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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
Mining Law Revision not Popular

to hold it long enough to prove or
disprove its mineral value, by means
of sinking or drilling. The present
law does not recognize the existence
of mineral land where the ore does
not outcrop; this law was drawn up
at a period when the conceptions of
ore and ore bodies were more rudi-
mentary than at present; and there
fore it has been necessary under it,
to resort to subterfuge, equivoca-
tiOns, and more or less white lies, in
order to hold and prospect land where
the ore, if it exists, is covered by an
overburden. Any law which does not
fully recognize existing facts should
occasionally be modified to CORE
spond with those facts.
The provisions of the bill which re-
quired the recording of locations at a
United States land office (instead of
with a district or county recorder as
at present.; that providing for the
acceptance of cash in lieu of assess
ment work on claims; and that re-
curing the prospector to locate so as
to conform to section lines, have not
met with approval in general. The
first and the last make things hard
er for the prospector and the advan-
tage gained is not commensurate with
the difficulty imposed; the second is
widely though not correctly, inter-
preted, as favoring the rich, who
could thereby hold large numbers of
claims without doing assessment
work or other development. All three,
indeed, have been held to favor the
capitalist and to disregard the pros
pector, and therefore the opposition
to them has been widespread, and a
general conspiracy on the part of the
larger companies has been read into
the bill by many in the west. It is
quite unnecessary to add that the in
depreciation was ridiculous; the reas-
oning by which some have arrived at
hat conclusion is, nevertheless, what
las been shown above.
Whether any modified mining law
will ever really come before congress
or action is a question. There is I'M
oubtedly a general popular sentiment
oward standing pat
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
CLEAR GRIT.
Preparation Being Made for Resump-
ton of Development.

Preparation Being Made for Resump-
ton of Development.
A letter to stockholders of the Clear
Grit Mining company from F. C. Rood.
of Walla Walla, president and man
ager, announces an immediate re-
sumption of development. The Clear
Grit is situated about half way be-
tween Delta and the North Fork,
near the wagon road. In his letter to
the stockholders Mr.. Rood says:
Our last assessment work follow
ed the foot wall of our vein for 100
feet, heavily mineralized all the way.
The angle of divergence of the two
walls indicates that our vein is prob
ably as feet wide where the work was
stopped. We wish now to crosscut
the vein to the hanging wall. There
is some indication that we have run
alongside commercial ore and only by
can we prove this.
Work on our property has not pro-
crossed as fast as we wished owing
to the lack of funds, but we are in
hopes that this difficulty will be over
come from now on. Undoubtedly our
will be pleased to be in
'ormed that the last work done on
he property the miners took stock for
heir pay. Work is to start immedi-
lteIy and the stockholders viii be
'ept posted on all development work"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
&c. & NJ. Journal-Press)

Congressman Arentz, of Nevada,
who introduced into the house the bill
providing for a revision of the min
ing laws, which bill was accordingly
called the Arentz bill, has been in
vestigating the general sentiment in
the west concerning this subject, in
the long interval since the bill was
brought forward.
He finds the sentiment concerning
a repeal of the so-called apex law"
a mixed one. This of course is in
evitable. Personal interest enters to
large measure into the views of the
people; and there are many whose
personal interests would not be fur
thered by the loss of the extralateral
rights to new locations. Added to
these are the great mass of the
stand patters, those who react auto
matically instead of logically, and
therefore view with disfavor any
change-those who observe that the
principles of Jefferson and Franklin
are good enough for them. Legisla-
ton is to great degree the net re-
suit of the pressure of personal ins
terests and there are few, if any, who
have a strictly selfish interest in al
tering the present law of the apex.
Reasoning thus. it is unlikely that it
will be repealed.
There are issues better understood,
and on which public opinion is clear
er. One refers to the practice of
relocating ground year
after year without doing any assess
ment work-simply holding it down
without development in the hope of |
some day making a sale to somebody. !
It is suggested that the law be amend /
ID so that a locator may not relocate
ground until after the lapse of an in
ervening year. This would appear to
re wise precaution, since it would
elieve the dog-in- manager situa-
ion, and would release an unworked
lain to somebody that would devel-
p it,
Another change which is common
, favored would make it possible {
'gally to locate possible mineral land 4
here the ore does not outcrop, and I
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12

The New York police commissioned
is asking the public to stop maudlin
crying for the criminal and turn it's
sympathy to his victim. The advice
is not only applicable to New York
ers but ought to be taken to heart by
everybody. In almost every crime Of
violence concern is felt for the poor
victim only until the criminal is
caught and then the latter becomes
the object of public sympathy. That
sort of sentimentalism is responsible
for the miscarriage of justice in al
most equal degree with needless tech
nicalities of the law and the tiresome
routine of the courts.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
WITHOUT MEDALS"
Philadelphia Public Ledger

philadelphia Public Ledger
Army orders announce the retire.
ment of Technical Sergeant Levi e
Folk, without medals" He is to be
congratulated. His country permits
him to share with his old chief, the
late DR.. Walter Reed the distinction
of obscurity bestowed in return for
service.
Strictly speaking, his heroism can
not be rewarded by the gift of the
Congressional Medal of Honor, for it
is provided that this great award be
conferred only on one who shall in
action involving actual contact with
an enemy distinguish himself con-
spicuously by gallantry and intrepid
ity at the risk of his life above and
beyond the call of duty"
Back in 1890, when our soldiers in
Cuba were a prey to yellow fever,
then the scourge of the tropics, Dr.
Walter Reed worked out the theory
that the disease was carried by mos
quito.
Sergeant Levi Folk helped prove
TINS theory lie proved II on his body /
at the risk of his life He proved it I
by hot and horrible nights, spent I
wrapped in the filthy bedding in which /
yellow fever patients had died. He |
proved it by daring death from the /
bite OF mosquitoes which had bitten
men dying from the plague. He prov
ed it by weeks of suffering, with death
lowering near when the disease had
struck into his vitals. He risked his
life and nearly gave his life. so that
,or all time the tropics should be
made safe for the white man.
No shrapnel burst and no enemy 4
olanes lowered overhead when Ser
geant Folk charged death. No roar of
shouting comrades urged him on. He /,
heard only the means of the fever
stricken. There was no touching of ]
lbows as the long line advanced up I
N the enemy trenches He touched q
My the cold fingers of death. I
Thus it happens that Sergeant Levi h
'olk retires without medals" But c
ot without honor, as his old chief is v
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12

the president The attitude of the
republican party on the labor ques-
ton in the campaign next year is not
likely to be materially different from
that which it has always maintained,
and that is to recognize the right Of
labor to organize and engage in col
lective bargaining and also the right
of every citizen to practice individual
bargaining in seeking employment.
This attitude was we'll defined by
President Harding himself in his adj
dress accepting the republican nom
nation. in which he said:
our party platform fairly ex-
presses the conscience of repub-
Leans on industrial relations. No
party is Indifferent to the welfare
of the wage Garner To us his
good fortune is of deepest con-
Germ. and we seek to make that
good fortune permanent. We do
not oppose but approve collect
i've bargaining, because that is an
outstanding right. but we are I'M
altcrably insistent that its exer-
else must not destroy the equally
sacred right of the individual In
his necessary pursuit of liveli-
hood Any American has the
right to quit his employment; so
has every American the right to
seek employment. The group
must not endanger the individ-
ual. and we must discourage
groups preying upon one another, !
and none shall be allowed to for
get that the governments obliga-
tions are alike to all the people,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
Death of Lincoln
William Cullen Bryant

abraham Lincoln was assassinated
April IA, 1869
Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare
Gentle and merciful and just!
Who, in the fear of God, didst bear
The sword of power a nations trust
In sorrow by the bier we stand,
Amid the awe that bushes all,
And speak the anguish of a land
That shook with horror at thy fall.
Thy task is done; the bonds are free;
We bear thee to an honored grave,
Whose proudest monument shall be
The broken letters of the slave.
Pure was thy life; it's bloody close
Hath passed thee with the sons of
light,
Among the noble host of those
Who persisted in the cause of right
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
Thursday. April II. 1928.
NEW FIRE STATION is A PRESS
ING NECESSITY.

There should be no division of opin-
ion on the question of bonding the
city for the construction of a new fire
station. which will be submitted to
the voters at the approaching cleo
ton. 1t is TO the credit of the people
OF Wallace that they have always
recognized the importance of fire pro-
lection and this attitude has resulted
in providing the city with a fire de-
partment which, from the standpoint
Of organization and modern equip
ment is without rival in a city of
this size in the west The one weak
spot in the fire department is the
building that houses the fremen and
the equipment At the time it was
built the chief equipment of the de-
partment consisted of hook and
ladder truck and hose truck and sew
eral head of horses to draw them,
and not exceeding two fremen under
pay. Today that same building houses
modern motor equipment including
fire engine, representing many thous-
ands of dollars, while the increased
number of fremen, including the
chief are without adequate quarters
and without provision for efficient
service in keeping with the improved
equipment 1t is a condition. not
theory, that confronts the people of
Wallace. They have paid for the best
equipment and they are paying for an
efficient force of fremen. but by re-
tanning the old building they are re-
ducing the efficiency for which they
pay and jeopardizing the expensive
by housing it in a build
ing which is itself a fire menace
The question involves not merely
the discarding of the old building and
erecting a modern fire proof struc-
ture. 1t also means that if the bond
ing proposition fails it will be neces-
sary to expend from $4,000 to $4,000 in
repairing the old building and then
he city will have gained practically .
nothing for the expenditure. on the {
'ther hand. if the bonds carry. the
'ity will have station that will Z
meet the requirements for
m time; an Office will be provided
or the city clerk and police magis-
rate thus making a direct saving of ~
$50 a year now paid for rent a vault p
or the protection of city records. and :,
sanitary city Jail Further there
Yin be substantial direct reduction
a insurance on the fire station itself
nd a small reduction in general in
uranee rates in the city. These di- B.,
sct savings and insurance reduction
i'll go far toward covering the in 81.
rest on the bonds, and result in re-
ucing the levy necessary to pay the -
terest and provide a sinking fund 60
pay the bonded debt 10 a point that -.
i'll be hardly noticeable to the tax
ayers As a business proposition, 90
lie argument is all on the side Of -,
ting the bonds
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
THE FIRST AMERICAN.


DANES Russell LowelD
Great captains with their guns and
drums,
Disturb our judgment of the hour,
But at last Silence comes;
These all are gone, and, standing like
a tower,
Our children shall behold his fame,
The kindly earnest, brave, foreseeing
man,
SagaciOus. patient, dreading praise,
not blame,
New birth of our new soil. the first
American.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
MINING IN THE SOUTH.
Newton Finds Boise People Much In
terested in Industry.

terested IN InduHtry.
c. w. Newton, manager of the Cal
iahan zinc-Lead company. who is also
president of the Idaho Mining asso-
citation. returned last Thursday from
Boise, where he attended a meeting
of the executive board of the state
bureau Of mines and geology. of which
he is a member by virtue of his posi-
ton as president of the state mining
association. Much business of i'm
portance was disposed of by the board
in the way of outlining work for the
coming two years. the details Of which
will be found in another column. The
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12

Japan has experienced as many as
AS earthquakes in a year.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12

The word Jehovah" occurs 6ss2
times in the Bible.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12
The Wallace Miner

Entered at the Postomce in Wallace.
Idaho. as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-15

n ERMANY almost surrendered last
~ week, but still did not come near
enough to surrendering to suit France
and Belgium. Chancellor Cuno sub
mitted to the allies and the United
States new set Of propositions, ask
ing that another reparations confer
ence be called which, after consider
ing the estimate of its resources which
Germany would proffer, should fix the
total sum to be paid. Cuno promised
Germany would abide by the decision
rendered. In his note the chancellor
suggested that Germany could pay an
nuities not in excess Of 1900, 600, 900
gold marks and named these guaran-
tees to be placed back Of such an
nuities:
{ First, monopolies on tobacco and
brandy and a tax on sugar and luxu-
ries plus customs revenue to the ex-
tent Of 100000 gold marks 1,0OO,-
000) yearly.
Second, pledge Of 500,OO0,OO0 gold
marks ($125.O00.O00) yearly from the
earnings of the railways, to secure
which railway bonds with total value
of 10000 100000 gold marks ($2, SOC, 0oO,-
OOO) with interest at per cent will be
offered.
Third, q pledge of Germany's indus
trial and agricultural wealth to sim
liar amount, plus new tax on mate
rial values, which is estimated to net
1OOOOO,OOO gold marks ($25,000 000)
yearly.
Cuno's note made no mention Of the
Ruhr or passive resistance and said
nothing of politics, international guar
antees or moratorium.
To this note Frances reply, at this
writing unofficial, Is that the new Ger
man proposals will not be.Leven ex-
amined by France until passive resist
ance in the occupied regions has
ceased, and that the Ruhr will not be
evacuated until Germany pays the
Preparations. Belgium's adherence to
this was obtained by Premier Poincare
in a lively conference in Brussels, but
Premier Theunis and Foreign Minister
Jaspar induced Poincare to try hard
to have a combined and Identical re-
ply to Cuno made by the allies. Poin-
care also outlined new coercive meas
ures to be applied in the Ruhr and the
Rhineland, and Belgium agreed to
these with the understanding that she
should send no more troops. These
measures include the establishment OF
an alright Gordon cutting off the oc-
cupied areas from the rest Of Germany,
the wholesale explosions of persons re-
fusing to work or interfering with the
operations Of the forces of occupation,
the creation of new money, the confis-
cation of further stocks and renewed
attempts at the operation Of certain
kinds of industry.
Because the Krupps have not paid
the 40 per cent coal tax imposed by the
French, their steel mills and furnaces
at Engers and Neuwied were seized on
Wednesday and the French officials
said unless the tax of twenty billion
marks were paid the properties would
be sold at auction.
CTRICT conformity with the de
- cision of the Supreme court is de-
manded by the Treasury department IN
its new regulations concerning liquor
on ships. All intoxicating beverages
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-15
Germany's New Offer Of Annu-
tiles Is Not Satisfactory to
France and Belgium.
SHE ASKS new CONFERENCE
Treasury Order Applies Dry Law Rig
idly to Foreign Ships-Smith Now
Wet Democrats First Choice for
sidency-America's Qualified
Victory in Opium Conference.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARD

XXIHAT is your opinion of
w daylight saving" and of
the efforts in various states,
sometimes successful, to pro-
hibit it by statute?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-15

A CCORDING to decisions rendered
IA last week by the Supreme court of
the United States, the laws passed by
various states prohibiting instruction
in schools in other languages than Eng
lish are unconstitutional. Justices
Holmes and Sutherland dissented. The
question was decided on constitutional
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-15

CTRICr conformity with the de-
- cision of the Supreme court is de-
manded by the Treasury department In
its new regulations concerning liquor
on ships. All intoxicating beverages
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-15

THE Chinese cabinet resigned in
L body Wednesday and went to
Tientsin, leaving President Lii Yuan
hung alone in Picking to run the gov
eminent. The ministers issued a state
ment accusing the president of acting
unconstitutionally in the conduct of
public affairs, but their resignation is
believed really to be part Of con-
spiracy to drive Ii from NJ -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-15

grounds and few have come forward to
question seriously the soundness Of the
decision. But there are many Amer
leans who hope some other way can
be found to remedy the conditions, ex-
listing in numerous parochial and other
schools, against which the state laws
were directed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
Wash Goods Markets Stabilized In Part

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Continua- ton of fall gingham prices into spring of 1924 has done something toward stabilizing wash goods mar kets where uncertainty and irregu- larity have prevailed. Print cloths, sheetings and other unfinished goods have continued in moderate demand and prices have been rising. The finished goods trade has not been so active relatively. The price ten dency upward has become very strong since the last rise in cotton. Production continues to broaden. For additional supports of blankets and mapped cottons higher prices are be- ing asked. May bleached cottons have been advanced from Ac to l F c a yard. All heavy cotton goods are quoted on higher levels but buying Yarns have advanced sharply in both carded and combed stock. Fine combed yarn goods have sold more freely and stocks have been reduced. Finlshers gre securing business but are still running light. Export trad i ing has been checked by the rise in prices. Some wide sheetings lines have been sold up and withdrawn. Tickings have been advanced 1zc a yard. Leading lines of chambrays have withdrawn from sale pending a further upward revision. Staple hosiery is held at higher prices with trade of very moderate proportions. There has been some improvement In the demand for knit goods for spring and filling in fall delivery. Prices current in primary markets l are as follows:
 Print cloths, 2s-inch e4xs4, Sc; e4xso, T&o; 3sA inch S4xs4, 1e%ci brown sheetinEs, southern standards, 1sc; tickings, a-ounce, 27c; staple | ginEhams, 1sc; prints, $40 nominal; dress ginEhams, 211h @24c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
COTTON REMAINS. IN NERVOUS STATE DURING SATURDAY

NEW YORK, Sept. 2z.-The cotton market showed continued nervous ness and irregularity today. There was a good deal of reRctionRry talk at the start which was encouraged ] by the news from Liverpool and Manchester, but after selling off to 2S.57, December contracts rallied to 29.12 on unfavorable weather re- ports. This advance met another spurt of realizing which sent the price back to 2S.5s, with the mar ket closing barely steady, net 5 points lower to 5 points higher.
 The opening was steady at de- ss1ne Of to 35 points, and the ac- tive months sold 25 to 2S points net lower during the early trading with October declining to 29.o5 and Janu- ary to 2S.07. Liverpool was rela- lively easy and reports that Janca- shire manufacturers using American cotton had decided to remain on half time during October were evidently a disappointment to recent buyers. Part of the early selling may also have been due to the failure of early weather reports to mention any threat of tropical disturbance such g s talked of in the market here yes terday and the early decline was accompanied by rumors that some cotton might be shipped here from tho southwest for delivery next
 
 the showing of the weather map which fully confirmed private re- ports of heavy rains in the south Atlantic sections, however, and the market rallied sharply during the middle of the morning on covering and trade buying. October sold to 2s.51 and January to 2S.66 or 21 to B points net higher, but the buying then tapered off and last prices were 25 to 2S points off from the best.
 At the low point of this morning the market showed reactions of about 100 to 125 points from recent high records. It is rumored that about 30,0o0 bales of cotton are like ly to be shipped here from Texas to replenish the local certificated stocks which arc now less than 2,000 bales. The amount of cotton on ship board awaiting clearance at the end of the week, was estimated at SS,ooo bales against Ss,o0o last year. Better weather was reported in the southwest but many reports are still coming in from that section com plaining of recent rain damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
PAMPER ARMY HORSE
New Order Assures Animals q Life of
 LuxuFy

New Order Assures Animals q Life 0&
 Luxury
 Pleasant days for the army Aerse are forecast by the following an- nouncement issued by Col. Frank R. Schwengel of the 132d field Art1l- lery:
 "Ths curry comb has been abolished. In its place the horses of this regiment will be dry cleaned bX the vacuum process.
 Horses will be brought up in a sweet. clean, home-like stmosphers and taught the principles of santa ton. Every effort will be made ts preserve their continuity.
 Each horses ration of hay and oats will be analysed, crushed and cleaned of chaff and duse. In winter the animals will be served . cooked ration prepared in the stable kitchen. Special Rsbestas nose protectors will be provided to offset the steam of hot oatmeal in the common or ordnance variety of nOssbag.
 "A constant flow Of washed AAF will ventiiato tho st&bls& Wse0eriO ozonator9 have been installed to Kill tho germs of flu, hOoG and mouth disease. peHI evil and Iooss msxttn- gale. The entire stable is to Oa rnads fly proof mechanically, thus rsnRnv- ing from the individual h0EHe the burden of swassing flies wfen n4s uwm fly swattsr.
 And each h0TRs win hxye hAa fine dfvidual automatic drinking euN'
 The announcement does not nann- tfon what portion of the hexsenw day will be assigned to his 1Rntsuc&4om In music and art.