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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
Plenty of eIbow-room here,
"far from the madding crowd"
Will they have the courage to
homestead?
(To BE CONTINUED
The Fly FIeu

An art critic. speaking of the virtues
of this painting and the faults of that
one, finally came to a picture in the
gallery and said: Nov, you see in
this picture the artist has not learned
his trade-it lacks technique and I'M
Outstanding His trees seem to have
no form; they do not stand up; the
grass has no roots. His clouds look
like bits of paper stuck on the canvas.
And here you see he has resorted to a
trick TO catch the public eye and has
attempted to paint fly. Now, would
not object TO the fly, had he been able
to draw better and make it look like a
fly. This fly looks like lump Of mud
and has not the character of fly"
At this point the fly, having tired Of
the critics rambling. took wing and
few away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
"AlI Right, Jake, Well Take Your
Offer. When Do We Start and
Where Do We Coz"

store he said, 'Ah, I'm afraid you're
spoofin' me- So l named him Mr.
Spool, an he gets mail now addressed
that way"
Jake turned in to farm place in
mid-afternoon for water. We could
see the farmer seeding in his field he
made no stop on our account, and if he
had wife she remained indoors. We
pumped as much water as the horses
would drink. and filled our water keg,
and then sat for while in the shade
of one of his buildings chewing at
straws and gazing into the blank dis
lance. There was supreme satisfac-
ton, fine relaxation and relief, in
idling in such an hour. / was i'm
pressed with the off-hand way in which
we seemed to have taken possession
of the mans farm, and his complete
indifference to our presence.
Jake pulled his team out from the side
of haystack. where they had been
feeding with as little concern as If the
hay were their owp, and presently we
ratified eff down the trail AGAR.
On account of our afternoon rest
Jake drove until almost shutdown. We
were now in a slightly rolling country,
and suddenly he swung from the trail
and pulled up on the top of little
knoll. From this little vantage point
we could see the unbroken sweep Of
the prairies, miles and miles in every
| direction.
as this the bald-headed?' asked In
low voice, as though touching on
something almost sacred.
This Is the bald-headed," he an
swered, solemnly. "See, everywhere
sky an grass-sky an grass. All,
there, there's an exception" 1 fol-
lowed the line of his extended arm.
Far across the plains l saw a flashing
light, as Of heliograph.
1.-The window of a settlers shanty,
| twenty miles from here, if it's a foot"
he explained. Look how green the
grass Is. The evenin' light makes it
that way, somehow"
1t was true. The grass had taken a
| deeper shade Of green with the light
| falling aslant across 1t. The sun hung
| like a yellow ball In a sky of cham
payne, and the long shadows of our
! horses and wagon streached down the
slope of the little hill. But most i'm
! pressive Of all was the silence. a ST.
lence as of heaven and earth broOding,
brooding, brooding over this scene as
they had done from the dawn Of time ;
eye, and before that, far into the vague
aeons of eternity. 1 wished
| that Jean might have been there.
We made our camp on the hill, If
we can be said to have made camp at
ALL Jake found little slough (pro-
nounced slew Of snow water not far
away, and he embarrassed his horses
and hobbled them nearby. was fuss
ing with the tent when he returned.
"We won't need that, son." and /
thought there was a note almost of af-
lection in his voice that made me
warm to the man. "It couldn't rain
tonight on a bet. Clean out the
wagon an you two boys sleep on the
floor Of it. You get the benefit o. the
springs that way, an it's dryer'n the
| ground"
''But where will you sleep?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
n = Q H Dor s

preparations that would not spoil in
the heat. The democrat was two
seated affair, and the tent and sup
plies were bundled on behind, or laid
in the bottom We noted that Jake
added rifle to the equipment Then
we started off, Jack in the front seat
with the driver. and l alone behind
During the day we discovered that
our guide was something of philos-
opher. He had many shrewd remarks
to make about immigrants, and home
steaders, and the business of settling
up a country. 1t appeared that he had
no very regular scale for his services.
This came out in his account of the
location of young Englishman whom
he described as Mr.. Spool.
He had carload Of baggage" said
Jake, with Western extravaganza of
language, "and when / suggested that
he start up a secondhand clothing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18

~ Will Go and Keep House for YOU"
She Said Frankly, "if Jack and Jean
Go, Too"
breath as we tried to imagine what
they meant. We knew what it was for
men to spend their lives In clearing
ten, twenty. or forty acres, but here
lay kingdom fresh from the hand of
God and ready for the pillow. And
piece of that kingdom in the still far
Their West-320 acres of that kingdom
was to be ours
And as much more as l can buy
from year to year." said Jack, as
though picking up the thread of our
thoughts, his face alive with enthu-
siasm. boy y he said, banging me on
the knee, there's no limit; there's no
limit ~ / clasped his hand in mine with
a. pressure that told more than words.
All that day we continued through
the prairies, with here and there belt
of scrubland to cut across the vision.
All that day we rambled more and
more in the field of fancy-happy
imaginings of the things we would do
with those farms of ours which lay out
there, somewhere to the westward,
waiting only to be claimed. And as
evening came on we watched our first
prairie sunset. There were no quick
dusk and darkness, SIN the East; the
sun hung long in the western sky, and
as it descend dsewung steadily to the
northward. AS it fell feather-like ruff
fies Of cloud almost overhead burst to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18

Do you know that the weather Is
manufactured on huge rock ION LOOK
out mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn. and
not at Medicine Hat or Washington as
we have always supposed? The wealth
er rock is a giant slab of peculiar
shape projecting from the mountain
top far over the green valley 1900
feet below. II is necessary TO crawl
out on hands and knees to look over
the edge, but the view is well worth
the peril Farms. villages, white high
ways, wooded hills and winding rivers
are so far below the adventurous spec
tator that the country looks like a fiat
map done in emerald and silver. much
as 1t does from an airplane. II takes
iron nerves and clear and steady
brain to peer over the dizzy verge. even
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
Tells Why He Can
Now Eat Hearty

IA letter which read in the paper
about Carriers Little Liver Pills fitted
my own case so closely that could
not help trying them and am very
happy did" So writes Mr.. Frank J.
Trumbull of Jersey City, N. J., whose
letter goes on to say, 81 had heard
about Carriers Little Liver Pills for
years but never knew they helped over
come poor appetite and sour stomach,
until l read about another man in the
same plight who took Carter's with
good results. l tried them and can
honestly say that they freed me of
nasty gas on stomach, so that l can
now eat without getting bilious, and
they improved my appetite fully 1000.
You can rest assured that from now on
/ will boost Carriers Little Liver Pills
whenever | can"
Recommended and for sale by all
drug stores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18

limbo of personalities which drifts into
the bywaters of little towns. she had
found, too. an artist; a man apparently
of talent, who had sought the seclu-
sion of our little milling center in On
tario for reasons which were his own.
He had Immediately recognized the
artistic strain in the girl and had bent
his own genius to call it forth with no
thought of reward other than the joy
of seeing 1t grow.
You are wonderful, Miss Lane" he
had said. after the first few lessons.
you have perspective and proportion,
which are the greatest things in life"
II think l am a very stupid pupil"
Jean had murmured in answer "You
are very patient with me-and all for
nothing"
For nothing! You leave me your
debtor! You pay me thousand times
You have given back to me a purpose
in life-an excuse for being alive All,
Miss Lane. you do not know-yet-
how empty life can be. But you are
an artist and some day you will dip
your brush in pain-perhaps In sor-
row and regret-and after that you
will paint. 1t is the law"
Jean told me these things that Sun
day afternoon, and asked me If l
knew what he meant. l did not; but
instant's glimpse into life, and it was
none the easier for me to suggest the
loneliness of homestead somewhere
west of Manitoba"
do you think you could dip your
brush in-in the Saskatchewan"
ventured.
II know" she said, simply. slack
has told me. / will go, If you-and
Marjorie-go."
1t seemed to me that the reference
to Marjorie came almost as second
thought; at any rate, l fiattered myself
with that idea.
We had no difficulty in persuading
my father and Mrs. Lane to fall in
with our ideas; in fact, they accepted
our plan with some enthusiasm. Fa-
Their even insisted upon selling one of
the farms and giving the proceeds to
establish ourselves in the West. 1t
was little enough, as we were to learn
in due course, but Jack and had also
saved something of our earnings, and
during this particular fall and winter
we were unusually penurious.
Nail down every dollar" said Jack,
and we all were busy with our mailing
We prepared to start for the West
about the end Of April, and, as it came
about, my father and Mrs. Lane ar
ranged a domestic event on the very
day of our departure. The affair was
quiet and unpretentious; ceremony in
the church at eleven, and dinner at
Mrs. Lane's-Mrs. Halls, should say
where Marjorie and Jean served, and
we all tried to live in a joyous glow
which was strangely shot through with
streaks of unhappiness. That night at
six we left for the West.
After two days and two nights we
passed through Winnipeg. 1t was in
the gray of dawn, and we did not get
off, but through the window we caught
glimpse of lines of lights down a
wide and winding street.
Daylight saw US on the prairies; not
the "baldheaded," to be sure, but the
well settled country Of the Portage
plains, where industry was already
fructifying In trim houses and barns,
and orderly, well-kept farms. And yet
here and there was now the unbroken
sweep Of the prairies, and our eyes
danced and something caught our
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
Consistent

Robinson was well known in the
club as vegetarian. The members
were hardly surprised, therefore, when
his friend Jones burst into the billiard
room one evening and announced:
"Robinson has heen true to his veg
etarian principles.
"What's he done now?' they asked.
Haven't you heard? He's run away
with a grass widow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
Must Risk Life to Look From Mountain

lying fiat on ones stomach-a simple
slip means certain death, as there is
not so much as blade of grass to
hold on by, only the smooth gray rock
and loose pebbles, which roll at a
touch and give one the sickening SEN
sation Of sliding toward the edge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
GaUe Skunks Right of Way

A party of Bangor motorists return
ing from WinterpOrt, Maine, halted
their car to let a moving obstruction
have the right-of-way. The Obstruc-
ton consisted of a family of skunks,
including father. mother and three
children, crossing the road in solemn
single file.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
"sKY AM GRASS"

SYNOPSIS.-Lured by his four
year-old playmate, Jean Lane,
Frank Hall, aged six. ventures
on the forbidden wall of dam.
in a small Ontario town. He falls
into the water and is saved from
possible death by clinging to
Jeans outstretched arms. Next
day Jean informs him that be-
cause of their adventure of the
day before he is in duty bound TO
marry her. He agrees when they
are 'grownups." With Jeans
brother John, also aged six.
Frank begins school. Two years
later they are Joined by Jean and
Franks sister Marjorie. A little
later Jean confides to Frank, in
verse, her hope of some day be-
coming Mrs. Hail." He accepts
the proposal" Frank is four
teen when his mother dies. The
boys are eighteen when Johns
father is killed in an accident.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
Strainins the Language

Twentieth-century advances are put
ting a severe strain on the language.
For instance the New York CONNER
cial speaks Of Launching" $4,000
600 air route.-Chicago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18
They Try Hard Enough

Jack-I think Ethel is just as pretty
as she can be.
Alice-Most girls are.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-18

MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(Copyright.l
Evening star., 1925-04-10
Borrowed Books

Long I've wrung my hands and
for the books my frierds have bor-
rowed never come to me again. And
my friends are splendid fellows,
every one a shining star, and my
old heart warns and mellows when
| think how good they are. Jipps,
a gentleman and scholar, lives in
the adjacent shack; if he asked me
for dollar he'd be sure to pay it
back. If | lent my sausage grinder
to my neighbor, Chigworth Chez, he
would need no stern reminder, but
would bring it back to me. Neigh
bors borrow all my chattels, borrow
hammer, wrench and jack, borrow
she4 s and baby rattles, and they al
ways bring them back. But | heave
a sigh of sorrow when they come
for Gems of Thought, for the gypsy
tales of Borrow or the yarns Of
Walter Scott; when they'd have the
rather smelly tales that Zola used
to tell or the mystic PONIES of Shell
ley, or the works of Harold Bell |
would treat them all, with pleasure,
to the contents of my shack, but
these books are things ! treasure,
and I'll never get them back. Oh,
my friends are perfect ladies when
they are not perfect gents; they
would see themselves in Cadiz ere
they'd beat me of a cent; they'll re-
turn my congress CATERS, and my
hat and buttonhooks, they'll return
my nutmeg graters. b they won't
return my books. Now my shelves
seem all forsaken, all the tones are
gone away; where are now the
works of Bacon, where the books
by Bertha Clay?
(Copyright) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
NEW YORK RUSSIANS MOURN
All Orthodox Churches in City
Ordered Draped in Black.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 10.-All ortho-
dox Russian churches in America yes
terday were ordered draped in black dur
ing Holy week and special memorial
services were prescribed for the Most
Rev. DR.. Tikhon, former patriarch
nf all Russia and previously arch
bishop OF the North American diocese,
who died a Moscow Wednesday, This
action was taken at a special session
, of the archdiocesan council of The
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic
Church OF America, held at st. Nicho-
las Cathedral here yesterday, when
resolutions were adopted expressing
deep grief at the death of Patriarch
Tikhon.
The council ordered special requiem
services in every orthodox Russian
church on Sunday, April IL, which is
Palm Sunday and the beginning of
Holy week in the calendar of
that church. 1t also was ordered that
special obituary services be conducted
for 40 consecutive days. beginning
Monday, April 81. On the fortieth day
after his death, and also six months
thereafter, every priest of the church
shall observe a divine liturgy for the
repose of the soul of the departed
patriarch it was ordered.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
FIVE GRAVES UNEARTHED.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va, April 10.-Five
graves were found late yesterday by
workmen excavating for a dwelling
house foundation near the Handley
School grounds. The bones, it was
said, will be reinterred in Mount
Hebron Cemetery. The lot on which
the dwelling is to be erected was
used for cemetery purposes many
years ago, and ancestors of some OF
the foremost citizens were buried
there. Finding also of brass buttons
indicated to some the spot may have
been the burial place of soldiers dur
ing the Civil War.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
DIR. T|KHON'S AIDE
To HEAD Church
Chief Assistant of Patriarch
Gets Post-Latter to Be
Buried Sunday.
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, April 10.-Metropolitan
Peter, chief assistant to the Most Rev.
DIR. Tikhon, who died Wednesday,
will be the new head of the Russian
Orthodox Church until the question of
a permanent incumbent has been set
lied. DR.. Tikhon will be buried Sun
day morning under the altar of the
largest of the six churches within the
DonSkoy Monastery. The living
church of Russia will not be repre-
sented at the funeral, IT is announced.
solemn requiem high mass for
DR.. Tikhon, in which more than a
hundred high church dignitaries par
ticipated, was celebrated yesterday.
Groups of archbishops. bishops and
other prelates flanked around the
coffin of the yenefa BILE patriarch, at
tired in resplendent satin and gold
VestmentS and wearing huge embel-
lished miters. The scene was remi-
niscent of the ecclesiastical pomp and
circumstance of czarist days, when
the Russian church was powerful as
the state.
Big Church Packed.
The church was packed with weep
ing mournerS holding lighted candles,
devout Russians believing the flame
IS symbol of the continued life of
the soul.
Bishop John l.. Nuelson of the
American Methodist Episcopal Church
occupied a prominent place at the
services in Donskoy Chapel On the
conclusion of the requiem mass he
rendered to the authorities of the
Russian Orthodox Church the SYM
pathy of American churches.
Bishop Nuelson, who was in Moscow
in connection with the Methodist
Church conference. had an appoint
ment with the patriarch Wednesday
and called at Donskoy Monastery to
keep 1t when he was informed that
DIR. Tikhon was dead.
Evening star., 1925-04-10

terpretations of Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George and Ignace Pad
erewski. volunteered to complete the
task originally begun by Gutzon
Borglum, dismissed creator of the
Stone Mountain monument
Evening star., 1925-04-10

Americas best ear of corn in 1924
was grown by woman, Mrs. Elsie
M. Paulaska of Waverly, ILL.,, who was
awarded the first prize of $1,000 by
the national seed corn show. Her
entry was pronounced 100 per cent
perfect.
Evening star., 1925-04-10

Harmony OF hosiery with the cos
tune IS required by Fashion You'll
find these shades just the ones you
want: Cruiser, blonde satin, atmos-
phere, sunburn, nude, French nude,
beige, neutral, silver, gray 81, gold,
orchid, freckles and poudre bleu.
Sizes So to 10.
Evening star., 1925-04-10

q. Hz5. ~ xSAxsGL1se AexxxHAaeS 5xNNsEALE
The Washington times., 1925-09-03
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~ second Floor
The Washington times., 1925-09-03
WILBURSSOLVE
HOUSING
PROBLEM
Moving Day, October 1,
Finds Many Officials
Involved
BY JEAN ELIOT

4 S moving day-October 1-looms
"A on the horizon, most OF the
official folk who have been faced
with house hunting are solving
their problems more or less salts
factorily.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur have taken q mouse
after a long search which almost
drove them in to the ranks OF the
apartment jewellers. The Secretary
Of Agriculture and Mrs. Jardlne
have decided to stay on through the
winter at the Mayflower, where
they have a charming apartment.
Attorney General Sargent, on the
other hand. is still looking about
with a view to finding something
more commodious than the bachelor
APARTMENT at 2400 Sixteenth street
he is now occupying before Mrs.
Sargent comes to town.
IT will be remembered that the
wife of the Attorney General has
onIy been in Washington once
since his appointment to the
Cabinet and on that occasion she
was a guest at the White House.
Presumably the Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Weeks also will
have to find suitable quarters be-
fore they settle down here for the
winter. as their house in Sixteenth
street, which was built by Charles
Evans Hughes when he was on
the Supreme bench and purchased
by Secretary Weeks when he was
Senator Weeks, was sold last sum-
nner to Doctor Loren Johnson.
The Wilburs would seem to have
the moving habit. When they first
came to Washington they rented
Major General and Mrs. John L.
Chamberlain pretty little house IN
jefferson place-and l we'll remem-
Der that when Mrs. Wilbur had hef
first day at home there were so
MANY callers and the house was so
small that there was bread
line reaching to the corner. The
next winter the Chamberlains
wanted their own house, as they
were bringing out their daughter,
Miss Carolyn Chamberlain, so Sec
retary and Mrs. Wilbur moved to
1871 II street, a coinmodious house
which they leased from Mrs. HAM
ilton Wright, and in which they
have been established until now.
IL memory serves, the residence
1902 Nineteenth street which Sec
retarv and Mrs. Wilbur have now
taken and into which they VIII
move early in October, is sublet
from Mrs. George Barnett who
rented it in order to have some
place to stow her furniture wnen
her tenants at 2132 Bancroft Place
decided that they preferred to lease
the house unfurnished and bring in
their own Lares and Penates. Gen
eral and Mrs. Barnett, OF course,
have still another house-1622
Rhode Island Avenue-in which they
now live and which is completely
and most delightfully."- equipped.
At all events in their new home
Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur will he
directly across the street from the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg
and their next door neighbors will
be Rear Admiral and Mrs. Harold
Norton.
Major Ulysses S. Grant. Srd. now