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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

There was no one in the now de,
serted range to whom she could be
going. The only possible destination
might be the Moravian mission ON the
other side. But-there were no
women at the mission.
well. va see, Miss" the fat land
lord was saying. were purity well
filed up so fur as rooms Is concerned.
But the wife's over to Old Landing fer
few days. an / guess you en- hev
our room till she comes home. It's
the fust room on the right at the
top of the stairs. You jest walk up
and make yourself comfortable, Miss,
and I'll take your boss into the stable
and see that he gifts fed and watered
And supper's ready"
THANK you, but 1 had mine on the
road. And / shall be going on early
in the morning.
BY now the crowd Of ex-prospectors
had formed a wide circle about the
girl, standing as far as the pas
sage would permit. staring and
scrutinizing her frankly, and looking
sheepishly away whenever her I'M
embarrassed glance fell upon sav Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
Boschee's Syrup

Allays irritation, soothes and heals
throat and lung Inflammation. The
constant irritation of cough keeps
the delicate mucus membrane of the
throat and lungs in congested con-
dition, which BOSCHEE'S SYRUP
gently and quickly heals. For this
reason It has been a favOrite house
hold remedy for colds, coughs, bron-
chitis and especially for lung troubles
in millions of homes all over the
world for the last fifty-eight years,
enabling the patient to obtain a good
nights rest, free from coughing with
easy expectoration In the morning.
You can buy BOSCHEE'S SYRUP
wherever medicines are sold.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

Little Falls.
them. Lee, hearing a muttering be-
hind him, turned, to see the big breed
staring at the girl and whispering ex-
citedly to his companion. His red
headed partner was tugging at his
arm as If to restrain him.
"You d-n fool, Pierre!" Lee heard
him expostulate.
Suddenly the breed shook off the
others grip and lurched forward.
Planting himself in front of the girl,
he leaned toward her, with an ex-
preston on his face that brought the
blood into her cheeks
Before he could utter a word, how
ever, Lee stepped quietly into the
breach with that instructive air Of au-
thority which he retained, despite the
shedding o. his uniform.
"Thatll be ALL" he said crisply.
The breed turned on him and broke
into a string of oaths.
..Say, whadya mean?" he shouted.
"You dom know me. He don know
who he's talking to, Ell, Shorty? I'm
Pierre Cauchon." He doubled a
brawny forearm. "Say, young teller,
you see dis? Dere amt no man either
side of de range can say 'datll be all
to Pierre Cauchon. You t'ink you can
fight, mebbe?"
Lee, mindful of the rigid code Of
conduct that bound him, shook his
head.
81 never fight If 1 can help it." he
answered.
The two men. snickered, and there
came a murmur of disgust from the
crowd, which, till that moment, had
been decidedly favorable to lee.
The breed turned about. HE never
fight if he can help it." he jeered.
"You hear dat, boys?" He turned to
Lee again. ''Mebbe you like to set
up de drinks, DEM" he inquired
blandly.
81 don't drink" answered Lee with
complete equanimity.
well, whadya t'ink of dat?" cried
Pierre to the crowd again. HE don
fight an he dom drink. You sure are
one d-n four-fiusher," he griLned
belligerently in Lees face.
Lee, relieved to see, without turn
ing his head, that the girl had taken
the opportunity to slip away, returned
Pierre's glare calmly. The breed was
posing himself ready to strike. but
something in Lees aspect, some I'M
certainty, the inability to size him
up. checked him. Perhaps he sensed
how quickly Lees right arm, hang
ing negligently before him, would rise
to the defensive perhaps he did not
like the look of Lees left.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06


part he summed them up as being of
the average prospector type.
Among them, however. appeared to
be few of those hard-bitten charac-
tiers who are to be found In every gold
rush. Most of them had been drink
ing hard, and all seemed embittered
by their experiences of the summer.
They were freely cursing their III
luck.
Lees attention was first drawn to
the two men who were seated oppo-
site him by the fact that they took
no part in this chorus of denunciation.
A glance showed him that they were
not prospectors, and that the under
standing between them was an init
mate one.
One was short, thick-set, muscular
red-haired man, with one Of the hard
est and most repulslve faces that Lee
had ever seen. The other, apparently
his partner, was a huge half-breed
with a great muscular torso covered
with black hair. and long gorilla-like
arms.
EFF had that guy here what started
that yarn about the gold in Stony
range" began man on Lees
right.
"Ah, for the love of Mike, cut out
that spiel. Billw shouted another
across the table. "D'you think you're
the only real fools ben summerin' in
the range?"
"Old Pelly never found no gold mine.
He was cracked about it. Eff he had.
wouldn't others have got wise TO 1t,
with half the district hangin' about
the range spyin' on him?"
Nobody knows what happened to
him. do rhey?"
"Jest disappeared. Mebbe he bad a
stroke in the woods or somethin'. No
body's seen nor heard of him this good
while past"
Lee absorbed this conversation
without feeling that he had got very
far. Pelly had discovered a profile
NAUTICAL gold mine. Pelly had disap-
peared; it began to seem probable
that the report of his return was
false If these men had been pros
pecting the range all the summer, it
was probable that If Pelly had re-
turned to the vicinity they would have
heard of it, In which case someone
would have corrected the statement
that nothing was known about it.
While he listened Lee noticed that
the two men opposite him were like
wise taking in every word. The big
breed was obviously under the in
fiuence of liquor, and his little COM
panion was not only watching the
company but also watching him. AT
times he would turn and whisper in
his companions ear And once, in
his close scrutiny of the company, he
turned his gaze on Lee.
For a moment Lee felt chilled by
the eyes of the little red-haired man.
They were pale grey, CLASSY, venom
Gus. They looked like a snakes eyes.
Lee, though his gaze was as steady as
the others, did not like the look of
the little red-haired man.
The conversation drifted. BY twos
and threes the men began to make
their way back to the bar. Lee had
risen from the table and left the din
ing-room, intending TO take smoke
on the stoop, when he heard femi-
nine voice, and found himself staring
in surprise at girl who had just
come in and was in conversation with
the landlord.
For this was not in the least the
type of girl whom one might look for
in such place as Little Falls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

had me take it. Iregained my Strength
and never felt better in my life. 1t COM
pletely restored me to health. had
practically no suffering when my baby
boy was born and he is very strong and
healthy. l know that the Vegetable
Compound is the best medicine woman
can take before and after childbirth for
health and strength. Iwould be willing
to answer letters from women asking
about the Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. VIM. j. LEE, Route E, Box CAB,
Terre Haute, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is dependable medicine for all
these troubles.
For sale by druggists everywhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
Looks as IL the sergeant was
In for tough time. And who
is the girl he has befriended?
tTo BE CONTINUED
Homemade Lancet

A good surgical needle of the lancet
type for home use can be made from
a large darning needle. The point Is
ground and whetted TO the shape Of
spearhead, which gives keen. pene..
trating and cutting edge. says Popu,
lar Science Monthly. A cork pushed
on the eye end serves as handle.
Before using the needle, sterilize the
point by holding 1t in the flame of
gas jet or match.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
He Explains

'Tf you had no money, why did you
order 500 worth of golf stlcks sent to
your hotel?"
ITO make an impression"
"Butsyou needed clothes. Why not
order clothes?"
CLOTHES wouldn't make an impress
sion like golf sticks = Louisville
COurier-Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
CHAPTER l
Sergeant Anderson Rides
Into Little Falls

Lee Anderson, sergeant In the
ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police, had
been leading his horse up the last
hill. Now he stopped at the top and
Lit his pipe, letting the animal snatch
a few blades of the sparse grass that
grew among the ferns and raspberry
brambles beside the cart track.
There were. perhaps, thirty-three or
four years to his credit. His rather
fined, deeply sunburned face and
throat contrasted markedly with the
edging of white flesh at the V-top of
his open shirt. Lee, in his prOspec-
tors clothing, appeared to be typically
one of those reserved. quiet, self-con-
tanned men whom the north breeds.
His rather heavy horse, combina-
ton of pack and saddle, was well
laden behind the rolled blankets that
formed a parapet across its shoulders.
Lee inhaled with delight the warIh,
steamy exhalations of tho earth. rich
with the added debris of the year.
He turned and looked forward, be-
vond the settlement of Little Falls,
living at the foot of the slope in
front of him, the last of the settle
ments on his side of Stony range.
II was an unkempt, untidy little
place. created by the advent of the
lumber companies few years before.
and struggling among the knee-high
stumps Of what had been virgin forest
within the decade.
After his belated return from
France, only to find the old North
west mounted, of which he had been
a member. merged in the new Do
minion body, Lee himself had been
stationed at Manistree. He had been
in the police eight years before the
war. 1t was the only life that ap-
pealed to him. His service had ex-
pired during his term at the front. but
his first act on returning had been to
rejoin.
Inspector Crawley had sent for him
few days later.
Anderson" he said, ST want you
TO be ready to start for Stony range
in the morning to pick up man
named PelIy. He's on the list of
.wanted'-headed it for some time, in
fact. | guess you don't know any
thing about the case, though"
mo. sir. 1t must have happened
while I was in France"
"Oh, IT happened deuce of time
before you went to France, Anderson.
Twenty-Five years ago. more or less.
Might have left the poor devil alone.
especially as he's been a fugitive so
long. But it's murder, Sergeant, and
we'll the new police have got to
show themselves just as efficient
blood hounds as the old force. The
papers in the case have just come
through ottawa.
This man PeIly appears to have
killed a man In Toronto in the nine
ties for insulting his wife. Those de-
tails are not given. 1t appears a
tip came down some time ago that
Pelly has been living in the Siston
lake region. on the other side of
Stony range, for good many years.
Pelly appears to have got wind of
this and made quick getaway. Now
the words come In that he's been
seen in the district. May be true or
false.
"Pi obably 1t won't be possible to
convict now. If 1t is possible, | don't
suppose he'll get much of a sentence.
But headquarters are anxious that
we should establish our prestige by
getting after him-to show that we're
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
School by Candle

Master Rodriguez Madeira, one of
the most famous elementary school
teachers in Spain, has declined to
teach classes beneath electric lights.
He says the glare of these lights is
ruinous to pupils eyes and that they
also serve to distract their attention
from their studies. He has demanded
that candle light be restored in his
classrooms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
'Bayer' on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years
Say 'Bayer'' when you buy Aspirin
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
Marked End of Festival

The name ST Distaff's day was
given to January Z, because 1t marked
the return Of women to their usual
occupations after the Christmas fes-
tivities which terminated on the
twelfth day. January 6.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
Uses of Firenen

Returning from fire, the Union
town (Pa.) fire department stopped
long enough to aid woman who. hav-
ing forgotten her key, was locked out
of her third-fioor apartment. The fire
men obligingly ran ladder up to the
front window aid opened the door
from the inside.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
Average Cost of Meal

Fifty cents apiece for every man.
woman and child, is the average cost
Of American meals in these days, with
one-third spent for bread and foods of
vegetable origin, and two-thirds for
the other staples.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

dition that / could
hardly do my work.
/ was tired all the
time and dizzy, had
no appetite and could
not sleep. I tried
different medicines
for a year but they
did not help me.
Then my husband
saw the ad. for Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound in
the newspapers and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

Front of Him, Uplifting Its Wild
Peaks Into the Glory of the Autumn
Sunset.
other hand there's the chance that
he's in with 'em and someone else
tipped us off, In that case you'll find
yourself up against the organization.
"This Railways believed to have
been running liquor under various
aliases for years, and there's ugly
rumor about happenings at an Indian
camp in the Far North. where the
Free Traders have another post at
Lake Misquash. They've got to be
big factor during the years of the war
so big that we're not going to
tackle 'em until we're ready to launch
a general campaign against 'em.
you'll remember not to butt In IL
you find em selling liquor, but pick
up Pelly as quietly as possible. and
take notes, II you get the chance, on
what's going on at Siston lake.
you've got carte blanche, and your
take a covering warrant from the sti-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
CALIFORNIA

Fruit, Alfalfa and Cotton Lands
At unusually low price. Earliest and nearest
citrus and decduous fruit belt to eastern
market. All fruits are of exceptional high
quality, flavor. sugar content and firm texture.
Unexcelled warm foothill lands of rich red
Aiken Loan. Abundant cheap water supply
OPHIR LAND CO., OROVILLE, CALF.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

Japan Is the only country where
seaweed is cultivated for human con-
sumption.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
Do YOu Know

DO You Know
That mashed turnips and squash are
improved by the addition of small
quantity of Calumet Baking Powder?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
WEAK, RUNDOWN
NERVOUS, DIZZY
Mrs. Lee Suffered From All
These Troubles, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Made Her Well

Terre Haute, Indiana. 81 was weak
and rundown and in such a nervous con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

1t is difficult thing TO have all men
for your friends. 1t is sufficient not to
have enemies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

Every mans house is his castle I'M
til he makes an Instrumentation it's
his wife's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

Would Almost Seem So
spa, what does the American eagle
stand for?"
Anything, my boy. anything"
Evening star., 1925-04-01
new TRUNK RAILWAY
ASKS |. C. C. PERMIT
Would Build 344-Mile Outlet
From Pittsburgh to New
York Harbor.

A new railroad corporation. the
New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago
Railway Co. filed application with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
today for permission to build 344
miles Of track. with n main line 2SS
miles long running almost entirely
across Pennsylvania east and west.
The company was organized in
Pennsylvania last January and rep
resented that it. was not associated
with any existing railroad. While
no plans for finarfeing were filed, the
applicat ton said construction would
be financed by sale Of stock and
bonds.
The main line will run from Allie
gheny to Easton, with a 30-mile
branch at Pittsburgh Junction and a
3l-mile branch at Brush Run. The
application said the object will be to
furnish "a direct low-grade line from
New York harbor to the West via
Pittsburgh"
There have been proposals by the
New York Central to link up a line
through northern Pennsylvania by
using existing railroads to shorten
the distance from New York to Chi
cago. The proposals for railroad con-
considerable controversy in the rail-
road world as to which of the greater
trunk lines might be enabled to con-
Eect the West with New York by the
shortest distance.
Evening star., 1925-04-01

This being All Fools day, it might
he well TO run over the list of the
worlds greatest fools and muse upon
the wisdom of their folly.
The Fools Hall of Fame contains
many inches and in them one may
recognize the busts of such outstand-
ing types as Socrates, who asked
lot of foolish questions and got so
many crazy notions in his head as
result that his colleagues put him to
death. though posterity, 1t is true
still benefits from those strange ideas.
A little farther on is an elegant
likeness of Columbus, who had
foolish idea of the earths shape,
and. refusing to believe that the
earth was fiat, had the audacity to set
out in three little ships to prove his
point. OF course. fool that he was.
he didn't circle the globe as he had
expected TO and the joke of it all
was that instead of reaching the
Indies. as he believed he had, he only
discovered a new world.
Queen Has Her Niche.
Right next to him may be seen the
statue of, Queen Isabella. who was
foolish enough TO believe lot. OF
what COLUMBUS told her ABOUT ms
funny Ideas, and who went so far
wrong that she helped him to exploit
them.
The fellow with the peculiar name,
lust across the way from Isabella,
was another nut of about the same
time and with ideas even worse than
those of Columbus. Nicolaus Copper
nicus labored under the impression
that not only was the earth round,
but it was performing a lot of gy-
rations in the air. to boot. Natural.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
NOtubIes of World
Honor Hammond
On 10Th Birthday

Messages from prominent person
ages all over the wolrd crowded in
on John Hays Hammond, world
famous mining engineer, last night
and today as Mr.. Hammond reviewed
10 wears of life crowded with
actieity. Mr.. Hammond. internation-
ally known for his work in mining
engineering fields, was 70 years old
yesterday.
Congratulatory messages and teie-
grams of felicitation came to MN
from the great of the world as he
went back over a life spent in wrest-
ing the riches OF the earth from lts
reluctant place.
On his desk in his home on kalo-
rama road. overlooking the depths
of the canyon of Rock Creek, is
silver vase filled with carnations
from the White House, the gift OF
President Coolidge, while among the
many messages is one simply signed
Bill" 1t came from a lifelong
friend, one of the great men of the
world, and former President of the
United States-William Howard Taft
Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court and classmate with
Mr. Hammond at Yale.
Mr.. Hammond's latest work for
the Government was as chairman of
the United States Coal Commission,
which went out of existence a year
and half ago, after an exhaustive
investigation into the coal mining
industry in the United States. Short
ly after that body went out Of exist
ence he was mentioned in connection
with the office of Secretary of the In
terror, resigned by Albert B. Fall,
and was also mentioned in connection
with vacant diplomatic post
abroad
Evening star., 1925-04-01
CITY PARK SYSTEM
UNDER NEW HEAD
Sheriff. Order ConsoIidateS
Offices Charged With Care
of Public Grounds.

The new ONCE of public buildings
and public parks OF tho National
Capital, under which will come the
maintenance and operation Of all
Government buildings in the city and
the care, Improvement and establish
ment of the parkway system, came
into being today in accordance with
an order issued by Lieut.. Col. c. o.
Sheriff., it's director.
The new Office is an amalgamation
Of the office OF superintendent State,
War and Navy Department buildings
and the office of public buildings and
grounds, under the chief of engi-
neers United States Army. The
amalgamation was authorized by the
last Congress after IL was urged on
that body by President Coolidge for the
purpose of consolidating Government
organizations in Washington doing
substantially the same work and in
the interest OF economy.
The new office is an independent
establishment and comes directly
under the President.
Other Changes Made.
Several changes in official person
mel. in addition to those announced
several days ago. were made today.
Mai. Joseph c. Mehaffey, L, s. Army.
Engineer Corps, now stationed at
Baltimore, Md, has been ordered to
Washington as assistant director of
the Office and win be placed by Col.
Sheriff. in direct charge as chief of
tho construction and designing g
division Under Maj. Mehaffey will
come the following sections: Con-
struction and major alterations, en-
gineering section. landscape archt-
tect section, architectural section and
surveying and drafting section.
Capt L. Z. Haring, L. S. Army,
Engineer Corps. who has been on
duty in Col Sherrilrs office as exeeu-
tive assistant for several years, has
been ordered to Denver, Colo, for
duty.
B. c. Gardner, who, it was originally
announced, was to be chief of the
transportation and supply division,
was named today by Col. Sheriff. as
chief of the administrative division
In the place of +. w. Hoover, who
was acting chief. Mr.. Gardner is at
present assistant superintendent al
the State. War and Navy Building.
j. F. Gill, who in the original or
ganization plans was designated as
sistant chief of the buildings and
maintenance division, has been named
chief of the transportation and sup
ply division to take the place orig
inally named for Mr.. Gardner. Until
yeste rday he was supervisor of con-
struction in the old office of public
buildings and grounds.
Evening star., 1925-04-01

Killers residence at Barnes Station.
Benning.
Driggers bought the craft about
a year ago for $500. II is an o'd
Army Thomas-Morse, sac singIe-seat
scout plane and is powered with an
S0-horsepover LIE Rhone motor. He
has made frequent hops in il as an
aid 10 his studies in aeronautical
design and construction. which he is
pursuing individually. He learned to
fly two years ago, stealing the In
struction from an Army pilot in an
Army plane. and to date has flown
more than 100 hours Shortly after
he learned to fy he entered into an
arrangement with Bertram D. Stew
art to take up passengers in a Curtiss
Jenny" which they then owned
On a fight one day with a passenger
Just across Highway Bridge the plane
c1 ashed and both Stewart and the
passenger were killed.
Driggers had obtained hangar
space for his plane at the Naval Air
Station, Anacostia. D. c.. and when
Government planes had TO remain
outside all night recently because e
four or five civilian planes were In
the hangars orders TO evacuate were
given. Drlggers had obtained per-
mission TO park his plane in a field
near the scene OF the accident and
Just before twilight he took off for
his new berth.
The crash was not more than a
couple of hours old last night when
Drfggers made a deal" with a man
here TO purchase three propeIers for
s5, he said.