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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
A CALL TO CANADIANS
ALL BRITISH SUBJECTS
RECRUITING STATION IN SPO.
KANE POINTS OUT ADvAN-
TAGES OF SERVICE.

The Canadian soldier Is said to be
the best paid in the world. The fig
ures speak for themselves Major
]. C. Biggs, of the Canadian mounted
rifles, a veteran of the European war,
now commanding the British recruit
ing mission in Spokane at w. 6O3
Sprague avenue, which is endeavoring
to reach British and Canadian subjects
in the northwest of military age and
physically fit. who are not naturalized
Americans, calls attention to several
features of the Canadian service.
The private In the Canadian army
receives $1.1O a day. The wife Of a
Canadian private receives $40 as a
separation allowance from the govern
ment. The government also sends at
least half his pay direct to his family
Men enlisting in the British army
will receive the same as in the Can
adam army until they sail-then ac-
cording to the rate in the English
army Men between the ages of IS
and As are eligible. Enlistment will
be for the duration of the war and
six months after the termination of
hostilities,. unless sooner discharged.
Men discharged for wounds or injuries
received in action or because Of dis
ease due to war service are eligible
for pensions. Land grants Of 100
acres for every man who comes back
are also being considered by the Can
adam government. Free passage back
to the United States will be provided
upon discharge where this Is desired.
All food and clothing required by the
soldier are supplied in ample guam
titles and first class qualities.
The medical corps is extraordinarily
efficient Every man is required to
be fit before he is enlisted and as
he can receive constant medical at
tention, his continued fitness is as
sured.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

Horse Shoe Mining Co.-Annual
meeting to be held at property of the
company near Mullan on August II
at p. m. Meeting postponed until
September II at the same hour and
place.. b. Scoles. assistant secre
tary.
Independent Development Co..
Special meeting to be held in White
& Bender building, Wallace, on Sep
TENDER rs. at 1880 p. M, for the pur-
pose of acting upon proposition to in
crease the capital stock.-W. A. Smith,
secretary.
Rockford Mining Co.-Annual meet
ing to be held in Gyde-Taylor build
ing, Wallace, on September II. at
p. NV II. Hanson. secretary.
sabina Mining & Milling Co..
Special meeting to be held in Stanley
hotel, Wallace. September Is at 2 p. m.
for purpose of considering proposition
to amend bylaws to make stock as
sessable.-Everett e. Hatch, secretary.
Sunshine Mining co.-Annual meet
ing to be held in the Gyde-Taylor
building, Wallace, on September 22.
at p. NC. w. Dougherty, Sec
lretary
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
SURE THINGS IN MINING.
(Denver Mining RecOrd)

(Denver Mining RecOrd)
There always are various syndicates
in the field that desire to buy outright
any promising mines or claims. Right
now, more so than in normal times,
large capital is seeking mining prop
erty with the view of operating 1t
either In the immediate future or at
some time when labor conditions are
more propitious. Apparently it is not
easy, however, for the would-be pur-
chasers to find mines that will measure
up to their specifications as to price
and geological conditions. For exam
pie, out Of 639 properties submitted to
the engineering staff of the United
States Smelling, Refining and Mining
Exploration company, 53S were reject
ed after due examination of data and
reports. OF the remainder, 81 of the
mines failed to pass the preliminary
field examination; and Of the other 10
properties, two were purchased and a
long-tim option secured on an in
terest in a third.
That so many mines were rejected.
while somewhat discouraging, does
not prove by any means that the pro-
perties lacked real merit. purchas-
ing company usually endeavors TO
eliminate the element of chance in its
transactions, and wants what is term
ed "a sure thing" More than one bo-
nanza has been passed up by prospec-
tive buyers because they were alto
gether too exacting in their require
ments.
Purchasing syndicates figure that
they can afford to spend considerable
money in the employment OF high
priced engineers and for mine examin-
atoms providing they can get hold OF
only one sure thing" among hundreds
of properties that look as If they might
be more speculative in value. 1t is, of
coruse, absurd to assume that so large
percentage of mines as those repre-
scented by the reflections were not good
mines; as a matter Of fact, probably
more than a majority Of the rejected
mines will some day be numbered
among western dividend payers.
Mining nowadays more nearly APP
proaches an exact science than 1t ever
did, and almost any metal property
that is intelligently managed and ade-
auately financed can be made to pay
But to invariably expect a sure thing
in mining transcends all laws Of sound
business logic. The big mining camps
were created by men who dared t.
back reasonable chances. There arr
exceedingly few sure things" In any
Industry: If they were plentiful. mos
of us would get rich in short order.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
Mining and Development
Companies of the Occur dAlenes
Assessments Meetings Called Delinquent LstDoinss Of
Companies Of Special Interest to All Stockholders

August II. mill, payable September
20 to II. Tiegen, secretary, Kellogg.
Delinquent sale October 20.
Nevada. Stewart Mining Co.--Levied
July 3, mills, payable August to
II. M. Huemann. treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale, September 6.
North Bunker Hill Mining co.-Lev-
led July 2S, 2 mills. payable Septem-
Der 1 to N. r. Hardy. secretary, Kel-
logg. Delinquent sale October /.
Old Veteran Mining Co.--Levied
August 6. mills. payable September
urer, Wallace. Delinquent sale Sep
TENDER 20.
Oreano Mining Co.--Levied July 20.
IN mills. payable September l to +.
p. Candee secretary treasurer Wal
lace. Delinquent sale September "a.
Postponed to October "a.
Rockford Mining Co.-Levied July
II. mills payable August Z to W. ii.
Hanson, secretary. Wallace. Delin-
quent sale September T.
Samson Mining G. Development Co.
Levied July II, mills, payable on
August H. to X. l.. Brainard, secre-
tary, Kellogg. Delinquent sale Sep
TENDER II. Postponed to october H.
Silver Cliff Gold G. Copper Mining
Co.-Levied July II. mills, payable
July II to James d. Young, treasurer.
Mullan Delinquent sale August 16.
Postponed to September Is.
Snowshoe Mining Co.-Levied Aug
ust 27, 8 mills, payable September 27
to II. c. Loop. treasurer, Mullan. De-
linquent sale October q.
Tarbox Mining Co.-Levied August
20, 10 mills. payable September 20 to
r. E. Seysler, secretary, Wallace. De-
llnquent sale October 20.
Wisconsin Mining Co.--Levled Aug
ust II, mills, payable September II
to j. S. Ross. secretary, Kellogg. De-
linquent sale october IT.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
CEDAR CREEK.
Shortage Of Water Forces Suspension
Of Operations.

Just as the Cedar Creek Mining &
Development company was entering
what appears to be the ore shoot, the
supply of water for power failed and
complete suspension followed Should
the long drouth be broken soon and
sufficient rain fall to restore the sup
ply the company will resume at once
But IL no rain falls. the company
should be able to resume in about six
weeks, when the electric power line
which the Washington Water Power
company is extending to Murray is
expected to be completed. This line
will pass within 200 feet Of the Cedar
Creek tunnel and connection can be
quickly made with small expense.
When the work was suspended the
face of the drift was no feet from a
point under the shaft. Considerable
ore had been coming in for some dis
lance back and there is ore now scat
tered throughout the face which may
turn to solid ore with any round OF
holes. There seems no doubt that
this ia the beginning Of the shoot that
is developed in the shaft and tunnel
above.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
Rhode Island,

At the recent annual meeting OF the
Rhode Island Mining company the old
officers and directors were reelected as
follows: A. G. Webb. president:
Charles BOllinger, vice president: G.
F. Clarke. secretary treasurer: DIR. w.
A. Smith and d. c, Russell. The pro-
perty OF the company is situated on
Terror gulch near Osburn Consider
able ore has been exposed on the pro-
to interest capital in further develop
ment.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
ENGINEERS DISCUSS THE
SUPPLY OF MANGANESE
THIS AND MANY OTHER CUES.
TlONS TO BE CONSIDERED
AT ST. LOUIS MEETING.

Increasing the supply of manganese
ore for the American steel industry in
the war emergency is one of the prin-
cipal subjects to be discussed a: The
ll5th meeting of the American IIsti-
tute of Mining Engineers during the
week Of October 8 to 10. Prominent
engineers from many parts Of the
country will attend the sessions which
are to be held in mining districts Of
Illinois, Missouri. Kansas and Okla
hOma.
Suggestions From Engineers.
1t is impossible for the United
States to supply the steel industry
With enough manganese if the pres
ent practice of using manganese is
maintained. This is the word which
d. F. Hewett Of the United States
geological survey has given the in
stitute. AS a result, the institute Off
Gals have formally issued a call for
some 900 members to present
suggestions for methods of using these
ores.
This is only one of the subjects in
connection with the development of
the country's mineral resources for
greater war service that Is to be pre-
sented at the mining engineers meet
ing. An effort will be made along
several lines to cooperate with the
government and the mining interests
with the expectation Of increasing
production, conserving the present
supply and improving the methods of
using the country's minerals.
Manganese Still Short.
There were only two shippers of
manganese ore in the United States
in 1918 and last year this number had
grown to SO. This year the rate Of
production is about three times that
of last year and certain states have
increased their output to five times
that of 1916. Even with this increase
| 1t is stated that the war demand al
ready calls for a greater increase In
production. Manganese Is chiefly
found in Montana, Virginia, Arkansas
and California.
Patriotic Program.
| The mining engineers will open their
convention in st. Louis on October
8 with a patriotic meeting and will
journey to neighboring points in ILL
nois, Kansas and Oklahoma by special
train. Technical sessions will be held
relating to the work of the individual
districts at every important center
which Is visited. An elaborate social
pl ogram has been arranged by the
engineers of the st. Louis district
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
Old.Timer Returns.

John II. Dayey. father OF Frank j..
Davey, the assayer and chemist of
this city. arrived the first OF the week
and will remain here for an indefinite
period. Mr.. Davey was identified with
mining in this district in the early
days, coming here first in 1888. The
last property with which he was con-
nected was the Argentine, about two
miles west Of this city. He left here
about Is years ago, and during most
of that time he has made his home in
Baker, Ore. Mr. Davey will be 80
years old his next birthday, and he is
a man of remarkable activity for that
advanced age.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.

Alameda Mining co.-Levied Aug
ust 6. s mills, payable September IL to
James A. Wayne. treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale September 20.
American Commander Mining &
Milling Co.-Levied July 9. 8 mills,
payable August 9 to J. II. Burns. Sec
rotary treasurer, Mullan. Delinquent
sale September s. Postponed to Oc-
tober 8.
Arsenta Mining co.-Levied August
6, mill, payable September to c. d.
Brock, secretary treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale october Q.
Blue Star Mining G. Milling Co..
Levied July II, / cent, payable Sep
TENDER to A. C. Morbeck. secretary
treasurer Kingston. Delinquent sale
october l.
Bullion Mining co.-Levied July 8,
mills, payable August to James II,
Taylor, secretary treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale September TO-
Cedar Creek Mining & Development
Co.-Levied August 4, s mills, payable
September to William Becker secre-
tary- treasurer, Wallace. Delinquent
sale October 4.
Clear Grit Mining Co.-Levied Aug
ust 25, 2 mills, payable October l to
o. w. Lewis, secretary treasurer. wal
lace. Delinquent sale october 20.
Copper King Mining & Smelling Co.
Levied July II. 10 mills, payable on
August II to H. w. ingalls,. secretary
treasurer, Mullan. Delinquent sale on
September II. Postponed to October
II.
Duluth Mining co.-Levied August
4, mills. payable September s to F.
Bland, secretary, Wallace. Delin-
auent sale october s.
Enterprise Mining Co.-Levied July
IA, mills, payable August Is to Lee
Prather secretary. Kellogg. Delin-
quent sale September 15
Friend Mining co.-Levied July IL,
2 mills, payable August IS to William
Schierdng, treasurer, 321 Lindelle
block, Spokane. Delinquent sale Sep
TENDER 10.
Idaho & Los Angeles Mining G. Mill
ling co.-Levied July 2s, mills, pay
able August 20 to Alfred ]. Dunn, sec
rotary treasurer, Wallace. Delinquent
sale September %.
Idora Mining Co.-Levied August /
mills, payable September I to c. E
Mallette, secretary treasurer, 6O4 Jam
ieson building. Spokane. Delinquent
sale October 1.
independence Placer Mining Co.
Levied August 81, az mills. payable
September 20 to Emil Pfister secre
tary treasurer. Wallace. Delinquent
sale october 20.
Military Mining & Milling Co.
Levied July 10. 40 cents per 1907
shares, payable September rs to L. H
Hayes, secretary. Sunset, Idaho. De
linquent sale at Office of w. H. Han
son, Wallace, october rs.
+, Moonlight Mining Co.-Levied Aug
ust rs. mills, payable September 2
to F. Bland. secretary-t treasurer, Wal
, lace. Delinquent sale october rs.
) Maintain Roaa Mininu Co.-LeYie
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

The accompanying table gives the
quotations Of silver. lead. zinc and
copper as obtained by the Engineer
ng and Mining Journal and which are
generally specified as the basis Of set
Element In ore contracts with the
smeltsrs. The quotations published In
the daily press are usually higher for
the reason that they represent sales
In small lots. while the figures here
given are based on large transactions
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
Daily Quotations Of Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper
Which Are the Actual Basis Of Settlement

and are generally determined from re-
ports made by producers and selling
agencies. Both the New York and st.
Louis prices Of lead are given. the DIFF
ference being due mainly to the differ.
ence In freight between the two points.
The quotations for spsltsr are for
prime western brands. To arrive at
the New York price add II cents per
100 pounds to the st. Louis price.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06
STATES ORE EXHIBIT At.
BOISE IS NEGLECTED
FINE MINERAL DISPLAY WORSE
THAN USELESS FOR WANT
OF ATTENTION.

The mineral exhibit on the first floor
of the Central school building, vast Of
the statehouse, is commencing to show
a lack Of care and attention, says the
Statesman.
The minerals need to be washed
and new placards are needed for the
exhibits.
O. p Henderson,. secretary Of the
state fair, Is acting as custodian for
the exhibit. but because of his other
duties he has not the time to give 1t
the attention that 1t deserves. he
says.
No Money for Custodian.
The last legislature made an ap-
preparation for the salary Of a GUS
todan or superintendent for the ex-
hibit, but the governor vetoed it.
Edward Schwerd acted as custO-
dian of the exhibit for several months,
but he quit the office that he had
maintained there in the spring and
returned to active mining.
Neither Schwerd nor Henderson,
received any salary for looking after
the exhibit.
1t was intended by the legislature
that the state board of agriculture
should take care of the exhibit. but
the board has not had the money at
its command with which to hire a
custodian. However, it Is said that a
man probably will be employed this
fall il the state fair is a success and
the board gets back some Of the mon
ey that 1t has put into it.
Exhibit Is One Of Best.
THE exhibit is one of the best Of
its kind in the United States today,
and it should have attention" Secre-
tary Henderson, declared in discus
sing it.
IN the spring. dozens of men visit
the exhibit daily and many of them
spend hours studying the different
minerals. They do not visit 1t out OF
idle curiosity, but because they are
interested and wish to get information
relative to the mineral resources OF
the state"
The secretary says the building In
which the exhibit is housed could be
repaired for $1,000 and made fit to
display the horticultural and agricul-
tural exhibits that are now hidden
away on the second floor where they
are seldom seen by callers.
$3.50 Spent for Repairs.
The Gem State fair board spent
1880 fixing up the room in which
the mineral exhibit Is displayed, bu
the roof is in a leaky condition and
after a rain or heavy snow. waite
drips down through the upper floor
on the minerals.
The state reimbursed the Gem Stat
beard in the sum of $500 from a por
ton of the balance left in the fun
provided for the exhibition Of Idaho
resources at the Panama Pacific ex
position, according to Secretary Hen
dershot, but the fair board still ha
several hundred dollars tied up II
the exhibits. he says.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

II Is said that cress Is the quickest
growing Of plants. Under perfect con-
ditions it may be made to flower and
seed within eight days Of planting.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

A Danish doctor at hospital In
Paris has invented a cardboard leg
which enables the wearer to go about
without crutches two days after his
limb has been amputated.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

The French sergeant who recently
bombed Essen was three years ago a
hardware merchant without thought
of war in his head.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

The next time the kaiser writes
confidential letter he will add; +. s.:
Burn this after Observation-Disclosures
American.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

A hotel at Belleville, ILL.,, in which
Charles Dickens was guest during
his first American tour, is about to be
torn down.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

During the past hundred years the
worst winters have generally followed
wet and cool summers, with little sun
shine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

1t Is estimated that it takes 400
pounds of cotton to make the powder
for one shot from one of the German
finch guns.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

Costa RIGA now manufactures and
exports Portland cement, quarry OF
appropriate stone having been recent
ly discovered.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

The state of education in Russia
may be judged from the fact that
there is only one village school for
every 5000 persons.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-06

1t is asserted that the best marks
men are usually those with blue or
gray eyes.
The midland journal., 1917-01-12
New Optical Device Rival
of Telescope in Probing
Mysteries of the Heavens

An optical device, which is said to
rival If not surpass the telescope in
revealing the mysteries of the heav-
emily bodies, was exhibited at recent
meeting of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers in New York.
The invention was exhibited by DR..
John A. Brashear of Pittsburgh.
'"rhis instrument is called a diff
fracting grating" said Doctor Bra
shear, as he showed what looked like
rectangular piece of metal about
2 by inches long that changed colors
under the electric lights. ION the
plane surface of this polished plate,
made accurate to One-tenth of light
wave, or within neutrality-suspicious.
sandth of an inch, are ruled more than
$4,000 lines between which there is no
greater error than one-two-millionth of
an inch.
with this delicate piece of appa-
ratus, made possible, first, by rigorous
scientific research; second, by the skill
of the artisan; third, by knowledge
of and vigorous care to avoid tempera-
ture changes, and, fourth, by the accu-
racy Of the mechanism, the astrOphysi-
cist has been able to tell the compost
tion, temperature and distance of the
stars
The midland journal., 1917-01-12
Walking ChaIkline.

The same sensations, minus the al
cOhOl, experienced by an intoxicated
person who is trying to walk in a
straight line or on narrow sidewalk
which is only thirty inches wide, can
be had by anyone who takes the
trouble to draw a straight line on the
floor and then look at the line through
pair of opera glasses in reversed
position, says the Popular Science
Monthly. After the glasses are focused
try to walk on the line. You will find
it impossible to follow it closely. The
line will look like an ink scratch on a
surface miles away, and the closer you
look and try to follow the line the
more vexed your vision becomes. and
as a result your feet wander from side
to side, getting farther away from the
line all the time.
Even with the naked eye it is diff
cult to walk the chalk" for any dis
tance without growing dizzy and stag
gering suspiciously.
The midland journal., 1917-01-12
Common Sense Exercises.

Do simple setting up exercises. es-
pecially rotary abdominal exercises
for five or ten minutes every morning,
advises Cleveland Moffet in McClure's
Magazine. Form the habit of doing
abdominal exercises or muscles tens
ing and fiexing exercises at odd times
through the day. You can do these
anywhere without attracting atten-
ton.
Walk three or four miles day and
form the habit Of breathing deeply
and rhythmically through the nose as
you walk-so many strides (usually
five or six) to the outgoing breath,
then the same number of strides to
the incoming breath. Do this rhyth-
mical breathing occasionally as you
feel like it, and avoid making this or
any other part of your plan irksome
or monotonous. Do these things be-
cause you wish to do them. Do not
force yourself to do them against
your will. Train your will to be a
consenting. an approving, contrOll-
ing power behind your actions.
The midland journal., 1917-01-12
Paying Doctor to Keep One
Well Not a Fantastic Idea


We haven't yet learned to take nd
vantage of the resources of civilian
tion in anything like the extent we
might. For instance, we wait until
we get sick and then we pay the doc
tor to help us get well. 1t would be
much more sensible to pay him to help
us keep from getting sick.
Fantastic idea, you say. Not at all.
1t already is working in a large num-
ber of college communities. Right here
at home in the state universities Of
Missouri and Kansas, for instance,
says the Kansas City Star. In both
institutions the pupil is charged a fee
which is applied to safeguarding his
health. In the University of Missouri
the plan is still further developed so
that the fee covers medical and sur
gicaf attendance.
The important point is. that these
universities and other schools are
proving that health can be made much
more of a community matter than had
been supposed and that the wise thing
to do is for groups to pay medical men
to keep them WE'LL