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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08

The outstanding feature of the In
vestment world during the past sew
eral months has been the exalted po-
sition attained by the securities rep
resenting dividend paying mining and
oil enterprises. Down in the exclusive
banking and financial circles of Wall
street In New York and State street
in Boston, where few years ago oil
stocks and mining stocks, with few
exceptions, We're considered in the
same class with confederate money or
the offerings of confidence men, there
has been a grand awakening. With
out the financial assistance of the
banks or the life insurance companies,
the western miner, through his part
rership with Dame Nature and the
small investor, has been able to
change the entire standard of invest
ment values. A few years ago it would
have been considered a sacrilege in
investment circles to have mentioned
mining stocks or oil stocks in the
same breath with railroad stocks or
bonds OF course, oil stocks with the
Rockefeller brand attached or mining
stocks promoted by old line invest
ment houses of New York. Boston or
Philadelphia were admitted reluctant
ly to the inner circles of this far east
financial exclusiveness, but as a gen.
eral rule the western man seeking de-
velopment funds for mining or oil en-
terprises came home disappointed.
investors Investigate First.
A kept financial press did its utmost
to keep investors away from mining
and oil shares so that their savings
would be used in the purchase of low
interest bearing mortgage bonds.
Every selfish scheme known to the fin
ancial underworld was employed to
backen mining and oil investments
and to keep the small investor salts
fed with the small interest payments
of savings banks and bond issues. But
the small investor was not satisfied
with his lot and when he started an
Investigation on his own account he
found that the mines and oil wells
were paying dividends of 10, 20, 80 and
100 per cent and even higher. Learn
ing these facts he prepared to dip In
the financial sea but before taking the
dip he adopted safety first" princi-
pies He learned to investigate. He
learned to pick the good from the bad.
The result is that today thousands OF
brainy, ambitious Americans are lined
Up solidly behind the mining and oil
Industries and are ready at all times
to place a portion of their savings
with the aggressive operators VINO
are opening new mines and new oil
fields.
Mining stocks and oil stocks are
now enjoying a greater demand IMAM
ever before, in our financial history.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK
HOLDERS.

Office of the American Mining Com
pany, Limited, Wallace Idaho, jan
uary "a, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the stock represented
by the following certificates of the
American Mining Company, Limited,
on account of an assessment of one ID
mill per share, levied on the 14th day
of December, 1916 the following
amounts set opposite the names of the
respective shareholders as follows, to-
wit
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08

And IN accordance WITH law 50 WaHY
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold on the
Gath day OF February, 1917, at 500
p. m. of said day, at the office of the
company, 415 Cedar street, Wallace,
Idaho, to pay the delinquent assess
ment thereon, together with the costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
FRANK p. HESS,
Secretary Treasurer OF Belmont Min
ing Company, Limited, Wallace,
Idaho F1-S-2t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08
BORAH FOR PRESIDENT
TALK IN WASHINGTON
REPUBLICANS TURNING TO HIM
TO UNITE ALL PARTY
ELEMENTS.

Senator William e. Borah, frequent
~ mentioned for the new republican
leader of the senate, has come into
much prominence recently in senate
affairs, particularly those important
matters affecting foreign relations. The
senator from Idaho is opposed to the
presidents plan for policing the world
TO enforce peace and has made that
clear in the important address he de-
livered on the occasion of the recent
debate in the senate on the Hitchcock
resolution, according to a Washington
correspondent
The senator from Idaho shared with
Senator Lodge the responsibility ana
the credit of leading that fight in the
senate against policy which many
Lelieve to be an abandonment of the
Monroe doctrine and the entering up
on the policy which George Washing
ton warned against of "entangling al
liances."
For the 1920 Nomination.
The interest in these activities or
Idahos aggressive and progressive
senator lies in the fact that he Is
gradually being accorded the rank OF
leadership in the senate and in the
party-a leadership that has come not
through his seeking but in spite of It,
Not only is Senator Borah being talk
ed as the senate leader for the repub-
licans but his availability for the nom
nation for president in 1920 is fire.
quently suggested
"There is no doubt" said Senator
Kenyon, of Iowa, one of the actlVe
progressive leaders in the senate, TO
the Capital News correspondent rev
DAYS ago, that Senator Borah is up
permost In the minds of republicans
generally for the leadership OF the
party in 1920. ! read recently IN the
Capital News Washington dispatches
a reference to the fact that the argu-
ment raised by Borah himself against
his own availability for the nominal
ton last year--namely, that he was
TOO far west and came from state
With few electoral votes-has been
disposed of by the recent election
That is true. The seat of political
power has moved away from New
York.
Presidency and the West.
II do not believe that the repuoh-
can party is moved by sectionaiism
Int we have had misgiving APPARENT
~ that has kept the presidential nom
nations east of Mississippi. The las
election had few consultations for th'
average republican but one OF then
was that the country elected a presl
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08

street Wallace, Idaho, to pay the de-
linquent assessment thereon. together
with the costs of advertising and ex-
penses of sale.
JOHN DOLAN,
Secretary Treasurer of the American
Mining Company, Limited, Wallace,
Idaho, J2a-f6-at
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK.
HOLDERS.

Office of the Belmont Mining Com
pany, Limited, Wallace, Idaho,
February /, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the following de-
scribed stock on account of an assess
ment of four (D mills per share, lev
led on the 23rd day of December, 1916,
the several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders
as follows to- wit;
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08

dent without the aid of New York and
Indiana. 1t is no exhibition of sec
tional feeling to say that it was en-
couraging to many of us to feel that
such thing was possible Henceforth
there will be less striving for the ia
vor of the states east of the Father of
Waters and more for the states west
of the Mississippi
IT had talk few days ago with
one of the conservative senators from
New acknowledgement referred to
as one Of the old Guard continued
Kenyon q told him that the time had
come when the Old Guard had to re-
cognize the inevitable-that a pro-
gressive leadership was necessary 10
the success of the party, I said to him
you will have to go to the west for n
candidate and do not think you fell
lows want Hiram Johnson. oh, my
God no. he replied. Then said ], why
do you not turn to Borah?'
Fear Radical Streak.
"This senator said he admired Bor-
abs transcendent ability and admit
ted his great personal popularity.
But said he, we are afraid of Borah
Just about the time we think he will
pass muster he goes somewhere and
makes a speech that shocks the con-
servative sentiment of the east. fear
he has q radical streak.
But the sentiment for Borah is
growing. He has no boom in the
common and hackneyed acceptance of
that term" concluded Senator Ken
Won. "You know it makes Borah
creepy to talk about his boom. He
kicks it over. But there is some deep
thinking going on right now about
your young and aggressive senator
from Idaho Don't fall into the error
of believing that the republican lead
ers are not right now giving serious
thought to 1920 and the rehabilitation
of the republican party on progressive
foundations"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08
Measuring Misfortune.
(Washington starr

you make more fuss about losing
a nickel than I'd make over losing a
hundred dollars"
Boss" said the boy, you've got
the wrong idea. The chances are
you've got another hundred. But this
was my last nickel, 'Tain't what you
lose that makes the difference, It's
what you've got left
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08

And i'm accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold on The
10th day of February, 1917. at 2:3t
p m of said day, at the front door o.
the county court house, ON Banl
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08
CONGRESSMAN SMITH
FAVORS SAWTOOTH PARK
TELLS OF SCENIC WONDERS, AT.
TRACTION TO TOURISTS,
VALUE TO STATE.

| Congressman Smith in presenting
the report to the house of representa-
ives from the committee on public
| lands in support of his bill to create
the Sawtooth national park, said;
bills have been introduced in three
successive congresses for the estab-
lishment of the proposed park which
have been earnestly supported by the
commercial clubs and the women's
clubs of the state, who recognize the
advantages which will accrue to the
state by reason of the establishment
of a national park in this section. 1t is
years the western states have not at
tempted to capitalize the scenic re-
sources of the Rocky Mountain and
Pacific coast country"
Canada, by reason of extensive adj
vertising has attracted thousands of
tourists from the east to the west,
and it is stated on good authority
that rs per cent of the people who
visited the San Francisco and San
Diego expositions during the last two
years were routed over the Canadian
railroad systems either going or re-
turning, this regardless of the fact
that we have four rans-continental
lines.
Canada Reaps Benefit.
at is easy to imagine the great
amount of money spent by American
tourists in travelling in Canada which
would have been spent in our own
country had we spent few dollars in
publicity and acquainted the people of
our wonderful scenic attractions which
OF course are equal to those in Canada.
Prior to the European war 1t is es-
timated that SWltzerland's annual rev.
enue from tourists amounted to $780,
100000, France $60O.000,000 and Italy
500, 100000, large proportion OF
which was spent by Americans travel
ing abroad The pine woods of Maine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13

New York, Aug 13.-COTTON@Spot co
ton steady. Middling, S26.10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
SAVE CITY'S MANURE
Porter Will Sell II to the Farmers
This Fall.

An effort to place all the manure
gathered in the city of Topeka in
single dump was launched today by
w. L. Porter commissioner of parks
and Fairgrounds. Porter has con
Quoted an investigation and discovered
that the waste of manure is next door
to crime.
There are a dozen dumps over the
city where the manure is hauled. 1t
is never used and yet Porter knows
that farmers need it badly.
Today. he appeals to the people of
Topeka to direct men hauling manure
to call 1914 on the phone and ask T.
B. Garrett. superintendent of the
waste deposit plant, for the exact To-
cation of the city dump. There the
manure will be cared for and in the
fall when the farmers strenuous life
is over. the manure will be at their
disposal at central place.
I'VE will charge them something for
the stuff said Porter, enough to
pay the expense of man who must
handle it :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
BIG C. OF C. PICNIC
Plans All Ready for Garfield FroIic
and Dance Tomorrow.

Many inquiries were made today at
the Chamber of Commerce regarding
the big picnic and dance tC be given
by the organization at Garfield park
tomorrow afternoon and evening All
concessions of the park have been pur-
chased for the day by tn Chamber
of Commerce thru George Godfrey
Moore. chairman of the entertainment
committee.
Horse shoe games. baseball a tug
of-war in which the losing side will be
dragged into the creek. tennis games,
foot races by men and women, bas-
ket lunches and many other amuse-
ments will feature the afternoon in
addition to the merry-go-s round and
figure eight. The dance will begin at
8 o'clock. Those participating in the
tug-of-war are requested by their
team captains to wear their bathing
suits.
Badges, furnished free on applica-
ton at the Chamber of Commerce, are
all that is necessary to gain admit
lance to the picnic. Wives of the
members will take basket lunches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE
Property Damaged in Raid Docs Not
Have to BE Paid For

II want to ask if city official in
the performance of his duty injuries
personal property whether the city
can be made liable?''
This from Mayor House at the reg
ular meeting of the city commission
ers today.
DO you want to blow up some
ones house." he was asked.
mo, I'll be more explicit. Suppos-
ing that in raid on the Midland
hotel, Third and Quincy streets,
property had been damaged, could the
city be held responsible?"
1T could not" replied George P.
Hayden, city attorney.
Mayor House explained that the
owner of the hotel building, thru an
attorney was preparing to file claim
against the city for alleged damages
done to the building in a raid on a
poker game, engineered by J. K. Will
son, the late chief of police The
owner claimed that in the ardor of the
raid, the late chief or some of his men
even went so far as to pull down the
fire gongs placed in the hotel at the
order of the state fire marshal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
OKLA. CORN FAILURE.
Rain Came Too Late To Save Much
of Cror Turnout State.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Aug. 10
Oklahoma's corn crop suffered much
damage during July from hot winds
and drouth, the rain which came in
the latter part of the month being
too late to materially benefit the crop,
according to the monthly summary of
crop conditions in Oklahoma during
July, prepared by J. E. Woodwork,
Oklahoma field agent. Cotton was ia
vorably affected by the warm dry
weather ana us growing and fruiting
well, the summary says.
The summary follows
Oklahoma's corn crop was badly
damaged by the intense heat and
drouth during the first half of July,
ranging from a total failure in much
of the northern and central and most
of the western sections of the state.
with a partial crop to a total failure
in the southern sections and an aver
age to good crop in favored sections
of the east third of the state There
was no sub-moisture and rainfall over
the larger portion of the state was
light and local showers scattered The
crop as a whole was too badly dam
aged to be benefited by rains during
the latter part of July, and no I'M
provement can be expected, except or
an occasional late piece of corn, ia
vorably located and which has no,
fired or tasseled on this date
The preliminary estimate on wheat
is based on the estimated yield Del
acre ano has the advantage of in
| Guiding many threshing returns The
total yield and the quality of the grair
fully substantiates early forecasts
The weather conditions have been ia.
Vorable for rapidly handling the crop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
MORE FRIGHTFULNESS
Apparent Germany DEGREES Death to
Captured Seamen.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Germany,
starting a new campaign of horror on
the seas, will be met by a SITTER
American allied policy.
The United States will soon furnish
scores of new destroyers as the initial
contribution to this new struggle. She
and her allies may be forced into a
bold aggressive warfare against the
U-boats.
Germany's new horror methods are
doubly evidenced. Her apparent cap
ture of the captain and four American
gunners of the tanker Campana in the
bay of Biscay. lead authorities to fear
Germany may repeat the Frye case.
justifying execution on the ground
that a private ship resisting a sub
marine is a pirate vessel.
Secondly, the Belgian Prince Incl
dent showed a similar Teuton ten
dency toward a new '.Schrecklich-
cit" Men from that vessel were plac-
ed aboard the submarine, then the
U-boat submerged, drowning the men
on deck
That new naval steps against Ger
many are planned is shown by the
fact that Japan is throwing new units
into the allied sea zone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
"MOvE ON" ORDER
Give Strikebreaker Camp "a Hours to
Get Out of County.

Kansas City, Aug. 13.-County Mar
shall Harry Hoffman this aftern, on
was swearing in scores of special dep
uties preparatory to forcibly ejecting
the 500 strike breakers at Selsa, TWEEN
ty Dniles from here, from the county,
Orders were issued this afternoon
by Harry Hoffman, county mars nal,
that the 500 strike breakers held at
Selsa. Mo-, as a result of deportation
by striking street car men here yes
terday, must be moved out of aJcksor
county, which includes Kansas CITY,
within the next "a hours. The order
was addressed to the Chicago & Alton
railroad and the marshal decler red
that if the railroad refuses to m I'VE
them he and his deputies will do so
forcibly.
The order was caused, Mr.. Hoff-
man said, because the men were pill
Laying and destroying property"
Company to Ask Injunction.
Other men who may be called into
the company's service now are here
and can be used Immediately, in the
event they are needed, a high official
of the company said this afternoon
These included both loyal employees
and strike breakers. The official re-
ers were being quartered but added
that they could be reached at once
and would be used if negotiations now
under way failed
The company will ask an immediate
injunction, in the federal. court
against interference with their prop
erty, if the proposed settlement is re-
jected, he said, and cars will be op-
Grated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
HAUL KIDDIES FREE
Street Railway Company will Furnish
Transportation to Big Picnic.

Friday, August II, the Topeka
Street Railway company will furnish
free transportation to all children at
tending the big annual playground
picnic to be held at Gage park. Chill
dren will be carried free of charge
from o'clock in the, morning to 8
in the afternoon.
Extra cars will be put in service
and it is anticipated that over 5000
children will be carried to and from
the park. without this courtesy of
the company many children would
have to remain home from the picnic,
which will be the biggest yet held and
will celebrate the most successful
playground season in Topeka's play
ground history.
Outdoor sports, swimming races,
tennis finals and a great open air
picnic will be features of the days
program The children will take their
own picnic lunches, and the twenty
three playground directors will have
a dinner of their own at noon. the
girls furnishing the lunch and the
men the ice cream. Parents of chill
dren are invited to attend and help
take care of their lively progeny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
FOR S-MILL LEVY!
Topeka School Taxes Highest
in History This Year.
Increase for School Purposes;
No Teachers Raise.
MIL EpEnI M NEW pill nINeS
WILL ERECT NO new BUILDINGS
Large Amount To Pay Debts
Made Last Year.
TO Skimp Expenditures; Will
Cut Fairgrounds Work.

The school tax levy took another
lump this year. reaching the highest
point ever recorded for Topeka. The
.evy set by a recent action of the board
bf education was mills. one mill
more than that of 1916 and an adj
vance of l 80 over the low levy of the
ast five years
The levy was apportioned as fol-
lows:
General fund. mills. which is an
increase OF l mill over the levy
made last year.
Building fund, 1.2O mills. 20 mill
higher than last year.
Interest, 40, the same as last
year
Fairgrounds, .O5, or is less than
the levy made last year.
Despite the increased levy for
school purposes no appropriation was
made for an increase in salaries for
the teachers. A bonus of $35 per
wear. granted by the board early in
the summer, was approved but the
raise requested by the teachers was
Neglected.
According to the schedule of appor-
tionment of funds, no new buildings
will be erected for school purposes the
coming year, Fairgrounds work will be
cut, and debts for the last year will be
paid.
Twenty thousand dollars of indebt-
iedness for the new Lincoln school
building is still hanging on the fit,an-
cial debit of the board. This. &C
lcording to members of the board, will
Ibe paid by this years levy. The be nus
granted the teachers will take an adj
lditional $4,000 and the natural IN
lcrease in the salary schedule. OF a
basis of time served as teachers, will
amount to $4,000. Additional I'M
iprovements. too, are staring a the
board of education
The S-mill levy will raise $4SC.94C
for the years educational expense
Last year the total raised by the levy
was $45S.632. The difference amounts
to S22.30S.
According to the school board thia
increase will barely take care of he
Finances of the city educational sys-
tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
MISSIONARIES LOST
Are Among 10 Drowned When Amer
lean Ship Hits Mine Near Capetown.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Eive Amer
lean passengers were lost when the
American steamer City of Athens
struck a mine and went down near
Capetown: South Africa on August
10, according to today's state depart
ment dispatches Ten other passen-
gers and four of the crew also were
lost, the dispatches say.
The dispatches say four of the
Americans were missionaries and
name Mr.. and Mrs. Naygard, Miss
Robinson and Caroline Thompson.
board. A Mr.. Pointer of that mission
was saved. Nineteen other mission
aries of an organization with head
quarters at $50 Bridge street, Brook
lyn, n. Y. were saved.
Family of Eight Drowned.
The state department announce
ment said:
In addition to these a man named
Duckworth, British, and his American
wife and six children were lost. Mrs
Duckworth's father lives in Denver
His name is unknown
The telegram shows that Miss Rob-
lnson belongs to the Metho dist Board
Mission. New York city. Mr. Pointer
of that mission was saved.
Nineteen missionaries belonging tc
| a mission with headquarters at Brook
| Ign were saved.
"Sommer and wife. appa -ently from
| Meadows, ILL.,, were saved. Mr.
Richey, of Chicago, Mr. Pritchett
| Philadelphia, David L. Astoria o.
South Dakota; X. F. Braaten, Mime
apolis. Mr.. Denham, an Australian
with an American wife and two chill
| dren and a Mr.. Smith were amons
| others saved
| The vessel struck a mine near Cane
| town, August 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-13
NEGROES ARE NEEDED
Thirty-three Can Be Used in Medical
Department, 1t Is Announced.

A call for thirty-three negroes for
service in the medical department of
the regular army was received at the
local recruiting office. AIS Kansas
avenue. this morning. 1t was the sec
ond call for colored volunteers for
the regular medical service. The first
call was issued July II and called for
Is enlistments. The second, it is ex-
pected, will be filled this week
A practical education, industry, and
reliability are the three requirements
needed by applicants for the service
Men accepted will be Stationed at the
various points of encampn ent in the
country and will probably be sent to
Europe to assist member of the
expeditionary force Finished men
will be sent to Kansas City for final
assignments to training posts