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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19
NATIONAL CONVENTION OPEN
Temporary Organization Perfected
in Republican Gathering at Chi
cdgo--Senator RurroWs Sounds
Party Keynote.
Photo by Moffett Studio, Chicago.

Chicago.-With every state and ter
ritorial delegation in its appointed
place, with enthusiasm at white heat,
with big brass bands stationed at
either end of the Coliseum, with the
great building a mass of flags and
banners, the Republican national con-
vention was called to order by Chair
man New on Tuesday morning.
Rev. William o. Waters of Chicago
made the opening prayer, as follows:
o, Lord, our heavenly Father, the
high and mighty ruler of the universe,
who dost from thy throne behold all
the jewellers upon earth, most heartily
we beseech thee with thy favor to
behold and bless thy servant, the
president of the United States, and all
others in authority; and so replenish
them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit
that they may always incline to thy
will and walk in thy way. Endue
them plenteously with heavenly gifts;
grant them in health and prosperity
long to live, and finally after this life
to obtain everlasting joy and felicity
And, o, most gracious God, we humbly
beseech thee, as for the people of
these United States in general, so
especially for this national Republican
convention here assembled, that thou
wouldst be pleased to direct and
prosper all their consultations to the
advancement of thy glory, the safety
honor and welfare of thy people. Take
always all hatred and prejudice and
whatsoever else may hinder them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

Decentralization F. Stone
Baltimore.
Chief Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-
Edward P. Thayer, Greenfield, Ind.
Parliamentarian-A G. Kinds
Washington, D. C.
Official Reporter-M. w. Blumen
berg, Washington, D. c.
Chief of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. R
Mason, Baltimore,
Chaplains-Bishop P. ]. Muldoon
Chicago; Rev. William o. Waters, Chi
cago: Rev. Tobias Schanfarber, Chi
cago; Rev. John Wesley Hill, New
York; Rev. Lorenzo D. Case, Chicago
Assistant Secretaries - Charles
Brooks Smith, Parkersburg, w. Va;
Ernest Walker Smith, Hartford, Conn.
Philip NJ Heofele, st. Louis; H. j
Tobin, Vinton, Ia; Charles H. Harger
Abilene, Kan; Allen Hollis, Con
cord, N. H.
Reading Clerks-Thomas w. Will.
hanson, Edwardsville, ILL.,; Albert
Berg, Beaudette. Mimi; George A.
Wilson, Des Moines, Ia; w. J. Seitz
West Liberty, KY.
Tally Clerks-Roy M. Watkins
Grand Rapids, Mich; Clyde w. Miller
Usage City, Kan; Frank R. Bentley
Baraboo, Wis; w. A. Steele, Van
Buren,, Ark.
Messenger to the Chairman-Emp
sirdell Stone, Indianapolis.
Messenger to the Secretary-John
H. Jackson, Cincinnati.
Senator Burrows introduced as
temporary chairman was met by wild
applause. The delivery of his pre-
pared speech occupied nearly one
hour. He said in part:
He reviewed the history of the
party and the country, showing
the wonderful progress and develop
ment during the Republican admins
tration of public affairs.
The work of the nine executive de.
partments, the pension bureau and the
army was touched upon in turn and
the successful and efficient manage
ment pointed out.
On the subject Of tariff revision,
Senator Burrows said: "The Repub-
iican party stands for revision and
readjustment of our customs laws as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

for irrigation. If this moisture fell as
rain it would almost Immediately
wash down through the rivers, which
would hardly be fed at all in the sum-
mer when the crops most needed
water.
These facts are so we'll known as to
be commonplace in the Salt Lake val
ley and in the subarid regions of the
west generally. They are not so well
understood in New Jersey or Ohio,
where snow is sometimes a pictur-
esque, sometimes a disagreeable fea-
ture of winter.
In all parts of the country the notion
prevails that the snow is of great
value as fertilizer. Scientists, how
ever, are inclined to attach less i'm
portance to it's service in soil nutri-
tion-for some regions that have no
snow are exceedingly fertile-chan to
Its worth as blanket during the
months of high winds. 1t prevents
the blowing off of the finely pulver-
lied richness of the top SOIL This,
although little perceived, would often
be great loss.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

from perfect union and concord, that
all things may be so ordered and set
tied by their endeavors upon the best
and surest foundations. that peace
and happiness, truth and justice, re-
ligion and piety, may, be established
among us for all generations. These
and all other necessaries for the mem.
bers of this convention and for the
nation at large we humbly beg in the
name and mediation of Jesus Christ,
our most blessed Lord and Saviour,
who has taught us when we pray to
say:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our tres
passes as we forgive those who tres
pass against us. And lead us not into
temptation. But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen"
The temporary officers of the con-
vention were announced as follows.
all of which, with the exception of
Senator Burrows, were made perman-
emit:
Temporary Chairman-Senator ].
C. Burrows, Michigan.
General Secretary-John R. Malloy,
Columbus, o.
Chief Assistant Secretary-Lafay
cite B. Gleason, New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

Jesse Tannehill, the Boston Amer
lean southpaw, has been traded for
Case Patten of the Washington club.
This gives the Red Sox a slab art
list who can take his turn with the
other twirlers. He comes at time
when the club is sorely in need of a
good, consistent performer. Tame
hill has been in the past star for the
Boston team, but this season it has
been impossible for him to get into
condition to pitch ball. Tannehill has
been regarded as one of the best of
the heavy hitting pitchers, and his
work contributed largely to the win
ming of the second American league
pennant by Boston.
Formal charges of throwing" games,
which eventually ended in the loss Of
the pennant of 1907 by Memphis to
Atlanta, have been preferred by Otis
Stockdale, old-time Baltimore and
Washington pitcher, who was a mem
Der of the 1907 Memphis club. He
was recently sold against his wishes
70 Mobile. Stockdale charges that
Manager Babb of Memphis ordered
Sim to throw" games at the end OF
The season so Atlanta could win.
southern League President Kay-
anaugh has taken official notice of
the charges, and says that the rsastos
will be probed to the bottom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19
Most Common Physical Defect.

Of the many physical defects to
which human flesh is heir, the most
common and the most injurious in its
results is the displacement downward
of the upper part of the body. Such
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, we call 1t in
medicines shown by the fiattened
chest, the depressed and protruding
abdomen, the prominent outstanding
collar bones, and the flaring shoulder
blades.
AS an indication of the remarkable
prevalence of this deformity, l may
mention that, as the result of an ex-
tensive series of examinations cover
ing several thousand subjects, I found
less than one per cent. of bodies that
were not collapsed and depressed. In
other words more than SO out of every
hundred people have crooked spines,
lowered chests and displaced struc-
tures.-Dr. w. R. C. Latson, in Outing
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19
~RQR7zNG
OH tx
HNCzEs

There is much more to catching
than merely holding the ball the pitch
er sends toward the plate or the abil-
ity to throw to the bases. Nor does
everything depend on what sort of a
ball, fast, curve, or slow, the catcher
may call for, unless the pitcher is able
to use some judgment in placing the
particular ball wanted in certain
place. A good catcher must, OF
course, be a good receiver and throw
er, but it is with men on bases that
catcher is required to display Judg-
ment. He must know the game and
realize when his opponents are going
to do a certain thing and block their
play. The hit and run game, for in
stance, can only be broken up by the
catcher. He must know when the
base runner is going to steal, and In
order to prevent the batsman from
helping the runner, he wastes the
ball, which means to have the pitcher
pitch it out of reach of the batsman,
so that he cannot hit it and at the
same time give the catcher clear
throw to second or third, as the case
may be. The base runner, of course,
tries to create the impression that
he is going to steal when he isn't, so
that the catcher will waste the ball.
By doing so he helps the batter, be-
cause he gets the pitcher in the
hole. One frequently sees the catch
er wasting two, and as many as three
balls without seeing the runner leave
first base, which indicates that the
base runner has outguessed the
catcher. The real great catchers are
those who think quick, watch the op.
positions every move, and govern
their pitchers accordingly.
Edward Karger, pitcher of the st.
Louis National League club, in one
short season has placed himself in
the front rank of National league left
handed pitchers. He was born at San
Angelo, Tex, on May 6, 1888, and &C.
quired the rudiments of the game at
Kerrville, Tex. He made his debut
in 1905 with the Houston team, of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

been SEEN 1t may have been rivaled
in speed and confusion by some of the
cavalry disasters during the war that
presently followed, but the peaceful
people of Sacramento, am sure,
never beheld anything Of the kind be-
fore or afterward
1.-THE whole cavalcade, shouting and
cheering, some waving banners and
bareheaded, riding at the top of their
speed, dashing down ] street, might
have been taken, had it occurred on
the plains, for band of wild Co
manches, but the little mail carrier
paid no attention to them and kept
in the lead"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19
Artistic Temperament.

The artistic temperament cannot be
gagged by ordinary standards, and
those who care to live on harmonious
terms with artists in any line must
accept the conditions. Matter-of-fact
husbands can never do it, and marry.
ing man of her own temperament
would be dangerous experiment. One
can scarcely picture Miss Nethersole
in the prosaic role of domestic hero
inc, but possibly we underrate talents.
1t might be the browning success of
her brilliant career.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

Cigar 'leafers" have been busy up
and down the country during the past
few weeks, collecting dead chestnut
leaves for the making of cheap cigars.
Armed with long spike, the expert
''leafer" seeks the most perfect speci.
mems of chestnut leaves, selecting only
those of darkish brown color. The
leaves are soaked in tobacco juice and
made into cigars, which sell at penny
each. The outside leaf of these smokes
which rejoice in some such cogno
men among the elite of Whitechapel
as Flor de Cabbage"-is generally OF
real tobacco. During the ''leafng'
season an expert ''leafer' can mako 50
shillings week.-P. T. o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19
"EDNZ4RD K4lRGN~

South Texas league, for which he
won "a and lost II games. At the
suggestion of NJ. J. Finn, manager of
the Nashville club, President Drey-
fuss drafted Karger for the 1906 Pitts
burg club, but Manager Clarke was
not satisfied with the southpaw's work
and exchanged him for pitcher McFar-
land OF the St. Louis club Karger was
not dissipated player, but liked his
beer. On the advice of Manager Nc
Closkey he became total abstainer
last season and the improvement in
his pitching demonstrated to him the
wisdom of his course. He fields his
position well and is one of the best
batsmen among the major league
twirlers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

Pet names are very pretty in pri-
vate conversation, but they sound de-
cidedly silly in court
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-19

A ballplayer uses more care in choos-
ing his bats than any of the other i'm
plements of his trade, according to
those who deal in baseball goods. The
balls are all the same, the gloves they
wear do not make much difference, be-
cause after selecting one the player
uses it long time. The clothes he
wears are of little Importance. He
isn't particular about the spikes in his
shoes, but his bats-there is where he
is fidgety as a grandmother. The ball
player uses many bats. His standing
with his manager and with the fans
depends largely on how many hits he
gets, and the bats make the hits. 1t is
small wonder that the ball player, al
ways superstitious, should regard the
bat with unusual care. If the playes
isn't hitting he at once attributes it to
the bat. He never recognizes the abil-
ity of the opposing pitcher or fielders.
or anything wrong with his eyes. It
is the bat.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29

piled to the church for permission sImi-
lar to that procured by Smoot at that
time, so that the church had but the
one candidate in the field.
Now, let MS reason together. Does
anybody in this State imagine that tho
Mormon church would authorize one OF
it's own dignitaries TO run for political
Office for the purpose of defeating him2
By no manner Of means. The reason
able inference, then, is that when
Smith gave to Smoot his ecclesiastico-
political benediction he fully intended
that "the will and purnose of the
Lord" as expressed through his mouth
piece, should be accomplished. Smith
used every power at his command to
elect Smoot, and he knows IL. His
statement TO the Pittsburg Times may
do very well for outside consumption,
and may be regarded abroad as bearing
the stamp of truth; but here in Utah
everybody with reasoning power and a
knowledge of home conditions knows it
to have been downright and delib-
crate falsehood.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
AN AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN.

The dispatches tell Of n treaty or
diplomatic understanding between our
Nation and Japan, with special refer
ence to China. This agreement or
understanding apparently aims at
modus vivendi in the Pacific between
Japan and tho United States, whereby
the respective claims of each nation
will be preserved from any encroach'
ment by either power upon the rights
or privileges of the other.
Under this agreement each country
expresses the wish for the free and
peaceful development Of its own COM
merce in the Pacific; each disclaims any
aggressive design and consents to the
continuation OF the existing status quo
in the Pacific. And the United states
and Japan firmly resolve to respect the
territorial possessions Of each other In
the Pacific, and to support by all
peaceful means at their disposal the
independence and integrity Of China
and the opportunity of equal CONNER
cial and industrial opportunities for all
nations in that empire. And the two
countries agree to diplomatic lnterteT-
ence in case any other nation under
takes undue encroachment upon China
or upon the rights Of other nations IN
Chinese trade.
1t looks like fair and proper adj
iustment for mutual good understand
ing between Japan and this country.
And undoubtedly it is TO the interest
of both countries, and it ought to be
to the interest Of the whole world. to
let China alone and not steal any moro
land from that decadent empire. 1t is
certain that any further encToachments
upon China will lead to serious inter
national complications, and it is dis
tinct advantage for this country and
Japan to be in accord for the preserva-
ton of the equal rights Of all nations
in China and for guaranteeing the In
tegrity Of China. And il this initial
agreement shall pave the way for a
further treaty which will exclude
japanese labor from this country, 1t
will be so much the better.
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results. The probability Of any real re-
form through government by commits
sioners, absolutely vanishes when we
consider the record made by our three
county commissioners in handling the
affairs of the county. And in view of tho
facts as they are known, it is cne of the
singular perversions of reform t2nden-
cies to see our Civic League commit
ting itself unreservedly and exclusively
to this one particular form of munich
pal change; a form already existing
here, and demonstrated to be the worst
g oI
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
SUCH NoNPART1sANsHIPl

IT is only in Salt Lake, 1t appears,
that the Mormon politicians are putting
up plea for nonpartisanship in the
school elections. And such nonpartisan-
ship as it isl
In Ogden there is regular party
call by the chairmen of the Repubh-
can committees for conventions to
nominate party candidates for the
Board of Education. The same is true
in Logan. The regular Republican
calls are out, SO far as we have OBJ"
served, wherever there is any Hcincb -
in the election of the Republican candi-
dates.
The "uonpartisanship" Of Salt Lake
City is fairly disclosed in the nomira'
tions made by the church deceivers in
the different wards, the nominations by
both parties being as follows:
First Ward:
II. P. Clark, American.
c. S. Martin, Mormon.
Second Ward.
asoTgs ags s s smith; Smith, A%srisao, %aI;1, n,
j, D. Hagman, American.
Oscar w, Moyle, Mormon.
Fourth Ward:
Bismarck SNYDER. American.
MathonIhah Thomas. Mormon
Fifth Ward:
Joseph Oberndorfer. American
It will be noted that the norpartisan.
ship in every case leads to the uomi.
nation of a Mormon wherever there is
the slightest chance Of electing the
bogus nonpartisap candidate. In the
First. the Second. the Third, and the
Fourth wards, there is no pretense OF
nominating anybody as "uon-
partisan but Mormon. There is the
list it shows for itself In the Fifth
ward of course, the election of a Nor.
mon would be hopeless, and so the
American candidate is indorsed.
1t is a vivid illustration in concrete
form of what is meant by nonpartisan.
ship here, in its practical form. This
partisaDship is the selection of a
Mormon in every place where it is sup
posed to be possible to elect him. Nom
partisanship, therefore, in its plain
and simple form in this city, as applied
to the school election, means the sus-
tanning of Mormon control in the
public schools. That is all there is to
it, and that is al that the bogus par.
tisans ever meant that there should be
to it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
RICHES FOR UTAH UNIVERSITY

The decision of the Utah Supreme
Court giving the saline lands Of this
State to the University of Utah seems
to be absolutely well grounded in the
law, logically reasoned, and absolutely
sound. The decision may possibly be
appealed to the United States Supreme
Court as involving the intent Of an act
of Congress, but we cannot imagine the
United States Supreme Court as hold
ing any different from the judgment Of
the Utah Supreme Court. We therefore
conclude that whether the cause is to
be appealed or not, tho University is
firmly established as the beneficiary of
the Congressional grant of all the saline
lands Of the State,
This is magnificent endowment.
The ultimate value of these saline lands
cannot be estimated save only by mil
lions, perhaps by tens of millions. The
only danger TO the ultimate magnif-
cence Of this endowment to the Uni
versity that we can imagine is a posi-
bly, too speedy sale of these saline
lands. If the lands are sold in small
lots and most of them held as long as
possible, the University will thereby
, reap the greatest possible benefit
The common school fund of this
State was miserably frittered away by
:he unwise action of the State authori-
ties in allowing school lands TO 60 hur-
riedly and for q mere trife. The com
| mon school fund should have by this
| time amounted TO millions of dollars,
perhaps ten millions, if the school sec
tions had been sold for what they were
really worth.
We should be glad to see the Univer-
sity take warning by that too speedy
and ineffective handling of the sections
! granted for common school purposes
The University should be in no hurry
TO get rid of these saline lands, but
! should keep as much Of them as posi-.
BILE until time when they will come
into large value in the eyes Of intend.
ing purchasers. By outstanding this re-
source, tue University Of Utah can es
tablish for itself from the proceeds OF
the judicious sales of these saline lands
an endowment such as is at the com
mand of but few universities in the
United States. Perhaps, indeed, nc
other State university has such q rict
endowment as that which was con
ferred by Congress upon the University
of Utah. We 90 not doubt that the
regents Of the University will appreci
ate the situation, and will refuse tC
sacrifice these saline lands at mere
nominal price in order to get immediate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
The Perfect Won
Is Not a Fat Ont

Artists say the ideal proport3,
weight IN q woman Is 26 pounds foJ
foot OF her height This would 4
woman OF . feet Inches waie
pounds s ounces.
II you weigh more than this Ia 1
tion. you are on the danger Line 4
likely to get too fat IN a few
Check IL by taking teaspoonfui
meals and at bedtime OF this red
ounce Marnola, ounce Fluid i
Caseara Aromatic and 81 ounces
mint Water Get the Mermola seaj
mix II with the other ingredients "a
This mixture is harmless, will nof
wrinkles, and has been known B
OFF seven pounds Of fat a week
any help. from exercise or dieting,
inexpensive.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29

ceivlng such favorable or r-s
treatment, as the hierarchs cor.
Vheir obedience or disobed;enca
rant. Taking the products ~ y,
sent into "the storebousa
Lord y the leaders utilized ~
erection of buildings, and maki.I |
other improvements as wera
that time, in the vicinity 80 - us =
landed holdings, enhancing ths 4e''
these first, and at the eTnon.. 4
mass. 'o
And so matters went aIorn !,
saints IN poverty and sorialo,
lated by President Grant. nnt;, (.
crease OF Gentle population be,a
gradual change Of tactics. n,
advent Of outsidcrsn in r.
things began to change; and !
with the elevation Of a Gentila !:
ministration into power thai -
real growth Of Salt Lake heoss
mediately the city took on new !;
public improvements were nno,
never before. Among the otbor
accomplished was tho establi,b, :.
a public school system that No.
ally grown into its present pron,
Now, what we would like to b
whether the people Of this c;tv !,
hold the progressive spirit bron !,
being by Americanism, or wheth,
VIII prefer TO revert to the obst
inflicted upon the communi.v
old days. When the school {
votes shall have been counted y
all know. "