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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
DOLLAR SILVER.
Industrial News Bureau.

Industrial News Bureau
At the time the Pittman Act was
passed during the world war criticism
was raised that it was merely to bene-
! fit the silver producers.
/ The facts of the case were that Eng
land needed silver to supply India to
prevent silver revolution in that
country The only possible sources OF
supply were the silver dollars in the
United States treasury.
Our government made contract
with England to melt up some 200. 600. -
600 of these dollars which the British
government was to buy at $1.Ol1k per
ounce. Our government was to rebuy
new silver as it was mined, from Amer
lean silver producers at 81 an ounce
and thus replace the utmost taken
from its treasury.
American producers agreed to this
and when silver was selling on an open
market at S1SO an ounce and higher.
they delivered their silver to the gov
eminent at 81 an ounce. Later, when
silver dropped below 81 they continued
to deliver at 81 an ounce until the gov
eminent had replaced its stock
1t is unfortunate that Under Secre-
tary Gilbert in his recent statements,
makes it appear that American silver
producers received a bonus of s62, 1000,
600 under the Pittman Act Anybody
who takes the trouble to look at the
facts will know that this is not true.
The American government did not
lose a penny producers were paid no |
bonus as the money which paid for sill |
yer came from England
There is no sane or approvable reas-
IN why the public should be subjected
o misleading representatives when the
ctual truth is so easy to ascertain.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
NO PLATINUM.
&c. and NJ. Journal-Press)

(E and NJ Journal Press.)
When the Bolshevik revolution in
Russia cut off the principal source OF
the worlds platinum. it was natural
that the production Of the metal else
where should be stimulated wherever
there was any to produce. Russia s
normal output was about 100000 OF.
per year. Columbia was, and still is,
the only country to contribute an ap-
preciable amount to make up the de-
felt in the world supply caused by the
Russian detection, and in the succeed
ing years has gradually built up it's
output to about 10000 OF. per year. all
of it coming from dredging operations.
In the United States a total of 1884
on was produced in the six-year period
from 1917 to 1922 inclusive. or an aver
age of $50 OF. per year, practically all
of it from the black sand from hy-
draulicking and dredging work in Cal
ifornia. Oregon. and Alaska neglig-
ible amount
But it must not be deduced from this
that there has been no effort TO find
platinum in the United States. on the
contrary it has been keenly hunted
The rise in price from SIS an ounce in
1913 to Sis in June, 1928. has stimu-
lated the efforts of prospectors the
country over. 1t has apparently stimu-
lated their Imagination, as well as that
of promoters and even of assavers, in
many cases to such an extent that the
eXistance of platinum was claimed
where there was none. Some people
have the remarkable faculty of seeing !
what they wish to see. and it is UNI /
fortunate and detrimental to the repu- (
.ation of the chemist and the analyst I
N general when this faculty. so pro-
bounced in Conan Doyle and Oliver
Lodge and others, is acquired by the
issayer Within the last few years
here have been repeated stories of dis
.overies of platinum in varying
mounts. usually backed up by an as
ayers certificate. Three of these in
olved promotions which have already (
cen scotched. some of the promoters :
lndng in Jail. All of these cases have
cen investigated by the Bureau of !
lines, and the report is unfavorable {
To warn the public and the mining S
idustry. therefore. lest it be deceived, d
ne Bureau has issued an interesting t
sport of its investigation, which is f
ltitled platinum Assays and Plat- i,
nm Promotions" prepared by :. c. v
ind. C. w. Davis, and NJ w Won /,
ernewitz. 1t was during the war that f,
s Rare and Precious Metals Expert Il
ent Station was authorized to make n
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
FIXED PRICE OF WHEAT AS
VIEWED IN SOUTH IDAHO.

Opposition TO fixing the price of
wheat by the government at S1.75 per
bushel, or at all, is vigorously and
nationally voiced by the editor of the
North Side News. published in jerome.
the center of one of the richest agri-
cultural sections of the state Wheat
lis one of chief products of the North
Side tract and the farmers there have
been hit as hard by low prices as they
have been i'm other sections OF the state,
but it may be inferred from the atti-
tude of the News that they have not
lost their bearings by joining the clam
or of government price fixing. The
editor of the News has this decidedly
practical discussion of the various
phases of question:
at is to he conceded that if the gov
eminent should stabilize the price of
any commodity. logically it should at
tack the source of the price-the supply
"If, for instance, somebody has the
power to automatically decree that the
price of wheat should be, for instance |
a dollar and seventy five cents per
1ushel: The current price is away be-
low that figure. Logically IL would !
seem that the supply should be re- |
shut of entirely.
$50 it there is going to be autocratio
action by government in the matter,
Why not issue an edict prohibiting the
planting of any wheat in this country
until and when someone has become so
hungry for il that he is willing to pay 4
me dollar and seventy-five cents per
,ushel in order to get it, And further
,rovide that when this condition has
'een reached, planting be released only I
s and when someone is willing to pay ]
his price Immediately the price goes {
bove, release production; Immediately I
he price falls below prohibit produc- ]
ion. I
''No government expenditure, invest 4
lent or possible loss or gain would be n
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.



An article printed Yesterday from the
Boise Statesman is of timely interest
as showing the drift OF state education
matters since the elimination of the
directing head of the service The
Statesman explains that as long as DR..
Bryan was in charge the education
policy was properly balanced and the
equities of the various interests duly
safeguarded With no such direction.
distrust and jealousy among both insti-
buttons and sections come to the sur
face and work their evil way That
is penalty the state is paying, and
will pay in increasing measure, for al
lowing public education to be made
football Of the Legislature. as it was in
the last session. The Tribune makes
no special reference to DR.. f. A. Bryan,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06

only last fall there was no market
and no price for potatoes. Through
the potato raising sections of the coun-
try hundreds of acres-thousands of
acres in the aggregate-were not dug.
The potato growers did their own wor-
rying and no one became hysterical
and demanded a special session of con-
gress to grant potato growers relief.
No one thought of stabilizing potato
prices and no one told the potato grow
ers they were broke. In fact, the pcta
to situation attracted very little con-
Germ, from outsiders. at least. This fall
we have wheat-but hold ON there you
60 again"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06

Il had four sons in the late war, all Of
whom saw service in France George
f. and Charles A. were in the Coast
Artillery, going from Bend, Oregon:
Thomas J. enlisted in the Merchant
Marine and also went from Bend.
while Robert S. enlisted in the 9Oth
Aero Squadron, he being in France Is
months. Is of which he served in the
zone of advance"
All of the sons are evidently living
as Mrs. McAndrwe encloses a card
which contains four blue stars.
The War Mothers of North Idaho
will hold their district convention here
September and the claim of Mrs
McAndrew will no doubt be taken up
at that time.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06

it gives a review of conditions in for
eign countries showing that practically
all European countries have made great
progress on the road to normally.
Turning to conditions at home that
eminent Democratic periodical declares
that
"Our American revealers in
gloom find their comforts being
taken away from them one after
another. As regards the general
status of business and employment,
official reports of the Department
Of Labor and surveys by trade as
sociations indicate healthy under
tone and a splendid spirit of optim-
ism practically throughout the
entire industrial field. Even the
maligned railroads are max
ing high records for efficiency The
ton miles of freight during the
first six months of the present
year show the largest volume for
any similar period in our history
being per cent greater than the
previous top figures set in the first
half of 1920"
Based upon the numerous evidences
of prosperity which it observes the
Times declares that: There is no jus
for fears and cries of alarm
raised by so many
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06

quantitive analyses Of platinum, among
other war minerals. In an effort to
determine whether the United States
had any important resource of that
metal the Bureau has analysed a large
number of samples, these coming from
all mining states in the country. Its
findings are contained in the report.
Forty-four specific cases are listed
where the Bureau could find no plati-
mum. though custom assayers had re-
ported favorably on other samples from
the same ground. The names and ad-
dresses of these assayers are given.
with the results obtained together
with the names of those assayers whose
results agreed with those obtained by
the Bureau. 1t is difficult to see how
the aforementioned can justify them
selves.
II is pointed out in the report that
there is no reason why assayers should
not be familiad with reliable methods
for determining platinum; also that the
metal does not exist in a form that can
not be detected quantitatively by the
regular methods. The latter disposes
of the contention frequently made by
takers that the platinum is in the ore
but can be determined only by special
and, of course, secret methods"
Anyone interested in platinum and
platinum promotions will find the re-
port of value. The outstanding fact in
il, however, is that to date no domestic
Dlafinun1 resource worth mentioning
has been discovered
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
AMERICANS ARE WISE 70 EUR
OPEAN LECTURES.

1t is said that Americans travelling in
Europe are astonished at the number
of Europeans who are now engaged in
lecture tours of the United States.
Their surprise is only natural Almost
every month since the armistice has
found our lecture platforms filled with
visitors giving benevolent advice on
our duty toward the world. So regular
have been the arrivals of European
statesmen and ar-statesmen to our
ports that one would think the conduct
of foreign governments would be SER
iously dislocated by their absence. The
early disseminators OF internationalist
wisdom were a real menace to our
Americanism but their calls have be-
come so frequent and their views have
been so monotonously similar that they
are now merely tolerated. The Ameri-
can people are thoroughly alive to what
the schemers of Europe want to do
with their wealth.
Senator Smoot, recently returned
from an extended European tour, esti-
mates that American travellers will
spend about $500, 1000, 600 in Europe this
year This item is only one of the
many contributions that the United
States is making, mention of all of
which is carefully avoided by those
who make it their business to urge the
United States to aid stricken Europe"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
EAsToN HOME ON LAKE.
Manager Bunker Hill Buys Desirable
Residence Tract.
Occur dAlene Press.


Stanley A. EastOn, manager of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining &
Concentrating Co, of Kellogg, mas pur-
chased six lots in Block 90 I.akeshore
Addition to Occur d'Alene, and plans
are now being drawn for a home OF
Colonial design, to be built in the near
J future, it was announced today by f.
W. Fitze, through whose agency the
property transfer was made The total
consideration for the six lots is given
at SS,925 cash. Lots l. and were
purchased from John Taylor Lot L
from DR.. John c.. Dwyer, Lot 10 from
Marie Rischar Legacy and Lot IA from
John Tomseth. The purchase gives
Mr.. Easton a frontage of $50 feet on
the lake with a depth clear through
the block.
E. II. Van Ostrand, a prominent
lumberman of Craig Mountain, Idaho.
has purchased Lot s. Block 80, Lake
shore Addition, from Minnie H. Otter
son, and Lot z, OF the same block from
John Taylor, also thru the f. W. Fitze
Agency. for a cash consideration of
$25OO and plans to construct a modern
home on the property
Minnie II. Otterson has purchased
through the same agency, Lot H.
Block 20, LakeshOre Addition, from
w. f. Robinson, together with the
lake frontage from John Taylor on
which she plans to build permanent
home.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
HILARITY.
Commercial Values Found in Samples
From Dump.


Harry W. Ingalls,. manager of the
Hilarity Mining company, visited the
property on Pine creek last Tuesday
and stated upon his return that show
ing of ore had steadily improved since
work was resumed two months or
more ago. During that time the drift
has been advanced about so feet, the
the work being done by hand. re-
cent crosscut shows the vein to be
about IL feet wide with ore through
out the entire width with here and
there streaks of clean ore. sample
recently taken from the dump returned
an assay of per cent lead. ~ per
cent zinc and 2 ounces in silver The
Hilarity is situated within a quarter
of a mile of the wagon road and the
line of the proposed railroad and it is
regarded as one of the most proms-
ing properties on Pine creek.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
FARM PRODUCTS BUY THEATER
SEATS

The Scblosspark Theater in Steglitz.
a suburb of Berlin. is taking farm
produce in lieu of money. For the
best theater seats the price is a pound
of butter. or the equivalent in marks
at that days butter quotation. The
cheapest seats are sold for two eggs
or their value in paper marks.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06

involved, and we would have stabilize .
ton just like turning on and Off the
water supply in the bath room.
IF the price of wheat today is one
dollar a bushel, and if tomorrow "a
government edict should be promul-
gated declaring the price of wheat TO
be one dollar and seventy five cents
per bushel accompanied by a guaranty
that the government would pay the
price for wheat, every buyer (consum-
err of wheat would be penalized
seventy five cents bushel by gov
eminent which has been described as
''munifcent"
"One citizen is a seller of wheat; an
other citizen is a buyer of wheat. Our
"munihcent" government steps in and
penalties the one for the benefit of the
other.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
The Call
Kansas City star.

Kansas City Star
want to go a-gipsying on the trail
To mountain glens where crystal
water flows,
And slip away from things convention
al
The things that everybody does and
knows.
l want to build little, cracking fire
In some cool place and fry my bacon
strips,
And toast the bread and cheese. and
scramble eggs.
And drink my coffee hot in gulps and
sips
want to stretch full length in clean,
soft grass.
And look up to the trees where sha-
dows play
A game of hide and seek with sun
beams through
The leafy green, and live but for to-
day.
I want to find a frog. and with a stick
tive MIN Il Hltie push anu see nun
hop,
And listen to the sheep bells far away
And see a frightened rabbits long
ears flop
I want to sing a roundelay so like
A happy bird on some high waving
limb
That he will answer me- and we will
sing
In unison exultant evening hymn.
And 1 shall feel whatever he my sin
A fellowship divine-without within
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR PESSIM.
ISM AND GLOOM.

The New York Times, the recognized
leader of the democratic press of the
nation, comedies the wonderful ad-
vance made toward restoring normal
conditions under the republican admin
istration. In a recent editorial show
ing the numerous instances in which
the pessimists have been discredited
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
IDAHO WAR MOTHERS.
Mrs. McAndrew, of Lane, Will Claim
That DISTINCTION.
Standpoint Review.

Standpoint Review.
Mrs. T. J. McAndrew of Lane, Idaho,
writes the Pend d'Oreille Review in
which the claim is made that she is
Idaho's war mother and as such is en-
titled to have all of her expenses paid
to the convention of the National War
Mothers that will be held in Kansas
City in September
Mrs. McAndrew writes as follows:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06

4 While back we had predictions of
dollar gasoline, and the price has gone
down until owners of oil stocks are
badly scared. Why is a prophet. any
way?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-06
The Wallace Miner

Entered at the Postofnce in Wallace
Idaho. as Second Class Mail Matter
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-16

new their connection annually with
the organization.
While statistics are usually tedious
they do tend to indicate the scope OF
work being carried on. Since 1917 the
Red Cross has spent 163 million dol
lars in service to war veterans and
their families. This is a stupendous
sum and represents stupendous SER
vice. Approximately million school
children are now organized under the
banner of the Red Cross, with the
motto II Serve" The influence for
good of such a movement as the
Junior Red Cross, both at home and
abroad, can scarcely be overestimated.
In the field of health education alone
the Red Cross nationally and through
its chapters, last year spent approxi-
nately four and a half million dol
lars. More than one hundred thou
sand women and girls have received
instruction in home hygiene and care
of the sick; more than 175,000 indiv-
iduais have received certificates in
first aiG; 10000 young men and wo~
men have qualified as Red Cross life
savers; thousands of women and girls
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-16
COPPER MAN SUGGESTS TARIFF
ON COPPER WOULD BE A HELP

A tariff of five cents a pound on
copper would help solve the problem
of American metal mine operators
who are facing competition from low
cost mines in Africa and South Amer
lea that they cannot meet, George A.
Newett, widely known Michigan min
ing man and publisher said. With
production costs so low that they cas-
lily undersell American producers, for
eign mine operators are flooding the
market with copper from South Amer
lea and Africa, Newett said.
A tariff of around five cents a
pound would enable American produc-
ers to meet this competition and
would keep copper mines in this coun-
try fairly busy meeting the domestic
demand Resumption of copper pur-
ehases by Europe, Newett said, would
relieve American mine operators of
the need for a tariff.
Gordon A. Campbell, Michigan,
president of the Calumet and Arizona
Mining company, who accompanied
Newett and other eastern mining men
to Bisbee, said the condition of cop
per industry in the United States was
"deplorable," and predicted that cur
tailment of operations of copper mines
was inevitable.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-16

are receiving instruction in food selec-
tion IN our nutrition classes now be-
ing conducted by more than 2600 vol
unteer instructors; more than 100
Red Cross public health nurses are
now employed by the chapters-this
does not include hundreds of nurses
who have performed such excellent
demonstrations that they have been
taken over by the regularly constitut-
ed health authorities, with the service
now being supported by the taxes of
the people; 10000 Red Cross nurses
are now enrolled and stand ready for
immediate service in the army, navy
or for the Red Cross.
The Red Cross is not only unique
for the tremendous scope of its pro-
gram, but in the fact that it has been
the only organization in history to dis
cover the art of bringing together
people from every walk of life, repre-
senting every known existing organi-
zation, under one banner for the one
cause of universal, unselfish service.
Every Red Cross member should re-
gard that he has both the privilege
and the obligation of assisting his To-
cal chapter in perfecting the type of
organization for Roll Call and will re-
suit in giving every Individual in the
community an opportunity to take o,.t
his membership and thus register
again his vote of confidence in this
the greatest of all mothers - the
American Red Cross.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-16
PIMA COUNTY MAN CLAIMS
HE AND WOMEN EQUAL
OWNERS OF $4,000 FUND

Unsuccessful in his efforts in the
Pima county superior court to recover
one-half of an alleged trust fund
amounting to approximately $4,000,
Arthur Morgan filed an appeal in the
supreme court to the judgment of the
lower court in awarding a verdict in
favor Of the defendant in the action,
Mrs. Clara M. Stevens Smith.
Morgan in his complaint against
Mrs. Smith alleges that in July, 1914,
they agreed to carry at such time as
trust fund, to be established from
their earnings until it reached $4,000.
Under the agreement, he alleges, each
was to contribute all of their earnings
except the amount necessary for liv-
ing expenses to the fund, the fund to
be in charge of Mrs. Smith.
In May, 1920, he states in this COM
plant, they agreed to contribute more
of their earnings to the fund in order
that it would reach the $4,000 mark
sooner, and later they set the date of
the wedding for May IA, 1921.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-16

during July, August and September,
according to report of the district for
ester. All timber cutting on the nat
ional forests is supervised by the gov
ernment.
While the cut from the national
forests for the third quarter of 1923,
as shown by forest service reports, is
not as great as for the second quarter
by five million feet, the mills in the
southwest report that business is good.
There is a strong demand for lumber
and the price remains firm. The low
er total cut of national forest timber
was due in part to poor logging con-
ditions on account or summer rains
and in part to a temporary shifting
of operations by some of the big mills
from government timber to nearby
privately owned timber tracts.
About 70 per cent of the total cut
Of the last quarter, states the district
forester, took place in Arizona, where
on one forest alone, the Coconino, near
Flagstaff, almost four and one-half
million feet of yellow pine saw timber
were cut. The Tusayan forest near
Williams was second and cut three
! million feet.
In New Mexico, the Carson national
forest in the northern part of the state
furnished almost three million feet
and led all the other New Mexico for
ests by a wide margin.
Total money receipts to the govern
ment for the timber cut during the
quarter amount to thirty-three thou
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-16
BIG LEAGUE GAME TO BE
PLAYED IN KINGMAN

News that will be of interest to all
baseball fans in northern Arizona
Needles and Las Vegas, is that at
Kingman will be played game Of ball
between the the Pittsburgh Pirates
and the Chicago Cubs on April 1st of
next year.
Representatives Of the two clubs
were in Kingman last week and made
arrangements to come here if the
proper support could be assured. They
left Kingman with the date Of April
l fixed on their schedule.
Kingman is the only other town
outside of Phoenix that the two clubs
will play in the state of Arizona. They
will come in from Long Beach, Cal
ifornia by special train and there will
be about a hundred players in the
lineup besides six or eight newspaper
men representing all the big papers in
the United States.
George Granham, the only Arizona
boy playing in either Of the clubs will
be in the lineup, the newspaper talk
about his being figured in a trade
for Hornsby having been later brand
as bunk.-Kingman Miner.