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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01
ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.

Engineering and Mining Journalt
Why is it that there is a dearth of
men to fill important high salaried
and responsible positions, concerning
which we have so many platitudes and
hear so many sermons? Too little at
tention is paid by the big corporations
to developing men for specific places.
Probably large percentage of the
graduates from our technical institu-
tons, if properly handled by their
employers, could be made very much
more valuable than they now are. 1t
is almost an axiom that the better as
sayer or surveyor or craftsman man
! is, the more certain is he to stay in
that rut and never be- anything else.
We have in mind specific instances
where men have shown particular APP
titude in lines similar to the above
and were considered SO valuable to the
institution that they would not be
surrendered voluntarily to another
concern which needed that particular
kind of talent nevertheless the com
pany did not increase the mems sal
aries (Which is not the point in this
argumenD, but did not give them any
wider sway in its own affairs. When
one of these young men with the adj
vantage of the technical training
which is gained at our admirable in
situations shows particularly adapta-
bility in his work. his superior makes
a mistake if he simply congratulates
himself on the fact that he has good
man. He should rather change him
from one department to another, with
the definite idea of broadening and
developing him and making him into
a big man.
That such a thing can be done out
Of ordinary human material is shown
by the army and navy, more especial
~ the latter There have been many
times in our history when navy Off
,ers have acquitted themselves in del
cate diplomatic matters abroad much |
10 our pride and satisfaction. High /
naval commanders have a tremendous
ask in their organization and execu-
i've problems. and it is rarely that /
such a man in such a position fails to |
ieliver the goods. The reason Is be- |
,ause he is Systematically developed /
or that very position, from the be-
ginning Of his training as student at /
Annapolis. His entire work and ca
'eer is progressive, so that when in
he course of time age brings him to
positions of supreme command, he
las been through all the neither de-
,artments and the progressive train
ng Of lifetime counts. He Is not 4
solated. he is only one of class, av-
rage ordinary material at the start,
nut at the finish he is a product Of
ontinuous logical development.
II our mining and metallurgical
ompanies would, instead of consider
ng some Of their employees so good ;
hat they can not be replaced, con-
ider them so good that they ought to
e put somewhere else, it would be
,uch better for all concerned {
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

According to press reports, the fed
eral reserve board has advocated an
amendment to the reserve law which
"to issue notes against gold and then
count that gold as part of the reserve
required against new note issues
When this has been successfully ac-
complished, we shall be able to lift
ourselves by our bootstraps
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01
ESTABLISH MINING EXPERIMENT
STATION AT MOSCOW.

OF course the people of Idaho are
very grateful for the action of the
ing resolution favoring the estab-
lishment by the federal government of
"a mining experiment station in con-
junction with the state university at
Moscow though it is tardy recognition
of the claims of this state for such
STATEN. A substation under the jur-
isdiction of the main station at Seat
tie is now located at Moscow, and the
amount OF work that is being handled
there will soon demonstrate, if 1t has
not already, the necessity of making IL
an independent station, a fact which
probably more than anything else Is
responsible for the sudden outburst of
generous support from the Spokane
meeting. However, We are not dis
posed to look a gift horse in the
mouth, and will therefore accept the
boost from Spokane without further
analysis of the circumstances that
combined to bring it about.
Under the law authorizing the es-
adjustment of experimental stations,
h. tA1
and efforts will be made to place one
at Moscow. and the outlook for sue
cess is more than promising. Perhaps
the strongest point in favor of Idaho
for one of these stations is in the fact
that it has already advanced to the
front rank in mineral production, pos
sesses vast areas of nndeveloped re-
sources, and has the greatest variety
of minerals to. the recovery of which
ably give it's attention. While great
progress has been made in metallur-
gical lines by the large operating COM
panies throughout the state, there is
much yet to be accomplished in the
way of overcoming losses in the
treatment of ores which are now being
produced on commercial basis, and
this is work in which an experimental
station would be of great benefit But
the opening up of new districts |
through the discovery of processes |
adapted to the peculiar characteristics !
of the ores and their location with ref
erence to transportation facilities |
would probably be the most beneficial
fields to engage the attention Of the
Idaho also presents most /
promising field for the discovery of !
rare minerals. and the experimental
station will be a sort of clearing house
for prospectors to send in specimens
To determine their value in this re- I
spect I
Much of the work here outlined is ,
being handled now by the substation I
r connection with the university at "
Moscow. but its facilities are neces /
'arily limited as compared with those @
for a main station. But as [
stated in the beginning the work be-
ng accomplished is demonstrating the g
.Xtent Of the great field to be served f
Il Moscow, and will afford the most 4
Impressive argument in support OF c
making it an Independent station. II
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01
Freedom of the Sea.

Ill vanDyke in New York Times)
You dare to say with perjured lips:
I'VE fight to make the ocean free
You whose black trail of butchered
ships
Bestrews the bed of every sea
Where German submarines have
wrought
Their horrors! Have you ever
What you call freedom men call
piracy?
Unnumbered ghosts that haunt the
wave
Where you have murdered cry you
down.
And seamen whom you would not save
Weave now in weed grown depths
OF shame for your imperious head
dark memorial of the dead,
Women and children whom you left
to drown.
Nay, not till thieves are set to guard
The gold and corsairs called to keep
Der peaceful commerce watch and
ward
And wolves to herd the helpless
sheep
Shall men and women look to thee,
Tho, ruthless Old Man of the Sea,
To safeguard law and freedom on
the deep!
In nobler breeds we put our trust:
The nations In whose sacred lore
The Ought stands out above the
must"
And honor rules in peace and war.
With these we hold in soul and heart,
With these we choose our lot and part
TIL liberty is safe on sea and shore
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01
FAITH.
CELIA Wheeler Wilcox

Talk Faith; the world is better off
without
Your uttered ignorance and morbid
doubt.
If YOU have faith in God, or man, or
self,
Say so: If not, push back upon the
shelf
OF silence all your thoughts till faith
shall come
No one win greve because your lips
are dumb.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

The unionsuit is said to be we'll
nigh universal now, but we still oc-
casionally see a sensible man with an
inch or so Of evidence in rebuttal just
above the top OF his trousers--Ohio
State Journal.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

Message of industrial America to
Washington: I'VE are at the nations
service!" Reply from Washington
Then accept free trade as your por-
ton, and come across with profits
taxi"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

If the greatest Of all wars ends In a
draw it will not long hold its place as
the greatest of all wars.--New York
Sun.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

Sir Ernest Shackleton may be a
great hero but aren't the Polar seas
about the safest seas there are now
adays?--Charlesto News and Cour-
Ter.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

Carranza has lined up with Bryan,
LaFollette. Gronna, Works. Varda-
man and Kirby as Americas most ia
nous peace champions indianapolis
Star.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-01

An instrument that measures the
glare of lights reflected from paper
has been invented.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

Mr.. Bryan contends, as he al
ways has, that there Is not yet
sufficient provocation between
this country and Germany to en-
ter into war. Any man is always
ON the right side when he stands
for peace.-Mayfield Messenger.
IL war is declared between
this country and Germany 1T will
not be so funny for some people
as they imagine it will.
Mrs. /. ID. Price has again tax
en- charge of the Price House, L..
NJ. Frost relinquishing the place
ON the 1st inst.
Mrs. G. l.. Walker has been
confined to her bed for several
days with an attack of lagrippe.
We rocheck al prescriptions
and prevent mistakes -Hickman
Drug Co.
Radishes, celery, green onions
Observation-Disclosures Bros.
STOP - any time You want
groceries-at Grissom'a
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

w. +. Edmonds narrowly es-
capped being injured Monday
morning when the water back in
his range exploded and literally
demolished the stove. The hot
water pipes had frozen and when
the fire was built, steam gene
rated and exploded. Mr.. Ed
monds, fortunately, had just left
the stove and was ON the other
side of the room when the blow
up occurred.
New spring ginghams, per-
Gales, white goods, dress goods, at
our usual low prices We can of
ford to sell cheaper-you know
s.
Valley Farm, a 4-act domestic
drama, at the Crystal Thursday,
Feb. 18th. Don't miss it.
Mrs Maggie Randle left Satur-
day Cor Fulton to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Horace Luten-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
EXTRA SESSION CALLED
FOR FEBRUARY 18th.

Gov. A. o. Stanley issued q
call Saturday night for the gen.
eral assembly to convene at
Frankfort Wednesday, Feb. IA,
for the "sole purpose of consid-
ering the subject of revenue and
taxation.
This Is the first time In IL
years that the Kentucky general
assembly has been convened in
special session.
The session automatically is lin
tied to sixty Legislative days,
which excludes Sunday and legal
holidays, Gov. Stanley was adj
vised by Attorney General NJ. NJ.
Logan. This would make it ad-
journed, if it did not finish its
work sooner, about April 18th.
With only one question before
them, revenue and taxation meas
ures, which must originate in the
House and pass the branch first,
the senator's viii have ample time
to acquaint themselves with all
the details of proposed legislation
by listening to debates In the
House and the employees will en-
Joy a season of comparative ease
until the House begins sending
bills to the other end of the cap
itol.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

Nothing of special importance
was done at the council meeting
Monday night merely the routine
work. The board did, however,
decide to dispose OF a city lot of
about one acre IN the east end of
town, since it was bringing no
revenue. By selling it, the sale
price can be used to good advan-
tage and the city will also de-
rive taxes from the property.
Odds and ends In shoes, all
good styles, marked down To
make room for our spring shoes.
Come in and look them over be-
fore You buy elsewhere. Dob
sons.
Parships. Celery. Peppers, Let
tuce. Oranges, Apples, Figs, Can
Berries, Nuts, etc., at Betters-
worth's.
Miss Bette Louise Curtin is
on the sick list.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
HENRY A CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY COURT CLERK.

Clarence Henry authorizes the
Courier to announce him as a
candidate for County Court Clerk
of Fulton county, subject to the
action q, the Democratic party.
Mr.. Henry is a resident of Hick-
man, now with the furniture firm
of Barrel & Ledford, and has iv-
ed here for the past fifteen
years. He was DO n and reared
in the vicinity Of Mud Greek, and
of course is Fulton county
boy. Ever since he was old e.
nough, he has voted the Demo-
cratic ticket, but has never be-
fore sought office or any political
favors Of his party. He is a
man In whom the people can
place their trust in the event he
is successful in attaining the Of
flee he seeks. He has had suffi-
cient business training to equip
him for the proper care of the
office of county court clerk, and
there is no doubt about the peo-
pies business being in good
hands if he is elected.
He places his candidacy In the
hands of the Democrats of Full
ton county, earnestly asking their
support at the primary, and as
surfing them that it is impossible
to find one who will more thor
oughly appreciate the honor than
he will. He is in every respect
worthy of the confidence of the
people of the county and qualified
to render them efficient service.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
ROUTE FIVE NEWS.

Jack Walker who resides on
the Park plantation, had the mis-
fortune of getting three of his
fingers cut off. He was trying to
crank a gasoline engine and his
glove hung in the cog wheel. He
is under the treatment of DIR.
Nichols.-Jack Keysucker has
pneumonia.-Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Jones spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Wrady, of Samburg.
Miss Zulah Easterwood, Of
McAnna, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Fred Barnes.-Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Osborn, of Rogers, spent Sun
day with their son, Selma, Of
Spout Springs.-Mrs. John Bruer
is on the sick ist.-Fred Rober-
son has sold his farm to r. b.
Marshall.-D. ID. Kirk was in
Union City Wednesday.-Mrs.
Ada Barnes is visiting in and
around Obion Chapel.-Zack VIII
son fell out of his hay loft yes
terday and badly hurt his arm.
Cousin Ann Ward who resided
near Kedron, died very suddenly
Wednesday of infirmities Of old
age. She was IS years OF age.
She was buried at Fremont Gem
etery, funeral services conducted
| by John r. Williams Master
Clarence Adcock and sister, An
ME Lee, went to Samburg yes
terday to spend month with
their grandmother, Mrs. Fra
Wrady.@The young folks enjoy
ed a party at uncle Bob Hicks
Saturday night.-Mr. and Mrs.
Ira McAnna visited the latter s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Watt Jones
|Sunday.-Mrs. Mamie Wilson, OF
Rogers, visited in this locality
Sunday.-Dolph and Howell Hicks
are in the bottom specializing on
cattle and hogs.-George Rogers
and Hubert Vaught are buying
cattle.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
COLD IN FLORIDA.

Our old friend T. B. Barton, at
Pametto, Fla, writes us that
Florida fruit growers have been
almost ruined as a result Of cold
weather in that State. He says
the ground was frozen q half
inch deep, thousands Of acres Of
all kinds of vegetables were ruin
ed and the mercury registered
% degrees. Farmers, who were
making fortunes from truck
growing, now seemed ruined
financially.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

We understand that Hollis
Kirk has purchased a cafe and
restaurant business at Limo, No.
and will locate in that city.
Your dollar will stretch 70 beat
thu band IL spent at 0rissom .
n carries only the best mer-
lie handise.
HAY FOR SALE: 5 cars alfaa-
q. 10 ears good timothy, 5 cars
clover. See sgd L. Dodda t1e'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

MEN, give us a trial ON our
shoes. Satisfaction guaranteed
and the price is right.-Dob-
sons
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

FOR SALE: 5 room house in
Gourley Add, $3.50, balance easy
terms.-H. G. Foulkes. Up
w. N. Pollard and Brown
Weller were here from Mengel-
wood Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
CARS TO HAUL OvERLANDs

An idea of the volume of busi- ness transacted by the Willys- Overland company can be gained from the statement made by R. C. Lees. the local Overland deal CT, that 116,537 freight cars were handled in the Willys-Overland yards in 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
REAL HEART-TO-HEART STUFF

The average auto press dope that filters in every day makes me sNout as sweet tempered as a Mexican bull attempting to recon cile himself to the Haunting of red flag in his face. If there was anything to it but advertising I might gum up a few lines with the copy they send me, but there just naturally ain't.
 But to one of the scribes that grinds this stuff out and puts 1t in bales like alfalfa hay, every package standardized and ''o- kayed" as to contents. I must give him a hand. He is so enthused over the throbbing of an automo- bile engine, the stench of gasoline or the prospects of pay day that he has cotton this one out of his system and evidently rescued him. self from blood poison:
 Just as gasoline is the life blood of the motor, the device which transmits that fluid to the carburetor is the heart of the power plant and it bears the same close relation to the efficiency of the whole vehicle as the heart bears to the human body.'
 Now, ain't that going some? Be- lieve me, that lad is some diagnos- tician. and his comparison of the chief organ of the anatomy of man to the mechanism of a flivver is certainly worthy of notice. I can't hardly keep from telling you what he is talking about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
Automobiles Are the
 Daddies of Efficiency

We give great credit to the in fluence of the railroads, the telephone, the telegraph. the wireless, electric ity and other inventions of compara- lively recent years. but there seems to
 be a class of people averse to giving
 the automobile it's just deserts.
 Starting out as a luxury. rich man t toy, the automobile has come to be an actual necessity, an essential part of our lives.
 An automobile cannot ih justice be called a pleasure car any longer; it is a vital, economic factor in the existing or der of things.
 Think of the businesses the motor car has built up. It has enlarged the deliy- cry capacity of the corner grocery, the butcher shop and the bakery, not to mention that of the big department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

embryo pilot of things gaseous. In view of the fact that I have ridden In an automobile so infrequently that I still sling my arms while the dust fills my ears and the engine huns, I guess I will have to admit the first mat was at least dog. fall.
 I am going to get in some pinch stuff, though. even if I have to pay ear fare to get around to once over the all shades and hues of color schemes being launched in the paint end of the mechanical departments of facto- ries since war was declared that con sign their wagons to Birmingham for distribution.
 There is one guy in Birmingham who reads my page, and I can make him admit it. He sells Titan starters WI atever that is-and he fell for the story about neighbor of mine who had one of his wings cracked by the front leg of 4d. Bright and early Monday morning he was seen halting his jitney in front of this broken arm neighbo OTIS door, telling him how to evade the kidney punch of the aivver by mailing this Titan assistance somewhere about the engine I don't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
"MOLOCH"

Toledo there is a giant that the men have nicknamed 'Moloch,"' because his deeds rival those of the ancient Ammon- ite god of that name.
 There is, however; difference in the sacrifices exacted by these two giants
 The Moloch of Biblical times, cruel and ruthless, demanded human sacrifice and gave nothing in return.
 This modern Moloch-a triumph of mod- ern achievement who sits on a pedestal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

And now, on that once liquorized sideboard, where Scotch, Rye and Bourbon used to sit invitingly, you see lubricants all right, but they are not for the whistle or engines of man Its black and ropy and greasy and nothing but an automobile engine can eat it up and get away with it.
 How times do change things. How ingenious are the minds of some men, for they say out in Ensley that this place still holds it's popularity with many, and that many a man drops in and gazes longingly at the old bar fixtures, it's former contents now barred, and just for old times sake buys piece of an automobile and goes out and tears all over town In his fiivver, just to kid himself along, thinking all the while he Is living Mgone days all over again, when he used to do these things for want of sense. Efficiency? Taking advantage of what used to be? Well, I should smile-even if it hurt
 COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
 They say I got away with that gar age line fairly we'll last week for an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

stores, so that today a stores activities
 are not confined to it's immediate neigh boi hood
 Salesmen in all lines-matches, rubber goods, real estate, insurance-practically every field, whether wholesale or re- tail, have increased their efficiency and their salaries from 50 to 100 per cent
 by the use of motor cars. The doctor now visits twice, the number
 of patients and can go many times as
 speedily on emergency calls
 Fire and police departments have rem
 dered their equipment more efficient by
 motorizing them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

of concrete, 15 feet deep, is an indus trious giant helping in the manufacture of motor cars.
 He is monstrous toggle press, stand ing 47 feet high who takes long pieces of cold steel in his maw, and, by a crunch ing of his mastodonic jaws, fashions the steel into the side rails that are used for Willys-Overland automobiles Such dil- igent chap is this Moloch that his tireless jaws. with their pressure of 100000 pounds, can form side rails at the rate of one every 15 seconds with the assist ance of only three feeders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
PASSING THE BUCK ALONG
 ny JEFF BAILEY THE FLIVVER ROUTE
THE boy who runs the Tri-

THE boy who runs the Fri
 0 City Automobile Co.,, N. P. Fontille, who votes in the Ems ley precinct, has got this Shaw guy beat into a hamburger steak when it comes to the eff ficiency stuff. And what l mean is the 100 point variety. In this day of making the best of things, no matter what your equipment happens to be, he has worked the deck over and pulled a quartet of aces. Eff ciency with this horseless ve- hicle distributor is just as nat ural as shooting fish.
 In those days gone by, when the autoist drove up to the present location of the Tri-City A ut o m o bile headquarters, there was no place to get stall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

for the thought of for that in this location there heavy thirst paror for ubrcatng the threats of the occupants of that stirring devnot thought of pouring lubricants into the old power chest the front of the car.
  utomobists verted into automobile of emporium igeraing furniture  a with famia label?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
PUTTING KID" KAY RIGHT

The first game I played I pulled a bone, but no one scored. In talk ing with old timer Kay of the Drennen Motor Car company cir cuft, I put him hep to the Pack ard carriages, when the Kay cat- ecism reads:
 What's the best car in the world?"
 Cadillac"
 What is the next best?"
 Buick"
 The official scorer will please note correction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
Some Mining

From Comus.
 Well, Rastus, I hear you are working again. What business are you engaged in7" 'I's done be engaged in de mining business, sah.'
 What kind of mining are you doing, gold, silver or diamond?"
 ITS doing kalsomining, sah."