The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-06-30
MAXWELL MILK RANCH
AND THE HERCULES MINE
MINING HISTORY RECALLED BY
PLATING RANCH FOR SUB
URBAN HOMES.

acre tracts designed for suburban
homes naturally follows the growth
Of Wallace to point that taxes the
limits of the present townsite, and
presents an ideal location for those
who desire homes removed from the
noise of business traffic and room for
garden orchard and perchance chick
ems and a COW. The entire tract is
situated on the sunny south slope,
surrounded by mountains that pro-
tect it from the winds and is less
subject to frosts than other sections
of the district With these inviting
surroundings and conditions, within
a mile and a half from Wallace, it is
expected that many citizens will take
advantage of the opportunity offered
to secure sites for delightful suburb
an homes. The placing of this tract
on the market for this purpose re-
calls the important part played by
the old Maxwell milk ranch in the
destiny of men connected with it, all
of whom save one acquired fortune
through the Hercules bonanza. The
one exception had the same OppOr
tunity. but the fates decreed that his
claim to fame should rest upon crime
rather than worthy achievement and
he became one of the worlds great
est and most notorious criminals.
Get Interest in Hercules.
It was in 1889 that Sylvester Mark
well. a sturdy westerner who had
lived in practically every mining
camp of Importance, came to the
Occur d'Alenes and filed upon the
homestead that is now being offered
the public for suburban homes. With
his sons he established the Maxwell
dairy, a combination that proved
highly successful, supplying milk and
cream to the people of Wallace and
the canyon towns In 1895 Mr.. Mark
well went to Spokane to attend a
sale of thoroughbred Holsteins, they
being the property of a dairy COM
pany which for some reason was go
ing out of business. 1t was there he
met August Paulsen, who had charge
of the dairy and who assisted Mr..
Maxwell in selecting the herd for
his dairy Being out of a job with
the closing of the Spokane dairy, Mr..
Paulsen accepted an offer from Mr..
Markwell and came to Wallace TAX
ing the position of foreman at the
Maxwell establishment 1t is said
of him that although foreman, he
was the hardest worker about the |
dairy and was on the job early and /
late
Opportunity Knocks.
Not long after Mr.. Paulsen joined
the Markwells in the dairy business, /
c. II. Reeves, now of Spokane, but
then conducting a barber shop in
Wallace, went down to the Maxwell
ranch for the purpose of selling an
interest in a prospect called the Her
cules. situated on the hill above
Burke. of which he was half owner
He found the Maxwell crowd willing
to take a chance, Mr. Paulsen re-
that this was an opportunity
that might not come again. He
bought e-half of the Reeves inter
est or One-fourth of the property.
md the Markwells took one eighth.
eaving Mr. Reeves the owner of one
Eighth. The Markwells later acquir- :
ID another small interest Dad"
Reeves returned to Wallace happy in
laving made the turn that gave him
little ready cash. The dairy crowd =
ontinued to peddle milk and carry
heir end of the expense of develop.
nent at the Hercules. dreaming, if a
airyman ever has time to dream.
f relief from the strenuous life F
trough wealth from their chance in
In 1898 the bonanza Her
ules ore shoot was struck and the +
alance of the story is familiar min W
lg history The MarSwells contin o
ed in the dairy business for several o
ears and then moved to southern n
where Sylvester Maxwell a
led few years ago. Mr.. Paulsen r
AIDE his home in Wallace for a time Il
I'd then moved to Spokane. where al
lie Paulsen building. and the magni- al
cent Pauisen home are the results II
his investment while employed at az
e Maxwell dairy.
BY Way Of Contrast. la
Another employee Of the Maxwell 81 ~
Try who also in some manner ac- ~
fred an interest in the Hercules -
rs Harry Orchard. He was given III
gambling and in order to raise "
'ney for that purpose, he deposited re-
j interest with the late Damian
rdoner of Burke, to secure a loan.
never redeemed it, which explains
W Mr.. Gardener secured his inter
in the Hercules Orchard after M;
I'd became the tool of the Western
Iteration of Miners and in that ca
'ity confessed to having murdered ms
Governor Steunenberg. for which dis
is now serving a life sentence in MOI
state prison at Boise In spite of pie
sweeping confession and strong the
roborating testimony. his employ it
Meyer Haywood and Pettibone. of
DIS of the Western Federation of yer
iers. escaped punishment Kel
A Valuable Tract. q
he Maxwell ranch is now owned plo,
J. Fred MarlxUelf aldaef con 90 A..