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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18

will doubtless eventually pass. when
once more il will be up to President
Harding. II is said by those close to
the president that he has not changed
his position on the question and that
If the bill is passed with provision
made for raising the revenue to pay
the bonus, or adjusted compensa-
ton" he will sign it; otherwise he
win again veto it,
Deep down in his heart we believe
President Harding is opposed to the
bonus simply because the soldiers of
the world war are not entitled to it
any more than the soldiers of any
other war; none of whom received a
bonus such as is proposed, and, to
their everlasting credit, never asked
for it. The other day when the Bur
sum pension bill came up to him for
approval, which involved adding
few million dollars to the pension roll.
President Harding did not use a sub
terfuge to justify his veto He clear
ly and almost ruthlessly pointed out
its Objectionable features and return
ed the measure with his sweeping
disapproval. He should deal with the
bill providing for paying a bonus to
world war veterans the same way.
The few millions involved in the pen
sion bill represent a paltry sum COM
pared with the billions the people of
this country will have to pay through
taxation in one form or another if the
bonus bill becomes a law. But great
as it is, 1t is not the money involved
that accounts for opposition to the
bonus; it is the principle. Men who
serve their country in war and return
to civil life unscathed have no claim
upon their country except the undying
gratitude of their countrymen, which
they never fail to receive, and which
to the real soldier and patriot is the
greatest and most highly priced re-
ward. The clamor for bonus dulls
the luster of a glorious service, and
It's payment would degrade it to
level.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
Seeks Eabled CITY.

Popular recollections of the earliest
known use of the line of the Santa Fe
trail centers around Coronado, who,
with his party of Spanish explorers
came from Mexico to the Missouri
valley in the sixteenth century in
search of Quivera, the tabled city of
gold.
There were many Spanish expedi-
tions sent to find what there was in
the interior of what then was termed
Florida, which comprised the central
part of the continent as well as the
territory around the gulf. There was
de Allyon, de Narvaez, de Soto and
his successor, de Moscoso. In 1912
remnants of de Moscoso's army, de
Soto having died. were camped on the
Arkansas river in what now is Kan
sas. The expeditions chronicler
wrote that it was a trail of fire and
bloodd" and the savages were of a
gigantic structure and fought with
heavy strong clubs and with the des-
peration of demons One Indian, he
commented, was more than a match
for a Spaniard encased in armor and
astride fairly well protected horse.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18

! period fixed by the New York law for
the study and observation of "sus-
poets" in psychopathic wards, and
this limit is characterized as in
human" Mr.. Coler believes that with
proper facilities New York city might
save 1000 feeble-minded children from
institutions for their confinement and
as many more nervous persons from
asylums for the insane in three OF
four years.
The care of persons mentally unbal-
anced or deficient has been carried to
"a high pitch of perfection in the Unit
ed States and Mr.. Coler's estimate
that from 20 to 80 per cent of the per-
sons committed to such institutions
should not be committed is astonish-
ing. That such persons may be soon
dismissed as "cured" is not a sufficient
offset to a certain stigma that attaches
TO the formal committal
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
big BILL" is THROUGH.
lPhIIadeIphIa PubIIe Ledgerl

philadelphia Public Ledger
Aging, gray, lonely and disillusion-
ed. Big Bill" Haywood, king of Am
erican agitators and hulking terror OF
many a strike, sits in a little room in
Moscow drinking tea. He broods over
the fading vision of his Siberian Ito
pia,
He is learning the bitter lesson
Learned by Emma Goldman. Alex
Berkman and a good many others who
went to red Russia to battle them
selves in the light of the Red dawn.
Haywood's Russian Comrades" are
through with him. They used him in
their business and have tossed him
aside. He has been thrown out of his
autonomous industrial colony at Kus-
bas. 1t was this colony that was to
show capitalist world just how well
and capably the workers of the world
would carry on a great industrial en-
terprise when freed from capitalisms
blighting presence.
Things went wrong at Kusbas The
colonists were reported dying from
were starving. History was repeat
ing itself, the history of Jamestown's
commune" of the Owenites, of Brook
Farm and the Icarians in America and
the New Australia" in South Amer
lea and a thousand other of these
commune dreams of the old world,
was being lived grimly over again at
Kusbas.
Haywood had bullied his way to
the top of American radicalism and
he sought to bully the reds 1t was
no use. They-even they-taunted
him as a fugitive, a bail jumper and
a deserter of his American comrades.
AS an agitator he was always superb
but as an executive he was hopeless.
big Bill" approaching the gray
seventies is truly "A Man Without a
Country" If he comes back to Amer
lea, Leavenworth prison will swallow
him up for twenty years. Even could
hope to regain his old power. He de-
serted his comrades, betrayed his
bondsmen and wrote himself down as
a gutter
Haywood has come to the gray
ashes of a red and violent lifetime. In
the future there is nothing for him.
Inevitably he will grow to hate Rus
STA, the look of the land and of its
faces and the very sound of its |
speech The land of his asylum will !
become no more than a vast prison /
for him and will become hateful to
him. That great, aging bulk will COW
err a homesick heart, sick for the sight
and sound and feel of the America he
was ready to destroy.
big Bill" Haywood Lord of the
l. w. w. The arch-agitator of his day
and generation. He sits in a drab and
lonely little Moscow room drinking
tea There is pathos mingled with
This picture of poetic justice AS he
sowed so does big Bill" reap.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
SNOW CLEANS THE AIR.
New York Herald)

New York Herald)
In New York city a snowfall ever
of few inches means slippery and
sloppy streets, treacherous sidewalks
congested crossings, overcrowded and
late suburban trains and delayed SER
vice of every sort A heavy snow
storm means the extreme of discom-
fort in such things.
In spite of all this, the first bit of
sunshine following such storm as
Mr.. Scarr turned loose upon MS a few
days ago finds every one in good hui
NOR, Notwithstanding the accumula-
ton of discomforts.
Possibly a reason therefor may be
found. From a laboratory where our
dissected and otherwise tested comes
the information that nothing else
known to weather sharps so complete
| ly cleanses the air as does a fall of
snow. 1t combs out the dust, traps
the bacteria, eats up the sulphur pro-
STRAY bits of smoke carbon floating.
laround.
Moreover, it appears that the cleo
trical condition of the air just after
|snowstorm is at the peak of the vital
izing energy which life demands And
all these advantages that come to us
in chunks should tend to Offset the
discomforts of a snowstorm in the
city imposes upon humanity.
Snow covered ground is a blessing
so far as health is concerned. Almost
always a measurable lowering of the
death rate follows a heavy snow. CO.
NEEDING with its stay upon the
ground The air, having been cleans
ed, remains clean and free from wind
blown dust, one of the unwholesome
factors of city life.
A few years ago the snow belt of |
New York. which extends nearly |
across the state south of the lakes,
was snow covered throughout the |
winter. At that time the winter death
ate in the registration cities of the 1
lrea, ordinarily higher than the sum-
ner rate. fell almost to the summer
formal. Possibly this was an excep-
ional case; nevertheless it has stir
ed medical science to an unusual ac-
ivity in studying the conditions of /,
he air to which life and health re-
pond. So far one important fact I,
lands as established: a snowstorm h
ives to humanity the cleanest air n
hat comes to us. And when the cold
rave follows, breaking up the area of
wv pressure with a stiff northwest h
ind, humanity also gets the most 4
racing air that mortals breathe. q
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
BETTER MINING CONDITIONS.
Gndustrial News Bureanl


( Copper lead, silver, zinc and last
but most important of all. gold min
ing, have a good year ahead of them.
The market for all these metals is
growing better and better every day
and also in every way, per DR.. Coue.
pronounced Coo-av)
Western states can hope for larger
investments and employment of more
labor in mining than ever before in
their history. Legislature should be
slow to impose new taxes, new regu-
lations or heavier license fees of any
kind on mining operations.
Industries that employ large in
vestments of capital and maintain big
payrolls must sell their products in
the open market of the world
Political handicaps only restrict OPP
erations and prevent the largest pos
sible amount of money being placed
in circulation through labor and de-
work by means of improv-
ed machinery increasing output.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
SANE OR INSANE.
anaconda standard)

That from 20 to 80 per cent of the
persons committed to hospitals for the
insane are not insane is the statement
Iof Mr.. Coler, New York city's COM
missioner of public works, who, with
the physicians in charge of the psy-
chopathic ward of Bellevue hospital
is preparing for submission to the
New York legislature an amendment
to the law on the subject, which shall
give a person threatened or charged
with insanity as much chance for his
life and liberty as the ordinary thief
or murderer" Ten days is now the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
He is Not Great

elizabeth scollard in N. Y Herald)
He is not great who scorns life's little
things
The humble tasks which make the
common day
Brighter, small courtesies along the
way
A kindly smile. a CHEEKY word that
springs
Up from the heart and with its COM
ing brings
Something of happiness, as might a
ray
OF sunlight shining on storm toss
ed bay.
Or the faint echo of a voice that
sings.
He is not great who scorns the little
things,
However large the tasks which he
may do.
If to simplicity he be untrue,
Though he should win the flaunt-
ing flag of flame.
And though he should ascend to sit
with kings
He has won nothing save an empty
name.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
BONUS BILL is COM
ING UP.

1t is expected that another bill to
adjust the pay" of men in military
service during the world war viii
soon make its appearance in congress,
and as the voting power and influ-
ence of the American Legion still
stands out in exaggerated proportions
in the eyes of a large number of con-
gressmen and senators. the measure
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
A SOUVENIR.
(Anonymous)


found them in a book last night,
These withered violets,
A token of that early love
That no man e'er forgets.
Pressed carefully between the leaves,
They keep their color STILL
I can not look at them today
Without an old time thrill.
All me. what tricks does memory
play
The passing years have fled
And hopes that lived in vigor once,
Alasl have long been dead
And this is all that can say,
When all is said and done,
Those flowers remind me of some
girl
/ wish I knew which one.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
MooRE'S MESSAGE RECEIVES
POPULAR APPROVAL.

Economy is the outstanding feature
OF Governor Moore's message to the
legislature. and he presents his case
in manner that can not fail to i'm
press the Legislature that he faithful
ly reflects the attitude of the people
of the state. SO far as observed the
press of the state is a unit in COM
mending the governor, and since his
discussion of matters to come before
the Legislature and his recommended
tons conform throughout to the de-
claratiOns contained in the republic
can platform, it may be assumed that
the majority will generally be united
in carrying them into effect. While
the governor dwells with much en-
phasis upon the necessity for econ
omy he makes it plain that this does
not imply a parsimonious policy that
would hamper the essential business
of the state and stop the growth of
our educational and other institu-
tons. In this connection the govern
or says:
THE keynote of all party plat
forms was economy. The watch
word of this administration is
economy The constant aim of
the Legislature should be econo-
my. Efficiency in the conduct of
the state business, however must
not be sacrificed. Nor must the
efficiency of our educational or
other institutions be impaired and
our natural resources, particularly
our water resources must be am
ply protected against exploitation
and depletion. We realize that
this is not a time for false optim-
ism. Neither must we permit our
hope to be overshadowed by the
stern realities of our present
problems Idahos wonderful re-
sources are still intact, our people
are still the same solid citizenry
who have developed this state to
its present high position. With
hope, optimism tempered with
Judgment, and the experience of
the past as our guide, we must
confidently face the future"
Governor Moore has established
recedent in the length of his mes
age which might well be followed by
uture executives. In eighteen hum
red words he touched upon all of the
lore important questions and brought
hem to the attention of the legisla-
lre more effectively than he would
he had given each subject exhaus-
we discussion. In fact. his message
as a striking example of the advan-
lge of economy in words which might
e proftably followed by some mem
ers on the floor of the legislature
owever, we believe the legislature
) whole is in sympathy with the
lrpose Of Governor Moore to reduce
as far as practicable
'nsistent with efficiency and in
,eping with the requirements of the
aggressive people of this growing
ate.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
WILL HAYS AND THE ARsUcKLE
CASE.

1t now appears that the employment
of VIII II. Hays by the moving pic
ture magnets was not for the purpose
of raising the moral standard of the
movies, but rather to use Hays as a
camouflage to make the people think
the standard had been raised. 1t was
working fine until Fatty Arbuckle and
his avaricious managers spilled the
beans. Hardly had Arbuckle disap-
peared from the front page of the
daily press as the central figure in an
affair that revealed bin in all his dis
gushing depravity, when he again ap-
pears as a reformed man, his lesson
learned and safely travelling in the
straight and narrow way Immediate
ly steps were taken to recapitalize
this great movie asset. and Mr.. Hays,
the moral dictator of the movies. rul-
ed that Arbuckle should have another
chance. AS result the country has
a new view of Mr.. Hays and his con-
nection with the movies. which is well
described in the following from the
viilager:
'The moving picture owners,
who are born money makers, tried
to cash in too soon on their in
-
If the producers could only
have controlled their impatience
over the actor Arbuckle, they
might have got some profit out of
the employment OF Mr.. Hays in
their industry. But then if they
were the sort of men who could
control this sort of impotence
they would not be good mer-
chants, so there you arel AS it
stands, everything is spoiled. For
the public was fairly caught in
the beginning by the protestations
which were so strenuously adver-
tised when Mr.. Hays was drafted
out of Mr.. Hardings cabinet at
twelve thousand and into the
service of the public at a hundred
and fifty thousand. The power
full moving picture industry was
to be morally cleaned out and ed
ucationally lifeted up; the public
applauded. But the Arbuckle af-
fair has upset the whole apple ,
cart. The public now sees that
Mr.. Hays was engaged. not to
change the morals of the moving
picture business, but only to man
ipulate public opinion concerning
the morals of the moving picture
business. The movie kings did not
want Mr.. Hays for that he could
advise them and guide them in
their prodigious responsibilities
they wanted him because his po-
sition and reputation could
Purchase us a good opinion.
And buy mems voices to COM
mend our deeds:
It shall be said his Judgment :,
ruled our hands
"Mr. Hays engagement was not ., =
for the sake Of the public That's
what the public sees now"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18

There is an animal cemetery in
Montevideo. Uruguay where elabor-
ate ornaments are dedicated to mon
keys. dogs, cats, parrots and other
pets.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18

Many big London hotels are being
bought by business men and converted
into offices.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18

In Hungary convicted profteers are
compelled TO walk the. streets carry
ing banners bearing the words Il am
n profteer"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18

Nfistletoe grows on the apple tree.
the oak. the crab apple. the lime and
the pear tree.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
The Wallace Miner

Entered at the Postofice in Wallace.
Idaho as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-11
ENSLEY REAL TORS
To ELECT OFF |CERS
Weekly Musical Concerts Are
Planned During Winter
Months
ENSLEY BUREAU
THE AGE-HERALD !
EnsIey Ala Dee IN

The annual meeting of the Ensley
Realty board will be held Wednes-
day in the old pastorium of the Bap-
fist church. beginning at 1870
o'clock, when retiring officers will
render report of the work done the
past year and the new officers
elected and installed.
The nominating committee, 1t is
stated, has selected some of the
strongest real estate men in Ensley
to have charge of the affairs of the
board during the year and these will
be passed upon by the entire mem
bership at the Wednesday meeting.
No one in Ensley seemed to be In
formed Monday as to who the COM
mittee had selected to recommend to
the membership and speculation was
keen as to the new president and
vice president of the association.
None of the members were willing to
hazard a guess, so it is stated the
voting will be on a list of candl
dates unknown at this time.
The report of President Walker
for the year just closing is expected
to disclose that the board has ac-
complished some worth while things
and have brought about lasting i'm
provements. The board Is given
credit for bringing about the final
work on the Eighth avenue road
after working ceaselessly for an inn
provement, which Is just now being
done after many delays.
other measures typifying service
to this community has been pro-
NOTED by that body for the past IL
months
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-11
OBSERVE ALABAMA DAY

Birmingham's schools are going to
celebrate December IA as Alabama
Day. Alabama was admitted to the
union exactly 104 years ago on that
date. Dr. C. B. Glenn Is going to
place emphasis in the school exer-
cses on the progress the state is now
making and has made in the past few
years. He obtained the information
from DR.. John Tigert, United States
commissioner of education.
During the decade from 1910 to 1920
Alabama has made great strides for
ward as it stood second in the per-
centage of reduction of illiterates be-
tween the age of 10 and Is years.
OF the per centage of the gain of
children between the ages of and
20 attending, she ranks fourth.
She ranked eighth in the gain of
percentage of total population at
tending some school and ninth in
the gain in percentage of population
between 8 and is enrolled in school,.
Though Alabama is still far down
in the list, sufficient emphasis has
been placed in the past on Alabama's
illiteracy, thinks DR.. Glenn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-11

Glover has been under surveillance


pened soon after his release from Gus
tody.
Glover has been under surveillance
since his return to the city, and for
the past month a close check has
been kept on his movements. Evil
denee secured against him during the
past three days convince officials
they have at last scored in the hunt
for the Birmingham terror.
Deputy Sheriffs Badger, Ball,
Brooks and Eubanks searched Glow
er's room early in the evening Mon
day during his absence, finding both
the pistol and Ratchet and a gallon
tin partially filled with corn whisky.
With this to go on they arrested him
on a vagrancy charge and also vio-
lation of the liquor law. Discovery of
apparently fresh blood stains on both
the pistol and Ratchet led the officers
to carry him before Mrs. Sparks as
suspect in the Sunday night assault
case. Her positive Identification of
him as the man who attacked her
and the presence of the blood stained
weapons in the negro's effects con-
vince the officers they have secured
the right man. Bond in two minor
cases was set at $500 each, while he is
being held incummunicado for the
present on the assault charge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-11
We BUREA:. HEAD
REPORTS FOR YEAR
Director Hines Admits Many
Criticisms Have Been
Justified

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1o.-(By As
ISOLATED Press.)-The government
spent s447,64S,6S9 for the relief of
former service men and s29,O29,253
for other purposes during the fiscal
year ended June. so, according to the
annual report of Director Hines Oh
the veterans bureau, made pubic TO-
lay.
Due to the change in bureau ad-
ninistration when General Hines as
sumed office in March, the report re-
viewed in general the new policies
adopted and results obtained after
June 80.
The administration of the veterans
bureau, Mr.. Hines said, has been
"severly criticised and in all fair
ness it must be said that many of the
criticisms were very largely justi-
fled" He added, however, that
Through the constructive criticism
of many individuals interested in the
development of the bureau, great
progress has been made"
THE bureau" the director said,
"has never fully recovered from con-
ditions that existed during the war
period and Immediately following the
armistice, when all of the relief work
was greatly expanded Pubic
opinion should not be too hard on
the bureau because of conditions That
could not be avoided"
TO correct organization defects,
however, which were responsible for
many of the ills" of the bureau
Mr.. Hines said there has been in
adequate planning" and this of the
"opportunist variety"
Asserting that political and local
pressure in the matter of located
hospitals and other bureau institu-
tions had been serious handicap,
General Hines declared that unless
bureau officials ARE freed from ex-
cessive interference and are thus
given courage to take action they
know to be necessary for the relief
of veterans for the proper conduct
of the bureaus business, 1t will be
difficult to successfully avoid the pit
falls that have handicapped previous
administrations"
The chief aim toward lettering con-
ditions now, Mr.. Hines said, must be
a SCHEME of organization under
which planning and control would
be made more comprehensive and eff
fectiVe."