Silver Producers Protest Treasury Ruling
Silver producers charge the Treasury withheld notice that 10 million ounces used in subsidiary coinage would be deducted from the Pittman Act purchase total, costing producers over 3 million dollars and denying them expected benefits two months early. The dispute centers on the handling of 208 million ounces and the timing of official announcements.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Dusix
Khown
Mint
Treasury Department
Idaho Direct Primary Aims To Seize State Convention Control
Reports from southern Idaho indicate direct primary advocates plan to capture the next Republican state convention and bind the party to a state-wide primary. They seek to influence county primaries first, where delegates are chosen, then the state convention. Voters fear higher costs, population centers monopolizing candidates, and the risk of cross party voting in primaries, with concerns that voters cannot judge candidate qualifications, a flaw Idahoans cited in the direct primary experiment.
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Idaho
Astell
Direct primaries debate quoted by Idaho sources
The passage discusses a push to abandon party nominating conventions in favor of direct primaries, arguing that the machine methods are not improved by the change. It cites John H. Clarke's remarks on the impracticality of voters selecting dozens of candidates from large slates for numerous offices, labeling the effort to vote a democratic or republican ticket as an impossible task.
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Vinely
Idaho
John H. Clarke
Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Journal of the American Bar Associations
Hoover Defends Sugar Speculators Amid Price Rise
Secretary Hoover rebutts charges against sugar speculators insisting the rise began with a Commerce Department hint of a possible shortage not a real claim. He argues speculators profit from false press reports while farmers suffer market manipulation, noting expressed surplus figures and denying tariff involvement.
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Department of Comr
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Help Protect the Forests From Fire Warning
A cautious plea urges residents to guard against forest fires after recalling the 1910 blaze that left a ghost forest along the St Joe divide near the city. Report notes vast timber loss from careless campers, smokers, or malicious acts and calls for vigilant prevention measures.
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St. Joe Divide
St. Joe Aide
Prevent Forest Fires It Pays campaign urged nationwide
A forestry official warns that forest fires caused by carelessness cost Idaho and Montana millions yearly. Fire crews and lookouts save timber worth the state’s wealth, while forest fire prevention week promotes education through literature distributed by the forest service, timber owners, and state. The slogan Prevent Forest Fires It Pays calls for year round vigilance and action.
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Estief Forestry
Idaho-Montana
Forestry Service
Idaho
Forest Service
Commissioners consider paving main county highway for sustainable funds
The county commissioners call for paving the main highway, arguing current road costs consume bond interest and a sinking fund, leaving half the road fund for all other roads. They contend paving could cover from the Montana line to the Kootenai county line with no tax increase, leveraging federal funds to cover over half the expense.
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Yellowstone Trail
Montana Line
Mullan
Kootenal
Opponents of the League Proved Right on Votes and Influence
The piece argues that critics of the League of Nations were correct about British influence inside the League. It cites Lord Robert Cecil as a British spokesman and notes his election as South Africa’s delegate, implying aligned votes with Britain. It also compares the weight of one million dollars in gold and silver coin, illustrating vast coin mass differences.
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League of Nations
League
Great Britain
United States
Robert Cecil
South Africa
Idaho education post change sparks public doubt
The Lewiston Tribune discusses the Idaho legislature’s transfer of state director of education from Dr. E A Bryan to an elected official Miss Russum. It notes lack of public rationale, warns of politicizing the office, and cites Boise Statesman claims of aiming to control public schools for political gain.
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Lewiston Tribune
Idaho
E A. Bryan
Miss Russum
Boise Statesman
Bloc system in legislatures destroys public interest
The Mining Congress Journal argues that legislative blocs privilege special interests over the public, hindering passage of vital laws. It contends blocs obstruct majorities, weaken national solidarity, risk financial policy, and urges disbanding blocs to restore representative government at state and federal levels.
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Mining Congress Journal
Congress
Mistake of the Poor in Bond Redemptions
Chicago Tribune notes $90,000,000 in United States victory 4 percent bonds called for redemption December 15 last year remains outstanding. The piece points to a possible sign of broad prosperity while highlighting what it calls ignorance or carelessness among bond holders amid worker and idle poor complaints of hardship.
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Chicago Tribune
United States Victory
The Same Old Thing Life of a nurse at Northwestern General
A poem describing the daily life of a trained nurse at Northwestern General Hospital in Philadelphia. It depicts routine duties temperatures pills newborn care and end-of-shift fatigue. The speaker laments patients doctors and the demanding schedule while seeking recognition in a final reward.
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Northwestern General Hospital
Philadelphia
Too Much Money Exalts Risk in Oil and Mines
A reflective piece on sudden wealth from oil and mining booms, arguing that fortunes tempt risk and alter lives while society tolerates inequality. It asserts that failures fuel success, praises the drive to discover riches, and calls for fair sharing of profits to sustain economic effort.
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British Columbia
Rich and poor in bond redemption cited as injustice
The speaker argues that the comparatively poor hold bonds past maturity, totaling about 1 million dollars, either unaware of redemption or too careless to cash them. Rich individuals, who cash bonds when called, keep their funds invested. This disparity highlights intelligence and wealth injustice.
A Foot-Deep Layer Could Hold All Life on Earth
A historic scientific note posits that if every organism were collected into a single mass it would cover the planet to a depth of about one foot, highlighting the vast biomass concentrated in a thin layer.
Zinc plates urged for state licenses by Joplin group
The Joplin chamber of commerce has urged Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma to adopt zinc auto license plates. The local revenue office issued zinc licenses this year inspiring the idea. Letters outlining zinc plate superiority were sent to Governors Hyde Walden and Davis.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Joplin Chamber of Commerce
Joplin Revenue Office
Xinc
Chamber of Commerce
Joplin
Hyde
Wal[men
Davis
Kanans
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Wallace Printing Company
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Wallace, Idaho
Treasury
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Saturday Evening Post
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