The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-03
THE BOARD OF TRADE HAS
INTERESTING SESSION
OFFICIAL TALKS
AIRPLANE FOREST PATROL
-HELP FOR HATCHERY.

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The main feature of the meeting of
the board of trade yesterday was an
address by John r. Davies of Spo-
kane, vice president and general man
laser of the Interstate Utilities COM
Ipany through which this district is
provided with telephone service. Mr.
/ Davies proved TO be a very interesting
speaker, and before he had finished
/ his hearers were in mood to award
the telephone company first prize i'm
a popularity contest. rather than to
carry out their usual desire to con-
sign it to the place where the Jew said
business had gone. Mr. Davies placed
much stress upon the pride one should
feel i'm being an American. and as an
example of the real greatness Of our
country, he referred to the attitude of
America in the world war; how we
furnished millions in men and money
and when peace came how we with
drew without claim for
dollar in indemnity nor foot
OF territory. Without under
rating the seriousness or the pres
ent business situation, he took an OPP
tmistic view and pointed to the fact
that every general and prolonged
business depression in the history of
the country had been followed by
long periods of increased prosperity /
Mr. Davies discussion of the tele- /
phone service showed an intimate /
Knowledge of the position of the pa
ucn as well as that of the company /
He gave examples to show that often .
the complaint of the patron was due /
TO a lack of knowledge of the facts .
which if known would show the tele- /
phone company was not at fault. Mr.
Davies almost grew eloquent in prais-
ing the faithful service and even the .
hcroism of the telephone girls, and /
gave examples to justify his encom-
iums.
Getting in New Members.
quite a number of new faces were |
in evidence at the meeting yesterday .
that the membership com /
mittee is not Idle Speaking for that |
copmittee, President Mackey stated /
that there are 225 men in the city eli
gible for membership and that these /
would be apportioned to various mem
bers who would be expected to induce .
them to join the board of trade.
Yellowstone Trail Assessment.
Referring to the action of the board
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president to appoint a committee to
collect the assessment of 5000 from
this city for the Yellowstone trail
~ esident Mackey stated that upon
looking up the record he found that
last year the board of trade subscrib-
I'd S25 to the fund, but that the board
lid not undertake to collect the full
lrount He suggested that a similar
be made now and that
he board give a vote of approval to
he assessment and that its collection
,e passed back to the Good Roads as
ISOLATION.
L. r. Hanley called attention to the
act that the Good Roads association {
$ county organization and that it
Guild not undertake to collect this for l
he city To this Mr.. Mackey replied a
hat the Good Roads association is ]
for Mullan and Kellogg !
This situation was explained by r. q
=. Stracken. who said that the collec- d
ions in Mullan and Kellogg were be I
ne made by committees composed of "
Members of the Good Roads assOcia- J
ION d
The argument closed by the adop- a
ion of motion by p. T. Maggy for j.
he appropriation of s25 to the Wal "
ace assessment and endorsement Of 3
he proposition. p
Forest Patrol and Reforestation.
The secretary read letter to James
?. Mccarthy from Huntington Taylor
f Occur d'Alene, manager of the Rut-
sdee Lumber company. asking the
oard to take action favoring the ex- r
ention of airplane patrol of the for
SITS in Idaho by the government and
lso for the establishment of refor-
station at Priest lake; further that =,
ction be wired to the Idaho delega-
lor in congress.
On motion of Rush j. White, the
was instructed to send
messages to the Idaho senator's and \
in accordance with the
bove request.
Help for Hatchery
4 letter from the chamber of com
1crce of Occur d'Alene stated that ,,
he fund for incidental expense in the
of the fish hatchery at -
bat place was exhausted, and that an
expenditure of about 500 is absolute
!. necessary in order to provide addi-
ional Matching troughs. AS streams =
+ this district will be supplied with
rout fry from the Occur d'Alene d.
atchery. the Occur d'Alene chamber 4.
f commerce felt that the Wallace
GARD would be disposed to contribute +
to meet the emergency.
This request gave NJ j. Flohr the r
rrc~f,rff,r for ~rbfob he hoe 1oro