The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-01-27
COUNTY INFIRMARY FOR
USE OF EX-SERVICE MEN
BOARD OF TRADE GETS ACTION
IN WAsHINGToN-DAY ON
PROTECTIVE TARIFF.

At the meeting of the board of
trade last Monday, Dr. f. L. Quigley
chairman of the committee appointed
two weeks ago to investigate the feas-
ibility of turning over the county in
armary to the government for the ac-
commodation of ex- service men af-
nicted with tuberculosis, reported
that the committee had conferred
with the county commissioners re-
garding the proposal and that they
had consented TO rent the inhrmary
70 the government at monthly rental
of $3.50. The committee regarded this
as a very liberal offer and recon-
mended that the board Of trade wire
the proposition to the surgeon general
head of the United States public
health service. Washington, and also
to wire the senators and representa-
tives from Idaho TO urge acceptance
through the proper channels. The
recommendations were adopted and
the following message authorized:
Accommodate 100 Patients.
"shoshone county tenders its most
modernly constructed and equipped
brick inhrmary building with ten
acres of land. Property has modern
hospital equipment complete for one
hundred ex- service patients and is
Immediately available. Splendidly To-
Gated on main highway two miles
west of Wallace where everything re-
CURED is available. County commits
sioners moved by public spirit offer
the property to public health service
for two hundred fifty dollars monthly
rental for term of years Board of
trade actively worked to secure this
offer and urges acceptance thereof as
quickly as possible"
Messages were also sent to the Ida
no delegation in congress and re-
sponses have been received from
Senator Borah and Congressman
Smith. The senator said that he
would take the matter up at once with
the war department
Smith on the Job.
Yesterday the board of trade re-
ceived the following message from
Congressman Addison r. Smith:
Have had conference with surgeon
general. head of the United States
public health service. and in coopera-
ton with Mr. French am urging utili-
zation of inhrmary building for care
of ex-service men. Matter of addi-
tional hospital facilities for ex-service
men was considered this morning in
conference of senators and represen-
tatives from northwestern states"
Day on the Lead Tariff.
The report of the committee regard
ing the infrmary was the only bust
ness of importance to come before the
meeting. and with that out of the way
the usual entertainment feature fol-
lowed under the direction of Secre-
tary Harry McAllister He introduc-
ed Jerome J. Day. general manager Of
the Tamarack & Custer Mining COM
pany. who had just returned from the
national capital where he appeared
before the house committee on ways
and means to urge an adequate pro-
tective tariff on lead. Representatives
of the mining industry in the Joplin
district. Utah and other states also
presented the case of lead to the COM
mittee Mr.. Day said that the tariff
question was complicated by the alb
sence of dependable statistics regard
ing domestic production and by the
excessive freight rates from the west
ern states to the Atlantic seaboard,
being three times the water rate from
Mexico and Spain. The committee he
said is working hard on the tariff
problem and would no doubt develop
schedule that would be satisfactory
to the lead producers. Mr. Day COM
plimented the people of the Occur
dAlenes upon the business and indus
trial condition here. saying that the
reduction of wages had been less here
than in any other mining district and
that conditions generally We're more
nearly normal
Mr.. Days remarks We're preceded
by three vocal selections by Mrs II.
1. Hanson. of Mullan. with violin and
piano accompaniment by Misses lisa
bella and Grace Flood also of Nfullan.
a feature that won enthusiastic ap-
plause-