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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21

THOMPSON was about to 81 r-
ried to pretty young girl b, VIII.
he-had been engaged for SOM tn
and not being able alone to solve IN 4,
the marital problems which nrass5.os
themselves TO him before tba
mony, he had come to me for ,dr;a1
He had had an opportunity to wa,ct
the workings of the domestic mo
chinery which Nancy and we're taer
ing IN operation, and he had confidence
that | would guide him discrepfIv
Should he tell her evervtbin,
asked with some coneern-abmf his
financial affairs, his weaknesses nj
past life, the mistakes he had mod.
end was making.
We'll, that depends" / answered.
believe in companionship and com
1dence between husband and wife ~
the only way to get on. As Ia van,
past life, she'll learn all about tbo,
anyway, whether you tell her or m,
as soon as she gets acquainted with
your old friends, so the best police e
to beat them to it. If you think there
Is anything she'd be interested n
knowing.
AS TO your weaknesses, she'll have
them all catalOgued before you've beec
married week, so it isn't worth vbila
giving them much concern. It's alto
gether likely that before the end of six
months she'll be able to tell you more
about your personal weaknesses than
you dreamed of though if she's wise
she'll keep lot of this to herself
When 1t comes to your finances. Won
ought to lay the cards down on the
table. Women are usually shrewder
than men give them credit for being
Ihey are more economical they spend
money more thoughtfully, and if tbeu
know their husbands business. tbevTl
seldom get him into a hole. Marriage
Is a partnership, and il the wife Is 10
carry her part of it, she'll need 10 have
an intelligent understanding Of vour
business affairs, and she ought To have
a DEFINITE sum to spend every month
or allow you a definite sum whichever
one of the two of you seems to have
the best business head.
There are lot of things it is Just
as well not to tell. Some burdens a
man ought to carry alone. To tell OF
them would only worry his wife and
In no way help the situation.
Simpson, as soon as he was married
told his wife what a good cook he was.
and he's been stopping about in the
kitchen ever since.
If telling will help the situation. or
make her happier, or give you salts
faction, it's good thing to tell It's a
matter of judgment.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
WE AMERICANS
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

" a MOTHER American couple has
n come to the hotel this after
noon" the proprietor of the Ferry said
to Nancy and me. and perhaps you
would like to meet them
We had been the only Americans at
the hotel SO far and were glad to know
that there would be someone else now
to appeal to the interest and the curl
osity of the English guests
THANK you" l replied. Il should
very much like to meet them. but l
think | could without difficulty recog-
nize them shortly after they come into
the dining room"
"How is that?' he inquired. Does
m American look different from an
Englishmau2'
IT'S not that answered, but we
all give ourselves away"
you'll recognize them, of course,
by their dialect" Nancy said to me-
THAT would be quite easy" I re
piled.
We were a little late to dinner that
evening. ana the tables were well filled
when we entered There were five
strange couples scattered about. no
one OF which had been in the dining
room before during our stay, and no
one of them near enough for US to
catch their accent. or TO get a look
at their shoes. 81 those two methods
Of Identification We're eliminated. A
sixth couple came IN after we were
seated but he entered first and she
followed. so that eliminated them from
the running The American man al
ways trails along behind his wife.
Wen solve the problem by
process 81 elimination said TO
Nancy "aud you can help"
We eliminated the next couple be
cause, though We could not hear what
he was saving, Il was apparent that
5he man was giving 20 the waiter the
order for the various courses without
consulting his wife as to her especial
desires
The rext woman went because her
dress was So long ago ont Of style that
Nancy was sure no American woman
WHO had money enough Is so is Eu-
rope would ever wear q gown. ne mat
ter how ven preserved It VAS. If ii
we're ten years behind the styles
There were three left from which 10
pick the winner. OF these three
couples the woman al one tarle was
erf4l steErtr fha sr.eyseavs .r a.v#4#..,v A-aa-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21

marked, so you can't decide 1t on that
basis"
4 have it solved" I said. "Ifs the
woman who Is smoking. She doesn't
look like an American but she's had
two glasses of water since I've been
watching her ard she holds her fork
in her right hand and eats from the
front Of it,"
There was no doubt Of 1t. An Eng
lishman almost never drinks water.
and when eating he uses both knife
and fork piling his food on the back
Of his fork with his knife as a sort of
'pusher"
l found afterwards that l had
guessed correctly.
%. 1925, Western Newspaper Union.l
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
SECURING THE ANCHOR

HAVE often remarked upon the ef-
n fcacy of work and the fact that
nothing which Providence has decreed
with regard to man has contributed
more to his happiness. his progress in
the world, and his cOntentment. than
the necessity that he work. an the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" was really not a curse, but a
blessing.
No man ever got far without work
or kept what he got. The contrary
often seems true, but only because
we have not looked into the details
| always thought that Mr. Cham
bers, the banker, had never worked
He lived in such elegance, he came to
his office so late in the morning and at
such irregular hours His hands were
so soft and white his clothing So aIe-
CANT that it seemed TO me lie must
always have sat in the lap Of ease and
luxury.
This was not true, however. He had
been through the most severe regime
in his youth. He had toiled early and
late with his hands and had suffered
all sorts Of privations and made all
sorts of sacrifices before he @strHes
1t rich" He had been through enough
in his youth to afford TO take Il ea@y
when he got old
Bennett did not work for his MONIES
1t came to him from a hard-Wacs.nz
uncle, who had suffered many W5ga-
tons to amass the fortune Raf Pen
nett did not keep it long, for a. r.
fused to work. and the fortune soaa
slipped through his fingers.
There is nothing like work g hesP
one contented.
Benjamin Franklin was q wise msa
in his day, and human Mature Was n7y
materially different when he was
ing its acquaintance than rH
He was constantly DRAWN
sions from his observations
one Of these studies, in his aaaa
ography. he says:
This gave me occasion 70 oh7er1e
that, when men are employee Hey
ere best contented: for on ths
they worked they were good-7f
and cheerful and, with the cons
ness Of having done a good day
they spent the evening jQllAy h-
eur idle days they were muti1
uuarrelsome. finding fault with
pork. the bread. etc, AMI In can
ill-humor. which put ne il the
of q sea captain, whose rule
10 keep his men constantly 81
and. when his mate once told hiU
tsey had done everything. and
was nothing further to employ st.
about, oh. says be. make them $50.
the anchor.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
THE CLERGYMAN

sYNOPSIs-To a gathering Of
anarchists In Barking London
suburb, zabolef. foreign sgita-
tor. tells OF the operations Of
body Of men who have become a
menace to their activities. He
says they are masked and wear
long black cloaks and are acting
without the law He Is inter-
rupted by the men he Is describ-
Ing lthe Black Gang, who break
up the meeting, sentencing some
Of the participants to condlgn
punishment and carrying away
others A memorandum found
on IaboleR gives an address in
Hoxton, which the leader Of the
attacking party considers Of Inn
portance. Sir Bryan tombstone.
director OF criminal investlga-
tiOn. hears from Inspector Me-
liver, sent to arrest Zabolefr the
night before. Of his discontinue
He had been seized and chlorO-
formed and his raid frustrated.
Hugh Drummond. man OF leisure.
tells tombstone OF seeing the kid
napers and their victims lie be-
comes an unpaid agent Of the
police. under McTver william
Atkinson. ostensibly pawubroker
and money lender really Count
Zadowa. director or anarchy In
England does business In an
other London suburb mys-
terious stranger lnvades the
premises Drummond attempts
10 burglarfze the premises to get
evidence While so engaged. with
two companions. a bomb is hurled
at them. The explosion kills
Ginger Martin" expert burglar.
Drummond and his friend escape.
taking with them bag they
ind on the floor
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
Horizontal.


1-PubIishes 6-Shams
"a noun sufiix equivalent to "eer"
IO-A kind of ribbed fabric
IA proposition
I3-Certain rOpeH used By cowboys
ia parent
ia climbing species of pepper
IS--A person afflicted with a particu-
larly infectious disease
20--Organs of hearing
2l-Part of the verb "to be"
23-Identlcal 24-Not moist
"a ute of the Abyssinian church
GA fox 2S-AIluring
"a flying mammal
31-An aquatic mammal
32--A latter 35-TO aid
37-A prefix signifyIng "Oyer"
SAN entrance
30-A piece of metal given as n reward
or recognition
41-A view. as through trees
Thought (ahbr)
ga short outer waist garment worn
by women tpI.)
46--A measure of area
"A fnIsehOOd
4S--A Siamese pewter coin
4O-QueereSt 5O-Tried
Vertical.
1--senrched wits "A probe
"a city in Michigan
"a kind of river duck
4-seniorS (abbr.l
"a word used with Ito and ~
Ito stagger
PARTS of churches
S-Frightened 12-Timidity
IA building
ia memorandum (sIang abbr.)
17--Agreed to meet Mt a certain place
and time
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
CHAPTER V-Continued

well. there. old son. at the mo-
ment you have me beat" conceded
Hugh Il sort Of figured It out this
way. Whoever the bird is who bunged
that bomb, he recognized me as being
the leader Of our little bunch. ! mean
Il was me he was staring az through
the door, with eyes bubbllng over with
tenderness and love II was me that
bally bomb was intended for-not
Ginger Martin, though he was actual
ly doing the work And II this cove
is prepared to wreck his own office
just TO get me out of the way /
guess | must be somewhat unpopular"
'The reasoning seems extraordi-
nnrily profound murmured Peter.
"Now the great point is--does he
know who / ann" continued Hugh
"Our great difficulty before ZapoleH
was Kind enough 10 present us with
the address Of their headquarters was
to get IN touch with the man at the
top And now the headquarters are
no more. No man can work In an Of
fee with periodical powders falling
on his head from the roof. and large
hole in the wall just behind him. /
mean there's no privacy about It.
And unless he knows me-he
won't be sble to carry on the good
work when We finds that neither of
my boots has reached the top OF st.
Paul's. We shall be parted again
which IS dreadful 10 think Of. why,
we might even pass one another in the
street as complete strangers"
u get you," said Peter. "And YOU
don't know him
Not well CROUCH to cali him Berthe.
There's a huaphacked Brighter up
there who calls himself a count and
en- whom ! focused The old optic for
about two seconds the other evening
But whether he's the humorlst who
bunged the bomb or not is different
matter" he glanced up as the door
opened what is 1t. Denpyg"
u found This bag, sir. in the pocket
Of the coat YOU were wearing tonight
r,,,, IN - 80 .'..g -, .o'1 0.'5
-, - - '"e' "'''ei
~. 49, - s.,il, a..
anrb s,ora5 ,na,'.,,t 60 IN ai'e
= ~ 49, - '''e o"e
ara -
A''N' '''s. NAW u
80 i. -. s.u'e Us
1'sN
o' s'ou.sss saAe ne careful.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
Evidently the reverend gentle
man IS cutie wrought up ever
something. What's going TO hap
pen?
no 81 CONTINUED
Variation in Story

Leon Bloy. to whose memory a
monument has been erected 90 France,
was a deep student Of ingratitude. one
day a lady asked him II the children
Of this era were usually migrate. Yes.
madame. AIiow ME to 'ell YOU a story.
There vas q young villaser who want
"a 10 leave tie parental root ana who
pestered bis father into dividing ~
tie family live stock ana giving him
lis share + know that story. IN.
terrupied the lady, TT Is the paranls
af TIE PradIEal Son Subsequently rs
returned, reYeutant, 10 his fathers
home :" .No madame said Sloy "a
ny story il is the pigs thar return
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
HOW 10 soLvE a CROSSWORD puzzLE

HOW TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE
N wi will
in worlds
~ n Ow The
iOnta hwIl
n
und to the
black one n used
and obso Omsa al N lie
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
Many Water ReetIs.

There ara 800 varieties Of water
beetles 70 be found In me fresh -.
axes and rivers OF this country
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21

I8-SaueeF-Iike dishes used by ancient
Romans at sacrifices
21-Ends at
22-TO go or come in
25-Fuss 2e-AtmOspherc
ga woody grass
SOTO aid
83-A negritO I'm Cagaynn, LuzOn
34-Equipped with gears
36--A piece of furniture
3S-The pith of matter
4O--A girls name
4I-'TO east n ballot
44-,FO allow
"A rodent
The solution will appear in next issue.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21

The birth rate Is higher In Japas
than IN any other country In whleI
vital statistics a.s kept
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21

Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-21
By THOMAS ARKLE cLARv
TELLING THE WIFE

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t9. 1925, Western Newspaper r-rf-.
The Ely miner., 1925-11-13
STEEL COMMON STRONG
IN PROFIT SHARING PLAN.

Many employees of the United
States Steel Corporation, in the
Lake Superior district as elsewhere,
own Steel common under the profit
sharing plan of the corporation,
and the strong advance in the price
of late is of interest to them for at
least two reasons, says Skillings Re-
view. They naturally are gratifed
with the increased value of their
holdings in the market, and are al
so interested in the prospective
price of the shares which. they map
be given opportunity to subscribe
for early in 1925. They paid 1925
share for the common under the
profit sharing plan in January, 1925.
This was the highest they have ever
paid under the plan, and compares
with $50 a share in 1909, the year
that the plan was inauguratee.
Steel common sold up to $138 Sat
urday, so it looks as if new high
mark in 1926 may be expected under
the profit sharing plan for employs.
The Ely miner., 1925-11-13
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK.
By the President of the United States of America
il Proclamation

Education becoming wenigh universal in America The
and local officers is peculiarly suited to habits OF life and to
our Pan o anu ~ mas Drougn oI'n run;
thousand between the of and 20 cassed erate
High schools academies easily offering the
Mary Yale Princeton; widely
study degree symbol of
unusual learning
gatfcat the contemplation of
worthy achievement still be mindful that full
has been made the country for education of
blessings The efficiency
the schools rural communities is general relatively low too
their short High schools notwithstanding their extraordn
growth with the demand for instruction.
in great cities students restricted to at
tendance and outlying districts such schools frequently
sufficient number inadequate quality higher education
the possibilities of existing nstu tion have been reached and is
essential that their facilities be exnded that junior colleges in
considerable numbers be established
These deficiencies The
endevor must be extended for child in the land
the full of his need and his capacity de-
benefit has from nationwide campaigns for
ing the hands Of authorities and promoting
mertorous legislation in behalf of the schools Such reva
Now therefore, Coolidge President
States do proclaim the week ginning November sixteenth
out the United States mend that the
several States setting forth the necessity of
ton Week be appropriately in their respective States
further that local officers civic social and religious
their strength education they
of American Education Week special of mutual
of Nation depends.
In Witness Whereof have he reunto hand and caused
Done the City Washing this tn day of September
the year of Lord One housand Nine Hundred and
(seaiJ CALVIN COOLIDGE
FRANK B. KELLOGG,
Secretary of State. I
The Ely miner., 1925-11-13
"F|FTy-F|FTY
ASSUMING SHAPE.
ENTERTAINING MUSICAL COM
EDY BEING SHAPED BY
MISSES SANNICOLA
AND COYNE.

Progress made during the first
week of rehearsals of "Fifty-Fifty"
the musical comedy that is to greet
an Ely audience at the Washington
Auditorium on the evening of
November oath, points to a finish
ed production. The show is being
staged under the auspices of the
members of the Catholic parish of
this city with the joint direction of
Miss Anna Sannicola of Eveleth
who is teaching the musical and
dance features, and Miss Lillian
Coyne of Ely who is directing the
cast.
Fifty-Fifty was Broadway sue
cess with an enviable New York
run as a comedy. The adaptation
of the play as a musical comedy
and the arrangement of the musical
numbers and dances are Miss Sanni-
cola,s own. In its present arrange
ment it has been produced with
great success in. Hibbing and Eve
leth and over period of two years
in many cities on the Pacific coast.
Two elaborate sets of special seen
cry, and costumes, designed and
made especially for this play, and
costing several thousands of dollars
are used in the production. The
show has invariably met with an en-
thusiastic reception and has received
many fiattering press notices.
There are three acts with the
scenes laid in New York and the
AdirondacK mountains. Sixteen
song and dance numbers which feat
ure the late, popular. music are in
troduced. The cast consists of ten
principals and the chorus aggregates
fifty-two people. The chorus groups
are especially well adapted to the
size and the facilities of the Wash
ington Auditorium stage.
Miss Sannicola, VINO brings this
play to Ely, is well known to range
communities. She has appeared in
many musical productions and en-
tertainments and is a dancer of con-
siderable note. She is equally well
known as a director of musical and
dancing shows. During the time of
her residence on the Pacific coast
she had the enviable opportunity of
being associated for a time with
Theodore Kosloff who is without
question Americas greatest master
of dancing. Under his direction she
appeared in one of the dancing
scenes in Cecil B. De Miles pro-
duction of the "Ten Command
ments".
The Ely miner., 1925-11-13
LARGE CHECKS
MINING TAXES.
S. STEEL CORPORATION
CHECKS AMOUNT TO
Sc, 123,264.ls.

The big st. Louis County COM
panies, with the u. S. Steel Cor
poration leading paid $S,197, ,032.25
of little over 100000 due for
the second half of the 1924 real
estate taxes which became delin-
quent at the close of business Sat-
urday evening, October 81. The
total amount paid by the Steel Cor
poration amounted to $6,123, ,264.18.
Piekands, Mather & Co. paid the
next highest amount, their check be-
ing for $1,U39, ,499.09.
The highest payers and checks
rendered were divided as follows:
Minnesota Steel corporation
Morgan Park company, $38,621.13;
Universal Portland Cement COM
pany, $18,253.51; Oliver Iron Min
ing company, $3,066,820.73; Minne-
sofa Steel company, $50, 1880;
Oliver Iron Mining company, 1894
298.67; Minnesota Steel company,
81 600, 900, total $6,123,264.18.
$1,039, ,499,09; International Har-
vester company (Chicago), S244,-
629.65; Cleveland-Cliffs Iron cont
pany, $29, ,3O8.49; Mckinney Steel
company, $44,937.98; Marshall
Wells company, $25,592.13; Arthur
Iron Mining company, $36,173.87; /;
Northern Pacific railway, $103,-
$3.50; Zenith Furnace company,
$11,727.81; Dormer Mining COM
pany, $14,356.43; Minnesota Power
& Light company, $36,856.71; M.
A. Hanna company, $29, 1873; I;
Butler Brothers, stripping contract
ors, S13,196.37; Hanna Ore Mining
company, $112,470.03; Great North
ern railway, $5,770.16; Great North
& Steel company, $43,963.29; D. &
/. R. railroad company Mineral
lands), $19,170.32; McDougall Ter
minal Warehouse company, $12,
842.32; Rogers-Brown Iron COM
pany, $104,7T8.24; Russell M. Ben
nett, 23,196.81; Inter State Iron
company, $145,858.28; Leetonia
Iron company, $89,032.18; Duluth
l& Iron Rang railroad Gland depart
ment), $63,2S3.9S. Total, s8,197,-
032.25.
The Ely miner., 1925-11-13
ELY COUNCILMEN GET
DULUTH RECOMMEND

Two years ago John E. Porthan
was elected to the city council at
Ely. His record has been such that
his fellow citizens are urging him to
run for another term in the cam
paign that soon will be wide open.
Mr.. Porthan is the able manager of
the Finnish Stock company's depart
ment store at Ely. He is man of
family and years of residence in
Ely. Watch Johns smoke.
H. E. Olson will have to be taken
into account in the coming city
campaign at Ely. Mr.. Olson was ap-
pointed a councilman last summer
to fill a vacancy. He has served
with ability and satisfaction to
many of his fellow citizens, hence
their expressed desire that he file
for the primaries and make race
on his own account. III. E. Olson is
man of family, barber by trade
and a resident of Ely for many
years.-Duluth Rip-Saw.
The Ely miner., 1925-11-13
MINNESOTA WILL
RIVAL FLORIDA.
SECRETARY HOTALING SPEAKS
OF GROWING DEMAND FOR
LAKE SHORE SITES.

Minnesota is destined to become
another Florida, according to land
dealers.
The rapidly growing tourist traf-
fic has created a wide demand for
lake shore property, which has had
the effect of increasing values in
every part of the state.
Plans already are under way to
develop property adjoining lakes as
soon as possible. The demand for
sites is constantly increasing, not
only among residents of the state,
but many outsiders who nave come
to some of Mrnnesota's 10000 lakes
for vacations
H. C. Hotaling, state tourist COM
missioner and secretary, Ten Thou
sand Lakes association, reviewed de-
velopments and made plea for a
booster spirit, in an address last
week at gathering of Kiwanians
in Winona.
'There is every reason he said,
"why Minnesotans should be proud
of their state. You will find the
Californian booster all the time.
Call it sentiment if you want to, but
think it is good business-it
counts and counts tremendously.
"There are many good things
about Minnesota the outside world
should be told" Mr.. Hotaling said.
"Not in exaggerated statements, but
in facts that cannot be denied.
There is no need to overestimate or
exaggerate in the slightest degree.
-, - rnhn fu1,fh mil
do. Our crops have been good.
There has been employment for all
willing to work. We have added
numerous industrial plants and more
are on the way, including a glass
factory which will utilize in new
way the sand of the state, and fax
will be manufactured into linen,
but why enumerate as it would take
a lot of time to tell of them all.
"Those living here have been slow
to recognize the great possibilities
lying at their very doors and have
looked upon our scenic wealth large
ly as a matter of course, failing to
notice that the amount of desirable
lake frontage, for illustration, is
fast passing off the market. Roger
odUcOlly LIAC ot0tkosASiUhs - ANSShs
report referring to the activities in
Florida indicated that should the
pot boil over, Lake shore property in
the north might take on an activity
not heretofore noted and cautioned
those owning such property not to
undervalue it. In other words, not
to part with it as they would any
other property. Men prominent in
real estate circles, reading the hand
writing on the wall, are inclined to
the belief that following the Florids
excitement Minnesota will be next
in line for a real wakeup in the
value of its real estate, as all who
have travelled widely know that the
amount of good land in this coun
try is as a matter of fact restricted
to a very small area and that ir
| this small AREA Minnesota has beer
especially blessed"
Speaking of the work of the Tel
| Thousand Lakes association, Mr.
! Hotaling called attention to the fac