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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08

Thirty years ago eggs were 3
dozen for Csc; butter 10c a pound
milk &c quart; the butcher gave
away liver snd treated the kids to
Bologna; the hired girl received So
a week and did the washing. Wo-
men did not powder and paint Tin
public) smoke, play poker, wear
knickers or shake the shimmy.
Men wore whiskers and boots,
chewed tobacco, spit on the side
walk and cussed. Beer was &c and
the lunch was free. Laborers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08

That the structure founded by the
fathers of this country is not weak
ened, but mad stronger with age;
and that the opportunity and free
dom guaranteed to the individual
and industry under our constitution,
is not curtailed or destroyed, but
enlarged and strengthened
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08
'AS NO MAN HAS LOVED"
BY THE ODD FELLOWS.

Ely Lodge No. 220, I. o. o. F..
has arranged for the appearance
here of Edward Everett Hale's story
Gas No Man Has Loved based on
the story of "a Man Without a
Country. This noted film story
will be shown at the Opera House
on Friiay and Saturday evenings,
January Is and 16, with matinee
Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The story is written on a chain of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

In the death of Lawrence Barrett,
Virginia loses one of its up-and-do-
ing progressive citizens and bust
ness men. Like all other cities.
Virginia cannot afford to lose such
and the loss will be felt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08

Philo in the Duluth News-Tribune
says: "We hope Firestone hurries
up and plants that million acres OF
gum-trees and brings down the
price of rubber. Now that we've
got our machine, we might have to
buy a spare tire for the wringer."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08

proceeds of the play will go towards
the Building Fund of the Odd Eel
lows. Everyone should see this
masterpiece and not only help the
fund buc also furnish themselves
with excellent entertainment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08
AUTO TAG SALE
"OPENS WITH A BANG.
HUNDREDS APPLYING FOR 1926
REGISTRATIONS; BIG RE-
DUCTICNS IN TAXES.

Ely banks and garages are doing
big motor vehicle registration
business now largely as an accomo-
cation. Hundreds of owners are
raying the only taxes on their cars
and trucks. Rates further reduced
this year, auto taxes are still lower
than those on other taxable prop
'erty, including many classes not
calling for better roads, greater
police protection and other public
OUTLAWS.
Indications of the latest reduc-
lions are given in the following list
with 1926 tax totals on 1928 tour
ing car models of common makes:
Car Cut New Tax
Ford, 5 pass. 4-cyl.-$ 200 S 1000
Dodge, 5-pass 4-cyl. 4.99 14.70
Plick, 7-pass. 6-cyl. 7.46 PAIL
Packard, /" 14.48 46.79
Cadillac, 8-cyl. 1900 48.47
Pierce I" 6-cyl. 14.70 10000
Reductions result mainly from
lower list prices of cars and lower
ing by the last legislature of the tax
minimums to $40 from $12 and TO
$3.50 from $500, and of the tax
rate to "a per cent from 2.75 per
cent of the factory prices. One late
estimate is that these reductions,
while relatively small for individual
car owners, will cost more than
$2,000,00 Of needed 1926 work on
Minnesota roads-improvements of
class held to offer savings in car
running costs exceeding the invest
ment necessary to make them.
Prompt applications this year
show that car and truck owners will
avoid penalties which will run up
fast for delinquents. Many are
sending in their blanks early to
escape any possibility that errors
raay make delays reaching over the
time allowed for procuring new
plates. Sheriffs at recent meeting
in Minneapolis pledged continued
enforcement of the motor vehicle
tax law.
All inquiries regarding motor veh-
icle taxes should be addressed to
the registration Office at the new
capitol, st. Paul, and not to the
highway or other departments, as the
latter have no part in the collec-
tions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08

StAtc MINHfsOtH, Z
County of St. Louis. %
We. NJ. J. Murphy. President and Leonard
Sabodnik Cashier of the above named
Bank do solemnly swear that the above statement
il true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
NJ. ]. MURPHY. President.
LEONARD sLABoDN1K. Cashier.
Correct Attest
JAMES MooNAN
A, ID. ELLEFsEN.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of January 1926. \ OSCAR T. FRfEDsBURG,
(seal1 Notary Public
St. Louis County. Minnesota
Ny commission expires October. Z7th 1881
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08
OUR HOME ADVANTAGES.

1t is well to pause at this time
and check up on a few funda-
aaentals to which we all must tie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-08
Bank No. 1910.
Statement of the Condition
OF THE
FIRST STATE BANK
OF ELY. MINI,
Bank No. 1910.

at the close of business on Dec. slst. 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
MussOlini Is Accused
of Nursing Tame Foes

Under NIussolini's Dictatorship there
is still a small group of opposition
newspapers that are permitted 10 exist
and agitate, within certain limits
against the government. Strangely
enough. these are the papers of the
Extreme Left-thc Rome Voce Repub
licana, ana the Milan Avanti and
Unlta. respectively organs of the re-
puphcahS, the extreme socialists and
me communists. All the constitu-
tonal newspapers have been either
starved to death or purchased nv
Fascist interests by forcible means. ~.
Sophisticated SO regularly. no mat,er
what they published. that their uIff
mate death is Il matter of Certainry
why does MuSSolini permit the con
tinued publication of the newspaper.
oil the republicans and the bolshav'ks
from whom he rescued" ftaly"
There are several reasons. m lie
must nurse q tame opposition for
fascism to fight, else his combative
followers might combat one another.
CD The parties of the Extreme Left.
having no political i'm n .ance, can
safely be left to eXpounI their ideas.
~ the parties Of the Extreme eft pX-
pended most of their energy fighting
one another. "a There is. perhaps. he.
tween Mussolini. ex-internationaIist
and antimilitarist socialist. and his
former comrades a bond of sympathy
that enables them to understand each
other. The communist daily CON
tinues to publish at the top of it's FIRST
page tie classic MARKHAM slogan.
workers of the World, Unite" ana
essays of Lenin demanding the over
throw of capitalism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
The Story the Week Has Told

not so find. But one does find all i'm.
portant decrease in the total of i'm
ports. Now should there be q brisk
revival Of trade, that would involve
considerable increase in import OF
raw materials and you would prob
ably have, with general improvement
of the Industrial situation and de-
crease Of unemployment, an unfavor.
able balance again. at least tempo
rarily.
When statistics are presented you
should reverse the adage and look
the gift horse in the mouth.
Ifaly.--A so-called Etruscan Con.
gres3 on Pundtts is to be held in
Florence, commencing some time next
month, to go into everything relat-
ing to the ancient Etruscans. A
permanent Etruscan committee will
be appointed to supervise and Co
ordinate continuance of the good
work until we have all the dope"
on those interesting people.
Curiosity regarding the Etruscans
has been whipped into flame by the
claim recently advanced by Prof. An
tonic Cavalazzi of Rome to discovery
OF the key to the Etruscan language.
so that at last those many Etruscan
and tantalized us may be read. With
result doubtless III the claim is made
good. that certain historic gaps will
be filled in and certain historical er-
rors corrected.
This much has already been estab-
lished That the Etruscan language
was not an IndoEuropean one, such
as the Latin.
We don't really know much about
the ancient Etrusci or Tusci, as the
Romans called them (whence the mod
ern Tuscany.
We are, however, fairly sure that
they were blend Of two racial stocks;
that one OF these stocks was derived
by migration from Asia Minor Ia ter
rible distance to migrate in those
days.. and that both stocks were
of the Mediterranean (dark-white)
branch OF the Caucasian division of
mankind. the predominant strain in
the Mediterranean Basin today. The
leagued Etruscan cities were q. con-
siderable power, especially at sea, be-
fore Rome's rise to greatness. All
Of us who remember Macaulay's
Lays of Ancient Rome" know that
the Tarquin kings Of Rome were
Etruscan. Rome finally laid that
power low. less by reason of her own
luXuriousness of the Etruscans.
Because OF the great number Of
beautiful ancient objects Of art I'M
earthed in what was Etruria, the
Etruscans used to he credited by mod
ern scholars with gerat artistic
genius. But very improperly so cred
tied. They seem almost completely
to have lacked imagination or orig
inality. We now know that the most
beautiful Of these objects were i'm
ported from Greece. and that pracli-
cally all the rest were initiated from
Greek models.
The Etluscans We're excellent arti-
sans. but scarcely artists al all. Yet
the ancient Etruscan blood must have
been a very importan mt element in the
marvelously artistic blend of Tuscany
Of the renaissance.
Possibly the migrants from Asia
Minor were Hittites and this writer
makes bold to advance the theory that
the Roman nose was of IIittite
origin. as most certainly the Jewish
nose was.
There is in Florence Il superb Etrus.
can Museum.
X X 4 i;
Tacna- africa A clash occurred at
Tacna on the 9th between Chilean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Police of Rumania
Troubled by Plots

Since the World War Rumanian
secret police lave had to deal with
countless red Russian and Magyar
irredentist plots, all tending either to
overthrow the constitution or embar.
rass the government.
Fortunately for the Rumanians they
have a well-trained body of detectives
directed by NJ. Voinescu. who received
his earlier training in Paris. At the
headquarters OF the Rumanian secret
police in Bucharest NJ. Voinescu has
a collection of Internal machines.
forged banknotes and other criminal
trophies. The most interesting eX-
hibit is a huge Internal machine ar
ranged to be worked by a seven-day
clock. 1t was smuggled into Rumania
from Hungary and was intended to
exterminate the royal family and the
government during a race meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Premier of Britain
Has Daily Quiet Hour

Prime Minister Baldwin has stated
publicly that he retireS to a club
every day at lunch time for an hour Of
quiet reflection away from intimate
contacts with politics and politicians
that make deliberate thinking diff
cult.
For some time clubmen in London
debated as to which of his clubs the
prime minister chose for his hour of
reflection. All finally agreed that 1t
must be the Athenaeum, one Of the
few clubs that retain an atmosphere
of monastic repose. 1t is a club Of
bishops and prelates, who find there
a satisfactory calm. Sir James Barrie,
Britain's shyest author, retires to the
Athenaeum to compose his fanciful
stories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
APPEAL OF CHICAGO in CRIME
CRISIS MAY AWAKEN AMERICA
Admitted Inability of City TO Cope With Situation
Nav Arouse Justice and Speed Prosecutions,
as HOmicides Increase

person and property which we have
boosted is ours to enjoy, we must be
stir ourselves as citizens. We must
not theoriZe about crime and hope
that crime commissions by sporadic
reports can save us from the dangers
that stalk our streets. Rather. We
must let the men who administer JUS
tice know that we will support them
in stern duty firmly done. We must
let them know by our votes that we
have examined their records IN Grim
indl cases. We must let the criminal
know in no uncertain terms by our
attitude in private and in public that
we will not tolerate delay in trial nor
weak and wavering punishment We
have gone too far in protection of the
criminal by the community: it Is time
for protection Of the community from
the criminal.
fCopyright. 1926. Cosmos Newspaper Syn
dictate. Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Brigands' Business
In Balkans in Slump

Brigandage is one of the oldest pro-
LESSONS in the Balkans. Each coun-
try has it's brigand heroes whose deeds
have been immortalized in verse and
song. But. according to one of the
most famous contemporary brigand
chiefs. his calling is no longer what it
used to be.
The Introduction of wireless teleg
raphy, telephones and automobiles has
greatly facilitated the efforts of the
authorities in tracking down their
prev
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

motion picture industry from fts for.
eign business as at least 10000 600 =
year. 1t is a known fact that one
american company does an exnort
business of over 81 .000. 900 = n,ontb
Between 25 and 30 per cent of the
gross revenues of the American com.
panies come from the foreign fin1d
and there are two or three co1npanies
which show foreign returns of IN nov
cent and over. IL this revenue were
cut Off or seriously curtailed. the in
dustry as whole would face bank
ruptcy. We are told that the foreign
market Will soon rival in size the do
mestic market
American films abroad create q de
mand for American clothes and other
american products and have been an
important aid to the American manu-.
1acturer doing business in foreign
markets.
Faced Little Competition.
american foreign trade in motion
pictures mas been built up against lit
tie or no competition. For while other
countries. notably England. France.
Germany and Italy, are all producers
the limited returns from the comnara'
lively few theaters within their Dor
ders-4,0OO in England, $500 in
France. 300 in Germany and 1000 in
ltaly--has forced their producers to
keep their cost below $50. 900 for each
picture II they expected to show a
proht. The United States, on the other
hand. can give an American producer
a profit on a picture costing $500
through domestic showings alone. and
this expenditure has made it possible
for the producers in this country to
dominate the world
But while foreign producers cannot
compete with their American rivals,
they are seeking to limit the number
or American pictures by legislation, a
movement which may yet have seri-
Gus consequences for the foreign bust
ness OF the American companies. ac-
cording to Col. Connolly.
"In several cases they have sue
ceeded." he said land this movement.
once started, unless checked by coun
teraction on our part. bids fair to be-
come so widespread as to constitute
a serious menace to the continued
maintenance of our foreign film trade.
England is talking Of giving a sub.
sidy to her producers, the cost to be
paid by heavy tax on imported pic
lures. France is agitating legisla.
ton to bar films printed on inflam.
mable stock, which would automati.
cally bar our films. Japan has a new
censorship law with high taxes on i'm
ported films, which may raise the price
of American pictures there to an al.
most prohibitive extent
1.-The aid which the Department of
Commerce can give the industry dur
ing the next few years in fighting off
these tendencies will be Of great i'm.
portance in determining whether
American motion pictures will con
tinue to secure nearly 80 per cent of
their revenues from abroad or whether
this will be cut down with the conse.
quent dtslocation Of the trade here at
home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

seven days ended March 10:
| The British Empire.-On Wednesday
Fl; the anXiously awaited report OF the
| Royal Coal Commission was issued
q vast and elaborate document. The
notices that have appeared in the
press purporting to present the main
! features OF the report are too meagel
| to Justify the expression OF an opinion
! as to whether or not the report offers
a fundamental solution promising re-
| construction of the Coal-mininS in
! dustry on q profitable basis and link
| ing it up most conveniently and use
| fully with the general industrial struc-
ture.
The suggestion of naturalization is
turned down flat. but it is proposed
that the government acquire the min
ing properties, turning them over to
conceSSionaires to be worked. Sub
sides for the industry are brusquely
condemned. Proposals are made look
ing to amaleamations and improve
ment of organization: how drastic,
|, one should like to know. one awaits
with eager curiosity the full text of
the report 1t is estimated that acqui-
sition of the mining properties would
cost the government about $500
900 900.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theater,
at Stratford. has been completely de-
stroyed by fire. Il am extremely glad
to hear it," pleasantly observes Mr..
George Bernard Shaw. at is the most
cheerful news" 1t is to be presumed
that a truly noble structure will sue
coed the wretched one thus happily
removed.
Within three months 10 historic Eng
liSh Con1tyI, hpucac rnpn ny, ~
flames. The business looks queer. but
there is no evidence of incendiarism.
Great Britain having fulfilled the
stipulated conditions. the council of
the League of Nations has formally
confirmed the award conditionally
rendered last December. under which
Great Britain's mandate over 1raq is
extended by % years, Great Britain
and Iraq engaging to do certain i'm
portant things.
The British expedition Ito be under
the command of Gen. Bruce planned
FOR this year, to attempt once more
the conquest of Mount Everest, has
been called off. owing to disturbed
political conditions in Tibet.
France.-On March the BRAND
So'ci ilitIeHt- having Hldue the safes
tax item of the supplementary taxa
ton bill a question of confidence,
was defeated, PA to 22l. and there
fore resigned. The Natonalists on
this occasion co-operated with the
Communists, the Unified Socialists
and some 80 rebellious Radical So.
cialists. 1t is commonly. ana appar-
emily with Justice. charged that they
We're actuated by selfish and petty
political considerations.
Immediately upon his resignation,
BRAND. who is the permanent French
representative on the league coun-
Gil. dashed off to Geneva, where the
(slleletonl assembly and the council
Of the league were scheduled TO meet
on the Sth, formally to admit Ger
many to the league and settle the
question whether or no simultane-
ously with admission Of Germany TO
the council further additions should
be made to the council membership,
and. if so. what. Just what BRAND
did at Geneva is not clear, but APP
parently he conferred with the most
important persons, including the Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Squirrels Diminished
By Demand for Furs

Much regret is felt that the worlds
demand for furs threatens the extinc-
ton of the squirrels in the Norwegian
woods.
The tempting prices offered-as
high as Is cents a pelt--have led to
unusually active hunting. Last year
there We're exported to the United
States 100000 squirrel skins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
A Russian Business.

Between $4,000. 900 and s25, 900, 900
worth of goods. mostly textiles, hides.
knitted articles and silks. were SNUG
gled into Soviet Russia last year ac-
cording to Moscow authorities. Most
of the stuff came across the Polish
border and was distributed i'm Moscow.
The business in Contraband goods is
very profitable. A $3.50 sweater sells
in Moscow for SIS, n 75-cent box OF
face powder for 81 and at her articles
"a. t-.aa 4 q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

SOU III SO JdT as ltHtD fOQlIiuiuCdL lOH
is concerned.
Two way communication has been
established by short waves. using
Morse code, between amateuTS on tho
Pacific seacuast and Australia. a dis
tancc OF something more than soon
miles, and there are authentic records
OF distances Of more than 10000 mile;
covered by way of the air by On
thusiastic Short-wayc operators And
it must be borno in mind in all dis
cussion Of short waves that they us"
but one-tenth Of the power or less
than the ordinary hroadcasting sta
ton. and vastly less than tho biz
hieh-wave-length station.
Distance is Remarkable.
Remarkable distance records have
been established by amateurs OF about
30 meters using > watts or less o
power, about the power required 10
burn an ordinary household electri'
bulb for minutes Many hundreds
Of miles have been covered by anna
tcurs talking direct with each Other,
on short waves using watts. SO
that by quadrupling the power, talk
ing in code. or teIcgraphlng in code.
it is not Uncomfortable at all that -
high official OF the American Govern
ment may sir in his office In Wash
ingtOn and direct the movements a.
his agents thousands OF miles away.
covering the distance direct by RADIO.
Short waves. however, in their pre-
ent stage Of development and equip
ment are more or less freakish The
work Well on q given wave length dul-
ing the DAY ana do not work well ."
the same wave length AT night or vice
versa. As the sun rises the wave
length may have iu be shifted up o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

The first national bank west of
the Rocky Mountains was established
in the city Of Portland. Greg. in the
Year 1859.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
BY HENRY W. BUM.

. HE following is q brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven DAVIS ended March ID:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Results Being Felt.

The work of the brass Founders of
today, the members Of the American
Radio Relay League and ne other
amateurs not connected with The
league, who are Experimenting in
thousand workshops. sitting up all
night sometimes talking with fellow
amateurs scattered all over the globe,
Is making Itself felt in the radio world
and the big corporations are expert
nentlnS with their vastly larger
equipment along exactly the same
lines as the keenest ham" operator.
The key to stable international com.
Immigration. in the view of experts of
the Commerce Department and many
outside the department who have fol-
lowed the recent trend Of radio devel-
opinent, lies in further research work
into short WaveS-the field below 200
meters. above which the hrOadcasters
operate up to 90" meters and below
which some Is 900 amateurs expert
ment. Work conducted 50 far into
the shortWaVc field has Welded some
astounding revelations. disappointing
in many ways. bat greatly cncourag-
ing in many more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

Nv
direct with presidents. with
kings or emperors while the
rest of the world dscards its radio
receivers and awaits The end of the
conversation between the appointed
rulers of nations, may come as ii di-.
rect development of the experimental
work being carried on between and
by thousands Of radio amateurs, the
brass Founders and Ok hounds of
today. The day is not far distant. in
the view OF the most enthusiastic
forecasters, when the Secretary of
Commerce may sit in his office At
Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue and talk direct with his trade
commissioners, or when the Secre-
tary of State may issue consular in
structionS by the more direct means
Of radio, casting aside the old and
accepted telegraph and cable
Developments Of the past week with
direct wireless telephone communica-
ton between the United States and
Europe are heralded in Washington
as the first steps In Il radio develop
ment that will ultimately circle the
globe with the unseen voices of radio
reaching out thousands Of miles
through the ether TO q receiver espe-
clally tuned TO receive only a given
wave length and 10 separate Il speech
or Geographic message in code and
translate it into terms Ineligible
only 10 the listener.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
AMATEURS SHORT-WAVE
RADIO STUDIES VALUABLE
Possibility of Future Conversation
Around World Is Based on High
Frequency Development.

w WIDE instantaneous
n communication by voice or
~ telegraph. presidents talking
direct with presidents. with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

Tacna- africa A clash occurred at
Tacna on the 9th between Chilean