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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE REoUc-
DUcTloN OF TAKES.

The election of the republican state
ticket will unquestionably result in a
substantial reduction OF taxes next
year. In some counties the reduction
will probably amount to 25 per cent.
This will be made possible through the
constructive program outlined in the
republican platform. The republicans
point out that the tax load being car
ried by the people of Idaho is due
mainly to levies made by county and
districts. and generally authorized by
the direct vote of the people. These
obligations which must be paid
through taxation were incurred at a
time of great prosperity and have now
become a serious burden. To fore
stall recurrence of this situation. the
republicans make this specific declar-
alton in their platform:
We pledge ourselves to close super
vision of all appropriations to the end
that Idaho's cost of government state,
county and municipal shall be re-
duced to actual necessities
We favor amending the laws so that
the maximum levies which the various
taxing bodies may levy shall be ma
terially reduced and that any addition
al levies within another maximum to
be fixed shall not be levied unless ap-
proved by a two-thirds vote of the
taxpayers affected.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
sHosHoNE COUNTY SEEMS SAFE
FOR REPUBLICANS.

over confidence which leads to re-
taxation of effort is the only danger
that stands in the way of republican
success in Shoshone county. and from
present indications the management OF
the republican campaign and republi-
can county candidates are not going to
be victims of this mistake. Already
an aggressive campaign is being made
and plans have ben formulated to con-
tinue this activity until the polls close
on November z. Individually and in
groups the candidates are visiting all
parts of the county and meeting the
voters personally and everywhere they
are being most cordially received
This is one time when the taxpayers
of the county are giving more atten-
ton to records Of performance rather
than to specious promises The re-
publicans have only to point to what
they have done during the past four
years to convince any thoughtful vot-
er that his interest win be best served
by retaining the republicans in control
of the county government. sum-
mary of this record will be found on
page Of this issue of the Miner. and
every item there can be verified by
examination of the official record in
the court house.
But because the commissioners are
the dominating force in the county ad-
and because the repub-
lican candidates for commissioner are
men of the highest qualification for
the duties of the office. do not make
the mistake in thinking that their
election alone is necessary to insure a
of the present excellent
administration. They must have the
support and cooperation
Of all other officers Of the county. and
his can be accomplished in no other
way than electing every candidate on
he republican ticket Vote 1t
straight" not merely under the stress
If party loyalty but for the purpose Of
having the head of every department !
illed by an officer who is in accord
With the head of the administration {
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19

taking up each individual claim in
volved in the contest and discussinl
the evidence submitted on both side
respecting the validity of the minera
'showings. the commissioner makes thi
significant comment:
1T is thus made clear why the
government experts were unable
to find any mineral indications on
most of the claims while the wit
nesses for the defense testified
that they found some indications
on almost every claim. The former
were not familiar with mineral
showings in the Occur d'Alenes
and their opinions were formed on
what they saw on the individual
claims. On the other hand, the
witnesses for the defense examined
these claims in the light of their
knowledge OF conditions on sur
rounding lands. 1t can not be
doubted that independently of the
mineralized land in the vicinity
and in the district generally they
would not have considered this
mineral land. Furthermore, in a
general way they considered all the
land involved warranted expendi-
ture in development, because prac-
tically all surrounding lands were
held under mining claims or en-
tries and some were good pro-
ducers
1t is not expected that the language
4 Commissioner Spry, who is a west
IN man and familiar with mining
uestions, will have any affect upon
he forestry bureau so far as changing
is policy with respect to mining claims
n forest reserves, but it should en-
hasize the desirability of transferring
me forestry bureau from the agricul-
ural to the interior department
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
COMMISSIONER SPRY AND EX-
PERTs OF FORESTRY BUREAU.

That was an interesting and highly
significant decision published in the
Miner last week. in which Commits
sioner Spry, of the general land office.
dismissed a contest instituted by the
forestry service against the application
for patent for a group Of claims on the
North Side 1t was in effect a vindi-
cation of the miners of the west in
their long standing protests against
the hostility of the forestry bureau
toward the development of mines
within the national forests. 1t has
often been pointed out that the policy
to the miner. but that the mineral ex-
aminers in the forestry service. upon
whose testimony the forestry bureau
relies to support its numerous contests
against granting patents to mining
claims. are generally incompetent
through lack of practical experience in
the mineral sections upon which they
are called upon to pass. II claim
owners, must be harassed in their pro-
ceedings to procure patents for their
claims, the government should at least
require that their claims be examined
10y qualified engineers. Evidently that (
is what the commissioner of the gem
eral land office thinks. Regarding the
charge that $500 had not been expend-
ed each of the claims in question,
Commissioner Spry says;
THE mineral examiners for the
government admitted that they
had no particular knowledge Of the
mining condition in the Occur
d'Alene district, that they had not
made examination of the sur
rounding properties, and that they
had no specific knowledge Of the
cost Of labor in the district. Con-
sequently for the work done on the
claims protested for want of suf-
ficient patent expenditure, the
government experts gave extreme
ly low figures"
Further along in his decision, after o
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
YOU LIKE LEASE.
Stockholders Elect Directors and Dis
cuss Operating Plans.
years

Stockholders Elect Directors and Dis
cuss Operating Plans.
At a meeting of stockholders of the
You Like Leasing association in this
city last Saturday evening the follow
ing directors were elected: r. S.
Handy. of Kellogg; E. Haug. of Kel-
logg, and George Douglas. of Wallace
Mr.. Haug was also elected trustee and
secretary Of the association, and upon
him will devolve the management of
operations. The association has a lease
of block of ground in the old You
Like mine, owned by the Federal Min
ing & Smelling company, being a part
OF the Morning, extending from the in
level. which is about 40 feet
below the Fanny Gremm- Midnight tun-
nel, to the surface. Several cars of
nigh grade silver ore have been shipped.
md there is quite a large known ton
lage of lead and zinc ore which is ex-
'ected to yield a good profit as soon as
ABILITIES are provided for handling il.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
SUNSET.
Leaser Will Put in Compressor and
Operate All Winter.

Leaser Will Put in Compressor and
Operate All Winter.
A. G. Bachman, who has a lease on
the Sunset mine above the tunnel
level, was in the city last Monday He
said that while there had been delay
in restoring equipmen az the mine his
plans for operating during the winter
have not been changed Mr.. Bachman
said he expected to be called to his
home in Butte any day on business,
and arrangements would be made
while there for a compressor and all
other necessary equipment. The sec
ond car OF. Sunset ore is now being
loaded at Bum station for shipment to
the Bunker Hill smelter. Unless the
snow becomes so deep that the road
can not be kept open. Mr. Bachman
expects to continue shipments during |
the winter. He is now doing surface /
work on the big ore showing mentioned /
IN The Miner last week and says the !
ore is three or four feet wide of ship
ping grade, better than the former
shipment which was taken largely from
he dump.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
HONOR PIONEER MINER.
J. j. Taylor Presents Books to School
of Mines Library

J. J. Taylor Presents Books to School
of Mines Library.
J. J. Taylor of Montpelier. pioneer
Idaho mining man, characterized by
Dean Francis A. Thomson of the school
Of mines as the father of phosphate
mining in Idaho" has been awarded
an honorary membership in the asso-
ciated miners organization of the
school, Mr.. Taylor recently presented
TO the school of mines his private min
ing library, including many old and
valuable books. which are now price
less and difficult to obtain. The col
lection, which will serve as a nucleus
for a larger school of mines library.
contains the data on the early United
States coast and Hayden geological
Mr.. Taylor recently visited the
school of mines and while he was here
the mining students held a special
meeting TO honor him and express APP
for his valuable gift. Mr..
Taylor has also made handsome cash
donation to aid in adding more volumes
o the library. which will be known as
he y. ]. Taylor collection"
The donor is manager of the San
francisco Chemical company, operat-
ng in the southeastern Idaho phos-
hate fields, and has been connected
Nth mining in Idaho for the last 40
ears.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
A PROMISE MADE AND A PROMISE
KEPT.

While counties all over the state are
loaded to the limit with debt incurred
for the purpose Of building better high
ways. Shoshone county. through sound
business methods Of its republican
board of county commissioners, does
not find itself in this condition. The
policy of "pay-as- We go" was adopted
when they assumed office in January,
1913, and as a consequence we have
no debt hanging over us. either in the
form of outstanding bonds or a large
amount of outstanding county road
warrants. The situation for the past
few years has been one that required
well balanced judgment on the part of
the county officials. for with state and
federal appropriations available for
road construction in cooperation with
the counties, the inclination to go the
limit has been apparent all over the
state.
In February OF. this year the state
and federal government proposed
building program. consisting of the
erection of six concrete bridges and
the elimination of the Maxwell hill
west of Wallace on the main highway,
at cost of about $4,000. OF this
amount they asked the county to fur
nish third. or $4,000. the balance
to be paid by the state and federal de-
partments. The county commissioners,
that $4,000 is a considerable
sum of money. felt that the taxpayers
Of the county, who would contribute
the county's proportion, should be
heard on the subject and their wishes
carried out. A meeting was therefore
called by the commissioners and a large
number of taxpayers were present, as
we'll as members of the Good Road as
ISOLATION, and the proposition was fully
explained by the chairman of the board
rhe commissioners. providing the plan
net with the approval of the taxpayers.
proposed to obtain the county's proper
ion of the cost of the program by re-
Iucing the amount of expenditures for &
he present year on road maintenance 4
r upkeep. To save $4,000 out of up :
eep of the roads in one year was some
hing of an undertaking, and their t
Ian met with the unqualified approval s
f the people present at the meeting.
The board therefore on March l, 1922 0
lade a formal order appropriating the :.
UNI Of $4,000 as the county's share Of n
he cost of the program as outlined a
bove and today with all road ex-
enses paid for the fiscal year of the d
ounty now ending, the actual saving !,
ut of maintenance as compared with n
lie former year was the sum of $751;
)1.5O. By this method the county's 81
lare has been met without placing any :.
iditional burden on the taxpayers OF
lie county
It is this policy coupled with good al
isiness judgment which explains the II
,cellent financial condition of She =,
zone county today az
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
Callahan Shares

According to a New York report
100000 shares from the treasury stock
of the Callahan zinc-Lead company
have been offered stockholders of the
company at par or $40 per share, on
basis of 1 to 5. That is, stockholders
will have the privilege of buying one
fifth the number of shares they hold.
This offer viii expire on November 80.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19

First estimates OF the republican
majority in the next house Of repre-
sentatives are being revised upward.
AS the people more fully realize the
importance of developing the economic
policies of the administration they
perceive the necessity of sending men
TO congress vino are thoroughly in
sympathy with what the president is
doing.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
s25.ssssO

OF the sum collected. ss.sss.64 has
been distributed among the schools of
the state. Among the beneficiaries are
the following schools in Shoshone
county: Wallace. play ground equip
ment s264.7S; Mullan. play ground
ssSS.ss: Kellogg. play
ground equipment sSs1s.
These figures are the answer to
Alexander. and show conclusively that
he deliberately attempted TO deceive
his hearers regarding the athletic bu-
reau. as he has on practically every
other question he has discussed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
AND SENATOR RoRAH

The demand from Senator Borah
that the republican party Of Idaho re-
verse itself on the direct primary ques-
ton. his denunciation of the republic
can state platform as a meaningless
document of no more value than a
blank piece of paper and his appeal
to c. C. Moore republican candidate
for governor. to renounce the platform
and make his campaign on a platform
Of his own making, were promptly
met by the republican state committee,
which met at Boise last Sunday and
adopted the following resolution:
I'VE believe the people can gov
ern effectively only through the in
strumentality of a party organiza-
ton. Notwithstanding the attitude
of Senator Borah we hold plat
form adopted by a political party
ton placed by the members OF the
TO be a solemn and binding obliga-
party upon their nominees. We
therefore approve the position of
our candidates in standing square
ly upon the republican platform
adopted at the Wallace convention
and we commend State Chairman
Nash for his conduct of the cam
paign on what we believe to be i'm
mediate and paramount issues be-
fore the people of this state"
Thirty three out of the "A counties
{ the state were represented and the Z
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
REPUBLICAN TICKET
State

2AaNl
Congressman-First District
BURTON L. FRENCH
Justice Supreme Court
WILLIAM A. LEE
Governor
CHARLES c. MOORE
Lieutenant Governor
II. Q. BALDRIDGE
Secretary of State
+. A. JETER
Treasurer
DANIEL +. BANKS
Auditor
e. G. GALLET
Attorney General
ALBERT II. CONNER
Superintendent Schools
ELIZABETH RUSSUM
Inspector of Mines
STEWART CAMPBELL
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
HOW REPUBLICANS ARE REDUc.
ING PUBLIC DEBT.

The treasury department announces
that the total gross public debt of the
United States was reduced by $3.50, .
$4,000 during the month of Septem-
ber 1922. and it now stands at S22, =
2.04S. 600, as of September 80. com
pared with s2s.O42. 75s,OOO for August
al On September goth of last year
the debt stood at s2ss24 100000, COM
pared with s26,5s6. 900 on August g.,
1919 when the war debt was at its
peak This indicates a reduction or
nearly $4,000, 100000 in the debt since
the republican party assumed control
of congress. That is at the rate o.
about a billion and one third reduction
annually of the gross public debt If
that rate could De maintained II would
require something less than is years
to wipe the slate clean with our own
unaided efforts To liquidate in IS /
years a debt piled up by democratic |
in two years would be no small !
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
County

County
Senator
DONALD A. CALLAHAN
Representatives
RICHARD e. THOMAS
ROBERT L. BRAINARD
COmmissioner-First District
JOHN c. WOOD
Commissioner-Second District
DANIEL w. PRICE
Commissioner-Third District
JAMES II. TAYLOR
Auditor ami Recorder
HARRY A. ROGERS
Prosecuting Attorney
JOHN L. FITZGERALD
Sheriff
JESSE FREEMAN
Treasurer
JOHN l.. LUCAS
Probate Judge
JOHN L. SHERRARD
superintendent Schools
MARIE CLARY
Assessor
w. II. HERRICK
Coroner
HERBERT c. MOWERY
Surveyor
M. c. TOBIN
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
MOSES ALEXANDER AND
SOUTH IDAHO RANCHERS
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE 6ALKs
WHEN CONFRONTED WITH
DEMOCRATIC RECORD.

Last Friday, the 18TH was certainly
Jonah day for oMses Alexander. He
spoke that evening at Nampa and
when he got to the bank guaranty dec
laration of the democratic platform, a
sage brush rancher arose and pro-
pounded a few questions which ex-
posed the sham and hypocracy of his
position and caused the meeting to adj
journ in confusion. Here is the ac
count of the proceedings as published
in the Boise Statesman of the 18th;
Rancher Calls" Nose.
Following repeated questioning re-
garding the bank guaranty law and the
Democratic platform in 1914 and 1916,
in which w. w. Russell. an Eagle
rancher, was the interrogation and
Moses Alexander, democratic guber-
Material candidate. was the person
questioned, a democratic meeting was
adjourned in the middle of the session
here Friday night.
A full house" of approximately 500
hearers sat through the opening re-
marks of the democratic candidate I'M
til he reached the bank guaranty law,
which he characterized as a strong
plank in the democratic platform this
year
It was here that Mr. Russell arose
and asked the former governor if he
hadn't promised such an enactment in
1916. Alexander did not answer i'm
and Russell prOpounded his
second question. asking the speaker Il
during that year the legislature was
not democratic. and, admittedly So
why the bank guaranty did not then
become a law.
Alexander answered that he did |
not think such promise was in the |
1916 platform"
Produces 1916 Platform.
Russell reached into his pocket, ex-
.racted a copy of the 1916 democratic
platform, and handed it to the candi-
late. Alexander handed the paper to T.
Walters of Caldwell. and attorney
general under Alexander, who presided
friday night.
Walters admitted that the plank was
here and the candidate answered Rus
els question as follows:
BE that as it may, we are in favor
f bank guaranty law now. You see
he people were not prepared for it
hen (1916), but they are now. The
eople are awakened to it now, so we
re for it,"
But Russell had not finished and
sked the speaker if the same promise
'as not made also and forgotten in ,
GA Alexander answered that he did ,
OF think so. +
Again Russell pulled out a few '
heets of paper, exclaimed that it was ,
/ the 1914 platform and again Walters r
his offering.
Walters Adjourns Meeting.
The house was in an uproar, Alex
nder stood speechless until Walters
nally quelled the laughter long enough
} admit that the bank guaranty pro-
sion was also in that platform-and =
fjourned the meeting.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

In his speech in this city few weeks
ago Moses Alexander democratic can
didate for governor, attacked the state
bureau of athletics created by a re-
publican Legislature and crassed it as
one of the causes of high taxes OF
course he knew better, but assumed
that his hearers did not. The fact is
that the bureau costs the taxpayers
nothing, for it is supported wholly by
fees collected from athletic exhibitions,
and the surplus above cost of main
tanning the bureau is turned over to the
public schools of the state to assist in
equipping gymnasiums and play
grounds for the pupils of the grades
Here is a statement of the activities of
the bureau from May s. 1919. to Oc-
tober l, 1922;
Receipts.
.....-...-............-....-.. None
Collected from 10 per cent on
gate receipts 0SSS0
Collected from licenses to
clubs 100000
Total amount collected --..... S25, s9s.so !
Disbursements.
Salaries and wages ...-.......--..-....S 9,4SS.3O
transportation .-..--.......-.....-..... 1,706.74
freight and express ....--....---..... rs
Board and lodging ..-.......-..-.--..... 1865
telegraph and
postage ..--.-..-.-.-.-.-........-......-. $3.50
stationery and office sup
plies .................................- 1.47O74
)ther supplies and office
equipment .......----...-.-.-.......--.-.. 55S.51
liked charges (bonds and In
surance) ..............-....-.......-....- 1884
......-.................... 1868
donated to public schools
(athletic equipmenD ...--.----.. s,414.5s
Total disbursements ---.---.---..- S2S, 1851
balance on hand, October q
1, 1922 z115.ls
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
District

Judge District Court
ALBERT H. FEATHERSTONE
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19

Entered at the Postofice in Wallace
Idaho. as Second Glass Mail Matter
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-13

DR.. w. A. Borlsnd-eye. ear. nose
and throat. Glasses fitted. -adv.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-13

you CAN SELL that property
through the classiled-if II u gpod
value and you make that fact plain
In your sdveFtiaus.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-13
ROYLES RETURN FROM
VISIT TO THE STATES

Some Improvement in industrial
ticeable in the districts covered by
him on visit as far East as Mil
walikee, according to Frank A. Boyle.
Registrar of the local U. S. Land
Office, who with Mrs. Boyle returned
home last night. arriving on the
Northwestern. Mrs. Boyle has been
absent since last December, while
Mr. Boyle left here about August
/ on leave OF absence.
The settlement of the coal strike
brought some relief, said Mr.. Boyle,
but was not as beneficial as it
would otherwise nave been had the
railway strike not been on. The en-
tire country was beginning to feel
the effects of the coal strike. but
fears OF a shortage were allayed by
the settlement Considerable diff
Guilty is being encountered in getting
coal shipments moved to distribution
centers, however, and there has been
no Improvement in the railway situ-
alton.
Labor. generally, said Mr. Boyle, is
agitated and displeased by the in
junction obtained by the government
in the railway strike. 1t was being
predicted in railway circles that other
unions would strike unless the tenn
porary restraining order was modi-
fled. The talk of general strike
was being taken seriously in certain
sections.
The effect of both strikes has been
to increase radically the price to the
consumer of coal. he said. Despite
the price agreements negotiated by
Secretary Hoover, all prices have
advanced and anthracite coal is cost
ing from SIT to $40 per ton as COM
pared to the old normal prices OF
from 81 to $40.