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Bonners Ferry Herald
BONNERS KERRY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2x 19 «
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, NUMBER 26
OFFICIAL CAPER OF BOUNDARY COUNTY
PLATINUM IN
BLACK SANDS
J. >1. S(TIN UTTERLY TELLS OF
PLANS TO PROMOTE PLACER
TO BUILD BIG PLANT AT LE0N1A
In
MINING IN THIS DISTRICT
Black Sand Deposits Valuable
ITallnum and Gold.
Residents of Bonners Ferry w h o
are stockholders of the Idaho Gold &
Ruby Mining Co., with properties at
Leonia, have recently received from J.
M. Schnatterly, president and general
manager of the company, a pamphlet
entitled, "The Scientific Evolution of
pany and explains the organization of
a new company with a view of seien
tifically treating the black sands con
taining platinum in large quantities
which are being saved in the concen
t,rating plant of the Idaho Gold &
Ruby Co. at Leonia.
Placer Mining, in which he tells o;
the expectations of the placer cora
This new company is the Marsh
Metals Extracting and Manufacturing
company, to use processes perfected
by S. J Marsh, who is now putting in
a plant at Quesnel, B. C. This new
company is incorporated at $5,000,000.
Mr. Schnatterly is acting as fiscal
agent for the sale of $2,000,000 worth
of the stock to raise money for the
erection of needed mills and equip
ment. These mills will be built at
Leonia.
While the extraction of sold and
platinum from black sand is the pri
mary purpose of the companv. it is
announced that the companv will
treat black sand products sent to them
on * ' "t er ms 6 '< > f° * 'su c h° ' H her a Ht'v 'loathe'
place r miner, that profits for the com
pany from this service will not be ex
tensive. The Idaho Gold & Ruby Min
ing companv has a contract to the ef
fect that the Marsh companv will Dav
for 90 per cent of the gold and plati
num content in the sands, and charge
only $10 per ton for treatment. The
same terms are offered to other pro
ducers of black sand in this district.
The Marsh eomnanv evneet« tn mail»
its big profits bv the manufacture of
platinum into the finished products
such as platinum wire, which is used*
in contact points in combustion en
gines; sheet platinum, principally
used in the manufacture of jewelry
and in the electrical world: dental
work, also crucibles and different oth
er laboratory utensils and equipment;
and the sale of such products to the
commercial world at market prices,
In this way the Marsh company will
double the value of platinum from the
price paid tor the unmanufactured
platinum. Raw platinum at this time
is quoted at about $118 per ounce. ■
Discussing the Idaho Gold & Ruby
company. Mr. Schnatterly says that
the financing and equipping of the
more'stock Äe'andTcal'coV
more stock tor sale and it can con
hal thC COmpany
Cs nAt v^r handlina UKMIOO cuhh
î^t ^ >ea. handling lOO.OOtt cubic
the c'on i anv s holi incs sh.nv tim orés'
ti ! P .
ence of 20 pounds of black sand m
every cubic yard. Assays of black
sand recovefed in the company's mill,
made bv Mr. Marsh, show an average
of $84.62 per ton in gold and $31.69
per ton in platinum. Twenty pounds*the
to the cubic yard means one ton to
every 100 cubic yards, or 1000 tons of
black sand, according to Mr. Marsh's
assays, $116,000 per day production!
The Idaho Gold & Ruby expects to
.Tin a tunnel from its concentrator to
the Marsh mills at Leonia, about three
miles, to transport the black sands by
gravity. The Ogden tables used in the
Idaho Gold & Ruby company's mill
are said to make a complete savings
of all black sands and fine gold. The
signifieance cf the evolution that has
taken place in placer mining is evi
dent by the following statement:
"There is now opened up the largest
field in the world, which will undoubt
cdly produce a world supply of plat
mum in years to come, together with
f in ii ul) , to n °'Y : he r ® covel 'y
ot the iiacK sand containing the plat
mum content nas been limited to th§
recovety or ten per cent of the actual
acK sanct product. While at the pres-,
But the great drawback
to successful operations on these
placers was the fact that black sand
could not he handled under old style
methods of placer mining, that it
baked the riffle and made it next to
impossible to recover the gold. And ;
where the plan was used of placing
the riffles on sufficient slope to "boil ,
out" the black sand, the fine gold and
of course the platinum in the black.
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L h» nLt of n ".I Plat . nUm
npr d lnn ^. l f° Ut thF i ee t]I ?V S
as valuable, per ton of gravel, as the
r,hodf! d n In t ° ther WOrds - l ° ld sty,e
tourth or.lv of the'valuea^ ab ° Ut °" e
Surveys have already been made at
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ent time, with the completion of the
n t n ,° n f" COnt,n,ra l0n
pr/hTJtoi' ? ?, n S W A n ,? P / r S tl S n
at the mines of the Idaho Gold & Ruby
Mining company, the recovery of 100
per cent of all black sand containing
metallic content contained in alluvial
placer gravel deposit, is made possi
h l Vn ï Vi » X. 1 ..
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with ho u l ® combining it
with the Marsh process of extracting
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values from the black sands makes
possible this business or enterprise.
Mr. Schnatterly says that it has al-!
ways been known that there wer«
enormous quantities of both coarse;
and fine gold in the gravel deposits in
this district
(Continued on last page)
Mrs. Mrtllturj Passes Away.
The funeral of Mrs. H. L. Medbury,
who died at her home in Seattle on
Monday, Dec. 18, was held at the
chapel of the Smith Co., undertakers,
in Spokane, on Friday. The services
were conducted by Rev. Burleson, j
formerly rector of the Bonners Ferry 1
parish of the Episcopal church, and :
were attended by manv friends of the i
deceased.
j Mrs. Aleduury was one of the early
I resld' nts of Bonners Ferry and came
here with her husband prior to the ;
! trlct With Mr. Medbury she went to
Seattle about two years ago. For]
more than a «ear she suffered from aI
cancer, but when Mr. Medbury was
here a few weeks ago it was believed j
that she would regain her health. The!
news of her death reached Bonners |
Ferry last Thursday.
Besides her husband, the deceased
is survived by a brother and two sis-j
ters who reside in Minneapolis, Minn, j
She was 62 years old. |
The deceased had hosts ol friends In
Bonners Ferry. All are grieving over;
her death and Join in extending their'
sympathy to the mourning relatives.)
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THIRD PARTY
HAS BIG PLANS
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PROGRESSIVES IN IDAHO HOPE
NATIONAL FUNDS WILL BE USED
M».v Establish Part) Newspapers in
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Mint Heilstem Idaho. '
TO WIN IN ELECTION TWO
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YEARS HENCE
, progressjve or third tv J
, e Processive, 01 tiura paiiv, in
J^oho, leeling encouraged over the'
vote cast 1<>r & ' amue,s at ,be last e,ec '
tlon plan get,ing ,nt0 th ® Political)
K;>mo early in the state an '' keeping
at il for the next two y ears in ,he ex-j
P e< tation of winning.
T* 1 ® progressive party objects to be
in ' called the "third party," saying
while it is true it is the third party
80 far as ,late of organization, it Is
the " scc<)n(i Party" when it comes to
Bt rength in the state.
Samuels, the party nominee for gov
ernor, made the statement while hack
in Chicago recently at progressive,
headquarters that a ehanee In 5000
votes in the state would have given
bim the election. !
The "Committee or 48" in charge of
progressive partv national affairs feel
sufficiently encouraged in the state
to he willing to help finance a cam
paign over a period of two years in
the hope of electing its ticket in the
state at the next election.
Salnuo , 8 has secured control of the
official organ, a daily paper at
Nampa and will establish a paper in
Twin FalIs
The strong vote secured throughout
« 0 „ theaHter ' Ifl . lho particularly in J
Ronneville'and Btogham cminties nrny
niean .he establishment of a progrès
p , ve new8pa „ er somewhere in that
® f ,h ® southeastern „art of
the state
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T ^e democratic state organization is
seeking a combination with the pro-,
g'essive members of the state legis-]
lature in the hope of putting across
platform pledges which are nearly
Identical tn both platforms, hut the
progressives fear to tie un with the
democrats fearing that such a deal
would be admitting a weakness, and
they feel able to "go it alone" and to
this time have refused to be dragged
into any deal that will have a ten
d ®n®y to weaken them.
Progressive memhers-elect of t h e
legislature have been holding meet
ings in Lewiston, in north Idaho and
in Nampa in southwest Idaho for the :
purpose of perfecting their plans, j
which include bank guarantee laws.'each
state wide primarv and other meas-jtliis
ures advocated in the campaign. j
The only chance for a coalition b/
the democrats and progressives would
be in the hope of preventing senate
confirmation of some of the appoint
nients to he made bv Governor Moore
and probably in efforts to override his
veto on certain measures which they
feel that he might fall to approve. |
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Moore., which, so far as known, are
such that they will meet with the ap
pvoval of ihe most progressive of
Progressives as they call for a de
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So far as anvone know8 there
be no objection to the plans for tax
a8 outlined by Governor
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®id(d cut in a number of appropria-
tions, a curtailment of governmental
t . xp£nse and a progr am of consolida
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tion and elimination so far as depart
meiits are concerned
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county came to a close
Christmas dav and Mrs. H J McCoy,
who was in charge of the campaign
in Bonners Ferry, states that a total
of $251.60 worth of seals were sold,
of which $18.08 was taken in at the
postoffice stand. The beat day's sales
at the postoffice was made by Mrs.
F. A. Shultis, representing the Union
church Ladies' Aid society, when the
day's receipts were $4.20
Last vean the county quota in the
Christmas seals sale was $300 andi
this >'® ar il was increased to $400.
The S " l€S in the rUral districts Will,
nrchablv be below exnectations tins
year on accountTf he cold nn l dis
aßreeable weather Ju8t b ®f«re Christ-!
"ml sules^in KfeouS?^iffikS?!
reach the $350 mark. ' "
The sale of Christmas seals
Boundary
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In a number of the communities of |
Boundary county petitions are being
circulated in which the county board
commissioners is asked to do awayjtive
with county agent work.
From all accounts those signing
these petitions are doing so from anj'
economical standpoint, with a view of
cutting down county expenses and
lowering taxes. j
If county agent work is any good,
its merits should bring it into favor
in a district like Boundary county.:
which is, one might say, in the first !
stages oj; agricultural development.
u js true that jn al , aistricts there
are fanners who do not need the is
sistance of a eountv agent But it is
also true that the success of one
farmer is a help, even if in an indirect
manner, to his neighbor and to other
farmers of the district This is proven ■
j„ the stock business the fruit busi
ness, the poultry business, the seed
potato raising business, etc The
more crops grown, the more produce
la ised. the better marketing condi
turns can he had and there is better
chances for cooperation for the mutu
a < benefit of all. Ten farmers may
-iced the hMp ofcounty agent where
the one farmer does not, and vet one
man may benefit from county agent
work, indirectly but jusi as surely,
throueh the success of his neighbors
l , l ;£ n ine . ® ucce ® 8 01 nis neigtiDors
niltl the assistance given them.
Whether or not county agent work
is to be continued in Boundary county
depends entirely upon the attitude of
the farmers. The other taxpayers of
ihe county cannot derive any benefit,
from county agent work except as it
benefits the farmer. If the farmers
don't want county agent work, let's
drop it But deliberate consideration
of what county agent work costs and
what good it does should be made be
pore action is taken.
County agent werk in Boundary
county the past year actually cost,
according to the records at the county
courthouse, at a rate of 30 cents for
$1.000 assessed valuation. From
statement each farmer in the
county may easily ascertain just what
it costs him to have available the!
services of a county agent.
Consider this also: About 85 per
cent of the taxes of Boundary county
a!e paid by the corporations and the
municipality of Bonners Ferry, leav
j,ig about 15 per cent to be paid by
the farmers.
we know what county
costs the farmer, let's
consider what benefits are derived.
The county agent is the county rep
resentative of the United States de
I)a rtni ( . n t of agriculture an' the Uni
.versify of Idaho, whose, duties
educational. County agent
work should be of almost equal value
to the farmers of Boundary county as
the state agricultural school is to the
! state of Idaho.
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The educational work is conducted.
through the cooperation of the uni
versity extension specialists, instruc-ja
,m ' K experiment stations, interested
farmers >n carrying on field demon
strations, field excursions, extension
school®. Public meetings, bulletins
circular letters and local press
articles. .
» b ® following lines of extension
work were undertaken in Boundary
co itnty the past year and which, with
additional problems that are of com
raunity or county-wide interest, should
be continued the ® omin K y® ar:
Poultry improvement.
Seed potato production,
Dairying,
Soil and crop improvement.
Land clearing.
Weed and insect control,
Rodent control.
Ordinarily educational institutions
•e not expected to be self-suppurting.
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yet In the past year the saving to the
people of Boundary bounty on a single
car of picric acid, based on the rela
cost and efficiency of this ex
plosive and stumping powders, ex- '
'ceded t lie county appropriation for
oun ty agent, work for the year 1922
by $132 This does not take into con- '
sidération the value of stimulation i n
land clearing or the economical value
1°* 11,0 * a!1 ^ s 80 c » cai 'ed, for produc
lion -
dozens of farmers of Boundary
c ounty were benefitted the past year
by the county agent in the assistance
hp Rave in controI1 ins tho grasshop
> ,er ani1 '-be sciuirrei pest. Others
profited th rough his assistance in
B° ultry matters, in seed potato pro
du(tion - etc -
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County agent work is financed
through a cooperative agreement of
'be United States department of agri
culture, the university of Idaho ex
tension division and the local board
of county commissioners, as provided
by the Smith-Lever act. whereby tlfe
United Stales department of agricul
ture and the University of Idaho each
appropriates $600 and the board of
county commissioners tin the in
stance of Boundary county) appropri
ates $2,000 toward the salary and ex,
penses of the county agent.
Th » t , nVQ ifv
.lie county pays its part of the
state appropriation for county exten
mob work both toward the salary of
'he county agent and the salary and
expenses of extension specialists such
as Mr. Moore and Mr. Bennett,
whether it gets this service or not. In
counties not having a county agent,
the help received front specialists 4if
any at all) is very limited.
The demand for extension work ex
ceed* the available funds for this
work in this state. Two or throe
counties in this state discontinued
county extension agent work during
the year 1921. The Smith-Lever funds
that were to have been theirs were
immediately transferrd to counties
which were waiting for these funds.
Boundary county was one to which
transfer was made. Later these coun
ties asked for county agent work.
which requests could not be granted
»tiring this biennial
Other counties in Idaho in previous
years have discontinued county agent
work for economical reasons. The
same action has been taken by coun
ties in other states But in most of
these counties it has been realized
that a mistake was made and that
false economy had been practiced in
doing away with county agent work,
Just recently a.county in a middle
west state decided that the appropria
areHion for countv agent work could be
used to better advantage in some oth
er channel of assistance to the farmer,
i The fact that county agent work had
been discontinued in that county was
soon spread broadcast, neighboring'
newspapers publishing the news and
lamenting that the county had taken
step backward and as a result a
number of settlers who had planneu
locating in the county, went else
where. It was clearly demonstrated
, that the new settler in any community
] values the assistance the county agent
can and does give.
, j„ Idaho, most of the counties which
; discontinued county agent work last
y ear „„ account of finances, have
seen t i le j r mistake and have volun
tarily applied to the state extension
department for assistance.
Boundary county should not take]
hasty action. No backward step]
should be taken now that will do
harm for several years to come. Every)
help and all available assistance!
should be placed at the disposal of the
farmers and especially the newcomers
and those who contemplate locating in
the county.
Nells Intnvsl To W. ('. Tanner
A deal was concluded this week
whereby Mrs. K. E. Kuehn sold a half
interest in the business of the lnter
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national hotel and dining room to
William C. Tanner, who has followed I
'restaurant and hotel work for several,
years and who is wellknown and liked !
in this community.
The new firm plan several improve
ments in their hotel and restaurant j
business. A new banquet room is]
being fitted up which will accommo
date 75 to 100 people. This room is
off the kitchen of the International!
dining room and is so located as to
permit of quiek service and also pri j
vary. It will be well heated and ven
tilated.
The new firm assures their patrons
and friends all the conveniences and]
good treatment that has in the past!
made the International one of the 1
popular and well patronized hostel
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Elmer and Thelma Shafer, who are
students at the Washington State Col-:
lege, at Pullman. Wash., arrived here
Sunday to spend the Christinas holi
days at the home of their sister, Mrs. j
L. L. Knoles.
ries of the county.
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INTERSTATE UTILITIES CO. WILL
SPEND $100,000 IN 192» IN BET
PLANNING MANV
IMPROVEMENTS
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TO BUILD NEW TOLL LINE HERE i
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To Spend 115,00» On Toll Line To
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,onlay bv^öhnT' Dart"* vice'presi
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aIl( ^?. r ? e . ral manager of t In ~
terstate Gtihties Co., that improve
mel " s 111 the telephone system of the
company, costing approximately $100,
000 have been definitely decided upon.
The Interstate Utilities Co. operates
' h ® telephone system or northern Ida
ao ' , e! ^ te V' " as hing ton and
northwestern Montana, it lately ac
' |air ® d exchanges in Libby and I roy.
Montana, and Tekoa, Wash.
Mr. Davies' statement as to the 192»
plans of his company were published
in y 1 ® Spokesman-Review Wednesday
as follows: !
"The budget of improvements of the
telephone plant for 1923 includes
marked improvements in the telephone
system at Uibby and Tlroy, Mont.,
Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, Spirit
Lake, Priest River, Rathdrum, Plum
mer ' st - Maries, Kellogg, Wallace and
Mu , llan ', 1 i1h 1 Î"' and a ! New » ort ' Ione
and r «koa, Wash. Ihe most import
ant fcature ° r th e work is the pro
l> OB ® d construction of a $35,000 cen
! la cdt ce building ai Coeur d Alene,
n <=luding switching equipment of the
late* type and design, and automatic
^ 0ne »' '< f ract,ca ' f
The plan also provides tor an en
larged switchboard for the telephone
exchange at Libby. Mont. At Troy,
Mont., considerable outside construe
«Ton will be required immediately af
ter January 1 to meet the require
merits of lumbering operations.
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'V n ( e 3 v ,on ,l " e Äl11 b ® constructed
c, ' oaf? ,be recently completed portion
' ,f 'be >>orth and • outh highway be
tween Sandpoint and Bonners I<eri y
ft a cost of $15 000. This will give
three long distance circuits between
Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry instead
° r OIle Metallic circuits will also be
| rom Sandjoimtofhe narks^or/"
c ha nge and between Sandpoint and
{atodrum to serve Atho Granlte
and other small towns A
new toJ , , ine wjn |)e c : onatrU cted earl y
jn th 8DI . ing between Tekoa and
Plurnmer to gjve Telu ,a direct con
IH ( t ion with the Interstate Utilities
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I S RING THE SERVICE
"Subscribers of the Interstate Utili-'
ties^ companv at Burke in the Coeur
vielte mining district are served
()U , of the central office of the tele
phone company at Wallace and the
subscribers at Wardner are served out
of the office at Kellogg. The budget
for 1923 calls for the expenditure of
$7000 in cable construction to im
prove this service. An expenditure of
$5000 in additional outside facilities
for St. Maries and the surrounding
territory also is provided. '
"A new switchboard will be placed
in the exchange at Newport."
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Is Victim of Sleeping Sickness ,
Charles Dennev of Parkwater Wii
j 8 at the Bonners Ferry hospital, re
cuperating from an attack of sleep
j 1!g sickness He came here recently
t0 do electrical work in the new high
st , hool building. ,
n e was taken sick suddenly and af
t er his removal to the hospital re
„mined in a stupor tW more than a
week. The past few days his condi
tion has been improving and it is
planned to take him to his home Sat
„rday. Airs. Denney has been here
wit h her husband for several days and
a son arrived yesterday.
Legislators Go To Hoise
Frank Clapp, senator-elect from
t Boundary county, plans to leave Mon
day for Spokane to spend a few days
there attending to business matters
before proceeding to Boise to take
his seat in the legislature which will
(convene on January 8.
O. H. Campbell, representative, ex
pects to leave for Boise next Thurs
j day and will also spend a day or two
in Fpokane to attend to business mat
; ters and to take part in a proposed
meeting of North Idaho legislators.
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NEWS FROM THE
STATE CAPITAL
NEW GOVERNOR WILL ENDEAVOR
SIMPLIFY
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COM MISSION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
APPOINTMENTS CAUSE WORRV
Considerable Opposition To Retain
ing Cannon and Jones.
augural ball will not be a part of the
inauguration of Governor-elect C. C.
Moore of Idaho when he takes office
January 1. say news dispatches from
Hoise. He has placed his stamp of
disapproval on such a ceremony. For
10 years Boise has been deprived of
an inaugural ball. The last one was
The glitter and brilliancy of an in
given at the inauguration of the late
John M. Haines in 1912.
However, the capital city has, with
the consent of Governor-elect Moore,
arranged for a reception to be given
in his honor and that of the justices
elecl to the supreme court and state
officials on New Year's night It is
to he entirely informal. There will
io invitations except a general one
to the public. It will take place in
the state house rotunda, which will be
decorated in national ecilors and Yule
tide green. A reception line will be
formed with Governor anti Mrs. Moore
at the head. The Boise Chamber of
Commerce is in charge of all ar
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taking lus prospective administration
seriously, entering upon the prelimin
cries modestly and without show. For
the last two weeks he has been acting
igovernor .luring the absence of Gov
te ™'* ,nK '»'«governors' confernce
The matter of Moore s appoint
nients is the subject wide specula
tjon The suggestion has been made
tha , tllo , lea(] of evor v state depart
ment who i8 «„pointed bv ihe gov
t>rnor lay hiH resignation on the desk
of tha incoming chief executive. So
n0 stampede has been noticed
al)out the state house to comply with
Tlle governor-elect and all officials
take the oath of office a week before
the legislature meets. This will give
ti le incoming governor a week to de
termine on policies and appointments
Republican party leaders declare
that there must be a general cleaning
out at the state house. They say the
platform pledges them to such a pol
icy. However, every employee in the
state house worked tooth and nail for
Moore and had something to do with
bringing about his election. They
that they are entitled to hold
their positions under the incoming
governor and will insist on so doing,
Predictions are being made freely that
there will no material changes,
Already a fight has been launched
against Miles Cannon, state commls
last faH
active part in the campaign last tan
in his support of the new governor.
The oppositicin '.®m® a from he south
eastern part of the state, which makes
it significant felln>l>era of produee
there have objected strenuously to the
inspection rules of the department, and
, v » llt somebody in harmony with
^ farmers it is claimed Cannu» 'ias,
friends however who will make
■ . f . . f ' fn ko(J j lim jn
■ ' " , opposition among the
™eie a <» «PP >smon among the
• ■ Commissioner Otto M Jones
■ Bonneville republican countv cen
committee went on record against
both Gannon and Jones. The ' stock
men particula.lv desire to get the
scalp of the state game warden. Thejr
claim that official has made his rul
ings and regulations offensive to
them and that he has gone out of his
way to work hardships on them in
the use of grazing lands within for
lests
this.
What will he done with the depart
ment of law enforcement is a prob
Ia "i 'hat is worrying the incoming
governor also This department was
without a salaried head for the last
four yeais, the secretary of state be
»ng its director. There have been calls
for its abolishment, but attempts U»
distribute its functions among other
departments have failed. An effort
will be made to create the office of
commissioner of law enforcement witl.
j a salary attached or else to do away
with the department.
I The department of investments also
] offers a knotty problem. The work
, of this department used to be handled
with the land department, but four
y® ars . n ?°- with the creation of the
® 0nimissica torn, of state government,
" wa ® taken trom that department,
-, n , .! or ,. 18 .. a«™®*»!»*«*
, date it with the land department again
and p * ace . r , n „f oners
th e Btat e b » a r® ®t 'and commi.s: n ...
1 he , , 1 Î „ T he ftoance dei^nd
L hw
V„t »ti™ nt inher
, " noth the hlne skv laws
1 a C ?>, ■ . L,, should be
, , ," T. InfoVcement de
nâîîm.m, according to manv critics
Assessed Valuations Increased
As a result of cruising work carried
on the past season under the direc
tion of County Treasurer Des Voignes,
and the county commissioners, the as
sessed valuation of Boundary county
has already been increased $26,100
and only about a half of the result«
of the cruise have been extended on
the county assessment rolls,
Most of the increase in valuations
is applicable to lands owned in this
County by the Northern Pacific Rail
way company.