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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
NOT ALWAYS "EASY MONEY"
According to This Statement, Public
Official May Be Said to Earn
Salary He Draws.

Seeba Miller, clerk Of the Ohio SUI
preme court, is one of the chief tele-
phone martyrs of Columbus. A tele-
phone martyr is a man who works
near a phone in public office that
people must enjoy calling up and
Querying.
"Well, what did they do?' voice
asked Miller over the wire recently.
what did who do about what?'
asked Seeba.
"That case of mine," explained the
voice. Mr.. Miller counted nine and
then told the man that there are some
100000 cases in the Supreme court,
filed by some million and half law
yers and resulting in various kinds and
classes of decisions and dispositions.
Gee whiz," said the man and then
he gradually allowed the name and
style of the case and few other facts
to be wormed from him.
1.-THE same man. probably" said
Seeba, "who handed me rose one day
as I was taking the boat for Europe.
IF you are going to Sweden he told
me, give that to Oley.' "-Columbus
Dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

and little brandy was put between
his passive lips. A second spoonful
stirred him to something resembling a
faint vitality. He fixed his eyes on
AIMS and said amiably:
you'll have me as drunk as a lord
If you give me much of that on an
empty stomach"
"rll get you something to eat" she
volunteered, eagerly.
The man frowned impatiently. ut
is easier not" he murmured.
"Tll feed you," Ann offered. She
Communicated a bowl Of soup from a
passing nurse.
Her patient obviously did not want
the soup, and equally obviously, dis.
liked to say so, In the face Of AIMS
eager helpfulness
When she finally desisted, and the
man lay fiat again, exhausted by the
little effort of lifting his head, he said
politely, "Thank you. wish
felt the way you look
"The way I look?" she repeated en-.
couragingly. She wanted him to talk
The soup was having its effect, and
there was more strength to his voice
as he said, "Do you mind telling me
where / am?'
"You are in an army hospital in
New York"
New York;" It goes to prove
what 1 have always said-the place
has no atmosphere. Put me in
Paris, dying, and I'd know-and hate
to die! s. Or Florence-there'd be
something there to whisper to my
spirit and keep me happy to the verge
:. Well-'this Is my own, my native
landr"
81 wish you would tell me YOU
name"
"Densley Howard"
"Oh!" There was a startled note IL
AIMS exclamation, but after her frs
instructive movement she did not draw
back. "We are neighbors," she said
"Are we?" his tone was Indifferent
81 am Hendricks Cortlandt's niece.
Howard smiled in his turn, polite
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

Big City Created From Jungle


official Of the East India company, be-
gan to dream of a free British port
that would facilitate trade. In 1919 he
obtained the seemingly worthless
island Of Singapore for his company
for a small fee.
Developments quickly proved him a
prophet, for within two years the little
trading center he established had a
population Of 10000. 1t was only I'm
1922 that the British government con-
sented to take an interest In the place.
In the little more than 100 years
since 1t was founded the jungle of
Singapore has given place to a huge
city Of close to 100000 population. car.
rying on trade valued at a billion dol.
lars annually-one of the metropolises
of the British empire.
Its quays and anchorages serve thon.
sands of craft of all sorts and sizes
from the picturesque, graceful MALAY
sampans and the stodgy Chinese hunks
to the familiar freighters of the West
and what Kipling asserts are the 'Iadv.
like" liners. They build up Singa.
pores shipping to the tremendous total
Of 100000 tons yearly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
DENSLEY HOWARD

SYNOPSIS.-Returning to her
home in a small town, Milton
Center, from a visit to New York,
the widowed mother Of ten-year-
old Ann Byrne announces her
wedding to Hudson Cortlanot.
socially and politically promi-
nent. Her husband has not been
told about Ann, and the new wlte
fears be will be displeased. with
Ann, Mrs. Cortlandt returns to
New York, to the house OF Hen
bricks Cortlandt, her husbands
brother, with whom the latter Is
living. Hudson practically re-
fuses to have anything to DO
with Ann, and the child Is glad
ly adopted by Hendricks Cort-
Ianit. AIMS mother and step
father are lost at sea. Ann nils
gap in Hendricks Cortlandts
lonely heart. The situation Is
resented by Mrs. Renneslyer.
Hendricks sister. whose son,
Hendricks. has been looked upon
as the natural heir of the Cort-
landt wealth. The Civil war
breaks out. A tentative engage
ment between young Renneslyer
and Ann is understood, the youth
enlisting. War hospitals are es-
tablished in New York. and Ann
takes up the work of cheering
the wounded back from the
front. With her guardian. Ann
vi-its Renneslyer in his encamp-
ment on the outskirts OF Wash
ington and meets noted people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
CHAPTER TX
DensIey Howard,

Ann was enormously tired, after two
years of doing the same dreary thing
day after day; her very soul was
weary of illness and Of pain. Mr..
Cortlandt was overworked and weary,
and Hendricks had never once, in the
two years since his re-enlistment, been
able to get leave Of absence long
enough for visit to New York. Every
Sunday morning she wrote to him,
with painstaking regularity-that had
become a routine-and now and then
answers came through; it was her GUS
tom to pass these letters of his about
the family circle, for her lover was a
temperate writer; there were no init
macies for her eyes alone.
She sighed at the hospital door. A
rush of bad air swept out at her. and
the gloom Of the hallway yawned be-
fore her. Ann shook herself petulant.
ly. "If something would only happen
she murmured, half aloud.
The first doctor she met said to her
Miss Byrne, have you see our new
patient?"
Ann shook her head, and he led her
across the ward to point out a man
who had been brought in during the
night.
From Libby prison." he explained
briefly.
Ann studied the emaciated face or
the pillow, and thought that, in all her
experience in the hospitals, she hat
never seen any one in more forlorr
condition than this newcomer. He was
in the first place, thin beyond belief
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

his cheek-bones stuck out like head
lands above a rough blonde beard, and
below it, the cords of his throat
showed pitifully. His face was very
white, under its CRIME Of trave.; ne
might easily have been dead as he lay
there, and Ann put out a frightened
hand and pushed the fair hair back
from his wasted temples. Her touch
reused the man, and suddenly his eyes
opened wide for moment. They
seemed enormous, in his dead-white
face, and they were deliciously, pene-
tratingly, blue. His lips parted, and
drew down in the ghost Of a cynical
smile.
Il never felt softer Ones" he muir,
INJURED.
Ann retreated swiftly, but the name
less patient had already lapsed back
into Inconsistencies.
All day she had him In her mind, as
she went about her round of duties II
was extraordinary how often she con
trived to pass the cot where he lay
Shortly after noon he revived again
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

said humbly. Really, Ann.
didn't mean to-"
They went back to the camp at
once, so quickly that Hendricks had
only an impression of AIMS flying
draperies, and just ahead of him. her
profile, cut keen and black against the
moonlight. When he reviewed that
five minutes, after his uncle had taken
the girl back to town, he could not re-
member that she had spoken at all,
but he recalled wildly, with a hot
flush Of resentment, how she had
leaped tiny brook, rather than take
his hand. He told himself, as he set
tied down to sleep that night, that the
next day he would get leave of abb
sence and make it up with her. but
when he reached Washington, at noon,
he found that Ann and her uncle had
already left for New York.
Late In February Hendricks OBJ
tanned a second leave of absence in or
der to come to New York, and only
Mr.. Cortlandt's decided refusal to
countenance it kept Mrs. Renneslyer
from clamoring for a hasty wedding
while her son was at home. Ann re-
ceived the news of his arrival with
the proper expressions of pleasure,
but her guardian thought that her en-
thusiasm was forced. and her sudden
nervous docility depressed him. He
had an amazing sense of relief when
a second telegram announced that the
regiment was at last ordered to break
camp, and that Hendricks furlough
had again been Cancelled.
"Off to the front |" The whole fam.
lily thrilled to the words, in common
with an anxious country, relieved to
see action at last, in the long dor
mant Army of the Potomac. The New
York papers were filled with reports
of the home regiments, and Ann was
able, day by day, to trace Hendricks
progress through the enemy's country
AS a delayed and reluctant spring
rushed into a hot summer, she learned
the dismal trick of searching the pub
lished list Of the dead wounded and
missing, but the casualties of the
Fifty-Fifth were light in it's early en-
gagements.
She continued her work. AS the
numbers Of sick men doubled, she
doubled her efforts; there seemed nc
end to her vitality, no limit to her ca
pacity to serve. Hendricks, whom she
had not seen for so long, became 6
more and more unreal lover, but hel
engagement was not the more desir
able to her because Of that. She triet
not to think of it, as the months rar
on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

drew her to a place where the trees
grew thick. On the verge of the black
shade the girl paused, with little
laugh that trembled.
''Come on" Hendricks urged impa-
tiently. cit is pretty herew He seized
her hands and pulled her forward. 81
haven't seen you all day." he COM
planned.
There hasn't been time" Ann said
listlessly.
Suddenly Hendricks flung his arm
around her, and crushed her to him |;
all his days dependency flared into a
sudden gust of passion that surprised
him as much as it did the girl. She
tried to push him away, but in an In
slant his lips found hers and he was
kissing her fercely. When he let her
90 they were both breathless.
"Ohp gasped Ann. "How rough
you arel"
Panic seized him. II am sorry," he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
Tell Ace of Fish.

Fishermen can tell the age of their
fish from it's scales. These increase In
size annually, two rings being formed
each year. The ear stones, which lie
on either side of the base of the crani-
al cavity, afford another means OF
determining age. Each spring white
ring is formed, and each autumn a
black one Thus the number of black
and white rings discloses the fish's age.
m the case of fiat fish the latter meth
cd has been found very reliable, where
as in the cod the scales give better
result.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

cheerful. I'll give you carte blanche
you shall spend fortune in paint
and flowers-we'll show Willy money
can fly, before he gets it all! Will
you, Ann? VIII your"
Her eyes widened eagerly. "Oh. |
should just love tor she said child
ishly.
1t was Ann who consulted the doc
tor about the move, and to her con-
sternation he confirmed Densley's
hopeless prediction. Il doubt If 1t
would hurt him to CO." he said. "Of
course he understands that he may
die any day-or possibly live for a
month or six weeks"
The girl hesitated no longer; II
Howard had only few weeks to live,
she determined to make them as much
to his liking as she could.
He told her what he wanted done to
the house: it seemed to Ann clear
madness to remove the rich imitation
red velvet paper from the walls OF
the dignified front room where old
Mr.. Howard had set up his black wal
nut bedroom set, and lived and died In
airless luxury; but in the face OF
| Densley Towards desire to reproduce,
as nearly as possible, some clearly
ugly foreign setting, she obeyed direc'
tons, and swallowed her objections.
His last request before he left the
hospital, the royal command to fill the
place with flowers, was more sensible
she thought. She took over an armful
of dollhouse roses, which glowed
sweetly In the cool white room, and
stuck branch of Towering crab In
sun would wake it to a translucent
glow.
When Densley Howard was finally
established in Washington square, the
Importance Of her hospital service sud
denly dwindled for Ann. The long af
ternoons, empty as a perfect gildet
bowl, were her own, to do with as she
pleased, and she poured into them the
richness of association with Densley
He never talked Of his symptoms mol
allowed her to burden him with in
quiries as to his condition. He settled
that on the first day.
"Some one Of these days." he said
81 shall just die-Quite quietly.
There is no one to care, particularly
And now-let us never speal
Of it again. That Is settled"
Instead they talked of many delight
full things, unimportant in themselves
but curiously intimate, in the isolated
companionship of the bare white room
Densley reviewed his life abroad, ant
discovered a wealth of beauty to tn
untutored girl. 1t was all magic t
Ann, and 1t was no wonder that tn
long spring afternoons seemed all to-
short.
1t was not until the third day o
this easy companionship that he aske,
her the question which she had BEEF
dreading. She thought, when she cam
in, that he looked more i'll than usual
and she could not suppress murmu
Of pity.
He frowned at her ferociously; tn
tenderness to which she was accus
toned had left his face, and the warn
certainty of his liking was all gone
II have had a blow" he said.
All at once she knew. Some on
has told you about Hendricks" she an
sw cred.
"Yes," he replied. "The doctor toll
me. He says you are engaged to him
LIT
Ann nodded. 81 am"
Howard motioned impatiently to he
usual seat "Come and sit down." h
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
"And Now-Let Us Never Speak Of
Ii Again."

commanded. LET us get at the bot
tom of this. !. 1t can't be-"
But 1t Is" Her valiant smile was
dreary.
81 saw him at Fairfax Court
House"
"You saw him? You saw Hendricks
You never told me How did he look 2"
HE looked-stupid."
ooh, that isn't fairl He is a very
good officer"
"Yes-good as the deuce! Roars out
his orders at his men so that they
shake in their shoes! Frowns like a
regular Zeus If anything crosses him.
But, Ann-you must believe me
he would never know why life is
fair" The tenderness had come back
into his eyes, as for profound mo-
ment they held hers.
Butts life fair?' she asked con-
fusedly. There seems to me to be
so much pain-so much unhappiness. y
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
Near the Years End.

The last orchids of the year bloom
In September and October. They are
the ladies' tresses, probably the most
common of the orchid family in east
ern North America, says Nature Mag
azine. All country jewellers know
their stiff, upright. slightly twisted
scapes and long dense whorls of small
white blossoms. The two most COM
mon are the needing ladies' treSSeS
and the slender ladies' tresseS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
From Our Woman Halter.

Our tame misogynist growls that
admiration for beautiful woman and
beautiful landscape are very similar.
They both tire when you live too close
to them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02

After girl has been married six
months she uses fewer adjectives,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
"in the official list Of men who
have gloriously fallen the name
Of Hendricks RennesIyer APP
pears"

GO BE coNTINUEDa
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
REFORM CAR
 TO BE USED
Salem Judge Adopts New Tactics 10 Minimize Beck
 less Auto Driving.

SALEM. Ore. Jan. 25.-Use of d reform ear" has been resorled t. by Judge c. E. Unrnh, of this city, in an effort to minimize the amount of reckless automobile driving in the vicinity of Salem.
 The auto. wh.eh has large banners on either side bearing tie caption in big red letters. "This is traffic violator being taught the rules of ths road" was placed in operation here recently.
 A traffic viola,or, who had pleaded guilty before Judge Unrna b speed ing his ear at the rate of 10 miles an hour and who admitted to the couit that he WAS racing" was me frs, man to drive the car. He was lined and ordered to drive the reform car
 Judge Unruh says that his move to eliminate speeding and reckless driving is not a bluff, and Chat other violators can expect similar sen tences.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
DOUBLEHEADER HOOP
 ATTRACTION STAGED
 FOR NEXT SATURDAY

A double.header basketball attrac. ton is scheduled as treat for local fans al the High School gymnasium Saturday evening when tha High Girls five meets the Teachers squad and th;. Loys High pennant chasers tangle with the City five The bill is expected to provide some live entertainment.
 The Gilig' squad is out to cleanup this yea and bring home the chaad- pinaslip which moved across the Channel to Douglas at the last In.or- School Meet. It has decided to make the Teachers it's first victims.
 The fracas between the boys High and the City team is likely to be the closest kind imaginable. The two teams have ,practiced together for the greater part of the season and are almost evenly matched The school team banks on winning through superior passing. which it does not believe the City can break up. Neither team has announced it's lineup.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
Park Visitors Are to Be
 Registered Automatically

EUGENE. Orc, Jan. 25.-If de vice invented by Nelson F. Macduff, supervisor of the Cascade National Forest, is successful in it's operation, the number Of automobile visitors in national forests of tho Northwest will be counted automatically in the fu. lure.
 Supervisor Macduffs apparatus consists of wooden culvert placed on steel springs. which will undergo minute depression every time a vehicle passes over l. The depres- sions will be registered on a special meter.
 The device is now being experi- mented with by c. B. Mcfarland, a ranger in the Cascade National For est at the Reserve Ranger station southeast of here. It will be tried first on the Willamette highway en- trance to the forest.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
REFORM PARTY
 IS SUCCESSFUL.
Burma Legislative Council Is Won by Reformers-
 Reasons Are Given.

ABINGDON, Jan. 25.-Lack of viol- ence and lightness of voting marked the first election of the Burma Legis- lative Council held under the Burma Reforms Act Early reports from various parts of the province indi- cate that only about one-tenth or one-eighth of the registered electors went to the polls. The heaviest vot- ing was done by the Chinese resi- Ients of Rangoon
 Although a split in the ranks of the nationalists prevented the carry .rg out of an organized boycott, sev- eJai attempts were made to prevent the people from casting votes. Mani. fesios signed by boycotters were posted in several parts of Rangoon, anj leaflets were distributed among the people urging them to stay away from the polls. Several motor trucks, display ing boycott posters, were driv- en through the city. No violence was reported.
 All through Burma the election was marked by the entire absence of Buddhist monks, who were boy cotting the reforms Since the split which occurred several months ago in the General Council of Burmese Associations as to whether the re- formed councils should be supported or boycotted, the Buddhist monks of the country have upheld the ex- trcmist platform with united yigor. and have been unusually active in spreading boycott propaganda.
 In spite of the partial boycott, however enough votes were cast to elect members of the new council, which will be organized late in Jan- uary. Sir Harcourt Butler is due to arrive in Rangoon to become the first governor of Burma under the Reforms Act
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
SYRACUSE FASTENERS
 SET EARLY PRACTICE

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Candi dates for the Syracuse University nine will be summoned to practice February 5 at Arehbold gymnasium 10 days earlier than usual, Coach Lew Carr announced.
 Prospects for a fast varsity nine this spring are not of the rosiest hue, due to the wholesale loss of players by graduation. and this is one of the principal reasons why the Orange mentor wants to get pre- liminary practice started as early as possible.
 From last years nine Coach Carr will have left only Fragone and Ker- win, catchers; Barry. second base i; Maloney, third base; Kellogg, center field, and Grannai, pitcher. With this small nucleus Coach Carr faces a herculean task to develop high grade team on the hill this year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
METROPOLITAN CLUB
 SETS BIG MEET DAY

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Entry blanks have been issued for the Metropolitan Association senior in. door track and field championships which will be peld at Madison Square Garden on Monday evening February ,. The program of events is as follows
 For men-6o-yard run, 3OO-yard run, 600yard run. 1,oO0-yard run two-mile run, one-mile walk. 90 yards high hurdles, 16-pound shot put run ming high jump. 7-S miles medley relay.
 For women-50-yard dash, 44O-yar( relay (four girls, each to run 11C yardsJ.
 Prizes to be awarded are golC medals emblematic of the champion shlp of the Metropolitan Association to the winners, a silver medal fol second place and bronze meds for third place.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
DISCUS KING LOST
 TO PACIFIC NORTH

SEATTLE, Jan. 25.-Gus Pope, Americas premier discus thrower and one.time University of Washing. ton track star. is changing his ad. dress to Chicago. He has accepted a position with the Pullman Con- pany.
 Pope's departure from the West does not mean that he will cease to heave the discus and put the shot whenever opportunity offers. The record he has made, together with the fact that he has held the national discus championship for three years, is too much to pass up.
 When the announcer calls for en- tries in the weights at the next Ma tional A. A. U. meet in Chicago, Gus will be there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
Archbishop Nicodim
 Imprisoned by Soviets

SIAIF'EROPOLE, Crimea, Jan. 25.- Forty persons, including Archbishop Nicodim, have been convicted here of interfering with Soviet govern ment officials in their task of con fiscating church valuables. The arch bishop was sent to prison for ten years, while others were given jail sentences ranging from one to 12 years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
15-ROUND BOXING
 BILL INTRODUCED IN
 CALIFORNIA SENATE

SACRAMENTO Jan. 25.-The ques. tion of permitting 15-round boxing matches in California will go be fore the voters if the state legisla- ture acts favorably upon a constitu tional amendment introduced in the assembly,
 The measure, drawn by J. l.. Pc drotti of Los Angeles and Harry F. Morrison of San Francisco, is pat termed after the Walker law now in operation in New York. Boxing and wrestling bouts in this state would be regulated by a state commission of three non-salaried members ap- pointed by the Governor There also would be two secretaries at $500 year apiece.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
FRED TONEY SIGNED
 TO PLAY WITH CARDS

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-Fred Toney who Tailed to report to the local Ma. uonals after being obtained from Boston on waivers last season. will be a member of the Cardinals this season, Manager Branch Rickey an nounced. Toney's failure to report to the locals last season was be cause of illness in his family. and for this reason no difficulty is ex pocted in obtaining reinstatement from Commissioner Landis, as it was explained that Toney violated nc rules.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-25
MITCHELL-DUNDEE
 MATCH POSTPONED

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 25.-The 10-round, no-decision boxing bout between Ritchie Mitchell, Milwaukee lightweight, and Johnny Dundee, New York, which was postponed from January 8 to the 29th, has been called off owing to a fracture of Mitchell's left shoulder disclosed by X-ray picture.
 Bill Mitchell, manager Of his broth CT, said that Ritchic would be com. pellcd to rest for two months.