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her When the thing blows over We'll
let her co.
Leave me out of the job" growled
Spike bluntly.
Seagrue sprang to his feet-he was
a powerful man-and grappled with
the convict. The two struggled. Not
a word was spoken. Only the grunt-
ing and gasping of a life-and-death
grapple, the slipping, gripping and
scuftling of two enraged men, with Lug
and Bill looking on, broke the silence
of the room. Spike gradually bore his
enemy backward ard downward. Lug
and Bill jumped in to help Seagrue.
Spike, shaking himself free from the
three. whirled into corner and caught
up chair. Lug jumped for gun.
Spike, with the strength of giant,
smashed the heavy chair across the
table. shivering it to splinters and,
raising piece of it as club. sprang
for the door. III brain the one that
lays hand on me-" he cried. Stand
back"
Helen, next morning in her Office,
was getting ready to take the train.
Seagrue overnight had outlined his
scheme to his two men, and, directing
them how to work, told them that after
they had secured Helen he would pick
them up with his automobile at Mile
Post 149. With this understanding, he
drove away In his car. The two men
went to the train.
Had they been more alert as they
walked down the street, they might
have seen Spike lounging on corner.
Reaching the station. where the train
had already arrived, they decided to
make the hind end of the observa-
tion car But as the train started a
party, of people came out on the OBJ
servation platform, and the two men
skunk around to the other side Of the
train.
As soon as they had got their bear
ings. Lug, taking coil OF rope that
Bill had brought, threw 1t over the
top Of the car, where It caught and
hung on one Of the gas cooks. Test.
ing the rope carefully, the two be.
came satisfied It would hold and, one
following the other, they climbed frum
beiow 70 the top Of the train. When
~ train feaehed Arden station they
were rsIieved 70 - ~ people at ~
- ~ m - Jeqyes ~ when ~
tysee ~ 1Ge Wy ~
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BONES WANTED
EAT QUEER THINGS IN PINCH
Find Satisfaction In Stew Made o,
Vest, shoeiaees and sledse
Gaar


There is naturally much talk in
war time of rations and food supply
and the possibility or probability Of
starving out one or other of the BEL
ligerents. But 1t is amazing what peo
pie will eat at a pinch.
A recent arctic explorer seriously
advised the wearing OF skin clothing
in preference to woolen. simply and
solely because. II the worst came to
the worst. ones outfit could be stewed
fer n meal. or at any rate given to The
dogs,
Well, when man finds enjoyment
and sort of inward satisfaction in a
stew made of his vest. his shoelaces
and his sledge gear, he must be pref
ty "peckish." and when he gets back
to civilization he will make model
husband. never likely to turn up bis
nose at cold mutton on washing days
The bishop of Yukon thinks moth
ing of eating his boots. He had prob
ably declared he was ready for that
operation many a time when he was
boy. but he has actually done it
since he came to mans estate-in his
case. the grent gold field OF arctt
Alaska.
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SEVENTH INsTALLMENT
ASPiXE's AWAKENING"

Resolved to get completely away
From the constant interruptions in his
work. Amos Rhinelander replaced his
burned camp with outfit cars and
moved at once to the end of his con-
struction work. now well advanced on
the desert.
The new equipment was as complete
as money and energy could suggest.
And no sooner were the cars out on
. spur at Baird-near the end of the
new line-than linemen were busy
making telegraphic connections for
them with the Tidewater system. The
moment the wiring was done Storm
suggested the first message over the
new line ought to go to Helen, who
had now been transferred from Signal
to Las Vegas. division station below
Baird. Rhinelander was pleased with
the suggestion and Storm wrote out
telegram. The opsrztor sounded
Helen's call, and after q moment an
nounced she was on the wire taking
Storms message 1t read:
Rhineiander says contracts on Num-
ber Nineteen. Bring them up Sunday.
Storm will meet train here and drive
you over to camp.
Seagrue, during this time, had al
ready made neutrality-suspicious. to
meet Rhinelander's arrangements and
had established secondary headquar-
ters at Las Vegas, where he con-
trolled an icing concession.
Spike had been laggard in following
Seagrue up the line as directed, and
the, latter sent as many unpleasant
messages as he could to Oceanside,
where Spike was in retreat. But as
Seagrue's continuing summons grew
more and more peremptory Spike was
obliged to take notice and get under
way for the desert himself
Leaving Oceanside the night after
cAroLse. he woke next morning as the
train was pulling into desert town
strange to his eyes. Somewhat mud
died. anyway, and being unable to rec
ognize his surroundings, he asked
fellow passenger the name of the
place; but he forgot it the moment he
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! OF sns car. Inside. Helen was reading
quietly whom Lug's hand. holding .
handkerchief saturated with chloro-
form, was thrust through the window
and despite her struggles Helen soon
| was overpowered.
With q quick word to Bill. above.
Lug scrambled into the car. He placed
Helen. now unconscious, in sitting
| position and ran to the hind end to
| look for the machine. 1t had over
hauled the train and was speeding be-
side it along the highway. Lug waved
to the driver to come on. Returning
to the car. he motioned to Bill to help
him carry Helen out. The two men
picked her up and took her to the plat
form. How to transfer her to the mo-
torcar was a problem that might have
given pause to more clever men. Lug
intended at first to throw the helpless
girl from the platform into the ma
chine. but this he discovered would
never do-the distance was too great.
Bill. an old sailor, came to the res
cue with another arrangement. In
jitfy he had lashed Helen into kind
of cradle in the middle OF the long
rope, and, throwing one end to the
driver, shouted to him to make it fast.
The latter. when he caught the line,
hitched it to the side of his car, and
with the motor and the train still at
high speed. Lug, on the rope, went
hand over hand down to the motorcar.
Loosening the hitch, he then drew in
the rope. while Bill. on the platform,
carefully paid out and Helen was
transferred. uniniured. from the train
to the machine.
Once within the motorcar, Helen
was unceremoniously dropped to the
bottom and left there, while the ma
chine was turned around and her cap
tors whisked back for Las Vegas with
her.
Storm, by this time. had left the con-
struction camp and was waiting at
Baird for the train bearing Helen. The
train drew in and stopped. To Storms
surprise and disappointment, not SOL
itary passenger got of. He accosted
the conductor: Helen Holmes was
coming up today. Where is she?"
The conductor looked down the plat
form. She certainly was on the
train." he declared, puzzled. Il saw
her Just before we got to Arden"
Storm, the trainman following.
walked hastily through the coaches.
Helen was not to be found A freight
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shortly. A fsshie grin oversprsadl
Spikes battered features.

shortly. A fsehie grin oversprsad
Spikes battered features.
| Seagrue had brought to the desert
with him from his camp two rogues
whose names had gradually been re-
duced by bad spelling and hard knocks
to "Bill" and Lug" The pair were
in his rooms with him when he asked
whether Spike had come on the pas
senger train.
Bill was looking from the window at
the moment and answered, THAT looks
like Spike down street. now"
In few moments more Spike had
found his way to the rendezvous. Sea-
grue. impatient as always, demanded
to know as soon as he entered the
room what had kept him. Spike told
his story, or at least such part of 1t as
he deemed it wise to tell and. turning
the tables on Seagrue, asked what was
up Seagrue told him of the right-of-
way contracts expected the following
day by Rhinelander.
What OF It ?" demanded Spike.
1--WE must get them" announced Sea
grue, bluntly.
Who's we?" inquired Spike. impu-
IDENTIFY.
"You!" returned Seagrue with as
much insolence as he could throw into
one word. Spikes sullenness angered
him and he continued to explain. but
in no very amiabie tones: 1T means
the big end of the job for Rhinelarder
II those contracts reach him; whereas,
if l get hold of them, we can tangle
him up worse than ever"
Spike spoke up with a new and sud
den energy: You can't get those con-
tracts. The girl is taking them to
Rhinelander tomorrow"
How do you know that"
Il saw the package. in her hands, moi
ten minutes ago.
Seagrue knit his brows for mo-
ment. Il guess there's one way to get
them" he said. locking hard at Spike
and from him to the two lesser lights.
Well have to get Helen"
Then I can tell you," blazed Spike.
you dent get them" Seagrue looked
at his tool in amazement. The con-
vict's face darkened. THE man that
harms that girl"-he raised his voice
minously-"reckons with me-" He
registered an oath with his threat I'll
tear his head from his shoulders"
You fool" stammered Seagrue. mo
body means to hurt her. Well carry
her of and take the contracts from
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heard It. However, on scanning close
~ the appearance OF the block of crude
buildings facing the station, he reached
the conclusion It would be good place
20 supply at least one Of his needs and
forthwith hastened from the coach to
the nearest corner GROCERY. Once in
side the place. his attention was held
tors moment by . rambling discussion
caFried on BY Z group OF early morn
tAg 1oefsfs. Spike, nsver happy out
- = Wrangle, struck unhesitatingly
s1ete ~ tan. which was concerning
l6W keq4 CaFus0 could sing. and dis
psfs etieAiiy every statement ad-
siA&e1 ~ a1ybody. Altar prolonged
- sIsep In the city and with
4 s5i1ferSeg n1se To- asniatae 1t best, now
s{ysx ~ drink. " vas. In an ex-
4 4 h ~ .exf1y gfete, afsd before he
4 II ~ y ~ 4G1xt % his hands.
n i = geo s1uerts The three on
\ - ~ % him
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Tip From Father.
4 am surprised at YOU"

why, what have done?'
When told you wanted to marH
your daughter. you said you would try
and make me solid with her and ns
mother; but you have been knocking
me to them ever since
My boy, II you don't know enousn
about women to know that that is tns
way to help you, you ought not %
marry"
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A dark secret--the correct age Of IN
old colored person.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-02-04

The following members have
been added to the Commercial
Club Committee on Labor and
Industries by President Brozich as
it has developed that a general
desire exists among the leading
citizens that this committee be
enlarged and made as representa-
tive as possible. 1t is the earnest
desire of the citizens to cooperate
with the labor element and this
Committee can be assured that they
will have hearty support of all
citizens in all their reasonable re-
quests. The welfare of the labor
ing man shall be the welfare of all
the rest.
Those that are added are:
Swan Pearson, Paul Buccowich,
R. H. Pierce, Joseph Spreitzer,
Gust Nyman, Frank Jerich, Dave
Cnilders, Leander Ulakka, Steve
Peyla, Oscar Hakko, Matt Stonlch,
Andrew Headloff, August Tuom-
ala, Joseph Palcher and Andrew
Sippola.
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Notice to Committees as Outlined by Pres
ident Brozich Right from the Shoulder.
EVERYBODY MUST Get BUSY.

his helping hand in whatever
manner he can.
The official staff has been
selected which is bent on giving
the citizens of Ely the best that is
in them. The official staff cannot
accomplish anything without the
general support of the citizens.
To aid the official staff in carrying
out their proposed plans, the diff
ferent committees have been APP
pointed, the duties of which are
very important, for the success of
the whole movement.
The Committee on Rules and
Bylaws will prepare set of rules
under which we shall operate.
Committee on Finances will pre-
pare basis of our finances, for we
must have some income in order to
carry our plans to a successful
conclusion, but I want to assure
you that the annual dues will be
graded in accordance to the men,
bers income and ability. If a man
is larger fee owner in the city,
we will expect him to be as liberal
as he possibly can be, but we will
not dictate to him. On the other
hand, if a member is laborer, we
will make his fee attractive to him,
so that everyone will be able to
belong to this association, that is
intended for all.
We are in the process of forma-
ton yet, and for this reason, 1
respectfully request that everyone
attend the meetings. We will
have a special feature to discuss at
every meeting and every citizen
can we'll afford to spend one even
ing in month to get posted on
what is being done in his COM
munity. The committees as out
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lined so far have the following
duties:
"The Official Staff has the gen
eral supervision and the manage
ment of the Club.
The Committee on Public
Affairs is a committee that should
be alert to all public doings in the
city, they shall act as an advisory
board and ought to be consulted
by all other committees before any
important steps are taken in any
direction.
The duties of the Committee on
Mining and Development will be to
promote further development and
Improvement in this industry, to
prepare when called upon by the
officials of the club or municipal
authorities, statistics and valuation
of mining properties for taxation
purposes, and in fact everything
pertaining to the mining industries,
will be referred to them for their
approval and report, the desire is
to cooperate with these industries
in order to get the best possible
results for the community without
over-burdening either large or
small fee owner of the community.
The duties of the Commute on
Public Improvement are very i'm
portant and the members of this
committee will be expected to care
fully supervise all public improve
ments. such as street paving, side
walk construction, city parks and
all municipal plants. The desire
is to get as many public improve
ments as is consistent with the
growth and possibilities of our
city, without going into extrav-
agance and if necessary, they shall
consult with the best mechanical
profession to attain the desired re-
suits.
The Committee on Legislation
is also a very important one. This
committee will be expected to
watch over all city legislation as
we'll as over the State and National,
so far as it effects our community.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
An address by George D. Mccarthy. assistant
Secretary of the Commercial Club of Duluth,
at Ely. Thursday. January 9th. 1916.

bring to you men of Ely the
congratulations of the Commercial
Club of Duluth on the step you are
undertaking. We in Duluth be-
lieve that Commercial Club or a
kindred organization is necessary
to the proper development of any
city, and naturally we rejoice when
any city in Northern Minnesota
provides itself with such an organi-
zation, for we are interested in the
development of all the cities in
Northern Minnesota. We realize
that the prosperity of Ely and all
of the other cities in this territory
is our prosperity also and every
step that makes for prosperity will
have our sympathy and support.
I believe that this gathering has
deep significance for the city of
Ely. By coming together as you
have here tonight you men are
enlisting in movement that has
spread throughout the country in
recent years and that has had and
will have a tremendous influence
on our civic life, This movement
has attracted to it the thinking
men of the country. The problems
of community development have
received greater study than ever
before. The relations between the
citizens of cities and the cities them
selves have been established on a
new basis. Progress we find upon
all hands-progress that has
brought new ideals and improved
conditions of civic life to COM
munities that were falling into deep
ruts of commonplace existence.
The concrete expression of this
movement is in the formation of
community OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
mercial Clubs, Chambers of Com
merce, Boards of Commerce, As
sociations of Commerce-call them
what you will, they are all the out
standing evidences of new
thought new significance given
to citizenship and social dwelling
together in what we call cities.
The commercial organization is
not a new element in Our civic life.
We have had organizations in all
time. but until the development of
this new movement, with its higher
ideals and its more efficient
methods, they were what their
name implied-commercial. They
were organizations of business men,
formed for business purposes and
the scope of their activities was
restricted by commercialism in its
narrowest sense. Every step they
made was undertaken with in their
view a straight line between the
i results to be accomplished and
dollars in their pockets. Some
such organizations were formed for
the purpose of campaigning for
industries, some for advertising
their cities. some for merely reso-
luting resolutions that were passed
and forgotten the next day. Even
in those narrow lines of endeavor
there was a lack of efficiency and a
lack of foresight that was appal-
ling. Industries were sought that
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Ely, Mimi, Jan. goth, 1916.

Ely, Mimi, Jan. goth, 1916.
My Dear Fellow Citizen:
'On January 9th, 1916, the
movement of The Birth of a
Town" was given its impetus.
If you were present you know the
purpose and the spirit, if you were
not, you are not too late, the
opportunity is still open to you to
be one of us.
The initial meeting was arrang-
ed under many difficulties and
disappointments, we did not get
the outside speakers that we were
anticipating, owing to unfortunate
misunderstanding and weather
conditions, but the local spirit was
there and more than made up for
any deficiency.
This movement erected a senti-
ment which led to the establish
ment of the Ely Commercial Club,
an organization based on the
broadcast possible principals and
with intentions born into it to be
of service to every business man,
laboring man, professional man
and everybody that has an interest
of this community at heart.
For enlightenment of the pur-
pose of this organization, the fol-
lowing comments and suggestions
are put before you. If you are on
any of the committees, please
study these suggestions, if you are
not, please remember that a place
on some committee is awaiting you
in the near future.
We cannot have everybody on
committees, neither can we expect
that all those that have been ap-
pointed now will act indefinitely.
This is citizens movement and
everybody must pitch in and lend
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and health of our city.

and health of our city.
The Committee on Education
shall consult with the school board
and the actual management of our
school system. This committee
will be expected to be posted on
all matters pertaining to our educa-
ton and any new improvements
that can be injected into our educa-
tional system should receive their
careful study and recommendation
Whenever the necessity for the
erection of new school building
shall occur. this committee will be
considered as representing the
taxpayers and carefully guard all
expenditures in this direction.
The Committee on Labor and
Industries is one that every mer-
chant and citizen ought to support
as they will represent the real re-
source of all the prosperity that our
community possesses, they being
one of the most valuable assets of
the Commercial Club. Through
this committee our organization
desires to cooperate with every
element in the labor and industrial
field, and anything that this COM
mittee can recommend for the
benefit of those elements the whole
body of Ely citizenship ought to
and will stand behind them. Their
duty will be to watch for the
betterment of the conditions of the
laborers and miners, and report to
the Commercial Club any desires
they may have for the benefit of
themselves and their families.
The next meeting of the Ely
Commercial Club will be Thursday
evening, February 10, at the City
Hall, at 8 o'clock. p. m. Remem-
Der the date, please, and be
present. f"
GEO. L. BRozIcH,
President.
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Continued on Fourth Page
Evening star., 1916-04-12
LOSS OF SHIPPING
WORRIES ENGLAND
Food Supply Declared Threat
ened by Activity of Ger
man Submarines.

LONDON. April l2.-Three more
ing the past twenty-four hours. Ac-
cording to the morning newspapers,
this makes forty-three British. ten OF
Great Britains allies and thirty neu-
trail vessels lost since March /, when
the new German submarine campaign
began.
The latest British vessel reported
of 3.437 tons. 1t is believed that all
hands have been saved. The Senator
was owned in Whitby.
Food Supply Threatened.
Robert Patterson Houston, unionist
member of parliament from Liverpool
in an appeal to the nation published To-
ping is becoming SO serious Problem
that the present agitation regarding
the price of food is likely to yield place
to the agitation as to whether suffi-
cient food will be available. He eSti-
mates that since the beginning of the
war ocean-going British vessels of
100000 tons have been ioSt from all
causes.
Between a third and half of Great
Britain's food supply already is coming in
neutral ships" says Mr.. Houston. "lf
Germany. by the persistent sinking of
every vessel, can frighten neutrals from
bringing US cargoes. what then? Already
we see neutrals fighting shy of bringing
cargOes here. This is natural, too, mas
much as they can find full employment
for their ships at profitable freights else
where
Evening star., 1916-04-12
THECOURTS.
District Supreme Court.

EQUITY DIVISION 1-Justice Ander-
son.
Sullivan agt Killigan: rule return
able April 20; plaintiffs attorneys. L.
III. David and NJ. J. Solbert.
Sheehy agt. O'Neill: reference to au
ditor. plaintiffs attorneys. Sheehy &
Sheeiy; defendants attorneys, j. J.
Darlington and J. J. Kelly.
In re assignment of Benjamin
Blethyn, order nisi and decree of Feb
ruary Z modified; attorney, Charles V.
Inlay.
Ripley ast Curtain; decree declaring
ownership of bonds; plaintiffs attor-
neys. Archer & Smith and Glenn Willet;
defendants attorneys, ]. B. Stein. ]. E.
Padgett, Edwin Forrest and r. B. Beh-
rend.
EQUITY DIVISION 2-Justice Mccoy.
Dante 'agt Hutchins: on hearing;
plaintiffs attorneys, Brandenburg &
Brandenburg and A. A. Birney; defen-
Myer Cohen. Gittings & chamberlin and
| C. H. Merillat.
Atwell agt Atwer: rule as to con-
tempt returnable two days after serv-
| ice; plaintiffs attorneys. J. NJ. McLach-
| len and C. w. Owen: Defendants attor-
neys. Leckie. Cox & Kratz and L. C.
Wood.
Linkins agt. Alexander: rule as to
| compliance with terms of purchase of
real estate returnable April IA; plain
I
| nigsberger.
Taylor agt. Taylor: rule as to all
mony returnable two days after serv-
| ice; plaintiffs attorney. ]. A. Moriarty.
| Delaney agt Delaney; Newton K
| Fox appointed to defend; plaintiffs at
| torney. L. Melendez King.
CIRCUIT DIVISION 1-Justice Gould.
Calvert agt Terminal Taxicab Com
| pany; verdict for defendant; plaintiffH s
| attorneys, Cuttings & Chamberlin and
| Robert E. Mattingly; defendants at
| torneys, D. w. Baker and Q. II. Oster-
| man.
Sommerville agt. Mckinley ct al; on
| trial; plaintiffs attorney, c. v. Inlay;
| defendants attorneys, D. w: O'Dono-
ghue and A. A. Alexander.
| Upperman agt. Washington Railway
| and Electric Company; motion for new
| trial filed; plaintiffs attorneys. A. l..
| Newmyer and Lyon Lyon; defend
ants attorney, ]. S. Barbour.
| Frank agt. Love. verdict for defend
! ant for $3.50 damages; value of prop
erty fixed at $3.50: plaintiffs attorneys,
| l.. J. Mather and r. j. Downey; defend
| ants attorney, A. l.. Newmyer.
c1RcuIr DIVISION 2-Justice Stafford.
Wilson agt. Boyd; security for costs
ordered within Ave days or deposit $50;
plaintiffs attorneys. Rhodes &, Crome-
lin; defendants attorney. Louis Often
| berg.
Terry agt. Abrahams; dismissed for