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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
2
Wallace Miner published weekly in Wallace Idaho by Wallace Printing Company Elks Temple Building 506 Bank Street Editor A J Dunn. Subscription price per year two dollars sixty cents domestic and foreign to Canada and all Postal Union countries three dollars.
On April 12 1923 Wallace residents face a bond vote to fund a modern fire station. The piece argues current quarters hamper modern gear and staff, cites rent and insurance savings from a new building, and frames the bond as a sound business choice that minimizes tax impact while improving protection and city records.
Samuel Gompers, longtime AFL president, warns President Harding that endorsing the open shop platform for a second term could ruin his candidacy. The open shop sentiment has grown so strong it may influence Republican convention deliberations, according to Gompers and his characteristic outburst.
The passage outlines the Republican position on labor relations, endorsing the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining while protecting individual bargaining. It cites President Harding’s acceptance speech pledging support for collective bargaining as long as it does not undermine individual rights to employment or lead to group actions harming individuals, emphasizing the government’s obligation to all citizens.
The New York police chief calls on the public to stop maudlin crying for criminals and focus sympathy on victims. He warns that sentimentalism aids miscarriages of justice as crimes of violence are pursued. The message stresses impartial justice over broadcast emotion and legal technicalities.
The Miner reports a unique souvenir from Senator Borah’s Akron visit a 10 inch inflated rubber elephant toy. It carries “Welcome Senator Borah” on one side and “Akron, Ohio G. O. March 21, 1923” with the rubber company name on the other. Republicans in Akron praise Borah as a stalwart GOP representative.
This note discusses the 1908 Professional Paper No 62 by Ransome and Calkins on the Geology and Ore Deposits of the Coeur Alene District Idaho. It notes field work from 1903 1904 and a 1905 preliminary report with final publication delayed four years.
The state bureau of mines and geology in Boise passed a resolution urging the U S Geological Survey to re survey the Coeur d'Alene district to update professional paper No 62. They hope Ransome and Calkins may be assigned, believing their past work will yield a far more valuable textbook and exploration guide.
A Wallace Idaho Republican convention praised Mayor Toole, city council, and treasurer for sound policies and the city’s strong finances. About 200 Republicans attended a representative meeting endorsing the administration and predicting continued civic progress. L. L. Leighty stood as a nominated clerk with likely opposition only for that office.
Army orders announce the retirement of Technical Sergeant Levi E B Folk "without medals." Folk helped prove Dr. Walter Reed's yellow fever theory in Cuba 1890, risking his life amid fevered nights and mosquito bites. He earned no Congressional Medal of Honor, yet his sacrifice is honored by Reed's memory.
Walter Reed was brought to prominence in Washington after years in Minnesota and became curator of the army medical museum. Levi Folk, once a buck private alongside Reed, rose to technical sergeant. A hospital bears Reed’s name, while Folk may receive a dispensary named for him after death.
An LA Times essay asserts peaceful progress yields happiness, noting four main events: the US Germany peace treaty, Washington treaties and arms limitation conference, the Central American conference in Washington, and US prosperity contrasted with European chaos. It argues such milestones reflect high credit on US government and people.
John J. Stanford arrives with H. E B Ball and W. W. Johnston to push development of Giant Ledge. Ball leads Chicago investors forming the Giant Ledge Syndicate. Stanford and Johnston stay to finalize plans for a productive expansion and a new syndicate structure.
J T Omo of Spokane collected mining industry data in Wallace and Coeur d Alene district for a northwest mining reference book. The work aims to cover productive and non productive properties, output, profits, and investment opportunities and will be distributed free at the Northwest Mining convention in Spokane May 22 25 for maximum publicity.
Newton, manager of the Cal Lah an Zinc Lead Company and president of the Idaho Mining Association, returned from Boise where he attended a meeting of the executive board of the state bureau of mines and geology. The board outlined two years of work and will detail it in another column.
The verse laments Abraham Lincoln’s death after his assassination on April 14, 1865. It honors him as merciful and just, notes the nation’s fear and sorrow, and says his death helped free the slaves and honor the cause of right among those who perished.
Great captains with guns and drums disturb our judgment for a time. At last silence comes. These all are gone, and 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.
Congressman Arentz of Nevada has studied western sentiment on his apex law revision bill called the Arentz bill. Public opinion shows mixed views on repealing the apex, with personal interests at play and stand patters favoring current law. Proposals to curb annual relocations and allow locating nonoutcropping ore seek modernization, but broad opposition and fear of capitalist bias persist.
Law makes the governor chairman of the board and Mr Newton expressed gratitude for Governor Moore's keen interest in the work of the bureau of mines and geology. The board met a day and a half with the governor in attendance. Ada county American Mining Congress held a special meeting at the chamber of commerce to honor the bureau board. Newton spoke of Boise Basin as a promising mineral district and its importance to the state. The report notes the Bible word Jehovah occurs 6862 times and Japan endured up to 75 earthquakes in a year.
F C Rood of Walla Walla president and manager writes to Clear Grit Mining stockholders announcing immediate development restart half way between Delta and the North Fork. He notes 100 feet of mineralized foot wall work and a likely 45 foot vein width, plans a crosscut to the hanging wall, and that miners were paid in stock last period. He cites funding problems now easing and pledges stockholders will be kept informed.
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