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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
ALL IN ON MAY 1872 DRIVE
General Public Persists in Manifestinq
Friendly Interest in Boosting
the Membership.

Men at national headquarters of the
American Legion are gratified at the
wide interest in the forthcoming drive
of the legion for new members, by
persons in all walks of life. The cam
paign will be held May IT. %, inclu-
Sive. ....... .-.aa...
Although the drive Is entirely an
organization affair and will be handled
by individual posts and members, the
general public has refused to be kept
out and persists in manifesting friend
ly interest.
"Every day we see evidences of this
friendship Of the great American pub
lie for the American Legion" said
National Adjutant Lemuel Bolles. 1--WE
counted on this friendship when we
organized for this campaign and every
post has appointed a citizens COM
mittee to cooperate with the post drive
committee. The way citizens have re-
sponded Is wonderful. Men of all
walks Of life, clergymen, teachers, la
Dor leaders, bankers, have united to
help the legion attain its goal Of at
least million new paid-up members.
'The women have been particularly
friendly. Housewives have sensed that
the legion is the great national force
for security of the home and the coun-
try's solid institutions and they are
rallying to help us. Many 6 man eligi-
BILE to belong to the legion has had no
peace Of mind until he sought out a
post and put up his dues and came In.
Besides, the women know about the
wOman's auxiliary of the legion and
that no woman can belong unless her
men kin-folks belong to the legion"
Mr.. Bolles was authority for the
statement that this legion drive will
set new mark in enthusiasm for cam
paigns in the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Uncle Sam At War 100 Years Out of 145

A RMED forces Of the United States
"A have been engaged in some sort
OF warfare during 100 years out OF
the past 145, or 60 per cent of the total
time, according to figures presented
to the house by Representative Kahn
OF California, chairman of the COM
mittee on military affairs.
During the 145 years since the be-
ginning of the American revolution
in 1775, the United States has been
engaged either in civil or foreign wars
for almost 3S years, or 25 per cent of
the Time" said he. "We have had one
year of such war for every three years
of peace, considering the years of In
dian warfare and minor disturbances
as peace time
1.-The lengths of the peace periods
during those 145 years are as follows !:
1.-THE war of the Revolution to the
war with France, fifteen years three
months; the war with France to the
war with Tripoli, nine months; war
with TripOli to the war with Great
Britain seven years and one month !:
war with Great Britain to war with
Algiers, Tunis and Morocco, about one
year; war with Algiers, Tunis and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
WgTNATIONAI.WIl
GpITAL AfTAIpS
Chemists Take Wallop at Old H. C. l..

"About $1,000,OOO,OOO in farm prod
ucts have been lost each year because
insecticides, made chiefly of lead COM
pounds, were beyond the reach Of the
poorer farmers.
'By Mr.. CottrS,l's discovery arsenic
is recovered from smoke from copper
shelters, and this has made it possible
for chemists to substitute calcium
magnesium for lead, reducing the cost
of insecticides"
new fuel fluid of greater heat
value per unit than either coal or fuel
oil was described by Jerome Alexan-
der. New York chemist. The paper
declared the new fuel utilizes coal
waste and cheap tars, these ingreGi-
ents being dispersed in fuel oil by col
lOidal action, and that the addition of
a certain fixing agent, whose nature is
kept secret, results in a fuel which
combines the valuable qualities for
heating of both Oil and coal. Peat,
Ignite, cellulose waste, Sawdust and
similar inferior fuels may be utilized
in the new process. ..- ....
1t said that the new fuel could be
piped, stored, and burned virtually as
fuel Oil is, and that as a fuel for
steamships it is virtually double the
value of either coal or present forms
of fuel Oil. .
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Mystery Surrounds Russian "Embassv'
MYSTERY surrounds the 100000

M YSTERY surrounds the 81 ,OO0,OOC
1vl pile, known as the Russian EN-.
bassy, on fashionable Sixth street.
Gossip has it that behind those i'm
posing walls poverty exists, that funds
are running lower and lower
Tales are being told like that of a
dentist bill which was paid with one
of the fleet of automobiles formerly
the personal property Of the late car
Of Russia. Antique furniture is being
disposed of to pay expenses, it is said.
What government do the present oc-
cupants of the embassy represent?
Is it true that the state department
is about to order them to get out of
the embassy within certain time?
To none of these questions has a
conclusive answer been given.
1t is known that an Investigation is
under way to determine who-what
government or person or personals
the owner Of the embassy building.
1t used to belong to the czar-he
personally held title to such Russian
government buildings. But the car
has long been dead, 1t is believed. Does
the building revert TO the cars per-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

w ASHINGTON.-Tte cost of living
" is coming down millions of dol
lars. Yep! Delegates to the Ameri-
can Chemical society's recent conven-
ton gave their word for it.
Charles L. Parsons, secretary of the
society explains:
prohibition, in destroying the wine
industry, also removed the sup
ply OF cream of tartar, which was ex-
tracted from deposits in wine casks.
Chemists, however, have discovered a
method by which malic acid is drawn
from benzine and used as substitute
In the manufacture of baking powder.
Then, again, the chemist has kept
down the price of paint.
successful experiments in tanning
hides of sharks, chemists assert, will
assist IN cutting the cost of leather
goods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
WAR AND FUTURE OF ART
Fresh Creative Force May Reasonably
BE Hoped for, Is Conclusion of
Noted Writer.

AS for the action Of the worlds
great war upon the worlds
great art, it is theme too vast for
easy handling, writes Agnes Repplier
in Art and Life, New York. 1t was
said In the spring of 1915 that the
Quarter Latin had ceased to produce,
having nothing which breathless hui
nianity could pause to look at. Death
took its toll Of artists and month after
month saw the blighting Of hope, as
men died with their work undone.
Mr.. Pennell, an acute, but not san
guine observer, says plainly that new
inspiration-as result of the conflict
lis not to be hoped for. Yet If ma
tional fervor was fed by the simplici-
ties of art, by the cartoon, the verses
of the trench, the half articulate
songs" that set the soldiers blood
atingling. IL is reasonable to believe
that the high tide of human passion
win not el,b before impregnasins a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

Mr.. Ludloff, prior to the war, was
with the Maryland Casualty Co. of
Baltimore for twelve years, leaving the
position of Office manager to enter the
service. He was originally with the
Seventy-ninth division, but was de-
tached for service with the War Risk
section, where he did special work,
first under Willard o. Straight, and
later under Col. Henry d. Lindsey,
who later became first commander of
the legion. Col. Lindsey was instru-
mental in getting Mr.. Ludloff to assist
in the work of the American Legion
when in It's formative state.
Mr.. Ludloff was born in Baltimore
September 10, 1889, and received his
education there. He worked up from
the position Of Office boy to the posi-
ton of business manager with the
Maryland Casualty company during his
twelve years connection with the firm.
He was a regimental sergeant major
fin the service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

clan totem of the owner. Then q chief
or a rich man may have an elaborate
totem pole containing "all his crests
and all the stories connected with
Them" So that very large and pre-
tentious totem pole may be sort of
family tree of the owner or even an
autobiography.
Even in case the caryers of totem
poles become extinct, number of the
IGost noteworthy of these remarkable
creations will be preserved for poster
ity for several generations to come.
Un'le Sam realized quite while ago
the advisability Of this. The result is
that there are two national monu-
ments in Alaska, created in large part
with the view of preserving some very
fine examples of these curious relics
of bygone days.
Sitka National monument was Gre
ated in 1910. 1t is about a mile from
Sitka and contains 81 acres. 1t con-
tains Is totem poles, the highest Of
which rises 60 feet. These totem poles
are carved from red cedar and when
the paint wears off the unprotected
wood cracks badly. These totem
poles have recently been given two
coats of paint by the National park
service in six colors. Where the cary
ings were broken or decayed they were
replaced. This monument is a pic
turesque place and from it there Is a
n n Tlf xx,sn
est as the scene Of the massacre of
Russian fur hunters by Indians in the
early days when all this region was
owned by Russia.
Old Kansan National monument was
created in 1916. 1t contains 80 acres
and within its bounds are an aban-
doned Indian village. numerous re-
markable totem poles and other OBJ
jects of historical interest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

A LMOST everybody and everything
"A that contributed to the winning of
the war has received some sort of pub
lie recognition from the war depart
ment. Even the patient, long suffer
ing, Woodworking and oft-ridiculed
army mule has at last come to his en-
comium in an appreciation from the
quartermaster general.
Here follows the slow down" on the
army mule as 1t comes in an official
publication. There were more than
1900 of him engaged with the army
overseas, and more than 100000 with
the troops i' the United States, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
India Now Fixes World Price of Silver

silver pieces, as against 100000
gold and platinum pieces and 1900
600 silver pieces in 1913. The price of
gold in France has increased from 81
400 francs per kilogram to $500
francs.
Within the last few months the
United States has secured 90 per cent
of the gold and silver exports Of the
world, $50 coming to this country from
Belgium, France, Germany and other
countries. Maiden Lane in New York
Is world headquarters for gold, silver
and platinum ornaments.
Since Great Britain legislated the
gold standard for India, India has
drawn the balance at the rate of one
quarter in gold and three-quarters in
silver, so that now India is draining
the world of both gold and silver, and
the price Of silver in the world de-
ponds upon the price of silver In India.
1t is his belief that silver will remain
about the present price of $12O for
many years to come.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Milk Consumption.

AS it is estimated that only 20 of
the milk produced in this country is
used in making condensed milk, the In
dustry can not have any considerable
effect upon the milk industry of the
cities. According to figures given for
last year, 43.l per cent of milk pro-
duced is used as liquid milk, Al per
cent for making butter, 4.3 per cent
for feeding calves. 8 per cent for max
ing cheese, 81 per cent for making ice
cream, and % for condensed milk.
The United States has about %. OOO.-
600 dairy cows. 1t is estimated that
Europe lost about 100000 cows in
the last few years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
PREACH TO GET MEMBERS
Ministers to Aid In Bringing the Amer.
lean Legion Family Number
to 100000.

Some one at the national headquar.
ters with fair for statistics has fg.
ured out that four thousand sermons
on the American Legion will be deiiv-
cred in churches all over the land on
Sunday, May 16.
Part of the work Of posts Of the
legion In the membership campaign
to be waged May II to % inclusive, has
been to enlist the support of clergy
men of all creeds. They have been
requested to at least make mention Of
the legion In their sermons Of the Sun
day preceding the drive. Many rabbis
have Signified their intention of doing
this In sermons delivered Saturday,
May 15.,
1t has not been hard to win the sup
port of these clergymen. because the
vast majority already are enthusiastic
legion supporters.
One minister of prominent and
fashionable New York city church fair
ly leaped at the suggestion He de-
clared he would not only preach an en-
tire sermon urging eligible parishion-
ers to join, but would call on every
man and woman to lend active aid In
the campaign In some way. He In
sisted he was going to roll up his shirt
sleeves and get into the campaign him
self, even going so far as volunteering
to speak from a soap-box in Union
square.
Legion leaders expect to get one
million new members, at least. This
would bring total membership well
above the two and a half million mark
and would assure the legion a majority
of the former service men and women
Of the land.
The drive Is entirely a post and
member alfalfa campaign of the
rank and file" Posts are assigned
quotas to reach and will be graded on
of efficiency. Departments
also will be so graded. National head
quarters will give first and second
prizes, consisting of stands Of colors,
20 leading departments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Every Member Instructed.

Every member Of the American Lee
gion, which will hold nationwide
membership drive May 1922, has been
instructed in Primer Of Legion facts
and a Catechism Of Legion questions
and answers. 1t is expected that with
the use Of this data, plus natural en-
thusiasm. every member will get at
least one new member. This would
bring legion membership above the
two and a half million mark.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
CHE Hasn't LOST nucN nne)h.~

Morocco to war with Mexico, about
thirty years and six months; war with
Mexico to Civil war, twelve years and
ten months; Civil war to war with
Spain, thirty-one years and eight
months; Philippine Instruction to
Cuban pacification, four years and
three months; Cuban pacification to
Nicaraguan expedition, three years
and five months; Nicaraguan expedi-
ton to Vera Cruz expedition, six
months; Vera Cruz expedition to Mex
lean punitive expedition, one year and
three months; Mexican punitive ex-
petition to world war, two months,
making a total of about 1O7 years
peace out of l45." .a.a"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
SHOULD GET ONE MEMBER
Activity on Part of Service Men Dur
<sSins the Drive Will Bring Number
to 100000.

"If every member Of the American
Legion gets one new member during
Or before the drive Of May II to %,
the legion win have more than two
and half million bone fide, paid-up
members" said National Commander
Franklin D'Olier, commenting on the
coming campaign.
This campaign Is to be the work Of
the rank and file-of every man in the
legion" Mr.. D'Olier continued. "We
have assurances now that every post
and every man is enthusiastic for the
success Of this work. The legion felt
1t didn't have all the members it
should hive. 1t has not had time to
go after them before. But 1t has the
time now and it has put it up to every
member to work. They are respond
ing with wonderful spirit.
sit is easy to believe that an average
Of one new member will be obtained
by every old member. do not want
to get too enthusiastic and optimistic
over this campaign, but believe a few
more weeks will see the legion with
lie than a majority of all former
service men enrolled"
National headquarters Of the legion
has sent out a working plan to every
post, so that uniformity Of effort will
be obtained in the drive. Every de-
partment has been assigned its quota
of new members and the departments
have parceled these out to posts. If
post gets all of its quota. it ranks
100 per cent efficient. Departments
also will be graded in efficiency by
national headquarters. First and Sec
Ond prizes will be awarded depart
ments by national headquarters and
many departments will award prizes to
posts within their Jurisdiction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

sonal heirs, or to the Russian govern
ment? And if the latter, what Rus.
sian government?
The present incumbent of the en-
bassy, Boris A. Bakhmetieff, came
here as an ambassador from the Ker-
ensky government, dispossessing
George Bakhmetieff, who represented
the car.
The question was put BADLY to one
OF the attaches: "What government
do you representa-
That is long, complicated ques-
tion," he evaded. He finally said they
represented the "antibolshevik forces
in Russia"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

lethargic world with fresh creative
force.
Rodin. brooding over the darkest
hour and minimizing no peril or ca
iamity, spoke with heroic assurance Of
the future: "Our young soldiers and
our old cathedrals fall that there NAV
flourish again a youth. pure, ardent
healthy, hostile to materialism kaen
for spirituality; and that a renewed
and sublime art may spring from the
soil washed and fortified by blood"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
WHAT SHALL

r HERE was expended In the United
i States last year $SO,0OO,OOO for
gold ornaments, as against $51 100000
in 1918 and $3S.OOO,OOO in 1915, de-
clares Charles w. Henderson, stat
istician for the United States geo.
logical survey.
This amounts to $21,OOO,OO0 more
than the gold mines of the country
produced last year, he says. In the
first ten months of last year there was
sold in Paris 100000 pieces of gold
and platinum jewelry and 23,3OO,OOO
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Pershina a Leaien Booster.

General Pershing is private in that
great army for better Americanism,
the American Legion, where rank and
titles are non-existent. Apropos Of
the legion membership drive, held the
week Of May 1922, the former Cine.
says: Il earnestly hope every man
who Wore the uniform of the fighting
services in the war will affiliate him.
self with the American Legion and
strive for the highest realization of
the ideals for which that great organi-
cation stands"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

/
= poles. He is William Shelton
head of the Indian reservation schoo
at Tulalip, Wash. The making of to
TEN poles is an art and few nowaday
are the men who can carve them
What totem pole looks like wheI
completed and set up is shown in tn,
| side picture.
Shelton regards this enormous totem
pole as his life work. He has already
put in 5000 hours on it. 1t will Sc,
forth the family history of the Snoho
mish tribe of western Washington
When set in place it will be 6 feet in
diameter and will rise "a feet. Upon
completion of this life work Shelton
| intends to devote the rest of his days
! to informing the world of the true in.
wardness of totem poles. 1t is large
undertaking.
What is totem? Well, 1t would
take Philadelphia lawyer to figure II
out and then he'd have hard work to
make the average man understand the
true inwardness Of totemism, totem
and totem pole.
Totenism, the anthropologists say,
is common to primitive man in many
parts Of the world, but Is far from be-
ing universal. 1t is found among the
American Indians, but there are tribes
which show no trace of it. The Eski-
mos know nothing of it. Certain Afri-
can savages have it. The Australians
have 1t. .-.
A totem is a class of material OBJ
jects which savage regards with
superstitious respect, believing that
there exists between him and every
member of the class an intimate and
altogether special relation. The con-
nection between a man and his totem
Is mutually beneficent; the totem pro-
tects the man and the man shows his
respect fOI the totem in various ways.
If his totem Is an animal he may show
and eat it or by making 1t his favorite
diet.
Early explorers found the American
Indian communities, Independent of
their local distribution into tribes.
bands and villages, composed of sew
eral distinct clans. Each clan had it's
emblem, consisting of the figure of
some bird, beast or reptile, as for ex-
ample, the clans of the wolf, deer, OF
ter and hawk. In the language of the
AlgonQuins these emblems are known
as totems. Members of the same clan
were prohibited from intermarriage;
a man could take wife from any
clan but his own. To different to-
TENS attached different degrees of
rank and dignity; those of the bear.
tortoise and wolf were among the
first in honor. Members of the same
clan, though they might dwell far
apart and speak different dialects,
were yet bound by the closest ties of
fraternity. This kind of totem was
found In at least three varities: the
clan totem, common to a whole clan
and passing by inheritance from gen.
GRAFTON to generation; the sex totem, |
common either to all the males or to |
all the females in a tribe, to the ex-
in either case Of the other |
sex; the individual totem, belonging
to an individual and not passing to
his descendants.
AS to the totem pole, It is hard to
say what 1t is. There is one thing
however, which 1t is not; 1t is not
fetish or an idol or thing to be wor-
SHIPPED. The totem pole Of one man
may be simply his individual totem.
second totem pole may also bear the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
NOT QUALIFIED.

Protests have been made by the o..
S. S. Tampa post, Tampa. Fla, against
Le Continent to local judgeship
~ man who, it is alleged, asked ex-
caption from military service on the
grounds of having dependents and be-
ing conscientious objector." Reso-
lutions passed by the post said no OBJ
lection was made to his request for
exemption on the first grounds. but
that as conscientious objector he
was not qualified TO hold public office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
"Exclusiveness" In the Leoion.

National Commander Franklin D.
Olier of the American Legion, speak
ing at the City club in Philadelphia re-
Gently, coined phrase which promises
to be one of the strong pulling slogans
OF the American Legion membership
drive May 1922. "Only about one
American in twenty" said he, sis priv
iieged to join the American Legion.
A man isn't just one In a million when
he joins the legion. He is one in
twenty"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Limited Vocabulary

"Hark to the lament of a former
doughboy."
"What about?"
He says he's been out of the army
only eight months and he's forgotten
every word of French he knew"
TOO bad. How many words did
he known"
About six.'-Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
II PAYS TO Be Good.

1t is cheaper to be good American
than bad one. Lemuel Bolles, ma
tional adjutant OF the American Lee
gion, who is directing the membership
drive to be held the week of May IT,
%, points out that for SO year a man
can belong to the American Legion,
while 1t costs Sc to belong to the 1.
w. W., not including fines. The I. w.
w. member, however, is at little ex-
pense to himself while in Jail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Old Veterans as Boosters.

Nine G. A. r. veterans, the entire
enrolment of small Nebraska village,
came in body to post headquarters of
the American Legion and demanded
they be allowed to take part in the
campaign for membership, May 1920.
The Oldest was 7S and served with
Sherman on his march to the sea. The
nine seemed to favor the idea of MAX
ing speeches at mass meeting and
were enrolled for this purpose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE,

Suggestions for the observance of
appropriate Memorial day ceremonies
have just been issued from national
headquarters. Among the suggestions
is that of Memorial day pageant, as
submitted by Community Service, Inc,
Madison avenue, New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
School Children Are helpinu.

School children are expected to
prove able workers in the American
Legion membership drive May 1922.
Already the youngsters are riding"
the boys at home who are eligible and
asking them why they are not In the
legion. They have to think hard to
tell why they are not.