Mines make home market for farm products in Idaho
Editor notes Idaho mining supports agricultural wealth by channeling outside capital into local economy. He cites past legislative hostility, argues mining dollars fuel purchases, taxes, and farm demand. The piece reprints a Nampa Leader Herald editorial urging broader producer support for mining to boost year round markets and local prosperity.
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Iegislature
Idaho
Fom
Nampa Leader- Herald
South Mahe
Mining development appeal for state profits and home markets
The text argues that mines produce minerals and fields are used for all foods. It suggests producers contribute a small percentage of profits to stimulate mining in the state to improve conditions and profits. It notes marketing associations do good work but focus on outside markets, neglecting the home market.
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Idaho
Necessary safeguard on the mountain roads
The article urges Shoshone County to consider installing protective railings on hazardous mountain road sections to prevent fatal accidents. It notes good existing roads but acknowledges occasional crashes due to brake or steering failures and axle breaks, advocating phased fencing funded by authorities.
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Shoshonee
Mounain
Harding Defense of Work Rights Across Nation
President Harding maintains government support for workers rights amid coal and railroad disputes and cites the Herrin massacre as a call to enforce law. He advocates strengthening federal jurisdiction to curb mob violence and ensure punishment for those who justify such acts.
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Harding
Herrin
Ilinois
Hiinots
Government Duty and Civic Allegiance in Crisis
Fragmentary quotation discusses loyalty to government, public welfare, and the rule of law. It asserts citizens’ obligation to support government through storms and hardships, and to use governmental power to maintain transportation and protect rights. No specific names or dates are provided.
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Republic
Ihs
Lake City Free Tourist Camp Seen as Failure
Lake City residents and the Coeur d'Alene American view the free tourist camp as a failure. The change comes as towns realize tourists expect to pay for services and that charging a small fee could cover maintenance and policing costs. A shift in outlook follows claims that daily tourist spend was overstated and the free camp idea loses money.
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Lake City
Smalier
America
The Labor Trust and the Way of Law and Order
A Boston News Bureau editorial argues that the era of powerful interests curbed by antitrust and interstate commerce laws waned under Wilson. It contends a labor oligarchy now demands control, equates collective bargaining with monopoly, urges dethroning both money and labor trusts, and endorses law and order as Massachusetts votes in 1819 prove.
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Boston News Bureau
Roosevelt
Wilson
United States
Morgan
Rockefeller
Hill
Labor Trust
Money Trust
Ocalled
Herrin
Massachusetts
Metal Situation Brightens Outlook for Zinc and Copper Miners
In the Salt Lake Mining Review, metal market news suggests a very favorable future for zinc and copper miners as the industry appears poised for strong gains. The piece outlines robust demand, rising prices, and optimistic sentiment across mining circles.
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Salt Lake Mining Review
Outlook for silver and lead remains cautiously optimistic
The article notes shrinking zinc surpluses as foreign demand falls and Western camps seek ore, while copper faces less scrap competition. Lead shares zinc’s favorable stance with prices likely to hold or improve. Domestic silver remains buoyant as Pittman Act purchases persist and future legislation may lift prices above one dollar per ounce, signaling improving metal mining prospects.
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Pittman
Leatter
Europe
Dead Horse Valuations in Public Utility View
The Boise Statesman contends that if newspapers became public utilities they could be valued at millions by engineers, and prices set high. Readers and advertisers know fair rates already for news, ads, and utilities, making costly valuation hearings unnecessary and wasteful.
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Boise Statesman
Statesman
Gompers and Slavery The Tribune Debate
The New York Tribune argues Samuel Gompers overstated slavery fears while ignoring broader moral crimes. It condemns his silence on the Herrin massacre and questions the use of power by wage workers versus the absence of action against murder and crime.
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New York Tribune
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Labor and Metal Mining Mid-year Reports
Mid-year reports by the geological survey show progress toward normal conditions in metal mining. Miners have accepted wage reductions without strikes to preserve employment, a stance linked to the metal industry’s freedom from organized labor. If the United Mine Workers had expanded influence here, mines could face ongoing hardship and high wage pressures.
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Mining Congress Journal
Geological Survey
Metal
United Mine Workers For America
Motor Tramps by Berton Braley
Poem chronicles a family’s carefree journey by highway as they abandon home to travel in a car packed for camping. The speaker revels in gypsy freedom, rough roads, and the open road with wife child dog and brother Harry sharing adventures and sun drenched days.
Education William Cardinal O'Connell in New York Herald
Education shapes 20,000,000 schoolchildren as the nation’s future citizens. The piece urges character formation as the core aim of schooling, arguing loyalty to principle underpins progress and calls on teachers to foster virtue, responsibility, and discipline for a generation of honest, God-fearing individuals.
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William Cardinal O'Connell
New York Herald
Wage reductions linked to postwar prosperity
The article argues wage reductions reduce production costs and prices, boosting consumer demand. Higher demand allows transportation to cut rates, inviting broader prosperity across the industry despite lingering postwar industrial settlement challenges.
Columbus mine shows potential in ore vein expansion
A detailed report describes a promising discovery at the Columbus mine with a new vein extension and high value ore. The Eagle tunnel has reached 1100 feet, yielding lead silver ore with gold, and a full development complex is in place including a five drill Worthington compressor, boiler, blacksmith shop, dry room, and a bunk house for 15 to 20 men. East of Columbus, the Jack Waite mine shares the same vein system, with substantial ore shipments and plans to resume operations. EK P Gallagher of Philadelphia controls the project and expects to move west soon.
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Eneath
Columbus
Jack Waite
The
Columb
EK. P. Gallagher
Philadelphia
Spokane Eye Clinic to Visit Wallace on September 3
Miss B S Holles announces Spokane specialist Dr Anthony will run a Red Cross eye clinic in Wallace on Sunday September 3 with possible stay through Labor Day. Examinations for Red Cross cases prioritized. those able to travel to Spokane urged to do so. Clinic at 8:30 am at Wallace public school. no Kellogg session. Restroom for out of town visitors.
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Spokane
Wallace
B.S. Holles
Anthony
Red Cross
Kellogg
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