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LIGHT METAL ALLOY OF GREAT
VALUE IN CONSTRUCTION
OF AIRPLANES.
Announcement of the discovery
graduate
Lieutenant Alfred J. Lyon,
of the university in the class of 1920,
of two new light metal ulloys which
aii piano
mator construction, lias just been re
celved at the university. Kxperlments
conducted recently by Lieutenant Ly
at McCook aviation field in Ohio
nuuuein n
pro:
on
led to the development of these new
ulloys, the Ilrst of which consists of
a mugnesium combination which saves
200 pounds in the casting of a crank
case for an ordinary "W" type motor,
The second is a light nickel and cop
per alloy which produces puits twice
standard material
as strong us the
now in use.
Both these developments have great
commercial possibilities and will
1111
extensively.
engineers believe.- The formula con_
sists of 93 per cent magnesium, 5 per
adopted
doubtedly be
cent aluminum and 2 per cent zinc,
The metal now In use consists of 92
per cent aluminum and 8 per cent
copper.
Adapted to High Altitudes.
After the alloy was decided upon, it
was found that it could not be mould
ed under ordinary conditions. To pour
it in an ordinary sand mould probably
would mean an explosion. To avoid
tills danger a special retort for cast
ing was devised.
The second product consists of por
tions of aluminum, copper, nickel and
magnesium. The formula lias been
known in metallurgy circles for some
but the alloy was carried to a
if perfection by means of
lime.
high state
a heat treating process worked out at
the station.
One of the features of this alloy in
that it retains its strength at high al
tltude where parts made of other met
leaken under similar conditions.
It is used principally In the
facture of cylinders on air cooled mo
manifolds and cylinder
als
manu
tors, pistons,
heads.
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UNDER GROUND 500 R
SUCCESSFUL TEST IN COAL MINE
—CONDITIONS ARE DE
SCRIBED.
York Herald 01 January
The New
27 contains an interesting account
adU> in a Penn-J
500
successful test of
u
sylvania coal mine at a depth ot
i,\., 1 , 0 m the surfare and half a
from the shaft. A similar test was
mude In the llecla mine a few weeks
ago which, while unsuccessful so far
deciphering the sound waves is
unquestionably demon
penetrated
depth, 3000
the opinion of
us
concerned,
strated that these waves
the earth to that great
feet or more, and it is
the experts in charge of the test that
the only tiling that prevented
plete success was the moisture in the
Following is the
com
receiving machine.
Herald's account of the
experiment in the coal mine:
successful
Radio and Rescue.
hand
Radio is marching hand in
with the gods of wonder these days.
During the last week or two it has
marched fast. The thrilling maneu
vers of the giant dirigible Shenan
, .
doah, unloosed from its anchor mast
by the fury of a south Atlantic ^
and guided as to location by radio
while 2000 feet in the air, are still
of people today.
fresh in the minds
Had it not been for radio there is no
, ,
telling what the outcome would have
been.
any perspecti\e
the utility or value of radio.
But no one with
doubts
On the contrary, the world lias long
since been thrown Into the expectant
mood. Indeed, one of the greatest
wonders of the world has so quickly
become a commonplace that the minds
of men are being forced at a pnxligl
ous rate In order to evolve and de
velop ideas to satisfy the popular de
mand. It Is with this setting there
fore that the writer will attempt to
tell of an achteevment that parallels
that of communicating from the
Shenandoah, except that the othei
end of the "line" happened to be non
heavenward, but down deep In
the
bowels of the earth in the ever-dan
gerous coal mines.
Where Test Was Made.
In the test «? the powers of ether
waves to pierce the millions of tons
of rock, dirt and coal and actuate a
radio set, station WQAN of the
Scranton Times joined hnnds
Scranton Coal company officials
with
and
Ralph D. Bunnell, vice president nnd
general manager of the Moon Radio
Corporation of Long Island City. Mr
Bunnell, accompanied
by the news
first
paper and mine company
took a Moon receiving set down Into
men.
the Dunmore No. 2 vein of the Pine
Brook mine, and then th< party v ent
down into (lie China vein to the low
est level of the mine. 480 feet beneath
the surface of the earth and half
mile from the foot of the shaft.
a
It required Just about two minutes
I to hook up the receiving set for ac
tion.
! I, eil wire 20 feet long over one of the |
mine collar timbers and attached the
j other end to the ground post of the
I set, and then
Mr. Bunnel threw a piece of
Mule* and Music.
the
If it were possible to stage
scene when the first of the tests were
a Shubert or any
I made a Belasco.
I other master of stage craft would in
The scene
! deed be in his element,
j chosen for the test was In the stable
1 and supply room, where feed is kept
! for the mine mules. Seated on bags
! of feed and on harness blocks sat the
I audience, now also comprising the
boss, intently listening for—
hat.
I
| akept i cal | y t Iiev
j Alon gslde of the supply room 98
j mu i es j n their stalls stood munching
| a ^ their nightly meal, their sole re
1 warc j 0 f Kfe and labor, fed them so
barn
knew not
that they might labor more.
A look at the bit of wire thrown
| ooge i y along the runway of the big
area g j ven over to the sleeping quar
cf tbe n „|i e8 , a glance at the
j threatening.
gure jy these men must be mad to even
,
!
roof—
overhanging
f receiving a radio message so
think
far down in the bowels of the earth.
But right on the dot that the test was
| scheduled for, as the mules munched
anil the miners threw down their tools
to gather about there came the invls
j itile, the intangible but the all-pene
t tratlng something that reached out
j f rom tbe stud j 0 0 f the Scranton Times
and fi oa te<l out of the loud speaker
the
I In the form of "Station WQAN,
Scranton
j voice of the nnthreite.
I Times studio, opening a special test
a hee-haw
j program." A bray and
from perhaps a laughing mule then
; punctured the underground atmo
)sphere. And then as the music came
f rom the loud speaker and penetrated
| be passageways of the mine, lights
forth from the
j were seen stealing
darkened areas, the men on the night
! sb |ff coming to join
pnce perched on bags of feed,
1
the little audl
Other Stations Picked Up.
Other stations were then brought In
-WGY from Schenectady and KDKA
East Pittsburgh, music lour and
j
j f|
rum
j visitors from the depths joined the
j throng in the underground barn,
:
1 clear from the loud speaker, and more
It requires only a slight stretch of
! the imagination to visualize the look
Umt Itghted ,, p the b i ilC kened faces of
1
of mingled curiosity and amazement
Now they
the anthracite miners.
I would look at the set and the horn
perched on a vein of coal and
they would search the faces of the
visitors as they sat on the bags
feed. Even Prince, the mine dog.
and Tom. the mine cat. who between
j them divide honors of keeping
horde of rats at hay, perked up
veterans
now
of
a
and
of the mine and the radio outfit that
was delivering the music.
"Thank God, I've lived to see the
I day when music came into the mines"
, declared one grizzled old knight
shovel
I
of
ind
tbe
j the torch cap and
j pick.
Coal Mining Dangers.
| But on other faces thoughts of a
evident.
of|different nature were
need of reminding the men who toil
in the coal veins of the earth of the
N.
No need !
milcjdnily hazards they undergo.
of searching the faces of the party
who brought radio into the mines, j
The whole atmosphere is one of con- j
stant danger—cave-ins, mine explo- ;
1 sions, poisoning by gas. Only a week
or so ago in the Grassy vein of the
j Mount Jessup Coal company the fore
| man, Even Jones, had opportunity be
a cave-in to warn three miners
He and
[fore
j another man hurried to the scene to
j convey to them the immlnency
But they, too, wore trapped
I in the slide, and the lives of all five
hose lives were imperilled.
I w
of
i danger.
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The occupa -
i men were snuffl'd out.
Uion isone of constant worry, and
rhen the miner lights
in
the morning
j the torch on his hat and sallies forth
j into the deep recesses of the earth to |
| pxtmct thei . rfrom coa l for the uses of!
; mankind he never knows, and, in fact, j
siisneets
"n^lTseen alive,
that he may never
Radio Possibilities Underground.
Mr. Bunnell himself is a former
|
Scranton boy, with a long experience
in the depths of the anthracite mines,
| 0f a „ m „ n associatPd witb radio he |
knows something of the life, the haz
a p dflt opportunity for radio to play
: ap important role.
ith the
It was
| atter viewpoint in mind that he 1n
au gnrated these underground,
These tests were of a similar na
Pirt , t b ose recently carried on in
tbe M animo th cave in Kentucky nnd
tbe vehicular tunnel, now in process
f construction between New York
c j ty an( | New Jersey. They were not i
carried out with the idea of proving!
, hat ra dio signals could be received
j jn the m j n es, bu t rather to ascertain
to wba , degree radio may be utilized
for tbe p reser vation of miners' lives,
Tbe ghastly experiences of miners ;
ho have been entombed in the mines
for days without contact with the
j outside world are only too vividly re
called.
whal
| There is no way or gauging
j the demonstration may lead to in the
mining Industry. When electric mo
tors and electric lights were develop
where was the
j ed a few years ago
man who dared dream that electricity
would find Its way in so many forms
as are found In mines today. Now. i
with the coming of radio, no one dares ;
; to prophecy to what extent radio will
hrine Its influence to liear upon the 1
mining industry.
Good Old Days.
The old gray mare had hed faults. I
Rut you didn't have to jack her nigh j
forefoot and whirl it around about 17
times to get her started on a cold Feb- J
jruary morning.—Wa'noo (Nehr.) News, j
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THE MARCH ÛFPROGRESS
IN THREE SCORE YEARS
REVIEW ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE
OF MAN WHO IS STILL
NOT OLD.
I the early days of the revolution
Voltaire said wistfully: "How I envy|pany
the young men! They are going to
so« such wonderful things."
we who date ourselves by the late '60s
i do !
und early '80s think? Do we envy our
grandchildren, asks the New
Herald.
York 1
j
Lincoln had not yet become president,
America had not yet been welded by
blood into an indivisible Union and
A man born in 1860 has as yet no
right to demand the privileges of old
Yet when that man was born
age
the Indian still roved the Great Amer
ican desert.
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Kngland was Just enter
ing on the noontime of the Victorian
age. A third Napoleon was emperor
of the French, Young Francis Joseph
the Austrian imperial throne still
headed the Germanic confederation,
for Bismarck had hardly begun
struggle with the Prussian parliament
that was to make his master German
on
his
Italy as yet was not: Pius
emperor.
IX. ruled the papal states—hut Gari
ihaldt and his men had gathered at
Genoa. Africa was a dark continent
and the ashes of the Indian mutiny
were still smoking. Legitimacy—the
magic formula with which Metternich
had won at Vienna in 1815—still ruled
the old world. Democracy, as we know
and call It, was fighting in caves and
cellars for Its life and nationalism was
Its swaddling
The fires of '48 had—seem
Telegraph a Novelty.
Tliere were railroads of a sort, but
tlie Union Paciflc and Central Pacific
builders were not yet on the ground.
There were steamboats of a sort, but
Flying Cloud and Great Republic still
sailed the seas. The telegraph was
an interesting novelty. The age of
still struggling with
clothes,
lngly—been quenched.
i . .
steel had not yet begun. Chemistry
was thought to be a completed sei
ence, with physics as its humble hand
Electricity was the subject of
of Species" had just appeared and the
had hardly been
Herbert Spencer had just is
sued his prospectus of Synthetic
Higher Criticism
Huxley and Tyn
maid.
Darwin's "Origin
academic pursuit.
word "evolution"
heard.
Philosophy."
The
was In Its infancy.
dall had not yet brought science
to
.
handignps with Christianity, and men
still employed Scripture texts in con
"Apologia"
Newman's
was
troversy.
yet to come; so was Carlyle's "Freder
ick the Great"; Thackeray was start
ing the Cohnhin Magazine; Dicken.;
was starting the Daily News; Swin
burne was just leaving Oxford; lDs
raeli had not become prime minister
and Gladstone was a recent recruit io
the liberal party.
Serfdom still existed in Russia,
Marxian socialism was yet unborn,
labor unionism had yet hardly more
than conquered its right to life, voting
by ballot was unknown in England;
Fenianlsm had not yet biased up in
Ireland; divorce was unknown In a
large part of Europe,
France, and was rare everywhere. The
miuet and the gavotte were gone but
including
the polka and the waltz w'ere account
ed rather daring and Richard Wagner
had not yet shaken the pillars of ti e
musical temple.
Royal Houses Wrecked.
The Hapsburgs are gone, the Na
poleons are gone, the Romanoffs are
gone, the Hohenzollerns are gone. T.e
gitlmacy is gone; democracy is tri
umphant and nulioiuiiism rules the
world. We who still live have seen
steam and electricity in the act of
remaking the earth,
the triumphs of applied science one
by one emerge—cable, telephone, ra
!dio, automobil, airplane, submarine
and the rest—and we have seen them
all concentrated in one grand synthe
sis of destruction and the earth that
we knew passed away in the smoke of
it. We have seen the modern world
blossom and we have seen It wither.
"The days of our years are three
We have seen
MATT BAUMGARTNER
STOCKS
BONDS
MINING INVESTMENTS
SUITE NO. 323 • 324UNOELLE BLK., SPOKANE. WASH
If you wish to learn about a real ground floor mining propo
sition In the Coeur d'Alenes. Idaho, nearly devel
oped, communicate with me at once
Russell F. Collins
8TOCKS AND BONDS.
517 BANK STREET.
PHONE 50.
Will sell subject:
9ac; 1000 Stratton, bid; 50 Bunker Hill. $45: 1000 C.
000 Laclede, 4'/ic.
5000 Alameda, 1
& R., 7c; 1000-5
Give us your buying and selling orders on Sidney, Benton, C. &
R., North Hercules, Douglas, Highland-Surprise, Ray-Jefferson, Jack
Waite, Laclede, Stratton, Ajax and Guelph.
Ask me. I am on the ground.
score and ten." What chance is there
that our grandsons in their time win
the like of what we have seen?
Do we not rather think as we look
at them—'What those children have
see
missed!"
MINE VENTILATION.
Health of Employes and Re
duces Insurance Rates.
In one metal mining community in
the United States with a high death
miners'
m proves
from
was recently
rate for many years
consumption, a survey
made by a large life insurance eom
with the result that the prem
ium rates for life insurance for mm
reduced 25
to 40 per cent, states
supervising mining engineer, depart
in Serial 2551.
c:
5 in âüund health were
D. Harrington,
ment of the interior.
oi
récently Issued by the bureau
mines. The basis for the reduction
the fact that by Introduction of
of wet drills for all drilling oper
ations, and by the wide extension of
underground ventilation particularly
was
use
by small blowers
to working forces
and flexible tubing,
felt confident that the con
the Insurance
company
dit(ons wh i c h had unfavorably affect
d underground workers in the past
been practically removed, and
that men of sound physique now en
tering the mines were in compara
tively little danger of becoming af
flicted with the dread disease which
had been so prevalent.
j
( Doctor:
to pay $50 down and the balance $5 a
| month.
Patient (lust recovering from oper
ation): Sounds like buying a car.
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Good Guesser.
Perhaps you would prefer
Doct or:I am.
j NOT|CE T0 DELINQUENT STOCK
HOLDERS.
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Office of the Moe Mining Company,
Limited, Wallace, Idaho, January 23,
1924.
i Notice is hereby given that there is
[ now delinquent upon the following de
acr i b ed stock on account of an assess
1 ment of four (4) mills per share, lev
>ed 0 "; e ^ 19 ^ d ^ t8 0f ^ t 0V 0 e p ^ e 19 t ^
i naraea of the respective shareholders
| as follows, to-wit:
No. No.
Cert. Shares Amt.
.81 2650 $10.60
.31 2000 8.00
2100
.74 880 3.52
.63 2285 9.14
.30 1650 6.60
.14 1000 4.00
.90 5000 20.00
Name—
, Carlson, Wm _
j Dunstani j e
| Dunstan, J E .
I Dunstan, J L .
| Errickson, Gus ....
Errlckson, Gus ....
Knudson, Jack ....
, Miller, W G .
Simpson. Alexan
j " accordant with .aw so many
sbareg of eac h parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold on the
2nd day of February,
o'clock p. m. of said day, at the office
street
S.40
.62
1924, at 7:00
\y a n ace , Idaho, to pay the delinquent
assessment thereon, together with the ]
costs of advertising and expenses of ,
sale.
G. W. DOUGHERTY, 1
Secretary-Treasurer. !
Notice of Postponement.
Notice is hereby given that by or
der and resolution of the board of di
rectors of the Moe Mining Company,
Limited, the sale of stock delinquent
and listed in the above notice has been
postponed from the 2nd day of Febru
ary, 1924, to the 9th day of February,
1924, at the same horn- and place
above described.
G. W. DOUGHERTY,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Moe Min
627 Cedar
J24-F7-31
Ing Company, Limited;
Street, Wallace, Idaho.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF!
H.J. RICE FOR A UNITED STATES !
PATENT.
No. 011916
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
H. J. Rice, whose postofflee address Is j
Wallace, Shoshone county, Idaho, in
pursuance of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States and the acts supplemental
thereto and amendatory thereof, has
made application to the United States
for patent for the BUFF FRACTION
lode mining claim. Mineral Survey
No. 3040. situate in Hunter mining dis
trict, Shoshone county, Idaho, con
taining a total area of 5.912 acres, and J
a total net claimed area of 2.399 acres, |
which is more definitely described by
metes and bounds by the official plat
herewith posted and by the field notes
of survey thereof now on file in the
United States Land Office at Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, which field notes of
survey describe the boundaries and 1
extent of said claim. !
With magnetic variation at 22 de
grees east
Beginning at corner No. 1, whence
the N % corner of Section 28, Town
ship 48 North, Range 5 East B. M.
tbenc e north 70 de
gree3 05 minutes west 123L19 i®*Les
corner No. 2; thenoe 4 S°ï£ t 'L mem?
^ -'nutes^ast ^47 ^ee^to^corn^
minutes east 12S1.19 feet to corner No.
4 - thence south 22 degrees 56 minutes
W est 209.47 feet to corner No. l, tne
place of beginning, containing a total
area of 5.912 acres, areas in conflict
with Iron Crown lode. Survey No.
11 RS-A. 1.933 acres, and Iron Crown
No. 11S8-A, 1.680
1188-A, 1-933 acres
Fraction lode. Survey .
acres, not being claimed, and a total
net claimed area of 2.399 _ a ®res.
The original notice
said Buff
_ of location of
„„„"Fraction lode mining claim
of record in the office of the County
Recorder of Shoshone county.
Wallace. Idaho, in Book 12 01
Quartz Locations, at page 3.9 there
of and the amended notice of loca
tion of said claim is of record in said
offlce in Book 19 or Quartz Locations,
at page 211 thereof, all records of
Shoshone county, Idaho.
The neighboring or adjon ng^ i am«
as shown by the T'lata
Crown lode. S"™* ffide Suray No
Iron Crown Iract.on «nd east
1188-A. on th® " Vo ir .»7 aiu 'j
the i R '^ h J 0 *,*'Z rvpv V m 3 on
Littie Stake lode Sun ey No.ni3.iOn
the south. The said .
lode mining claim is , »,
will be when si.rv y ed Section
Township 48 North, 8 ■
B M - , nI nui .cuiny
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.
i oillce of the Tuscumbia Mining Com
pany, Limited, Wallace, Idaho, De
cember 19, 1923.
! Notice is hereby given that at a
j meeting of the board of directors ol
the Tuscumbia Mining Company, Ltd.,
I held on the 10th day of December.
1923; an assessment of four (4) mills
per share was levied upon the out
standing capital stock of the cor
or before the
poration, payable on
22d day of January, 1924, to Morton
Webster, secretary of the corporation,
P. O. Box 184, Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 22d day
of January. 1924, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc
made
j
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tion, and unless payment
before will be sold on the 15th day
of February. 1924, to pay the delin
togethei
thereon
quent assessment
with the costs of advertising and ex
penses of sale.
MORTON WEBSTER,
Secretary of the Tuscumbia Mining
Company', P. O. Box 184, Wallace,
Idaho. D20-Janl7 5i
Notice of Postponement.
Notice is hereby given that by or
der and resolution of the board of di
rectors of the Tuscumbia Mining Com
pany, Limited, the time for payment
of the above assessment has been ex
tended from the 22nd day' of January',
1924, to the 20th day' of February,
1924. and the sale of delinquent stock
has been postponed from the 15th day
of February, 1924. to the lOtli day of
March, 1924.
MORTON WEBSTER,
Secretary of the Tuscumbia Mining
P. O. Box 184,
Company, Limited;
J17-F21-6t
Wallace, Idaho.
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CLAUDE DOWNEY, Prop.
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Mine Contract Hauling
Solicited
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PHONES 241
Wallace
623 Cedar St.
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Go to J. W. TABOR'S Book k Stationery Store
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Engineer's and Draftsmen's Supplies
QUARTZ AND PLACER LOCATION NOTICES FOR MINERS
LEGAL BLANKS OF ALL KINDS
BOOKS. MAGAZINES, STATIONERY
TOBACCOS.,CIGARS, CANDY, ETC.
WALLACE, IDAHO
COR. SIXTH AND CEDAR
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HOWES & KING
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GROCERS
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The Store That Ha» Stood the TEST OF TIME.
Established in 1886.
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Fresh Stock Full Weight Prompt Delivery
:
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Season.
Phone: 194
606 Bank St.
A. L. HONEKER
THE PIONEER TINSMITH AND SHEET
guarantees satisfaction In any work
ATING PIPE,
trough and chimney tops. —ALSO
METAL WORKER
VENTIL
eave
he undertakes.
FURNACES and WATER JETS for mine,
CARBONITE
For removing soçt from your stove, furnace or pipe,
handles the celebrated PR EM 11: R PIPE or PIPELESS Furnaoes.
He also
To Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
un
dersigned will not be responsible tor
any debts contracted for. either in
labor or supplies, under the present
lease held by W. McAvoy now in force
on its mining property situated i n
Yreka mining district, Shoshone coun
ty, Idaho.
Wallace, Idaho. September 10. 1923
ELDORADO MINING & SMELT.
ING CO. By G. W. Dougherty,
Secretarv-T reasurer.
offlce of the Moon Cleek M iuin
Company, Wallace, Idaho. Januarv
*
In 1924.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
tbe Moon Creek Mining Company
be ld Q n the 17th day of January,
1924, an assessment of two (2) nm 14
per share W as levied upon the uut
standing capital stock of the corpui
ation, payable on or before the Dth
I day of February. 19 24. to Otto a.
Olsson, secretary-treasurer, at the of
Ace of the company. Gyde-TayJ
Wallace. Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
m ent remains unpaid on the 18th day
« Keljruriry< 1M4> wlU be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc
tion. and unless payment is made be
fore _ W iij be sold on the 15th day of
March. 1924, at 3:00 o'clock p. in. at
the offlce of the company, Gyde-Tay
lor building, Wallace, Idaho, to pay
the delinquent assessment thereon,
together with the costs of advertis
ing and expenses of sale.
OTTO A. OLSSON,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Moan
Creek Mining Company, Gyde-Tay
lor Building, Wallace, Idaho.
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.
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WALLACE, IDAHO
CAPITAL $100,000
SURPLUS $50,000
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OFFICERS
.President
.Vice Pres.
.Cashier
Ass't Cashiei
M. J. Flohr .
Jas. F. McCarthy
J. W. Wimer .
C. A. Keating .—
DIRECTORS
Aug. Paulsen
Alfred Page
7*1. J. Fionr
James F. McCarthy
H. E. Howes
Jas. E. Gyde
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JOHN F. FERGUSON
ACCOUNTANT
Corporations • Partnerships
Individuals - Income Taxes
Shoshone Bldg. Wallace, Idaho