The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-24
BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS
INTERESTING SESSION
SPEAKERS STIR ENTHUSIASM
"OLD SWIMMlN' HOLE"-
WAR MOTHERS.

That Stanly A. Easton, of Kellogg.
general manager of the Bunker Hill
& Sullivan Mining & Concentrating
company, is the man to whom the
credit is due for the Pittman act is
the positive assertion made by Raw
email Macbeth. secretary Of the Idaho
Mining association, in an address be-
fore the Wallace board of trade yes
terday At a meeting of the associa-
ton in this city in the fall of 1917
Mr. Easton called attention to the
necessity OF action by the government
to stabilize the price of silver A few
weeks later Mr.. MACBETH said he at
tended conference of mining men in
salt Lake City and in compliance
with a wire from Mr. Easton he Sc
cured action favorable to a stable
price for silver Following that meet
ing there was a convention in Denver
and he again brought up the question
OF stabilizing the price of silver. Sen
ator Pittman was present and upon
his return to Washington he intro
duced and secured the passage of the
bill that bears his name, which re-
quires the government to purchase
domestic silver at the fixed price Of
81 per ounce until the amount of sill
Yer withdrawn from the treasury dur
ing the war for shipment to the orient
has been replaced.
Mr.. Macbeth discussed mining con-
ditions and what was being done to
improve them. He felt sure that con
gress would place a duty of ~ cents
per pound on lead, but this alone was
not sufficient OF even more import
ance than the tariff was the reduction
of mining costs. Bullion is now sub
jected to a freight rate of s2266,
while the old rate was only s12; pow
der is still maintained at practically
the pre-war price, and the same is
true of nearly all mining supplies He
gave credit to local mine operators
for much valuable work in shaping
legislation and in the adoption of
regulations in the revenue bureau re-
specting the collection of the income
tax from mining companies
bill" Hall Was There.
w }. Hall. formerly assistant gen
eral manager of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company and now state
commissioner of public works was a
guest of the board of trade and re-
ceived a cordial welcome from the /
members. Upon being called upon for /
a speech, Mr. Hall expressed his /
pleasure at being with his old Wal !
lace friends again. He spoke of the /
road construction program this year, /
which includes the Yellowstone trail .
in this county. the carrying out of
which depends upon the appropria-
ton of 500, 900 which congress is
expected to make early in the ses-
sion. The amount this county would
receive from the government and
that which would be contributed by
the state and county would practically
construct the trail across the county.
Portland Convention.
e A. Klippel, travelling passenger
agent of the O.-W. r. & n, spoke on
the international mining convention
TO he held next month in Portland,
and stated that his company desired
to know about how many would at
tend in order to provide accommoda-
ions If the number is sufficient
rom north Idaho a special train
would be provided.
McAlister Presided.
Owing to the absence of President /
Iackey and both vice presidents, it +
Ievolved upon H. c. McAllister to act q
n the dual capacity of president and a
a feat he accomplished p
With consummate skill. n
The secretary read a letter sug- fl
esting that the question of estab- o.
shing a hospital here for ex-service o
nen be taken up with Dr. DeValin. e.
hief of the public health service for n
his district. DR.. Quigley explained
he situation that DR.. Pryor, who in
the hospital here. pro- -
ounced it the best he had seen in oil
is 2S years in the public health SER IT
ice and said that it was admirably RI
dapted TO tubercular and ambulatory nj
atients. On motion of DR.. Quigley. is
he secretary was instructed to write in
r. DeValin urging the acceptance of mn
he hospital here. CO
Delegates to Portland Convention. II
A letter from the secretary of the co
International mining convention at -,
ortland was read inviting the ap-
ointment of five delegates to the
invention Naming the delegates
as referred to President Mackey.
Swimming Pool.
Sidney L. Shonts. from the commit 60
e on swimming pool. recommended "''
at the Weyer pond be utilized. He Sc
id that it was fed by a stream of oo
ire water. and that with small ex- 90
nse it could be deepened sufficient W
making a pool 100 feet long by 25 ue
ct at one end and so at the other lie
small house near the pool could be p''
tanned from Mr.. Weyer at NOM POI
al rent to be used for changing Ih
'thes. A motion by Mr.. Shonts that sh'
c pool be taken and temporarily i'm ing