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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. ^ He 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 j 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 .. „ i ° i" KraV W with ho u l ® combining it with the Marsh process of extracting " 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.) I THIRD PARTY HAS BIG PLANS ! PROGRESSIVES IN IDAHO HOPE NATIONAL FUNDS WILL BE USED M».v Establish Part) Newspapers in „ ... ! Mint Heilstem Idaho. ' TO WIN IN ELECTION TWO I 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 .... 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. | ' 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 ! So far as anvone know8 there be no objection to the plans for tax a8 outlined by Governor *< ®id(d cut in a number of appropria- tions, a curtailment of governmental t . xp£nse and a progr am of consolida Hl , n .... ... tion and elimination so far as depart meiits are concerned ; in 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 $350 mark. ' " The sale of Christmas seals Boundary Sell SfSöO.fto Worth of Neals , , ! , | ■ ï T i The Spirit of 1923 j I ! «•$ §S4 A y «dM* ffe dr ; IP « tr Jl ' '254 s • V JWj HI - . wjâÉf-j ? 5 ' •# 1 1 tr. I* ,\ ; 1 10 f * 2 \ , , V fif *r- A - & V 3 ► 1 .: [mm ' X. m '|i X " j ' '•***; '% .. 5 V \ / * \ jA • *) ■: / X I •>. X - . — IV I III IM I V AfpGjT \hlf)V Ü A II I I UUn » ? W¥ i 11\ IV A **"' VtV/VPAliA fTULilAJt H VlUl n f ITYrïTnYJ 5AÎ nAÎTim B re NE pol ThT'T'Y 70 LUXUR Ï ÎN BOUNDARY COUNTY? ÎY ¥ J » ümmmmwimwimiimii: Wim aaiiiwuiimw^Ac { J 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. N . t „ , g cnt Work onsidcr win consmtr w ii , rif . tlv Y ' 1 ' ,°W lo ,bt 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. j 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 - - - 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 ■ 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 j ] 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. ] j ! ! j I ! INTERSTATE UTILITIES CO. WILL SPEND $100,000 IN 192» IN BET PLANNING MANV IMPROVEMENTS j i j TO BUILD NEW TOLL LINE HERE i - To Spend 115,00» On Toll Line To Sand|Miinl. - ,onlay bv^öhnT' Dart"* vice'presi ' UUd > * 1 av,Ch * . I 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. . . . '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 8Vsteln ' 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." ---- ] 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. I NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL NEW GOVERNOR WILL ENDEAVOR SIMPLIFY TO 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 1 :::",,, 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.