The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-12
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
WARMLY RECEIVED IN SHOSHONE COUNTY
r w DAVIS FAvoRs LIBERAL AID FOR BUILDING FOURTH
OF JULY CANYON RoAC-PRAcTlcAL PLAN FOR RELIEF
FROM TAXATION.

Hon. d. w. Davis, republican can
didate for governor, received splen-
Gid reception from the people of Sho-
,bons county, and there is no ques
tion that he made a favorable impress
.,,on both in his personality and in the
,,anner In which he defined his po-
sition on state questions with which
he. will have to deal if elected and
which are of vital interest to the tax
rayers of Idaho. He was greeted by
good audiences at both Kellogg and
wallace, and during his brief stay he
was taken by automobile to other
towns of the county and to several of
the mines, giving him an opportunity
To meet the people personally. Mr..
Davis is a plain, unpretentious busi-
ness man who has always taken
deep interest in public affairs. He
has made close study of county and
state government which has conVinc-
ed him that the greatest need at the
present time is the adoption of prov
ed business principles in the conduct
of public affairs. The explanation of
his positive and well matured ideas
in this respect was the main feature
of his address in this county.
Mr.. Davis spoke in the Grand thea
ter i'm this city. On the stage with
him were Hon. Evan Evans, chairman
OF To Il
e. Jones, chairman of the republican
committee of Shoshone county; Jas
f. Mccarthy, manager of the Hecla
Mining company, and Frederick Bur-
bidge manager of the Federal Mining
and Smelling company. The future
governor was introduced by Chairman
Jones.
Favors Fourth of July Road.
In beginning his address, Mr., Davis
struck a sympathetic chord in the
audience by defining his attitude on
the question of good ROADS, a subject
to which he has given much attention.
He declared himself unqualifiedly IN
favor of the state making liberal ap-
preparation for the construction or
highways where the expense was too
great to be carried by the counties,
and gave his remarks a local applica-
ton by referring to his personal eX-
perience on a former trip to this sec
ton when he passed over the road
through the Fourth of July canyon.
He therefore had a personal knoWl-
edge of the difficulties to be overcome
in building a good highway through
the canyon, and he also fully grasp
ed the pressing necessity for such
road, closing his comments on the
subject by stating that bill appro-
priating state funds for it's construc-
ton would receive his approval He
also made similar declaration when
referring to the proposed highway to
connect north and south Idaho. His
attitude on the road question was
warmly applauded.
Idaho A Taxless State.
In the course of his speech Mr.
Davis showed the greatest familiarity
with the affairs of state, and must
have convinced his hearers that II
elected governor he would give the
people a thorough business admins
tration such as the state has never
had before. He explained his plan
for a "taxless state" which has re-
ceived so much attention during the
past few months, and fully demon
strated its practicability through the
adoption by the state of established
business principles which are unlver-