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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
2
The Coeur d'Alene district shows improving mining prospects with lead in strong position despite lower production. Demand rises as activity revives, tariff bills may protect lead imports, and several development projects promise new mines, signaling a cautiously optimistic outlook for the region.
A brief wartime remark extols American citizenship over labor union power. The speaker asserts America should be governed by American citizens, not by any single organization, stressing loyalty and shared heritage from Mayflower ancestors and settlers who built the republic.
The Yellowstone trail faces a rival in the Lewis and Clark highway planned to run Montana west of Missoula through Idaho to Spokane. Officials in Portland Tacoma and Seattle back Lewiston and Idaho towns to fund completion. The project could unlock timber, minerals, and even a new railroad, urging better roadways and tourist services to keep traffic and prestige on the Yellowstone route.
A Charleston News and Courier editorial sparks a rebuttal from Richard H. Edmunds of the Manufacturers' Record. Edmunds, a lifelong Democrat who backed Harding in 1920, argues the administration bears blame for unemployment and suggests the party exploits the issue for political gain while the nation suffers.
The public weary of labor chief Samuel Gompers as General Pershing publicly rebuked him at a Washington banquet. Pershing’s sharply worded reply targeted Gompers over claims about labor’s wartime role, stressing the commander’s leadership of American forces in France and the victory it earned.
A Democrat counsels straight talk about labor unrest and the Underwood tariff, denouncing two years of Democratic credit deflation and warning against a Cox victory. The writer says early revival is impossible amid chaos and urges papers like the News and Courier to stop partisan advantage.
A public critique argues tax-exempt bonds unfairly shift the burden onto productive industry and workers. It cites an estimated 30.9 billion in tax-exempt securities and notes potential annual revenue near a billion dollars if exemptions were removed, per George A. Taylor of the Chicago Mortgage Bankers Association.
Dr. A H Upham president of the University of Idaho announces retrenchment across the university to cut costs while maintaining service to students and the public. He notes some departments may see heavier loads fewer advanced courses postponed research plans and government wide economy as part of public service.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon is praised for supporting repeal of excess profit taxes starting January 1, 1921. The 1920 Republican platform pledged repeal, and the pledge should be honored.
Chile announces withdrawal from the League of Nations citing interference with the 1904 Bolivian treaty. The move signals friction within the League as it faces alleged meddling by the organization, prompting cautious responses from other member states.
Samuel Gompers denies saying labor won the war, but he has not acknowledged that others did. This line appears in the Miladelphia North American and reflects debate over responsibility during wartime labor efforts.
The piece contrasts President Harding with President Wilson, noting Harding's selection of American delegates to a weapons limitation conference and Wilson's Paris conference team for peace, armistice terms, and postwar world readjustment, highlighting leadership style and openness.
The piece contrasts past figures like Secretary Lansing, Colonel House, Bliss, White, Hughes, and Elihu Root with current leaders Henry Cabot Lodge and Oscar Underwood. It argues the nation has moved from mediocrity and obscurity to a new order in U S politics and international relations, highlighting differing governance styles and expertise.
A Spokane mining column reports the discovery of Harry L. Day, head of the Day family, after twenty years missing from public view. The piece satirically notes Day’s returned presence, his jab at Guggenheim holdings, and hints at ongoing Day-Hecla and regional mining tensions.
Attorney General Daugherty argues against eroding respect for law by misreading personal liberty under the constitution. He cites the eighteenth amendment and state provisions, noting laws exist on the books and must be enforced, since the executive cannot make or nullify laws.
A short moral poem from Rev James H Maloney of Wallace Idaho extols small acts of kindness. It emphasizes how a sunny smile a gentle word or a helping touch costs little yet can lift a weary heart ease pain calm a faltering faith and guide souls toward higher paths.
A dated, formal critique argues against forcing or lax enforcement of law. It insists safety and happiness depend on universal obedience and warns that undermining law damages security. The speaker opposes government systems that allow rights to hinge on public officials whims or temperaments.
The article argues that bold chemists should pursue innovation rather than servile imitation and highlights a new field opened by the Volstead act. In large cities the home brew tester tests illicit spirits for alcohol content, serving private clients discreetly to avoid anti prohibition scrutiny while fearing exposure to authorities.
Harrisburg Telegraph notes President Harding rejects total disarmament. He argues for a standing army and a navy sufficient to maintain order and protect national interests, warning against allowing any group to dictate terms to the United States.
The speaker warns that the burden of armament threatens civilization as the forthcoming conference seeks to limit weapons. The goal is to reduce military and naval expenses by billions annually in global budgets.
The University of Idaho School of Mines to cooperate with the U S Bureau of Mines for the coming scholastic year in Moscow. Dean Francis Thomson leads the project and aims to run a branch experiment station with geology mining and metallurgy as core disciplines. Students gain access to practical lab work, topographic map interpretation, and Idaho oriented courses in geology and mineral resources.
In the Engineering and Mining Journal discussion, the words lenser meaning lessee and leaner as used in mining camps are examined. Fay defines lenser as a colloquial westward usage, while Webster labels such usage as rare or dialectical. The piece notes dialect evolution and cites Mark Twain’s mine owner quip to illustrate shifting language.
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