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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
THOSE NEW HATS.
Aid Fioht AGAINST Tuberculosis.

At the recent meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Bill Posters, held
in Atlanta, Ca, it was decided to do
nate to the campaign against tubercu-
losis $1,200,000 worth of publicity.
The bill posters in all parts of the
United States and Canada will fill
the vacant spaces on their $500 bill
boards with large posters illustrating
the ways to prevent and cure con-
sumption. The Poster Printers asso-
citation has also granted 100000
worth of printing and paper for this
work. This entire campaign of bill
board publicity will be conducted un-
der the direction of the National AS
sociation for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis in cooperation
with the National Bill Posters asso-
citation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
7HERf is SOMETHING UYSPfAKABLY SUBLIME M THE
FUZL-G.ROHW CR/ or 4 GREAT GUN

Ing like quick flush Of womans face The
snap of the "Silence!" cuts like whip.
AS though parayzed, the action of the turret dies
loader in the of inserting the brass con-
necngray the hand OF the trpper falls from its lever
sightsetter slips from his headdress the hostman
crowds up in front of the umpre the open breech OF
the gun the thnnest cirrus froth like the hrs
wreath of smoke from choice Pnar del Rio
The umpire points sternly below 1t is he VINO mas
called The hoistman and the leaders climb down the
hoise and pick up lightbrown chunks that look
like broken of horehound candy pierced Win
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

mond, Va, for transferring freight
from the vessels to the warehouses
and cars, and it is said to operate
much more economically and with
greater facility than the hand-propelled
trucks formerly used for the purpose.
1t consists Of pair of trolleys on an
elevated runway, carrying a frame
with hoists for raising and lowering
the merchandise trucks. The system
is electrically operated, and the con-
troll is conferred in cab attached to
the device, in which the operator ia
located.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

gotten that when Swift spoke Of the
Irish nation and Irish rights what he
meant was something very different
from what we speak of under those
terms to-day. The Irish nation for
him was the English Pale -hpe was
the champion of the colonist. Catho-
lie and Celtic Ireland hardly existed
for him. He complained bitterly of
the importation of Englishmen to fill
lucrative places in ireland, but he was
a stanch upholder of the test acts.
and would have those places strictly
confined to Irishmen of English de-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20


Now, until you hear again that command "sience!"
you will hear only two words
Commence fring!"
Rambling from below. With grating crash the
tomato shutter drops in the ammunitionhoist and the
shecar climbs its grinding steady way to the top Sud
denly you realize that the machine is working of its
accord You movement on the part of any
to set going Except for that umpire who, like
the that the fool-kler will doubtless time
get really business there the turret contains but
officer, midshipman, and he is with the other
all here enlisted men. The officers aloft spot
ting the shells they strike below setting the
ranges with intricate instruments and delicate adjust
ments About the gun itself the and the machinery
automatically, drilled to precision Their last
instructions ito take it easy consequently they
work like buttons in shirt.
The plugman pulls open the breech; the hoistman
locks the the loader completes the from
to open breech with ring of pounded brass; the boy
tpper jerks down his lever and the huge SHE'LL nearly
half ton in weight, drops to its all but final resting
place. The holds down his long release as
cable gripnan throws back his lever, the smooth
brass head forces the shell till its soft copper rim
takes" the rifng Of the gun. when shell is not
properly placed" is this way-if it's collar not
take-t will surely be miss. And If the powderbags
placed wrong end to there is grave danger of a
hangfre and hang-fre is than miss-ire-
almost bad fareback-and bareback, as every
knows is what probably did up the Georgia's tur-
ret One of these shells is about the size of three
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

scent and Protestant religion. He
thought the abolition of the Irish Ian
guage would be a noble work." and
prepared a scheme for that end-he
would not even have the gentry &C.
quire it in order to converse with
their tenantry lest the SAVIOR of it
should cling to the tongues in speak
ing English.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
OF WIDELY DIFFERING TYPES

Of them had exactly what the other
lacked. Swift's nature was the more
intense and passionate; he was a
master of satire and invective, a nigh
ty political leader, capable of rous-
ing nation to the highest pitch of
patriotic. fervor. Berkeley's character
was larger, sweeter, more humane,
but he never touched the chords Of
passion, no cheering crowds ever fol-
lowed his footsteps as they did those
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Swift and Berkeley TWO Great Irish
men Directly Opposite in
Character.

Not often do we see two master
minds at work in the same country
and at the same time, so completely
illustrative of two opposing types as
were Swift and Berkeley, T. w. ROLES
ton says in the Fortnightly. Oppos-
ing. but not necessarily hostile. Each
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

AMILIARITY. tits said, breeds
contempt; but l have an extreme
respect for a Pinch gun on a
battle-ship. The very last thing
l care for in that connection is
either familiarity or contempt.
The men who work it, who some
day will fight with it-let those
men explain how innocent such
a gun is, how facile its manage
ment, how bland its temper, how
exquisite its adjustment. Not l.
Listen to those men q while and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20


Won look about companions In the she
etba chamber They trainers pointers
trppe two leaders, hammer ana 10 the
the other outslder-he
umpire; he single stripe of the ensign st;
officer and he is TO Keep
to omit sdestep the bursting OF
and lasso faith thee let this umpire "
the skypilot of the turret! - - >other
The tripper lad, boy Of perhaps IL years
Iii tho LAYER that tbruss following powder-bags
into the carryingcase before the breech In an unders
waits the word lie was
~ wear ago on the Minneapolis whittier he mad come
fresh from the farm. noos suo,.
BARREL encased in leather headdress
tho locked to the telescope that pro
might be diver
; iumbe of intricate speakngube trail
inc aft He Wheel chauffeur his steernggear
his legs sets his sights They might De
there along the slope OF that sleek
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

Is pulled
fro m i t 8
e q u i libri-
UNI. This
is the back
lash. After
every shot
the trainer,
w i t h a
quick twist
of h / s
VI n q O I
subtly alb
serbs the
backlash.
For the
fifth time
the shutter
opens, the
grind as
cends, the
t r / p p e r
pauses to
flip his le-
yer, when
Silence!"
The tone is
raised. 1t
has anger,
C O ncealed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

of the ammunition hoist
directly above the maya
zines the navy has fought
one of it's sternest inter-
nal wars and the war is
still far from finished.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

4 At( "The Fool
, Who Looked
on Forbid
den Things"
We are on the range. Some one
calls, "Starting-buoy," and you know
that in another minute this double
twisted, original imitation OF billy
blue hell will commence. You reflect
that a blast pressure of IL pounds to
the square inch will kill man. You
know that the pressure on the air
near the muzzle of this gun whose
breech you are beside, when it Is
fired, is several tons to the square
inch. You remember that only few
years ago a green sailorman stood OFF,
side 16 feet, that some one called to
him to lie down just as the gun was
fired. that he was in the act OF lying
down when it was fired. but that the
suction of the air going with the
shell drew his head from his body
and broke his neck. This does not
add to the pleasure of your situation
for you can easily reach out there
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

The mere fact that a man doesn't
call you liar is no reason that he
doesn't think you are one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

The umpire his stopwatch
the little red book which defines
that this expensive foolery
minutes this will try put five shots
target mile the quiet water
worthy of its name-the bay of the Magdalene
The ship gdes along like steel through flesh
The guncapan of the leaders, speaks
is-"sence" 1t precedes and closes
lies such potency of command such
the anteroom death
chaf his after that command "ilence"
The guncaptan stepped to him. without
the with gnarled
hand; carried the welt week; by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
rsIpheraee System a Success.

A telpherage system capable of
handling three-ton loads is in use on
the wharf of steamship line at Rich
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
IIl)

you will believe that it is less dangerous to be locked
inside the turret while big gun is being fired than it
is to cross Broadway at Twentythrd street Perhaps
1t is, but prefer Broadway.
And yet the fascination! great gun has for the
imagination the potency of evil itself Emblem of force
symbol of destruction it stands serene, majestic while
round its muzzle gather all the forces of the races
struggles and through its breech march hate pain grief
ambition, power and death.
The torpedo" said the captain of a battleship to
me one night at dinner, SIS less of expert
ment toy 1t would be practically impossible for
to sink big ship. The only thing really afraid
Of is 12-nch gun"
The next day went into the after-turret when the
snip was on the range and In full and sympathetic
cord with the captain stood beside the breech of
of those guns while it dropped four shots into target
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
EXPLOSION
ara THfZNE-LyCH SHEL L.

dollars has been spent in
single month. In three minutes
now he can qualify and have $40
a month added to his pay for
year. For we have penetrated
to the very viscera of wars ma
ture. Here is the man behind the
gun. He does the trick. His eye
searches the telescope sight, his
left hand turns the wheel that
raises and depresses the muzzle
of his gun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

SIGSl uduhSh' =,
On the other side the
pointer, with his assistant
also rides pickaback. Here
is the eye for which TINS
whole ship was built: here
the nerve and quickness for
which the $1,000 tons, the
seven millions of dollars,
the five years of making,
have spread their august be-
ing. His accuracy may sink
a warship; his weakness
ruin a nation. To find him
and his like half a million
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

on the voice of
his index finger,
and he 6 70 W 9
a n x 1 Gus his
W b oil e be n 6
urs it S e ] I
along the wheel
to a resolution
of that terrible
prob | e m. An
hour, a minute.
five seconds, a
week-how much
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

alton as this the turretcrew of the Georgia went to
death, and that no one has found out how it
happened; that in precisely the same way the Mis-
souri, burned to death 20 and that one in that
steel cage escaped.
Credit ID The face of the umpire Stop-watch in
hand he stands behind the breech looking down into
the powdermagazines. You know he is there to pre-
vent recklessness. Though these men are firing
against time he will let them do nothing foohardy;
if he twill be on the side of caution (2) The
knowledge that thousands of times guns this have
been fired from turrets like ths-and all came out
alive. You do not enter railway trains timidly be-
dozen people were killed year before
five thousand miles away. Yet, when you enter the
turret of Pinch gun
They lock you up. There is no escape You stand
there nervousy by the trunnion and somehow it is not
like factory railway coach street or any
other modernly approved limbmangling device. These
things built to kill and presently these fellows
are going touch electric spark which will loose
enough anxious and determined gas to drive an $50
pound shell 10 miles and put it completely through
steel plate thick the that is supposed to
protect you
Yet there you are the Thing before you and you
can reach and pat it the shiny, cold haunch
If it wobbes spring breaks trunnion has mis-
takenly got itself rusted the rifle barrel refuses to
accommodate the shell, you will be fit brother for
detected cockroach. If there is bareback you have
the slightest possible chance OF escape: hold your cap
your face don't breathe hur yourself under the
barrel and fall into the handlingroom You may break
a bones, but if the burning gas gets to more
than 80 per cent of skin will live; that is
how the single midshipman who escaped from the
Georgia saved himself. Yet can tell how that
gas gets in its work. Sometimes it burns away the
flesh touches the clothing again. it singes
off all the hair and touches the esh again. 1t
burns clothing off clean and leaves you naked but
safe.
Sol They have locked you up in this steel cage
The others have some reason here. With them it is
work. duty contest If killed they die nobly get brass
tablets in the wall with their inscribed, pen
sions go to their families. the newspapers call them
heroes If you die they will cut on your obscure tomb:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

q mile away; stood there with my cap in my
hand, ready to clap it my face in case Of
accident, cursing the curiosity that led me to
that lethal chamber. Then the wonder of it
came over me-the silence of the gun-crew; the
stealthy leap of the rifle barrel, like the spring
of grasshopper; the quiet, dull report which
scarcely trembled that stately moving fortress;
the sour-egg smell of the nitrocelluose stimulat-
ing the nerves. the sweet, sick subtlety Of ether
lullng the overweight brain.
When they shut the steel door that Gagged us
In l slipped into funk and until the first shot
was fired my nerve gone. The sides of my
courage account footed up:
Debit: % Imprisonment in an oval case the
shape of coffin, the sides formed of solid steel
nine inches thick and the top of steel just as
solid and five inches thick; GU filling quarter
of that case the back third of Pinch rifle bar
rel, ready for action 90 below, an open chute,
with steel car bringing the shells and powder
from the magazines still farther below; (D the
stern silent faces of the gun-crew, which exactly
resemble those faces seen at places of execu.
ton; % to 1000 memory-the knowledge which
VIM fight hat in inst
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-05

springs of Baden EIster. where the
temperature Of the water rose 10 de-
grees Until the recent lamentable af-
fGir in Italy the seismic record Of 1908
made less of show than usual In
March there was a disturbance in
northern Mexico, near the Rio Grande
river, which did not do much damage.
On the following day Chilapa. over the
Mexican border, was roughly shaken,
and there were even few casualties.
Earthquakes are so infrequent in AZ
RIGA that some scientists have been in
clined to regard the dark continent as
immune. This year, however, that the
DRY has been made untenable. Two
heavy shocks were felt in the Kongo
Free State, almost directly under the
equator, covering an area Of a hum
dred square miles.
But the most convincing realization
of the Insecurity with which we walk
the earth has come to the American
people through the seismic exhibitions
which have occurred nearer home. the
horror of April 10, 1906, in San Fran
cisco. the devastating shock of 1902
which wrecked the island of Mar
Unique in a twinkling and the similar
yisitations on the Carolina coast Nor
does it detract greatly from the inse-
curity Of our position to be told by the
scientists that it is only the necessary
settling of the earth's crust. Its a
long time settling" we retort rather
unamiably.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-05

parts of the state and some from sur
rounding states. One body was sent
from Denver for incineration. Mr.
Kramback states that the majority of
the cases have been Germans.
Martin to Close Grocery.-Frank A.
Martin is closing out his grocery store.
The store room occupied by Mr. Mar
tins store has been leased with the
store room of the Lage-Waters Shoe
company to the Neuman Cloak COM
pany of Chicago and Mr.. Martin is
forced out. Being unable to find an
other suitable location he has decided
to close out his stock and go out of
business for the time being.
Engineer Sues Road.-The $4,000
damage suit of N. z. Nedebaugh VS..
the c.. NJ & st. P. railway company,
was called 70 trial in the district court
yesterday afternoon Mr.. Nedebaugn
was for years an engineer in the en-
ploy of the c., B. & Q. road. While
running his engine over what is known
as the D., R. I. & n. w tracks in Dav-
export used jointly by the c., B. & @.
and the c., NJ & st. p. roads, he struck
an open switch Sept. IS, 1907, on which
switch was standing c., NJ. G. st. P.
engine. Mr.. Nedebaugh alleges his
engine crashed into the Milwaukee en-
CINE and that in the collision he was
caught between the engine and tender
and injured both internally and exter-
nally, preventing him from further fol
lowing his regular occupation of loco
motive engineer. Mr.. Nedebaugh
claims that the Milwaukee road is re
| sponsible for the accident, as its engi
neer should have closed the switch
after he had run into the siding.
Obituary Record.-Peter Thede, re
tired Scott county farmer, died yester
| day at the residence of his daughter
| Mrs. Charles Frey, GIL Perry street
with whom he made his home. Mr.
Thede had been ailing for year with
| the infirmities of age. He came tc
America in 1857, settling in Milan, Ill.
where he made his home for two
years. He then removed TO a farm
near Dixon, in Scott county, where he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-05
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

William Roth to G. William Roth.
south half north half southwest quar-
ter and south half south half north
half southeast quarter section 11-17-2w.
Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, block 81, lower addi-
ton Rock Island Lots Z, 10. Gallup's
subdivision, block "a, lower addition
Rock Island. ST.
G. William Roth to Marie Roth south
half south half north half southwest
quarter and south half south half north
half southeast quarter section 11-17-2w
ST.
John LorenZen to Thomas f. Fletcher
lot Z, Dexter's subdivision South Rock
Island. $3.50.
Jacob Bushong and Edith S. Bushong
to Addie NJ. Hunter, south 50 feet of
north 95 feet lot 1 block IN" Moline
Water Power company's addition Mo
line. 81.
James H. Gibson to Oliver p Glib
son, outlot Is. section S6-19-1e. $500.
Charles II. Frerksen to Amelia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-05
EDGINGTON

Albert Hinterneister has gone to
Kalona, Iowa, to visit his brother,
John.
Several in and about Edgington at
tended the funeral of Mrs. John Nc
Donald who was buried Thursday in
the Edgington cemetery
H. P Bruner and wife have returned
from a five weeks visit in Oklahoma
John Hofer and John Schuck board.
ed southwest train at Buffalo We'd
nesday morning. They are in quest
of Iowa farm land.
1t is rumored that H. P. Bruner is
contemplating the purchase of the 50
acre farm north of Tom Bope's. known
as the Johnson So
Miss Luella Rode is visiting at the
home of hir sister, Mrs. Albert Hin
termeister.
A. Rode has returned from Goa
Valley, where he was attending his
sick father
Emil and Miss Bertha Schaarmar
spent their holiday vacation under the
parental roof. Miss Bertha is attend
ing school at Dixon. Emil has charge
of parochial school at Kewanee.
Tom Johnston has an attack of grip
Charles Durling of Pekin, ILL.,, i:
visiting friends and relatives here.
John Lowe, who has been spending
his holiday vacation at home, returned
to Peoria Sunday, where he will re
sumo his school duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-05

resided until he came to Davenportsto
pass his declining years with his
daughter. Mrs. Thede died six years
ago. Mr.. Thede enjoyed wide ac-
quaintance in the county, and all who
knew him will be grieved by the an
nouncement of his death. The sur
vivors are his four children, Peter
Thede, st. Louis; John and William
Thede, Dixon, Iowa. and Mrs. Charles
Frey, Davenport; his brother John
Thede. Denver, and three sisters. Mrs.
Margaretta Hagge Germany: Mrs.
Henry Schmidt, West Liberty, and
Mrs Mary Thompson. Dixon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-05
CABLE

George Collier and family from Blue
Grass, Iowa, have arrived with their
household goods and moved onto the
farm recently purchased from Thomas
Convill
Mrs. Charles Bradley and daughter
of Rock Island were here Monday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed German of Silvis
are visiting at the home of Ed Nc
Ardle.
Mrs. Thomas German of East Moline
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Weld
NJ D. Tomlinson went to Rock Is
land Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Meeker have been
visiting relatives in East Moline.
Charles and Harry Doxsee of Blue
Grass, Iowa, were home over Sunday
Mrs. Ben Lewis and son, Ray of
Pennington visited relatives here last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Dahlberg of Gal
esburg visited relatives here Christ
mas.
James Watson of Buxton, Iowa, was
here last week to attend the funeral
of his mother, Mrs. Sladen.
The home talent play, "The Octor-
oon,'' was put on at the opera house
Monday evening before large crowd
Miss Wolfe of Davenport visited at
the home of ]. F. Hebbeln several
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. AXel Stranberg of
Sayre. Okla, spent Christmas here at
the home of Mrs. Stranberg's parents
0. l.. Radell and family.
Theodore Peterson was in Aledo
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Tomlinson are
the parents of boy born Christmas
| eve.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Nichol of Sill
Wis were here last week visiting rela
| tives.