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paralleled by railways as well. None
of these roads is paved or improved
in any way which would be considered
as acceptable for main road in Amer
lea. The absence of stone in much
of Siberia will make 1t difficult to pave
them, though much could be done by
establishing brick works and surfacing
the roads with brick, in which case
motor truck transport would form an
important auxiliary to the railway.
4. Few NeIl-Made Roads.
While the Siberian railway is cross
ed by a number of important rivers
running from south to north, which
afford transverse routes to points
along their shores, the great, expanse
of the country is unprovided with Well
made roads. Transportation from
points lying at distance from the
main route is, therefore, costly and
difficult. Only a limited quantity of
grain can be hauled out of the country
to the railroad, while the railroad IT.
self is not able to take care of the
grain that could be easily produced
by the peasant population Of Siberia
in good seasons The result Is that
large crop of grain forces down the
local price, so that the peasant actual
ly finds that large crop brings him in
less money and causes him extra work.
The greatest need of Siberia in the
immediate future Is improvement in
roadways, so that communication may
be easy from interior districts where
grain can be raised, to railways and
especially to water routes by which
the grain can be carried out of the
country. The improvement Of the ST.
berian railway was already in hand
under the American railway commits
sion in 1917,' when the bolshevik rev.
olution occurred and put stop to the
work. 1t will be comparatively easy
to increase the carrying capacity. Of
the Siberian road very largely by phys
ical improvements, and by better man.
agement, particularly in dispatching
trains by a comprehensive system.
Roadways by which Siberian COM
merce can be extended from the rail-
way route to the interior districts
should be improved and extended In
the very near future.
Caravan roads Of southern Siberia
include among the most important. the
route from Petropavlovsk down to the
river Ischim, past the Onlutav noun
tains and the river Sary-Su to Buk-
hara, and from the same city by the
river Tchaglinka, past a number of
lakes to Akmolinsk, Nourinsky and in.
to Turkestan. -- ....
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BILLIARD CHAMPION
WILL DEFEND TITLE
Melbourne lnman, English cueist,
Ready for Match.
In Handicap Tournament Title Holder
Comedies Handbags Ranging
From 1000 to $500 Points
In 1s,o0o-Point
Game.

One of the important events in the
restoration of sports in England to a
pre-war basis will be billiard cham
pionship tournament, in which Mel
bourne Inman, title holder, will be
called on to defend his laurels. Latest
dispatches from London state the
tournament will be conducted either
In March or April. 1t will be han,
dicap competition, with Inman play
ing from scratch for $4,000 points.
ind conceding handicaps ranging prob
ably from 1000 to $500 points. On
der this arrangement 1t is felt that
the champion will encounter serious
opposition.
The nature Of }the handicap allow.
lnces has not yet been-sdefnitely de-
cided. although the committee In
charge has practically agreed on this
style tournament for the purpose OF
equalizing the play, and giving as
piring billiardists a chance against
the champion. Inman submitted, as
his own idea of what would make a
good handicap, the scale of from 1000
to $500 points to his rivals. In addi-
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GOLF COURSE QUITE UNIQUE
One at WATERFOWL, Mass, Measures
179 Yards-cups Are Made Of
Old Tomato Cans.

Waterfowl, Mass, claims the distinc-
ton of having the oldest, as well as the
strangest, golf club in America. 1t is
known as the Midiron club, and its
course is laid out on private lawn.
The course measures but ITO yards,
and has five holes, which are spaced
off and named as follows: Architects
Angle, 123 feet; Junkpile, 6S feet !;
the Cottonfeld, 80 feet; Barrister's
Bog, "a feet, and Akron, 60 feet. The
cups are made Of old tomato cans and
the trophy is can bearing brass
name plate. The record for the course
is %, and the hazards consist chiefly
of hedges and children.
This strange club has but six MEM
bel's, all Of whom live In an apartment
house, which serves as the clubhouse,
AID which adjoiRs the lawn which
serves as the course.
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VARIANCE IN GOLF RECORDS
Courses Are Different and No Two
Holes Are fdenticaI-No Set
Rule for Length.

A golf course is any old width and
any old length. Holes may he found
at certain lengths agreeing with
lengths on other courses, but no two
holes are identically alike, says Sc
attic Times. No two golf turfs are
of identical texture. The wind
doesn't blow from identically the
same direction or with the same We
locity on any two courses.
Bunker cops are found varying in
height, and traps are of different
depths and different sanding. There
is no fast and hard rule as to the
lengths OK any, course.
Yet in spite of all these differences
one hears Improvements like this !:
Barnes makes worlds record for
y holes" or Hutchinson wins cham
pionship in worlds record figures
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INTERESTING
sport
PARAGRAPHS

The Great Lakes Athletic associa-
ton bowling alleys, just opened, cost
$4,000.
Joie Ray of the Illinois A. C. will
compete in indoor track meets this
winter.
Heinie Groh of the Reds was the
leading run scorer of the National
league last year.
The American Automobile associa-
ton, the national organization of mo-
florists, is composed of 100000 mem
berS.
The White Sox probably will again
train at Mineral Wells, Tex.
Maj. Branch Hickey of the Cardi-
mails didn't have his return home her.
aided with trumpets. No one knew
he was back from France until he
reached st. Louis.
Walton Cruise will have his bludr
geon working for the st. Louis Cards
this season, which means that Messrs.
Rousch and Wheat will have to be-
stir themselves if they want to lead
the Heydler swatting circle.
John Titzell 20, pitcher on the
University of Pennsylvania nine and
halfback on the eleven, has returned
to college from the United States serv-
Ice. He is ranked as one Of the best
college pitchers in the East.
Walter Pipp, former Catholic uni
yersity fence buster, who has poked
out plenty of long ones as Yankee,
viii be back on his old post at first
base when the next campaign begins.
He recently was mustered out of the
naval aviation service.
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BASEBALL IN LONDON

There was good deal of
baseball played in London last
summer, and the doughboys oft
en- took English girls to see the
games" said Earl Dunmore at
Washington reception.
Il heard of doughboy who
said to girl as they entered the
ball grounds together:
IF there is anything you
want explained, tell me. I guess
lot of things seem meaning
less to you
Everything seems meaning
/less.' said the girl. and some,
things seem idiotic.'
What seems idioticr asked
the doughboy.
WELL said the girl, why do
you call the seats the stands?' .
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Herr Auer, Bavarian anniSter Of the
interior and Minister of War Ross
HAPPIER have been slain. Two Bavarian
officers were wounded. The shoot
ing took place during a session CT the
landtag, While Auer was a.luding to
the assassination Of Kurt Eisner, the
Bayarian premier The shots were
fired from the public gallery and
caused panic In the chamber OF
deputies.
According to specials dispatch res
ceived at Berlin from Wemar, the
states commission has chosen black,
red and gold, the ciassi" colors of
German republicanism, for The nalion-
al flag.
American and allied trooI'e in north
ern Russia have gained notable sue
cesses, the war Office at London an
nounced. They have reached Sogcja
on the Marman railSsay. their own
casualties we're very slignl.
The German national assembly has
decided that Industrial material taken
from France and Belgium must be re-
turned. according to a dispatch from
Weimar.
The Paris Matin says me German
communist, Lindmann, was arrested
at Weimar, where he had been dis
playing great activity.
Secretary Daniels announced at
Washington that President Wilson
would embark March for his return
trip to France.
A Paris dispatch says a leading Pol
isk Posenian deputy in the German
reichstag, NJ. Trompozinski, was elect
ca president of Poland by the Polish
diet.
Premier Georges Clemenceau was
shot three times as he was on his way
to confer with Colonel House in Paris.
Emile Coffin, the man who shot the
premier says he planned to kill the
French statesman because he was an
enemy to humanity and was preparing
to start another war" The French pre-
mier is expected to make an early re-
covery from the three wounds inflicted
on him By the assassin.
A Warsaw dispatch says Gen. Jo-
seph Pilsudski has announced his in
tentiOn of resigning as chief of the Po-
lish State.
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Domestic

Twenty-Five persons were injured,
| twelve seriously, when an open switch
caused aqnorthbodnd trolley to collide
with a southbound car. at Frankfort
avenue and Arrott street at Philadel-
phia.
Work is virtually at standstill at
the Hog Island shipyard following
strike of 400 foremen for higher pay,
which would bring their weekly earn
ings to about $40.
A Dallas (Tex) dispatch says Lieut..
NJ. J. Plum established new flying
record, driving Curtis plane from
Fort Worth to Love field, distance Of
80 miles In ten minutes.
Eight persons perisheti when fire de-
stroyed small hotel at st. Jovile, in
fne Laurentian mountains. Quebec.
Congressman-elect Victor L. Bergen.
OF Milwaukee and each of his four CO.
defendants, convicted of violating the
espionage act and being in a con-
spiracy to obstruct the United States
from being victorious over Germany,
We're sentenced to 20 years imprison-
ment In the federal, penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kan, by Federal Judge
Kenesaw NJ Landis at Chicago.
The anti-tobacco bill. which was in.
troduced at Topeka, Kan, by Mrs
Grinstead, the first woman. legislator
of Kansas, designed to prohibit sinols
ing in public eating houses, which was
passed by the house, has been killed
by the senate judiciary committee.
| Thirty aliens, advocates of open re
volt, according to federal authorities
and all under indictment for dissent.
nation of revolutionary propaganda
Throughout northern Ohio, are to be
deported from Cleveland by the Unit
ed States government.
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KIvIAT BACK FROM SERVICE
One of New York's Best Athletes Re-
turns From France-He Holds
Many Records.

Abel KiTiat, one of New FORKS best
track athletes, is home after serving In
France with the Fifty-ninth coast ar
tillery, the old Thirteenth of Brook
Ign. He saw active fighting on the
verdun front and in the Argonne.
Kiviat holds the 1,500-meter Olympic
record of $50 $40, and the American
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Good Character Test.

BY the unanimous assertion of every
man who ever went on hunting trip
that involved camp life for eonsid-
erable length of time, there is nothing
like participation in such an expedi-
ton for bringing out and making clear
the fundamental realities of charac-
ter. 1t reveals both virtues and vices,
strengths and weaknesses, and empha-
sizes them all. Not only are many of
the restrictions and inhibitions created
and enforced in ordinary community
intercourse suddenly removed or weak.
ened, but there are made new demands
for the endurance of Inconvenience
and the performance of hard and dis
tasteful work.
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Forests Of the Caucasus.

The forests of the Caucasus in Rus
STA are estimated at 10000 1000 acres.
chiefly In the Black sea territory,
which is at the rate of nearly twenty
acres to each inhabitant. The forests
Of western Siberia have been scarcely
explored, but they. are stated to be
100000. 900 acres in extent, more than
half being in an absolute state of ma
ture.-Rocky Mountain Herald.
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Peace Notes

Formal rejection of the proposal that
they meet with delegates Of the boil
sheviki and other Russian governments
at Princes islands was handed to the
peace conference at Paris by repre-
sentatives of the governments of ST.
IBERIA, Archangel and southern Russia.
according to dispatch to the Russian
embassy at Washington from Ambassa-
dor Bakmetieff atlParis.
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N from the Ural mountains to
N the Pacific ocean. stretches
through so degrees of longi-
tude, and has an area of $500, 900
square miles. The colonization of ST.
IBERIA by emigration from Russia re-
quired movement of population
which would be facilitated by the
opening of roads for wagon transport.
1t was in 1722 that the town of
Ekaterinburg was founded, and In 1853
plans were made for projecting road
toward Tiumen and thence across the
Siberian steppes. The route followed
was that of the present Siberian rail-
way. Work was delayed for some
years by changes of government, but
the road was finally completed along
the line proposed.
Over this main Siberian highway
passed thousands of cOlonists, many of
them political exIles from Russia, 9TH
ers Cossack soldiers directed to take
up their residence along the main ST.
berian route for the purpose of mill
tary protection, says a writer in
d.
a main line of connection between
scattered settlements of natives of
various races, who had previously
made limited use of trails and rivers
for intercourse with each other, and
for commerce with the world outside.
1t formed the only route by which the
interior of Siberia could be reached
from east on west; while the only 9TH
er routes were the caravan trails
across the mountains and deserts to
the south, and the difficult passages
of the Kara sea into the mouths Of
the OBJ and Yenesei rivers.
The Sibirsky-Trakt
OF the main highways used as pos
tai routes, the principal road is the
famous Sibirsky-Trakt, over 1900
miles long, following, as has been said,
the same route as the Trans-Siberian
railway. Most of this road could be
covered easily by vehicle, except in
the stretch between Sretensk and
KhabarOvsk. Between those towns
about $40 miles of road can be made
by vehicle, while the rest, $50 miles.
Is covered by pack-horse trail over
the mountains, giving an alternative
route to the river Shilka The trail is
used through the fall and spring only.
while the river serves for boat trans
port in summer, and sledge transport
over the ice In winter. The portion
OF the route between the river Shilka
and Khabarovsk Is called the Amur
Highway.
Another important main highway is
the Irkutsk Yakutsk Trakt, 1910 miles
in length, of which $50 miles are pass
able by vehicle. The remainder of the
distance is covered by the river Lena.
in summer by boat and in winter over
the ice by sled. The highway from
Omsk through Semipalatinsk to Altai-
Skaya follows the river Irish and has
81 length of 760 miles. There Is also
q main highway from Tomsk to Semi
palatinsk, a distance Of 40 miles.
All the above highways We're i'm
portant links in the governmental con-
troll of Siberia from Russia. Over these
roads cOuriers, police and soldiers
could pass readily from center to CEN
ter, keeping all settled parts of the
country in communication with the CEN
trail government. The main Siberian
road is now largely disused on account
of the superior communication offered
by the Trans Siberian railway, and the
other highways will eventually be
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higher origin, he Is of the kindred of
Mozart. of Raphael, of Goethe; his
true fatherland is the dream kingdom
of Poetry.-Heine.
How Wind Travels.

When you are discussing the wind
you. must know that "a gentle wind
travels about five miles per hour, a
high wind about 30 to 10 miles per
hours, and a great hurricane 80 to 100
miles per hour. The velocity of the
earth on its own axis exceeds, it is be-
lieved, 1000 miles an hour. The veloc-
ity Of the earth around the sun Is
calculated to be $4,000 miles per hour,
and the velocity of the moon to be
2,273 miles per hour.
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Trlden Is Out of Service.

William I. Tllden, the young Phil
adelphia tennis star, who has been
serving in a unit of the medical corps
at Fort Myer, Virginia, has received
his discharge. He expects to compete
in the more important tournaments ID
the East next summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28
Foreign

Minister of Finance Klotz at Paris
announced that he had completed con-
,ideration Of a plan imposing tax
IN capital. the payments on which
would extend over a long period, so
hat the whole burden would not fall
1pon the present generation.
Sixteen soldiers We're killed and fifty
injured when a troop train collided
With a freight near Vienna.
Esthonian troops have begun to fall
pack before the bolsheviki in the region
If Pskov, according to an official state
nent issued by the Esthonian London
headquarters.
German troops on the Lithuanian
front surprised the bolsheyiki and cap
sured the town of Murawjeyo, near
Shawl, according to report received
at Basic, Switzerland, from Libau.
Prince Joachim of Prussia, youngest
son of former Emperor William, has
been arrested, according to dispatch
from Munich. The dispatch states his
arrest was on suspicion of his being
connected with certain intrigues."
Members of the allies commission
to Poland were fired upon by Ukrain-
ian soldiers while travelling from era
COW TO Lemberg on Polish armored
train. The delegation, which included
Professor Lord, one of the American
members of the mission, returned to
Graeow, says a Warsaw dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28
U.S.-T,eufonic WdrNeWS

A Copenhagen dispatch says the
American doughboys' farewell PROM
ist. "Fll write you from Berlin" is to
be fulfilled after alias far as GER
tain detachment of New York troops is
concerned. at least. They arrived in
the German capital and were billeted
in hotels, according to Berlin dis.
nat Oh s.... -r.
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record for the same distance and in
the same time. He finished second to
Arnold Jackson, the Englishman, in
the 1,50O-meter run at the Olympic
games in Stockholm in 1912. The for
mer Irish-American A. C. star won the
national mile championship in 1911,
1912 and 1914.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28

The biggest deal of the baseball
conference was put through recently
when the Washington, Boston and De-
troit clubs made a three-cornered
trade which sends Shortstop Hal jan
win of the Red Sox to Washington.
George Dumont, the Washington
pitcher, and Oscar Witt, the Detroit
third baseman, to the Red Sox, and
Chick Shorten, the outfielder, Slim
Love, the Red Sox pitcher, and Eddie
AinsrS4th, the Washington backstop,
to Detroit.
This is the most important trade
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28

Dthat has been made in some time and
was arranged SO as to. benefit all clubs
concerned Washington needed a
shortstop to take the place of Doc
Lavan, whoyis through with the game.
The Red Sox were badly in need Of a
third baseman, and in Witt they land
ed one of the. best fielders and bats
men in the business. Detroit got a
promising outfielder in Shorten, and
the Tiger catching staff is strength
ened by the addition of Ainsmith,
who for many years has been the
catcher for Walter Johnson.
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European War News

A Paris dispatch says Matthias Err
berger, head of the German armistice
commission, has been infortled by the
allied war council that at present
there can be no discussion of the
repatriation of German prisoners of
war. except Of wounded men or men
who are seriously Ill.
A Melbourne dispatch says Austria
las war dead number 58.025 out of
total voluntary enlistment of 100000
men. Three hundred and thirty-six
thousand Australian soldiers We're
transported overseas.
The allied armistice commission duS-
ing the negotiations at Treves refused
to grant credit for American food to
be sent into Germany, demanding cash.
according to a statement by Under
Secretary Braun at Berlin. AS a result
the Germans agreed to pay $11,OO0,OOO
for $4,000 tons of food, Herr Braun
asserted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28
BIG Three Fan in Line.

Yale. Harvard and Princeton are all
ready to resume athletics on a pre-
rsr basis now the war is over.
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Ask the Iceman.

Ask the lceman.
"What makes water hard?" inquiries
a young housekeeper. Extreme cold,
madam. Boston Transcript.
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Wright Has Sig Veterans.

Coach Wright has six veterans out
for the Penn VARSITY crew.
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A Warsaw dispatch says Gen. Jo-
seph Pilsudski has announced his in
tentiOn of resigning as chief of the Po-
lish State.
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all over the State, where, of course,
the local color Is appreciated to its
full value. Mr.. Alvord, in Fargo, S. D.,
is also doing a very interesting and
valuable work. He has n theatrical
company with large number of for
eigners. These people select one of the
best plays written in their native land
and translate 1t, and then the company
takes the play on tour all over the
State.
The most unique experiment of all,
however, is that undertaken by Mr..
Drummond at Cornell University with
his group of actors. He got a theatre
at the county fair and started in to
demonstrate to the fairgoers how easily
and for what a small sum really good
plays could be produced. Although
their theatre occupied very poor po-
sition among the other attractions at
the fair, they played to over 5000
people in one week and turned away
as many more. The result of Mr.
Drummond's work in that community
can be we'll agined.
american experimental theatres
said Prof. Baker, largely took
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their cue from the Abbey Theatre in
Dublin. The Abbey proved conclu-
sively that you could have good plays
and good acting for very moderate
expense and. moreover, with actors
who originally were little better than
amateurs. Arnold Bennett started an
experimental theatre at Hammersmith
and last spring he produced John
Drinkwater's abraham Lincoln"
which made an instant hit And night
after night Londoners have been 60
ing all the way to Hammersmith to
see this play performed in an expert
mental theatre"
Among recent graduates Of Prof.
Bakers course who have sue
ceeded in reaching Broadway are Mark
Reed and Hubert Osborne. Mr.. Reeds
comedy "She Would and She Did,"
after having been tried out in Detroit
and Cleveland, was produced in New
York with Grace George in the leading
role. David Belasco is to produce a
three act comedy by Mr.. Osborne some
time this winter.
In conclusion Prof. Baker said:
"The unconscious function of the ex-
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notice of one of the big producers.
The producer will watch that author,
and when he or she docs something
worth while 1t will be Immediately
placed Now, had it not been for the
experimental theatre that author would
have had an infinitely harder time in
securing recognition. All the pro-
ducers are constantly watching for
new material-it is purely to their adj
vantage to do So"
There are several types of expert
mental theatres. First there is that
type which produces the best plays of
other countries or of one particular
country and only rarely produces
original plays of its own country.
Then there Is the true experimental
theatre, which has for its main object
the production of original plays. Sew
eral of these theatres nave gradually
become almost as truly professional
as any of the larger theatres. One Of
the most interesting theatres Is the
College Theatre of the University of
North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. Here
| the students write plays of local life
and events, which are taken on tour