The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
WALLACE BUSINESS MEN
BETTER FREIGHT RATES
BOARD OF TRADE WILL ENTER
TAIN BOY SCOUT CON-
FERENCE.

AT the meeting of the board of
trade yesterday a letter from James
A. Ford secretary of the Spokane
chamber of commerce. advised that
the railroad rate association had I'M
dertaken to raise a fund of $4,000 to
carry on the fight for just freight
rates for the intermountain territory;
that the apportionment for Idaho was
$500 and that of that sum 500 had
been allotted to Wallace, and request
ed early remittance. ID. A. Callahan
spoke on the importance of the work
being done by the association 90 the
people of this district; that the fight
had been won once. but that the rail-
road companies had been granted a
new hearing by the interstate COM
merce commission. and that it was
therefore necessary to renew the
fight AS the Occur dAlene district
is vitality interested in the outcome,
he urged payment of the amount
asked
The attitude of the board was ap-
sessment to the rate association. and
motion by Herman j. Rossi to refer
the matter to the finance committee
with power to act was adopted.
Northwest Mining Convention.
A letter from r c. Bailey secretary
of the Northwest Mining association,
urged the board to cooperate in Sc
curing an ore exhibit at the North
west Mining convention, which will
be held in Spokane next month. Raw
enel Macbeth spoke in favor of Civ
ing the Northwest Mining association
cordial support, and pointed out the
valuable services il is rendering to
the mining industry of the northwest |
following which the matter of provid- |
ing an exhibit was referred to the |
special ore exhibit committee APP
pointed last week.
Boy Scout Conference.
Percy Frazer. Boy Scout executive
for Shoshone and Kootenai counties,
announced that the district conference
of scout executives would be held in
the city during the week beginning
May p. and stated that it would be
attended by several national officers
of the organization and probably 9TH
ers of note. He thought that a gath
ering of this Importance should re-
ceive formal recognition by the board
and suggested that steps should be
taken to entertain the visitors, and
also that the regular luncheon on
Wednesday of that week be postponed
until Thursday and that the scout
delegates be invited to attend The
matter was referred to the entertain
ment committee
Macbeth and Campbell.
Ravenel Macbeth. secretary of the
Idaho Mining association. spoke brief
ly on the mineral resources of the
state especially the phosphate depos-
its of southeastern Idaho and the
tremendous possibilities of its devel-
opment He spoke of the large in
vestment by the Anaconda company
in utilizing this resource for fertiliz-
err and the unlimited market for the
product which will eventually be sup
piled from the phosphate mines of
Idaho.
Stewart Campbell state mine in I
spector being lled upon. stated /
that he Just arrived and was hardly I
to speak at this time, but I
as he would be in the district for sew I
eral weeks he would probably have !
to say later 7
Brino President 70 Wallace
The following committee was an 4
nounced TO invite President Harding \
TO visit Wallace on his approaching \
tour: e. r.. Denny. ID. A. Callahan. q
H. c.. McAllister. Plat r. Morrow and y
~ n. Kheman In