The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-11-16
BUSINESS MEN ARE BACK
OF YELLOWSTONE TRAIL
ANNUAL BANQUET NOVEMBER %
PREPARE FOR COMING
OF FIRE CHIEFS.

of the Yellowstone Trail membership
drive, which has for it's goal 400 mem
bers in Idaho. This action was taken
at the meeting yesterday after an ex-
PLANTATION Of the purpose of the drive
and statement as to the number OF
members appOrtioned to the towns in
Idaho along the trail, by F. r. Stone,
member of the good roads committee
and secretary of the Shoshone County
Good Roads association. Mr.. Stone
said that the Yellowstone Trail asso-
citation had undertaken to secure 90
600 members who will pay So a year,
making a total revenue of 100000 to
be used in advertising the trail, main
tanning bureaus of information and
keeping the public informed regarding
road conditions OF this membership
Idaho is expected to furnish 400, ap-
portioned as follows: Wallace, 1875;
/ Kellogg so; Mullan, so; Occur dAlene
1876; Post Falls, 10. The disparity be-
tween the number allotted to Wallace
and other towns, having reference to
population, Mr. Stone explained in the
/ fact that Wallace is more favorably
situated with respect to benefits from
the tourist travel Mr.. Stone said
that before starting on the member
ship drive in Wallace he felt that the
board of trade should give the move
ment its endorsement and take five |
memberships being the same amount !
it had given to the association in years |
past With this secured he said that |
Steve Eddins, who is temporarily I'M
able to perform his usual railroad dut- |
les, will give his time to securing the |
members in Wallace.
On motion of D. A. Callahan, the |
board of trade subscribed for five |
memberships and went on record in
favor of the drive.
New Members.
George Mortimer chairman of the
membership committee, reported the
following new members or old mem
bers reinstated: ~ p. Thorson, F.
Tracey. r. T. Williams, /. L. Brainard.
S. Mcdaniel, R. n Mcleod, Herman
Marquardt, Otto A. OLSON, o. w
Lewis, r. L. Shaw The drive for new
iAANhAttAo - sum OiA anu NIL AlOIlliuti
said the committee hopes to be able
to report a larger list of new members
next week.
Mining Convention.
ThOs. H. Owen, from the public af-
fairs committee, reported that his COM
mittee would require further time to
make a recommendation regarding the
,f
the Northwest Mining association in
this city in May He said that it was
desired to confer further with the
large operators of the district, and al
so with Ravenel Macbeth, secretary of
the Idaho Mining association, before
making a final report. In the mean
time he had talked over the phone
with Frank c. Bailey, of Spokane, sec
rotary of the association, who was
quite enthusiastic over the proposition
to bring the convention to Wallace
Mr. Bailey estimated that the cost of
the convention to the people of Wal
lace would be about $1,000 and of that
sum he said Spokane would pay $500.
Buy at Home.
Judge D. H. belong called up the
subject of buying at home and sug-
gested that every married member
call a family conference on the ques-
ton of whether it pays to buy outside
the state. He called attention to the
number of peddiers and travelling
statesmen of various kinds continually \
Wallace people to buy goods
and he hoped members of the board {
would confer and report the result.
d. A. Callahan, state senator elect,
said he was glad this question had n
1een brought up; that a bill to regu- .
ate peddling would be introduced, in n
he next session of the legislature and S
le hoped to have an expression from l,
he board of trade on the subject. I
President Hanley said that it had "
)een suggested by H. c. McAlHster r
hat the annual banquet of the board
If trade which had been deferred, be A
leld next week and that the directors [
# the Callahan Zinc-Lead company, Z
Who will be here at that time, be in +
rited as guests of the board. The r
was adopted and the ban G
luet will be held next Wednesday 9
vening, November %. Z
Fire Chiefs Convention. r
President Hanley announced the fol- n
owing special committee to take n
of arrangements for the an u
lual convention of fire chiefs of the v
Pacific coast which will be held in
next August: John c. Boyd, n
hief of the Wallace fire department 2,
hartman; Mayor Hugh Toole, Joseph a
3edard. Herman ]. Rossi and Harry o
W Marsh. 10