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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06

pile and WATERFALL for aimless strolling
and wandering.
The Bachelors lived on farm, the
one described in 'Eben Holden" as be-
onging to David Brewer, pleasantly
situated in the Paradise Valley OF Eben
Holden fame-"a valley reaching to
distant hills and a river winding
through it, glimmering in the sunlight;
a long, wooded ledge breaking into
naked, grassy slopes on one side OF the
valley and on the other a deep forest
rolling to the far horizon; between them
big patches of yellow grain and white
buckwheat and green pasture land and
green meadow and the straight road
with white houses on either side OF it,
glorious in double fringe of golden rod
and purple aster and yellow John 's-wort
and the deep blue of the Jacobs ladder.
Looks a good deal like the promised
land said Uncle Eb.
Though not showing much enthu-
siasm for the tasks about the farm, the
Youthful Irving was not indolent when
il came to books, liking both study and
reading, standing high in his classes,
fond of oratorical flights and OF trying
his mettle in the debating tournaments
that used to exercise young gentlemen OF
an argumentative turn of mind. When
he shook the local dust from his feet and
set outfor "the pageant of the big town,
he proved himself anything but an idler,
worked away with the energy and endu-
rance inherited from those hardy an
cestors that travelled from Vermont to
he New York wilderness, there to carve
out home and competence for their
families: and worked with the hope may
han inherited from his mothers May
flower ancestry. Of the story OF the sue
cesses and failures experienced by the
creator of Eben Holden, newspaper
readers are more or less familiar, so we
shall merely refer to the fact that the
way was not all f1owery, that fame and
financial returns did not come at mo-
ment's call.
Mr. Bachelor is a fairly early riser,
and his habit is to write until four
O'Clock in the afternoons long period
for intellectual labor. For recreation ne
wisely chooses vigorous outdoor exer-
Else and his vacations are spent prefer
ably in the woods, in tramping and fish
inc and hunting, in camp-life and whole
some outdoor living. In the portion of
tho Adirondacks from which | am writ
ing this sketch, he is a familiar figure.
Guide and residents have much to tell me
nf the author that visits this delightful
snot. have recently employed as win
ter guide and snowshoe instructor Ben
son. a youth that last summer led Mr..
Bachelor to the best haunts for trout,
directed his course through the pleas
ATTEST woodland trails, and have been
much interested to find that the patron,
after a month of that close companion
ship necessarily existing between woods
guide and guided, continues hero.
Benson says he and Mr.. Bachelor had
their pitchers" taken about rs times
last summer when they wecS in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
Spanish Ghouls.

For long period robbers have been
violating the burial vaults of the most
important aristocratic families of Ma
drid. These tombs are In what is
known as the Patriarchal cemetery.
The chaplain and the attendants were
accomplices of the thieves. Marble
tablets of great value, oronzes, Jewels
and all kinds of artistic articles of
price have been stolen. 1t is estimated
that the stolen property represents n
sum of 100000 pesetas (s3S6, OOO). The
head of the gang has been arrested and
the chaplain and officials of the GEM
etery have also been put in JAIL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
Knife Drops on Mans Head.

A remarkable accident happened to
t. w. Mccarthy, a railroad brakeman.
Mrs. Burke who lives in rooms over
looking the avenue in Duluth, had
kept window open during the day
to shut the window, and in taking the
knife out dropped it and it fell outside.
The knife dropped point downward
and struck Mccarthy in the top of the
head, penetrating the skull. He was
unconscious three hours, and physi-
clans doubt of his recovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
The Mayor Yielded.

A crowd of citizens called on Mayor
Hanson of White Bear and compelled
him to close the saloons. He at first
refused, but an ultimatum was sent to
the saloon men and dark warning to
the mayor and council to the effect
that unless the saloons were closed
within an hour warrants would be is
sued for the liquor dealers arrest and
that proceedings might be taken
against the officials. The saloons were
closed within an hour
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
To Plant Whitefish.

A shipment of 5000, 900 whiteEsh fry
to be planted in Lake Superior at Mar
quette went from Duluth in one of the
cars of the United States fish commits
sion. The fish were taken from the
United States fish hatchery there, and
there are $4,000, 900 more whitefish fry
together with $4,000, 900 lake trout
and 10000 of brook, rainbow and
steelhead trout. The fry will be plant
ed within the next few weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
THRIVING BACHELLER

lINI - We
NAG cling to the desirable old
NJ ~ fashioned custom of making
~ IL celebrity ours, of emitting
RI the formal mister-is a
q ) woodsman through and
through. His knowledge of
forest and stream, and of the jewellers
therein, he has obtained first-hand His
writings are permeated with the spirit
of the woods
Not only does Mr.. Bachelor appear to
us writer closely familiar with Nature
as found in the Adirondack woods, but
an author sturdily appreciative of that
American of whom We have cause to be
proud; of the plucky pioneer, the from
tiersman of the early west men capable
of using their firearms when necessary
and using them effectively, fearless, yet
God-fearing, ''dreamers that worked,
adventures that prayed" unlike the
daredevil, six-shooter cowboy and
ranger of the later west. We hold Mr..
Bachelor interpreter of the life of the
woods, and revealer of the character of
he settler that laid the foundation of
northern New York.
1t was in this region Mr.. Bachelor was
born, at Pierpont, little village in st.
Lawrence county, just in the foothills
of the Adirondack mountains. Here he
spent his boyhood days; here went to the
district school, took part in the debating
societies, was sharer in and observer
of the social life he was later to picture.
And here he roamed the woods. spending
his time in that pregnant idleness which
years later was to bear rich fruit. His
father, however thought this one of his
seven children merely a lazy boy (not a
budding genius), who babe fair to grow
up good-for-nothing. He was good boy,
to be sure, but indolent, neglecting wood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
News Notes.

The state dairy and food commission
received word from Minneapolis that a
retail dealer was fined SIS and costs for
selling adulterated vinegar.
Gov. S. r. Van SAINT has been asked
to deliver an address at the Memorial
Day exercises in Milwaukee.
The Polk Norman county ditch No.
2, built last fall is damned by the rail-
road tracks near Nellsville, and thous-
ands of acres are inundated.
Burglars, presumely tramps, broke
into the general store of Weissman
Bros. at ST. Cloud, and stole a few dol
lars in change and about $25 worth of
tobacco, canned goods and groceries.
Just 600 pupils were added to the en-
rollment in the public schools in Min
neapolis in April. The total enroll
ment for the year Is 4O,S35.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Peterson of
Roscoe celebrated their golden we'd
ding. They are natives of Norway and
have spent forty-eight years of life in
this country.
The Hotel Minnesota annex, which
has been under construction on the
shore of Detroit lake, was destroyed by
fire. The building was 40x13O feet,
with three stories and attic, and was
valued at $13 900, insurance $4,000.
Arthur l.. Dickinson, postmaster at
Lavman, was arrested on the charge OF
opening and OBTAINING letter written
to L. r. Randolph. He gave bonds for
his appearance in the federal court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
Report Is Denied.

Berlin, May 2.-The report that
Emperor William is negotiating for
the purchase of palace at Venice Il
seMi-officially denied.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
Would Try, ANYWAY.

Ella-If man were to kiss you ON
one cheek. would you turn the other?
Stella-I should try, but my mouth
might get in the way.-ToWn Topics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06

NM of much forethought and
90 difficulty, and one which
is placed in most marked
manner before the Russians. Muk-
den is some 200 to 800 miles from the
scene Of action at the present time.
Hardin is some 500 to 600 miles off.
Again, these places in their turn have
to be renewed from base some thou
sands of miles farther away. Man
churia is not a food-producing coun-
try; cattle are scarce. and oats are
grown solely in the northern parts
near Hardin, and then not in any great
quantity. There are only four -four
mills at Hardin. now taken over by
the troops. The natives are most
unfriendly and will not bring in sup
plies; hay, which is required for the
artillery horses. which are imported
from Russia, is most difficult to pro-
cure.
In Newchy.ang the Russians have
Communicated all the stores to be OBJ
tanned there, and the principal firms
find all their goods taken, with very
slight chance of payment in the dim
future. There is also considerable
amount of bean-cake for the horses in
the bean mills. When hostilities be-
gan there could have been few pro-
visions in Newchwang, as stores are
brought up from Shanghai, Tientsin,
and Chifu while the port is open, and
it has been closed since the middle Of
December until now. Port Arthur is
in a worse plight. for from the number
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
To Show Authorizations.

Minnesota's dairy and food depart
ment has prepared an exhibit for the
the St. Louis exposition showing the
character of coloring matter used in
many catsups, canned goods, favoring
extracts, fruit juices and liquors.
Pieces of cloth soaked in the various
articles have taken on permanent
color After being washed in ammo
MIA and alcohol, removing all vegeta
BILE color, they still show brilliant lines
derived from the mineral or coal tar
coloring matter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
More Graft.

Because w. III. johnson wanted to
get back some of the money he had
spent in securing his position as super
intendent of the poor department and
also to recover money spent to bring
Doc Ames back to Minneapolis, c. H..
Brown, Johnson's assistant in the de-
partment, falsifed and raised bills for
provisions purchased by the depart
ment and was an accomplish of John
son in the wrongdoing in the depart
ment. This is what Brown testified to
on the witness stand in the case against
Johnson.
johnson was cleared by the jury and
Brown was at once arrested charged
the same as johnson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
Facts Concerning Fair.

Summary of the features at the
fair: Area of site, 1,240 acres; area
of exhibit palaces under roof, 1913
acres; number of palaces, 8; extent of
fence inclosing grounds, miles; miles
of asphalt pavement, 35; approximate
total cost, $5O,OOO,OOO total appropria-
ton by the government, $7063, 900;
loan by government, $4,60O,OOO; con-
tribution of st. Louis, $10,00O,O00
Foreign countries represented and
cost of their buildings: Austria, $24,-
900; Belgium, $4,000; Brazil, $780,
900; Canada, $4,000; Ceylon, $35, 600;
China, $4,000; Cuba, $4,000; France,
S250000; Germany, $250,000; Great
Britain, s25O,OO0; India, $4,000; Italy,
$4,000; Japan, 100000: Mexico, $25,-
900; Morocco, $4,000; Netherlands,
$4,000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06

After he had been arrested and re-
leased on charge of beating his wife.
Peter Engh, prosperous farmer who
resided near st. Hilaire, hung himself
to tree near his house. His body was
found by persons passing the highway.
Engh returned home from st. Hilarie,
after he had drank freely, and it is
charged, beat his wife, driving her
from the house.
Neighbors heard of the trouble ano
secured a warrant, which it was found
later, had been illegally drawn up.
Engh was taken to Red Lake Falls
where he was released. Sobered by
his experience, he returned home, and
found his wife critically ill. Neigh
bors believe that remorse and melan-
choly, the consequence of his drinking,
caused him to end his life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A Monument to BemidiL

The people of Bemidji are talking OF
urging the next legislature to make an
appropriation for monument to be
erected to the memory of the late Chief
Bemidji. The people of Bemidji think
that the state owes it to the late red
man to take official notice of his pass.
ing, because he has always been
friend to the whites and never failed
to be honest and square with them in
perilous times. 1t is claimed that he
was very influential in preventing the
Chippewas from joinigg the Sioux in
massacring the settlers at the time OF
the uprising in 1861 while most of the
heads of families among the white set
tiers were away IN the Union army. 1t
was Chief Bemidji's dying wish that
the whites extend to his grandson
Black Toungle, aged ten years, the
same kindly attention that they had
always shown him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-06

D supply an army in the
field with food stuffs, more
especially when the base is
a long way off. is a matter
of much forethought and
difficulty, and one which
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19
THE POOR MANS BURDEN

Pile up the poor mans burden
The weight of foreign wars;
Go shrewdly yoke together
Great Mercury and Mars,
And march with them to conquest.
As once did ancient Rome,
With vigor on her borders
And slow decay at home!
Pile up the poor mans burden:
Accept Great Britain's plan:
She does all things for commerce.
Scarce anything for man.
Far off among the Pagans,
She seeks an open door,
While Pity cries in London:
GOD help the British poor!"
Pile up the poor mans burden;
His sons will hear your call
VIII feed the jungle fever
And stop the Mauser ball
VIII fall far off unnoted,
For spoils they may not share.
And spill their blood to water
A laurel here and there.
Pile up the poor mans burden;
Keep in the old, old track!
Let glory ride las ever,
Upon the toiler's back.
Lay tax on tax upon him,
Devised with subtle skill
Call forth his sons to slaughter
And let him pay the bill!
Pile UP the poor mans burden!
The lords of trade, at least
May drink, like King Belshazzar,
In comfort at the feast;
May boast, as did the monarch
Within his palace hall,
While God wrote out his sentence
In fire Gpon the wall,
Howard S. Taylor, in "Singletaxer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19
THE HEALTHY JAPANESE.

The Japanese army engaged i'm
shooting the Russian is teaching the
rest of the world how to live. The
great lesson of this war is that death
from disease incident to campaigning
can be prevented. Major Louis Sea
men. a military medical man back
from Japan, read a paper before the
Association of Military Surgeons at
st, Louis Tuesday that contained some
marvellous information. When Japan
began to prepare for fighting the
greatest attention was paid to the
medical department.
a great Japanese medical authority
said the Russians may put 1000, ,OOO
in the field. Many of them will die
from army life diseases. Japan will
put $4,000 men i'm the field. None
will die from other causes than col
lisions in battle.
Up to July there We're no diseases
in the Japanese army. There were
no typhoid and other intestinal dis
eases that marked the camps of Alger,
Chickamauga and Miami during the
Spanish-American war. During our
war with Spain 40 per cent of the SOL
diers that perished died from disease.
Two hundred and sixty men were
killed, and 1852 died in camps.
Up to July the proportion of Jap
anese soldiers dying from disease to
those killed was 2 per cent. The
Japanese have abolished sickness from
the army.
They did it, DR.. Seamen says. by
testing all water to be used for drink
ing. The soldiers were lectured on
the proper foods to eat. The smallest
squad had a portable bath. So thor
ough are the Japanese that the SOL
diers are directed to keep their finger
nails closely pared and clean.
OF the thousand returned wounded
to Toxic before July l not one died.
There are no fever camps as there
were in this country six years ago.
Thus Japan saves all her soldiers
for the bullet. The "sllent foe" says
the military observer, claims none.
The peaceful nations can learn
from Japan that disease is a matter
of neglect.-Chicago American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

an advanced phase of this vexed
government irrigation question. II
will approach the government au-
thorities from new side. and will
make them feel that the enterprise OF
the people of Umatilla county is only
equalled by their bulldog tenacity.
That the reservoir plan at Echo is
certain to fail, is. now undisputed,
Careful and extensive surveys fail TO
locate a suitable site for large res
ervoir. The next thing to do is to get
the government interested in the ca
nal and winter flooding system. The
engineers are highly practical and
observant men and appreciate the
full weight of all conclusive evidence.
If it can be shown that winter irri-
CATION can be made to reclaim the
Echo tract, without the possibility of
doubt they should be ready to ac-
cept the truth, in spite of theories
and fixed beliefs to the contrary.
Seeing the reclamation of the worst
class of desert land completed,
through winter flooding, should con-
vince them that small project is
worth undertaking. The idle land is
here; the idle floods run to waste
annually; the idle reclamation fund
is accommodating in the treasury. Only
the government engineers stand be-
tween these vital elements and a
completed civilization i'm the West.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

If the East Oregonian can assist
the people of Umatilla county in get
ting every possible public conven-
ience in the way of better train
schedules, and cheaper bargains i'm
trade. it is willing to be cartooned,
lampooned. cursed and criticised by
the wit and fury of the county press.
If it can be Instrumental in making
two passenger trains run over the
branch line of the o. r. &lN. where
now only one full train and a piece
of train runs, it will stand all the
abuse. The East Oregonian exists
and prospers by the patronage of an
appreciative public and its aim is to
serve that public. 1t believes Uma-
tilla county is entitled to the best
possible train service and it has the
support of every business man in
Pendleton and every farmer and bus
mess outside of Pendleton in its con-
tentions for better and more certain
train service between the busy farm
ing communities of the east end of
the county and the county seat OF
course, Editor Wood, of the Weston
Leader, does not need a better train
service just now. He will either stay
at Weston or ride to Pendleton i'm a
farm wagon until he replenishes the
fortune he squandered in ST. Louis,
and it don't matter to him whether
the trains run at all or not, for the
next few months. AS to Editor
Boyd. of the Press, who always rides
on an annual pass. in a Pullman, he
really doesn't know the woes of the
common herd, whose fate assign
them to the linked local" train
whose arrival in Pendleton depends
on the swiftness of the crew in
switching out all the stations. plat
forms and side tracks along the line.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19
THE n. P.'s NATURAL ROUTE.

When one sees a train of 25 or 80
moved easily down the Columbia
river route by one locomotive, and
then considers how much power 1t
would take to move that train up the
eastern slope of the Cascade noun
tains by the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern route. one can but realize
the great advantage of this downhill
route, and of Portland's position, and
wonder why the construction of the
Northern Pacific down the Columbia
has been so long deferred.
The ways of railroads are often in
scrutable to the average observer,
and there Is nothing on earth more
unreliable than the average railroad
rumor; yet that the Northern Pacific
will come into Portland by a line
down the Columbia river seems to be
one of the events of transportation
development that cannot be very
much longer delayed. 1t seems as II
there can be nothing In the railroad
game that could compensate this
great railroad for not building this
line.
More or less secret arrangements
as to division Of territory and traffic
are not likely permanently to prevent
the building of this road. and then,
1t may be hoped, the o. r. 6 N. will
be at liberty to invade the Clearwater
valley. The products of the great in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

Please don't use the words web
foot or 'webfooter." Clear up the
Oregon vocabulary and show the
Fasteners who come to Portland in
1905 that Oregon is as precise in
speech as gracious in manners and as
clear and keen in thought as any
Boston prodigy who ever read the
Bible through at three years of age
or digested Webster before he was
weaned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

The teachers who meet in this city
in their institute tonight, will leave
their task undone if they fail to pass
resolutions favoring fewer studies in
the public school grades, at least
from the fourth to the eighth grades
No one understands the nonsense of
crowding so many studies into such
a short space of time better than the
teacher, for the teacher sees and la
ments the immediate result of such
''cramming' methods. 1t makes a
poor showing in the work of the
teacher, because the desultory skim
ming over IL to IA studies each
school day, by children of 10 to Is
years of age, can bring out no per-
manent standard. The child makes
a record today in the hurry of class
work that 1t could not reach tomor-
row or next week in an examination.
None of the impressions are perma-
nent. None of the class training can
be thorough. Parents should revolt
against 1t and teachers should reso-
lutte against 1t, until the Legislature
wipes the unwise law regulating the
course of study from the statutes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

The city council of Huntington,
w. Va, yesterday denied the social
lists the privilege of holding a public
meeting in the city hall. The social
list party there is composed of think
ing men in all the walks of life. as
are both the other parties, and as
are the socialists in every other in
telligent community. At this dis
tance 1t is scarcely possible to con-
ceiye of the diminutive calibre Of a
city council that would thus place
itself on record, In this advanced
age, in the presence of such splendid
individual and collective progress
such broad tolerance and fraternity
It seems impossible to think that
there yet exists a community within
the United States, composed of such
execrable and nameless mental
"fogies'' as the city council of Hunt
ineton must be. It is this anti
American spirit among those In pow
er that is multiplying the anarchist
sentiment in the United States. 1t is
such intolerance that adds fuel to the
fires of national discontentment'
Such "old fogyism" and blind ignor-
ance is more dangerous to the insti-
tutions Of this government than the
widest dreams of Herr Most or EN-
ma Goldman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

The meeting called for next Satur-
day in this city. for the purpose Of
appointing committee to confer
with the government engineers on the
Echo irrigation proposition. should
be well attended. 1t win consider
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

Poor writing is no longer consider
ed to be a sure sign of genius. The
public school and the typewriter
have knocked all the foundation from
under that old "saw."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-19

rival trains move toward and from
the city that sits in the natural gate
way of Pacific Northwest commerce.
Oregon Daily journal.