is
trying to rob generations yet unborn
by utilizing the boundless res 3urces
which naturo las bestowed lpon the
states of the west. Mr.. Pinchot has
earned the distinction of having done
more to retard the settlement and dev.
elopment of western states and Alaska
than all other adverse influences com
bined, and in accomplishing his pur-
pose he has not stopped at depriving
individual citizens of property legally
acquired, nor to assigning unworthy
motives to men in high official posi-
ton and in private life. Now that he
finds that the west, which for years
passively permitted him to fasten his
un-American system upon it, is at last
fully aroused and preparing to fight
further encroachment upon the re-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE
NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD.

Governor Alexander, in discussing
Jerome Days trip to Chicago to con-
fer with capitalists on the north and
south railroad project, says that the
Latah county senator reported that
the parties seem to be earnest" and
further discussing this pet political
project, the governor said that con-
ference had been arranged to be held
within the next thirty or forty days
when the north and south railroad
commission and the governor will
meet the capitalists interested "at
point and date which is not open for
publication as yet" Replying to the
self addressed question as to why this
great secrecy about the movements on
the railroad project, Governor Alexan-
der said:
Il am sorry to say the reason for
secrecy is that the political press of
the state feel such strong resentment
at what | have done at my own ex-
pense and the expense of Senator Day
that they would prefer to neutralize
my efforts and have no road rather
than have my office and the commits
sion | appointed appear to receive any
honor or glory for performing this /
simple public service for the state of
Idaho that will be of lasting benefit to |
the inhabitants yet to come. If the
people | am dealing with would come
in contact with the sarcasm and Ven
ON displayed by the political press
over great enterprise of the highest
Importance to the state. they might
the true feelings of the
people of the state of Idaho on this
So far from being a correct state
ment, the foregoing paragraph is
merely additional evidence that Gov
ernor Alexander is an arrant dema-
gogue, and that having made fiasco
Of his million-a-year saving and his
promise to clean out the state house
from cellar to garnet, he now finds it {
necessary to frame up something new {
IN the form of political buncombe for 8
ne fall campaign. This north and
south railroad is no new project that :
with Moses Alexander, for t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02

The completion of good road
through Fourth of July canyon will be
of mutual benefit to the people of both
Shoshone and Kootenoi counties, and
there should be no opposition to lib
eral appropriation from this county to
assist in its construction. But if we
can afford to go outside the county
and spend public funds on road for
pleasure of local and transcontinental
joyriders, a more liberal policy should
be adopted toward the building of
roads within the county which are so
badly needed for the development of
our great industry Pine creek par
ticularly presents an object lesson
which the county commissioner would
do well to study.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
KNOWLEDGE" AND WISDOM.


knowledge and wisdom, far from be-
ing one, have ofttimes no connec-
tion.
knowledge dwells in heads replete
with thoughts of other men,
Wisdom, in minds attentive to its own.
knowledge, a huge, improbable mass,
the mere material on which wisdom
builds,
Till hewn and shaped and fitted to its
course
Doth but incumber whom it doth pos
sess
knowledge is lroud that he hath
learned SO much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no
more.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
NO. 8.

dAlene mine owners have induced in :
vestments and encouraged develop
ment to an extent never before wit
messed, the best feature of these in
yestments is that while sharing in the
present great prosperity, they will al
so continue to prove profitable when
prices strike lower level.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
TREASURY STOCK AND PROMO.
TON STOCK.
Denver Mining Record)

1t was during the boom days of New
ada, when the camp of Goldfeld was
in the limelight, that the state legis-
lature of Nevada passed a law com
pelling mining companies to perman
emily stamp stock certificates sold to
Indicate to the purchaser whether the
stock was treasury stock or so-called
promotion stock 1t is a good law and
no doubt the state officials of Nevada
are seeing that it is enforced at the
present time, Other states would do
well to pass law patterned after the
Nevada enactment so as to compel
brokerage houses and promotion firms
to deal more squarely with the in
vesting public.
Colorado has been free from dis
graceful and eXtravagant stock promo
tion during the past few years. Some
excellent companies have been financ-
| ed and sincere mining operators have
had and are having their inning. But
| it would appear that the public is be-
coming excited. Stocks are not being
bought with the same degree of eau
ton necessary to distinguish between
the honest mining effort and the I'M
scrupulous flotation A stock is Of
fered in attractive literature and the
buyer, anxious to grasp opportunity, is
not asking the questions he should in
order to get the information he is en-
titled to. Investors should know whe-
Their their funds are to be used in the
development of the property or whe-
Their they are buying someone's pri-
vate stock When you buy treasury
stock, directly from the company or
its officials, you can rest assured, I'M
der the present strict laws, that your
money will go into the development of
the property If you buy stock from
some broker who is not interested in |
the company, it is ten chances to one
that you are buying someone's pri-
vate stock and that your money will |
not go into the property but will go |
INTO lHe POCKET OF some Individual. |
Mine operators Of the west who are I
interested in the development of new
mines should not lose sight of the fact
hat when the investor puts his money
nto mining stock he puts it there
believing that the money will be used
n the development of the mining prop
'rty And before the eastern man or
he western man puts his money into
mining stock he should know that
lis money is buying treasury stock of !
he company and not the so-called
promotion stock in the hands of some ,
Individual
1t is generally understood that the (
wner of a mining property, when he r
urns his property over to a company. '
eceives Outlines a block of stock in /
consideration. The company officials
hould see to it that this promotion
took Is tied up in such manner that
will not come out in the market in
with treasury shares. The
Ulcers of a mining company, If they u
re sincere, will have sufficient conf t
ence in their enterprise to agree to "
ne placing of their shares in escrow. u
they will not agree to this they fail s.
show the confidence in the enter @,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
TELEPHONE SWEARING.
Toronto Mail and Emnire,

VToronto Mall and Empire)
The filming of Toronto man for
using Objectionable language over the
telephone ought to be salutary
warning to men with bad tongues. The
using Of foul language is always de-
spicable. but is peculiarly vile and
cowardly in telephone communica-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02

prise that should be there to warrant
outside investors in placing their
money in the proposition. 1t is up to
the investor to see that he gets treas
ury stock, as it is only through the
purchase of this stock that the devel-
opment of mining property is made
possible.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
Unjust SuRpicion.

wouldn't go out at the end of ever,
act, my boy. Beastly bad form.
don't go out to drink. I telephone
home and get bulletins from the maid
about the condition of the pan -.nder
the ice box. My wife couldn't enjoy
the opera unless she knows there is no
danger of that pan running over.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
HE Was a Man Among Men,.

He never took we'll with the ladies'
his great awkward body and feet
Seemed always too big and too clum-
sly.
The smile on his face, though, was
sweet!
He never spoke soft and alluring to
charm some fair listener again
His voice was too rough and too sandy
but he was a man among men.
He spoke to a dog like comrade;
with children he played like a child
And somehow they all seemed to know
him and follow wherever he smiled;
He gathered the youngsters around
him like chicks round motherly
hen
And talked like a big, foolish baby
but he was a man among men.
If righting wrong were an issue-if
all that he had was at stake,
He stood like rock in the ocean that
battering waves couldn't break.
He fought to the end of the battle
with all of his mind and his pen
Because he was right. he could con-
quer, for he was a man among men.
He found you in some secret SORROW
the grip of his big, honest hand
Was full of an unspoken comfort; he
made you, somehow, understand
That he was a friend in a worldful,
and one you could lean upon. Then
You trusted and loved him forever
for he was a Man among Men.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-02
"LocaI Color, Comes Hiah.

Some $5O,OOO.OOO year, 1t is said, is
spent in golf or this, $20,OOO,OOO goes
for Scotch; $1O,OOO,OOO for Rye; s5,-
100000 for lines and lemons; $s,OOO,-
900 for ice and 100000 for incident
ais
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-03-16
CHANGE IN SOCIAL HABITS
Telephone Has Been Credited With
Dispensing With Many OF the
Former lnformaltics.

II Is really curious to note tho
the Brooklyn Eagle states. Informal
the Brooklyn Eagle states. Informal
evening visits or afternoon calls have
almost disappeared. To drop In" un-
announced In the friendly, old fash
ioncd way IL no longer good form. We
dine out or we entertain. we nre
asked to tea or to bridge ut n definite
hour on definite day. when we wish
to see our friends We send our cards
carefully announcing the limited
space of hours within which they will
be welcome, and woe to that uniniti-
atcd outof.towncr who breaks into our
date book leaves unhcraldcd by pen or
telephone!
We are all so frightfully busy, you
can never get your really nice friends
unless you date them up three weeks
In advance" liz the wall OF many
wOuldbe hostess. what evening next
week can you dino with us?" tho
query goes over tho telephone. Just
n moment. dear: let me consult my
date book-Monday we have the social
service lecture. Tuesday the symphony
concert. Wednesday In Georges bowl
Ing night. Thursday we have tho
church committee at our house. FRI
day we are asked to tho Millcrs. Sat.
urdny-well. you know we always go
to the thcatcr on Saturdays. ana Sun
days ! cant get George 10 stir out
OF the house. He insists on going to
bed early. I'm awfulIy sorry. dear:
try M again. won't your"
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-03-16
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, llv-
or, and bowel poisons be-
fore breakfast.

To feel your best day In and day
out. to feel clean inside: no sour bile
to coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head: no constipa.
ton, bilious attacks. sick headache,
colds. rheumatism or gassy. acid stom.
ach. you must bathe Oh the inside like
you bathe outside. This Is vastly
more important. because tho skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood. while tho bowel pores do,
says a well.known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. drink before
breakfast each day, n glass OF hot wa,
ter with tcaspoonful OF limestone
phosphate In II. This will cleanse,
purify and freshen tho entire alimcn.
tary tract before putting more food
into the stomach.
Get quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate from your druggist or ut
the store. 1t is inexpensive and nj.
most tasteless. except n sourish
tinge which Is not unpleasant. Drink
phosphated hot water every morning
to rid your system OF these vile poi.
sons and toxins; also to prevent their
formation.
To feel like young folks feel: like
you felt before your blood. nerves and
muscles became saturated with IN nc-
emulation of body poisons. begin this
treatment and above all. keep II up!
Az soap and hot water act on the skin,
cleansing. swcetcninE and purifying.
30 limestone phosphate and hot water
before breakfast act ON the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowcls.-Adv.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-03-16
Prisoner Gets 1891 and Pupil 500.

Colorado, during 1915, paid 500 for
state, while housing. feeding and
guarding prisoncrssin the pcnitcntinr,
at Canon City, those In the rclorma
tory at Buena Vista. boys In the
Golden Industrial school and inmates
of the Pueblo insane asylum involved
n per capita expenditure OF 1891, nc
cording to figures prepared by Harry
II. Mulnix. statc auditor. The figures
show that gil children attended
the public schools last year The total
cost to the state was fJ.GilSSI. Car.
ing for l.lSl inmates in the Pueblo
Insane asylum cost the state $l90.33C.
The keep of 145 prisoners IN the state
reformatory ncccssitated the cxpcndi
turc OF $i3.559. AT the pcnitcntiary
Sl25.ii5 was spent In the caro- OF
800 prisoners. while the cost to thn
state for the maintenance of the
Golden rciormatory was {S3.235. I'm
prOycmcnis at the insane asylum. In
Guiding the erection of three cottages
boiler house and laundry. and kitchen.
and the construction of tunnels con.
meeting all houses, called for an cx
p'nditurc of 100000. The poniter
,lary required $3.lO0 for the purchase
Of land and $4,000 was spent for ma.
chincry for the Industrial school nj
Golden
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-03-16
MILLION IN ROAD FUND
STATE HIGHWAY BOARD MAKES
APPoRTloNMENT.
Counties viii Add $429 900 to the
$61s,soo Fund Created by the
New haf-MiII Tax Levy.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-A total OF $l,049, 436G7 will
will BIO expended Jointly by the state
and various counties this year in the
construction and maintenance OF
highways.
The State Highway Advisory Board
approved appointments of s619.S00
to be made by the state government
to the different counties. These ap.
portionments call for expenditures
by the counties of from one to one
fifth rs much as they receive from
the state. although for some road
construction no expenditures by the
counties will be required. A total OF
$429,G3G.G7 will be required by the
counties to meet the conditions of the
state allotments.
Allotmcnts to the different Coun-
ties: