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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

same to you, ma" he said that night,
'.Td ADJUST as soon have bacon fer din
ner tomorrow"
"All right, sonny" the mother laugh
ed and agreed. And that is how Yank
became a member Of the Scott family.
For Yank he was named. To Southern
partisans 1t was term Of OpprObrium,
but to Bob term Of affection-so ev-
erybody was satisfied.
BY good financiering In the spring
Mrs. Scott was able to add a small
flock of fowls to the Scott possessions,
including some turkeys. With these
Yank mingled, not without tinge of
condescension. He never did recover
the use of that wing, but he could run
like dog, using the good left wing as
a plane now and then to lift him to
the top of fence. If Olive Chanute,
the inventor Of the aeroplane, had seen
Yank, we might have had that inven-
ton a half century before we did.
Yank showed no disposition to leave
the Scott place, seeming to prefer the
good corn to woodland pickings.
1t was seldom that any word or ru-
NOR trickled through from Bob's ia
Their, and then there was silence of
months that left the Scott household
very solemn indeed. The sympathies
of the neighbors were Southern; but,
be 1t recorded to their credit, they
treated the SCOTS with just as much
kindness as If the head Of the family
had not gone into the Union army. But
when the guerrillas began to operate
In the valleys below, there was reason
for some uneasiness, regardless of
ones sympathies.
One morning, just at the break of
dawn, there was cautious knock on
the cabin door. Trembling with appre-
hension, the family reused itself. The
latch lifted, but the man who entered
was clothed in blue. Bob could scarce
ly believe that this red-bearded man
was his father.
His story was short and soon told.
He had been wounded and separated
from his regiment. When he recov-
cred, he was assigned, quite willingly,
to detail to round up the guerrillas
and, as he was familiar with the vi
cinity he was now scouting on their
trail. He was to lie quiet that day,
gathering such information as he
could, and return to his comrades that
night.
81 tell you, pop" cried Bob. "I'll GO
down below and see what I can see
and let you know!" 1t appealed to the
boys desire for adventure and to the
soldiers desire for information. So,
after some reluctance and many eau
tons, the boy was allowed to go. To
divert suspicion, for the turkey would
attract more attention than the boy,
Yank was permitted to accompany him.
The boy and the bird were familiar fig
ures In the neighborhood.
Three miles from home voice
laughed, Here's a turk fer your din
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

Colgate, Washington and Jefferson
and Penn State are teams that have
risen to dizzy heights In the football
world because the new game has paved
the way for them-removed the weight
handicap they had to suffer In the
other years of the beef era.
Those three colleges have small
enrolment, the average being around
500. It's an almost impossible task to
recruit from such a small crowd of
pupils team that could match in
weight with colleges where the coaches
have 5000 or more men to draw from.
And so, in the other days, when mass
plays were in vogue, it was rarely that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
BOWLING STARS PLAN
Interested In New Interstate Ten
Il pin Contest.
Associate Recently Organized In De.
troit Will Be First to Conduct In
tercity Sehedule-Provides
National Circuit.

Bowling stars In every city will be
interested in the new Interstate 1ndi-
vidual championship Bowling associa-
ton, recently organized at Detroit. The
association will be the first to conduct
an intercity bowling schedule, and 1t
provides an extensive national circuit
for individual champion bowlers rep
resenting II of the principal cities of
the United States. To produce cham
pions to represent each of the large
cities in this national circuit, separate
preliminary tournaments open only to
high class bowlers, will be held in each
Of the II cities selected during the
month of April, 1917. In the prelim-
mary tournaments each entrant must
contest in so games in blocks of five
games, in the manner and time sched-
uled, and the bowler securing the high
est total of pins for the so games will
be declared the city champion of this
association and he will win the honor
of representing his city in the final
ual bowling championship.
Champions to Tour.
When all of the city championships
have been decided the II city cham
pions will make tour Of the II cit
les in the national circuit, in body,
from May Is to June /, 1917. The road
schedule will be so arranged that each
of the II city champions will meet each
other in contests comprising seven
games each, making q total Of "a
games, to be contested by each city
champion In the finals. The bowler
securing the greatest number of pins
in his "a games will be winner of the
tournament and will be awarded the
individual championship hOnors.
Prizes for Finals.
The prizes for the finals will aggre-
gate nearly $500, besides a magnifi-
cent diamond medal, emblematic of the
individual championship of this asso-
citation, will be awarded to the win
ner.
Necessary committees to handle the
first year tournament were provided
for and constitution, bylaws and
rules were adopted. Franchises were
awarded to Detroit, Toledo, Chicago,
New York, st. Louis, Cleveland, SYRIA
cuse and Buffalo. The remaining four
franchises will be placed among four
of the following cities: Columbus, In
dianapolis, Philadelphia, Newark,
Brooklyn, Rochester and Pittsburgh.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

W - hOpSiCoSs
Then he thought of Yank. Hardly
knowing why, he let go his hold.
There was squawk and a fut-
ter, man at the door was nearly
knocked from his feet, and a feathered
thing that half ran and half flew made
for the pike and the woods beyond.
He got away!" THAR goes your
dinner, captain" and q half-dozen
shots all came at the same instant. As
for the boy, he poured outdoors with
the rest and plunged into the woods
back of the cabin.
Two hours later q turkey, both of
whose wings dropped now, the left one
stained with blood, fiuttercd into the
Scott clearing. To go to the boy was
the fathers first thought, to go for help
the second and better one. It was a
bit risky, but over the ridge he went
and down the mountainside.
Bob circled and crossed the pike a
mile above. On white stone by the
road he saw drop of red. "Well, they
hit him but didn't git him." he said.
That evening, just as the sun dipped
to the West, there was another hor-
nets nest on the ridge. But this time
1t was the enemy that walked into it.
There was time for only a few shots.
But the guerrilla captain heard them in
the valley below and decided that 1t
would be well to move on, leaving his
missing men to join him as best they
could.
But they never did. Next night, 20
miles away, the captain turned to one
of his men and asked:
"Do you reckon that fool bird had
anything to do with it?''
AS for Yank, the battle-scarred vet.
eran, what was one wing more or less?
He lived to see peace return to the
mountains, and to all Tennessee, and
to the nation. And you may be sure
he never played the principal part in
any Thanksgiving dinner.
DOWNRIGHT 1916 Western Newsnaper Union. !
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Remember The Lonely.

If ones family is small 1t Is a kindly
custom to remember at Thanksgiving
the friends and acquaintances who
will perhaps be lonely at this time of
family reunion, young people who are
living far from friends and relatives
or older men and women whose near
est and dearest have gone TO better
world. If by an invitation to dinner
we can make the day one of cheer and
comfort instead Of season OF solitude
and sadness to such as these we shall
have spent the very best kind of Q
Thanksgiving.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Cornell Player Is AII-Round Performer
Of High Caliber.
GOLF PLAYED BY MOONLIGHT
Daylight Does Not Last Long Enough
for Devotees Of Philadelphia and
Cleveland.

Cartoonists, dreams about golfers
getting home to find their children
grown up and their automobiles three
seasons out of date are not so far
off, if golfers at Cleveland and Phila-
delphia are to be taken as criterions.
Daylight doesn't last long enough
for these devotees, and on bright moon
light nights they play at their favor
lite clubs.
Replacing soiled balls with clean
white ones prevents losing them, these
golfers report.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
SPEAKER KEPT HIS PROMISE
Cleveland Star Sacrificed $4,000 In Or.
der to Keep His Word With
Pitcher Dubuc.

Iris Speaker sacrificed $4,000 in or
der to keep his word with Jean Du-
buc, the Tiger pitcher. Several weeks
before the close Of the season, Iris
promised to go along on a post-season
tour. Then came an offer to report the
worlds series for $500, and another
offer Of $500 to play an exhibition
game in Cleveland. He turned them
all down to 60 transforming.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

the lighter elevens could nose out a
victory over the heavier ones. They
were crushed under the awful bulk Of
their foes.
All that is changed now. No longer
is there premium on bulk. Brains,
speed and trickery count far more
than weight. And so this "Small-Fry
Trio" gas gone out and whaled the
wadding out Of the biggest enrolment
college elevens in the country with
startling frequency. Once it merely
constituted practice game" for Har-
ward, Yale, Cornell, Pennsylvania and
the other "big fellows" to meet w. j.,
Penn State or Colgate. But not now.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
What of the Year to Come?

In expressing national gratitude for
blessings received during the year 1t Is
natural to look ahead in an effort to
foresee the developments of the year
to come. The power Of prophecy is
denied, however, and no man can
know what the next II months will
bring forth. That peace may return
to the world in that period is the de-
vout prayer of all. That that peace
may be lasting, on terms that will
make for long-continued security from
the horrors of conflict, is the earnest
wish of the American people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Iroops In Athletic Meet.

The Canadian troops In France re-
Gently held an athletic meet in which
the following events were run off: 100
yards dash; running broad jump; 22O
yards dash; throwing baseball; 40
yards dash; high jump; sack race, and
other contests were decided.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
No LONGER Sectional.

In former years the harvest holiday
was observed more religiously and
with more zest in New England that
In any other part of the country. Dur
ing the colonial period it had the same
rank in Massachusetts that Christmas
had in old England day for social
festivity as well as day of religious
significance, but since the Civil war
its observance has been characterized
by more or less fervor in every section
of this wide land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

There's q Yank
up on the ridge
in a cabin thar,
and a hundred of
'em yOnder on the
tother side"
"Y gu fellahs
make a ride for 1t
at sundown," said
the captain, "and
grab that Yank.
They are the fell
labs that hung
Jed Speed. Well
have a little hang
In party our
selves"
What could Bob
do to warn his ia
Their? Run for 1t
himself? TIL at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Penn Rowing Candidates.

Coach Joe Wright, captain Of the
Argonaut Rowing club of Toronto, has
taken charge Of the University Of Penn
sylvania rowing candidates and expects
to make better showing with the Red
and Blue oarsmen as result Of last
seasons experience.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
He looked at the wounded wing, then
scratched his head a moment, and then

was OH to the
cabin on a run,
shutting the sta
BILE door behind
h | m. When he
returned he went
to work with BAN
dages. He may
not have been
much of q sur
geOn or q bone
setter, but what
he lacked In skill
he made up In
good intentions.
Meanwhile his en-
thusiasm regard
ing the Thanks
giving feast rath-
er oOzed away
from him.
ere tie oil tho
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Early THANKSGIVING Festivals

The Continental congress recon-
mended days of thanksgiving annual
ly during the Revolution, and in 1884
for the return of peace. And Wash
ington appointed Thanksgiving fes-
tival in 1889 after the adoption of
the Constitution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Roxlna Is Prosnero,,s

Boxing is prosperous in Australia In
spite Of the war. At the Sydney stadium
bouts are held weekly, the gates vary
ing from $1,000 to $4,000. As prices
are low In Australia this shows large
attendance at every show. j.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Give Honor to Connecticut.

Close students of American history,
on account of the regularity observed,
give the palm to Connecticut as being,
through civil authority, responsible for
the present annual Thanksgiving cele-
bration by the nat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

heard a racket off
there to the east
of the trail
"Whir-r-r-r-"
Some great liv-
ing thing swept
across the ridge
like a cloud. BOb's
gun was up to his
shoulder In an in
slant, although he
shook with as bad
q case of buck fe-
yer as a boy ever
had. "Bang!" he
blazed away at
the flying cloud.
1t did not stop.
He must have
missed. But as
the report died
away he heard
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
cross-country Captain.

A. D. Griffin has been named cross
country captain of Stanford uniyersity's
squad, being the first hill and dale
leader the college ever boosted. The
team may meet California in a dual
race.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

ner, captain" and Bob found he had
walked into hornets nest. They took
the two to q cabin little back from
the pike and asked the boy few ques-
lions, without gaining any information.
Nor did he loose his hold on Yank,
though the bird struggled to be free. A
black-browed giant entered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
Biq Race for HousatonIc.

1t Is likely the triangular eight-oared
shell race between Yale, Cornell and
Princeton will be rowed next spring
on the Housatonic river course, the
Blues home stretch Of water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
soecer Stars Nav Come.

In addition to the picked Canadian
soccer team, which will play games in
Providence and New York the latter
part Of the month, team from Stock
holm is talked If for next summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24


ed to the turkeys than to the corn ;
and, along in the very early spring
OF 1861, Bob's father decided to
try newer country to the South
and West. Late March found them
breaking clearing for new
farm In kast Tennessee. They got
their corn in, although a little late
they bred Il few hogs and a small flock
Of sheep; hut, when they wanted tur.
Key. they didn't go to the barnyard for
1t, but up into the hills; for fathers
trusty rifle and trusty eye were q com.
bination no wild turkey could hope to
escape.
There were plenty Of rumors of war
while the Yankee from Vermont was
carving out home there in the South.
When war came, that Yankee made his
way overland and enlisted in the COM
pany from his old valley in Vermont,
leaving Bob to take the responsibility
Of the Tennessee farm on his young
shoulders. Bob did very we'll; and,
when November came in due course, he
got the rifle down from its pegs above
the fireplace and went up the hills In
search of bird. He had been up there
before with his father, but this was
bis first turkey hunt alone.
There was a trail that led from the
hog-lot up to the ridge, and along the
ridge, among the granddaddy poplars
and cherries and through the sweet
gum brush. Bob followed 1t until three
that afternoon without so much as a
Sign of turkey; and, as he had no in
tention Of spending night in the hills,
1t began to look as though he must re-
turn empty-handed. Then suddenly he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

The cider sparkles bright and clear,
The corn is husked. THANKSGIVING near
The doughnut hour of life draws nigh
And golden giows the pumpkin pie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24
MY THANKSGIVING

For al the good my days afford.
For al the blessings on me poured. -
For every kindly ACT and word. ~
thank Thee. Lord.
thank Thee. Lord. 70, thoughts that roam
Beyond the narrow walls Of home
To gather good from day. 10 come. -
And from the past. SSH
thank Thee. Lord. for length Of day..
For guidance through LIES devious ways.
And in the darkness for the rays
OF light and love. - ~
thank Thee cen for hours Of gloom.
For crushing grief. and darkened room:
For in the shadow Thou didst come
To heal and bless.
thank Thee that the weight Of things
No longer binds my souls free wings.
Than she can soar. and soaring sings
Thy praise. o Lordl
That sea and mountain, flower and tree,
Their message bring to me Of Thee.
And gil my soul with ecstasy.
thank Thee. Lord.
And so not only on thi. day.
When many heart, thanksgiving say.
But now forever and Away.
thank Thee, Lordl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-24

URKEY had been a
part, the principal part,
Of the SCOTS Thanks
giving bill Of fare ever
since Bob could remem-
Der, real Vermont tur-
key that they raised
on their Vermont farm
and fed with corn from
the Vermont hills. But
the particular hill on
which the Scott acres
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-21
HOw the Valdez
Delegates Voted

William Henry and John Lyons pre-
scented to the convention a platform
which was unanimously adopted.
This instrument realHrms the adher-
encc of the republicans of Alaska to
the principles of the republican party
as embraced in the platform adopted
by the National Convention at
Chicago.
1t urges Congress to so amend the
Organic Act of the Territory Of AL
aska as to give the Territorial Assem-
bly, all the powers heretofore granted
the other organized territories Of the
United States.
1t recommended the passage Of a
system Of laws governing the deveI-
opment Of the coal deposits of Alaska
as will make possible the mining Of
Alaska coal at an early date, stating
that the leasing law has not been pro
ductive of results and never can be in
its present form.
The platform also protests against
the leyying of tax for the benefit of
the federal treasury upon any of the
mineral products OF Alaska, particul-
arly the proposed tax upon copper ex-
ported from the territory. 1t sets
forth that the expense of getting the
Alaska copper to the market is much
greater than from other sections of
the United States, and that the addi-
ton of a further burden upon the pro
ducer would result in an arrest Of the
development Of the mines of the Ter
ritory.
A plank Of the Territory favors the
proposed administrative commission
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-21

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that NOklh-
WESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY, cor
poration. as assignee of RICHARD w. hONl'
being entitled 10 the benefits OF section @oOo
of the Revised Statutes Of the United states
and amendments thereto. has applied 10 MAKE
entry of the lands embraced in l.. >. Non
mineral Survey No. 232 as amended, situate
on the right bank of Naknek River, about one
half mile west Of u. ). Survey No. 0l4' br's-
toI Bay. Territory OF Alaska, and more par
,cularly described as follows, to-wit;
Beginning ~ q. Cor. No. 1 on beach Max
mex River at ordinary high tide cor. not SCI,
wit cor. an iron pipe set In ground marked
W. &. A. s. 232 Cor. i. bears No. 2.Ol chs
dist thence from true cor. No. Norm 80
chs. 10 cor. No. 2, an iron pipe set Ia GROUND
marked A. $. 232 Cor. 2. from whence cor
No survey No 232 bears No. 600 chs dist. .
thence East 1856 chs. 20 Cor. No. 8, an iron
nine set in ground marked A. y. 232 Cor. s.
from whence L.. ). l.. NJ. Or G.. ri. Z. SUR
bears N o. deg. 90 min. h. 299l chs. thence
So. 4.T5 chs to- NJ. q. Cor. q, cor. not set.
wit cor. an iron pipe set In ground marAeu
A. $. 232 Cor. 4'W. G.. bears North LIS chs. .
dist. thence meandering Naknek River at or
binary high tide () 5. "a deg al min. W.
GA chs: (2) 5. 90 deg. % min. W. LOS ems .
TO NJ. &. Cor. No. /, the place OF beginning.
Area al acres Variation at all corners -
deg. 80 min. East. Longitude l5i deg W
min. w. Latitude 5S deg. "a min. 10 sec. n.
AS additional 10 original homestead entry Of
Richard W. Hunt. h. h. 29O9 at Springfield
Mo. Dated March 8, 1866.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portionof the above described tract OF land are
required to file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at Juneau
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under
oath. during the period Of publication or with
in thirty days thereafter. or they will be bar
red by the provisions Of the Statute.
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY
By NEWARK i. BURTON.
Its Attorney Ia Fact
First Publication June 1. 1916.
Last Publication August IL, 1916.
u. S. Land Once, Juneau. Alaska. March
81. 1916.
TT is HEREBY ORDERED that the fore
going notice DO published for the statutory
period In the Seward Gateway. newspaper
of general circulation printed at Seward. Al
aska. the nearest newspaper to said above des
cribed claim or survey.
c. B. WALKER,
Register
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-21

for Alaska to exercise power over the
lands, fisheries and other material
resources of the Territory now ex-
erted by Bureaus at Washington.
The recommendation is made to the
next session of the Territorial As
sembly that it enact primary law
for the Territory if such law can be
devised suitable to geographical con
ditions and the sparse population.
The following resolution was pre-
scented by the committee on resolu-
tons:
"Whereas, the Territorial Conven-
ton held in Seward on April 10, 1916,
called for the purpose of nominating a
delegate to Congress, and other Terri
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-21
The Seward
General Hospital

desires to acquaint the general hospi-
tai interests of this country with the
facilities Of Jhis institution for giving
the latest devised methods Of nursing,
care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention
given to patients requiring gyne-
Geological treatment. HydrOtherapeu-
tic treatments carefully followed.
This building, just complete, electric
lighted, steam heated, mot and cold
water. Physicians placing patients in
our care will receive every ethical at
tention. Prompt readiness for acct
dents, obstetrics and emergencies,
day or night For further particulars
address,
SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-21
Publication of Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, CHARLES S. MATHISoN
Administrator Of the Estate Of John
A. Mathison, deceased, to the credi-
tors of and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers within
six months after the first publication
of this notice, to said administrator
at the Office Of the MathisOn Mining
and Mercantile Company Of Hope, Al
aska, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business Of said
estate.
Date of first publication June %, 1916
Dated this 23rd day Of June, A. d.
1916.
CHARLES S. MATHISON,-
Administrator.
L. V. RAY,
Attorney for Administrator