MINE OWNERS
NOT SEEKING
TO EVADE LAW
Spirit of Patriotism Pre
vails at Wallace Meeting
While Excess Tax Law Is
Criticised.
Committee to Be Named by
President to Meet Envoys
of Other States to Co
operate in Work Before
Congress.
That the mine owners of Idaho are
not seeking to evade the law passed
by congress providing for an excess
tux on their profits and are actuated
only by a desire for more equitable
distribution of the taxes, was made ev
ident at the Wallace meeting where
the war income tax law passed by the j
last congress was severely criticized.
Throughout the meeting there was a
«trong spirit of patriotism. The pres
ident of the association was author
ized to appoint a committee to work
■with like committees of other lead
line producing states on matters re
garding the mining industry before
congress.
Speaking of the Wallace session the
Press-Times of Wallace says:
Because of the inability of Stanley
A. Easton to be present, Senator I. E.
Rockwell, ranking member of the
board of directors of the association,
presided at tho meeting. Discussion
centered at once upon the excess prof
its tax section of tho war revenue law.
Harry L. Day, who was present in the
WOMEN DOING MEN'S WORK.
One of the most striking results of
the great war in Europe, is the extent
to which women are doing the work
of men. Travelers to England and
France report that practically every
able-bodied man is in uniform and
women by the thousands are engaged
In doing men's work—acting as con
ductors and d'lvers on the cars and
doing all sorts of heavy work besides.
This shows unexpected possibilities
In what has been mistakenly called
the weaker sex. Women are subject
to ailments which men do not have,
and when so ailing become weak,
—Jsolple«» Buffcrrro. Dut l emcdy '
been found. For forty years, Lydia
F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has been making such women well
end strong, and as able to do work as
uny other woman.—Adv.
LAND SALE
Reservoir Sites Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,1917
—The Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District will offer at
Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash the follow
ing described tracts of land held by the District as proposed
reservoir sites. Sale to be held at the office of the Nampa
& Meridian Irrigation District in the Dewey £? Scales
Bldg., Nampa, Idaho, December 8,1917. at 10 o'clock a.m.
ELECTRIC LIGHT RESERVOIR SITE
Portion of SEV4 SW Vi and SWVi SEV4 Sec. 9, T. 3 N., R. 2 E.
About 15 acres.
LAKE NAMPA RESERVOIR SITE
Portion of Ey 2 SWV4 and SE%, Sec. 31, T. 3 N., R. 1 W.
Portion of S y 2 , SW 1 /-, Sec. 32, T. 3 N., R. 1 W.
Portion of NWV 4 SEV 4 , Sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.
Portion of NV 2 NE Vi, Sec. 6, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.
Total acres 290.47.
LAKE MARIE RESERVOIR SITE
Portion of S y 2 NWVi, Sec. 7, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.
Portion of SEV 4 NE Vi, Sec. 12, T. 2 N., R. 2 W.
Total acres 50.05.
LAKE ETHEL RESERVOIR SITE
26 acres located in Sec. 23, T. 3 N., R. 2 W.
inside the townsite of Nampa.
The Electric Light Reservoir Site is located on the bench immediately Southwest of Boise City, Idaho, and is an ideal location for surbuivan residences.
The Lake Nampa and Lake Marie Reservoir Sites are agricultural lands located about four or five miles Southeast of Nampa, Idaho.
The Lake Ethel Reservoir Site is splendidly located adjoining the platted portion of Nampa, Idaho, is suitable for residences close in to the business section.
No bids wiP bp seceived for less than the appraised value. Each site will be offered sepa ately and will not be subdivided.
APPRAISEMENT AS FOLLOWS:
Electric Light Reservoir about 15 acres........$500.00 per acre
Lake Nampa Reservoir Site, 290.47 acres....... 50.00 per acre
Lake Marie Reservoir Site, 41.00 acres......... 37.50 per acre
Lake Marie Reservoir Site, 9.05 acres......... 5.00 per acre
Lake Ethel Reservoir Site, 26.00 acres........ 140.00 per acre
PLATS OF THE ABOVE SITES MAY BE SEEN AND FURTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT AT EITHER NAMPA OR MERIDIAN.
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Common garden sage brewed into a
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senate when the law was enacted by
that body, described the scene there,
when the bill was passed without even
being read, and without debate. Tho
unjust and unfair provisions of the
law, its effect upon the mining indus
try, the burden it places upon the
small operator in comparison with the
concern with large capitalization were
all gone into detail by members of the
association and others.
RAMSTEDT AT SEA.
Axel P. Ramstedt, called upon for
an explanation of the bill, said that he
could not explain it, and that he
thought the only remedy lies in its re
peal and the substitution therefor of
an act providing for a tax upon the
net earnings of all regardless of the
capitalization or the character of the
organization, whether firm, Individual,
partnership or corporation.
James F. McCarthy agreed with the
Ramstedt idea, saying that as at pres
ent in force, the law is not subject to
analysis; that no two legal minds
have been able to agree as to its pro
visions or the intent of the congress,
and that under such conditions a sub
stitute along the lines of Mr. Ram
•tedt's suggestion was highly desir
able.
Frederick Burbidge, of the Federal
Mining Sr Smelting company, said that
he had been for some time trying to
figure the amount which his company
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would be compelled to pay under the
provisions of the present law, but that
he was unable to do so. He discussed
the matter of the depletion of ore bod
ies, a subject in which there was acute
interest, but said that this matter was
for after consideration; that the best
thing in his opinion was the repeal of
the present law and the enactment of
a new statute which applies to all in
dustry alike, taxing the net profits for
the benefit of the government In the
prosecution of the war.
NOT SEEKING TO EVADE.
State Inspector of Mines Robert N.
Bell talked in like vein, expressing
the view that the mining industry
should be and is willing to bear its
full share of the war tax burden, but
that this load should be no heavier on
the mining industry than upon any
other. F. A. Behling, manager of the
Empire Copper company of Mackay,
one of the largest properties In the
state, and fhe largest operation out
side the Coeur d'Alene mining district,
took a similar view of the situation,
discussing in some detail the inequities
of the present law.
Throughout the discussion there
was noticeable a strong spirit of pat
riotism. Tho mining operators are
seeking to evade no burden of taxa
tion for the prosecution of the war.
They are willing to give even to the
entire net profits of the mines, or the
mines themselves, if the country needs
them. But they desire that other
lines of industry shall bear a propor
tionate share of the burden: that there
shall be equality in the distribution
of the load.
TO NAME COMMITTEE.
Dean Thomson, of the school of
mines of Idaho University, made a
splondid talk upon the future of his
work. There is a deep sympathy with
the undertaking to build for Idaho a
school of mines second to none in the
west, which fact was emphasized by
the greeting given Dean Thompson
He talked clearly and' directly to the
point, leaving n remarkably good im
pression with the members of the as
soclatlon. As a result, there will cer
tainly be cordial co-operation between
the University of Idaho and the mine
( operators of the state in the work
I properly in the hands of Dean Thom
son.
! After the dinner, the meeting was
I adjourned to the Day Brothers of
i flees, where resolutions were com
! pleted and adopted. A resolution was
j also adopted authorizing the presi
I dent of the association to name a
I committee of three to meet with simi
1 lar committees from associations of
jlike nature in other lead-zinc produc
ing states, for co-operation in the'
j work before congress.
I E. K. Erwin, secretary of the Wash
ington Metal Mines association, was
I present at the meeting by Invitation,
land said that there will he a. meeting
j of the executive committee of the
Washington organization in Spokane
next Wednesday, when action will be
taken in the matter of co-operating
with the Idaho association. Secretary
I Ravenel Macbeth, of the Idaho Mining'
association, will at once get in touch
I with officers and moving spirits in the
I organization in all states in which
1 zinc-lead operations are found, with a
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view to arranging for a meeting of
committees from the several states in
Salt Lake at an early date.
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—Adv.
Notice for Publication of Time Ap
pointed for Proving Will, Etc.
In the Probate Court of the County of
Ada, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of Harlan
Page Uetlck deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court,
made on the 21st day of November,
1917, notice Is hereby given that Mon
day the Srd day of December, 1917, a".
10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the
court room of said court, at the court
house In Boise, county of Ada has been
appointed as the time and place for
proving the will of said Harlan Page
Ustick, deceased, and for hearing the
application of Margaret C. Ustick for
the issuance to her of letters testo
mentary when and where any person
interested may appear and contest the
same.
R. H. DUNLAP,
Dated November 22, 1917.
AdvDl Clerk.
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