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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
2
The Wallace Miner is published every Thursday by Wallace Printing Company located at Elks Temple Building, 306 Bank Street, Wallace Idaho. Editor details are listed but not specified in this extract.
The article analyzes Article 2 of the Four Power Treaty linking Britain, France, Japan, and the United States. It questions reliance on force if rights are threatened and warns that the pact could compel U S participation beyond mere verbal statements. It uses a mining claim analogy to illustrate how allied nations might jointly address disputes.
A historical editorial contrasts frontier mining clashes with national policy, then reviews Debs’ wartime sedition conviction and Harding era commutation. It questions justice, cites Supreme Court affirmation, and notes public reaction among conservatives and critics of the pardon.
Democratic meetings in Boise Nampa and other south Idaho locales brought together leaders from various party factions. Ex Governors Hawley and Alexander, Frank Martin, T. W. Walters, J. T. Pence attended, denouncing Republican governance while stoking enthusiasm for Moses Alexander as a potential Idaho Democratic leader next year. The piece notes north Idaho figures were largely absent and cautions against factional bitterness resurfacing as Democrats seek unity.
The article recalls Eugene V. Debs as a longstanding radical menace to the U S government since the Gilded Age. It notes President Cleveland once called out federal troops to quell rail strike disruptions and frames Debs as a radical agitator defending labor leaders accused of crimes. It further claims his anarchistic career peaked after the nation entered world war against Germany.
In Gooding Idaho the city school superintendent asks the school board to reduce his annual salary from 8000 to 2500, promising to serve without pay for June and July and offering to give more time if needed. He cites loss of dollar purchasing power and urges shared sacrifice to cut taxes without harming schools.
Obituary notes the death of Henry Watterson, famed editor of the Louisville Courier Journal. A towering figure in post Civil War journalism and Democratic politics, Watterson shaped national platforms and editorial voice, often clashing with party leadership while maintaining independence.
Colonel Watterson, Tennessee born, backed the Union after the conflict began, but joined the Confederate Army when secession occurred. After the war he sought national healing, honoring Lincoln as the nation’s greatest hero and the best friend of the South.
An editorial warns that the U S trade balance swung from a $45 million surplus in January to a larger $84 million surplus by November as exports fell and imports rose. It cautions ongoing declines in exports threaten production and employment, and notes tariffs as the only known method to curb imports. The piece stresses careful monitoring of trade trends and potential policy implications.
Frank B. Johnesse of Boise appears to lead the Uberal movement in Idaho. He is described as the chief promoter behind Monetary Metals 1, the company backing the effort, suggesting the literature style used by that firm helped recruit him, amid the absence of a political blue sky law.
Senator Borah says Lenine is one of the few great intellects uncovered by the World War. He adds the world was lucky that there were only a few such leaders, if Lenine is a fair type of the others.
The Syracuse Post Standard reports Secretary Fall’s 400,000,000 acres of untapped public lands could yield about 12.39 billion in royalties and as much as 150 billion in untapped wealth. Development would create coal oil phosphates potash water power grazing lands and forests while cutting general taxes and providing employment. The Interior Department is ready to participate with minimal development costs yielding large national benefits.
Frank A Vanderlip, after visiting Europe, faults the Versailles treaty as the worst work of man. He says treaties of vengeance and self interest broke up central Europe into petty warring states, a crime against civilization exposed by costly repercussions and masked by idealistic phrases.
Fred W Bradley born in Nevada County California rose from surveyor’s assistant to president of Bunker Hill Sullivan Mining and Concentrating company. He led diverse ventures including Tacoma Smelting Alaska Junea Oneida Maripos Mining and Treadwell groups while funding UC Berkeley mining students with a 10000 endowment and loans.
An autumn visit to Silver Peak Nevada reveals a relic mining town with empty shacks and a dim hotel. Five to six desolate residents recount a three hundred dollar poker-ruined social life, ending when a miner vanished with the prize, leaving the remaining men to brood on loss and exile.
The piece argues for systematic exploration of Midwest archeological finds in Illinois and surrounding states. It notes rich grave goods and mounds along the Mississippi valley, with shells, copper, shark teeth, and obsidian from distant sources, urging state action and university-led research to uncover the ancient civilization’s history.
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