The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-08-05
WAGON ROAD TO ST. JOE
IS SUBJECT OF REPORT
WOULD HELP BIG MINING SEC,
TlON-USE ORE TO ADVER-
TiSE DISTRICT.

The advisabilty of constructing
wagon road TO connect Wallace Will
Avery and other points on the st. JOE
was the subject of a report from s. p
Fairweather chairman of a special
committee TO investigate the matter, al
the meeting of the board of trade last
Monday Several weeks ago the board
authorized the employment of a man
TO accompany julius T. Hail. county
surveyor over the proposed routes as
means of determining the most feas-
ible and an estimate of the cost. OF
the two Slate creek routes one con-
tinuing the present road down the ST.
Joe and thence along the river to
Avery and the other continuing the
present road to Avery by way of Ce-
dar creek, County Surveyor Hall. in
his report as read by Mr. Fairweather
stated that the cost of new construc-
ton figured against the advantages
derived by the few people along the
way would not be justified"
Trails to St. Joe.
However Mr. Han recognized that
some Improvement should be made for
the benefit of the prospectors in that
section in the following suggestion:
Three thousand five hundred dol
lars should open "a wheel track to the
mouth of Cedar creek 11h miles from
Wallace and an additional $500 or $500
would make a fair pack trail from Ce-
dar creek Sis miles TO the ST. joe
at Cedar creek it would connect
with the government trail and tele-
phone line 10 miles from Avery and
would give the prospectors on upper
Slate creek an outlet An expendi-
ture of $500 or $1,000 ON this con
struction l believe would be money
wen spent"
Longer Route Preferred
Mr. Hall is of the opinion that the
route by way of the Bullion mine
while much longer than the other
routes considered. would be of greater
advantage to the county as it would
open up a larger area i'm which there
is much mining development The to-
tai distance would be S7la miles. but .
17ia miles of this would be over the .
Yellowstone trail to Tammany sta
ton on the Northern Pacific OF the
remaining distance Mr. Hall says only
Sl2 miles would be new construction.
as there is a road now from Borax tun-
mel to the Bullion and from the Pear
son mine to Boyle spur on the Mil
wauSee, leaving a gap between the
Bullion and the Pearson to be con-
and a short distance to con-
meet che Bullion road with Tammany.
ty TO construct Mr. Hall pointed out
that old roads along the st. Joe could .
be reconstructed at small cost, con-
Meeting with Adair and Avery He
the cost of this road at
$4,000 and in his judgment the advan-
iages offered justify the expenditure /.
Mr.. Fairweather after reading Mr. I
Halls report was requested to sub
nit formal recommendations at the
next meeting.
Ore Exhibit and Tourists.
The publicity committee. through A.
!. Dunn recommended that the ore
Exhibit in the library building be
'iaced in attractive position and the
Dom opened for tourists stopping on D
he adjacent camp ground Also that ,
folder be prepared giving condensed /
regarding Wallace and the B
mining industry of the Occur d'Alene S
istrict and that these be distributed
D the visitors.
+. r. stone, secretary of the Sho- d
hone Good Roads association, point o
a out the great value OF this class OF ~
dvertising, stating that he had taken o
he liberty of opening the ore exhibit a
)om one evening and that tourists y
ianifested much interest in examin- q
lg the ore and were eager TO receive SO
he little printed folders regarding %
'allace and surroundings. W
The publicity committee was auth %,
lied to take whatever steps were
scessary to bring the exhibit to the ~
tention of tourists and sc get such
'inted matter as seemed necessary. A
Chautauqua.
Major A. T. Palmer manager i'm
arge of the ChautauQua, gave a most IN
teresting address. The major was
tached TO the French army for fiji
en- months during the war. acting m
interpreter, and his reference to his
my experience and to the wonderful m
nix of the American army were ou
rmly applauded. iios