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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-24

Mrs Macarthur. widow of Gen. Nc.
Arthur, l. :. A, and her son, Capt
Douglas Macarthur. Corps Of Engineers,
L. :. A., have taken an apartment at the
Dresden for the season.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-24

Mrs Robert Edwin Pearv and Miss
Marie Pearie are IN New York en- route To
their summer home IN Maine. They will
remain there during October, and then
will return to Washington for the winter.
Mrs Pcary was in Washington last week.
hut LETT on Sunday to join Miss Peary
in New York.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-24

The marriage of Miss Helen &. Ken
nedy. daughter of Representative William
Kennedy. 4 Connecticut, and Charles l..
Mitchell. Of New Haven. Conn. Will take
place this morning in ST. Agnes Chapel
at WOOdmOnt Conn. Rev. J. J. Smith. a
cousin of the bride. will perform the Cere-
mony. A wedding reception will be given
at Representative Kennedy'S summer
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

ROBERT G.. DUNN of Princeton
state senator-elect from the Fifty
fifth district and we'll known IN
Minnesota political life for a gen.
Grafton, expects during the coming
session to take a leading part in
obtaining legislation to protect the
states interests in ore deposits
found in the beds of navigable
streams and meandered lakes.
Recently the Minnesota Supreme
Court sustained the enactment OF
1909 asserting the states title to
such ore bodies. This law provid-
ed that the proceeds from the sale
of iron from these lake and river
beds shall go to the states good
road fund, and Mr.. Dunn is natur-
ally much interested in this feature,
being the author of the new road
law, known as the Dunn act. "
1t is estimated by the state experts
that the ultimate royalty income
to the people from the ore bodies
thus conserved will reach the $25,
10000 mark and may go much
higher.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

three "A B c" countries should
be taken only as an invitation to
export more, and that 80 millions
suggests the chance for further
development of trade relations.
We need meat and hides from
Argentina, tin ore from Bolivia,
rubber and coffee from Brazil and
Venezuela, nitrate from Chile.
platinum from Colombia, cocao
from Ecuador, wool from Peru,
and Uruguay. What can we ex-
port in exchange?
To increase industrial pros
perity this country needs to ex-
port finished rather than crude
products and to import raw mater
ials rather than manufactures.
Betterment of industrial conditions
can come best through expansion
of manufacturing. The increase
of the element of labor in the pro-
duct exported will mean that we
are not bartering away our heritage
of natural resources but rather that
we are using these resources as a
basis simply for the expenditure of
labor, which renews itself.
Coming down to bottom facts,
the United States will profit by the
European war only as the nation
makes larger and wiser use of its
m n er | resources. Foreig Il
markets in the main can be won
and held only as the quantity or
quality of the Made in America
product rivals that of the goods
offered by the other producing
nations. The buyer, whether he
be in the Far East or in South
America, wants the most and the
best for his money. Yet it would
seem safe rule of national con-
duct that industry should begin at
home, and therefore every indus
trial opportunity in America should
be improved. If these opportuni-
ties are recognized and grasped
every one of us can indulge in
optimism.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

THE campaign against the drug
habit, begun by club women of ST..
Paul, will spread throughout the
state. according to reports received
here from other centers. Investi-
CATION reveals the fact that the
drug habit is wide spread and a
menace to a community, and it is
pointed out that the resulting evils
are more to be dreaded than the
worst form of intemperance. 1t is
planned to devote every effort to-
ward abolishing the evil and the
club women all over the state will
help in the work.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

WHEN we talk about the high
cost of living we are liable to be
called down, just as has the editor.
After having considerable to say
on this subject we have been fur
nished with an old daybook kept
away back in 1914, which showed
the following prices: Calico, 81
cents to IS cents per yard; tea 81
per pound; veal 4 cents a pound;
eggs 6 to cents a dozen; chickens
IL to 18 cents each; beef to 4
cents pound; salt $16 per bushel;
sugar zoe a pound, etc. This in
dicates. that cheaper transportation
has greatly reduced the price oi
manufactured articles, while the
products of the farms has greatly
increased. The lesson would seem
to be that the farm is the place to
go and stay.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
MANY QUIPS

They fall in love at first sight Then
they get married. take second look,
fall out
Sometimes man never realizes that
he is fat until he discovers that his
stomach is croWsing him away from
the table.
A man man can't help being bow
legged. But if he adds wide whiskers
to his other calamity there is no help
for him.
A new metal can stand strain OF
1000 tons to the square inch. Shucks!
Any fat womans straight front can
beat that.
The main reason for the high cost of
living is that most of us can bull our
selves into the belief that we can af-
ford things we can't afford.
When the second baby comes along,
paw has to buy new baby buggy be-
cause the old one doesn't match the
new baby's complexion
What has become of the old-fash-
ioned souse who used to look at him.
self in the mirror back of the bar
and sing, My Mother Was a Lady?"
We are all ready to condemn man
who speaks disrespectfully of the dead.
But if he says something ornery about
the living we are all ready to applaud
him.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
QUAKER QUIPS

In politics NO man is SO poor that
he can't afford to buy vote.
Some people can never find anything
when they want it except fault.
The people who are the most gifted
don't always get the most presents.
Most of US are out for the dust, but
we object to having 1t thrown in our
eyes.
You can always make woman hap
py by giving her an opportunity to
say Il told you So"
The only time many a fellow ever
wins in walk is when he takes his
bride up the church aisle.
Beauty is only skin Deep" quoted
the Wise Guy. cay, there's the rub"
requoted the Simple Mug.
Nv NAA0S 90 ~ Aioy oOOhiS SuO hSos
disagreeable person in the world is
the fellow who agrees with every
body.
Tommy-"Pop. what Is tank
drama?" Tommy's Pop-"Didn't you
ever hear of Ten Nights in a Bar
room?'"
History demonstrates that
most Of the heroes have been mar
ried men," Cynicus-"Sure. Every
married man Is a hero.''
Wigg-"Bjones boasts that he is
proof against disappointment" Wagg
Yes. he is one of those fellows who
always expect the unexpected to hap
pen."-Philadelphia Record.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
CHATTER

Self-made men are always talking
shop.
Trust chicken-hearted man to
hatch excuses.
Tact is the leaven that prevents fiat
terry from falling fiat.
It's investment" if you win and
Speculation" if you lose.
The average man wants to do all OF
the SHINING for his family.
Too many people view life through
the wrong end of the telescope.
The fellow who wants to get some
thing for nothing can always get a
free fight.
The good die young and the older
we grow the more chance we have OF
being found out.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
WHY OPTIMISM?
(Extracts from address by Geo. Otis Smith.
Director. United States Aeological Survey.
American Mining Congress. December 8.
Phonex. Arizona0

"Europe's war finds its echo
in Americas industry. What con-
trast could be greater; on the one
shore of the Atlantic all activity
seemingly destructive i'll purpose;
on the other shore. every energy
directed along constructive lines;
absolute waste of life and property
as opposed to production of wealth
and betterment of life.
Even though it is at distance
that we view the terrible disaster
that threatens the whole continent
of Europe, optimism seems a lost
art. Yet sooner or later this epoch
of catastrophe must be followed by
a period of repair, and the longer
this period is delayed the greater
will be the needs involved in the
reconstruction and replacement.
Where war has torn down at
terrific speed, peace must build up
slowly.
The interruption of interna-
tional trade stopped our exports OF
cotton and copper and our imports
of dye-stuffs and potash, whereby
several important industries were
wellnigh paralyzed. Yet startling
as has been this disturbance of the
whole balance of industry, certain
fundamental facts and laws remain
for us to build upon and indeed the
lower course of foundation stones
for optimism has already been laid
Evidence of business better.
ment is before us on every hand
and the reason for optimism are
many. The United states farmer
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

S. HANENEN was acquitted be-
fore Judge Anderson of Gilbert OF
the charge of shining deer Satur-
day. Hanenen was arrested some
time ago by Game Warden Wood
when he made the notorious raid
on Burnside lake and his case
has been hanging fire ever since.
Much comment has been created
by the case and the subject has
been the cause of several newspa-
per articles. The question is why
was the man railroaded to Gilbert,
entailing an enormous expense.
when the case could have been
tried in our own court? Why
were all the men arrested in Ely
taken to Biwabik and Gilbert for
trial and why are men arrested in
B!wabik taken to Hibbing for
trial, etc?
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18


levied by the state of Pennsylvania
on anthracite to their coal bills.
Not only the bare amount of the
tax was added but just a little
more for good measure. 1t now
develops that the mine owners
have not as yet paid single penny
of the tax but are fighting the case
in the courts. The people have
been paying the lax however. 1t
is supposed that if the tax is
knocked out the coal barons will
at once return the amount to the
people-we guess nit.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

THE county division movement
bids fair to bear fruit at the coming
session of the legislature. While
all the towns and villages in the
county are not as a unit for the
division proposition, they are as a
unit for an act by the Legislature
giving the people in the county a
chance to say whether they want
division or not without the en-
tanglements of naming a county
seat or a list of county officers.
The legislative forces of the ranges
are in. favor of the measure and
will do all they can to have such a
measure passed. Later the county
seat and the officers can be selected
A chance to vote yes or no on the
division question is what is wanted.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
SCHOOL EFFICIENCY

population was scattered, it made
vacant lands contribute a little to
the scanty settlements among them.
That was about all. 1t never made
any district keep better schools OF
hire better teachers.
The same is true of the state
school tax. 1t does not appear
that it has any influence on the
schools. 1t might be stimulus
to improving the schools. But
there is no indication that it is.
From a study of fourteen counties
having / 100 school districts, the
education commission cannot find
that it has any such effect. II
might spread the burden of educa-
ton more equally. There is no
sign of that in the findings of the
education commission.
! A poor district gets no more
than a rich district. A slovenly
district gets as much as one that is
thrifty and progressive. 1t has NO
influence that can be discovered
on the support of the schools, the
pay of teachers or the effectiveness
of the work.
About the only result one can
find is that where district is not
willing to do its fair share, the
state enables it to do still less.
To that extent it is a bonus to
civic Incidence.
The education commission
recommends that the state distri-
butte both the state school tax and
the local one-mill tax and that this
combined fund be used as an incen-
tive to sluggish districts to do their
share and as means of equalizing
the burden of the support of good
schools.
The first means to efficiency is
to hire capable teachers. The
first indication of their capability
is the amount of their pay. High
er pay generally commands better
teachers. Therefore let one half
this fund be distributed in proper
tion to the amount paid teachers
for salaries. That will help equal.
ize the cost of good schools. And
if any district will not pay enough
to get a fairly capable teacher
say $500 a year or $50 a month
let it forego so much of the prem
ium. In order that no district
may use this money as a substitute
for its own taxes instead of a sup
plement to them, the salary of any
teacher paid less than that rate
should not count in the calculation
The surest sign of efficiency is
attendance. Good teaching and
good discipline make for good at
tendance. If the children are
absent half their days, as some
times happens, it is sign-unless
there is an epidemic-that some
thing is wrong in the teaching or
management of the school. Let
the other half of the fund then be
distributed in proportion to the
aggregate attendance. That takes
into account the number of pupils
enrolled and their regularity at
school.
So disposed, the school fund
will afford relief to the poorest
districts, promote liberality in any
districts that are niggardly and
have a wholesome influence on
those that are we'll sustained.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Entered at the post Office at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

The columns of the MINER are open to the
public for the dicussion of affairs of public
nature. Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be published under any
condition. We invite communications OF a
public nature and only request that you sign
your name-not necessarily for publication but
as a guarantee of good faith. Write and get 1t to
this Office not later than Thursday noon.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
These articles are presented by the Education
Commission of Minnesota.

Commission of Minnesota.
! One way and another the state
spends between IS, 100000 and
81 100000 year on education
The people, through the school
districts, spend perhaps $4,000,
900 more. The total bill for
public schools and other public
education is close to $40, O,OOO,O ,OOC
year.
The state supports the university
and normals. and the schools fol-
deaf and blind, and contributes in
three ways to local school districts
The first is the income of trust
funds amounting now to $1,0OO,-
900 a year. The second is the
proceeds of the l mill state tax
amounting to more than 81 ESQ.,
900 year. The third is special
state aid amounting to 100000
a year, to schools that furnish
special facilities or come above the
minimum requirements.
The permanent school fund is
now approximately $25, 100000
1t comes from the sale of state
school lands, from the timber or
school land and the royalty on iron
ore on school lands. 1t is estimat.
ed that it will eventually reach
500, 900, 900; it may run anywhere
from that to 5000, 100000.
The constitution says this in.
come must be apportioned accord.
ing to the number of scholars
The legislature has said that a
scholar is one who has attended
school at least forty days, in dis.
trict that has kept school open al
least five months.
The education commission does
not propose to change the constitu-
ton. Let the income of the trust
fund be contributed on a per capita
basis. The commission would
change the requirement. It pro-
poses that to qualify for apportion.
ment, the pupil must attend school,
one hundred days-twenty weeks
instead of eight.
The state believes in giving
every child a common school edu.
cation. To adopt the hundred.
day rule would be equivalent to
saying that a child can hardly get
common school education unless
he attends twenty weeks in a year
The state is not interested in dab.
bling at an education.
Improve your schools, the state
will say to the districts, and you
shall have more from other funds
Keep your school open five months
at least and for every child that
puts in that much time in school
you shall share in this trust fund.
If you are not interested to that
extent, the state will say, then the
state is not interested in your
school.
Besides the income of trust funds
distributed among the school dis
tricts. the state distributes in the
same way the proceeds of a one
mill state school tax, amounting to
something over 81, ,250.O00 a year.
The state also requires each taxing
district to levy a local one-mill
school tax.
The local one-mill tax dosen't
signify much now. When the
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

w. G. WHITEMAn a former Min
nesota newspaper man is dead at
San Diego, Cal. He was publisher
of the Ortonville Herald-Star for
many years and at one time was
president of the Minnesota Edi-
torial Association.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Ambition has led almost as many
men into trouble as has the lack of it.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

This paper is on file at 39South 3rd street.
Minneapolis. Minn. at the exhibit room OF The
immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Don't count yourself a failure just
because you don't hit the mark every
time.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
ALL SORTS

The language of the eye appeals to
the flirt; also to the egotist.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

No girl under eighteen who does
not have a school certificate showing
that she has passed the seventh grade
can be employed as a telephone opera
tor in Ohio.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Two years ago the coal dealers
added the price of special tax
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

The popularity that comes from the
pop Of cork is apt to fizzle out
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

OF all the people in Europe the
French have the fewest children and
the Irish the most
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
VARIED ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

Women school teachers in Russia
receive the same pay as the men.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

There are nearly $4,000 women
laundry workers in the United States
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

In New York and vicinity 10000
women are vitality assisting in making
living cheaper by practical co-opera.
tion.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

has not yet learned to economic his
forces.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

A French woman has patented a cor.
set that can be loosened by moving
q single lever on the steels.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Women are now accepted on the
same terms as men by several of the
big insurance companies.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Tommy-"Pop, what is the differ
ence between a fad and wrinkle?"
Tommy's Pop-"Young girls have fads,
my son; old ones have wrinkles"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

1.-The love of money is the root Of
all evil," quoted the Wise Guy.
What's the matter with an aching
tooth?" demanded the Simple Mug.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

1t is always easier to blame the
man who gives us advice than to
blame our own judgment for acting
upon it.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

A man may dress very quietly and
still make a big noise in the world
afterward
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

The only way some fellows can
greet misfortune with smile is to
drown their sorrows in the flowing
bowl.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Hoax-"I hear you are taking your
meals out now" Jinx-"Yes, but I
still take them in"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

They fall in love at first sight. Then
they get married. take second look,
fall out.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

NC Iudl COlucS lTOm Iu0
pop of a cork is apt to fizzle out.
Ambition has led almost as many
men into trouble as has the lack of it.
Don't count yourself a failure just
because you don't hit the mark every
time.
The man who argues with a fool
has not yet learned to economize his
forces.
A man may dress very quietly and
still make big noise in the world
afterward.
Hoax-I hear you are taking your
meals out now" Jinx-"Yes, but I
still take them in"
The only way some fellows can
greet misfortune with a smile Is to
drown their sorrows In the flowing
bowl.
1t is always easier to blame the
man who gives us advice than to
blame our own judgment for acting
upon it.
Tommy-"Pop, what Is the differ
ence between a fad and a wrinkle"
Tommy's Pop-"Young girls have fads,
my son; old ones have wrinkles"
"The love of money is the root Of
all evil" quoted the Wise Guy.
What's the matter with an aching
tooth?" demanded the Simple Mug.
VARIED ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN
Women school teachers in Russia
receive the same pay as the men.
There are nearly $4,000 women
laundry workers in the United States.
OF all the people in Europe the
French have the fewest children and
the Irish the most.
Women are now accepted on the
same terms as men by several OF the
big insurance companies.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

In politics no man is SO poor that
he can't afford to buy vote.
Some people can never find anything
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

Too many people view life through
the wrong end of the telescope.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
u. S. Trade Board to
Supervise Trusts, Is
Wilson's New Plan

WASHINGTON, Jan 1.-THE
creation of a Federal Trade Board
to have general supervision of all
questions arising under the anti
trust law Is the central feature of
President Wilson's trust policy. ac-
cording to the statement of many Sen
ators who attended the conference be-
tween President Wilson and the SEN
ate Committee of Interstate Com
merce to-day.
The discussion of this board was
the most salient feature of the con-
ference, although the entire trust pro-
gram of the President was Endorsed.
Bills viii be introduced in Congress
in the near future creating the board,
and also prohibiting interlocking di-
rectorates.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
Bradley Girl Says
l. alderman, and Not
Foster, Ruined Her

MOBILE, Jan. 14-Delilah Bradley,
the Pemberton, n. j.. girl figuring in
the white slavery charge against Joel
NJ Foster reputed millionaire head of
the International Poultry Farms, Of
Browns Mills. N. j.. has made an aft.
davit, according to her father. Harry
Il. Bradley, that II. ID. Linderman. her
fianee, caused her ruin and that Fos-
ter came to her assistance and saved
her from disgrace for which she be-
came enamored of him and did his bid
ding. Bradley says he will take his
daughter back to New Jersey as soon
as the Government permits.
Foster will be arraigned late this af-
ternoon before United States Commits
sioner Richard Jones on the white
slave charge. The Government will I'M
dertake to show that Foster took the
Bradley girl first to Philadelphia, then
to Jacksonville and from that city he
brought her to Mobile.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
Warmer Weather
Caused by Smoke,
VonHerrmann Says

Atlanta weather failed to cool off
Tuesday night, as expected, and the
reason for balmy 80 in temperature
Wednesday morning was rather odd.
The wind died, and heavy pail
Of smoke, hanging over the city, pre-
vented the radiation of heat during
the night said G. f. VonHerrmann,
weather director Smoke always
acts that way, if the wind doesn't
move it fast. Smoke is much bet
ter blanket than clouds, even
Mr. VonHerrmann. said the map
had cleared up remarkably in the
last "a hours, and that prospects
were for couple, at least of fine,
rather warm, days for Atlanta The
east is getting zero weather.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
Sea Combed in Search of Sinking Ship
President Peyton
Quits Atlanta Trip
When Train Is Late

John Howe Peyton, new president OF
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Railroad, was on his way to Atlanta
from Nashville early Wednesday morn
ing, but he never arrived. Instead, he
stopped, turned around and went right
back again.
Whether it was because he was dis
gusted that he should make his initial
trip as president into the metropolis of
the South on one of his own trains,
which was three hours late was not
disclosed.
A special train was standing in the
w. and A. yards in Atlanta to take Mr..
Peyton back after his brief visit here.
On board were members of a legisla-
tive committee, planning to talk over
railroad matters with the new president.
When they heard of the delay of Pres
ident Peyton's train, they arranged to
have the special start toward Nashville
to meet the president. When the two
trains met, President Peyton's private
car was taken off the belated train and
coupled to the special.