Postal Telegraph Co May Open Offices Here
Wallace board of trade weighs Postal Telegraph plans to open a local office after discussions with J J Murphy and Postal rep Parkinson. A resolution urging the company to establish general local services is considered as Spokane telegrams via Spokane are discussed.
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Postal Telegraph CO
Postal Telegraph Company
Board of Trade
J. J. Murphy
Postal Company
Spokus
Pontal Telegraph
Murphy
J. W. Baker
Telephone Company
Wallace
Western Union
Bandies
L. K E. Hanley
Callahan
Copper Zinc Shingles Offer Strong Roofing Alternative
Copper zinc shingles tested at a smelter roof showed no water intrusion during a five hour fire hose test. The interlocking shingle resists buckling, fire, water, and acid erosion and remains durable with no painting needs. The coating uses copper oxides and stays colorfast in multiple greens and browns. Beyond roofing, siding production is possible, opening competition with corrugated iron.
Sheridan Returns from New York Conference
N C Sheridan mining engineer in charge of operations at the Midnight company returned Tuesday from New York where he was in conference with Midnight officials. During his eastern trip he visited Washington and other national interest sites near the capital.
Trial of Star Federal Case at Coeur d Alene
Trial proceeds in Coeur d Alene over ore valuation and contracts with American Smelting refining company. Star claims entitlement to higher returns based on favorable ore conditions while Federal contends shipments under contract set the baseline. Executives W H Brownell H A Guess Frederick Burbidge and Thomas Owens attend the proceedings.
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Coeur D'Alene
American Smelting & Refining Company
Federal Company
Federal
W. H. Brownell
Seattle
H. A. Guess
New York
It Mining Department
Frederick Burbidge
Thomas H. Owens
Cedar Creek Vein Off Shots Found in Crosscut
At Cedar Creek the crosscut near the face shows three lead-silver stringers two to four inches thick, appearing about 40 feet in. The stringers may off shoot from a vein parallel to the main vein about 200 feet distant. William Becker favors returning to the main drift where a strong lead-silver and zinc show exists and suggests further development before new exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Creek
William Becker
Iron King Leases Seek Pay Ore In Montana Property
Iron King Mining issues circular to stockholders stating directors leased the mine for five years to two known miners. Leasers to work at their expense with 10 percent royalty on net smelter returns. Property lies two miles west of Wallace near the Argentine. Development shows promise. lead leaser Reinhardt drove most earlier work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron King Mining Company
Wallace
Reinhardt
Codd v Nabob Transferred to Kootenai Court
Nabob Consolidated Mining Co. proved lack of legal notice, prompting Judge Featherstone to vacate the default judgment for J W Todd and order a venue change to Kootenai County District Court. Todd, claiming ownership of 1,449,500 Nabob shares from a prior judgment, seeks stock transfer.
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District Court of
Kootenai County
Nabob Consolidated Mining Company
Featherstone
District Court
J. W. Todd
Spokane
Todd
Nabob Company
Galena Mining Co Finds New Ore Vein At Kil Buck Claim
Galena Mining Co has four feet of ore and plans additional shipments. The firm took over the Kil Buck patented claims, expanding its hold with potential for extensive deposits. They located a strong vein carrying lead and silver after acquiring the option and tracing the vein in place despite historic ore exhaustion at the original site.
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Galena Mining CO
Galena Company
Kill Buck
Galena Mine Development Near Wallace Brings Hope
The progress of the Galena mine near Wallace, two miles west of the city on Lake Gulch, could create a large local payroll and steady business for Wallace merchants. Its success would unlock capital for deeper development and promote Placer Creek as a mineral producing area.
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Wallace
Galena
Lake Gulch
Placer Creek
Keystone Sold Near Superior Montana
The Mineral County Independent reports the Keystone near Superior has been sold to H W Higley of New York, a longtime Montana miner. Higley inspected the property and closed the deal. price is not public. Located between Glen Metals and Darby, it was owned by William Bryan. Higley plans development and expects a large ore body, with the site connected to Superior by a good wagon road.
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Mineral County Independent
Superior
Montana
Keystone
H.W. Higley
New York
Glen Metals
Darby
William Bryan
Mineral County
Higley
Roswell Speelman Now Deputy Revenue Collector
Roswell Speelman assumed duties as deputy collector of internal revenue on the first of the month. His district covers Shoshone and Benewah counties and part of Latah, with T. P. Graham assisting. Graham, formerly in the Boise district, has long revenue service experience and met this week to help Speelman learn the work.
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Roswell Speelman
Internal Revenue
Shoshone
Benewah
Latah
T. P. Graham
Kootenal
Bonner
Boundary
Speelman
Graham
Boise
Revenue Service
Pearson Returns From St Paul To Direct Mining Work
Harry Pearson, president of Pearson Mining, returned from St Paul where he had been for three months to advance company interests. He left yesterday for the St Joe property to spend the winter supervising development work.
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Harry Pearson
Pearson Mining Company
St. Paul
St. Joe
Sometimes a Girl Thinks To Be A Little Dear
A line notes a belief that some girls feel they must appear bold or bare to be seen as charming. The remark reflects social views and gendered expectations in a historical period.
Foreign bonds warn Americans on depreciated currency bets
The commerce department cautions American investors against buying foreign bonds payable in depreciated currencies with hopes of huge profits when exchange rates normalize. It notes some US sellers offer national and municipal issues in currencies like German and Austrian marks, Czechoslovak crowns, and others at prices far above actual exchange value, creating large disparities between advertised sale prices and purchase costs abroad.
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Commerce Department
Germany
Austria
Poland
Caecho- Slovakia
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Hungary
He Was the Whole Thing in Windsor Missouri
Gribble & Son, wholesalers, sues J. B. West after he refuses a bill of goods at a Missouri crossroads village. West, who runs the railroad, bank, and church, counters with a sharp reply and deflects payment while asserting his place in town.
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Windsor
Gribble & Son
J. B. West
Missouri
West
Mr. West
Average Commodity Prices and War Time Change
The Bankers commodity price index shows the October 1 price at 406.73 versus 896.83 on August 1, 1914. Wholesale raw material costs are now 13 percent above WWI start and 44 percent below the peak. It would take $1.13 today to equal a dollar’s 1914 buying power, while 56 cents buys the same two years back. Retail prices and wages lag, with a downward trend expected until balance is reached.
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Bankers
Disarmament and Steel Debate in Public Ledger
In New York on Friday night prominent figures Charles Belway of Bethlehem and Judge Mibert H Gary of United States Steel dismissed arms cut proposals as harming business and urged restraint. They argued a naval holiday could avoid ruinous competition without reducing steel output while highlighting benefits to mankind.
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Philadelphia
Sindustry of
America
Charles Belway
Bethlehem Company
Mibert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Ani
Berry
Iug and Steel Institute
New York
Gary
Schwab
Naval Shipbuilding Corporation
One Million Idle Men Return to Work Amid Optimism
The Chicago Tribune reports that in the last month about one million unemployed men found work in the United States, reducing total unemployment to around two million. Government figures prepared for a permanent unemployment committee show improvement and bolster optimistic forecasts by business and finance leaders. The trend contrasts with prior months, suggesting the recovery is based on solid data rather than mere hope.
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Salvation Army
James Falkner
Boise
Idaho
Graves
Wallace
A. L. Bramhall
H. J. Hull
Mr. Bramhall
Chicago Tribune
United States
Permanent Committee On
America
Opti
Geologist and His Work in National Resource Quest
A World Atlas of Commercial Geology from the U S Geological Survey notes the raw material supply will endure for centuries. Unlike crops, minerals such as oil coal copper and iron yield a single harvest, placing a geologist under a duty to locate deposits and map their extents as part of national asset development for current and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Atlas of Commercial Geology
U. S. Geological Survey
Free Map Offer for Wardner District Residents
A new map of the Wardner district in the Coeur d Alenes including Big Creek and Pine Creek will be mailed free of charge. To receive by mail, send an application to Matt Baumgartner at .323-324 Lindelle, Spokane, Washington.
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Wardner
Coeur d’Alenes
Big Creek
Pine Creek
Matt Baumgartner
Lindelle Elk
Spokane
Wash
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Harry McAlliste
E. F. Mackey
Spokane Exchange
Anked
Amer
Caledonia
Canada
Florence Silvs
Independence
OT Marsh Consolidated
Rex Consolidated
Standard Silver
United Silver-Copper
Ann
Utica
Alaska Petroleum
Carney Copper
Chicago
Constitution
Copper King
Cork
Douglas
Electric Point
OT Gertiett OM
Gladstone Mountal
Galena AM Happy Day
Highland Surprise
Idaho Continental
Idaho Gold & Ruby
Imperial
Intermountain
Int. Coal & Coke
Ivanhoe
Jack Waite Oe
Laclede
Loon Lake
McGillivray Creek
Iron King
Carninlus
Pearson
Ment
Disarmament and Steel
H. J. Arnett
WM. McMurray
Portland
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