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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22

sought a shortcut to India, and all of
us would like to find the quick road
TO wealth. So it is not strange that
some means of disclosing earths hid
den treasure without cost or effort
should dance in the imagination along
with the fairies of ones childhood.
One rub Of the lamp placed all things
at Aladdin's disposal But lamps are
old fashioned now, and science reigns.
Traditions linger, and il is half
baked education in our opinion, that
is largely responsible for the SEEM
ingly widespread belief concerning di-
vining rods. A short course in physics
and courses in perhaps a dozen other
subjects have their place in the cur
riculum of every high school through
out the country. and here in the
metropolitan district have invaded
even that of some of the grammar
schools. These may be well enough
as stepping stones to something high
er, but, if study end with them, the
student is in the proverbiaI dangerous
position of the pOssessor of a little
knowledge. Dangerous il is, he will
agree after spending his money for
the latest thing in divining rods and
failing TO get results.
The man with money that is burn
ing a hole in his pocket and who de-
sires TO lay bare the mineral secrets
of the district in which he lives can
better invest his capital in the good |
old fashioned way of grub-staking a |
or by putting it into an
exploration or development company
The airplane, radio, and a dozen |
other inventions invite the optimistic /
10 believe that all things are possible,
and thus it is that swindlers having
new devices are treated with greater
tolerance than they deserve. The U.
5. geological survey in Water-Sup-
ply Paper 416, issued in 1917, has al
eady undertaken to~educate the I'M
as to the foolishness of at
empting to discover oil or other min
raj deposits by waving, as it were,
/ magician's wand This paper, en-
tiled, 1.-THE Divining Rod" by Ar
hur J. Ellis, may be mad for the ask
ng, unless by chance it be out of
rint In an Introductory note, by o.
:. Meinzer. it is said: ut is difficult
o see how for practical purposes, the
ntire matter could be more thorough
y discredited." But, nevertheless
he superstition persists.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22

on the public lands are declared to be
/ free and open to exploration and pur-
chase by citizens of the United States
only. In that connection, the COM
mittee calls attention to the follow
ing:
"A Mr.. f. w. Carnahan, who appears
to be connected with the International
Copper Co., of Charleston, Wash. wrote
to the bureau of mines from Leland,
ore, suggesting that the mining law
should be changed so as to permit
aliens to take up mining rights on the
same terms as American citizens. His
argument is that such privileges are
conferred on Americans in Mexico and
most of the other Latin American
countries, and that if we do not recip-
rocate there will eventually be dis
elimination in these countries against
Americans who wish to take up such
rights. He was promised that the
question would be put before the COM
mittee. There may be pointed out in
this connection that mining on Ameri-
can public land is free while in the
other countries which Mr.. Carnahan
has in mind, a charge of some nature
is usually made for such mining and
those countries are anxious to have
foreign capital come in and develop
mines. Moreover, 10 make any change
will probably bring up the question of
the privileges to be granted to Orien-
tails, with resulting embarrassments"
Form and Size of Claim.
The draft of the bill provides that all
mining claims shall be located in the
form of square containing forty
acres. The committee points out that
his could be changed so as to make
he form of the claim either a square
n rectangle or the provisions might
'e made so that the claim could be of
# any size not exceeding forty acres.
The proposed bill does not change
he requirement that the annual as
essment work is to be at the rate of
5 per acre. The committee calls at
ention to the suggestion that, instead
f requiring development work to be
erfOrmed and proved in terms of
money, some other index be used as,
DR. example, that the claimant be re-
uired to perform 1000 cubic feet of
work annually for each
lain and 5000 cubic feet in all, in
rider to obtain a patent.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
FRONT PORCH OR A SWING
AROUND THE CIRCLE?

Because soon after his nomination
Senator Harding expressed a prefer
ence to combining his speech making
during the campaign to the front
porch Of his residence in Marion, it
has been assumed in some quarters
that the question is settled and that
the republican candidate viii not take
the stump. AS a matter of fact the
question is still an open one and will
be disposed of along with other mat
ters pertaining to the campaign and in
which the opinion of party managers
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
SAVING AND SPENDING.
Thrift TaIkN

Don't buy anything you have no
need for.
Don't buy more than you need.
Don't buy anything you can't af-
ford.
Don't save one week and spend all
of your savings the next week.
Save when you have a chance.
Save for your necessities.
Saving, like spending, gets to be a
habit.
Easy spent pennies make wasted
dollars.
Learn to save when you are young;
it becomes a habit when you are old.
When once you have acquired the
real saving habit it is fixed for all time.
Many nail can be Strengthened out
for future use.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
Shadow Land
q. A. Brain in Toronto Mail)

The shadows lie deep on the pathway
before US,
The sun is obscured as we journey
along.
While we cautiously read the road
that leads yonder,
And wonder if life will be sorrow
or song.
We doubt and we fear lest the steps
we are taking
Will lead us astray from the path
we should tread
In the puzzle OF life we oft take the
wrong turning,
Find the way camouflaged, and
breakers ahead.
The night oft is long. ere the dawn
comes a breaking,
But the shadows will flee from the
fast rising sun;
With its warmth DER our head there
comes the awakening
OF new hopes and joys, which SEEM
ed to us dead.
The way will be brighter, the birds
sing the sweeter
While our souls catch the strains,
we march on anew,
With vigor pursue the task set before
Lest the sun should go down, hide
the end from our view.
There are hills to be climbed. they
frOwn on before us,
There are mists in the valley. dense
to go through
Right ahead lies the goal, we must
step out with courage,
Each step brings us nearer the end
we've in view.
Our hearts are inspired, our thoughts
go a soaring.
AS we journey along. it seems part
of a plan
OF wise loving Father to teach us
the lesson
That He orders our steps, tits His
guiding hand.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
REVISE MINING LAWS
IS AGAIN BEING URGED
WOULD ABOLISH
EXTRA LATERAL RIGHTS AND
ENLARGE CLAIMS.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Engineering and Mining Journal
says it is expected that the effort tc
secure the revision of the mining law
will be begun Immediately on the con-
vening of congress in December. A
great deal of thought and labor has
been expended on a draft of the bill
which has been placed in the hands of
the committees on mines and mining
of the senate and of the house. This
draft was prepared by a committee
consisting of w. R. ingalls,, Walter
Douglas, J. Parke Charming, J. R.
Finlay John Hays Hammond, L. d.
Ricketts,, Horace Winchell, and James
r. Jones. The committee, in preparing
this draft of the bill, was governed
largely by the returns from a question
naire containing thirty three specific
questions regarding mooted points in
the existing law.
The principal point of difference is
the section of the law pertaining to
extralateral rights. With minor diff
ferences the wording of the draft of
the bill covering the ownership of
minerals within the claim is that
adopted by a large number of mining
societies. That section of the pro-
posed bill reads:
No More Apex Controversies.
Subject to the existing extralateral
rights or mining claimants or paten-
tees, the holder or patentee of a min
ing claim located hereafter shall have
the exclusive right of possession and
enjoyment of the surface held by
him and of the mineral under it,
bounded by vertical planes passing
through the surface boundaries of said
and, but shall not have the right to
follow any mineral deposit beyond said |
planes And the holders or patentees |
If claims heretofore located shall |
nave similar exclusive possession of all |
he minerals in said claims that is not
covered by any existing extralateral
lights"
In that connection the ingalls, com
nittee calls attention to the follow
ng:
"Inasmuch as the owner of unpat-
nted mining claims does not at pres
mt possess exclusive right of pas
ession and enjoyment of the surface
or purposes other than mining (see
'eller v. U. S. 113 Fed, 27S. 81 c. C.
L. 2S0; U. S. V. Rizzineli. 1872 Fed.
$50, it is suggested that it may be I
dvisable to separate this paragraph O
order to qualify the rights of the
wner of an unpatented claim. For II
after the words shall have.
the part relating to unpatented II
aims there might be inserted the
ords for mining purposes The con- II
ruction at present given to the
ords exclusive right of possession
Id enjoyment of all surface would p
IT make it necessary to change the p'
'ove paragraph, but the forest SER az
&c may take the view that this pro-
sed new legislation. if enacted, in
e light of existing law might be con D,
rued so as to give the owner of an lpC
patented claim the right to the tim W
r on his claim" ri,
In the proposed bin mineral deposits to
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
HARDING PUTS LEAGUE ISSUE
UP TO COX.

Senator Harding viii not permit any
evasion of the league of nations issue
on the part of Governor Cox the DEM
ocratic nominee. The democratic
national convention has endorsed the
league covenant as submitted 10 the
senate by the president and the dem
Ocratic candidate has conferred with
the president and announced that their
ideas on the league are identical. If
Governor Cox was acting under the
impression that broad statement of
approval of the league covenant and
the presidents foreign policy would be
sufficient and satisfy the people on
this most vital of all questions now
before them, he was disillusioned
speedily after leaving the august pres
ence in the White house. Anticipating
that the conference between the dem
ocratic nominee and President Wilson
would disclose to their mutual graft
fication that their two minds had but
a common thought regarding the |
league of nations, Senator Harding is
sued statement which may be re-
garded as challenge to Governor |
Cox and in which the democratic can
didate will be required to meet and |
discuss the specific terms of the cove
nant. He will not be permitted to
sidestep. Article 10, around which re-
VOWED tine great debate IN the senate
and which as it stands in the original
draft robs our country of its suver-
eighty, must be either accepted or
rejected by the democratic candidate.
IL he is willing to accept it without
the safeguards of reservations adopt
ed by a republican senate, he must say
so in unqualified terms and in Ian
guage that cannot be misunderstood
Governor Cox said after the confer
ence that he and the president were
IN perfect accord on all questions con-
the league, and if so he must
avor the adoption of the covenant in
,luding article TO- without reserva-
ions. He must also be in favor of
having our country accept the Armen-
an mandate, and he must stand back
Y the Wilson policy in dealing with
'iume which has lost the friendship
1 Italy for America. If his mind is .,
that of the president in
hese affairs. he must define his po-
tion in detail and not in general
srms that will permit him to adjust
to the various and varying phases
public sentiment. The republican
lrty and the republican candidate
IT president are opposed to the league
nations, and they do not propose to
srmit the democratic candidate to get
? without positive declarations on a.,
e essential features of the league.
he people are entitled to know with
It equivocation exactly where the
candidate stands on this
omentous question. 1t is not enough ~
r him to say that he stands on the ~.
mocratic platform. II he is elected 49,
esident viii Governor Cox follow ~.
e lead of President Wilson in the W.,
of the fundamental prin-
lies of our government and those 90,
Iicies which have so long been ac- Wi
'ted and practiced that they have the do,
ce Of law? He must answer that io
estion for himself and not through f,.
evasive democratic platform. Sen 40,
n Harding has fairly presented the On,
sstion and it is up to Governor Cox tho
answer.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
CLAIM NEWS BUREAU is CON-
TRoLLED BY COOLING.

The Patch-for- Senator club has a
grievance. A letter from the head
quarters at Boise says that Guy Elem
ner who conducts a news bureau in
the capital city, has sent out a story
to the papers of the state to the effect
that the Ada county delegation to the
Pocatello convention will be for Good
ing for senator. This is vigorously de-
MED by the Patch people, but this is
not the main purpose of the letter,
which is contained in the following
paragraph:
Please don't misunderstood the
motive which has prompted the
writing of this letter We believe
you want to be fair, and we are
willing to trust to your Judgment
of fair play, but friends of Colonel
Patch in Boise. knowing that Mr..
Flenner acted as publicity manager
for MIR. GOoding two years and
knowing that he is serving in a
like capacity this year, must pro-
test when he uses his String" of
newspapers for the purpose of fur
thering the interest Of any one
candidate.
The letter has been mailed to va
rious newspapers of the state in order
to put the publishers wise to the
Gooding dope which it is alleged is
being sent out by the Flenner bureau.
The letter is interesting TO north Ida
no papers and people chiefly in the
fact that it recalls without invidiuos
reflection, the ancient adage that when
thieves fall out honest men get their |
due. The more bitter the fight be-
tween Gooding and Patch over the
Ada county and other delegations in
south Idaho. the more apparent it be-
zones that neither will have sufficient
strength to secure the nomination and
hat neither can expect to draw sup
'ort from the other when such a move
night prove the winning card for one T.
# them by all the rules of right.
Justice and fair play. the republican
invention should nominate man
rom north Idaho. This section is not
My entitled to the senatorship. but
rom purely political standpoint it :
'ould be good policy to nominate a
orthen man. Senator Nugent, ;
Duth Idaho man, will be renominated ."
ithout opposition. and it would be a z
acided advantage TO select the repub-
can candidate from the north. In
ret there is a growing feeling OF
oubt that a south Idaho candidate /
IN defeat Nugent, while it is certain !"
at a northern candidate would re- n,
i've the fun support of the repubu- a.
N party throughout the state. at tn
act the disaffected vote of democrats Oh
no do not desire to support Nugent ey
Id others who would vote for a north W,
man as matter of justice to this sv
etion Of the state and without re- ut
nd to political lines.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
ATTRACTING MORE FAMILIES TO
THE DISTRICT.

A few months ago the board Of
trade undertook to answer the oues-
ton. Whats the matter with Wal
laee%' and the conclusion was reached
that the chief trouble was due to the
comparatively small number of men
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22
THE coLoRLEss CANDIDATE.

New York Sun and Herald.)
They say he lacks color-perhaps that
is true.
There's nothing about him but red.
white and blue:
No streak that is yellow and none that
is green.
And never a hint of the purple is seen.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22

1t takes a good many years of ex-
perience to distinguish between a
poser and a thinker and between a
worker and a busybody, and by the
time you've found out it's generally
too late to be of much benefit
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22

Mexico does not need abuse in the
painful rebuilding of its social and
political structure, but sympathy and
active Chicago News.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22

You may be affable to everybody
without being agreeable to anybody
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-22

If you don't own an automobile you
miss great deal-of expense.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-06
DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS

Jefferson: This year st. Peters Pa.
rochial School here added full high
school course, with the result that SO
many of the pupils of the public
schools enrolled in the parochial
school that the public schools were
left with only mere handful of pu-
pills. III view of this it was decided
that it was inadvisable for the public
schools to continue with a full corps
of teachers and several were dis
missed. Only one teacher was re-
tanned.
Parkston: Fred Unger, seaman,
who was killed when his ship was tor
pedoed off the Scottish coast two
months after the United States en-
tered the war, was buried at Parkston,
S. D., last week. His body, which Had
been held in Scotland since the loss
of his ship, arrived here for inter,
ment. In order to give his brother,
Rev. Father Unger. whose parish lies
in a country district north of Aber-
deem, time to reach Parkston, the flu
neral was delayed. But Rev. Father
Unger, who was to have charge of the
funeral, never arrived. He dropped
dead in Aberdeen just as he was
about to board a train for Parkston.
So the naval hero was buried without
the presence of the brother, and the
body of the priest was sent to Oregon
the home of his parents, for inter
ment.
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DIOCESE OF CROOKSTON
Diocesan CORRESPONDENT Rev. Jo-
seph Wurm, Crookston. MINI.

Crookston: The Forty Hours de-
votion was held in st. AIMS parish of
this city on October %, 20 and go
Rev. G.. o. Trudeau, the pastor, was
assisted by Rev. S. Bouchard of Ter
rebonne, Rev. E. Grimonprez of Doro,
thy, Rev. Thos. Merrill of Red Lake
Falls and Rev. A. l. Merth of the Ca.
thedral The entire parish received
the Sacramento, most of the parish
toner's going to Holy Communion ev.
cry morning. In their visits to the
Blessed Sacrament they exhibited
great zeal and deep devotion.
Frazee: Father Junghans, pastor
of the Church of the Sacred Heart
recently held his annual bazaar. The
various booths proved special attrac
ton in offering suitable Christmas and
hous ehold gifts, while the meals
served to the large crowds each nigh
left nothing to be desired. This, to
gether with the excellent management
of every feature of the bazaar, ex
plains its great financial success am
made it the best bazaar in the histor.
| of the parish.
| The Forty Hours devotion opened h
Frazee last Monday. Rev. A. /. jung
hans was assisted by Fathers Willen
brink, Kuzniak and Besselaar of Pei
ham. The attendance is reported a
having been edifying, both in the mum
Der of communicable and watchers be
fore the Blessed Sacrament.
Fosston: Rev. +. j. Deschenes ha
been appointed pastor of the parisl
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. From
Fosston he will attend the missions Q
| Evansville and Bagley.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-06
DIOCESE OF WINONA

Sherburn: Wednesday,, October 20,
was red-letter day in the annals of
St. Luke's Parish of Sherburn, being
the occasion of the laying of the cor
ner-stone of the new church which is
now under construction. The pastor
is Rev. P. J. Kearney. Solemn High
Mass began at 10 O'clock, with the Rt
Rev. Monsignor Devlin, of Austin, as
celebrant, Father Meyers as sub
deacon, and Father Jostock, of Heron
Lake, as master of ceremonies I'M
mediately after the Mass a procession
was formed and all repaired to the
new building, where the ceremony of
blessing the cornerstone and placing
it in position took place in the pres
ence of large gathering of people.
The ceremony being completed very
instructive and impressive sermon was
preached by Rev. Father Hughes, of
Mankato.< The big banquet which was
served at noon was well patronized,
as the ladies of St. Lukes Parish
served over 400 persons. In the after
noon all gathered in the Legion Hall
to enjoy the program of music, sing
ing and speeches, special seats being
reserved for the old pioneers of the
parish. Mr.. J. G. Salisbury acted as
chairman. Among the eloquent speak
ers of the afternoon were the Hon
Judge Dean, Attorney Frank Dough
erty, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Devlin, Father
Hughes and Father Madden, Mr..
Dean spoke in very laudable terms of
the good work being done by the
Church, making special mention of the
Catholic Sisterhoods in hospital work
and of the Knights of Columbus, who
earned the gratitude of the Nation for
their loyalty to their country espe-
cially during the late war Mr.. Dough.
erty made a great plea for the Church,
saying that it's influence in society for
the preservation of law and order was
an absolute necessity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-06
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OF HOLLAND
AND BARON VAN WYNBERGEN.
Minneapolis.


To the Editor:
Referring to the article in the Edu-
cational Number of October % in the
Catholic Bulletin, about the victory of
the Catholics in Holland with regard
to the private schools, it may be of
interest to learn, that His Holiness
Pope Benedict XIV has shown his
appreciation in that fight and it's out
come.
On October A. Baron van Wyn-
bergen, Catholic member Of the House
|of Representatives. was invited with
the Baroness, to the residence of Most
Rev. HI. Van de Wetering, Archbishop
of Utrecht and Metropolitan of Hol-
land, who notified him of his nomina-
ton to knight Commander in the Or
der OF st. Gregory the Great, and
handed him, as gift from the whole
episcopate of Holland, the insignia Of
| that high degree. the cross with
plaque.
thanks for his efforts, especially with
regard to this new law about the
schools Haron van Wynbergen is. OF
course, a member of the Catholic Clut
of representatives, whose chairman is
Monsignor Nolens who was the vice
president of the International Labor
Congress in Washington, d. G.. las'
year.
REV. w. B. JANSEN.
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SCH OCH
GOOD THINGS TO EAT

strengthened our ranks before Amer
lea entered the war. In the village Of
Esnes your former Ambassador tn
France, Mr.. Bacon, brought aid to the
wounded less than 800 metres from
the front line,
Copies Of Marshal Petain's account
of the siege Of verdun are being sent
to all the K. of G. night schools, SO
that ex-service men students may
have the exact facts of the greatest
siege of the war from the soldier who
conducted the triumphant defense.
Marshal Petain personally guided the
K. OF G. pilgrims through Verdun.
Petain reports that his final word
of command was Resist the enemy's
attack north of verdun at any cost
and that in response the cry came
back, ms ne passeront pas Trey
shall not pass,