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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
LAND BOARD AND HOW eUSl'
NESS SHOULD BE HANDLED.

Evan Evans, of Grangeville, chair
man of the republican state central
committee, made brief visit to this
city last week He has given much
attention to the political situation In
all parts of the state, having visited
almost every county during the past
few months, and he expressed much
satisfaction over the attitude of the
people from a republican standpoint,
There Is one question which over
shadows all others, in his judgment,
which viii enter into the campaign
and in which the people are deeply
interested. That question is the re-
organization of the land board, which
means a complete and radical change
in the manner of handling the vast
land business of the state, II is per-
haps due to the work of Mr., Evans
more than any thing else that public
sentiment demands this change. one
of his first acts after taking the chair
manship of the republican committee
was to call attention to the necessity
of creating a separate and distinct
board TO be appointed by the governor
to handle the land business of the
state. Under the present law the land
board consists of the governor, at
torney general, secretary of state,
auditor and superintendent of public
instruction, officers who are supposed
to have plenty of work in the posi-
tions to which they are elected, and
who in order to give attention to the
duties of the land board must leave
their regular work, and at the same
time find it impossible to give the at
tention to land questions which their
Importance merits.
Handling the state lands is big bus
mess. 1t involves millions of dollars
and requires business capacity of a
high order to handle ii successfully
and in manner that will give the
people of the state the largest bene-
fit. The members of the board should
have no duties outside the work for
which they are appointed, and they
should be selected solely upon their
fitness for the work. The republican
platform calls for change In the law
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
THE SPELTER MARKET.
Mining and Scientific Pressl

mining and Scientific Press)
Spelter has stopped its retrograde
movement, but not before price of
cents had been touched. We agree
with our contemporary at New York
that this lowest recent price is COM
parable with the scent quotation of
the ante -bellum period in being close
to the cost of production. The IN
creased cost, due to higher wages and
the advance in the price of materials,
has made it hardly more profitable
to supply spelter to an Scent market
than formerly to one that paid cents
per pound for the metal. The hurry
of production melted by the needs of
the munition makers has tended to
decrease the efficiency of labor and to
lower the metallurgical extraction.
Thse defects will be overcome in time,
perhaps before the present margin of
profit is wiped out, but the get-rich-
quick phase of spelter production is
nearing an end Meanwhile 1t is an
ill wind that blows no one good; the
galvanizing trade is recovering as the
price of the metal renders its use pro-
fitable for this purpose. For eight
months the manufacture of galvaniz-
ed iron has been crippled by the cost
of the chief materi?l, decreasing out
put by third. Conditions more near
~ normal are at hand apparently.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
BIG PLACER ENTERPRISE.
Rumors That Something Will Soon Be
Doina on Prichard Creek.

The visit of Ben Revett, of Colora-
do, to the North Side recently, accom-
panied by a representative of other
large owners of the placer ground
along Prichard creek for a distance Of
IL miles, has revived rumors that
plans are being made to begin work
on the big enterprise, but no definite
information is obtainable on the sub
ject. Mr.. Revett and New England
capitalists took over the property
many years ago through the efforts of
the late Barry N. Hillard. For per-
iod OF years thereafter John Murphy,
county commissioner was the resi-
dent representative of the company,
and 1t is understood that Mr.. Murphy
holds a judgment against the company
for quite a large sum which will have
to be disposed of before development
can proceed. The tract contains much
ground known to be very rich and
that 1t will eventually be worked on a
large scale does not admit Of doubt.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND
HIS SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE.

In his speech formally accepting the
republican nomination for president.
Charles Evans Hughes defined his po-
sition on the great questions that con-
front the country in manner that
fully sustained the wisdom of the
convention in selecting him for the
standard bearer. His arraignment of
the Wilson administration struck
responsive chord in the hearts of true
Americans who know no politics when
the honor of the flag and the protecr
ton of citizens are at stake. His dis
cusslon of the diplomatic correspond
ence with the warning nations of Eur
ope, the occupation of Vera Cruz by
American troops, the dispatch of Am
erican troops to Mexico, the free trade
Underwood law, war taxes in time of
pcdCSs lAC PASPoASNAS
and other acts and legislation for
which the Wilson administration is
responsible formed a vivid story
founded upon indisputable facts of
weakness. vacillation. inconsistency,
inslncerity incompetency and failure.
The speech throughout was a master
ly presentation of the issues of the
campaign. AS the campaign advances
Mr.. Hughes will deal more speciflcal-
ly with individual questions so that
by the time the votes are cast in No
vember no citizen will be in doubt as
to his attitude on all the big ques-
tions in the public mind, nor as to
what he will do when the responsible
ity for action rests upon his should
ers. His speech has proved an in
spiration to the people, who see in his
election the dawn of better days, when
American citizenship will be restored
to its former high plane, when the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10

A prominent citizen of Maine was
a recent guest of one of the republican
congressman from that state. Speak
ing of the outlook there he said: IF |
can Judge anything from the way peo-
pie are talking, the democrats are due
for an awful jolting down In Maine
in September Practically all OF the
progresslves are back in the fold.
There are not enough left for a cor
oner's jury. With a united party |
look for a clean sweep from one end
of the state the other. | feel con-
fident that all four of the congress
sional districts will be again repub-
lican. The second district now repre-
scented by Congressman McGillicudy
will return republican. We shall
elect both United States senators
That's the way he people talk down
in Maine"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
MALES TlC.
Vein Looks Fine in Crosscut at Depth
of 400 Feet.

Vein Looks Fine in Crosscut at Depth
of 400 Feet.
James Dunn, president and manager
of the Majestic Mining company, was
In the city Tuesday and gave most
encouraging account of recent work
on the company's property, which Is
situated northwest of Burke. The
crOsscut from the main tunnel has
reached the vein at a depth of 400 feet.
The vein has just been encountered
through the hanging wall and had not
been intersected when he left the pro-
perty. The vein material exposed,
however, looked most promising and
it is regarded probable that ore will
be found before the foot wall is reach
ed. This belief Is supported not alone
by the favorable appearance OF the
vein but also by the fact that four feet
of carbonate ore has been exposed by
a 20-foot shaft from the surface and
continuous iron outcrop of the ledge
for over 1000 feet The company owns
Is patented claims, and arrangements
to increase the working force which
will insure more rapid development of
the property are being completed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
Mr.. HUGHES ACCEPTANCE.
lGoodwin,s Weeklyl

1t was what was expected. 1t ex-
pressed exactly the sentiments of mil
lions of men in this country. He may
be charged with a lacking in courtesy
to the present chief magistrate, but
that gentleman is running for a sec
ond election on his record and that
record has to be considered that the
people may decide whether or not
they desire second edition of 1t.
Moreover, Mr.. Wilson's friends loudly
applaud It, and then Mr.. Wilson will
have ample time to discuss it between
now and November. And Mr.. Wilson
does not hesitate to express his opin-
ion of those who oppose him. ON
more than one public occasion of late
he has expressed the opinion that to
use u biblical form of speech, said
plainly enough, that were the demo-
cratic party to cease to exist, wisdom
would perish from the earth.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
CONSTITUTION.

From parties who have recently
visited the Constitution, on Pine creek
it Is learned that the best ore that has
ever been encountered in the mine is
now in evidence In the drift from the
bottom of the shaft at depth of 200
feet. 1t is reported that there is eight
feet Of ore, over three feet Of which
is Of shipping grade. The property Is
being energetically developed. In
addition to drifting on the 200, the
shaft is also being sunk and further
exploration Of the vein in the tunnel
is in progress. All this work Is with
the view Of having the mine in shape
to supply ore for the mill, which the
company expects to erect this fall.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
GETTING GOOD MEN TO BECOME
CANDIDATES.

The utter failure of the direct pri-
mary to accomplish the purpose
claimed for 1t by its enthusiastic adj
vocates has become so apparent that
there Is a widespread demand, not on
ly In Idaho, but in practically all 9TH
er states, for a return to the conven-
ton system of nominating candidates.
Even those who were the most ardent
supporters of the primary system on
the ground that 1t would induce a
superior class of men to seek public
office, or that 1t would enable the peo-
pie to exercise their right untram-
melted to select their candidates and
thereby make merit the sole qualif-
cation for office, while they do not ad-
nit the failure of the system in words,
do so indirectly. An example of this
was recently afforded by an editorial
in the Spokesman Review, one of the
most persistent advocates of the di-
rect primary and which devoted col
umns to pointing out advantages of
the system, particularly dwelling up
on the point that 1t induced men who
had held themselves aloof from the
demoralizing methods of politics I'M
der the convention plan to aspire to
public office. The success of the pri-
mary In this respect is strikingly
shown by the editorial in question, an
extract from which is here given:
ut s not enough to stand by the
most available of the nominees or
even of the candidates. There must
be searching for the best citizens to
become candidates, sitting of their
respective qualifications, moral conf
pulsion put upon them by the public
to make them serve"
Evidently the high class men who
refused to dabble in politics before
the advent of the direct primary are
still holding back, and so averse are
they to enter the arena that the Spo-
kesman- Review advocates moral
| ,-,,.,r,,Is;or ,,,t rnnn than IN mako
them serve" But bear in mind that
there is no shortage of candidates, but
the kind that were to be especially
attracted to the public service by the
direct primary are still holding back
and "compulsioh" must be resorted to
in order to get them to run for office.
The fact is, and the editorial in the
Spokane paper is a practical admis-
sion of it, that it Is more difficult to
get desirable candidates under the di-
rect primary system than under the
old plan of nominating candidates
and at the same time it throws wide
open the door to a host of undeslr-
ables who would not receive serious
consideration at the hands of a con-
ventlon of the party. The operation
of the direct primary Is just the oppo-
site of that which was predicted by
its sponsors. and each succeeding
campaign adds new evidence that II
should be abolished.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
FOREST SERVICE HANDlcAPS
THE MINING INDUSTRY.

Numerous complaints are heard
those days against the interference OF
the forest service in the matter Oh
natenting mining claims, and 1t has
reached a point where 1t has become
a serious obstacle to the development
of the mining industry. Every appll-
cation for patent, before receiving ae-
ton in the general land office, is pass
ed over to the forest service Tor re-
port, and that means not only long
delay to permit a personal eXamina~
ton of the claims by the experts OIL
the forest bureau. but almost inVarl-
baly an adverse report. These ex-
perts are most exacting in the matter
of mineral discovery, and locations
that have been made by prospectors
and miners of many years experience
and who have devoted their energy
toward their development, are ire
auently turned down by these forest
exnerts because the discovery does
not conform to their narrow and aca-
demic idea of what mineral bearing
vein should be.
a
requires more ground than the single
claim upon which the original discoV-
ery was made, and even If some OF
the adjoining claims are not located
upon what would be independently
and strictly construed as a discovery
of ore in place, the interior depart
ment has recognized the necessity of
such ground for the successful de-
yelopment of the property and has
pursued a liberal policy in the mat
ter of passing such claims to patent
Such a policy Is so clearly In the IN
terest of encouraging mining develop
ment and imposes hardship on no
one that 1t is believed when the I'M
reasonable and unjust exactions re-
CURED by the forest service become
thoroughly understood at Washington
a change will Immediately follow.
The development of a mine usually
requires the investment of large cap
ital and this is frequently secured
from sources far removed from the
mine. Naturally one of the first CUES
lions to be considered by an investor
is the question of title to the prop
erty This makes the question )f
patent to mining claims one of first
Importance, for without an absolute
title to the ground it is plain that dis
crete business men are not going to
invest their money. II Is, therefore,
clear that a policy that prevents pat
enting claims through technical ana
narrow construction of the law Is a
most serious handicap to the mining
industry, and protest should be
made so vigorous from the mining In
terests that the department viii be
forced to adopt a more liberal policy,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10

President Wilson thinks it unWise
for the American people to swap
horses while crossing a stream. But
we don't know whether we are cross
ing or not. You can't cross any sort
of a stream on a horse that continu-
ally changes his mind and goes in an
opposite direction without any warn
ing whatever.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10

A democratic contemporary remarks
that this prosperity holds on pretty
well for Temporary prosperity"
True, and so does the war hold on
pretty well. We expect the prosperity
to continue as long as the war, and
not much longer unless we get some
economic legislation on the federal
statute books before the war closes.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10

protection of our own people in all
their personal and property rights
will again be regarded as the highest
function of government. Wheh
Hughes is president an appeal Tor
protection will not be met by advice
to run for your life.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10

that viii abolish the present system
and the appointment of board that
will give the highest efficiency in
handling this tremendous land busi-
ness of the state.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
Explained.

"Pop?"
Eyes, my son."
What is an end-seat hog the papers
talk about?"
and end-seat hog, my son, Is the
fellow who gets the seat that you
want yourself"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-10
Flynn.

...FlYItIt...
Judd Mortimer Lewis in Houston Post
That heroism won't be dead when
warning shall have been
Discarded and forgotten has been
proved by men like Flynn;
Flynn was working on building high
above a city street,
with one Murray, and excepting for
the beam beneath their feet
There was naught for fifteen stories,
not a girder, stay, or hope,
Not a chance for one that stumbled,
not a small excuse for hope;
But that never worried Murray nor
yet Flynn, where, 'gainst the Skies
They worked with their bolts and riy-
cts, men who looked as small as
flies.
While a great steel beam was rising
from the street up to the height
Murray turned. back to the breezes,
just to get his pipe alight
When the. great steel slowly turning,
brushed him with it's mighty end
Pushing, pushing. pushing, pushing!
Murrays form began to bend
Slowly, slowly, slowly, as he tried to
keep his feet,
And his eyes saw naught before him,
naught below him but the street
With a turn and cat-like quickness
Murray twisted on his heel
And. as the beam swung on outward,
hooked his finger to the steel!
So he swung above the city, on the
mighty metals tip,
And the beam, which had been bal
anced to a hair, began to dip!
Murray felt it, Murray knew it, knew
that as it's end swung low,
with his weight. he could not hold 1t.
he would have to let 1t go,
And go hurting to extinction on the
city pave beneath,
And he waited, waited, waited, his
short pipe clinched to his teeth,
For the moment when no longer his
hands could maintain their hold;
It was seconds that he chung there,
but those seconds made him old!
Flynn had watched the whole occur
renee without a chance to inter-
fere,
Flynn knew Murray's wife and babies,
and his throat felt choked and
queer.
Then he looked out over nothing, to
the huge beams other end,
Mutter: Maggie! Goodbye, Maggie"
and leaped QUITO save his friend!
Afterward Flynn said it felt like he
was hanging in the air
For long ages, he'd have had time to
have said the whole Lords prayer;
Then before his senses left him while
he still could think and feel
Flynn felt his fingers clutching to the
balanced bit of STEEL;
ana us dipping SLoppeu the HioAlohl
that his weight fell on the end,
And the foreman, who was watching
pulled the signal cord to send
A swift signal to the holster, and the
drum began to turn,
And the rope ran through the pulleys
- till the friction made 1t burn.
And the weight went rushing earth
ward, taking Murray down, and
Flynn,
Like two children on a see-saw. 1t
was mercy's day to win
And they reached the bottom safely,
and together took the climb
Back to the fifteenth story, fearing to
be locked their time;
But, there, Murray looked only down
ward. and at Flynn, and turned
away,
And he said Perhaps you're guessin'
half of what me lips can't say"
And Flynn said, and his cheeks red
dened like a girls, and turned
about,
F'umbling in his jumper pocket:
Here's a match; yer pipes gone
ont 20
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13
That He Had Made an Agree.
ment with Others as to the
Goyern0rShip.

RoNCEVERTE, Oct. 13-Judge
Ira f. Robinson, Republican candl-
date for governor, issued the follow
ing statement here last night when
Informed Of the contents OF a publ
cation which appeared in the Hunt
ington Advertiser and other Demo-
cratic newspapers Of the state:
My attention has been called to a
publication in the Huntington Ad-
yertlser OF certain letters purporting
to detail an agreement supposed to
have been entered into between GER
tain gentlemen and myself regarding
the g0vernorship.
i wish to say unhestitatingly that
the statements as published are not
correct, that no agreement as detail
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13

OF the Clerk of the Circuit Court Of Harri.
son County, on Wednesday, me fourth a..
Of october, 1916, the Following order Was
J1ines I. Garrett, Plaintiff,
vs.. IN CHANCERY,
JIMMIE Garrett. Defendant,
object of Suit.
The object Of this suit is to ohtoin a
givorch from the bonds or matrImonv fo.
james L. Garrett from Jymmie Garrett
And II appearing from an affidavit filed
IN said suit that the said defendant is a
non resident OF this State and il Is ordered
that She do appear within one month from
ihn date Q: the first publication Of this orr
l,gr aud 20 what Is necessary to protect her
interests herein.
Given under my hand this the 4th day Of
October, 1916.
- l. WADE COLEMAN. Clerk.
KAY L. STROTHER, Counsel for Plaintiff.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13
BLANKETS.

Again we call attention here to the fine stock of
Blankets we are showing this season. We feel we
cannot say too much about this line of Blankets for
we know we have the strongest line in this part of
the country. We can give you strictly all-wool
Blankets at from $500 pair up. and we know we
have merchandise that no one else in this country is
showing at the price, just come in and we shall be
glad to prove this. The proof Of the advertisement
is in the actual merchandise behind it,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13
The man who was forgotten

fali shirts have
been selected with
particular care this
season. We're now
showing all the new
"Manhatt a ms" In
Silks, Flannels. SILK
and Flannel, Mad
ras, Russian, Cords,
etc. You can only
see these famous
make Shirts here, in
olarksburg. They
represent the best
that the entire Shirt
market affords, The
prices range from
Si.To up, - Nus
. U0ulH'h, MILE 81.
nn
There is swing"
TO all our new Fall
Neckwoar this sea.
son - the choicest
ranges of imported
SILKS In beautiful
and stunning do.
signs, many shown
exclusively by us---
are now displayed In
our Main street
quarters. Prices 5Oc
up for all that's
new in Fall Neck
wear.
You will find tho
height OF enjoyment
In a Bradley" MI
wool Sweater, Big,
warm, husky shak.
ers with the Bradley
label, telling you
that there Is even 4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13

An Indian tribe in Bolivia shuns
the whites and lives as in the stone
age, making tools and weapons of
stone, bona and wood.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13

A patented rubber substitute is
made By miEing gelatine with gly-
ceriEe aud solution of camphor ia
acetoGe and treating the mass with
sulphur,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13
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Special
FOOTWEAR
For the Boy

First of all, Nus
baum Shoes for
Boys must WEAR.
We see to 1t that the
making OF our shoes
iusures that. And
they must have as
IN u c h distinctive
ness OF design as
their elders - and
they've got il. You
must have ample va
riety to choose from
and that's here
also-as we'll as the
reasonableness of
the prices on our ia
nous make Shoes
for boys
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13

Koochiching is the name Of one of
Minnesota's counties.