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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
A Valley Forge Kettle.

According to the Carthage Press,
Charles Sanders, a resident of
Carthage, has an iron kettle that has
an interesting history. 1t was used to
bake bread for Gen. George Wash
ington and his army during the sever
winter at Valley Forge. The kettle
was given Mr.. Sanders by his mother.
1t is the heavy iron type that was
used for baking before the appearance
of ovens and cook stoves. Mrs. William
Satterfield used 1t when she was liv-
ing at Valley Forge in 1776. 1t was
later given her daughter, who used
it until her death, at one hundred
and ten years of age, when it was
given to Mrs. j. V. Sanders, the moth
err of the present owner.-Kansas City
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
FOR EVERY DAY, AS IT WEEE
Soldiers Preference Was for Some
thing Of Which He Could Make
General Use.

A British general who was com
mandant Of a district in India had
presented the prizes at the garrison
sports, and was rather surprised when
one of the prize-winners, a private in
an infantry regiment, approached him
a few days later and begged to know
if he would be allowed to change his
prize for something useful.
what was your prize?" asked the
general.
In reply, the man produced a long
case under his arm, and showed a
handsome pair of meat carvers.
Every nice, 1 am sure" said the
general. "What do you want to
change them for?"
SWELL. you see, SIR" replied the
man, II would rather have a knife
and fork of the size to eat meat with"
Edinburgh ~Scotchman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
The Western Sea.

The Pacific, a calm, cold ocean not
much fretted by traffic, adds its curl
Gus note of aloofness. 1t sends forth
fogs, but somehow they carry no hint
of salt. And in days Of sunshine when
it sparkles sapphire blue it seems
somehow to exhale no breath. You
never "smell the sea" as by the Allan
tics verge, and, though you well know
that rotting seaweed gives forth that
odor, you miss 1t on this western
shore. The oceans you have known
seem playful children, by turns gay
and irritable, by comparison with this
monstrous, lovely, inhuman sea-
Harrison Rhodes in Harper's Maya
zine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
He PLAYED the Part.

No matter what mother said, father
always chose to argue with her. II
she were going to town and told him
about the proposed trip he would be-
gin: "But, my dear, I'm sure you
should not until"
One day he had carried through an
argument of his usual kind when his
ten-year-old daughter looked up from
the book she was reading. Mother"
she giggled, father is your goat,
isn't he?"
Mother seemed bewildered, but daG
laughed. 81 guess l am" he agree
"She certainly knocks me around"
"Oh, that wasn't the reason / sal,
that" ten-year-old demurred. 81 sa
1t because you are always butting
on her so much"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
Taxi Rides and Everything.

Wellsburg, w. Va.-This city is be-
coming a Gretna Green, especially for
Pennsylvania couples. From three to
five taxis are at the station all the
time waiting for victims. The drivers
place their machines at the disposal
Of the young couples. drive them all
over town en- route to the courthouse
though 1t is but two blocks from the
station. thus getting a good fare. and
then give Instructions on getting the
marriage license. and finally take then
to the minister.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
Don't Let Catarrh Drag
You into CONSUMPTION

be cured by sprays, inhalers, %jellies
and other local applications.
S. S. S. has proven a most salts
factory remedy for Catarrh be-
cause it goes direct to its source,
and tends to remove the germs Of
the disease from the blood. Get a
bottle from your druggist today,
and begin the only logical treat
ment that gives real results. For
free medical advice write to Medi-
cal Director. 104 Swift Laboratory.
Atlanta. Ga.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
A'captious Critic.

b. L. T. criticizes a Transcript adj
vertiser for saying that the furnished
apartment to let is ideal for man and
wife or bride and groom" Why so
fussy, old top? Every one knows that
a welded pair are bride and groom
until the honeymoon is over, and that
often lasts quite a ~spell--until, in fact,
she starts cooking Or asks him for
money.-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
To BIockade offendino Nations.

San Sebastian-The League of Ma
tons council has accepted the prin-
ciple of a strict economic blockade to
be used to isolate offending nations
from the rest of the world. 1t was de-
cide4 this blockade would be used to
preserve peace even when states
which are members of the league quar-
rel with nonmember nations. A re-
commentator of action was prepared
for submission to the league assembly,
asking appointment of a joint commits
si0n of the assembly and the council,
< rvnd to prepare the procedure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
AMERICAS PLACE is KEPT
Reserved In Council of League of Ma.
tions, Says Brazilian.

San Sebastian, Spain-"We are keep
ing for the United States, her place in
the council of the League of Nations
said DR.. CASTOR De Cunha, Brazilian
Ambassador to France, and represen-
tative of Brazil on the League of Ma
lions council, to the Associated Press.
"That place, during the absence of
American representatives, is filled
with the gratitude of the world for
the role of America in the war;" he
added. "All the Latin-American re-
publics have given their complete, un-
reserved adhesion to the organization"
he asserted, ''but what they cannot un-
derstand is the absence of a leading
nation like the United States"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
National Debt Reduced.

Washington-The gross national
debt was reduced s76,404, 453 during
July, according to the treasury state
ment. This leaves the public debt at
$24,222,9 17, 013. The reduction was ac-
complished by the retirement of treas
ury certificates of Indebtedness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
RATES EFFECTIVE AUGUST rs
Increases In Both Passenger and
Freight To Start Then.

Washington-New freight rates and
passenger fares will be made. effective
on August 26, instead of on August 20,
for passenger fares. and August 25 for
freight tariffs, railroad officials an
nounced.
At the same time, it was announced
that the American railroads would
ask the Canadian railroad commits
sioners for permission to make the
new rates effective on transportation
from the United States to the Domin.
ion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
Avoid Its Dangerous Stage.

Avoid Its Dangerous Stage.
There is a more serious stage OF
Catarrh than the annoyance caused
by the stopped-up air passages,
and the hawking and splitting and
other distasteful features.
The real danger comes from the
tendency of the disease to continue
its course downward until the
lungs become affected, and then
dreaded consumption is on your
path. Your own experience has
taught you that the disease cannot
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
"CORNS"
Lift Right off Without Pain

Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little
~"Freezone" on an aching corn, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then shortly
you lift it right off with fingers. Truly I!
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
"Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to
remove every hard corn, soft corn, or
corn between the toes, and the calluses,
without soreness or irritation. Q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06

This world owes much to miserS
They accumulate wealth for others to
enjoy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06

Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton; and discomfort is the father of
Ambition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
pprehens

"PPT CFCFFoFNCs
"Why do you speak so kindly o
pajama drama?" J
Anything to dodge bathrobes." 2
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
Foreign

Mexico C~ity-Article 81 of the con
stitution, dealing with oil properties)
as well as all statutes emanating from
it will be upheld, despite the efforts
of 'some outside interests to the con.
trary."
Nome, Alaska-Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer, will remain in
Nome for two weeks and then will
steer his vessel into the Arctic ocean
for a five year expedition, he announc
ed here.
Tokio-Major General Tanaka, min.
lister of war, has informed the cabinet
that withdrawal of troops from Trans.
kaikal has been delayed owing to a
deadlock in the negotiations for the
creation of a buffer state.
Mexico City-Paying off followers
of Francisco Villa, who will receive a
years pay when mustered out, will
cost the Mexican nation more than 1,
600, 900 pesos, according to an inter
view with a treasury official published
here. Villa has written Provisional
President De La Huerta, outlining his
plans to establish schools and request
ing books, pencils, chalk and other sup
plies. He declares he will spend any
money sent him for educational pur
poses.
London-The City of Addna, in Asia
Minor, with a population of 10000
Christians and 10000 Moslems is en-
firol,y ONT of fro~ Tho o,fc;do rro,I5
by the Turkish Nationalist, and is on
the verge of starvation, according to
an official dispatch.
Madrid-Thousands of persons in
Spain are incensed over the action OF
the wine growers in the Valdepenas
and other vineyard districts, who, at
ter a meeting, threw large quantities
of this years yield, which is extreme
ly bountiful, into the rivers in order
It is said, to maintain the high price
of wines.
Paris-A decree repeating the order
of April %, which prohibited impor.
tation of many articles from America,
has been signed and will be promul
gated shortly. BY its terms there will
be a considerable increase in customs
duties on articles regarded superfiu.
Gus to French Life.
London-The government gave q
dinner in honor of Elihu Root, form.
er American Secretary of State. at
Lancaster House. Lord Curzon. secre-
tary for foreign AFFAIRS presided and
gave a toast to the king and the presi.
dent. There yer no speeches. The
function WAS purely social.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
Personal

Misunderstanding c. B. Ames will
retire Aug. 81 as first assistant to the
attorney general. 1t became known he
had submitted his resignation to Presi-
dent Wilson and would resume his law
practise in Oklahoma City.
Warsaw Sergeant William Cook,
of Fay, Okla, who remained with an
American typhus expedition train and
was captured by the bolsheviki at
Minsk two weeks ago, is returning to
Warsaw through the Baltic states.
st. Louis-Major D. c. Jones, form
er mayor of Topeka, Kan, and for Is
years chief surgeon in the National
Soldiers homes at Leavenworth, Kan,
and Danville, ILL.,, died here after an
illness of several months. He was 80
years old.
Mexico City-Carlos Felix Diaz, for.
mer Mexican minister to Bolivia, was
found at the point of death from a bull
let wound in a hotel here. He died
shortly afterward. The manager of the
hotel, hearing a shot, forced his way
into Senior Diaz's room where, he af-
forwards reported to the police, he
found Diaz and a woman struggling
for a pistol.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06

SAY DIAMOND DYES"
Don't streak or ruin your material in a
poor dye. Insist on Diamond Dyes"
Easy Elections in package.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06

Los Angeles-Two oil wells were op.
ened on city owned property by an
earthquake.
Duluth-Duluth policemen and fire.
men were granted an increase in sal.
airy of SIS a month by the City Coun-
Gil. The raise becomes effective Sep.
TENDER /.
New Yo~rk-Suicide cases in the
first six months of 1920 have shown
an alarming increase over those of
the corresponding period last year.
the Save a Life league reported here.
In the first half of 1919 the league re-
ceived reports of 2,063 suicides, as
compared with 2,771 for the first half
of this year.
Northwest
Vancouver Canadian government
railroads will accept the schedule of
wage increases granted to railway men
in the United States.
Vancouver, B. C.-The Canadian ma
tional railways will accept the SEIZED
ule of wage increases for railway
workers granted by the American Rail
way labor board, j. d. Reid, minister
of railways, announced.
Pendleton, Ore. After pursuing
blind leads and false clues for more
than 4S hours, every posseman search
ing for the five men who escaped from
the Umatilla Jail, after one had killed
a deputy sheriff, returned here.
Xu;,-or Co.o11 Toal,,o o.l
William Dunlop, said to be from Min
neapolis, were arrested here on COM
plant of a man who said he was the
woman's husband. He came here from
Minneapolis and charged the woman
with bigamy. The police alleged both
are wanted in Minnesota.
Seattle, Observation-Disclosures of one
million Japanese laborers into the
northwest for a stated period of time
to clear logged off lands now lying idle
was asked by Frank Torrance, White
River Valley farmer, before the house
of representatives investigation COM
mittee on immigration and naturaliza-
ton.
Calgary, Alta.-Gen. Critchley, we'll
known in Canadian notary circles, has
recruited and taken into Mexico three
battalions of British and Canadian
war veterans to settle them on a 1,000,-
900 acre estate according to news re-
ceived here. The settlers, it was stat
ed, are organized on a thoroughly mill
tary basis, including four fully equip
ped air squadron. The expenses are
met by the British government with
an appropriation of 100000 pounds
sterling.
Lansing, acknowledgements of a
wool pooling system similar to that
established in Michigan and a few 9TH
er midwestern states this year on a
scale that will embrace practically all
the large wool producing states in the
country, thereby enabling farmers to
deal directly with manufacturers, is
part of the American Farm Bureau
Federation program IS announced by
President ]. r. Howard, at a meeting
of representatives of midwestern state
farm bureaus at Lansing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

his own with the white man of the
period? Why wouldn't Robert Young
Bear display modern tendencies and
characteristics if he were to be
named banking superintendent, or
secretary to governor or even gov
ernor mayhap? Looking forward why
shall not the Mesquakies develop in
time their Salingers and their pack
ing house promoters and the like OF
that. And may hop in time their
Jim Pierces?
Tell the proof reader to kill that
reference to the untutored mind OF
Lo He's learning fast.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
THEY DON'T WORRY.

If developments show that prof
iteering is going on in Washington
restaurants. the Department of JUS
tice is prepared to take drastic action
las 1t has In the case of profiteer-
ing in other lines, From statement
issued by Mitchell Palmer high
cost Living reducer.
Just as 1t has in other lines of
profiteering?
The Standard Oil Co., of Indiana
made 100 per cent last year and
didn't get prosecuted. Lumbermen
are rolling in wealth from exorbitant
profits that have held up the build
ing campaign. with no prosecutions.
Necessities have sold for outrageous
prices. and the birds who got the
money are not In cages.
Months ago Howard Figg states
that one Washington eating house
was selling flour, in the form of
bread, for more than $500 a barrel
Restauranteurs openly admit that
they add 100 per cent to the cost Of
all food before serving 1t, and some
add more. In addition the eater has
to tip the waiter or get no service
next time he returns. Walters are
not paid much.
But the proprietors have no reason
to worry, il they are able to be given
the same kind Of deal that other
profiteers have received, as Palmer
announces.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
DYNAMITE ANARCHISTS AND FOOLS.

Investigation so far of the Wall
street horror seems to settle upon
the conclusion that it was tho result
OF plan and premeditated crime.
There are but two kinds of human
beings who could be charged with
such an act. The anarchists of one
and another group affiliation who
counsel and practice terrorism and
the homicidal insane.
So far as the results of the Wall
street explosion concern the dead and
dying the alienists' decision as to the
insanity, degeneracy or criminality
of the man who exploded the bomb
does not count greatly.
1t is a long way from Wall street
and it's mangled and dead to Mar
shalltown and the quietude of a mid
night street but the police gathered
in a man whose peculiar actions and
possession of explosives led one OF
his pals to tip off the police. In his
pockets were dynamite and caps and
fuse. His room contained enough
dynamite to blow city block
asunder. Behind the man lies q
prison record in three states and the
conclusion of persons who have had
him under observation of late is that
he is mentally disturbed or defective.
Where do anarchists, detectives
and criminals secure supplies Of high
explosives so readily? How comes it
that any person. whatever his
character or record may be or have
been has no difficulty in securing
dynamite for such purposes as he
may desire to put it?
The lack of general familiarity
with high explosives and their effect
IL the only thing which has prevented
a public demand that such explosives
shall be thoroughly guarded from the
possession of untrustworthy persons
or those who might put them to
criminal uses. We insist that the
man who habitually carries pistol
shall be restrained, yet pistol is
innocuous by comparison with the
death and disaster criminal or
degenerate may wreck with high ex-
plosives.
With tha recent horror in mind the
authorities should use every effort to
trace the supply found on the ar
rested person and in his room to the
firm who sold it or the place where
he secured it. Those who deal out
high explosives without thorough
knowledge of the persons to whom
they sell or deliver it should be-
known to the public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
WHAT A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS SAVED

Thirty-three per cent is big
dividend. That is what the repub-
lican congress saved to the stock
holders of that big corporation, the
United States. 1t is as tho the re-
publican congress declared dividend
of S3 per cent 20 the tax payers.
That was the fiscal year Of 1920.
For the fiscal year of 1921 the re-
publican congress saved the taxpay-
ers % per cent. 1t was this way:
The Wilson administration since
the signing of the armistice, thru
its executive departments, has re-
quested congress (the 65th and G6tiL)
to appropriate for the fiscal years
1920 and 1921, the staggering sum OF
s17.SS5,o00,0O0 81 ,507, 1918 repre-
sent the amounts requested for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1920; s5,-
7S5.S12,929 represent the amount re-
quested for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1921.
For the fiscal year 1920 however,
congress Cloth the 65th and 66th par
ticipating in the appropriations)
eliminated items, or disapproved. in
the estimates agglegating the stupen-
dous sum of $3,S4S.T3S, 3s2 or ss.44
per cent of the total amount request
ed.
For the fiscal year 1921, congress
(the 66th session alone handling the
appropriation bills) accomplished a
saving below the amounts requested
by the administration of S1.312,417, 651
or % per cent of the amounts re-
SQuested this as a deliberate policy Of
the republican congress which holds
that the only way to reduce the ex-
cessiye taxation under which the
country was placed by the democrats
is to reduce expenditures.
A democratic administration de-
manded and republican congress
refused. It is as tho the republican
congress had handed back to the tax
payers SO cents of his dollar in 1920
and % cents Of his dollar in 1921.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

knows he has fingered thru the
Tower. the Louvre. and the great
cathedral and has a thrill of interest
when they are mentioned
But when he tours America, what
does he do? He starts upon sched-
ule which compels him to motor two
to three hundred miles daily, with no
time allowed for accidents, meals or
looking at anything except the road
ahead He arises at daybreak and
dark finds him rushing round from
hotel to hotel, seeking a place to pill
low his head at Ave bones per pill
low.
His whole interest is centersd all
day on Danger! Sharp Curve Ahead"
"Oshgosh, 173 Mi" stop at Roberts
Roost nm" "Kolbmozoo. Slow down
to 500 miles," Speed Trap Ahead"
"Detour to Popopolis."
He never stops to view the house
where Hawthorne wrote the Inlmor-
tai Declaration. or to visit the hall
lowed spot where De Soto first met
his wife, Minnie, or to ponder upon
the birthplace OF John D. Dempsey.
\ If he is compelled to stop for an
hour, while the car is being repaired,
he says Lets go to the movies It
never occurs to him that America has
any shrines or affairs. or that any
thing historical, or romantic, or in
teresting ever occurred this side of
the Atlantic.
He rushes thru the most enchant-
ing scenes with one eye on the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
CHARACTER AS CAPITAL.

4 2
How often we hear young farmers
and renters remark that II they were
only fixed" they could make money.
By fixed" they mean having plenty
of working capital and well-im-
proved farm, or a longtime lease.
Now it is very true that young
farmer who Knows how to make
good use of working capital can make
more money if he has plenty Of 1t
than if he is short. But we have
seen many a man go broke because
he had found a way to get more
working capital than he knew how to
use to advantage. The notion that
all that a man needs in order to
make money is to have money to
start with is wrong. He must know
how to use that money.
Our observation is that the right
sort of young farmer can in normal
times borrow about all the money he
ought to borrow. BY the right sort"
we mean the young farmer who has
made a character for himself, who
has established reputation for hon
esty, dependability, the willingness to
work hard and the ability to farm
WELL
There are too many young men
who want to take short cuts and get
rick quick, and there seem to be
more of them just now than We have
ever known before. They are not all
of them on the farm by any means.
There are far more of them in the
city in proportion than there are on
the farm. Conditions during the last
three Years have been such as to
appeal to the money making instinct
of the average young man. We know
some of them who have been abso-
iutely ruined thru making a lot OF
money by selling stock in get-rich-
quick enterprises. They were young
men Of pleasing address, who knew
how to ingratiate themselves with
prospective victims, and money came
easy. Easy money led to d.ssipa-
ton and large spending. AS result
some of them have the habits
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
HANDY DIRECTORY
-oF The
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE NO. los, A.
F. A. NJ Wednesday,, Sept. %. Third
degree, o'clock sharp. c. G. Jen-
nings, w. NJ; John w. Wells, secre-
tary.
SIGNET CHAPTER NO. IS. Con-
vocation Monday, Sept. 20. Business
session s o'clock. Frank T. Nokes,
II. p; John w. Wells, secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL NO.
20, stated assembly; Sept 20, bust
ness session. Election of master.
John w. Wells, recorder.
CoNCLAyE ST. ALDEMAR COM
MANDERY NO. so, Tuesday, Sept.
81, s p. m. Business session. Clyde
III. Stewart, commando; John W..
Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO 81 O..
r.. s. Regular meeting Wednesday
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. CT O..
r. S. Regular meeting Wednesday
Oct. Is, at 1880 o'clock, for business.
Mrs. w. j. Richards, w. M; Mrs.
Archer Walton, secretary.