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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
SALE CONTRACTS CONSERVE
STATE TIMBER.

The sale Of timber on state lands is
being handled in a manner that will
conserve much valuable timber for the
benefit of the people Of the state after
that which has been sold has been
removed An effort was made in the
recent legislature to pass bill max
ing provision for the conservation of
timber resources, but it failed to Sc
cure the necessary support probably
because the proposed plan would in
volve considerable expense and the
legislature was in a mood to reduce
expenses rather than to add new
ones. Eventually the state will prob
ably adopt a timber conservation pol
icy, and in the meantime it is crafty
ing TO know that the state land COM
missioner. l. II. Nash, and his efficient
chief assistant. Ben f. Bush. have
adopted practical and effective means
NilHlu inc mint VI lhelI duAhOilbS ~
retain for the state the younger trees
and to protect them from damage
while the mature timber is being cut
by purchasers This is accomplished
by the following provisions which
form a part of all contracts for the
purchase of timber on state lands;
mo white pine timber under. IA
inches in diameter. or cedar I'M
der 10 inches in diameter each
measurement being outside the
bark IS inches above the ground,
to be included in this sale, but
purchaser will secure title to all
other timber lying, standing or
being on the ground.
Purchaser will be required to
enter into a contract with the
state of Idaho relative to the cut
ting and removal of said timber,
and will be required to enter into
a contract relative TO the disposal
Of slashings and debris incident
to said cutting, all such slashings
and debris to be piled and burned
so as to not firelill timber re-
manning on the land. Copy of the
above contract will be furnished
,,pon application to the state land
commissioner"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22

sounding label for their own interests.
Friends of Germany marshal "eco-
nomic reasons" to show why France
is running herself, whereas they are in
fact concerned over the hardship to
Germany and would gladly see France
in perdition. Many of those interna-
tiOnal bankers who advocated COM
plete cancellation of the allied debts
did so on economic grounds, and
thus concealed their conviction that
cancellation would increase the value
of foreign securities in which they are
interested.
There is nothing new in this use of
an innocent label to camoufiage an
idea. Thus do words grow and change
their character, and frequently fall
into disrepute. This is particularly
true when wolf ideas are clothed in
sheep phrases. The word economic"
referred to the manage
ment of a household or an estate. Lat
er it referred to the management of
the financial affairs of a state Still
later it referred to the science of
economics, and as the science of eco
Monies sought to explain the world in
terms of economic laws it took on an
aspect of infallibility. From "econom-
ic laws" it was only q step to "eco-
nomic necessity" and as both these
terms sounded learned and dispassion-
ate their use to clothe materialistic
was soon found to be pro-
atable.
1t is time. however, that the adjec-
i've economic" be unmasked In its
present use it nearly always is syn
1nymOus with selfishness. The soon /
sr the public realizes this the sooner
t will be possible to restore the word
o its honest meaning or else to dis
,redit it, as was done with "propa-
;anda" and other similarly over work.
ID words.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
AN IDAHO MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Caldwell Tribune)

Through the Sawtooth national for
est, a new road has been constructed,
or at least old roads have been join
ed, so that it is now possible to drive
through the national forest to the
Yellowstone park. The route is ESQ
miles shorter than the one ordinarily
followed by park visitors from this
district. In addition. the forest SER
vice roads take motorists through the
finest mountain scenery .in the west.
Nothing, even in Yellowstone park.
can compare with the Stanley basin
and the Sawtooths.
Any other state than Idaho would
have been waiting anxiously for this
road to be opened It has tremendous
potential possibilities from the stand
point of attracting motorists. Instead
Of Snake river lava beds and sage
brush plains the new route traverses
inc heart OF Idaho mountains. And
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
ELECTRICITY MAY DEcENTRAL-
IZE POPULATION.

Discussing the wide use of electric
ity and its influence upon the indus
trial and social life of the people
Charles A. Coffin. former chairman OF
the board of directors OF the General
T. ectric company. recently said; THE
next big social change. as | see it
will be decentralization. Electricity
made the big city. 1t may now be ex-
pected to unmake it," Mr. Coffin eX-
plains how the massing of men in cit
les where power and labor were at
hand made our great industrial devel-
opment possible. But the expanding
progress of electricity is now bringing
power to all men. in the village and
on the farms.
This "broadcasting of power" he
said, will gradually make it possible
/ to manufacture our raw materials
close TO the source of product On and
obviate the necessity of Transporting
them first to the distant city factory
and then in the manufactured state
back to the markets.
Mr. Coffin pointed out that food can
be eaten more economically out in the |
country where it is produced. Fabrics |
should he woven where the cotton. |
flax and wool are grown. Coarshould /
be burned and ores converted into ar
ticles of commerce close to the mines.
All of this he said, will be possible
when labor is distributed through the
open country. Mr. Coffin believes that
this will come through the extension
of great super-power electric sys-
TENS and the establishment of small
electrically driven factories in all the
communities adequate for the utiliza-
ton of all the natural resources of the
section
He said that at present 514 per
cent of Americas population live in
the city and this is the source of most
of our social and economic troubles.
Strikes, unemployment. Intermittent ,
occupation, crime waves and high
prices are all products of city conges-
ton. The city has almost destroyed
the home but it has brought other '
which modern man win S
not be without
And he adds that electricity is now :
going to make it possible to carry {
these comforts, amusements. Occupa- (
tions and opportunities out from the
city into the clear air and healthful
spaces of the country and life there =
will be no longer difficult or solitary c
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
TUT-coPPER AMEN.
(Boise statesman)

King Tuts middle name was copper.
That is what the publicity agents of
the copper industry are telling us to-
day. They are determined to make
as much out of the opening of Tu-
tankhamens tomb as the dress de-
signers
And this is their interesting reas-
oning: The middle name of King Tut
or if you please. the middle sylla-
BILE of his name-is 'ankh", the name
OF the Egyptian symbol for enduring
life The "ankh" as it appears on
the name plate or cartouche of the
ancient Pharaoh, is a cross with a cir
cular or looped head. This is the
symbol which the alchemists of the
middle ages adopted to stand for cop
per in their formulas, their reason
being, as the modern copper publicists
point it out. the enduring life of the
metal. The symbol is still used.
The publicity agents for copper
ware have jumped in on the wave of
King Tut is getting to
connect up in the mind of the public
three ideas: Tutankhamen-lOng life
copper They put it like this:
"For more than 5000 years there
is a definite association between
the constantly sought for riddle of
enduring life and the metal which
to the ancients betokened that
quality. It is more than a mere
figure Of speech to say that Tu-
tankhamen's middle name was
copper"
And, of course they couple up their
whole thesis with the condition in |
which copper relics were found in
King Tut's tomb and other tombs of
egypt.
Marvellous how the past can be tied
Up with the present. Marvellous what
an be made of a symbol! Marvellous
he ways of the modern advertiser!
2ut they are effective, tOJ. Adver-
Using pays, particularly clever inter
St commanding advertising
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
REDUCED TAX LEVEs AS PROM.
ISED IN PLATFORM.

The republican platform adopted by
the Wallace convention made several
specific declarations with the view OF
relieving the taxpayers from excess
i've taxation. One Of these was the
following:
I'VE favor amending the laws
so that the maximum levies which
the various taxing bodies may
levy shall be materially reduced,
and that any additional levies
within another maximum TO be
fixed shall not be levied unless ap-
proved by two-thirds vote of the
taxpayers affected"
-
In pursuance of this declaration,
and upon the urgent recommendation
OF Governor Moore, the legislature
passed bills reducing the maximum
levying powers OF counties. highway
districts cities and school districts
approximately 20 per cent Follow
ing are the changes made by the new
laws:
For county current expense fund in
counties having a valuation of ST.
100000 or more. reduced from so cents
per 500 of valuation to 40 cents.
The same for counties having
valuation of 100000 and less than
s7.5OO.OOO. reduced from rs cents per
500 TO 60 cents.
For general road fund. reduced
from 25 cents per 800 to 20 cents.
For bridge fund, reduced from 10
cents per 800 to 70 cents
Highway districts, for road pur-
poses. reduced from % cents per 500
to 20 cents
For bridge purposes, reduced from
10 cents per 500 to cents.
For trunk highways, reduced from
50 cents per 500 10 40 cents.
For school districts. Independent
class A, joint Independent class A,
rural high and joint rural high, re-
iuced from 10 cents per 500 to S |
,ents.
Municipal corporations, for general
purposes, reduced from Is cents per
100 to 10 cents.
In some places these reductions will
doubtless work a hardship and ne
essitate special elections to provide
necessary funds. but taxpayers gener-
lily throughout the state will profit
" the change, and the governor and
legislature are to be commended for
aithfully carrying out the obligation
+ their party.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
HIGHEST POINT IN FLORIDA.
Only 325 Feet Above Sea LeveI-Oth-
err Elevations

OAfI OGO ' Cch fNDON6 Oed LeN9l-Ofn-
err Elevations.
What does the average citizen know
about our most southern state? Oh.
Florida is rather warm, perhaps a lit
tie warmer than California;; Florida
produces excellent oranges and
grapefruit; Florida is generally low
and has an immense swamp in its
southern part. Isn't that about all
that many of us can say? The Unit
+ ed States geological survey, which is
making topographic atlas of the en-
tire United States, is able to furnish
very satisfactory physical picture
of Florida, although it has mapped in
detail only a part of this interesting
state.
1t is true that Florida is low the
highest determined point in its-Iron
Mountain, in Polk county-being only
S25 feet above sea level, yet its sur
face shows considerable diversity The
southern part OF the peninsula, known
as the Everglades comprising an area
about $50 miles long and over 100
miles in average width, lies in the
general less than so feet above sea
level. Much of this area is an almost
impossible morass, and was once
supposed to be below sea level Lake
Okechobee, a shallow body of fresh
water at the north end of the Ever
glades, covers 730 square miles. and
its surface is less than 20 feet above
sea level. Narrow strips of lowland
inclose the Everglades along the At
lantic and gulf coasts
Down the middle of the peninsula
north of the Everglades is ridge in
which more or less rounded depres-
sions are separated by narrow divides.
At some places this highland reaches
an elevation of more than 800 feet. In
the northern part of the state is an
other upland which rises at its high
est part 800 feet above sea level. This
upland, which is near the northern
boundaries of Gadsden, Walton. San
a Rosa, and Escambia counties, is
ieepiy dissected by rather steep sided
ALLEYS.
Tallahassee, the capital of Florida,
tands in regal seclusion on the edge
# remnant of the upland which has
'een isolated by erosion. From the
highest part of the town. which is
yer 200 feet above sea level the sur
ace slopes down to level of so feet
r less
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
AN oVERWoRKED WORD.
lNew York Trihnnel

Few words which have obtained
great vogue are more often used hyp-
ocritically than the adjective eco
nomic." Those who advocate letting
down the immigration bars use
the economic" needs of the
country to support their contention.
Thus they cloak their own desire for
cheap labor. The unions which ad-
vocate Tightening the immigration re-
strictions do so in the name of eco.
homie" justice. This is merely high
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22

not one Idaho citizen in ten knows,
we venture, that it is possible to visit
the park over this route using
highway all the way that is good
enough for California highway spe-
cialists
Here, indeed, is a tangible asset
that Idaho should capitalize.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
Your Mission

Qn tn closing hours of congress
when the members were celebrating
by singing everything from "Sweel
Adeline" and ben Bolt" to THE
Sidewalks of New York" and Home
Sweet Home" Joseph Fordney Of
Michigan, retiring chairman of the
ways and means committee, who
couldn't sing a note, recited the fol-
lowing, "Your Mission" which he
said the immortal Lincoln had encor-
ed a dozen times when, he heard it in
Washington in 1S64)
If you can not on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet
Rocking on the highest pillows,
Laughing at the storms you meet,
You can stand among the sailors.
Anchored yet within the bay.
You can lend a hand to help them
AS they launch their boats away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain steep and high
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measure
AS they slowly pass along
Though they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver
Every ready at commando;
If you can not toward the needy
Roach On hand
You can succor the afflicted,
Ger the erring you can weep;
With the Saviour's disciples
You a tireless watch may keep.
If you can not in the harvest
Garner up the richest sheaves,
Many a grain, both ripe and golden,
Oft the careless reaper leaves;
Go and CLEAN among the briars
Growing rank against the wall
For it may be that their shadow
Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
If you can not in the conflict
Prove yourself q soldier true,
If where fire and smoke are thickest
There's no work for you to do,
When the battlefield is silent,
You can go with careful tread
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not. then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do:
Fortune is lazy goddess
She will never come to you.
Go and toll in any vineyard;
Do not fear to do or dare
If you want a field of labor
You can find it anywhere.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22

Entered at the Postohice in Wallace
Idaho. as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
Il You Need q Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
It is that so many products that are ex.
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
Of sight and are soon forgotten! The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises Of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, =
preparation l have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend. for in
almost every case it shows excellent re.
suits, as mnny Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large Q
SALE"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony Of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp. Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim. that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments, corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
You may receive sample bottle Of
Swamp Root by parcel post. Address DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale at
all drug observation-disclosures
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
LEGION BUSINESS BY RADIO
Commander Doyle Of Massachusetts
State Department 10 Arranging for
Important Innovation.

A personal address to the 10000
members Of the American Legion In
Massachusetts every month. Is the plan
of William H. Doyle, commander Of the
Massachusetts, department Of the Le-
gion, who Is arranging for the installn-
ton Of radio In every post head
quarters. BroadcastIng Of all legisla-
ton and business of interest to World
war veterans is being contemplated by
the commander as means Of reaching
directly the thousands Of Legion men,
bers In their homes and Mt their post
meetings.
According to plans now being formu-
lated. Legion officials Of the state will
provide an evenings entertainment at
the brOadcastlng station on the eve
ming their fellow Legion members are
listening in They will aim to COM
bine an hours pleasure with the busl-
ness Of the posts, 1t Is said. The
scheme also would aid the sponsors Of
legislation In putting their ideas before
thousands of radio enthusiasts in each
community, in addition to the Legion
members. The innovation proposed by
Commander Doyle has been approved
by the Legion national headquarters,
Weekly concerts for the disabled war
veterans In the Bay State hospitals are
included In the plans of the Legion Of
ficer, and are now being arranged by
the department officers.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
cHICAGO'S ZERO HOUR CLUB
Roosevelt Legion Post Has Subsidiary
Organization to Aid Beneficiary
at Death Of Member.

A new angle on the American Le-
glon's policy of service to Its member
ship has been developed by the Theo-
dore Roosevelt post Of Chicago In Its
Zero Hour club. This subsidiary Or
ganizatlon within the post proposes to
pay benefit Of 500 to the beneficiary
of any Of Its members who die, i'm.
mediately upon receipt Of the notice
OF his death. The plan. post officials
assert, will work for the relief Of a
veterans beneficiary by tiding him
over the period which elapses between
the death and the time when the in
surance companies begin payment Of
the life insurance.
Officers of the Zero Hour club also
are officers Of the Legion post, and
only accredited Legion members In
good standing are eligible to become
participants In the club. Annual dues
are $3.50, with a further assessment
Of 81 upon the death Of any Of the
clubs members. Membership In the
Zero Hour club, the president states,
Is not insurance, but 1t is protection
for limited amount. better, cheaper
and quicker than insurance.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
Breaking X Gently.

The lieutenant's orderly had been
taking too many privileges In the opln-
ion Of his gold-barred boss. and the
latter had decided to call him down
for 1t at the next opportunity. 1t pre-
sented itself shortly.
Sir" the orderly approached him
one day, "Tm gonna go to town to see
my girl tonight and l should like to
borrow your leather puttees."
"Wuff-wuff!" choked the lieuten-
ant by way Of preliminary. "Wuff-"
"And, sir, have them on."-Ameri.
can Legion Weekly.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
Q lhE .
AMERICAN
LEGl0y
APPROVES ACTION BY FRANCE
Legion National Executive Committee
O. KS Occupation of Territories
In Ruhr Valley.

The action Of France In occupying
certain territories in the Ruhr valley
was given stamp Of approval by the
national executive committee of the
American Legion ut u recent meeting
In Indianapolis attended by represen-
tatives from every state.
A resolution charged that the Ger.
mans had attempted to wreck the
financial system Of their country for
the purpose of avoiding payment and
"by evasion and trlckery sought to de-
prive France Of the awards made by
the pence conference" The commit
tee voted to send copies Of the reso-
luton to President Harding, the con-
gress and the French ambassador to
the United States.
Brig. Gen. John II. McQuigg Of
Cleveland, chairman Of the commit
tee which formulated the resolution,
has issued n statement giving the rea-
sons for the Legion's support Of
France. rs follows:
First: Because the award was q
righteous one rendered by a compe-
tent court and accepted by Germany.
Second: Because Germany has vol
unfairly defaulted and refused to pay
and has wrecked her whole financial
system to avoid payment.
Third: Because the course taken by
France Is the only effective course left
to her In dealing with an obstinate
debtor.
Fourth: Because Germany has re-.
fused to levy taxes and take other
steps necessary to enable her to pay
the debt. We In the United States
are paying three times rs much nation
al tax US Germany, and France Is
paying more than four times Us much
per capita as Germany.
Fifth: Because II Germany is not
made to pay the damage caused by
her, some one else will have to pay It.
Sixth: Because, II Germany Is not
made to pay, the slaughter and expen-
dlture Of material and effort necessary
to win on the battlefield will have
been, to large extent, in vain, and
there will be little to deter nations
from running amuck In the future and
making an assault on civilization
whenever they think they are sufii-
clently strong to win.