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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Humor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DvNcAN N. SfsgTH

A BOUT the only gold bricks that an
American millionaire VIII buy h
an old master or n titled son-in-law.
A man doesn't care how out OF date
his wife's clothes are as long as the
neighbors don't audibly comment upon
them
One trouble about having your own
way f. that you are thereby prevented
from blaming any one else for the con
sequences.
When the small boy can't think Of
anything else TO do he stands round
and wishes that the wood were split
One hand should wash the other.
but unfortunately mother often has 20
wash both.
When you can think OF nothing good
10 say OF a man. at least admit mat
you never saw him beat his wife.
The man who has made and lost sew
eral fortunes must be the historic
man who finds more pleasure in pur-
suit than in possession.
Perhaps the reason why so many
women don't believe IN suffrage IL be-
cause so many other women do.
A story is often perfectly good and
true until the lawyer for the other side
gets at the witnesses.
Though an aviator may easily rise In
the world, he is apt to find his position
too isolated and chilly for comfort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

Senator Billy Lorimer has been sus
tanned by his colleagues, though he may
not have been indicated. and Illinois
veteran politician, Shelby Nj Cullom
voted in Bailey's interests. There may
have been those who imagined Uncle
Shelby would. they were fooled Like
Lorimer himself, he is nothing if not
q politician
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Nevada's New Legal Experiment.

Nevada's New Legal Experiment.
You have read with interest of the
death of Socrates who was condemn
ed to drink the poisonous hemlock
and did so in the presence of his
friends with whom he maintained q
serious and instructive conversation
until the effect of the poison over
came nature. A new law may be
adopted in the state of Nevada which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

The United States senate will con-
tinue to do business at the old stand,
in the old way. and by the old methods.
What are the people going to do
about il?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

Mayor Gaynor of New York says
socialists have the right to wave red
flags il they wish to. They will,
however, advance their own interests
by first assuring themselves that
there are no bulls present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

One of these days some actress
with original ideas will claim the
public's attention on the ground that
she is living happily with her we'd
ded husband.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

MedZ-<e- that AID nature are al
ways mos. Sscc@sSg22 Ehambap
Iain's Cough Remedy acts on thk
plan. II loosens the cough. relievef
the lungs, opens tine secretlons ant
aids nature IN restoring the system
TO a healthy condition. Sold by al
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Taken AZ His Word.

MAY l have just a minute OF your
timer asked the book agent.
You may" replied the busy man.
'I have here the grandest'--
Hold on! Get out your watch so
you will not be tempted 70 overstay
the sixty seconds"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Thursday, March 2, 1911.

The people Of Reno are Joined to
their idol. The divorce-while-y ou-wait
mill is too profitable an industry to be
rashly given up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

Consider the candidates for commits
Eioners and pick the four whom you
conscientiously believe to be the best
for the city's interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

Thanks to Governor Woodrow Will
son, New Jersey is no longer the
mother of trusts, but the state in
which we all put our trust
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

Tried u Out.
"They are introducing woodcarvins
in the schools"
"That shows George Washington
was ahead OF his time"
"In what wayT
didn't he cut down the cherry
treel"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Doubtful Security.

Doubtful SECURITY.
LEND me a hundred dollars"
what security"
"My note for thirty days"
MAKE II three years"
"As you say, but whyT"
"That would give me q longer time
to think that perhaps you might pay f."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Inventive.

"He is one OF the most original men
I have ever met"
At can't see it."
Ever get a letter from him7"
Eyes"
"Did you notice the spellingT'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Evidences.

Evidences.
"Have you no sense of humQrT'
81 sure have"
"How do you prove it7'
Haven't you noticed that take my.
self seriOusly?"
"Wellr"
well, amt that funnyT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02


al
S
Proceed Devils hole and the oopath And the
skill and Stokes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Ea.iIv saen.

There is much that I don't under
stand"
Really"
eyes. there IS"
"Do you think 1t is necessary to -
so positive about itT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

You have not fulfilled every duty un-
less you have fulfilled that OF being
pleasant Charles Buxton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weskiy at ie24
Second avenue. Rock Island. III ZEN
tered ct the postofhce az second-eIass
mattsr.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Crops Out.

There may be found a lingering strain
OF substitution In US yet
In spite OF reason II Is plain
The grounding Is our one best bet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
March g in American
History

1769-De Witt Clinton, statesman.
born; died 1898 For his advocacy
of the Erie canal Clinton was elect
ed governor Of New York in 1917.
1793-Sam Houston. hero Of Tennessee
and Texas. born: died 1863
1oO2-CoIonel Francis Wayland Park
er, noted educator and reformer,
died; born 1897.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

TERMS.-Daily. 10 cents per week
weekly. 81 per year In advance.
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for puolica-
ton No such articles win be printed
over fictitious signaturee
Correspondents solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
u5ElEzDe
GRA6Es1 1lGssseas leo1NciIS 20
EEE
Thursday. March 2. 1911,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02
Rich and Poor.

Rich and Poor.
There's a difference In children"
YES; the poor mans children are
assets. the rich mans liabiIities."--
Washington Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

A BOUT the only gold bricks that an
American millionaire VIII buy n
an old master or n titled son-in-law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-02

Perhaps the reason why so many
women don't believe IN suffrage IL be-
cause so many other women do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
Death of Florence Opel,

Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Opel have
the sincere sympathy of a host of
friends in the loss of their daughter,
Miss Florence, who died at St.
Mary's Hospital. Duluth, on Sun
day last, of tubercular peritonitis.
The little girl was taken to the
Duluth hospital some three weeks
previous to her death, but medical
skill was inadequate to cope with
the disease in its advanced stage.
She was member of the fresh
man class of the Virginia High
School, and was general favorite
among her school companions. who
showed there respect and sympathy
in beautiful floral offering at the
time of the funeral which was held
from the Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Duluth, on Tuesday morning
Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

the hands of bonafde settlers. One
law, limiting the number of acres
that any individual can buy to 800,
remains unrepealed by Senator
Gums bill. The law that is to be
repealed if the Gum bill becomes
law requires that within FIVE years
after purchase the buyer of state
lands must do one of the following
things. First-Fence rs per cent
of the land for pasture and convert
it into pasture land. Second
Cultivate S per cent of the land.
Third-Build a house and live on
the land at least twelve months.
While these requirements seem
wholesome. it is claimed that their
effect is to initiate against sales OF
state land and to divert business
that the state ought to be doing to
private land dealers, who make NO
such requirements and who, in
addition, let the buyer take the
timber on the land, which the state
withho1ds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
BY COMPANION
Paula ~Novak Instantly Killed Wednesday
Afternoon
Companion Plays With Gun With the Above
Result

Wednesday afternoon while
Paula Novak and Joseph Kerenc,
two children about 7 years of age
were playing at the adjoining
homes of their parents in the
Chandler location, the little girl
was instantly killed by a charge
from a twelve-guage shotgun in
the hands of her companion.
The story goes that little Joseph
Kerenc had been given a toy gun
by his parents for Christmas and
the same had been broken in play.
Joseph mourned for his gun and
Wednesday getting his father
shotgun was playing about with
the same unbeknown to his
parents. Securing a loaded shell
he placed it in the gun. The
Novak girl was his companion and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
VERMILION RANGE
Protective Association Or
ganized by Independents.

The Vermilion Iron Range Pro-,
tective association is a new or
ganization that has been formed for
the mutural benefit and protection
of the independent operators on
this range and the owners of min
eral properties here. DR.. William
A. McClaran is president and f..
c. Kennedy secretary.
The headquarters of the as
ISOLATION will be in Duluth, and it
aims to be clearing house for in
formation of reliable character
about independent iron properties
on the Vermilion range. Some of
the independents assert that many
false rumors ore set afloat at diff
ferent properties, and the as
ISOLATION will be prepared to give
people who are interested facts
that they might be in search Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
HEAVY DAMAGES
Trio of Suits Against Min
ing Company.

For a drop of 125 feet in which
he claims to have suffered serious
injuries of a permanent nature,
Anton Peloza has filed papers in
the district court, asking Sc, 500
damages from the Oliver Iron Min
ing company.
The complaint cites that Peloza
at the time of the accident, which
was Oct. 20, was employed by the
defendant company at the Savoy
mine. He was machine helper
in one of the underground work
ings. On that day, he with others,
entered the cage or hoist to be
taken to the surface and after it
had started it suddenly fell dis
lance of 125 feet to the bottom of
the shaft.
Peloza in his complaint alleges
carelessness on the part of the
company in having machinery
which he states to the best of his
belief was defective and also states
that the engine was insuhiciently
manned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

playing about the weapon was dis
chargedth charge striking the little
girl directly over the heart and
completely SCATTERING the inside of
the little body. Ali the arteries
leading to the heart were severed
and one lung was badly perforated,
death resulting instantly.
Coroner Gleason was at once
notified and after an investigation
decided to hold no inquest. The
parents of the children are grief.
stricken and the boy, while almost
too young to realize the full i'm port
OF the tragedy, has been ill since.
The afflicted parents have the
sympathy of large number of
friends. The funeral will be held
today from the Catholic church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

Alleging negligence on the part
of the company, Frank Bergant
Monday through his attorneys,
filed papers in the district court
asking 5000 damages from the
Oliver Iron Mining company.
The plaintiff claims that while en-
ployed at the Pioneer mine in May
OF last year he was pushing three
loaded ore cars from under a chute
to the main drift where they were
to be picked up by an electric
engine. The front car went off the
track and he was ordered to assist
in replacing it. Some pieces of
rock were piled up for it to run on
to raise it level with the rail and
the electric motor then gave the
car a bunt.
The derailed car instead of
mounting the rails crushed Bergant
against the wall of the drift, doing
him serious injury. He claims
negligence ON the part of the CON-
'pany and its employees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

state onemill school tax on all pro-
perty in the state, and the re-
mainder.s 1924, 1886. 40. from interest
on investments in the permanent
school fund. The general school
fund is apportioned by the state
superintendent of public instruction
to the counties in proportion to the
number of pupils of school age,
entitled to share therein. The
legislature, has appropriated annually
from the general revenue fund as
state aid to higher education 81 $50
for high schools; 5000 for graded
schools; $500 for seni-graded
schools; for rural schools of the
first class, $780,, and of the second
class, 500. An additional sum of
$3.50 is yearly paid to those high
schools conducting normal school
instruction in the common branches
of education.
This means that practically only
eight counties contribute to the
support of the university in any
way-see following table:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
To Repeal Act.

The committee recommended for
passage the bill by Senator D. M.
Gum of Grand Rapids, repeating
the law which requires purchasers
of state land to make certain i'm
provements within five years.
State Auditor s. C. Iverson appear
ed before the committee in support
of the bill,
The law proposed to be repealed
was introduced in the house in the
session of 1905 by A. L. Cole, then
representative from Cass county
and latter a defeated candidate for
governor. It was intended to keep
the state lands out of the hands of
the spectators and to put them in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
Steel Plant Work.

The Minnesota Steel company is
making fine progress at the steel
plant at Duluth with the work of
placing concrete.
The company has 400 men at
work at present, and about May
the American Bridge company will
begin the erection of the buildings
on the foundations which are now
being put in by the steel company
itself.
The material for the buildings
will begin arriving in April, and a
large force of men will be employed
when the work of erecting the
buildings is begun. Beginning
with May scene of great activity
will be presented at the steel plant
location.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
copper countrysof Michigan.

copper country of Michigan.
1t has been, reported that Mr..
Longyear will invadethe Vermilion
range, but when. asked about it
said that there was nothing definite
as to his doing any drilling there.
In regard to the tendency of ex-
plorers for iron in Northern Mime
sofa to seek the mineral in terri
tory off the regular ranges, Mr..
Longyear said:
There is a large part of northern
Minnesota about which little or
nothing is known, and / believe
that there are other mineral sur
prises in store. Drilling operations
are being conducted in outlying
territory from the known mineral
bearing areas, and I have heard,
with some encouragement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
SUICIDED
ThOs. Hawley Found with
His Head Blown Off

Two woodsmen passing the
sleeping shanty of deserted Camp
10 on the Stoney River, having
occasion to seek shelter therein
found the door bolted from the in
side. No response to their knocks
for admittance being received, they
broke in the door and found the
remains of a man in one of the
hunks. Indications pointed to the
fact that the man had been dead
for over a week.
The woodsmen notified Game
Warden James and his assistant,
Chef Morrison. They notified
Coroner Russell of Lake county at
Winton who investigated but
deemed an inquest not necessary.
All indications point to suicide
as a 5000 rifle was found in the
grasp of the man. The muzzle
had evidently been placed against
his forehead as the whole top of his
head was blown off. Nothing was
found about the place to indicate
foul play, contrary to rumors.
The remains were, brought to
Laing's undertaking parlors where
arrangements are being made for
burial. 1t is learned that the man
was Thos. Hawley, of strolling
disposition, who went up into that
country to work for the the ST..
Croix but had never done so.
Nothing is known as to his
relatives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
Wants Pay for Work.

Richard Cullen and the Standard
Iron company are named as defend
ants in case in which William
Foulke. an attorney, is suing for
81, 500 for Professional services.
Mr.. Foulke states, in his COM
plant, that the services consisted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
WHO PAYS?
Statement Shows Eight
Counties Pay Over, Half.

The following compilation OF
state tax figures made from the
state auditors books by George
Author for the Minneapolis Tri-
bune tell some astonishing facts.
In the report of the state auditor
for 1908 to 1910 be finds the
following.
I'VE are often asked for state
ments showing amounts paid into
the state treasury as state taxes
and state school and university
taxes by the several counties, and
the sums paid by the state treasury
back to the county treasures for
the support of schools under the
appropriations made by the legis-
lature. !.
The following figures give the
amounts for the present calendar
year. The total sum paid into the
treasury for state taxes for all pur-
poses by the eighty-fve counties in
the state was So, LOG, 99o.53, and
the amount paid back to the
counties for support of public
schools was 81, 962, SOB. 10, leaving
balance or net sum of $144, 4O6.-
43, which remains in the state
treasury for the use of the state
government.
1t is interesting to observe that
in each of II counties the amount
received from the state exceeds the
total sum of taxes paid by those
counties into the state treasury; the
amount of the aggregate excess be-
ing $500, 64S.ee. In each of the
remaining eight counties, namely,
Cook, Heilnepin, Itasca, Koochich-
ing, Lake, Mahnomen, Ramsey
and St. Louis, the state treasury
for state taxes were in excess of the
amount received from the state, the
aggregate sum of such excess being
81 ,044, 1922. Of the general
school fund apportionment about
one million dollars came from the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
Total for 8. a.e7osssz,. ssae,saS.so A.o44.l42.o7

Total for .. S670.96872 1926, $3.50 04. l42 OF
Total rs. $.4s6.ososl sss $3.50 = s9964s 90
Excess. of receipts over payments
in the case of the seventy-seven
counties.
This means that eight counties
pay to the other seventy-seven
counties the sum of $500, 645. SO
and in addition pay $144, 499. 43
into. the state treasury for general
running expenses.
The eight counties above mem
tionedspay 1913 per cent of all the
state taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
Many Changes Yet.

E. J. Longyear of Minneapolis, a
prominent mining man and drill
contractor, was in Duluth Tuesday.
He has IS drills in operation on
mining properties in Minnesota and
Michigan, rs in Minnesota and
20 in Michigan. The operations
are in four districts the Mesaba and
Guyana ranges in Minnesota. and
the Crystal Falls district and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

Andrew Holm seeks, through the
district court, to obtain from the
Section Thirty Mining company
Sc, 900 as compensation for injuries
received while in their employ at
the mine at Section 80. He states
in his complaint that following out
instructions early in last July he
was doing some blasting, and, after
having lit the fuses, was retreatine
to place of safety when he was
struck by stones and rock sent
flying by another blast. He claims
'carelessness in the manner in which
the operations were conducted, and
states that he was seriously and
permanently injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24
$500 Reward.

We the undersigned will pay the
above reward for the arrest and
conviction of party or parties who
destroyed property on the land
recently rented by Us and located
nears the Burnside crossing. All
partiestare warned to keep off the
said land. ~
A BERGLUND
c. M HANSON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

The discovery of fire in the coal
chute of the Duluth & Iron Range
brought uout. the fire department
Sunday evening. ( Only a few
minutes sufhced to put the fire out
without serious damage being done.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-24

OF obtaining restoration of title
under state mineral contracts No.
SGT and 528, covering the south
half of Section 16. township 81,
range 10, near Robinson Lake,
after the title to it had been for
feited to the state for failure to paw
ROYALTIES.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
STEEL TRUST GOT
BIG ORE HOLDINGS
MINERAL DEPOSITS VALUED AT
$2oo,oOo,ooo In TENNESSEE
Deal.
ANOTHER MOTIVE H|NTED
Member OF Firm Of Moore And
Schley To Tell What He Knows
About Big Deal Of 1907.

New York, August 1--That the
ore and coal holdings acquitted by
the United States Steel corporation
in its absorption of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Co.. in 1907, has a
valuation of $2O0,0O0,O00 was esti-
mated from figures of the mineral
holdings of the Tennessee Co., given
to the house Of representatives com
mittee of inquiry into the steel cor
poration by expert engineers.
In acquiring the Tennessee Co.,
the steel corporation exchanged 5
per cent second bonds valued at
$40, 100000, the transaction having
been brought about to prevent the
collopse of the New York brokerage
firm of Moore and Schley because of
excessive loans with Tennessee Coal
and Iron stock as collateral.
Since the beginning of the inquiry
into that deal Representative Stan
ley and other members have sought
to develope evidence tending to
prove charges that the impending
panic and danger to Moore and Sch
ley was not the prime motive of the
merger, but that it was desire of
the steel corporation to acquire the
Tennessee company and its vast min
eral deposits Of the Birmingham dis
trict.
In furtherance of that idea not
witbstanding the determined decla-
ration of Witnesses who particip dated
| in the exchange that the suggestion
of conspiracy was preposterous, the
committee heard today the testi-
mony of e. r. Perrin, Walter Moore
and W. M. Givens, expert engin-
GERS, who appraised the deposits Of
the Birmingh field in 1904.
These men declare that the ore
deposits of that region and their
proximity to coal deposits estimated
at nearly two billion tons makes
that territory almost unparalleled
from an ore producers stand point.
Ore royalties OF IS cents a ton or
more than 400,O00,00O tons in that
| region and coal deposits aggregat.
ing more than 1,600,000,000 tons
were given by the experts as basis
upon which the members of the com
lnittee computed that these proper.
ties alone We're worth $500, 900, 900
In corroborating the Statement
made by Engineer Pervin to William
Given Of Birmingham pictured thu
Birmingham ore field as an meal
cuable value taking into considera
tion all undevelored resources.
4 OF the available ore in all the reg
ions the estimated holdings of tn
Tennessee holdings were given a
| from so to 70 per cent
4 Tomorrow Grant IT, Schley O
Moore and Schley is expected tt
| testify, J n. Topping, another mem
/ er Of the Tennessee syndicate ais
as been slbpoenied.