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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
Bootleggers, Alloy!
You're Out O. Luck

BootIeggers. believed 10 have had
secret caches In the old Oregon.
Washington railroad tunnel under
the city jail. viii have 10 seek
elsewhere for hiding places The
tunnel. which was begun In 1907
and abandoned in 1908 after I'll
feet had been dug. viii be filled in
BY the railroad sompany.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To the School Riddles

youD be rudging like
to
n Ayanshng
but make the most OF
know youI be envy
lust envy
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down wood prices
load OF fab~ood
comparatively short haul AZ iha
load" IL a than
a cordf wood Is higher yet
when you put
them the that labor Was scarce ana high Wen apef
listened enough
Of logs that
prices robbery. PUT THEM down. N you
dom, I sbaII have 10 get rough SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To the Pierce County Commissioners

thanks OF
making the main Valley
e' = " CHIEF
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WILLIAM CROSS. 7ii5 a5th ave.
r.. a resicnt Of OF Seattle for IA years.
died at his home Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
r. councilmon Joe O'NeiU of Akron, o.

that
Of Akron
soldiers Europe.
should passed along TO seatle counlmen
SEATTLE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To the City Street Department

Listen:
OF holi
hurt fellow tipped ALREADY IN nee
tiatns that strip OF street CHIEF ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
MISS EVA MARTIN. q. dIed sun

MIoS EVA MARLIN, 70, dicu sun
day at the home OF her mother. Mrs.
NJ. u. Martin. 4107 Linden ST., after
a years illness. Funeral arrange.
mcnts have not yet been announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To the Chef D'Morche at Pike Place

Chefs ave- cocL No.
several ns nn
depend that clock Can't have soony
Attic
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Dear Ralph You man after my own heart You came 70
whether
guilty the crime with which she charged That's what
Ralph
OUT
Aetna Insurance
divorced wifes
wife free N she's guilty
butt do admire thinner CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To Mile. Lenglen
There. little girl: don't cry
CHIEF SEATTLE.
To the Mothers of Seattle

at OF infantle
their re-
excited Eva
a only lle
from not detecting the disease In time SEATTLE
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on The market
little topthe take
The s OF
takes experienced CHIEF s.ATTr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To Men Who Respect and Honor
Womonhood

A
halls Bookkeeping
girls Mattresses and
act vicious OF The dns that ourse in the good old days
especially. Japs'
what Is hisy be something drastic
CHIEF SEATTLE
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SAN F-RANcIsco.--To war re.
suits IN death Of Leong Quie Sang.
40. Chinese actor.
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The
Of
Thank you.
unradabr condition Of Of street signs As another letter
rpainted would help them ALL hint ought 20 be
cnou Let's CHIEF SEATTLE.
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MRS. DELLA BRAGG. Sc. died
~nn'Aay a her residence. $50 7sd 1t.
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70 Mr.. Salisbury, Weather Man

I suspicious have cut our
a with unreasonable rains
IA come back
recodbreakng Indian tia the finest weather
CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-29
To the 3 Alleged "Block Bandits"


I thru udow
OF
sings
He looks busy
hasn
win -snappier
nd q e. CHIEF SEATTLE
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70 Messenger Boys on Bikes

Fcnda II Undoubtedly
Of
you
something a
such thing possible
childish SEATTLE.
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70 Railway Magnafes

Esteemed Enemy: Where DO you get this stuff Of running long
Banbrdsc island Don't know there ordinance
Of
boas7 Wake up, SEATTLE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-13
BUILT THE FIRST skYscRAPER
WhiteIaw Reid's Structure That
Housed the Tribune Was the
Wonder Of Its Day.

The skyscraper was undreamed Of
until Whitelaw Reid laid the corner
stone of the Tribune building in 1874.
The Florentine campanile that he then
lifted into the air gave his contempt
raries what was, for them, a greater
sensation than their descendants have
received from Manhattan's tallest tow
ers. yoyagers coming up the bay
hailed 1t with establishment, little Inn
agining the formidable structures it
foreshadowed.
The skyline it broke was that of an
essentially fiat, low-lying city. In
Reds eyes New York was not then
precisely beautiful. So we may judge
from the instructions he sent to Clar-
ence Cook in 1870, with a request for
a series of architectural articles "What
/ want" he wrote, as first a crisp edi-
torial on the prevailing lack of archi-
tectural taste in New York, the dreary
miles of browstone fronts, the worth
lessness of brownstone as a material
for building, the mostrosities given us
by our wealthiest men,"
Then article after article was to be
written, discussing the question of ar
chitecture In our cities generally, but
particularly In New York. The fright
full example" was to be fearlessly pill
loried, and suggestions were to be
made-From "The Life Of Whitelaw
Reid, by Royal Cortissoz.
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WITHOUT AID OF MACHINERY
Laborious Methods of Getting "FIow1'
Of OIL From the Rich Wells
of Mandalay.

Oil lands above Mandalay are so
rich and the oil so close. to the sur
face that YOU see here and there among
the scaffolding forest of steaming,
drilling derrfcks hole, hand dug and
yawning, and at its mouth a breast
high cross-pOle carrying a creaking
wooden wheel. A .long rope attached
to cumbersome bucket plays over
this wheel as four or five coOlie women
haul away" over foot-hardened
path fifty yards long. Back and
forth. in and away, they trudge in the
baking Burman sunshine; up and
down goes the oil bucket; and, by de-
grees, fuller and fuller get the big
round earthen pots beside the well
that holds the days "flow."
These wells are dug by suspended
coolies, who loosen and pass up the
debris fifty, eighty, a hundred feet
from the soft sandstone earth and
shale. 1t goes on, antlike, with in
credible labor for almost microscopic
wage. Many of them, however, like
the pitcher of Philamon and Baucis,
year after year, produce the rich
black liquid, the heritage of the family
who owned the spot. Compare these
methods, time-honored but. time out
worn, with those of California and
Texas oil fields, where machinery
takes care Of every minute process,
and muscle has more joyful tasks to
do."-Christian Science Monitor.
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INSECTS MAKE LEAVES WALK
Belief That Has Long Been Held
in Australia.

There are some strange leaves in
Australia which the people used to
think could walk alone. Whenever
there came gust of wind these queer
leaves blew off in a perfect shower
AS leaves generally do, they turned
over and-over, and rested upon the
ground. Then they would seem to
crawl toward the trunk of the tree
from which they fell. Since that time
it has been found that these leaves,
as they were thought TO be, were real
insects and lived upon those very
trees. Their bodies are thin and flat
and their wings veined, just like a
leaf. If they are disturbed their legs,
which are folded away under their
bodies, leave their whole shape ex-
actly like the leaf of tree, with stem
and all. Bright green in the summer,
these singular little insects, chame
leon-like, slowly change their color to
a dingy brown, just like leaf that
has been frosted. 1t is strange that.
with wings, they do not fly, but rath-
er walk or crawl along the ground.
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SHOOT WATER HIGH IN AIR
iceland Geysers Beautiful, but un-
ssfs Places in Which to Linger
for Long Periods.

The hot-water fountains Of Iceland
are on mounds averaging seven feet in
height, the top of each. of which forms
the edge Of sort of basin. From
these basins the steam of boiling wa
ter can be seen rising and the over
flow Of water is continuous. The con-
tents Of these basins is as clear as
crystal and one can see to great
depth, while just below the surface
are many wonderfully beautiful white
incrustations to obtain samples of
which many visitor to Iceland has
burned his fingers. The petrifications
caused by the boiling water streams
from the geysers include birch and
willow leaves, grass and rushes SEEM
ingiy converted into marble.
At no time is 1t entirely safe to loi-
ter In the vicinity of one of these bot
tomless basins. for the geyser has
way Of spOuting and gives no advance
warning. Sometimes there will be a
shoot of boiling water to height of
Is feet, followed by succession of
3eta The highest shoot of which there
u any record was 90 feet.
Occssi0nally basin will for some
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-13
only outdoor Inauauration.

The United States, although it's cap
ital is in more rigorous climate than
those of many. republics, is alone in
having an al fresco" Inauguration.
The first four Presidents were iEau-
gurated indoors, and beginning with
the third President, Jefferson, the in
augurations took place in Washing
ton. Monroe, the first President to
be sworn in out of doors, chose the
east pOrtico of the capitol because of
a dispute as to whether he should
be inagurated in the house of repre-
sentatiyes or the senate chamber At
ter return to the indoor Inaugural
ton by Jackson, the outdoor cere
monies were resumed. Because they
seemed to fit in so well with American
ideas of democracy, permitting the
general public to see the procedure,
they have been retained, -Nationa
Geographic Society Magazine.
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HONOR CLAIMED FOR BOSTON
First. Public School in United States
Is Said to Have Been In
That City.

1t Is probable that the beginning of
the American public school was in
Massachusetts. In 1885 the people of
Boston assembled in town meeting, re-
quested Philemon Purmont to become
schoolmaster and voted him 80 acres
of land in part pay for his services.
The school begun by Purmont later
became the Boston Latin school and
has had continuous existence to the
present time. Other settlements fol-
lowed Boston'S example and within
the next ten years common schools
were established in all the New Eng
land settlements In 1647 the gen.
eral court of Massachusetts ordered
every town having so families to APP
point teacher, whose wages were to
be paid by the parents of the children
he taught or by the inhabitants in
general. At the same time townships
having 100 families were required to
establish a grammar school to fit
youth for college. The law establish
ing these two grades Of schools laid
the foundation of the public school
system In the United States. Three
years later similar law was passed
in Connecticut, but Rhode Island
made no attempt to form a, school
system until 1890.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-13
STRENGTH OF 0RANe-ouTANe
u Properly Braced, Il Is Said the AMI
NAL ~can Easily Bend Almost
Anything"

The strength of a full-grown orang-
eutang is enormous. l have seen one
bend q 1-inch steel bar as though 1t
were made of rubber. If he can brace
himself properly, with plenty Of room
TO exert his entire strength, he can
bend almost anything; but between
bending bar and breaking rope by
pulling, there is a great deal of diff
ference. A rattan rope will shold MIN,
though simple menagerie cage may
not give him any more trouble than
Q paper hoop.
The strength of the orang-outang, or
wild man." as the name means in
Malay, is largely in his arms. The
arms Of a mias-the breed that We
were after in Borneo-measure ten
feet or more from tip to tip. The MAS
type, which is next in size TO the goril-
la, is somewhat larger than the or
binary breed. 1t is distinguished by
4 darker color and by folds of skin
At each side of the face. Its body,
from shoulders to hips, is about the
size of a mans. 1t has short, unde-
yeloped legs, long fingers aid thumbs
that are mere stubs.
An orang-Outang never travels on
the ground when he can swing from
tree to tree, and, since there are very
few open spaces in the jungle, he
seldom reaches ground except when he
goes down TO get something. He can
swing incredible distances, hurting
through the air and catching branches
with perfect accuracy.
Orang- outangs usually live in col
onies numbering from 40 to 60, and the
largest and most powerful is chief.
They make their homes on platforms
in the branches of trees and they build
the platforms by breaking off limbs
and putting them crisscrOss. In mating
season the male and female live to-
gether, but the couples separate after
the young are born. The mother takes
care of them and the father goes off
about his business.-Charles Mayer III
Asia Magazine.
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Notice for Bids
Office of the City Clerk, Ely, Mime
sofa, May 18th, 1921.

Office of the City Clerk, Ely, Mime
sofa, May 18th, 1921.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN ;
That sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk of the City of Ely,
in the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, up to eight "a o'clock
P. NJ, Tuesday, June 7th, 1921, for
furnishing the City of Ely, Mime
sofa, with Three Thousand $4,000
Tons, more or less, Steam Coal.
Each bidder is required to accom-
pany his proposal with certified
check in the amount of ten per cent
Of the amount bid.
A surety bond in the amount of
of the contract price must be fur
nished by THE successful bidder.
Address all proposals to the un-
designed and mark plainly upon the
outside of the envelope, Proposals
for Coal"
The City Council of the City OF
Ely, Minnesota, reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
By order of the City Council OF
the City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. O. KNUTSON,
City Clerk
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.

u. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mimi,
April S, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Lyness, whose postoffice address
lis 1416 e. Sd Street, Duluth, Mime
sofa, did, on the 26th day of June,
1920, file in this Office Sworn State
men and Application, No. O13165, to
purchase the Lot A, Section z, Town
ship 63, N, Range IA w. 4th
Principal Meridian, and the timber
thereon, under the provisions of the
act of June 8, 1878, and acts amend
atory, known as the climber and
Stone Law" at such value as might
be fixed by appraisement, and that,
pursuant to such application, the
land and timber thereon have been
estimated and valued by the appi-
cant, the timber estimated $4,000
board feet at $500 per M. and the
land $18.13; that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of his
application and sworn statement on
the 18th day of June, 1921, before
the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office, at Duluth,
Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
a contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing corroborated affi-
davit in this Office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: Ivan Lyness, F. F.
F.. McQuade, Walter H. Bergen, Of
Duluth, Minnesota, and Adolph
Schroeder of Ely, Minnesota.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
s4-8 6-3 Register.
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DIR. j. j. CALL.
DENTIST.
Office Over Miller Store Co.
ELY, MINI.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mimi,
April 26, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that Kate
Flesch, whose. post-office address is
Funckley, Beltrami County, Mime
sofa, did on the 22d day of July,
1920, file in this Office Sworn State
ment and Application, No. OI31S5, to
purchase the SW 4 Of SW Y, Section
26, Township So N, Range 8 w. 4th
P. Meridian, and the timber thereon,
under the provisions of the act Of
June 3, 1878, and acts amendatory,
known as the Climber and Stone
Law" at such value as might be fixed
by appraisement, and that, pursuant
to such application, the land and
timber thereon have been estimated
and valued by applicant, the timber
estimated 5000 board feet at $500
per M, and SO cords spruce at 81 per
cord and the land nothing; that said
applicant will offer final proof in
support of his application and sworn
statement on the 10th day of July,
1921, before the Register and Rec
eiver of the United States Land Office
at Duluth, Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing a corroborated afii-
davit in this Office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: Andrew r. Walker,
Margaret E. Walker, Peter Stortroen
and James Pihaly, of Superior, Wis
consin.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
4-29 6-24 Register.
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Variation in Flower colors.

Variations inafowers are like varia-
tons in music, often beautiful as such,
but almost always inferior to the
theme on which they are founded
the original air. And the rule holds
good in beds of flowers, If they be not
very large or in any other small as
semblage of them. Nay the largest
bed will look well, if of one beautiful
color, while the most beautiful vari-
cites may be inharmoniously mixed
up. Contrast is good thing, but we
must observe the laws of harmonious
contrast, and unless we have space
enough to secure these, it is better to
be content with unity and simplicity,
which are always to be had.-Leigh
Hunt.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the interior.

u. s. Land Office at Duluth, Mime
sofa, April IT, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that James
Pihaly, whose post-ofice address is
Emetta, st. Louis County, Minneso-
ia, did on the nth day of July, 1920,
file. in this Office Sworn Statement
and Application No. O13191, to pur-
chase the NWA of sen Of Section
26, Township So NJ, Range 8 w. 4th
Principal Meridian, ands the timber
thereon, under the provisions of the
act of June 8, 1878, and acts amend
atory, known as the Timber and
Stone Law" at such value as might
be fixed by appraisement, and that
pursuant to such application, the land
and timber thereon have been esti-
mated and valued by the applicant,
the timber estimated 80 cords of
spruce at $1.00 per cord, 1000 feet
pine, SIS, and 100 ties, SIS, and the
land nothing; that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of his
application and sworn statement on
the 28th day of June, 1921, before
the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office, at Duluth,
Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing corroborated affi-
davit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: Andrew R. Walker,
Margaret E. Walker and Peter Stort-
roen of Superior, Wisconsin and
James Ward of Duluth, Minnesota.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
APP SIT Register.
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To Prevent Steel Rustins.

Steel which has become rusty can
be cleaned by brushing it with paste
composed as follows: Half an ounce
of cyanide ofSpotassium, half AN ounce
of CASTLE soap, an ounce of whiting
and water sufficient TO form the paste.
The steel should be washed after the
paste has been applied, in solution
of half an ounce of cyanide of potas-
stun in two ounces of water On the
other hand rust may be prevented on
steel parts by applying the following
mixture with a brush, just as if it
were varnish: one part caoutchouc,
l6 parts turpentine. These ingredi-
ents must be dissolved in. a gentle
heat and then eight parts of boiled
oil should be added. The whole is
now mixed by bringing them to boil
ing heat. This material may be re-
moved by the use of turpentine.
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ing estimated cost Of certain grading
and filing in the Ely Cemetery to
be $4,000 was read.
Recess declared.
!. Meeting called to order.
The report from the City Engineer
on certain grading and filling in the
Ely Cemetery was laid on the table
for further consideration.
Moved by Alderman Erickson, sup
ported by Alderman Kovall, that the
City Clerk be instructed to advertise
for applications for truck driver,
said applications to be considered at
regular meeting of the City Council
to be held at o'clock p. M, Tues
day, June z, 1921. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Jones, sup
ported by Alderman Strachan, that
the meeting adjourn. Carried.
A. O. KNUTSON,
City Clerk
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Ancient zoolouicaI Gardens.

Records show that King Nezahual-
coyotl had geological gardens in Tez-
cuco, Mexico, in the middle of the Fiji
teenth century, and in the next cen
fury Cortez found aviaries and fish
ponds at Iztapalapan. Montezuma II,
emperor of Mexico in the beginning of
the Sixteenth century, had large col
lections of animals in the gardens of
his capital
Almost all of the modern geological
gardens date from comparatively re-
cent years. and contain large collec-
tons of fine animals. more suitably
housed than at any time in the his
tory of the world
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-13
TESTING Material in Cloth.

Mixtures of cotton and wool may
be tested by raveling bit of cloth
and burning two of the threads, one
running with the sclyage, the other
crosswise to it. The cotton thread
burns quickly with flame and smells
like wood; wool chars slowly without
a flame and smells like. burning hair.
Shoddy, or remanufactured wool. is
often used with wool. This can be
detected by raveling out bit of the
material, when short broken fibers
may be seen. In, general, wooden
material which has cotton in it will
become more wrinkled when wet than
all-wOOl goods.
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Queen Liked Her Ale strono.

The City of London Brewery com
pany, whose premises are offered for
sale, claim to be the only brewery in
the city of London existing from the
time of Queen Elizabeth. and it is
quite possible that enc queen occasion
ally sampled their brew. Elizabeth
was a specialist in ale. She liked it
strong, as witness the plaintive note
her host, the earl of Leicester, sent to
Lord Burleigh: "There is not one
drop of good drink for her here. We
were fain to send to London and
Kenilworth and divers other places
where ale was; her own beer was so
strong that there was no man able TO
drink it,"
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ].
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. II.
Ely, Mimi, April 21sts 1921

Ely, Mimi, April 2lst, 1871.
Pursuant to notice, a Special meet
ing of the Board of Education for
the purpose of considering proposals
on general supplies for the next
school year and transacting any other
business proper to come before a
stated meeting was called to order
at five o'clock P. M. by President A.
j. Fenske.
On roll call the following members
were found to be present.:
Ayres, Chinn, Fenske, King, Lock
hart and White.
Absent: None.
Moved and supported, that the re-
QUESTION for general supplies for the
next school year be approved with
the exception of the following items
Cheese Cloth, Scissors and Kinder
garten Chairs and that the secretary
be instructed to order the same as
per specifications. Carried unani.
mously.
On motion duly carried, the requi
sition for base balls and bats was
approved and the secretary instructed
to order the same. All member!
voting aye. .
On motion duly carried, the Boarc
adjourned.
H. J. LOCKHART,
Secretary