Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-07-03
WORK STARTED IN
INDICATED EARTH
DEPOSIT; G MEN DIG
CLENWOOD CLAY
Tunnel Will Be Abandoned
and Pit Will Be Opened to
Depth of Ten Feet to Dirt
Product Is to Be Hauled by
Wagon toKamiah, Whence 1t
Will Be Sent to Walla Walla

Deposits of medicated clay, known as
Medicla, at Glenwood in Idaho county,
are 20 be dew eloped commercially. Six
men are to he sent to Glenwood to begin
operations. and the clay will be hauled
by team to Kamiah, whence it win be
shipped 10 Walla Walla, where it will
he prepared for market.
The Kamiah Progress has the follow
ing TO say regarding operations at Glen
wood:
c. L. Brill, secretary Of the Kenrex
Medicated Earth company, and W. r.
Tompkins accompanied by two other
men interested in the company, were
here Saturday making arrangements
for starting active operations in the Me
dicla deposit at Glenwood. Mr.. Temp
kins will remain here and have charge
of the work this summer and Is prepar
ing for arrival of men, teams and equip
ment from Walla Walla. Six men will
he employed at the start.
viii Open Pit to Deposit
The Medicla has heretofore been min
ed through a tunnel but the present
plans are to open pit, it being necess-
AIRY to strip to a depth of about ten feet
to reach the deposit. The clay will be
hauled to Kamiah and shipped to Walla
Walla, where factory has been built
for milling it and preparing it for mar
ket
According to Mr.. Brill, success of the
venture is now practically assured. Suf-
ficient capital has been procured to fl
nance il and Medicla has been thorough
" tested and tried out for its medicinal
properties. The promoters feel confident
that il will meet with ready sale when
il is put on the market. The dirt under
goes no change from the time it is taken
from the mine until it is placed on the
market, except that it is screened and
given uniform pulverizing. 1t is put up
in small boxes with shaker tops. One
cause of the delay in placing the product
on sale was inability of the company to
procure the cartons in sufficient guam
titles, ON account of the war conditions,
but Mr. Brill said shipment of half
million cartons has recently been receiv-
ed and this number Of packages will con-
stitute the first output of the factory
Twenty five housand dollars has been
set aside for advertising.
What Medicla Really Is
According to circular issued by
the company, 'NMedlcla, as the name I'M
plies, is a medicated clay or mineral sub
stance and is sold after screening just
as it is taken from our mine in the Bit
ter Root mountains. 1t is absolutely a
product of nature. mixed centuries AGO
and nothing added to it, and was dis
covered by accident by two Civil war
veterans namely Parker Pierce and
Tom Hardenbrook, while prospecting for
gold. Years Of experiments followed the
discovery in which the product was
thoroughly proven, effecting almost mir
aculous cures in supposedly incurable
diseases and. as one doctor says one
of nature s most valuable gifts to man.
kind. One Of the virtues of Medicla
is the remarkable speed with which it
acts, as after just short time its results
are to be plainly seem"
Medicla is recommended in the cir
cular by DR.. Taylor, the well-knOwn Nez-
perez physician, as well as by number
of other physicians and dentists. cit
is antiseptic and a germicide and as
tringent and produces wonderful results
in the reduction of inflammation, ac-
cording to DR.. Taylor.