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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08

this bounty from the government
For the disabled. everything; for the
able bodied. nothing" That expresses
the true position OF the American
people toward the soldiers of the
World and every other war, and that
should be the attitude OF their repre-
sentatives in congress. But we fear
published by the National Budget
committee. gives this explanation of
why and how few men in the Amer
lean legion viii probably be able to
force the bonus bill through congress:
The fact that the bonus is a
purely political proposition and
that by concentrating their cam
paign upon that aspect of it those
back of the scheme have demon
strated the superiority of their
strategy to that of their Oppo-
nents. While those who will have
to foot the bill are convincing
themselves that meeting such an
extraordinary expenditure means
increased taxation, those who are
looking for government largess
are convincing congressman that
if they don't vote for it they will
not be reelected. Against that
kind of an argument the average
congressman is economically and
morally inarticulate. Tell him
that the bonus seekers have an
organization that will function at
the polls and that the opponents
of a bonus are not only not or
ganized but haven't any intention
of making their objections eff
fective on election day, and you
don't leave much choice to the
man whose idea if economies and
morality and patriotism is some
thing that will get him reelected
1t doesn't make any difference
that the organization of bonus
seekers is a small part of COM
paratively small number of the
men who wore a uniform during
the war. Few in number as may
be those avidly DESTROYS of muIct-
ing their country. however. they
are organized, they are willing to
spend money in the hope of get
ting a fat return, they are vocal
and they do not hesitate to
threaten candidates for congress
that their votes depend upon a
pledge to carry out the raid. OF
what avail are economic argu-
ments in such a situation?
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debt Commenting on this, the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board
says: There is a limit to the tax
paying capacity of the nation, and
according to general business opinion
that limit is rapidly being approached
1t is pointed out that the burden of
taxation imposed by state and local
governments has in recent years been
growing tremendously. and while fed
eral taxation has declined somewhat
the expenditures of other tax-levy-
ing authorities, betrayed out of taxes
and by bond issues, have been in
creasing phenomeally" students of
economies and finance" says the re-
port of the board, ARE familiar with
the inflationary forces which large
public debts and increased taxation
generate. This initiation would not
only be reflected in increased price
levels but also would tend to depress
the price of government bonds, and
thus entail hardships to investors"
These reports reflect a condition
which has been too striking during
the last rev years to escape Obser-
walton. The average citizen is lean
ing on the government, and urging
the government to make new expen-
ditures and to hire new employees to
further his pet schemes; and he will
gladly agree to the government doing
this for everybody else, if 1t will do
It for him also. He forgets that he
has in the long run to pay these bills
He forgets that inevitably his over
head plant represented by the gov
'rnment organization, while neces-
'ary is bound to be relatively inefTi
'ient, and to become more inefficient
he larger it grows. The present adj
in Washington is making
determined effort (renected in part
" President Harding's veto of the
oldiers' bonus) to keep down the
Using flood of expenditures. It is
ask in which the public should
cooperate, for its own pros
Gritty
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Help From the Government
f. & NJ. Journal Press.

Those of us who are in the habit
of looking to the government to do
something for us or for our business,
especially those calling for bon
uses to be paid out of government
funds, or who are clamoring for a
commission to investigate this or
recommend that which we believe
will give us personally greater profits
and an easier life, would do well once
In a while to pause and consider how
much of a government plant we al
ready have, whose upleep acts as a
steady overhead expense and first
charge out Of our earnings. The Ma
tiOnal Industrial Conference Board.
which is always busy gathering and
compiling facts and figures concern
ing all current problems has footed
up the bill recently, and has discov
cred the astonishing fact that one
eighth of our national income now
goes to pay taxes. Moreover it finds
that one out of every twelve indi-
viduals in this country, over sixteen
years of age, is on the public payroll!
Here surely, is food for thought
and enough to make MS pause in our
impatient demands for more govern
ment activity, which means yet more |
taxes and yet more government en- |
ployees whom we must feed clothe. |
and send to the movies Putting it
IN another and still more striking way.
The Conference Board states that the
government payroll (now including
federal, state and local governments)
amounts to so per cent of the wage
)ill of industry
These facts must also be considered
With respect to the proposed soldiers
'onus. which is being again deter
ninedly pushed and which would
low be in operation had it not been
or President Hardings veto The
1nited States Senate Finance Com
nittee estimates that if the Bonus Bill
ecomes a law nearly four billions of
ollars will be added to the national ,
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STRIKE 4 FEET OF
ORE AT ALICE
lContinued from Page ID

! NOS-N@AANA AANAA e1N ~
where Mr.. Maurer says there is 4
feet Of practically solid galena that
assays 6S.2 per cent lead with probably
30 ounces of silver The ore appears
uniformly wider in the bottom of the
drift, indicating the top of large ore
shoot.
Bunker Hill Comes In.
Upon this remarkable showing Mr..
Maurer was in position to seek finan-
cial support to speed up development,
and he found it in the Bunker Hill
& Sullivan company. Immediate de-
velopment plans include the continu-
alton of this tunnel, which now has a
| depth of only about 80 feet, but which
will attain a maximum depth of 300
/ feet. A crosscut will be started south
of the vein which will intersect it in
about $50 feet at an additional depth
of 100 feet. Assuming that the carry
ing out of these development plans
will prove satisfactory. the next step
in the development of the Alice will
be to unwater the old workings and
crosscut to the vein from the shaft
levels. The shaft is 500 feet deep,
with the old workings on the north
side or opposite from the new vein.
The shaft stations are at intervals of
200 feet.
All buildings at the Alice are APP
parently in very good condition. but
practically all machinery and equip
ment have been removed. The head
frame for the hoist appears to be in
good condition. The Alice company
had a mill of $50 tons capacity, but
the building is all that is left except
some jigs and out of date vanners. /
The property is about half a mile /
from the railroad
Again Lucky Jack"
This interesting chapter in the /
history of the Alice would not be COM /
plete without a little story that might .
be called a Romance of Ruddy
Gulch." Mr.. Maurer had not been long
on the job of making a mine of the
Alice when he realized as he never
had before that lit is not good for
man to be alone" and especially when
he is alone in such a lonely place as
the Alice in Ruddy Gulch Perhaps
the motive back of his madness in
taking hold of the Alice was to win
wealth from the ground before TAX
ing his bride. If so. the plan was re-
versed soon after taking up his lonely
and strenuous task, for he was married
4 few months ago and both Mr. and
Mrs. Maurer agree that there is no
more delightful place to spend hon
symoon than at the Alice bride
md four feet of high grade at an
abandoned mine. And yet we hear
people say that romance has departed
rom mining No wonder they call
lin Lucky Jack"
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PURE WATER AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH.

The people of Wallace. in popular
parlance, are easy. For 10. these many
years we have been priding ourselves
upon our pure water, distilled from
the perpetual SHOWS of the mountains.
dashing down deep canyons and free
from the communicating influences that
breed deadly germs in more sluggish
and meandering streams. But with
a suddenness that was almost shock
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
COBALT ON MARBLE CREEK.
Encouraging Assays From Big Sur
face Showing.

Encouraging Assays From Big Sur
I face Showing.
Marble creek is generally associ-
ated with big timber operations, and
little or nothing has been heard Of
that section in connection with min
eral deposits. However. this may
change in time and Marble creek may
become even better known as a min
eral section. This thought is sug-
gested by samples from a ledge dis
covered on that creek by Fred Eng
strom, of Mullan, who was in the
city Monday. About two and a half
miles from the mouth of the creek
he discovered an immense ledge in
the creek bottom which had the APP
pearance of a hematite dixie about 80
feet wide and containing stringers of
quartz and feldspar The outcrop
looked good enough to locate. which
Mr. Engstrom proceeded to do. After
completing the location work samples
were sent to Seattle for assay, which
returned ~ per cent cobalt Other
samples from a somewhat similar
showing on his daughters homestead
near by returned Is per cent cobalt
and so per cent nickel. The returns
from these showing practically on the !
surface lead Mr.. EngstrOm to the |
that deeper development /
may disclose important deposits of |
both cobalt and nickel, two minerals ,
that are frequently associated in ma
ture. He would be glad to get in
touch with any one who is interested
and would make a liberal proposition
10 secure development this winter
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COOLIDGE INTERESTED IN IDAHO
POLITICS.

Addison T. Smith, of Twin Falls,
representative from the second con-
gressional district, recently conferred
with President Coolidge regarding
conditions in Idaho which viii prob
ably be the subject of legislation dur
ing the coming session of congress.
particularly the matter of extending
the time for settlers on government
reclamation projects to meet their
payments. According to Washing
ton correspondent who tells about
Congressman Smiths interview. the
president did not warm up to the pro-
posal to extend the time. His atti-
tude is explained this way:
THE president indicated his
sympathy with those farmers who,
after honest effort, find themselves
unable 80 pay. hrt had no com
ment to offer with respect to those
who have instigated propaganda
to enable them to stave off pay
ing the government. which exacts
no interest. while meeting other
debts that bear interest. 1t was
evident the president is going to
make no move with regard to
changing the reclamation law, or
formulating relief legislation until
the fact finding commission has
completed its investigation. and
proposed remedies
Congressman Smith is also reported
o have discussed the political situa-
ion in Idaho with the president,
which it may be assumed included
he senatorial election The fact that
he president requested Senator Borah
o return to Washington about two
months ago to consult with him on the
gricutural conditions in the north
.est has sought his advice on the
uestion of representation on the
operations commission as well as /
pom other national and international Z
uestions would indicate that Presi-
emit Coolidge desires his return to the
mate OF the political phase of Con-
Smiths visit to the White !
ouse, the correspondent says that S
lie Idaho congressman assured the !,
'esident that the people of his state
'e behind him, and that Idaho re- [
iblicans are not considering any one a
Sc in connection with the presiden-
al nomination next spring. The cor
spondent said further: \
Mr. Smith said the president h
evidenced keen interest in Idaho
politics and by his questions indi-
Gated he is quite we'll informed as
to what is going on in political
circles in the state"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

Fort Wayne News Sentinel: If the
Democrats propose TO make the
League of Nations an issue in the next
campaign, another overwhelming Re
publican victory is assured.
Omaha Star; Cal Coolidge is not
as garrulous as some Presidents we
have had. but when he gives utter
ances to his thoughts he is worth lis
tening to.
Marion Star: Here's the test. How
would you like to submit a cause to
a supreme court selected by Senator
LaLollette?
Little Rock Gazette: Half of the
world is said to be engaged in agri-
culture. That's how the other half
lives.
Columbia Record: They say there
Is an increase in child labor. We say
It isn't noticeable around the home.
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The Song of the Camp
BY Bavard TAYLOR.

Give us song!" the soldiers cried.
The outer trenches guarding.
When the heated guns of the camps
allied
Grew weary of bombarding.
The dark Redan, in silent scoh,
Lay. grim and threatening under
And the tawny mound Of the Malakoh
No longer belcled its thunder.
There was pause A guardsman
said.
I'VE storm the forts tomorrow:
Sing while we may another day
VIII bring enough of sorrow"
They lay along the battery's side.
Below the smoking cannon:
Brave hearts, from Severn and from
Clyde.
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love, and not of fame:
Forgot was Britains glory:
Each heart recalled a different name.
But all sang Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song,
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem. rich and
strong
Their battle-eve confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not
speak.
But as the song grew louder
Something upon the soldiers cheek
Washed off the stains of powder.
Beyond the darkenng ocean burned
The bloody sunsets embers
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love remembers
And once again a fire of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream of shot, and burst OF
SHE'LL
And believing of the mortars!
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer dumb and CORY;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of annie Laurie"
Sleep soldiersi still in honored rest
Your youth and valor wearing
The bravest are the tenderest-
The loving are the daring
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Thursday, November s, 1928
FINDS BEST MINING CONDITIONS
IN coEUR D'ALENES.

After spending two days in th'
Occur d'Alene district and CONDUCTING
hearing in connection with the gole
and silver inquiry being made by tin,
senate commission, Fletcher Hamilton
expressed the opinion that the condi-
ton of the mining industry in the
Occur dAlenes was the best he had
found in the course of his investiga
tions. To fully appreciate the signi-
ficance Of this expression, it should be
understood that Mr. Hamilton is a
western man and for many years has
been actively engaged in mining. He
served several terms as mineralogist
for the state of Califonia, and his vide
experience has given him an insight
to conditions surrounding mining and
wen qualities him for the work in
which he is now engaged At the
time Mr.. Hamilton was in Wallace he
had conducted inquiries in Utah.
Colorado, South Dakota and Montana,
and his reference to conditions was
in comparison with his observations
in those states.
The distinction given the Occur IA
lene district is one that should create
most favorable impression among
men who are seeking investment in
mining enterprises There are wide
spread adverse conditions which oper-
ate to depress the mining industry,
CHIEF OF which are the high costs of
labor equipment. material and min
ing supplies OF all kinds, and the low
metal prices. These apply to the min
ing industry in the Occur d'AIene
district as well as elsewhere, but here
we manage to meet and overcome
them more successfully than in any
other mining section our basic metal
is lead, and in spite of unfavorable
conditions throughout the country,
the consumption OF lead continues to
an extent that maintains the price
that permits a very fair profit to pro-
ducers. There is no over production
Of lead, while real revival of in
iustrial activity throughout the coun-
Try which will undoubtedly follow the
adjustment of the European tangle,
here would soon develop an actual
shortage.
This presents a situation that should ;
esult in attracting capital to the de
'elOpment of new lead mines, and q
certainly there is no more inviting I
ield in the world than right here in ,
he Occur d'Alene district The duty q
N lead protects the domestic market d
gainst the product or foreign coun- $
ries while the silver content of the &
re, even at the present low price, is h
n important factor in insuring Il
roht to the operating companies. p
here are scores of partially devel- a
ped properties in this district which p
romise rich returns with intelligent ei
evelopment While steady produc- ii
on has been going on for many J.,
ears, the district is not old in the
snse that there are large areas re
aiming TO be developed where con
tions are Identical with those areas
hich have long been productive. The
'or of opportunity is stin open, and
faculties and depressions that force n
rtailment and even suspension of
in other districts are met
Id overcome without serious cut in
'ohts by operators in the Occur d'A- so
nes tn
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08

X-rays have been put to many uses,
including the preserving of furs
against moths, testing chocolate made
by machinery, and killing a micro
scopic insect which attacks cigars.
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Grating the living nerve Of a dog
on to a man with success was one of
the surgical wonders of the late war.
Feeling became possible in 14s days
and power of movement in $40.
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A whale skull. so large that it had
to be sawed into eight pieces for han
ding and Grating. has been found on
the Alaskan coast.
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The Wallace Miner

Entered AT the Postofice in Wallace.
Idaho, as Second Class Mail Matter.
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where Mr.. Maurer says there is
feet of practically solid galena that
assays 63.2 per cent lead with probably
80 ounces of silver. The ore appears
uniformly wider in the bottom of the
drift, indicating the top of large ore
Smyrna times., 1923-10-17
PACK BREAKS RECORDS
Reports From Three States Show
Banner Year; Bulk of Crop Is Sold
In Demand Because of Shnrtape


Reports from all sections of the
Delaware and Virginia
peninsula indicate that a banner year
in the tomato canning industry clos /
ed last week. The season has been
marked throughout by favorable |
weather. The devastating hail storms |
which usually occur in the early sum-
mer did not visit the section this year
and the weather conditions have been
pronounced by agricultural experts as
neither too dry nor wet. This cOndi-
ton has consequently resulted in an
unprecedented yield. AS a rule the
packer in contracting with the grower
for a certain number of acres bases
his computation on a yield of $50 bas-
kets to the acre, whereas this season
the average has been from $50 to 400
baskets and in some instances as
much as $50 baskets. The contract
price on the peninsula was 25 cents
per basket-regarded as five-eighths
of a bushel-while those farmers who
did not sign agreements prior to the
season have in many instances re-
ceived only eight, ten and fifteen
cents for their product due to the
large yield which equalled and some
times exceeded the demand. At the
opening of the present canning sea-
son, much of the stock in storage at
the canneries on the peninsula had
been depleted and the bulk of this
seasons products has been sold. A
short pack in the West is said to have
caused a greater demand for tomato
packs in this section than in the past
five years, many carloads of the fruit
being consigned to Indiana, Illinois
and other middle western states sit
uated in the tomato belt. This has
tended also to stabilize the market al
a fair price. The demand for canned
tomatoes this year is expected t
clear the markets Of any surplus
stock and growers are looking for
ward to another good season, climati
conditions permitting, in 1924. Bot
growers and Gamers are said to hav
prospered financially this year. Owe
in Maryland where some Of the larg
est canneries in the state are located
: has had unusually large packs. Della
ware pack has been large. The De
aware Packing Company, Laurel, ha
been forced to inaugurate day an
night shifts to handle the crop. Thi
. plant, which alone canned $4,000 case
. of tomatoes this season, will be ei
: larged to pack all fruits and veg,
!, tables grown in that vicinity. Smy
. ma, Clayton, Dover, Camden, MilfOl
: and Rehoboth all exceeded last year
pack.
Smyrna times., 1923-10-17
THREE BOYS HURT WHAN AUTO
LEAVES ROAD NEAR SEAFORD
JENNINGS GORDY, WM. LAW
RENEE, RAY LECATES, INJURED
Locates, the Driver, Was Pinned Un-
der the Car in Such a Position to
Touch Horn Button and Give Alarm

Locates, the Driver, Was Pinned Un-
der the Car in Such a Position to
Touch Horn Button and Give Alarm
When the automobile in which they |
were riding skidded off the Seaford- |
Bridgeville State highway at Herring
Run branch about one mile north of
SeafOrd at 2 o'clock Monday morning
while they were returning from Will
mingtOn, three young men residing at
Seaford were seriously hurt and it was
feared the injuries of two of them
would prove fatal. They are: Jennings
GOrdy, aged % years, son of Robert
H. Gordy, chief of the Seaford Fire
Department, in the Emergency Hos
pital in Milford suffering from a brok-
en- leg, possible fracture of the skull
and many cuts and bruises about the
body. William Lawrence, aged II
years, son of Mrs. Sallie Lawrence,
who is engaged at the Babies Hos
pital in Wilmington but whose home
is in Seaford, in the Emergency Hos
pital in Milford, suffering from a pos
sible fracture of the skull, cuts and
bruises and internal injuries as indi-
Gated by hemorrhages at the mouth.
Ray Locates, aged 21 years, son of
MIR. and Mrs. Luther Locates, cut
about the face and body, possible in
ternal injuries and a crushed chest
He is at his home in Seaford. Le-
Gates was the driver and owner of the
automobile involved in the accident
He operates a taxi business at Sea
ford. Sunday afternoon a woman
whose name was not learned got of
the train with sick baby. Later she
engaged Locates to drive her to vii
mington and he got GOrdy and Law
renee to accompany him. They wer
on their way back to SeafOrd at
o'clock Monday morning when the ac
cident happened. Just what caused ]
Locates could not state. He did no
see any other machines on the rOa
], and the only supposition is that h
: fell asleep at the wheel while trave
+ ing at the rate of about 80 miles a
d hour. The car swerved from the rOa
d and crashed into the guard rail alon
5 the side. 1t tore up the posts an
s then turned over, burying the occl
l. pants under it. The button whic
= when pressed, sounds the automObi
r horn, was pressed against Lecate
d chest as he was held down by Il
s steering wheel. He was unable
move, but this sounding of the hol
probably saved the lives of all thr'
S of the boys. Farmers living in Il
vicinity, hearing the continued blo7
ii ing of the horn, finally got up al
went to the scene of the accident b
n they worked for half an hour befo
IN they were able to get the machine {
is the three boys under it. Lawren
de and Gordy were found to be the mo
Mt seriously hurt and they were hurri
en- to the Milford Hospital. Locates W
he taken to his home at Seaford.