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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
ELTON HoNoRED.
Well Known Occur d'Alener Receives
Degree at Moscow.

Degree at Moscow.
At the recent inaugural ceremonies
+ ar Moscow IN connection with the in
Iauguration of Dr. A. II. Upham as
president of the state university the
degree of metalurgical engineer was
conferred upon James o. Elton in
recognition of his work i'm the discov-
cry and development of the electro
lytic process for the recovery of zinc.
Mr. Elton was for many years en-
ployed in the mines of this district
and after leaving here he took the
Wetallurgical course i'm the Idaho
school of mines. He then took a pO-
sition with the Anaconda company.
with which he has remained continu-
ously mp TO this time with the excep-
ton of about a year I'M 1912 when he
was superintendent Of the Success
mine Upon the completion of the
great electroiytic zinc plant at Great
Falls by the Anaconda company. Mr.
Elton was made superintendent. no
t~on he held until reorganization
of the staff occurred when he was
made assistant general superintendent
OF plants. a position ne now holds Re
Gently az the meeting Of the Ameri-
can Institute Of Mining and Metallur-
gical Engineers in New York a paper
was read ana has since been issued
i'm pamphlet form on the 'Electrolytic
Zinc Plant of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company at Great Falls. Mon
tana" AR Elton is one of the auth
ors. the other being Frederick Laist
ranager of the reduction works:
=. Prick research engineer and r. b. /
Copies assistant superintendent Of
plants The paper is an exhaustive /
technical description Of the plant and /
process, with numerous Illustrations
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Silver and the Pittman Act
lMInIng and seIentIae Pressl

Attacks on the Pittman act are APP
pearing in the New York papers, and
it is evident that an effort is being
made to persuade congress to repeal
this legislation. Curiously enough
Representative McFadden, the spon-
sor for the gold bounty bill. is the leg
slator who has introduced a measure
to effect the purpose The New York
Times when announcing the resump-
ton of the coinage of silver dollars at
Philadelphia for the first time since
1905 took the opportunity to print a
headline stating that the treasury
was paying 81 an ounce for silver
that sells in market for so cents" This
was being done under the Pittman
act which was passed on April %,
1915 at which time the secretary of
ire treasury Mr. William G. McAdoo,
in a letter to Senator .Pittman of
Nevada. the sponsor for the silver
bill recites the reasons prompting its
enactment He stated that more sill
yer was required for the settlement
Ol AOltlBI U4ldufENs lillS ulttIDu ne
ing adopted instead of attempting to-
stabilize exchange by methods that
involved adjustment by means of
shipments of gold. which was greatly
needed at that time as a base for the
huge structure of credit created by
government loans Therefore S5O.-
900 900 of the silver dollars stored in
the treasury were to be converted in
to bullion A dollar contains O.77S4
troy ounce of silver, and having a
hneness of 900 weighs O.S593 ounce
The stock of such dollars was then
100 600 600 containing $1,000 600
ounces Of fine silver. all represented
by outstanding silver certificates
These We're to be retired as and when
the dollars were taken ont of the
treasury. and in their place federal
reserve bank notes of various demon
nations were to be issued Concur
rentlv the treasury was authorized to
replace the silver thus used for ex-
change and export. by the purchase
of bullion on the market at 81 per
ounce and by coming this metal into
standard dollars. The coming Of the
new silver was started only few
weeks ago that is. nearly three years
after the passage of the act 1t was
anticipated at the time that the gov
einments purchases would absorb
the entire output of silver from mines
in the United States. Up to March 9
there had been purchased 41,5O7261
ounces. whereas the output of silver
from American mines. was 67S1O.1S9
ounces in 1918. 55,2S5.19e in 1919. and
55565O ounces in 1920. On April
2S 1918. the price Of silver in New
York was 99A cents per ounce; to-
day it is worth on the open market
only 81 cents. The melting Of the dol
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NOME GOLD FIELDS.

The famous Nome placer fields, dis
covered in 1898, have now produced
gold worth nearly 80 million dollars.
Much of the gold mined in this region
is won by the use Of dredges Tween
ty-twO of these machines were in op-
GRAFTON in 1919 and made a total gold
output of S45O.OOO, and open cut and
deep mining in that year brought the
value of the total gold output of
Nome and other districts of the Sew
ard peninsula up to s1.S6O,OOO. In ad-
dition to the gold, about 56 tons of
placer tin and 20 ounces of platinum
were produced on Seward peninsula
in 1919. These operations are briefly
described in a report entitled Mining
on Seward Peninsula, Alaska" (bul-
letin 714-F). by George J. Harrington.
just issued by the u. s. geological
survey. department of the interior
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known His book gives the inside
history Of the conference and is a
severe arraignment of President VIII
SON for his decision to go to Europe,
for his determination to personally
enter the peace conference, for his
persistent attitude in ignoring the
other members Of the American COM
mission. his determination to force
action on the league Of nations in adj
vance Of the treaty and to embody it
i'm the treaty and finally his willing
ness to sacrifice his fourteen points
and make other astounding conces-
sions in order to get his league of ma
tons accepted and inseparably inter
woven in the treaty Of peace In ma
king this exposure. and in citing
numerous specific cases to confirm
IT, Mr. Lansing simply gives direct
testimony on a subject upon which
the people of this country have long
been well informed While clinching
the case against Woodrow Wilson,
ne places himself in a most unfavor-
able light He remained silent while
the fight between Americanism and
nternationalism was going on. and
he signed the treaty which if ratified
by the senate would have sacrificed
our national sovereignty IN matters
vital to our independence, peace and
prosperity In his narrative Mr.. Ian
sing describes his opposition to the
president which places him in per
feet accord with the opponents of the
league in the senate, and yet he re-
NAMED on the peace commission and
i'm the end gave the treaty his official
approval which included the league
of nations. What he should have
done was to withdraw from the con
ference. resign his position as secre-
tary of state without waiting to be
kicked out and line up with the op-
ponents of the league of nations.
What he has to say now is interest
ing. but it can contribute nothing to
the cause of Americanism, nor add
credit to the career of Mr. Lansing.
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NICARAGUA FIRST TO PULL OUT
OF LEAGUE

Membership in the league of nations
having cost Nicaragua $4,000 for one
year, that little Central American
country has announced it's determin-
alton to withdraw from the club,
having become convinced at this ear
ly date that the membership is not
worth the price The question is
whether she will be permitted to do
so under article one of the league
covenant which provides:
ANY member of the league
may after two years notice of
its intention to do so, withdraw
from the league. provided that all
international obligations and all
its obligations under the coven-
ant shall have been fulfilled at
the time of its withdrawal"
One of the obligations under the
covenant appears to be that Nicara-
qua is one year in arrears in the pay
ment OF dues win the league let her
out before she has paid up, or will she
be posted? Nicaragua is also in
debted to various nations debts in
CURED before she became member
of the league of nations Her credit
ors who are also members of the
league will doubtless contend that
these international obligations" al
though contracted before the league
of nations was formed. are neverthe-
less covered by article one But
whatever may be the construction Of
article one Nicaragua has arrived at
the conclusion that $4,000 per annum
for membership in the league can be
used to better advantage and has no
tilted the powers that be that she has
had enough and knows it.
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lars in the u. 5. treasury, under the
terms of the Pittman act, and the sale
of the silver to Great Britain was an
evidence of good will, consummated
at the crisis of a war in which Great
britain was our ally against Germany
and her dupes. In a recent speech
made on the eve of his departure for
India, as the new viceroy, Lord Read
ing paid tribute to the friendliness of
the United States in supplying Eng
land with the silver needed to relieve
the critical condition of Indian ex-
change In 1917 the demand for the
products OF the orient had become
pressing and large adverse trade
balance had been created Ii was i'm
practicable to ship commodities in ex-
change. as 10 normal times, and it
was highly inadvisable to ship gold.
because it would be boarded and
would disappear from use. In an
editorial. the New York Times says:
1--WE blush to think that we sold $780,
100000 of those cheap dollars at
handsome profit when silver was
worth $137 an ounce" Those bushes
may now be spared, for the profit is
going back to those who best deserve
it, to those who produced the silver
from the rock. Moreover, our great
contemporary is in error; the silver
was sold to the British Indian govern
nient at $1.O15 per ounce, not S1S7;
the total amount involved was 27O.-
100000 dollars. representing slightly
less than 2O9 900, 900 ounces of silver
For the silver shipped to China, the
treasury obtained S129 per ounce,
and a little extra profit besides. Up
to the middle of March the treasury
had bought 100000 ounces of sill
ver as stated already. A further 1861
100000 ounces will have to be bought
in order to replace the POS, 900, 900
ounces, in the form of 100000, 900 dol
lars taken from the treasury Nat
urally, if the purchasing of American
silver under the Pittman act ceases,
the market for the metal will suffer
and quotations will recede further. 1t
must be remembered that silver is not
obtained entirely from so-called sill
Yer mines. it comes as a by-product
from mines chiefly valuable for their
output of gold copper, lead or zinc
Fully 20 per cent of the silver mined
in the United States is a by-product
in the winning of other metals There
fore any blow to the silver market af-
fects the mining industry as a whole
The purchase of silver under the Pitt
man act serves to stabilize the mar
ket; it is good thing for the country
as a whole; it would be unwise to re-
peal the act at this time We do not
oppose the repeal in order merely to
cater to a special class, for that we
hold ever to be unwise, but to sub
serve a national interest.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
FISHING IN NORTH FORK
BELOW MOUTH PRICHARD
FERRY VOLUNTEERS TO DELlV-
Err TROUT FRY TO NORTH
SIDE STREAMS.

Instead of destroying the fish in
the North Fork below Prichard, the
operation of the dredge on Prichard
creek 10y tine Yukon Cold company
really transforms that portion of the
river into a fish preserve, according to
ID Fl. Ferry, manager OF the Yukon
company who was in the city this
week for the purpose of conveying a
consignment of trout fry from this
city to the North Side, where he will
+ supervise placing them in Eagle creek,
Butte creek and upper Prichard Mr.
Ferry is vice president of the Sho-
shone Rod and Gun club and through
has efforts about 80 members Of that
organization have been enrolled on
the North Side. Regarding the effect
of dredging operations on the North
i'm the stream. but fishing was spoiled
because they were unable to see the
fly in the muddy water They are
thus protected throughout the year
with the exception of two weeks when
the dredge is closed down for annual
overhauling In the interest of the
sportsmen of the district. Mr. Ferry
wants it known that the dredge is
now closed down and that the fishing
should be good during the suspension
on the river below the mouth of Pri-
chard creek Contrary to an impress
sion caused by an erroneous publica-
ton regarding the amendment to the
game law. the North Fork below Pri-
chard is not closed to fishermen. al
though all non-navigable streams are
closed until the first OF June
When advised that the trout fry
would arrive from the hatchery at
Occur d'Alene Tuesday Mr.. Ferry /
volunteered TO come over and take
charge Of the consignment and see |
that they were deposited in the !
streams on the North Side This
meant that he would "sit up" with |
them Tuesday night in order to give
them air every hour, place them on
the Prichard train Wednesday morn
ing and escort them to Prichard and
there transfer them to two wagons
which he had arranged to have meet
him and thence convey them to the
streams for which they were intend
ad. The consignment consists Of So
POO fry OF these &C. 600 will be plac-
I'd in East and West Eagle creeks
10000 in Butte creek and 10000 in
prichard creek above Murray In I'M {
lertaking this task Mr.. Ferry has
shown a fine public spirit one that
should be emulated by all other mem
'ers Of the rod and gun club. !.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
U. S. SlLVER-LEAD.
Company Has Plans for Much Devel-
opment This Year.

Company Has Plans for Much DeVeI-
opment This Year.
A. NJ. Nash, manager of the United
States Silver-Lead Mining company.
was in the city the first of the week.
coming from Saltese. where he has
been much of the time since the sus-
pension of operations at the u. $. Sill
ver-Lead several months ago. Under
his direction work was carried on at
the property last summer and fall,
during which time a crosscut was
run that cut the vein about $50 feet
below the upper tunnel and which
disclosed several feet of good milling
ore, with considerable or shipping
grade. When work was Discontinued
drift had been started to get under
the ore shoot above In the upper
tunnel there is a shoot Of very high
grade ore, the value in silver being
much higher than is usual in the ores
OF that section. Mr.. Nash stated that
the company is planning upon carry
ing out quite an extensive develop
ment program this year and it is ex-
pected this will begin as soon as the
roads are i'm a more passable condi-
tion. The U. s. Silver-Lead property
is situated on East Eagle creek not
far from the Jack Waite
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
COLONEL HARVEY FOR AMBAS-
SADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN.

Objection may be raised to the ap-
pomtmont Of Colonel George Harvey
to the position of ambassador to
Great Britain on the ground that he
has always been a democrat. and or
dnanly that would be regarded by
ths paper as a perfectly valid objec-
uon Whether Colonel Harvey has
.r,uounced mis- allegiance TO tine dem
oclatic party or whether he ever
claimed allegiance to it, we do not
know; but we do know that from the
time that Woodrow Wilson conceived
the plan to deliver this nation into a
league which would in effect be an
ai andonment of the principles upon
which our government is founded
Colonel Harvey was among the most
aggressive opponents of that infa
NOUS scheme and through his paper
Uaweys Weekly. welded a powerful
influence in shaping public opinion
regarding IT, Colonel Harvey is cred
tied with being an important factor
i'm securing the nomination of Presi-
dent Harding at the Chicago conven-
ton. and after the election he is said
90 have been frequent visitor az
Marion TO confer with the president
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
IDAHO BOYS AND GIRLS AND
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

The inauguration of Dr Alfred H.
Upham ass president of the Univer-
sity Of Idaho at Moscow last week
was an occasion that attracted edu-
Gators from ala parts of the country
and the exercises were of character
that made a lasting impression as
indicating the Importance of this ed
ucauonal Institution and it's power
for good in the state of Idaho The
inaugural address of Dr. Upham gave
unmistakahie evidence that me fully
grasps the field of opportunity pre-
scented to Che university and that ho
has the vision. initiative and genius
to utilize it, but ne made it clear
throughout his address that his sue
cess win be measured by the loyalty
and cooperation Of the people OF the
state. He emphasized the fact that
the university is their institution and
that it is their money that pays the
bin He referred to the fact that "a
large number of graduates from Ida
no high schools go 20 colleges in 9TH
en- states, to which the Miner has fire.
auently referred and he showed by
comparison what the Idaho univer-
sity could accomplish with the loyal
support TO which it is entitled. On
this point DR. Upham said:
Idaho sends a larger fraction
OF her high school graduates TO
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colleges outside her borders than
almost any other state in the
Union. Is this because the insti-
tuition at the state university is
inferior. the life less wholesome,
the equipment less adequate? If
in any community of Idaho it is
not considered just the thing to
send the best boys and girls 10
the University Of Idaho, it is high
time that the worthy taxpayers
find out why.
'It has been my privilege in the
last year 10 study very carefully
what another university then
much smaller than Idaho is now
was able TO contribute TO the first
half century of the Ohio valley.
II had only single college of
arts and sciences and failed en-
tifelv to connect with the practi-
cal developments of the region as.
your own university has been do
ing from it's birth.
Its students were humble far
mor lads who walked the long
trails TO- college. and did their
utn cooking and washing while
there. But one after another they
emerged from obscurity took
their places in the pioneer civil
laHon around them or sim far
thcr west and became leaders in
cveu walk of life
"Thcre was not a college gener-
alton chat did not contribute its
arota of great men; not year
when that little college could have
remained closed without positive
loss to- society and the state.
What that little college did Idaho
cam multiply many fold. Already
She has demonstrated this In ner
own sons and daughters. No man
can measure her possibilities FOR
usefulness i'm the years that lie
beyond May commonwealth and
university forever cherish their
mutual obligations and stand true
TO their bond"
Or Upham referred to the act Of
e territorial Legislature thirty-two
.ars ago creating the university
hich provided for a single college of
fence and letters and showed how.
informing to the purpose stated in
g.. .t tl,, ,r,,.,,.f,,.r a1,toa -
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Thursday April e. 1927.
BAD EFFECT or AGITATION FOR
NEW STATE.

.r,, ,ti,,., hoo i.., stropel, com.
N'o"Ueu 1907 '''
vision of Idaho or perhaps more eYt
rectly to the proposed secession ol
,orthern Idaho A letter was receiv
o 49, no mos,
prominent anu '''''''''''''''
the state commencing the attitude o.
this paper and pointing ont the dam
.,,,,. i,,r,..,,c. tb. .eit,fion for 5i-
,r.,
''S'o" 10 ''''' nus 'i
writer expressly state" '""' '' wa
not writing for publications but what
he saws SO wen expresses the feelings
X ,.., ,ial,o.os .o,e,oil,. ,bat if is
mere 4"o'e"' inc
withheld
.l have NOT looked mon t1e di-
vision of Idaho as being possible
from, - nractieal standpoint. ana
do NOT believe il ,ym ever be
.c.,r,niisbed Dut There is
feature of the proposal which is
unnleaeant and which greatly
regret We are a new state and
VET small state i'm population.
and to Doc talking about division
creatos fine idea through the west
that we are dissatisfied discon-
tented people. living without har-
mony or unity of purpose. and it
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meeting of the various elements
who are opposed to our system of or
derby government viii meet in Wash
ngton on April 49, the second ami
vcrsary of the Imprisonment of Debs.
and pass resolutions demanding the
pardon of all the so-called political
prisoners. President Harding has
agreed to meet a committee from this
aggregation of malcontents If there
can be produced evidence that these
prisoners were wrongfully convicted,
then as a matter of justice they
should be released or given a new
trial: but in the absence of such evil
dence. demand for their pardon
should not receive serious considera-
ton
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
LANSING GIVES INSIDE OF THE
PEACE CONFERENCE.

Robert Lansing, secretary of state
under President Wilson and member
of the American commission to the
Paris peace conference, has made a
valuable contribution to the history OF
that gathering which was made up of
representatives of practically all ma
uons of the world. but his book will
not add to his fame as a statesman
nor bring credit to him as a represen-
tative of the United states in the
peace negotiations following the
greatest war the world has ever
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07

T. c. Pulaski. district forester.
yesterday exhibited two stone pes
Ties evidently used many years ago
hy Indians or possibly some race that
preceded them. They We're found by
p. T. Simpson while exoavating for a
barn at his farm about two miles
north of Cataldo and he gave them
70 Mr. Pulaski. who very generously
rave one of them TO irving Ander-
son. They We're found under about
five or six feet of clay
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
MIDNIGHT.
Raise Now Up 600 Feet-WnI Put in
Second Hoist


Second Hoist.
The raise that is being made on the
Midnight to the surface is now up 500
feet and preparation is being made to
crosscut to the vein, which it is ex-
pected will he encountered within Is
or 20 feet. The hoist that is used for
handling timbers and other material
used in the raise has now reached
about the limit of its capacity and
will soon be supplemented by another
hoist placed at the 500 elevation TO
which transfer will be made. The
second hoist will be sufficient to meet
all requirements to the surface which
viii be reached in about 500 feet, ma
King the total length of the raise 100
feet
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07

1t was great day for the news
paper correspondents in Washington
when a newspaper man took posses
sion of the White House. President
Harding understands what they want
he knows what news is, and he talks
to the correspondents and they talk
to him with a freedom that has never
before prevailed
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-07

Let's move to Grangeville Read
this from the last issue of the Free
Press: with eggs retailing at 15c a
dozen i'm Grangeville. the price is de-
clared TO be the lowest here in years
Ranch butter is selling at Soc a
pound"
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never become a member of the pres
ent league of nations That is good
advice and it is hoped the president
viii give it favorable consideration.
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President Harding is being urged to
make a specific declaration in his
message to the coming special session
OF congress that this government will