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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-28

Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper CnionJ
The ancient world, too, mad it's cap
tains of industry and finance" and
the story of their struggles for success
is every bit as inspiring as modern
business romances." Then, as now,
difficulties of humble birth and caste
meant nothing to the determined, able
man.
There was slave in ancient Greece
who rose to be the greatest banker of
his time. His name, Passion, is con-
Stantly mentioned in documents and
other records. While the extent of
his business was then considered enor-
nous, today we dismiss it as inconse-
quential. Passion is said to have held
S13,4O5 on deposit from customers, to
have loaned $60,935 and to have owned
land worth $24,375.. His income was
$1,000 a year.
His deposits and loans appear small
in comparison with modern figures, but
the rate of interest custOmarily
charged does not-36 per cent.
Banking in Greece originally con-
sisted of changing money for foreign
ers. Later, the Greeks commenced
allowing interest on deposits. Dem
Osthenes is said to have kept q bank
ing account.
Greek bankers were also nOtarieS
and witnessed contracts between 9TH
ers. They were familiar with letters
of credit and invented form of en-
dorsement. AS an example of this, We
read that one Iceratus drew, in Ath-
ems, a bill on his father in Pontus,
which was guaranteed by Passion. and
then purchased by Stratocles. In
Greece the banks were located in the
temples and the latter were often used
as national treasures.
They had an instrument correspond
ing to our check. They started the
practice of "discounts"-that, is de-
Quoting the interest at the time of
making the loan.
The Greeks appear to have intro
duced banking in Italy. The Roman
bankers soon became very important
and Roman comedies contain many al
lusions to them. These were not al
ways of a complimentary nature, but
1T is fact that banking in Rome stood
high as profession. All money trans
actions among Romans were carried
on through bankers and account books
of customers were kept.
In 352 b G. the senate appointed
persons to lend a portion Of public
funds, on security, to the Plebians.
The Romans were even more prone
than the Greeks to charge high inter-
est rates. They sometimes reached 80
per cent.
Later the rate was fixed by law and
in Cicero's time the legal amount was
IL per cent. In the law passed under
Emperor Justinian, 528 A. D., the rate
was fixed at 4 per cent for notables.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-28
Florence NiuhtinsaIe's First Patient.

Florence NightinsaIe's First Patient.
Florence Nightingale, when child,
lived at Emily Park, near Romsey,
with her father, who was squire Of the
place. One day they met an old shep-
herd, named Robert Snelgroye, whose
dog Captain was great pet Of little
Florence's. Not seeing the dog. she
was told that Captain was suffering
with an incurably bad foot, and was
to be put out Of his misery in the eve
ming. The child was greatly con-
eerned, and made her way unobserved
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-28

One person out Of every ten who dies
today in our large cities is buried in q
Potters field.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-28
The Furrow Of Life.

In blowing the furrow of life
straight, you may pillow some flowers
under. but you'll plow lots Of vermin
out.-Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-28

If the American people cannot learn
to be thrifty, they cannot remain q
great nation.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
P00H-BAH JOINS THE ARMY
sandbero Aeld Nearly Every Office In
His Town, But War Wooed
Him.

Bangor, Me.-When Carl J. Sand
berg Of The Folks enlisted the other
day with Company e Of Skowhegan.
which is now doing guard duty, he up
set the entire officialdom of the town.
He was principal of the high school,
assistant postmaster, chairman of the
board of selectmen, superintendent Of
schools, notary public, tax collector
and game warden.
But patriotism Overcame all these
honors, and he walked out of all these
official robes TO help Uncle Sam In his
scrap with the kaiser.
The Folks is not a large place, hav-
ing about 200 residents and a valua-
ton OF about 100000. 1t is largely a
numbering community and Is fifty
miles southeast of Skowhegan, In
Somerset county. Sandberg was not
the whole town, but as shown by the
honors conferred upon him. he was a
real somebody In the community.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
PROSPERITY NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolf Rast made a
trip to Aberdeen last Friday.
The Brezles family OF South Dako-
Ia. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Miller.
Gottfried Differs has finished plow-
ing.
Gottfried Miller is working for Mr..
Renke.
George and Jack Reosler went to
S%hoshone to get their hay cut while
Ed Hark and John Zimmerman are
busy drilling wells.
The Miller boys and Reinholt
Schweigert are now staying at Flat
Top.
Mat Macker went after a load OF
sand to repair his cistern.
David Miller is working for Henry
Roth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schilt and Mr..
and Mrs. G.. HOchbaum mOtored TO
Salt Lake to celebrate the fourth.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

nags on the field 70 hire them out ior
.gentlemen's mounts to the sailors.
Obviously the horses are about ar
used to their saddles as a hog Is 10
work. But they are hired by the sail
ors at any price the farmer asks. a
lad halling from Maine takes his nrst
chance on horseback and slides down
the horses neck. His shipmate yeils
at him, go aft, you fool, go art
The thousands Of jackies swarm
over the field. Hundreds Of them break
and run for the beach for a swim. A
crowd Of them gather at target prac-
tice with small rifles. Six Of the ten
baseball diamonds are promptly put
into use by scrub teams.
And then more launches from the
battleships come In bringing the star
baseball teams from four Of the battle
ships. A double-header Is to be played
between four Of the best teams OF the
feet In a series to determine the fieet
championship. The grand stands I'LL
rapidly and soon they are a swelling
sea Of white suits and red and brown
faces as the sailors cheer their ships
teams on to victory. Rafting good
ball is played by these navy teams
The nine men on the diamond repre-
sent the pick Of a thousand from O
battleship and they play with the In
terest and a good bit Of the money OF
the whole crew backing them. They
train and work for months for a cham
pionship series like this.
Provides the "Happy Ships"
It is the liberality of private Ameri
can citizens that has given these mer
Of the fleet their big athletic field
When the war came on the feet los
the income it usually had for Its ath
letlc fund from the Guantanamo can
teen and the Navy league of the Unit
ed States offered to lay out a held To-
the men of the fleet. In all about IL
acres have been obtained. The grOun'
has been leveled, plOwed and prepared
Ten baseball diamonds have been lat
out. Docks were built at the water
edge. A bathing beach was cleared
The officers of the fleet also were pro
vided with tennis courts and a gol
course Every sort of sport is fOunI
there. The result is that every ma
on the fleet has plenty of healthy out
door sport and the officers of the flee
say that this provision or their recrea
ton has done much to provide "happ
ships" in the fleet as it waits for tn
opportunity to strike a blow at tn
Huns in defense of civilization an
freedom.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

who cherish the traditions that once
the young nobleman danced with their
great-grandmOther.
After the War of the Revolution, La
fnyctte returned to France. and in 1884
revisited the United States. He was
received with enthusiasm and hailed
as a national hero. He went. through
the thrOcs 0f the French revolution
and fought the battles of his own coun-
try, and in 1924, when he was sixty
seven years old, he again visited the
United States, accompanied by his son,
George Washington Lafayette, and
made IA trlumphal progress throughout
the United States.
allow many Americans" asks a cor
respondent OF the New York sun.
"know OF the half-forgotten cemetery
In Paris where Lafayette Is buried?
How many know that the United
States sent earth To be mingled with
the soil OF France when It received his
conin3"
Every Fourth Of July the Sons Of the
American Revolution renew the UHlted
States flag that flies over the tomb.
The tomb Is In the convent garden Of
the nuns OF Perpetual Adoration-the
same garden that gave refuge to Jean
Vatican, IN Victor Hugo's LES Mise
rabies" The cemetery Is surrounded
by walls and contains two rows Of
tombs that belong to distinguished
families. Among them is that OF the
De Noailles-the family Of Madame de
LafHyette-some members OF which
were guillotined during the Reign Of
Terror. Madame De Lafayette desired
To repose near them. and that wish OF
hers decided the burial place OF her
husband.
During all these years the nuns have
watched aud prayed over these graves
They, Ia turn. nave protected the nuns,
for. when the edlct went forth that ex-
pellcd the religious communities from
France, the ans Of Perpetual Adora-
tiou-pArtlcuiarly useless from the
point ~ view ~ the French govern
ment-were permitted to remain and
keep their vigil over the graves OF the
martyrs " liberty, equality aud fra
ternity." Some say that the French
government was influenced Ia It's action
by the dag hat floats over L~afayette's
grave-the Stars and Stripes,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
STONE AGE WEAPON FOUND
Flint Dug Up In Trench Found to Be
Club Head Used in Prehis-
torie Days.

London.-An Australian soldier dig
ging a trench In France found a
strangely Clipped knob of flint and
fastened to It a strong handle. thus
converting II into a knobkerry. which
he always carried in his belt. He
used II to crack German heads In
trench raids.
When he brought II 70 England the
interest OF a%ntiquarians was attracted
by the flint. Investigations and COM
PARSONS resulted In authorities agree
Ing that IL was a war weapon of the
Stone Age. used then in exactly the
same manner as the Australian was
using II in 1917 and showing that in
the Stone Age men fought over the
same battlefeldS
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
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:. Lafayette Ranked as.
"a a National Hero :
= in American ;
: Hearts !

preston upon the United States
than did any other soldier from
Ia foreign soil who offered his sword to
the cause Of American liberty. In
deed, as a national figure and a nation.
al hero he may be said to stand next 20
the illustrious Washington. 10 whom
he was friend, counselor and companion
IN arms. There Is, therefore, "A Lnfay-
ette tradition which readily finds new
adherents IN the present movement for
a nationwide celebration Of the ami
versary OF the birth Of the gallant
French marquis who left home aud
family and all the comforts and lux
ury which came from exalted rank In
order 10 follow the destiny Of the Thir-
teen Colonies.
Although the American people In this
generation has not as lively a sense
Of appreciation Of the great services
Of Lafayette as II had In the earlier
years Of the republic. there are not
wanting reminders and memorials Of
the French noblemnn. He had come
In contact with the people Of all parts
Of the country, and by his travels had
left an Impress even upon remote ham
let's. Records Of him are kept In the
archives Of many OF the old American
families. There are cores Of the de-
scendants OF the bellies OF those days
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

~. Virginia. where James
nwn and all that the name stands for
1.-THE landing Of the English colonists,
the FIRST colonial council. the preNi-
dency. leadership and explorations Of
Capt John Smith the period Of Pow
hattan. the omnncc u Pocahontas and
~ilolfe; the royal governors. Gates.
West Dale. Argnll, Yeariley. Wyatt,
Harvey and Berkeley the starving
time. plague. massacres and %c0nfngra.
lions and nearly a century Of life In
abe FIRST permanent English colony IN
fhe Ualted Staios.
Here also Vas the country of Bac0n's
gebcllion-thr FIRST armed and bloody
protest against the arrogance and In
xsncicncy u royal governors. In VIII
Harrisburg sat the house Of hurgesses.
b. which Patrick Henry and his bril-
linnt company took the lead IN demand.
fng and compelling the Independence
Of the colonies ana a few miles away
u Yorktown. where the Independence
bf the United States was won.
Near the cast edge % Williamsburg
pnf AZ y end ~ a broad street the
hAme 81 which IS Duke of Gloucester
ntreet-so called IA honor Of Queen
AIMS eldest son Stands d simple gran
BE marker. bearing bronze tablets on
the enst and west faces. Around the
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
The Glorious Fourth

Oh Il starts a fellow Keeling
With that patriotic feeling
On the glorious old fourth day Of July.
And YOU cheer quite long and loudly
And You stick your chest out proudly
When you zee "Old Glory" loom against
the shy
History will tell the story
How they fought for dear "Old Glory"
And the vaiof OF the boys in bud and blue
For the hghting Continental.
In his ragged fegimental.
Loved his country with a spirit stanch
and true.
How Il starts your body s~aYing
When you hear the brass band playing
How that patriotic music makes you feel
You could jump a hAh-mile chAsin
In your deep sufhusiAsml-
How i makes you squirm and wiggle
like an eel
Il Just sets you on your trolley,
And you sreaf and pledge, BY Eollyl-
With a patriotic lasue in your I've
THAT you'll ever love our nation"
And YOU shout in iubiLAtion,
On the GLORIOUS old fourth day OF July
Ray 4 Hsee~am-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

urally think about other days at Phila.
delphla when conditions were not near
ly 80 comfortable.
Twenty 1--WE miles from the city lay
the battlefield Of Brandywine, where
the Americans had been badly defeated
four years before.
Right al hand was the suburb Of
Germantown. where they had suffered
another defeat.
And about 20 miles away was Valley
Forge. where Washington and his army
had passed the dread winter N iz77-S
under conditions that tried mems
souls"
What a delightful change Now the
val was practically over and every
body knew it-knew that the old bells
motto was Il true prophecy
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
NEW MONSTER U-B0ATS
N0ISELESS, SAYS SWISS

A Swiss newspaper CORE
spondent who recently visited
Kiel says the German subma- T,
rlnes Of the latest type are .
cruisers Of 1000 or more tons, !
with a radius of action Of thou /.
sands of miles. At least four /
of these new U-cruisers have
already been built, and several
others will be completed this .
summer.
The submersible cruisers
have several batteries of six
inch guns and three torpedo
tubes. Their speed is said to
be over 20 knots per hour on
the surface and II knots sub
merged. Each one Of the YES
sells has a crew of more than
100 men.
An important feature of the
new monster submarines is that
they have noiseless motors. At
ter diving they move silently
through the water and their
presence cannot be detected by
an enemy ship even with the
finest instruments.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
When Liberty Bell,
PeaIed a Welcome
to COuntry'S
LiberatOr

~ iSTOIY informs as that on No
vembcr -. 1881. the great Lib
erty bell nt Philadelphia joyous
~ rang d Welcome TO General washing
ton and his wife.
Washington was returning from
Yorktown where, a few weeks pre-
v%lously, the British army under Corn
wallis had surrendered, and he was on
his way 20 New York to resume opera
lions against the enemy there.
On his arrival nt Philadelphia the
general found that preparations had
been made for "A great reception. Con
gress adjourned for the occasion. the
citizens OF the whole vicinity turned
out, the newly born Stars and Stripes
loated everywhere. everybody cheered,
and the odd bell rang jubllantly.
Il Is altogether likely that Washing
ton, as he passed along through the
cheering ihrongs OF friends. would nat
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
LUTHERAK SERVICES.

German Luthers = services will be
neld at st. Johns Lutheran church
regularly on the .econd and fourth
Sundays of each n onth. beginning at
1900 a m. Sunday school preceding
each service, beginr -ng at 10000 o'clock
You are invited tc attend these SER
vices. IT
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
BARGAINS In TRADE.

Have a good 16-room hotel, VIII
trade for good farm in Idaho.
TWO farms to trade for residence
property in Idaho Falls. Pocatello.
biackfoot or American Falls.
For further information write to KO-
sanke Il Co. American Falls. Ida. II
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
LOO whIts llouss csIebratIon.

The last great Fourth OF July eele-
bration given at The White House took
place on the final Fourth OF President
lincoln. IN 1854. when Il was the scene
of a mammoth Sunday school festival
of c0lcred people. during which tbs
presidents guests presented him with
N large gOld-m0unted Bible bound ia
Curple velvet
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
A Boy Again.

Miss Sweet-Why was your father
afraid you'd hurt yourself with the
firecrackersf
JOHNNY guess that was the only
excuse he could make for shooting
them OF himself.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
NOTICE.

All who have bills or claims against
Bethany Deaconess Hospital are here
oy notified to file the same with Mr..
frank Claassen on or before July 30.
1917.
BY order Of the Boad OF Directors.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
SAVINGS used % kIndIe ! EIre.

Alliance. O.-Mrs. Rosa Cfefher,
used an old handkerchief containing
three 500 bills, six $50 and five $40
bills. the savings for three years. to-
gether with some newspapers In kin
ding a furnace fire. Not even the
ashes OF the currency remained.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS.

A dance was given in II. Z. Breed
ing's large barn. There were a large
number of young folks from far and
near and an enjoyable time was had.
Gottlieb Marsh and Gottlieb Mayer
spent the fourth at Salt Lake City.
Fred Colfelt and family, John Tiede
and family, Herman Martens and
family and Hugo Martens attended the
mission festival and picnic at the
Mennonite church near Aberdeen.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martens and
Henry and Mary Fedler went fishing
July fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith and Mrs.
Colfelt returned from Twin Falls a
few days ago.
Fred Goal and John ~Schonebeck at
tended the moving picture show July
fourth.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
FOR SALE.

State land and homestead relinQuish-
ments in the Melba country, improved
OF unimproved. under U. s. reclama-
ton service, write
CUSHMAN & zIEGLAR,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

marker are the foundation walls, now
protected hy n covering u cement. 81 a
building. An American cannot stand
81 this monument with those ancient
Foundation walls around II. without a
kense % reverence. The bronze tablets
hricny tell the story OF the building
ph0se site the block Of granite marks.
The inscription of the west tablet
Follows
THE Ola Capitol
Here ratrick Henry nrst kiudled the
Fanoa - revolution hy hia resolutions
hna speech against the stamp act. May
y D. ifU
Here March r. ira. pabneY Carr oner.
- and thg house ~ burgeasva ~ Virginia
Unanimously adopted the resolution 60
hpn1sut a committee in correspond with
sifniiar committees in the other colonies
Ihs nrst step taken toward tho union Of
he states
Hsfc May it. iTt me convention OF VIZ.
Einia through resolutions drafted ~ ia.
fnunf Fendlcton. offered BY Thomas Mel.
Fon. j.. advocated by Patrick Henry.
Unanimously Called no congress 90 declare
she colonies free and independent states.
Here June o. ITO was adopted BY tho
F0nee ntian thc immortal work Of Oeorwe
Gasnn-ths declaration % ~rights-ani
tune - ffg the nrst written cnnstitu.
eion 70 a ffre ana independent state ever
framed
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

FOR SALE-Two 2-year-old colts.
Shire and one grade Percheron,
weight 100 or more, in fine condi-
ton; the kind of colts anyone would
be proud to own F. F. Nye, Amer
lean Falls.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

Hemstitching and picot edge, 10c
per yard. Mail US your work. Guar
anteed and insured. Singer Sewing
Machine company, Pocatello, Idaho.
1880.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, and
Captain Archibald Roosevelt have ar
in France to join the American
evolutionary forces.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

WANTED-Party to harvest grain
near Bonanza Bar on north side OF
river. Must have header or com
bine, S. S. Murdoch, Baugh Hotel.
American Falls.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

WANTED TO RENT-Five or six-room
house, furnished. Jos. H. Bowen,
American Falls. 1910
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

FOR SALE-Good grade Holstein
mich cows, just fresh. A. W. Da-
Wis. s-1e N
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

Members ~ the huuse % burgrssoa who
- The Raleigh Tavern May IS. iID and
Say n wa ans August f7t entered in.
- association against tho Importation or
Nurchase ~ British manufactures pey
tpn Randolph. speaker ana Robert Car.
Hnr Nichols. treasurer
Then follow on the bronze the names
- i4o ~ tho Virginia patriots. and
from that long and closely east list of
nanes a visitor lottcd down these:
Georrs Washington. Richard Horny
- Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson,
1tchard Randolph Robert Boiling Rich.
@fd Bland Abraham Hits George Bail
john Talbot Richard lee. Henry lee
Edward hoaisy Robert Wormlsy Garter.
~1tauholouew DandrdEe Francis Light
Hrnt Lee hrnlamin Harrison. Francis
Maurhter. Edmund prndietor. Henry
f'sulistpn. Mann Page j.. Thomas Pet
sns John boNdoin. Joseph Nevii. sam
ori Nsvn samuel Du Val. George stub
tteneli, william Ftxhuxh. Thomas Mar
shall. George nronk Dufley Dirra
Themas Mann Randolph. James Aeroer
and Peter Presley Thornton
The plot o. ground IN which the
monument stands and IA which the
Foundation walls are exposed ls stu
called. as Il has been called for 2is
years Capitol square. The grass there
IL quite long. A few Wild flowers.
Including those q the eatnip, are
blooming Close By IL a stunted paper
mulberry tree, and a few yards In rear
NJ where the capitol stood grows a fine
old locust tree.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

LOST-Somewhere in the vicinity Of
the Evans hotel, on Saturday, June
30th between . and Z p. m, small
bag containing diamond rings. Lib
eral reward will be paid for return.
Finder return to the Press office.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
'WWWW VI WV Wv
Granite Block Marks.
Spot Ever Sacred /.
to Lovers of :
Liberty :

TTTHIN the compass ~ n small
I territory In James city coun-
". NlrElnIa. where James.