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Who" But here are some of the high
spots, as the story is told:
The story begins with an Indian
maid, the daughter of Chief White
Plume of the Kaws. She married a
French voyageur and her daughter
married an American pioneer of Eng
lish blood. When Charley Curtis was
ten years old a war party of Chey-
ennes swooped down at noon upon the
Kaw camp. The Kaws held out till
night, when Charley slipped through
and made his way to Topeka on foot,
sending back help in time to save his
people.
Topeka was then a frontier cow
town much given to racing cow-ponies
Before he knew it the boy was pro-
fessional jockey, riding in Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Colorado and Indian
Territory. Those were the good old
days. At race meeting in Kansas
City the James Boys raided the gate
and rode away with the admission
money. After five years in the saddle
young Curtis put on too much weight
and found himself in Topeka, pretty
found him. There was great rejoicing
and the boy decided to go back to his
people.
In the party Of Kaws was Charles
grandmother-they give her the name
Of Julie Poppin. In the stiffness of
a. 90 Gv.cf of
peka she came to her grandson, told
him she loved him, advised him to
follow the way of his fathers people
rather than become blanket Indian
on a reservation, gave him her best
pony and started him back to the
ership Of the United States senate.
In Topeka young Curtis went to
schoo, for a year. Then his money
gave out and he took job as driver
of a night hack A lawyer friend ad-
vised him to study law and loaned
him books, which he studied by his
hack light between fares. He was adj
mitted to the bar in 1881 and prac-
ticed in partnership with A. III. Case
until elected county attorney of Shaw
nee county in 1884. He was elected
to the Fifty-third congress and served
continuously to the Sixtieth. In 1907
he was elected to the senate.
In February. 1913, little group of
Republican senators were sitting In
the Republican cloakroom of the SEN
| ata eoco;nino in reminiscent vpin The
congress expired on March 4, and many
old-timers were being retired TO pri-
vate life simultaneously with the be-
ginning of the first Woodrow Wilson
administration. Senator Curtis ex-
pressed his regrets that he was to
be sent back to private life at that
particular juncture.
81 would have been ranking Repub-
lican senator on several very impor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

THEY are still talking about the
closeness of the vote by which
the Presidents veto of the pos
tai employees pay raise bill was
sustained by the senate. Fifty-fve
senators voted to override the veto and
twenty-nine to sustain it. The sup
porters of the bill lacked one vote of
the two-thirds majority required to
make the measure law without the
signature of the President.
The prestige of Mr.. Coolidge in this
first test of his leadership since his
triumphant election was maintained
by virtue of the support of the veto
by several ''lame duck" Republicans
and by several Democrats, some of
whom executed an about-face on the
pay-raise measure in order TO make
its defeat certain.
The Democrats to whom the Presi-
dent is indebted for his victory are
Senators Dial, King, Owen and Shields.
Had any of them failed him the Presi-
dent would have been beaten. Mr..
Dial voted for the pay-raise bill last
May, but voted to sustain the veto
on the final vote. Others who voted
for the pay raise originally but
changed front in order to defeat it by
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certain parts of the animal can be
used, remrsSSs London Tit-Bits. This
reduces the number of genuine badger
hair brushes still more.
Pigs bristles are too hard to take
the place Of badger hair, while the
hair of other animals is mostly too
soft and not sufficiently resilient. 1t
is the opossum and the mongoose
which supply most of the badger
hair used for brushes. Why the
badger should have to shoulder re-
sponsibility which really belongs else
where is one Df the mysteries of trade
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

HIF YOU want TO see the day Wnen
the grand old yeoman stock of
our country" said Frank O..
Lowden in speech before the
cooperative marketing conference,
shall be replaced by the peasant and
all that the peasant implies, then re-
sign yourselves to marketing cOndi-
tions so unfair, so unscientific, so
largely based on speculative greed that
it makes a large crop worth less in the
aggregate than small crop.
Take cotton as an example. This
happens: Increase the yield less than
5 per cent and you decrease the price
20 per cent .
ut happens in butter, in corn. in
hogs. Is it any wonder farmers lost
faith in the present method of market
ing farm products when they saw 1923
corn marketed at price below the
price of productions"
A few minutes after Farmer Low
den had finished President Calvin Cool
idge backed him up. Farmer Coolidge
agreed with him, saying:
"Firmly as l believe in the broadcast
and soundest programs Of cooperative
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Thompson, a Democrat. was elected to

| Thompson, Democrat, was elected to
the senate.
But Senator Curtis was strong with
the voters, and when the Kansas leg
islature in the session of 1913 pro
vided for the nomination Of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people 1t was freely predicted that
Curtis would be the beneficiary of the
popular election plan. At the first
statewide primary for senator in 1914.
Curtis defeated ]. L. Bristow, former
Bull Mooser who had been one of the
assistant postmaster generals at Wash
ington in the Roosevelt regime, and
resumed his senate service March 4.
1915. He was reelected In 1920.
Senator Curtis is swarthy. His hair
is black and so is his mustache. He
is stockily built. He Is physically fit
and keeps himself so by walking 80 to
40 blocks, mostly at night, before bed
time. There are practically no marks
Of age on his face at sixty-four. He
is patient man, who never loses his
temper. He is tactful, gets his way
without irritating his colleagues and
stirs up no animosities. If you ask
well-informed oldtimer for the Sc
cret of the new leaders success, he's
apt to say something like this:
swell, he pretty much keeps his
mouth shut and when he opens 1t he
says something always knows what
he's talking about. Can't get him
ratified, either"
The traditional political leader, you
know, is supposed to have phenom-
email memory for names and faces.
Well Curtis Is hard to beat along that
line. He's got system about it and
his ability to give the right name 10
the right face is a tradition in con-
gress.
Curtis, as matter of fact, put a
lot of system into his work and sticks
to his system.
One of the rules Of his system Is
promptly to look after matters that
are put into his hands. Another is to
answer letters within "a hours-at
least to acknowledge receipt. Another
Is to carry conviction in speaking by
knowing the facts and being brief.
Senator Curtis believes in staying on
his Job and attending to his duty His
pet aversion is the legislator who is
always off somewhere lecturing or
speaking for a fee. He turns down
every offer of that kind.
And of course the main thing in the
system is-work!
Senator Curtis, his intimates say. Is
"good scout" He must be, for he
got pretty close to Senator Lodge. In
teresting. indeed, Is his comment on
his predecessor.
.I ended" he said, with an entirely
different idea about Lodge than l be
gan with. / found he wasn't cold
Hooded or selfish. He had great big
heart and was susceptible to argument
Rut YOU had to make the first approach
You had to get close to him yourself
He wouldn't get close to you. He was
! always anxious to do what he thought
was the right thing to do, but he
avoided conferences"
Almost any night Senator Curtis may
be met on the street keeping fit.'
Here's his recipe:
.Walk. / walk 80 to 40 blocks
long blocks-every day. Mostly al
night. A good, leisurely walk, taking
| it easy and not overriding it, but getting
home covered with perspiration. All
this just before bedtime"
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SociabIe Little Game

A stranger from the East, pockets
bullying with money, meandered into
the back room of Red Peters place in
Scarlet Gulch, where the boys were
INDUCING in quiet little poker festival.
Wishing to impress the small towns
men with regular guys idea of what
poker playing was. he produced large
roll of bills and demanded a stack.
Its just sociable little game,
stranger" remarked Yukon Jake, "but
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Another Glass House

The Judge was giving his regula-
ton lecture on the evils of gambling.
$50 you see.~ he concluded. what
a wicked thing 1t is to shoot craps.
especially on the Sabbath. Have you
nothing better than that to do on Sun
days."
"Oh, yassuh, Judge" replied the
prisoner. Most gen'ally ah caddies
To- you when you plays golf with
Mistuh Edwards fo' dolluh hole. "
Harvard Lampoon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
Badger Brushes Rare

"Real badger hair, sir-only three
shillings." This was said to the writer
by way Of pushing the sale of shaw
ing brush, but the description did not
deceive.
Badgers are very rare In Great
Britain, and are becoming rarer still
every year. ven on the continent they
are not numerous. Then, as those who
know how delightfully."- springy a real
brush is can guess. only the hair OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

education was made in the
~ United States during 1924,
there being more real achieve
ment than any year yet recorded, ac-
cording to statement made by John
j. Tigert, commissioner of education
of the Department of the Interior. The
statement follows In part:
During the year there were enrolled
In the public, elementary and high
schools 25.000,OO0 pupils, of whom
about 100000 were in the high
schools; there were enrolled in the
private and parochial schools about
100000, with 100000 In the second
airy schools; universities and colleges
enrolled over 100000 students; the
teachers colleges and normal schools
enrolled 100000 pupils, of whom about
10000 were students in the secondary
stage; business colleges and CONNER
cial schools enrolled 100000 students.
The average daily attendance In
public, high and elementary schools
was In the vicinity of 20,700000 pupils.
These enrollments can be best appre-
ciated when compared with the year
1900, for example. In the twenty-fOur
years since 1900 attendance in the pub
lie elementary schools has increased
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

Madison. VISIT make the fol-
lowing statement recommending DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription be-
cause I have taken it and my mother
and sister have used it also. We were
all greatly benefited by it. When I
was rundown, weak and nervous, a
few bottles of this remedy built me
up completely in health and strength.
l believe there is no better tonic for
women than, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription" Mrs. Henry Moon,
1873 S. Franklin St.
Your health is your most valuable
asset. So why not get this Prescrip-
ton today from your druggist or
write DR.. Pierce, President of the
Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo. N. Y, for
free medical advice. Send 10c if you
desire a trial pkg of tablets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

A couple up in London for holiday
went to a picture gallery and came
upon a picture of Adam and Eve.
The indignant wife said: "'Er's q
brazen hussy. Who is ERR"
The husband looked up the number
in his catalogue, but got it wrong, and
read out: Queen Elizabeth receiving
the Spanish Ambassador"
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/ reckon we kin let you in. How much
you wantw
.About thousand dollars worth, .
replied the moneyed one airily.
Raking in the one grand and without
missing turn of the cards, the dealer
ordered his assistant:
"Give him white one."-American
Legion Weekly.
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The Worst to Come

Candidate-The newspapers are pub
fishing scandalous lies about me.
Committeeman-Don't worry. They
might do worse. They might publish
the truth.
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upon he says, "Huhl Looks like an
Indian, all right: And which one is
Butler, who got Lodges seat? Sen
ator Butler of Massachusetts, is point
ed out. "Huh!' he says again, "he
looks the part
1t does not seem to make much diff
ference whether the visitor is West
erner or an Fastener, man or a
woman. All want to have look at
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, who
has succeeded the late Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as ma
1ority floor leader, and at Senator Will
liam III. Butler who succeeds Senator
Lodge as senator from Massachusetts,.
This interest is natural, for obvious
reasons. Senator Lodge had been con-
tinuously in the senate ever since 1898
and everyone knows how he looked, If
only from portraits. AS to Curtis,
most visitors have heard that he is
part Indian and sense wide contrast
between the Kansan and the man who
typifed New England. As to Butler,
they know of him as the chairman of
the Republican national committee
and one of President Coolidge's cam
paign managers and they want to conf
pare him with his predecessor.
The visitors are right in sensing a
contrast between the present majority
leader and his predecessor. Probably
you will have to go to fiction to find
q greater For pxamnle.
Lodge was born in Boston; Curtis
In a camp of Kaw Indians in Kansas,
60 miles or so from Topeka. Lodge
was an aristocrat of aristOcrats by
birth; Curtis is one-quarter Kaw by
BIRTH Just about the time Lodge at
twenty was being graduated from Har-
ward. Curtis, a boy of ten, was running
through the night for help against a
war party of Cheyennes A little later
Lodge was studying for the degrees of
Ii. B. and Phi. D., while Curtis was
a Jockey and driver of night hack
I'm Topeka Then Lodge wrote histor-
ical works and Curtis studied law be-
tween fares. Still later they met as
members of the house in the Fifty
third congress. And then they were
In the senate together. And now
Lodge, the elder by ten years, is dead
and Curtis is in his place as Repub-
lican leader of the senate
You will not find even hint Of the
life romance of Charles Curtis in the
Congressional Directory nv in who's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
Are Not for the Wicked

They are the same beams that shine
and enllghten which are apt to scorch.
too; and it Is impossible for man en-
gagged in any wicked way. to have a
clear understanding of 1t, and quiet
mind In 1t altogether.-South.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
Valuable Material

Fluorspar is a very important prod
uct, since it is used in the manufac-
ture of glass and of enameed ware in
the electrolytic refining of antimony
and lead, in the production of alum
mum, in the manufacture of hydro.
fiuoric acid and in the iron and steel
industries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
Auoid SeIf-Praise

Men of real merit, and whose noble
and glorious deeds we are ready to
acknowledge, are yet not to be en-
iured when they vaunt their own ac-
tions.-Aeschines
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

Weather repOrs from the weather
bureau at Washington are received by
vessels of more than twenty nations
scattered all over the world
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Fisherman's Pet Seal

Mr.. r. Sharpe, a Lowestoft eng
lanD beach fisherman, has made
friends with seal, which swIms
after his boat whenever he launches it.
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Misiudged

Robbins didn't think you had any
idea of marrying the widow.
Newlywed-I hadn't; it was an idea
of hers.
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Curtis %kansas
tant committees" said
Senator Curtis, mourn
fully, chad I been re
elected"


condoled with him over his misfortune.
After eight terms In the lower house
of congress and one term in the SEN
ate, 1t looked as II Curtis was through.
He had passed the meridian of life,
and the records show that few men
who are defeated for congress after
they have reached the age Of fifty ever
come back. But Senator Curtis had
really not been rejected by the voters
of Kansas. He had received the popu-
lar nomination as the Republican cam
didate for United States senate in 1912,
but lost the nomination under the dis
tfict plan. He was victim of con-
ditions arising out Of the Roosevelt
Taft feud, and the man who defeated
him for the Republican nomination
was himself defeated at the hands OF
the Democratic legislature OF Kansas
in January, 1913, when William H..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
First Quiets-Then
Ends A Cough

That terrible ''hack", ''hack",
''hack", that almost drives you fran
tic and strains your whole body can
be quoted in a jiffy by taking a
swallow now and then of that fine
old medicine, Kemp's Balsarl. 1t cuts
the phlegm, soothes the inflamed
membrane and takes away that con-
slant desire to cough, cough, cough.
Only 80 cents at all stores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

The pholad, a small sea animal kin
to the oyster, can bore holes through
stona-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

names which, like the beaver hat
and many others, puzzle the ordinary
man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
Don't Re nishnnred,

Don't BE DIshgured.
Keep Coles Carbolsalve in the house.
1t stops pain from burn or cut quickly
and heals without scars. At ali good
druggists, 30c and Coo, or ]. w. Cole Co.,
Rockford, Ill.-Advertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30


len a common, everyday
citizen visits the United
States senate chamber at
Washington what do you
suppose he says, as soon
as he is in his seat in the
gallery? Why, something
very like this:
Which is Curtis of
Kansas-the one who took
Lodges place as .Repub-
lican leader?"
Senator Curtis is point
al ont RI him Thnrn-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
Life Romance Of
New IL. S. Senate
Majority Leader

~ JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
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r UNPRECEDENTED progress In
education was made in the
Il United States during 1924,
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D. {. N0URNS
LA|VSBURGH,
DEAD
Almas Temple Potentate and
Business Leader Known
for Charities

Washington is poorer today for
the lack Of one great heart, for
Henry Lansburgh is dead.
Genial, joviaI, charitable Call
Ne Henry" known to the city as
a private and public benefactor
of worthy causes, died alone at
twilight yesterday, in the bed
room of his home at 1901 Irving
street northwest.
Death Call Sudden
He had returned home from a
nearby store, bearing provender for
the evening meS AS he handed
the parcels to his houSekeeper he
complained of feeling ill and as
cended the stairs to his bedroom.
The housekeeper hurriedly notified
a physician and went up to attend
Mr.. Lansburgh. Her knocking on
the door received no response and
she entered the room to. find her
employer dead.
The passing Of probably no other
man in Washingtont's private life
could have so profoundly affected
the city as news of Mr.. Lansburgh' q
death did today. All classes, creeds
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WOULDN'T TT BE GRAND?
/ used to think the most Joyous
Was enclosed please find check.''
But n / could see q Park Here
sign
It would beat the other BY D peck.
MARAGALADE MIKE.
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aagnnnstogggn
Naal1aOpl9 BY BILL PRICE Ree US 81 orilce
REG. US. pan OFFICE
JAMES APPRECIATION

JAMES APPRECIATION.
Dear Noah Webster, bless his soWll
The thought quite makes me
dance:
He built some 4p0rds that sure are
birds
He put NAN IN Romance
EDWIN 1. SHOPE.
100
A SURE WAY
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TON
TELLS Of
MOVES
Writes Utilities Board That
Conferences Are Going On.
coveII Upheld

Street railway merger develop
ments took more definite shape
today with the reception by the
Public Utilities Commission of .
letter from the Capital Traction
Company advising District Off
Gals of the progress made toward
. combination.
No word has been received from
the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, but William F.
Ham, president is investigating
the situation with the idea Of conn
nfunicating within the next few
days.
Text Of the Letter
In answer to the COMMUNIST. ms re.
guest of last week. George q. Ham,
i1ton, president Of the Capital Trac.
ton Company, sent the following
letter today:
This company Il not unmindfuI
Of the legislation referred to by you.
Or Of the opinion expressed as the
time of its consideration by Con
gress. that better results might be
obtained by allowing the companies
themselves to endeavor to work out
q plan for unified operation.
1T should be borne In mind, how
ever that merger, protective at
once to the public and to the
security owners, whose approval is
20 u Ultimately determine the question
presents problems numerous and diff.
fieN1l o. solution. atfd WI1lch fequlra
thorough investigation and most
careful consideration.
'sWe are making a close study
Of conditions. and some informal
conferences have been held, but
any premature forecast of possible
defeat them than to accomplish the
intent of the legislation providing
for voluntary merger.
This is a very nice letter, but
when does your company intend
giving us an answer" asked one
District official of representative
Of the street car company after he
had read the communication.
Simultaneous with the reception
Of the letter from the Capital Trac-
ton Company came the issuance
of the following statement from
Major w. E. r. Covell, public
utilities assistant to, the Engineer
Commissioner:
1.-THE Public Utilities Commission
has received copy of the address
OF Lucius s. Storrs, managing di-
rector of the American ElectI il
Railway Association, delivered be-
foFs a student body in Philadelphia
sTG.e address was q strong plea
for ratification of transportation
services in each community, some
thing the local commission is now
actively engaged in promoting
through the merger of the local
street car companies. The commits
sion is very glad 10 have it's stand
endorsed officially by an elect &C
railway INDUSTRY, through the as
sociation 10 which both local stree,
car companies belong"
Mr.. Storrs said that II has oeeI
demonstrated innumerable times
that the best service can be rem
dered to the public by a utility
which is not hampered by competi
zion.
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PRESS LU9. WILL SEE
FLAsHEs or THE PAST"

Flashes of the Past, an histor-
ical review furnished by the Paths
News, viii be presented for mem
bers OF the National Press Club and
official Washington Wednesday
afternoon at $50 o'clock at Keith's
Theater. There have been addi-
tionai features provided for the
entertainment by Il. r. Albee and
the local Keith management
Club members may secure tickets
by calling at the secretary's office
before D. m. tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-30
NOVELTY ENTERTAINMENT
BY SENIOR B. Y. p. U.

The Ladies Aid Society and the
Senior B. Y. p. U. will present a
novelty entertainment at s o'clock
Friday night at the West Wash.
ington Baptist Church, Thirty-first
and N streets northwest, it was an
nounced today.
Among those scheduled to appear
are Miss Florence Adams, AacOn-
teur; Miss Meta Craig, soprano, md
Everett Hardell. tenor
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6AKs AND COMPANY
TO GIVE ONERCOATS

Following the custom Of the
past thirty-nine years. saks and
Company viii give overcoats to de-
serving poor boys Of the city
Christmas morning
The cases found worthy Of OBJ
tanning overcoats are investigated
by the Associated Charities, and
each boy Is given a ticket for
presentation at the store in ex-
change for. the garment.