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One of the crying needs of the raining industry is some medium
thru which the prospector may be al ded in doing the ir..tial work neces
sary to place a prospect in shape for inspection l>y an engineer and a de
termination of its possible value. This gap is the most serious impediment
to rapid mine promotion and the man or organization that supplies the
:ieed will have done much to hasten a new era of prosperity.
A prospector locates a claim showing appreciable values, but lacks the
funds with which to execute workings that will give some gauge of the ex
tent of his find. Until this is done he has an uphill road unless his d'.un
erv is one of the exceptions iti mining, ll would be possible for an ors.'ti
izatlon to step in at this stage -of the proceedings, supply the fund'* tor a
few feet of work and then plac»? the property on the market for purchase
bv operators or leasing.
Through the above method both the organisation and the prospector
»>ould benefit and the possibility of baj deals whereby the prospector suf
fers loss would be obviated.
Engineers will not visit mere surfac - <roppl.ngs unless they are excep
tional, and in the latter case two elements enter in—large bodies of low
grade ore or exceptionally rich veins, in tlie case of the latter the pros
pector can work it himself; as to the former, it requires sufficient work to
enable a sale on ore in sight. This is the gap that must bo bridged.—An
chorage Times.
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Secretary of the Treasury Mellou estimate* that there is $10,000,000.
D00 invested in tax-exempt securities. Were that huge amount to be sub
ject to income taxes and surtaxes, there would be a tremendous Increase
in the federal revenue,"with .t more cqu ; ble distribution of the tax bur
den. President Harding has started the movement to bring all of that
wealth within the tax laws by advocating a constitutional amendment that
-vill prohibit the issue of tax-exempt securities. It is probable that his
tei ommendation will receive the early attention of congress, and*it may be
that before the present session adjourns the States will have presented to
ihem for ratification an amendment along the li . -s suggested.—Exchange.
200,000 TO GET
WORK ON ROADS
Federal and State Governments
Have SI 50,COO,000 for High
way Building.
RECORD IMPETUS IS EXPECTED
Campaigns on to Stir Public Officials
to Necessity of Undertaking
Road Work Now and
in Spring.
Washington. D. C.—More than
ixv.uou will be expended during nhe
next few months (or rucid const mc
tiou and repairs on more than
miles of highways as a result of joint
contributions by state and federal
governments, according to uSiciuSs of
the federal public roads bureau.
With a nationwide surplus of labor
and fulling prices for materials. road
building will take on a new and record
Impetus, officials say. Contractors are
at »«>rk in virtually every slate pre
paring bids for work projected.
More than 200.000 workers cnn be
given Jobs during the next 1- months
In highway construction. Labor consti
tutes about 50 per cent of the cost
of road building, exclusive of materials.
1'tuupalgns to stir public officials
to the necessity of undertakes road
work now and next spring are being
staged In many localities by chambers
nf comnien •• automobile associations
farmers urbanizations and civic groups.
Highway construction undertaken now
is In line, it is pointed out. with the
recommendations of the national
conferenep en unemployment, whirl
urged the building of as many miles
now as [H>ssili|e to afford work for the
Jobless.
TU<- permanent rommis-iou on eco
notnic readjustment left In Washing
ton to carry out the recommenda
tions of the national confercm-e is
keeping In touch wirh the road cam
paigns in many sections.
Congress has measures before it call
ing for contributions of $7f>.0iXl.UH) to
states for road work, to be available
Klicrc state aud local governments ap
pr< ;■• • ' i■ »tuts As u matrer or
■ tin* vioney m>w supplied by
' • torn! po eminent constitutes
>• !J per out of the total spent,
ai ii it is popularly believed that
>■< ru:"«h the federal piveru
j Mem dollar for dollar,
i K it costs now arc cheaper
i :n :ir any time ^im-e 1014, and about
'ii per re'it Mow tlie maximum Hi*
■ ures of -11*".'". The a\era;:e cost of
i_11ftity construction in tlie United
-Slates I :s( vi-ar was Sl'l.iKu) a mile.
!'nr some kinds of road the cost was
j 5 |0 00rt.
More ttian ITT.fw•*> miles of new hieli
iv hnve lieen constructed In the last
, hi-fi* years under the federal appro
i ctlon or* S'jr.'l.OUO.i'HIO. made in 1910.
I Approximately $100,000,000 worth of
•••ad contracts were let this year, pro
• Itr.ir for construction of nearly .I.Oft)
,'i'c- Approximately SC8.000.OOO of
•he federal fund Is still available for
I !be new work
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GREAT TRIO OF BASEBALL STARS
WON CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GIANTS
Left to Right—Je:.se Burkett, Coach, Manager Jonn f.lcGraw and Hugh
Jennings.
lteuidted lifter many years of clory
' ami strife i>n the diamond, n jrreat trio
| of hasehjill players brought the New
j York Cl.-mts through th's spason's
■ battles if 11- Nriiionnl leacie pen
mint iiinl 11-<■ wi.r n"s ehniupionshlp.
John .>!,< :rn u. Iltighey Jennings,
' J<"-se Hi: I Hie ■ allies nf nil three
I tire will!eh n» Mie top of tile list of
| baseball's her' e
I Metiran r, -'Iiiij hi* twentieth
i year as ni:"i!ii"er of the li'alits. nntl
I tills yenr lie lut* hull n< first assist
nnt Jeir 'ils teiinn tare on the
| Orioles . ' I'lilt'mon*. it nil Itiirkett, ns
j senitid i! |Mity.
Never Piloted a Winner.
Hurl-eft Ims never hml the i:.mm1 for
i time to uiuiin^e n major teniae pen
I mint winner Imt SIHinni I n piloted
j the (i'linis 10 n an..illy siriou of Hairs
I and Jeniii' s* won three pennants
| with the Tl.-ers.
McCruw »vi:s » third baseman, firsl
i with the ureal Baltimore elult and
I then Willi St. Louis, and when he land
e<l in \ew York Mo retiretl as an no
tlve player mid became a leader—
one of I lie foremost ill the annuls ot
tllO ).'!I|II0.
Jem lims was ii shortstop—tirst with
I.oul-vlllo. then willi Baltimore mid
finally with Brooklyn. llis work as
nun '»or hi iH'truit came to a close
with ilio SMI son of I'.CO.
r.nrU t on me to tile Clants In l®!*)
at a piiclirr, hut was converted into
all o'li older liociiu«e ho ooiild n t con
trol liis left I united slioots. And as an
outlii l ior wlili Now York. Cleveland |
and S;. Louis Iturketi made history
as 011' "f the most aide hnlsmen In
the pi liie.
Hinh BMt'ng Record^.
The hat ins reeords of MoGrnw. j
Jeniili s mill lturkott combined repre
sent ST . tin of liitt'nc over Hie ."Oil
murk In tl.o hlg show. Itiirkett hailed
hotter than .!W*> for 11 years. M'-Oraw
for nine mi.I .Ii M inn- for seve i. I'.ur
I.ett was ilio nrcli' i-st of the trio, and
In 1 s!he I attoil .-I'.''!—a mark second
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j TALLER THAN JESS WILLARD
■ Records Show That Chap by Name of
j Freeman Was 6 Feet 10' j Inches
1 in Height.
Jess W'llstril wns n slant clmniplon.
j Ho sitmxl 'J 7 Inches. Iitir a (live
Into the n'oorcls shown he wasn't the
' real bit: stick !n th>- ring.
! Way hark In the jcohk'ii da>s there
| was 11 >'hn!i by the nnnte of Freeman,
E—^*- * t. ; V-; r'i-rr»rj
Jess Willard.
who ooul>l liuvc even looked down on
] big Jess.
Tlie fellow sti>od C feet l(»i Inches.
History fulls to relate whether he
i was ever hit "ii the ,chln or not. But
It's dmihtful If he was.
Hut think of the target his body
would have been for such a fljrhter
. as the present king of the suck—Wll
| Mam Harrison £)euipsey.
UMPIRE ALWAYS H4S HIS SAY
, Useless to Protest Against Arbiter's
Judgment on Any Ruling In
Baseball Game.
i Every time an umpire talks, during
! a hnsehall game, he says a mouthful
j of law.
I Kas»hall managers who have felt
i the occasion to protest a ruling hn»e
j found this out. When his houor the
' ump speaks—that Is nil there Is to It.
j It's all over but the protesting. And
] that doesn't mean anything, snys the
I Chicago Post.
Receutl.v, the Cleveland Indians pro
j tested a hall game because, so Trls
, Speaker claimed, a Yankee player Ii#
, terfered with an Indian who was try
; lng to nnke a catch. The protest came
alter the umpire ruled that there was
j no Interference.
Ban Johnson was miles away- from
the play, but the limp's word was plen
ty good enough for hlin.
Truly, an umpire always has lib
suj-!
Can Pitoh Either Way
Anioi'i! iSit* rook!*'ft trto<l otif
hv Joplln In the I'loslnp (lays of
ilio \\". -••'I'll league senson was
ti I'ltrin >■ nnnti'il I>ay, who »s
si;it.] Mavimer Jimmy Hamilton
In- coiili! <!<> ns cixm] a Joh pitch
ing rlirlil-haml'-fl ns lie conhl
southpavlnc Hamilton liow
cvit. Insisted <'ii him depending
on tils southpaw In the work lie
dlil. r>:»y hal's from Ropers,
Arl!,
INTERESTING
SPORT NOTES
Norman ltoss, champion swimmer,
holds -ly records.
"Cobb .Spikes Aiinew on Coast." It !
would hiive I eeii inui'h more painful
In tlio Interior.
Charley I'ererson's lutest trick
shot Is called the "Iiahe Itiith homer."
A four-cushion shot, we take It.
Arlhur I'. Berr.v of I'eabody, Ma«s..
lias bevn elected captain of the 1925
Princeton freshman foothnll eleven.
• • •
Kay Caldwell, pitcher for the Cleve
land American hu.iie team since 1019.
j has been given Ills unconditional re
lease.
Rutgers college has hooked the
Georgetown basketball team for a
game at New Brunswick, X. J., Feb
ruary 22.
With the scarcity of Rood baseball
talent In the bushes, big league scouts
are no longer Ivory hunters, hut mere
i Iv tourists.
. . .
Pempsey and Wlllard have signed
for a light next spring, bat the public
' refuses to become excited about It so
far In advance.
Nate Slegat drew a three-month
suspension the other day from the
Massachusetts boxing commission for
coaching a boxer.
The Newark club of the Internation
al. It Is snld. will abandon use of the
Harrison ball park next year, build
ItiL' a new plant of Its own.
Ih'ring the current golf season a
total nf 51 players holed out In one
on virions Canadian golf courses, and
of the number three are women.
Vale next season will use the j
broader hlnded American oar In Eng
Ilsh hullt shells. Three hundred and
twenty-five •■::ndidates turned out for j
last year's crews.
The r.rool 'yu Dodgers, by the way.
In tak: z 'In final game of the season
from the Ci:uits. won the season's play
between tic two teams, 12 out of 22.
and was the only team to heat the
Rlnnts "'ii the season In th« National
league. ,
HONORS DEAD WIFE
WITH MERCY WORK
W. S. C. Man. Left Widower,
Enlists for Perilous Re
lief Service.
Consecrating to the memory of hit
deceased bride of less than a year, a
perilous service to humanity In
the cholera-Infected famine zone of
Armenia, Alfred D. Merrltt, a young
Washington State College man. former*
ly of Montana, but lately of Tacoma, i
has entered the overseas service of the
Near East Relief.
Nearly all 1919-20 students of the W.
S. C. In Pullman remember the pretty
campus romance of Merrltt and Miss ,
Miriam Edey, also of Tacoma. which ;
culminated In their marriage at Mos
cow, Idaho. In November. 1920.
Merritt is the son of G. M. Merrltt,
a veteran railroad man of the West,
who 20 years back was with the Rutte, J
Anaconda * Pacific, who a few years
neo was chief clerk to Form-r Super
intend! nt Rapelje of the Northern !
, I
Alfred D. Merritt Who Will Help j
Carry Mercy to Near East Needy. j
Pacific at Glendlve. ar.d who torinv is
chief clerk with ibe same railroad at
Tacoma.
Miss Edey was a graduate of the !
Lincoln High School of Tacoma, and
the groom a graduate of Stadium |
"High." not far away, but tbey met I
for the first time at the \V. S. C.
The young bride died In September '
at Spokane, where Mtrritt was con
nected with the Spok. ^man-Review. i
\ltrritt touk the body back to Tacoma
for bu.inl. then, immed..italy arranged
through Or Slu rraan L Divine of Spo
kane. Northwest chairman cf the Near I
Kast Rrllef, for er.lisT.ient In the
o* rseas service of that society. He |
ii.lled from New York for C jns'.aaU- I
nnple December 10.
TN JAP SUTERDnrA j»-" jGHT
Second of L.'te Cr.pitat Shps !e Be
Put in Commission in Navy
December 1. «•
Tok.ro.—The siippnlrendnaueht Mnt
nt, staler ship of the Nagato and the
second capital -iliip In lip completed
under the eight-eight program, ""ill be
place.) In eomm'sslon by t lie Japanese
mi' v I ifrpMi! i-r 1. jinil will then lie one
nf i!ie capital ships of Ihp tirst •.qtmd
niti. together with 'he Niifiito and the
TmniMilr». The M>it*n has h displace
lnellt I'f 33.800 tolls.
The third capital vhip under the
eight-eight pro'-T'in. he Kaga. is ex
pected to lie launched In Peccmbcr,
and to he oomph-ted 'n November,
liij'j. T1 is sup>-rdreadnaiight will
have a displacement i»f 10.000 tons.
All ti e new Japanese ships are I
equipped i\ith liVin.b runs. Tiie Mut- !
su and Xasnto each carry eight of |
thi'sp monster kuiis. and It Is probable |
that the Kaga will carry 1"
Weather Station Far North.
London.—To assist the British me
teorological office In making accurate
weather forecasts, a .staff of British j
observers will take charge of the new
observatory established on the Island I
of Jan Mayen. miles east of Green- j
land. From there they will send wire- |
less reports to the air ministry here, j
Bengar Has Wealth.
Philadeii hla- Arrested for begging,
Sarah l.ipsehutz. seventy years old. no
address, was found to have $129.98 In
cash, a diamond bracelet, diamond
lavallere and bankbook showing de
posits of $3,048 in her name.
Males S«i." Village King.
Calcutta. t • ''harles. a Kuropean
well known in Cub-iota. h:is proclaimed
himself kill!.- »f » Tibetan village It
Is stated that he is accompanied by
his wife and child.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications. .* they cannot reach
the diseased r°rt'on the car. Tb«re la
only one way to cure catarrhal deoi'ness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
tho Eustachian Tube. W ..on this tube Is
Inflamed you have a rumbiing sound or im
perfect hearing, and uh«n it Is entirely
closed. Deafness is th- r«sulL Unlets the
Inflammation can 1>« r« du» • d and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many canes of
deafness are caused by catarrh. whlcM is
an inflamed condition of the mucous aur»
faces. Hail's Catarrh Medicine acts thni
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fpr
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that c*nrfbt
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. CtT*
culars free. All Druggists. 76c.
F. J. CHENEY * CQu TolinSfV CL tJ
THE RKAfiWAV
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEKMAX. Prop.
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TIic l«rpst and bc*t ron
durtol (lnlrr In Alaska. .
Daily KMpmcnt* of pure
milk an<! cream to all
points on Whlta Pi«« A
[ Yukon Route.
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Big Game Guide
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ed in hunting big game in t'e
Ixiwer Yukon conntrj- are fn
vited-to rail on ma. .1 h«W
llred for many jt**"* ,h<" At- |
lin country. arid ran gnarantce !
liuntlnK parties flna mMdanrn*. I
I l:avc a pood power boat I
for lake linntlng and flslilna- .
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