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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
Dates Back to I777

'fhe beginning of this whole thing.
ID the Rev RhCa Gilman, pastor of
the Port Kennedy Presbyterian Church
dates back to about HI, during tho
Revolution. when. after several severe
actions in New Jersey. generally dis =
astrous to the Americans, the British
took possession of Philadelphia Then
Washington. with tn" remnants of his
army, went into winter quarters at Val
leysforge. Well. his outpnStS at that
time extended beyond Port Kennedy.
thougi Port Kennedy itself has now no
historical significance.
Later when it was decided to make
a state park at Valley Forge. the com
monwcalth of Pennsylvania declared
that the park must lie within the
boundaries of the outpoStS of Washing
top's army. Tn" park has been OK.
panding. Twenty five years ago. il
covered 2J0 acres. To-day. the am
bilious plans of the commission extend
it to 100 acres. And the commission
10 extending the park eastward. plan
ming two boulcvardS which can't he
built without tearing down Port Ken
nedy.
by right of eminent domain the
commission. which works silently and
strangely, has condemned all the homes
and lands in Port Kennedy within the
village area. exclusive of tn" propcrtic>
on the east side of the road which
RUNS south to King of Prussia road and
on the south side of the road extending
east to bridgeport.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
Young Women and Girls
Training School for Kindergartners
CHAMBERSBUR6. IA.
PENN HALL

CVAMNFRSBVHN, PS.
r3ir,s' College PrPpa Modern Ism
rusres and special courses. Certificate rrivi-
'eras. Rooms with private haths. New gym
nasium and swimming roo Rates, 3aOO
CAtaloL and views May eacn year spent at
Atlantic city Work continues uninterrupted
ADD Frank q. Magll. A NJ. Prin.. Bos "
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s.HOwever. the whole matter still
hangs in the air. The villagers who
have been notified to move by August
10 are hunting around for new homes.
Those whose homes have been condemn
ed but upon whom notice to vacate has
not yet been served live in suspense.
"We just don't know what to do,
said Mrs. George +. Hartman in her
picturesque, ivy covered cottage on the
King of Prussia road. Mrs. Hartman
is the wife of the only medical doctor
in the vicinity between PhOenixville and
Norristown.
..A1y husband has an extensive prac-
fice, and we've been here for the last
thirty four years" she continued. The
doctor cant go to some new locality
at his age and build up new practice,
!. and when folks reach ourN stage in life
they don't want to tear away from the
place that's been a happy home to them
for so many years.
ssWe have no court to appeal to on
the question as to whether they have
right to push us out of our home or
not.
~ don't know what we can do.
IAere are no homes nearby outside the
cShdemned area we can move to. vi
course. we may build on Nthe Conard
farm site il that project is developed.
Our ouly hope is that the commission
won't want us TO move right away"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
READING. PS.
ANNyIILF. IA,

LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE - Coed
20 miles from Hsrrisburg. A. B.. 3. g..
Nus IA Degrees College. Academy Music,
Oratory. Art Pre-medlea ! our Lsr.Iis tioa:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

The next complete novelette--Edu-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

EASTERN CULI.ESE VTsinl.
Coed. near washingtons ID c; Ds.rs.'
grsntpd: all courses; Prep: school Hats so
es's"s 1sI n y - Is%S.. k."@; 'J ,rS. '' "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
Church Properties saved

condemnation OF stat" and church pron-
c.ty by fight of eminent domain saves
the Catholic Chapel. of which the Rev
Father Gildoa is pastor: my own
church. and the Evergreen srhoolhouse.
which dates back to 1863.
'Noticc has not been served on al,
families to move, hut the jury of view
which apprniSeS tItr price the Statc will
pay for the condemned property is view
ing the lands and houSrS: hearings orr
being held most every day ON the value
of the condemned property: and already
nineteen families must get ont by
August Ia.
You see, this presents a big prob
hem to most of us. The mniority of
villagers Of Port Kennedy earn their
livelihood at the Ehrct MagnrSia Manu-
featuring Company. just southwest of
the town. Getting away from Port
Kennedy means stealing the very bread
from the mouths of their children. The
villagers cant afford to move away at
time when jobs cant be whistlcG for
like dogs. The people have to live
somewhere near the mills or starvc.
.'On July % we called a meetina
OF the PeoIt' l" VI ShHlH' prospective
lot buyers and tenants for the purpose
Of capitalizing building operations on d
GO -operativr basis We went 10 that
meeting with an option on the Conarc
farm, a ninety acre site not far dis
tant from the mill and close to tn,
school and the chapel and the church.
''On July 81 we had a public debat
on the question of sites, the other pro
posal being the 12I-acrc Bctz farm
on the other side of the river. At tn
close of the debate forty one familie
pledged themselves to purchase lot
on the Conard farm, only four on tn
Betz farm"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

a day to $4S5 in the past two years,
the office holder is bound to see the
necessity for more pap, and with
butter at 70 cents pound his holler
is sure to be a noisy one.
Notes.
John A. Urness, Nonpartisan
league candidate for Speaker, is not
assuming the leadership of his party
in the house as expected. A. c..
WEIGH of Mcleod county, an able
and a ikable one, seems likely to
lead the league.
Billy Noonan, the clever para
grapher and editor of the Beaudette
Region, has been appointed desk
clerk in the house-much to every
body's satisfaction.
Col. Wilkinson now wears white
carnation in his buttonhole every
day. He borrowed the idea from
Nimocks whose inveterate habit it
is. In some mysterious way he has
persuaded Nimocks to furnish the
flower as well as the idea.
County Auditor Sherman of Grand
Rapids, defeated for reelection last
November, has landed one of the
best of senate positions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

the inability of Senator Beverage to
make the address. How we are going
to get invitations to the dinner so as
to hear "Vic" is what is worrying the
most Of us. The occasion is one of
nation wide Importance and will
greatly increase Mr.. Powers pres
tige throughout the state.
Safety Commission Bumped.
EVERYBODY is jumping on the state
safety commission. Senator Bes-
settle has bill to abolish it; Rep.
Pittinger has another. Rep. Ben
dixen wants it investigated, The
commission itself has signed sort
of abdication to take effect February
5-but the legislature may fire it
sooner than that. A good many
want to know what the commission
did with that million dollars that
was voted to it.
Salary Bill.
There is going to be a deluge of
salary bills this session. Two from
the Red River valley have already
made their appearance. There are
certain to be a number from st.
Louis county. With the wages of
common labor going up from $3.50
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

The boys are back and coming
back. Many of the three hundred
youths sent out Of Ely to take part
in the great struggle Of the past
four years have returned and many
more are to return. Several of them
will not return having made the SUI
preme sacrifice. Their memory will
remain with us however to the end.
It was with pride that the people saw
them march away and it is with pride,
respect and feelings Of love that we
see them return. The boys have
been returning the past two months
and while the public receptions
were not as numerous on their re-
turn as when they went away, their
welcome home is nevertheless a
grand and glorious feeling of thank.
fulness for their safe home coming
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

The second day Of the session
found a tonnage tax introduced in
the legislature. The bill permits of
the present method of taxation on
iron ore and levies in addition there
to super tax Of two per cent to be
paid direct to the state. The money
derived from this additional tax will
be used to defray the running ex-
penses of the state.
The mining companies and all the
interests in northern Minnesota will
be obliged to fight for their lives to
prevent the passage of such bill,
and every citizen of the same section
should consider it his personal duty
to do likewise.
Sooner or later we will have to
come to a tonnage tax, but when we
do it should be right and proper in
principle. The Labor World favors
tonnage tax law, but one of very
different character than has yet been
presentd in the legislature.
The iron ore of the state should
be the common heritage of all the
people of the state, in this and future
generations. A super tax should be
levied every year. The money de.
rived therefrom should be placed in
state fund and invested at fan
rate of interest. Not one cent OF
the principal amount should ever be
expended, but the interest received
from it's investment should be used
for state purposes, and principally to
rehabilitate the waste lands in the
north country.
An accumulative fund such as we
here recommended would in a few
years bring millions to our state
treasury. The interest would in
time create permanent annual
fund to forever run this state. In
this way future generations would re-
ceive some benefit from the vast store
house that is now being rapidly
emptied. We are doing wrong when
we rob our children Of their heri-
tage.-Duluth Labor World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

reconstruction and relief. AS chance
would have it, a bill to confirm the
legality of the Moose Lake Star
Gazette, which was completely de-
stroyed in the fire of October IL, was
referred to this committee. 1t was
reported out at once and it fell to my
lot as chairman of the committee to
explain the bill to the house and to
move the suspension of the rules and
it's passage. 1t was sent to the SEN
ate the same day and Immediately
passed there-so it CHANGED that !
made my maiden speech" and Sc
cured the passage of the first law en-
acted at this session of 1919.
Patriotic Piffle.
Everybody wants front seats in the
patriotic grand stand. Rep. MINI
ocks, who introduced House File No.
1 still further restricting the use of
the flag for advertising purposes, dis
tributed souvenir copies of the bill
printed in red, white and blue. The
senate and house are both being del.
uged with various resolutions for
medals for returning soldiers, de-
claring that soldiers must have all the
jobs, relieving soldiers from all civil
service rules, etc. etc. Nobody has
introduced bill yet, however, to pro.
hibit anybody but soldier from run.
for the legislature. That is one form
of patriotic protestation that Seems
to have been strangely overlooked.
He's A Good One
Speaker Nolan is making a fine
record in handling the business OF
the house. He is prompt, exact anc
speedy. Things get done at the
proper time and in the proper time
He is probably the best parliament
tartan in the house; his rulings are
prompt and certain, and none of then
have been questioned-yet. Mr.
Nolan is very approachable and dem
ocratic. He has the faculty of meet
ing many people and despatching the
business of each quickly and pleasant
ly. His committee appointments
were so eminently fair that even the
Nonpartisans who opposed hin
haven't single kick.
Want to Hear Vic.
Considerable interest is manifested
in the legislature and out of it here
in St. Paul in the invitation extended
to Mayor Victor L. Power of Hib
bling to address the Lincoln Club al
their annual dinner February IL
Mayor Power was chosen following
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

"Billy" E. McEwen, recently
"gypped" out of the Duluth post
Office by some of his slowing" neigh
bors, is again shooting hot ones over
the plate as editorial manager of the
Duluth Labor World. It is con-
ceded fact that in the latter position
he can accomplish more for the good
of humanity than he could by selling
stamps behind the window of the
postoffice. BILLY" made one of the
best postmasters ever in Duluth and
no fault was found with his Office by
the inspectors but who kindly rec
commended his removal on the grounds
of some personal error or mishap.
His removal is in line with about a
thousand other assinine and bonehead
plays made by the department under
its present head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

Germany wants US to forget the
poison gas, the crucified and starved
prisoners, the ravished women, the
murdered children of the Lusitania,
the horrors perpetrated upon France
and Belgium and all the other brutal
acts of which she stands guilty be-
fore the world. How are people to
forget things indelibly burned into
their soul? Give Germany her med
icine and let it be of the bitterest
that man can brew. Germany de-
serves no pity from the balance of
the world. While the hypocrites are
laying it on to the kaiser it must be
remembered that the nation as a
whole stood behind the devil in the
"Me unit Colt" era of murder, rapine
and hypocracy. Had this won, the
German people would have pro-
claimed Bill the biggest thing on
earth but now that he has lost, they
are playing the hypocrite and want
the other nations to forget all their
crimes and let it go at that. They
are asking for food. Give them the
same rations they gave the prisoners
with water from the poisoned wells
Give them all the hell they helped to
create.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

The American soldiers at Coblenz,
Germany, have been keeping the
shopkeepers on the jump to supply
them with iron crosses, helmets and
other souvenirs of the war. Before
the advent of the army of occupation
the merchants were over supplied
with this class of stuff. Iron crosses,
the badge of honor in the German
army, which had been selling for a
nickel or given for package of Am
erican cigarettes in trade, have ad-
vanced on the market and now CON-
mand the munificent figure of one
mark, or about 20 cents. The Ger
man people have gotten to the point
where a bushel of iron crosses will
gladly be traded for peck of po-
tatoes. At that, the fellow who
traded the potatoes would be cheated.
Damn the Kaiser.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

Students of newspapers and ad.
vertising could not fail to notice con.
slant improvement in character, cir.
culation and advertising of small
town newspapers IN the last few
years, says the Advertising Age
1t was a combination of favorable
influences that made this possible
The rural free delivery opened te
them a valuable field for mail cir
culation, thus adding hundreds Of
new subscribers to their local dis
tribution. The growing wealth Of
the rural districts increased the value
Of space in these papers and CORE
spondingly their incomes, enabling
them to improve in contents, appear
ance and service. The world wal
added greatly to the interests of the
small town people in their papers
The community movement now
spreading all over the country and
especially in the western states, will
still more enhance the value of these
papers to their fields. The commu.
nifty spirit is becoming force, which
will make the towns better places to
live in, for it aims at making the
smaller cities more attractive to
young people to live in and will
therefore keep them away from the
oxya,. cx.ou,Iod lovoo csfsao pn%Sor
small cities with improved education
al opportunities, and centers for
recreation and amusement will cheer
up the social life. This means con-
servation of local buying power and
consequently better and larger stores.
The field for community work is
vast and the results will benefit
home life and home trade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24
COMMUNICATED
Washington, D. C. Jan. 81, 10

Washington, D. C. Jan. 81, 1919.
Editor Miner:
Dear Sir: 1t was with great pleas
ure that / read in our hometown
paper, the proposal to erect a mem
orial to our boys. Once more our
small town with the short name,
proves one of big ideas. The lads
are coming back homesick, but with
dead earnestness to carry out that
bigness toward humanity which has
become part of them, communing
with Nature and with God. That
memorial will prove to them that the
folks back home have grown to un-
derstand the meaning of that dem
ocracy, and can afford them a place
for self expression.
We all remember the impressive
services held in connection with the
dedication of the service flag and
how we wished we were out with the
boys somewhere, represented that
night by one white star on clear
blue field. Those boys are coming
back and it will be another gala day
when they sing, Beautiful XXX Katy
and "The Long, Long, Trail" to us
in their own hut.
My best wishes are with the pro-
moters of that big idea.
Sincerely,
ESTHER HARRIO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

The esteemed Mankato Review
says that this papers recommend
alton for treatment of those who
raise the red flag is entirely too dras-
tic. Maybe so, but you will have to
show us. We believe that these gen.
try deserve something more than a
slap on the wrist with calling card,
or chastisement on the ankle with
bird seed. To our way of thinking,
when. man raises red flag in AM
erica he flouts Old Glory, and when
he flouts Old Glory he is in a state
of rebellion-A traitor to the country.
And We are also of the opinion that
death is none too severe punish
ment for a traitor. If this be too
drastic, make the most of TWIN
nebago Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

There is the national flag! He
must be cold indeed who can look
upon the folds ripping in the breeze
without pride of country. $50 It is
a piece of bunting lifted in the air
but it speaks sublimely and every
part has voice. Its stripes Of al
ternate red and white proclaim the
original union of thirteen states to
maintain the Declaration of indie
pendence. Its stars, white on field
of blue, proclaim that union of states
constituting our national constella-
ton which receives a new star with
every new state. The two together
signify union, past and present. The
very colors have a language which
was officially recognized by our faith
ers. White is for purity, red for
valor, blue for justice, and all to-
gether-bunting, stripes, stars and
colors, blazing in the sky-make the
flag Of our country, to be cherished
by all our hearts, to be upheld by
all our hands.-Charles Sumner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

No, Genevieve, the kept" press is
not the press endowed by some one
who furnishes it with a steady meal
ticket, but just the press that
does not act as the other fellow wants
it to. Demagogues and muckrakers
and other Bolshevik howlers use
such expressions as the "kept" press
whenever any newspaper throws a
monkey wrench into the machinery
of some of the plots and schemes of
this class of spouters for freedom
and equality" Whenever you hear
some fellow glibly discoursing on the
kept" press, it will be wise to keep
your hand on your pocketbook. The
nearest newspaper Office will also
probably have his name on their
books for 'steen or more years of
unpaid subscription.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

A Bolshevist is one who doesn't be-
lieve in law or decency; he believes
in the confscation of all property,
the elevation of the brutal and igno-
rant, licensed immortality and the re-
duction of wages. He doesn't believe
in national prohibition, nor anything
that means better home or a better
world. He is a hanger-on, loafer,
robber or a murderer Saltwater
Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

C. w. Henke who has been pub
licity director for the State Safety
Commission during the past eighteen
months has filed his resignation with
the commission effective Feb. /. He
has established a newspaper at his
former home Dassel, MINI. He has
been a good publicity director and
it is a foregone conclusion that he
will get out good newspaper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24
LEGISLATIVE LETTER
BY r. W. HITCHCOCK.
Representative Goth District.

Friday. The senate approved the
amendment by a vote of 48 to II
and the house by vote of go to Sc.
Senator Boylan was absent; all other
st. Louis county members, except
Representative Pittenger, voted
yes" There was no discussion in
either house and no demonstration
except little handclapping after the
vote.
How les Done.
Making laws is not only a matter
OF II scratch your back and you
scratch mine," but a matter of time
as well. It takes the legislature a
week to organize. Then the senate
and house meet mornings only, as
all business for the day can be
cleaned up in about an hour. Com
mittees meet afternoons and begin
to consider bills that are pouring in.
AS the committees begin to report
bills, the business of the senate and
house will gradually increase and by
February there will be afternoon ses-
sions and well as morning sessions.
In March there will be evening ses-
sions also. By the latter part of
March both houses will be working
days and nights and Saturdays.
Pretty Lucky.
The n new members of the house
drew just two of the forty-one chair
manships and the writer was lucky
enough to land one of the two-the
craftsmanship of the committee on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

A Pensacola, Florida, paper says
that we hear a good deal of generals
and hear frequent mention of lieu.
tenants, but there is one officer OF
the army of which we hear but little
save on the casualty lists. That is
the sergeant.
To be sure, there is mention from
time to time of some bright young
fellow being promoted to sergeant
but it attracts no such attention as
an appointment to lieutenant, be-
cause the latter is an Officer" while
the former is merely "non conn.,
and an enlisted man. Yet it is the
sergeant who has done more than
any one class of men to make our
magnificent army, who is keeping it
in trim, who is the unit upon whom
the sections rest.
For be it understood, the army
sergeant enlisted man, with chew
ron on his sleeve and with hand at
salute to any second lieutenant who
happens along, is of more Importance
to the service than any subaltern
than any officer below a company
commander, and often it is the ex
perienced old "top" sergeant who
shows the captain how to handle hi.
command. That every soidie,
knows.
That is as true today as it has beer
any day during the long and honor
able life of the United States army
and foreign armies are quick to at
firm it Many successful Officer
freely admits, even freely volunteers
that to the sergeants belong the cred
it for their success.
The sergeant is the man of men
He is in touch with the rank ant
file. He is the teacher of men, no
only in teaching tactics and develop
ing the individual soldier, but he set
the pace in and out of ranks, teaches
and enforces discipline and holds thu
units together in camp, garrison ant
field.
1t was the regular army sergeant'
who made the volunteer and ma
tional armies, to say nothing OF thu
enlarged regular outfits. It was thi'
splendid corps Of men, trained il
the school of knocks and army ex
perience, men with men, who have
taken the recruits and taught then
the work of the soldier, taught them
the lessons of the service from at
tention to the grandest of our army
traditions, to smile as they go out
Many a high officer commanding
units of Importance has said, "Give
me good sergeants." That was al
he needed. He knew the rest. And
many officers, first thing on receiving
orders for anything have said, "I'l
see my sergeant" For it is the ser.
geant who does 1t.
All praise to the sergeant. And
when you see that some bright young
chap in uniform whom you know has
been promoted to sergeant depend
upon it his officers have seen in him
the highest powers of soldiership, de.
pendability, leadership of men-in
familiar language of the street che
has the stuff" For of such are ser.
,geants made.