Mining Law Revision Hearings To Begin Soon
The mining law revision bill faces hearings with Representative Arenty’s measure as the basis. Chairman Rhodes insists the Arenty bill be used, arguing it avoids confusion and reflects industry input after statewide testimony. He notes possible separate action on extralateral rights and vertical side fines, aiming for prompt progress on a revision program.
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Arenta
Bureau of Mines
Rhodes
Acuinet Dome
Arenty
Nevada
Committee On Mines and Mininal
Houndeationy
Leing Re Ture
Hitle
Seanly
Montana Editors View Reopening of Mines and Smelters
Miles City Star urges renewed business activity will foster confidence and statewide benefit. Chinook Opinion welcomes industrial improvement across the commonwealth. Montana Record-Herald notes mining expansion creates crop demand and lifts prices to levels of fifty or sixty years ago.
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Miles City Star
Chinook
Montana Record-Herald
Mining revival sparks Montana prosperity talk
Montana newspapers discuss the reopening of Butte mines and its ripple effects on ranchers merchants and workers. They predict stronger markets higher exchange and broader prosperity across the state as mining activity resumes and regional economies revive.
The Everlasting Metal and Weathered Cars
A historical note on metal usage in automobiles describes rust resistance over time. It contrasts brass fittings and nickel plating with modern steel screws and cheap iron headlight frames. The piece laments corrosion in damp atmospheres and praises copper and brass for permanence.
Older marriage age linked to rising divorce concerns
The passage argues that marrying younger reduces friction while older couples resist change, suggesting that later marriages may contribute to higher divorce rates. It frames the idea as thought provoking, noting the difficulty of adaptation and questioning the theory that delayed marriage causes the divorce problem.
Income Tax Facts Under 1921 Revenue Act Changes
The article explains how changes in the 1921 revenue act affect a typical family. A married person with three children and a net income of 4000 would pay 12 dollars, versus 56 dollars under 1921 rules. Taxpayers must determine if they must file and obtain forms by March 15, 1922 from internal revenue collectors.
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United States
Internal Revenue
Eagle of Peace on the Peace dollar sparks debate
The new Peace dollar design features a bold American eagle foreground, not a dove. Editors note the eagle conveys strength to defend peace. Civil Service tests for assistant observer and other posts in federal bureaus face shortage. reexams set for February and March with applications through local post offices.
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Moite
United States
Civil Service
Wallace
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Secretary of the
U.S. Civil Service
Post Office
Reed Smoot Neurotic Tax Amendment Proposal
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah proposes a constitutional amendment to let the federal government tax securities issued by states and municipalities. He urges action to recover revenue, noting bonds of this kind are currently tax free and claiming billions in potential annual losses down to under 200 million for 1920.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Senator Smoot
Slow But Sure Move Toward Normalcy at Anaconda Mines
After two weeks of steady progress, mining at Anaconda and local properties eases back toward normal wage costs and living standards. Merchants report quiet trade but expect conditions to improve as mining resumes and the big plant adjusts to rising output with about 5600 men employed.
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Butte
Hutte
Anaconda
Clites
Anaconda Company
Bio
Social shifts in marriage age and divorce links
A commentator argues sociologists connect rising divorce with later marriages. Census data suggest over half of men remain single at 30, while many women wed by 25. early marriage is rare, and older singles risk smaller families. The piece notes the trend toward delaying marriage reduces potential children.
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Naval
Youne
Bentonite Properties and Water Absorption Note
Bentonite material is waxy in luster and absorbs over three times its weight in water when wet. The wet paste feels smooth and resembles soft soap. Some samples expand six to eight times their original volume when mixed with water. Bentonite fuses at a comparatively low temperature unlike mont days.
Copper Shipments to L A Harbor Demand Freight Reform
Jans 38. Douglas of United Verde Copper Mining, Jerome Arizona, told Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce on January 9 that a rapid freight-rate readjustment is essential to revive mining and industry. He urged a $5 per ton rate on unrefined Arizona copper to Los Angeles harbor, arguing that current rates violate economic sense and cripple Pacific coast refinement and downstream manufacturing. He warned of continued postwar decline unless Arizona ore moves west, and projected expanding output and 500 new jobs if rates improve.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Los Angeles
Douglas
U. V. X. Copper Mining Company
Jerome
Arizona
United States of America
Los Angeles Harbor
Washington
Easter Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
West
Atlante Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Clarksdale
Arbeona
Los Aneles Harbor
Santa Fe
United Verde
Panama Canal
United States
Vast Bentonite Deposit Found Near Hysham Montana
A huge bentonite deposit five miles long and up to a mile wide lies six miles northwest of Hysham Montana. The sticky clay, cream to yellow, 10 to 100 feet high, has potential uses in medical dressings soap paper ink and more per the US Bureau of Mines. Bentonite is a family of clay-like minerals with variable composition and properties, seen in Wyoming yellow grades and other locales.
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Montana
Hysham
United States Bureau of Mines
Wyoming
Yukon Tin Mining Plan In Malay Straits Details
The Yukon Gold Company begins tin mining in the Malay Straits settlements. First dredge started in September with 89 percent recovery versus 80 percent forecast. Two more dredges under construction, plan to add a unit every six months. Activities to center in the Federated Malay States aided by hydroelectric power concessions. Costs estimated at 20 to 22 cents per pound. current market around 80 cents. Government export duty 30 percent shifts selling focus to local market. C. F. Munro in charge.
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Yukon Gold Company
Malay Straits Settlements
Federated Malay States
Boston News Bureau
Yukon Company
American Smelling & Tefining Company
Varied Opinions on Soldier Bonus
The article debates funding a soldiers bonus, arguing taxation is the only viable source. It criticizes reliance on Europe or foreign debt, warns of higher taxes on gasoline and other sectors, and condemns unfair selective taxes as un-American, urging nationwide recognition of the tax burden.
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Horse Statesman
New York
Europe
John Europe
George Soldier
Soldier
Harding and the Bonus Receives Harding's cautious stance on funding
Washington notes report President Harding will not back any soldier bonus unless a sure funding source is shown. He questions reliance on allied war debt payments and favors a bonus financed by direct taxation, including support for a sales tax. The cost is cited as upwards of a billion dollars with no debt cancellation.
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Washington
Harding
White Horse
Congress
Commission
America
United States
SPECIAL TAXATION UN-AMERICAN AT THE TIME
A historical critique argues taxation has become a national issue. It notes Oregon lawmakers allocating ten thousand dollars for a committee to seek new revenue sources. The piece condemns special taxes on utilities railroads banks insurers automobile owners and other industries. It warns that states and the nation drift from equal taxation. Gasoline taxes are cited as examples.
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United States
Oregon
The Proposed Bonus Controversy in Nampa Leader-Herald
The government may fund the soldier bonus with foreign loan proceeds. If not, alternative measures are needed. The piece argues veterans deserve a wage gap payment, noting that longer wars would have produced the funds and criticizing delays and petty handling.
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Nampa
Plain Speaking About The Bonus By William H Barr
William H Barr, president of the National Founders Association, argues the bonus bill is political theater. He says the cash to veterans is small and burdens the nation, lining the pockets of critics and harming living costs, with clamor driving bad legislation. He compares it to the Adamson law pressures from labor unions and warns of election year consequences on railroads.
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William H. Barr
National Founders’ Association
Wome
American Legion
Brotherhoods
Voting Down Bonds in Western States
Industrial News Bureau notes a trend of voters rejecting indiscriminate bond issues as a basis for higher taxes. Critics say bonds invite waste and shield future taxpayers from costs, while direct taxes would reveal true burdens. The piece cites a Western state that issued bonds to fund a $30 million ex service bonus, ultimately costing $87 million in principal and interest. Cheap patriotism argues for projects that add wealth and pay their own way.
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West
Lnstead
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