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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY. JULY S. 1928
SPAULDING DOME OIL co.
LOCAL PEOPLE CONTROL
OWNS LARGE AREA IN NEW MEX
Ico-WELL EQUIPPED FOR
DEEP DRILLING.

Wallace people appear to be in line
for big profits in oil according to the
Fort Sumner Leader newspaper
published at Fort Sumner. New Mex
leo. The issue of June % tells of the
large area OF leased and decided
ground held by the Spaulding Dome
Oil company and the extra heavy
drilling equipment which is now in
operation. Judge A. II. Featherstone,
of this city, is president of the Spauld-
ing Dome company; James j. Murphy,
of Burke, is vice president; Dr. M. 7.
Smith. of Wallace. is secretary; Geo.
H. Doerr, of Spokane, is treasurer.
Other directors are DR.. w b. Picker
ell, formerly of Spokane now residing
in Texas, and L. n. Harlow, of Fort
Sumner, n. NJ. Local stockholders
will be much interested in the follow
ing from the Leader:
Looks Like a Big Winner.
Drilling operations on the Spauld-
ing Dome Oil company's well. north
of Fort Sumner. started up. Thursday
after a shut down of about two years.
-. L. Layne. of Boston, Mass. has
contracted with the Spaulding Dome
to complete this deep test
down to the proper oil bearing hori-
IONS. Mr. Layne is also operating at
Texas, on the Milano uplift in
Milan county. He is heavily interest
ed in the Boston & Montana Copper
syndicate and is financially able to
carry out all contracts.
81. L. Deskin, of Mexia. Texas, ar
rived Wednesday, and will be in
charge as superintendent of opera
lions. Mr. Deskin is a thoroughly eX-
Derienced oil man with a reputation
Tor fast and accurate work in this line.
1.-The Spaulding Dome well is located |
Il miles north and miles west of
Fort Sumner, where this company has
some 5000 acres of leased and decided
and in their holdings, and this acre
age constitutes the cream Of the
Spaulding Dome structure.
MANY of the highest authorities in
he science of petroleum geology in
he world have examined and passed
Judgment on the Spaulding Dome
structure. and without exception, all
'eports upon the property have been
favorable. These authorities include,
lmong others, Ralph Arnold, conceded
~ the petroleum industry to be the
lean of American biologists; DR. w.
. Stark, consulting geologist of San
and the equally noted Tall |
ierro. of New Orleans; all of whom |
we're sent here to examine the prop
,rty by big oil companies. wanting a |
oothold in this field.
1.-THE drilling rig is of the extra |
leavy duty type of standard rig, with |
n S4-foot derrick. using a 60-horse- !
lower boiler and a 12x12 Ajax engine !
or power. The string of tools have a
otal weight of 6O5O pounds, for the
S-inch bit, jars and 4S-foot stem.
of the Spaulding Dome com
any have repeatedly asserted that
he rig is capable of making 10000
eet, if that depth were necessary.
AT the time the well was shut
own the company had expended more
han 100000 preparatory for this op-
ration, and in excess of $3.50 900 in
De Baca and Guadalupe counties in
ither purchase or lease of land on
he structure"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
sILVERsMITH.
British Columbia Company to Pay a
Dividend July 10.

Dividend July 10.
Announcement has been made by
of the payment of a dividend of two
cents a share on July 10. Amounting
to $50 900. In the first quarter of this
year the company paid $4,000 and
prior to this year had paid Sl25,00O
The approaching dividend will there
fore make the total for the company
5000, 900. The mine is situated near
Sandon, B. c. It is a lead-silver pro
perty and is understood to have a tom
mage developed that insures a long
period of production. Considerable
Silversmith stock is held in the Occur
d'Alene district
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
OPTIMISTIC REPORT TO
TARBOX STOCKHOLDERS
NEW MANAGEMENT; NO DEBTS
MUCH STOCK IN THE
TREASURY.

The annual meeting of stockholders
of the TarbOx Mining company will
be held in this city on July 16. In an
ticipation of the meeting, the direct
ors of the company have issued a let
ter to the stockholders advising them
of the situation at the mine and de-
plans and urging them to
send proxies for the meeting if I'M
able to attend The letter is signed
by Dr. H. c. Mowery, Geo. A. Morti-
mer H. B. Kingsbury, John A. Lewis
and Herman Marquardt. directors. The
letter follows:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
FIRST HALF OF 1928
COEUR D'ALENE MINES
Metal Prices Not Satisfactory,
but Outlook Good for a
Steady Production
COEUR D'ALENE MINES

- URING THE past six months.
the first half of 1923, five Occur
d'Alene mining companies paid
dividends amounting to $685.
1896 and while there are no figures
upon which to base an estimate it is
probable that leasing and other min
ing operations added upwards of
500, 900 to that amount. The last few
weeks of the period witnessed de-
cline in the price of lead, and since
June l the price of silver has been
around IS cents an ounce, while prior
to that date producers received 81 an
ounce. The following figures give the
dividends paid by each of the COM
panies during the six months and al
so the total dividends paid by each to
date The figures are official except
those for the Hercules, which are con-
servatively estimated:
Occur d'Alene Dividends.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
No Stock Quotations.

The Spokane stock exchange ad-
iourned last Saturday in order to give
over the entire week to welcoming the
president, celebrating the Fourth of
Julv and to recuperation. There have
been no calls this week and will not
be until next Monday, which explains
the absence of stock quotations in the
Miner today.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
LABOR IN ALASKA.
Report Prepared by Former Occur
d'Alene Engineer.

Ben Stewart mining engineer for
merly connected with the Federal Mi
ming & Smelling company of this city,
is evidently doing his bit in solving
the problems that block the way to
prosperity in Alaska. AS inspector of
mines for the territory, he made an
exhaustive report some time ago COW
ering mineral resources and mining
conditions which was of great value.
Another publication has now been
prepared by him, as announced in the
following press bulletin from the bur
eau of mines: "B. d. Stewart, super
vising mining engineer of the depart
ment of the interior, attached to the
Alaska experiment station of the bur-
eau of mines, has prepared and sub
mitted to the governor of Alaska
report on labor conditions in that ter
ritory during the past biennium. The
legislature of Alaska has ordered this
report published"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05

CONTINUED on Page So
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
Stockholders

WILL FIND MINING NEWS
AND COMPANY NOTICES
or INTEREST TO THEM
IN THE WALLACE MINER
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05

II HE BLACK Bear Mines COM
pany like Mount Etna, is again
i'm state of eruption after sew
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
Metal Quotations

Lead. $3.50.
Silver, 621sc.
Zinc, 5.75@5.77c.
Copper, t45s@15o.
Evening star., 1923-01-29

friend assured me. Matilda used to
be a heavy, silent sort Of woman.
willing enough and a splendid work
er, but with an occasional Crouch.
Then one day l found that she used
to spend every spare moment In a
phonograph shop down the street, listen
ing to all the latest jazz music. We
had no instrument in the house. as
we do not care especially for it. But
1 promptly went down and purchased
an inexpensive machine for her. and
installed it in a corner of the kitchen.
The only condition ] imposed on her
was that she should keep the doors
closed and play with wooden needles.
in order to reduce the noise as much
as possible.
Matilda has been a different woman
ever since. She sings all the latest
songs, accompanied by the instru-
ment, and is always in a cheerful,
pleasant mood The kitchen is for
tunately SO shut away from the rest
the house that her music SOUNDS
only family, and I don't let 1t annoy
mo at all. Now and then when 1 have
guests I ask her not to play, and she
shuts 1t off.
working to music is not a new
idea at all. Servants spend many
hours alone in their kitchens, and !
don't know why they aren't entitled
IN combine work and pleasure. III jazz
makes Matilda enjoy her JOB, why
tazz she shall have"
Evening star., 1923-01-29
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
severing her connections and hieing
BY GLADYS HALL.

severing her connections and hieing
herself to foreign shores to live.
Italian shores. I believe.
Mr.. Henley is an awful human
sort. and this quality seeps into his
pictures, for a man cannot give
greater than he is. He is naturally
a honey sort of person. with a rich
sort of speaking voice, Kentuckian
in accent and rather slow; romantic
eyes and hair, ct cetera.
/, He adores his mother. He is a
believer in the great American
home. His idea of happiness, he told
me. impressionistically, is to get up
in the morning on your own place in
the country, jump on your horse.
take a good gallop before breakfast.
and things, then dalliance in the
sunshine, browsing among your
books. dreaming, planning
of course" said Mr. Henley. one
anly haTng tsa waen s pleas
happy and normal there must be
work, interest Of some constructive
nature. Every individual Graves
self-expression in one form or
another, and you are most apt to
find unhappiness in a person who is
not doing the thing he or she is best
went on to say, should be the form
or work where the spirit moves the
activities. An artist-and funda-
mentally a director should be an
artist-cannot work by the clock.
1t would be very fine if it were pos
sible to do so, but it just isn't! Some
training can, of course, be brought
to bear. but fficiency-horrible
word-will grind out inspiration IL
one is not careful. And" Mr. Hen
ley was very serious, "one flash of
inspiration, one moment Of genius,
Is worth a year of plugging. plod-
ding effort"
Speaking of art, L asked him If he
considered the screen essentially as
an art.
The art of the screen is certainly
art" he said, "the business end of it
mo. 1t is the business end of it
that is the retarding factor.
Mr. Henley is a man of ideas as
well as of charm He directs only
those stories which appeal to him as
human and akin both to tears and to
laughter. He believes that Judy
O'Grady and the coloneFs lady are
sisters under their skim" in fact,
and that fundamentally the same
thing appeals to both of them. There
fore the story should deal in funda-
mentals. He also believes in engag-
ing professionals to play in his
pictures. providing they are the In
trinsic types. Non-profs. here is
your chancei
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Many Straig ght-Line Gowns Shown
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

Suddenly over the horizon a GER
tain gown or hat will come into
view and soon the country will be
covered with it as a tiny cloud in
the west develops into q sky cover
ing. Such a frock is of cashmere
patterned silk. 1t is like the helmet
hat In it's career. and the two are
now side companions, both having
conquered the universe.
The silk frock, with it's figura tion
taken from an Indian shawl. was one
Of the popular gowns in France last
spring, and held its own for six
months. The same success appears
to be its portion in America. 1t is
not often offered in black and white.
bu 1t originated in these two colors.
faded colors of Indian shawls and
Persian carpets, for such oriental
coloring has superseded Russian or
Slavic yividness because of its
warmth without crudity. 1t is well
for women to know this turn in
fashion, even IL they do not choose
to abide by it; their preference may
run to the rainbow colors of Russia,
but they should be aware of fash
ions change.
called, is a. simple affair selling for
a small sum of money in many shops.
It Is cut in straight line with a
bit of drapery down one side, which
appears to be an extension of the
girdle The sleeves hang loosely
from the arm and open widely be-
low the elbow to show a facing of
jade green or rust brown, two coiors
of high Importance at this moment.
The contour of this gown presents
no startling innovation, yet it is sig
niflcant. 1t proves that dressmakers
realize that women prefer the slip
on frock to the elaborate period
gowns which have been launched for
tndividualists and worn by them.
In all the early spring costumery
there is an amusing number of
chemise frock we wore through the
war. The girdle going about the
hips ends in side drapery, or 1t is
omitted because one prefers folds of
the material.
To offset the slimness of such
gowns there is jahot of material at
one side. Sometimes it is lined,
sometimes it edges an opening at
the side that shows a colored under
slip. Women who like more free
dom than the slim frock gives use
this opening to show a slip of jade
green one day, of rust brown another
day, of old French blue a third day.
In such trickery there's variety.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-01-29
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, Nj. d..
Noted Physician and Author.
Camphor.

Camphorated oil (camphor liniment)
is made by dissolying about an ounce
of camphor gum coarsely powdered
in about four ounces of cottonseed
oil, sweet almond oil or olive oil.
The oil should be kept quite warm,
the bottle tightly stoppered with q
rubber cork lest the camphor vola-
tilize. This camphor liniment Is an
excellent application for the chest,
neck and bridge of the nose in acute
coryza. 1t should be the choice for
young children in any case where
mother or nurse feels tempted to re-
tard or turpentine or other external
ter. Camphorated oil may be rubbed
over the chest twice a day for a few
days IL necessary.
Camphorated oil relieves the itch
some cases of simple pruritus Ditch
ing without apparent LESSONS of the
skin).
Some persons experience much re-
lief by inhaling camphor when suf-
fering with acute coryza (wrongly
called cold" in the head), and Tor
this purpose it is best to smell d bit
of campnor gum held in the hand
This is also familiar old remedy for
neurotio headache-the kind of head
ache one develops when some trial or
ordeal Is to be eyaded.
Taken internally, camphor gives a
sensation Of warmth in the stomach
stimulates the circulation mildly and
acts as a mild sedative on the nervous
system. producing a feeling of con-
sentment A grain or two of gum
camphor or five to ten drops of spir-
its Of camphor may be taken inter-
nally for palpitation, hiccough, intes-
final fatulence (gas discomfort) or
neurotic fainting-the kind of faint
ing heroines did in old-time novels
timely and effective, you know.
BY thoroughly shaking up about
three ounces cf camphor liniment
tcamphorated OLD with one ounce OF
aromatic spirits Of ammonia one may
prepare an excellent liniment with
which to rub lame muscles and lame
Joints.
The gentle yubbing Of the forehead
% tn spirits of camphur, or, better
rAmSlIor dissolved i'll Cologne waller,
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Your. Home and
You
BY HELEN KENDALL.
The Kitchen Jazz.

One morning recently ] stopped at
the door of a friends pretty home to
return a borrowed pair of rubbers.
AS we stood chatting in the hall.
there came family to my ears the
sound of a eprightly tune played on
phonograph some ewhere in the remote
rear of the house. 1t was the famous
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" and
I commented on that engaging air
which has amused SO many thousands
of people.
MY dear" conf1ded my friend. with
rueful laugh, I'VE literally eat.
drink and do our housework to that
snappy march these last few days,
for my cook, Matilda, has an obses-
sion for it and keeps her kitchen vic
trola grinding it out most of the
time. ! go out there and find her
with broad grin on her face, wiping
dishes. and patting her foot rhyth-
mically on the floor to the time OF the
tune. She will tire of 1t in day or
two and specialize in another rec
ord; but for the time being we must
listen to IL, I'm afraid"
"A phonograph in the kitchen?" que
ried. "I never heard OF such thing. :"
well it's wonderful idea" my
Evening star., 1923-01-29
DlID lN1I OlOlOlLO W. Burgess.

TT Is all right. II was Just the
thing to do" replied Old Jed Thumper
gruff1y. II don't like to think that
Old Pasture but he has been here
before and I'M still alive. IL IL
wasn't such cold weather it would
be easier for Peter to fool him. He
could run a while down In the
swampy part. where in the water he
would leave no scent. But that
sWampy part is all frozen hard now
and there is no water anywhere for
Peter to make use of, I guess I will
have to go help him. Yes, sir I will
have TO go help him l know the Old
Pasture better than he does, and two
of us together ought to be able to
1901 that hite-coated little robber.
Where did you say Peter VENT"
Il don't know where he went" re-
piled Mrs. Peter, excepting that he
didn't come in this direction He
knows ! came over here, SO ] don't
think he'll come this way. sup
pose he Is running his legs off some
where on the other side of the Old
cs rasturei on. dear do you think you
Old Jed Thumper nodded. 81
haven't a. doubt of it." said he. 81
am feeling as strong as ever, thanks
to good food Peter led me to down
in the Old Briar Patch. Now YOU stay
rlght here in the bramble tangle and
watch out. Don't put a foot outside
or 1t unless you see Shadow the
Weasel coming this way. That isn't
at al likelys for he will stick TO
Peters trail"
Hadn't I better como along too?''
yentured little Mrs. Peter. PERHAPS
| can help
Old Jed Thumper shook his head
most decidedly. You stay right
here" he commanded
So Mrs. Peter crept into the bran
pie tangle and Old Jed Thumper
started off. pperty-lipperty-lip, to
the other side of the Old Pasture.
Copyright. 1923, by T. W. Bureess1
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Old Jed Thumper Decides to
HeIp.
The one who seeks to aid smother
Doth prove himself in truth a brother.

Peter Rabbit.
Whats all this? What's all this?
Why don't you know what to do"
demanded a voice so unexpected that
it made little Mrs. Rabbit jump. 1t
Old Pasture in front OF which she
was sitting, and into which she had
not looked 50 closely as she should
have 1t was the voice of Old Jed
Thumper. She knew It at once. OF
course, Old Jed Thumper was her
father.
What are you doing up here in
the Old Pasture, anyway continued
that you are better off down in the
dear Old Briar Patch? What have
you left Peter for to come up here? ?
This is no place for you"
Little Mrs Peter found her tongue.
She poured out her troubles to Old
the Weasel had come to the dear Old
Briar Patch. and how she and Peter
had fed to the Old Pasture. She told
how Peter had insisted that they
separate when they reached the Old
Pasture. and how she was sure that
right that very minute somewhere in
the Old Pasture Peter was running
following his trail. She told how she
wanted to do something to help Peter,
but didn't know what to do
Old Jed Thumper looked very
grave. This Is bad news" said he
This is very bad news"
"I hope" said Mrs. Peter rather
timid, "that you don't think we did
wrong in leading Shadow up here to
the Old Pasture. There was nowhere
else to 60"
Evening star., 1923-01-29

| he looked when taken to the jail.
Hammond hopes this picture cure
| will be potent weapon against
drunkenness"
y Wonderful scheme, isn't it? Think
| how Huston, the Millionaire of Broad
street, would feel If he should sec
| the photograph OF that silly smile he
wore on New Year eve. And how
it would put. heart into meek lii
Henry Henpeck If he could gaze upon
the warlike frown with which he
greeted his militant spouse on Christ
mas night! And there's pious Simon
Sniffer. he of the ready text and the
day of-judgment glare-wouldn't it
take rise out of Simon Ii he were
given a photograph of that hard
cider simper he acquired in the
depths of his cellar? Wen say it
would
But while we're at this good worEs.
why stop with photographs of mere
souses? How about sepia tint of
Lovely Lily when she's on the war
path? Show the world how she looks
when her calSomine is cracking from
the heat Or a dainty miniature of
Tilly in tantrum-Tilly who is so
quiet and demure that she manages
to make the other girls look like
| rowdies? Or how about showing up
that naughty sneer with which the
philanthropic Mrs. Andrews greets
| her poor cousins when, they call? Or
| the sneaky expression on the right
eous Mrs. Browns classic profile
| when she opens her husbands mail"
Would mighty reform sweep this
| country IL John E. J1ammond's bril-
| liant idea were applied to home life?
| 1t is our humble opinion that il
downright 1923
Evening star., 1923-01-29
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
BY CYRUS H. X. CURTIS.

8ake0 Beans.
To prepare Mr.. Curtis favorite food
Is no. dificult task and any number Of
methods, original and otherwise, may
be followed.
For the best results have a large
covered bean pot and the rest Is easy.
Select fine white or navy beans. Wash
them thoroughly and let them soak in
clear water for several hours-most
folks soak them all night. Place the
beans in the pot with several piece s
of salt pork with faD and cover
with water slightly salted. Put the
lid on the pot and bake in moderate
oven until done. That's plain baked
beans.
Chilli sauce or tomato catsup or
chopped tomatoes may be added 10
taste.
Look at the beans occasionally and
add water If they seem too dry or In
danger of burning.
Another method which produces
wonderful results is to omit the pork
and tomato preparations and add gen.
erous Jumps of butter and brown su-
gar-b better still, add genuine sor-
way be extra careful to see that just
enough water is added in small guam
titles to prevent burning.
Always remove from the oven while
the beans are still whole. If baked
too long they will break up. The
time necessary for baking will vary,
according to the heat of the oven and
soaked.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Distorp Of Dour Aame.
PHILIP FRANCIS NowIlAN.
MACLAREN
VARIATION-MacLaurin.
RACIAL oRiGIN-scottlsh.
SoURcE-A given name.

SOURCE-A given name.
Hero Is another Scottish family
name derived from q given name
which the progenitors of its bearers
brought to Scotland from Ireland in
the ancient days when the Dalriadic
Gaels crossed over and by conquest
and settlement won the dominance
of the Highlands.
Tho MacLarens are traditionally
descended from "Loarn" or "Laurin'
who was the son of Eric, one of the
Dalriadic chieftains who settled in
Argyle in the sixth century. This
"Loarn" is the same chief who is
said to have given the district OF
Lorn it's name.
The clan, for the MacLarens once
constituted one of the leading clans
in the Highlands, was for a long
time a big factor in Scottish history.
AS early as the reign Of King Ken
meth MacAlpin 1t appears to have ac-
Strathearn and Balquhidder. In
113s they played a prominent part in
the Battle of the Standard, under the
leadership of 'Malise," the Earl OF
Strathearn.
But tho clan was reduced from the
status Of proprietorship over Its land
in 113s. when the earldom Of Strath-
earn became the property Of the
Scottish crown, though they retained
o status as perpetual tenants.
But its fortunes received q setback
from which. they have never re-
in the uprising. which attempted to
put the Stuart line, IN the person Of
"Bonnie Prince Charlie" back on the
throne Of Ensland and Scotland
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Scalloped Fish.

Boil three pounds of haIibut or
fresh Goldfish with plenty of salt, re-
move the skin and bones, then flake
1t. Boil one bunch Of parsley and one
large onion in a little water to ex-
tract the flavor. Take from the
water and thicken the liquid with
three tablespoonfuls of flour, then
add it to one quart of mixed cream
and milk, the more cream the better,
and one-half a cupful of butter. Put
alternate layers of the fish and sauce
in deep buttered dish with sauce
on top, cover with bread crumbs and
bake until brown