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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
MONTANA POWER COMPANY
MAY EXTEND ITS SERVICE
IN THE cOEUR D'ALENES

II was learned this week from
source that seems to be reliable
that an agreement has been en-
tered into between the Montana
Power company and the Washing
ton Water Power company under
which the former will greatly in
crease its electric power service
in this district AT the present
time the permit under which the
Montana Power company does
business in Idaho is limited prac-
tically to the mining companies il
now serves. namely. the Federal.
Hercules, Tamarack and Callahan.
leaving the remainder of the field
to the Washington Water Power
company which entered the Occur
d'Alenes many years i'm advance of
the Montana company and had
practically monopoly in supply
ing electric power for the mines of
the district According to the re-
port which lacks official conhr-
nation, the agreement between
the two big companies has to do
with meeting the future electric
power requiremets of the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan company in con-
nection with the electrolytic
treatment Of ores. A plant is now
nearing completion for the recov-
cry of lead through an electricity
tic process devised by IT, c. Tain
ton. and before long the company
is expected to begin the construc-
ton of an. electrolytic zinc plant.
These plants will require an enor-
nous amount Of electric juice
The Bunker Hill & sullivan com
pany is now being supplied by the
Water Power com
pany, and IL is stated that the
agreement permits the Montana
Power company to share in this
business.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
FORMER COEUR D ALENER
TELLS ABOUT ARSENIC
ENOcH BARNARD READS INTER-
ESTING PAPER BEFORE
ENGINEERS.

Last week the Miner published a
contribution from Adam Aulbach, OF
Murray, calling attention to the strong
demand for arsenic and the advisa
bility of having ores that had any in
dication of carrying the mineral test
ed. Further evidence of the growing
importance of arsenic and the cOndi-
tions that seem to insure a sustained
high price was brought out in a paper
read last Monday at Butte by Enoch
A. Barnard, a young man who was
reared in this city and whose father
was one of the pioneers of the dis
trict. Mr.. Barnard is now chief Of
one of the metallurgical departments
of the Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany at Anaconda. The paper on ar
senic, of which the Anaconda COM
pany is a large producer was read at
the joint annual meeting of the Mon
tana Society of Mining and Metallur-
gical Engineers and the Montana sec
ton of the American Institute of Min
ing and Metallurgicaf Engineers. held
in the Silver Bow club. What Mr..
Barnard says regarding arsenic is in
teresting to Occur d'Aleners both be-
cause it may prove of practical value
and because he is a product of the
Occur d'Alenes and has won success
in his profession.
Market for Arsenic.
The newspaper report of the Butte
meeting says that f. A. Barnard in his
discussion of arsenic INDUCED in I'M
humor when he said that
up to 10 years ago arsenic was a
drug in the market"
The use of arsenic, he said, was
probably as old as civilization. THE
ancients," he said, fused it as a pois-
on, as a paint and as a medicine" So
does modern man, he added. About
10 years ago when the Anaconda COM
pany was puzzling as to what to do
with its arsenic product and had talk
ed of building dams to store it, the
boil weevil of the cotton plant came
to the rescue and as a result of the
use of arsenic as an insecticide, the
price had gone from 6 cents to Is
cents a pound.
At cents it was hard on the pro-
Queer At Is cents it was hard on the
buyer. Recently the large producers
and large buyers had held a meeting
to stabilize the price.
He then launched into a descrip- !
ton. illustrated by drawings, of the
various steps required to extract the
arsenic from the ore, and put it on
the market 1893 fine"
The production and the consump- /
ton of arsenic has been steadily in
He predicted that the 1928
would be more than 20, /
300 tons.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

The tree of mourning in ancient
times was the dark cypress; it shad-
ed the streets of tombs and was the
decoration of monuments.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
Wallace and Avery,

.of such a character, bigness and ex-
tent as will give the mine a new lease
of many years of profitable opera
ton.
Several thousand feet Of drifts and
tunnels have been driven on the pro-
.perty aggregating an expenditure OF
more than s15OOOO and by which we
have demonstrated the Mayflower to
be a proposition of unusual merit and
promise"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

new directors: 1. E. Rockwell of Belle
vue; James F. Mccarthy, of Wallace;
T. E. Johnesse, w. N. Sweet and Rob-
ert n. Bell. of Boise. and c. E. Neigh
man, of Conda.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
MAYFLOWER THE MAKING
OF NINE SAYS ANDERSON
PREPARATION BEING MADE TO
RESUME DEVELOPMENT
OPERATIONS.

Another company, long inactive on
account of unfavorable mining con-
dtions, is preparing to reenter the
active list due to the favorable out
look for the mining industry This is
the Mayflower Mining company,
which owns a group of claims on the
west fork of Nine Mile. about four
miles from Wallace A letter has
just been issued by G. Scott Ander-
son, president and manager of the
company, in which he refers to the
unfavorable conditions which forced
the company to suspend operations
several years ago. Continuing, he
says:
Bright Outlook for mining.
"This situation has been changing to
a very noticeable extent during the
past few months, and a new spirit
has been awakened in the community.
1.-THE high prices which are now pre-
vailing for all minerals, and particu-
larly for lead and silver the princi-
pal metals produced in this district
and the noticeable reduction in OPP
Grating expenses, have brought about
an unprecedented interest in mining
and in mining investments in this
district. and the general advance in
the price of our Occur d'Alene stocks
has created a demand for lead and
silver properties such as we have
rarely known.
1.-The situation existing in the May
flower Mining companys property,
with its disclosures of shipping ore
now in evidence and the encouraging
conditions it has developed in Its
strong and well defined lodges where
operations have been carried forward.
justified the board of directors in ar
ranging for a special meeting for the
purpose Of perfecting some plan
the treasury stock could be
negotiated and sufficient funds ac-
from this source TO begin
active development of the mine and
carry it forward to a successful con
clusion."
Within Great Ore Zone.
After describing development here
tOtOre accomplished ana us results,
Mr.. Anderson says:
"You will note the location of the
property on a section of a
map of the district. It's position is in
front of one of the great ore zones of
the Occur d'Alene mining territory,
and distant not to exceed 2OO0 feet
from the Granite mine, now known as
the Success, which property became
famous in early years on account of
having yielded to the original owners
a net profit of more than 100000.
This wonderful achievement was ac-
through the exploration
of the territory all above the No. ,
tunnel, as we'll as being one of the
first profit bearing mines in this.
then, new district. This property is
our next door neighbor, and it be-
comes the more interesting to the
stockholders as the late
developments of the Success have
additional ore bodies, and
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

Pedestrians assert that a chalky soil
is the most firing to walk on.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

The emerald improves in color On
exposure TO the light.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

A full grown whale weighs as much
as so elephants.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
Stockholders

WILL FIND MINING NEWS
AND COMPANY NOTICES
OF INTEREST TO THEM
IN THE WALLACE MINER
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
FOREST ROAD FUNDS
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
SURFACE CANYON ROAD
Also Widen to Government
Standard Forestry Favors
Wallace-Avery Road

L r a CONFERENCE held in
Z Boise on January and 10 be-
tween representatives of the
United states forest service
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

Continued on Page 81
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

Lead, s@925e.
Silver. eeIze.
Zinc. 71o@715e
Copper, 15I4c.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15

OHE ANNUAL meeting of the
Idaho Mining association, which
was held in Boise Tuesday and
- NyadpeeduN- of this week at
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
LEAD OUTLOOK FINE
BEST OF ALL METALS
THE LOCAL SITUATION
Increased Production Does
Not Weaken High Price
Review of Lead Mining

FAVORABLE mining condi-
lions in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict which supplanted the long
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-12

hardy strain raised under favorable
conditions such as we find in south
ern states gradually loses its hardi-
ness and that growing it under severe
, conditions such as we have in north
ern Montana tends to improve its
hardy qualities. Northern Montana
has these severe conditions, that is,
hard winters and seasons of short
rainfall. The very qualities that go
for hardness go also for drought re-
sistance. Nothing but the most hardy
strain will stand the freezing and
thawing; the heaving and pulling of
the soils in all our eastern and CEN
trail states requires an alfalfa excep-
tionally well developed in it's root
habit. This is just what imported
and southern alfalfas do not have,
and just what northern Montana
grown alfalfa and especially Grimm
alfalfa, has. Our climatic conditions
doubling this one quality of hardness
in root development greatly increases
the hardness of the seed produced.
hence the demand in the eastern half
of the United States and elsewhere
for northern Montana seed.
Selection of the Land
The soils in northern Montana are
generally favorable to the crop, but
results will be secured more easily
from certain soils or from some par
ticular lay of land. AS a general rule
one should start with a small acre
age and select the most favorable To-
cation, such as a coulee or where the
fsn1I h. -. Il
in the spring with snow water or
early spring rains. Alfalfa is like |
other crops and it likes fertile soil |
and relative abundance of water. |
From this small acreage one gains
experience and also produces seed
Ind can then extend the acreage to
ess favorable areas of the farm.
Practically every farm in northern
Montana has place for ten or more
lcres of alfalfa. Grow into the rails
ng of alfalfa and not jump into it,
ret to understand the crop and the
Lcreage suitable for alfalfa will
realty increase on every farm.
Seed Bed
On the river bottom lands of the
Iissouri the brush is cleared off dur
ng the winter and the seed drilled
4 the spring right into the leaf mold.
letter stands are obtained this way
nan by blowing and cultivating the
oil for one year. On bench land the
lethod of seed bed preparation is not
} simple The first statement to ,,
lake here is that no field of bench
md should be considered ready for
,eding to alfalfa until it has been
roperly summerfallowed or in a Gull
waited crop such as corn or potatoes,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-12

the state department of agriculture.
They then report the sales in differ
ent states to the respective state de-
partments and they check on the
amour of seed from Montana in the
seed houses and place upon it the
seal of Montana under which seal the
seed is sold. Then at the close of
the sales season if the seed house
has sold more Montana seed than it
has purchased and the purchase sup
ported by an affidavit, the seed house
is subject to such information being
made public. With this method of
affidavits it is hoped to maintain
the identity of Montana seed from
Montana fields to the fields of east
ern states and thus build up, prove
and maintain the standard for quail
ity and hardness that Montana seed
deserves.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-12

and clean cultivation maintained the
season previous.
Annual plants, such as corn, make
much growth above ground the first
season in addition to developing root
system. The alfalfa plant ON the
other hand devotes its main energy
the first season to the development
of a root system. The permanent
value of the alfalfa stand is determin-
ed in considerable measure by the
favorable condition the alfalfa has
the first season for the development
of it's roots. The blowing for corn,
potatoes or summer fallow should be
deep, thus making good root bed,
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which is as essential as a seed bed.
The seed and root bed for alfalfa
should be firm and mellow and moist
and as free from weeds as possible.
If this condition Is not present it is
advisable to delay seeding one year
and provide this condition. Alfalfa
the first year is poor weed fighter,
therefore the necessity of a clean
seed bed The seed is small, hence
we have a small root at first, so the
root bed must be firm and mellow
and moist for the root to grow and
develop in. Time and money is saved
by getting the proper start. The
plants will make up for this extra
attention by the end of the second
or third year. The only cultivation
needed in the spring on corn, potato
and summer fallowed land is shallow
cultivation with a pig tooth harrow,
just enough to break the crust and
terminate the weed seed.
Time of Seeding
The seeding may be done any time
after May 20. If the land is weedy,
seeding should be delayed until June
first to give the land an extra cult
walton to terminate and kill the ma
jority of the weed seed.
On bench land the nurse crop is not
but is necessary to hold
down the Russian thistle. Seed two
pecks of barley or wheat, never oats, |
to be cut for hay. On bottom land |
Or under irrigation the nurse crop is |
advisable.
Choice of Seed
Buy only genuine northern Mon
ana grown seed and preferably reg
stored Grimm seed in sealed bags. |
Buy seed on termination and purity
est and insist on these tests. The
most pernicious weed seeds found in
llfalfa are the seeds of dodder.
The dodder is a parasite plant very
INJURIOUS to alfalfa and especially
when seed is being produced it takes
he nourishment from the plant and
t cannot produce seed. When small
Ireas of dodder are found they
hould be covered with straw or
rush and burned on the spot, never
ut and carry away, but burn on the
pot at once. If termination and
urity tests are wanted send repres-
NATIVE sample to the Montana state
eed laboratory at Bozeman and a
rec test will be made. Plants will
lso be identified there free of
barge.
Soil incubation
1t is not necessary to inoculate the
Iissouri and Milk river valley soils,
ut 1t is advisable to inoculate the
ench lands. Free incubation for {
xty pounds of alfalfa seed may be I
ad of the United States department
[ agriculture, department of bacte- I
ology, Washington, D. c., or it can
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-12
The Market for Alfalfa Seed

LHO 1IpfhOu 1OI 1k1ItH1fT%
The alfalfa seed producers are pro-
tected by four cents per pound i'm
port duty on all foreign seed after
September 1, 1922. Therefore the
future is bright for alfalfa seed pro-
duction as one-fourth or one-fifth of
the seed sold in the United States
has been foreign seed. The price
prospect is for better market. Then,
too, the demand is increasing in the
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-02

Crisis Not Over
New Memorandum to Soviet
Reiterates Demands and
Makes New Ones.

Moscow, June 1.-The contents of
the latest memorandum of Lord Cur.
zon. the British foreign secretary,
dealing with the dispute between
Great Britain and Russia, strengthen
the belief that the crisis arising from
Great Britain's demands on Russia
has not passed.
The memorandum reiterates the
old demands and makes new ones. but
II is somewhat emphatically insistent
on the withdrawal OF Russias repre-
sentatives in Persia and Afghanistan,
who are alleged TO have been carrying
on anti-British propaganda.
The opinion is general that it de-
mands even more than the original
ultimatum.
The only British concession Is that
instead Of calling for an apology and
the withdrawal of Russias representa-
tives from Afghanistan. IL says their
transference to other posts within a
reasonable time would be considered
satisfactory. The memorandum is
worded more amicahly than the ulti.
matum. IL agrees 10 a conference
over the limit OF territorial waters IL
the other powers also agree. but in
the meantime. without formal con-
vention. 1t wants Russia TO admit
British fishing rights up TO three
miles from the coast
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-02
Secretary Of War to Be
Omaha Visitor Today

Secretary Of War Weeks will ar
rive in Omaha this morning at Z. ac-
companied by Maj. J. NJ. Wainwright.
u. S. A.. general staff officer. and
Col. L. S. Upton. also Of the general
staff.
He will be met at the station by
General Duncan and taken TO Hotel
Fontenelle Cor breakfast.
Later the secretary. accompanied
by General Duncan and his staff. will
visit Fort Crook and Fort Omaha
and review the troops stationed at
those points.
Returning to the city at 1890. the
secretary will he the guest of the
Chamber Of Commerce at public af
fairs luncheon.
At 1870 he will meet the officers on
duty at the seventh corps area head.
quarters at the Army building. after
which he will he taken TO view the
Ak-Sar.Ben races. Secretary Weeks
will leave at y. m.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-02

Spark Plug has his work cut out
for him.
For Spark Plug is going to have
more than Abadane and Adonis to
contend with when he reaches Omaha.
He's going to have to race against the
pick Of $50 other horses. Here's the
how OF It.:
Yesterday Barney Google fired
Charlie Gardner by wire. Gardner
was GOGGLES representative In Omaha
during the negotiations for the Spark
Plug Abadane.Adonis match race.
Then Charlie got into n quarrel with
Charlie Irwin and William Nesselhous.
owners Of Abadane and Adonls, and
II made Google 80 mad he attached
the tinkling tinware to Gardner
So Gardner determined TO get back
at Google. Google made the boast that
Spark Plug was n wonder horse and
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-02
Mickey, ::
N annevson =.
Payrolls y
University Professor Draws
Two Salaries From State
Besides Small Jobs at
Nebraska Towns.
Pay Warrant Is Held Up

Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. June 1.-C. d. Robinson
state treasurer, ordered Lincoln
banks today to refuse to cash the
salary warrant for May issued to
Prof. Clark e. Mickey of the engi-
neering college Of the state univer-
sity, in payment for services with the
state department of public works.
Robinson asserted today that
Mickey, under the code law. had no
right to draw dual salaries. one for
$4,000 a year for testing stone and
paving materials for the department
of public works and the other for
$4,000 year for teaching engineer
ing in the state university.
Salary Increased.
Mickey records show that he drew
a salary of 1000 a year for teach
ing at the university until September
| of this year when his salary was
increased to $4,000 a year Other
records indicate that Mickey has been
drawing $500 a year from the de-
partment of public works for two
years for testing stone in the state
house walls and testing of materials
used in state paving.
The original appointment to the
state department of public works
position was made by George f.
Johnson. state engineer. Immediately
after the appointment of Roy Coch-
ran as state engineer was made by
Governor Bryan, Cochran reappointed
Mickey to the same position at the
same salary.
Wait on Cochran.
81 think 1t only fair to wait until
Mr.. Cochran returns TO Lincoln TO
give him an opportunity to make an
explanation as to why he reappointed
me-" Professor Mickey said. How
ever. l will say right now that the
state needs some one to inspect ma
terials put into the public works done
by the state. and / have been doing
the work cheaper than anyone else
would"
Mickey stated. that in addition 70
the job of INSPECTING state materials
and teaching engineering in the uni.
versity. he often inspected paving and
materials for various towns in the
state for certain prices.
None of this work interferes with
my duties at the university Mickey
said.
Attorney General o. S. Spillman
stated today that he would withhold
an opinion on the legality of the dual
salary until asked officially to gSe
one by Robinson or some state Of
fetal.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-02
Gardner Determined to Back Sparky
Against $50 Steppers in Ak Derby

was ready to race any animal in the
world
$50 sparky is miracle horse. Is
he?" snorted the irate Gardner.
THAT settles II. That fresh Google
will have chance to prove That
boast I've entered Spark Plug in
the Ak.Sar-Ben derby on June .
against the classiest field that ever
went to the post. I've paid the entry
fee out of my own pocket and I'll
get it back In the satisfaction of see
ing Sparky licked 10 a frazzle. Google
will have TO accept the entry. II he
refuses we'll run him out OF the
state"
SO IL Is that Sparlsy not only will
have 10 race Abadane and Adonis, but
some other ~ or 10 high.class step
pers entered In the big derby event
Google has not as yet been ap-
prised of the action taken by Gard.
ner. He'll get the bad news on his
arrival here Monday.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-02
Father of Doctor
Sued for Damages
Quizzes Plaintiff
Miss Johnstone Declines to
Answer Some Queries of
Attorney Connell in
Cross Examination.

w. J. Connell dean of Omaha bar
risters and father Of DIR. Karl Con.
nell. who is being sued for $50, 900
damages for alleged breach of mar
riage contract by Violet Johnstone of
New York, crosssexamined the plain
tiff for three hours yesterday after
noon but without much result.
In the words of attorneys, Attorney
Connell did not gain an inch" George
DeLacy cross-examined the other wit
nesses.
Most of the afternoon was spent in
reading paragraphs from letters sent
by Miss tombstone to DIR. Connell.
Only once during the cross-exanina-
tion. which showed that Miss John
stone was undergoing a severe
nervous strain. did she break down
and cry.
This was when mention was made
of the engagement ring given by DR..
Connell to Miss Johnstone.
Ring Breaks" Doctor.
while in England" said the wo-
man between sobs. ''Dr. Connell wrote
me that he had purchased my engage
ment ring. He said it almost broke
him to buy 1t.
Il wrote him / was crazy to see
1t and I urged him to send It to me.
He wrote me that he wanted to wait
until he returned home. as he wanted
to give it to me himself He wanted
to put the ring on my finger.
when he did come home he kissed
my finger before he put the ring on
and then kissed me. AS he was put
ting it on he told me that 1t was my
enga cement ring.
Snapshots taken Of DR.. connell and
Miss Jonstone while both were in
Omaha and taken while they were
strolling In Fairmount park, Council
Bluffs. were introduced and given to
the jury.
Miss Johnstone. In order to EN-
phasize some of her answers. would
lean half over her seat so opposing
council could hear her.
On one occasion Miss Johnstone
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