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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-05
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PET
ITION FOR ADMINISTRATOR

State of Minnesota, County of St.
Louis, SIS.
IN PROBATE COURT.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Skantze, Decedent.
The Petition of Emil A. Skantze
having been filed in this Court, rep
resenting, among other things, that
John SkGntze, then being resident
of the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, died intestate; in the
County of st. Louis, State of Mime
sofa, on the 10th day of October,
1926; leaving estate in the County
of st. Louis, State of Minnesota. and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-05

was accepted.
Mr.. Fred Vibert was introduced
to the Club and gave very inter
esting and instructive talk on refor-
estration and the second amendment
as proposed.
1t was moved and supported that
the meeting adjourn. The motion
carried.
RAY HOEFLER,
Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-05

Next weeks schedule is as fol-
lows: Monday-Legion VS.. CONNER
cial Club. Tuesday-Zenith VS.. D.
& I. r. Wednesday-School District
VS.. Oliver.
Evening star., 1926-03-31
A Texas Tornado,

Three hundred children have been
reported saved from injury and possi-
Die death in Texas tornado by the
coolness of their school teacher. Espy-
ing the funnel-shaped cloud in the dis.
tance and realizing it's devastating DO.
tentialities, =. n. Powell, the gray.
headed Instructor of Orangefeld's only
school, herded his charges into the
auditorium of the building, gave each
an encouraging pat on the head and
calmed their fears while the storm
tore away a wall and shook the struc-
ture with its fury as it passed by to
Wreak havoc on everything in it's way.
After Swirling past the school building
the tornado uprooted more than one
hundred and twenty-five oil derricks,
Killed one man and injured many, and
smashed an airplane from which two
persons managed to escape with their
lives.
Cool-headedness in an emergency
has been from time immemorial the
deciding factor in the saving of hui
man life. These children, as they
grow Older and become useful citizens
OF their communities. may look back
on the simple courage of their teacher
III a time of stress, and perhaps the
day will come when, confronted by
similar danger, they will seek to emu
late the example which was impressed
upon their youthful minds.
Evening star., 1926-03-31

service in unofficial ranks In 1922
President Harding drafted Hammond'S S
skill as mining expert for the chair
manship Of the Federal fact-finding
commission on coal. Hammond spends
his time between his Tudor mansion,
in Washington; a Summer home at
Gloucester, Mass, and foreign travel.
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has just been
given a new and unique rank and
title. She is the next friend of the
Government with respect to White
House matters" That was the de.
scrption applied to our vivacious First
Lady this week in an authorized and
exalted quarter. 1t was forthcoming
during a discussion of the report-
pronounced unfounded - that Mrs.
Coolidge intends making a national
appeal for colonial furniture for the
White House. The Presidents posi-
tion seems to be that White House
mistresSes really have nothing to do
with the furnishings of the establish
ment except to see that thew are well
taken care of. Every Presidents wife
has ideas of her own as to how thev
should be arranged, but additions and
subtractions are not within her
scope-according to the Coolidge doc
trine. One of the things Mrs. Coolidge
found when she moved into the
Executive Mansion was an extraordi-
narily long bed. She came immedi.
ately to the conclusion that it must
have been Abraham Lincolns. Then
| she proceeded to move into the room
some furniture of the Civil War period
that probably once belonged 70 the
suite.
| X X X X
There's an unusual number of
names in public life today that are
reminiscent of other men and other
| times. In Illinois candidates for the
! United States Senate include William
Mckinley Repubican) and James
! Monroe Oemocrat}. Oliver Wendell
! Holmes is the dean of the United
| States Supreme Court, John Marshall
is an assistant attorney general of the
United States. Ulysses S. Grant is
director of public buildings and
| parks. Theodore Roosevelt almost
became Governor of New York again.
! Thomas F. Bayard still adorns the
| United States Senate-the second of
| that name and the fourth of his line.
! Robert NJ. La FolletteS name is per.
petuated in the same body. Samuel
| Gompers is. chief clerk of the Depart.
ment of Labor. Henry Cabot Lodge
| is a Washington newspaper man.
| The United States Army has an ex.
ecutive officer that shows there S
something in name, A Hero
} major general, is chief of the Coast
| Artillery.
X X X
! No delegate at the Geneva disarma
ment conference ought to have a live
/ lier interest in it's success than Alan
f. Winslow, who will be secretary OF
| the American mission. Winslow, now
secretary of our legation in Switzer
land is a one-armed veteran of the
| World War. He was the first Ameri
can aviator to bring down a German
plane after we took the field. Capt
| Winslow is a son-in-law of William r
Castle, jr., chief of the Western
European division of the State De
partment. He has been in the Foreign
Service since the war.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1926-03-31
The Photographers Convention.

The tenth annual convention of the
Photographers Association OF the
Middle Atlantic States closed today.
Four hundred delegates representing
a large number of men and women
who make pictures have been eX-
changing opinions and relating their
experiences in the fascinating art of
fixing human features, bits of land
scape and other subjects on plate, film
and paper. Washington is a fruitful
field for photography. In the Smith
sonian grounds between the old Ma
tional Museum and the Army Medical
Museum is a monument to Daguerre.
who, although others before him had
secured images by light and che meals,
has been recognized by the photogra-
pliers of the United States as the father
of photography. AS far back as the Da.
guerreotype or Ambrotype goes Wash
ington had galleries" for the making
of portraits by those processes. Dur
ing the Civil War the making of com
Dl6TCldl IlCluLCo, VI pAS(uAS AOh SCdl
eral sale, by fixing images on glass
coated with emulsion containing sill
yer, was carried on more extensively
than in any other city. A man very
prominent in this work was Brady
the photographer"
Washington has been snapped
millions Of times. No building OF
monument has been neglected and few
trees, flower beds and fountains have
failed to invite the camera. The roads
| wood trails and creeks, and especially
the falls, gorges and rapids of the Po
| tomac and the towpath, locks anC
| muleboats of the canal, have been pic
tured. 1t is thought by some person:
| that there has been of late a falling
J away Of interest in amateur photogra
Evening star., 1926-03-31
A Punster in Politics,

A little knowledge is said to be n
dangerous thing. Likewise little
humor. A man who has gift of conf.
cal expression is often led into pitfalls
by his disposition to get a laugh out
OF his audience. Take Irwin S. Cobb.
for instance. He is a professional
joker. confirmed. habitual humorist
who has made a very good living out
OF the American market with his
whimsical wares SO long as he kept
to the field of fun he has been emf
nent!y successful But when he turns
to politics he is in quicksands. Ad-
dressing political club in New York
Saturday on the subject of prohibi.
ton he attacked the "American n
bigotry," and declared that in his
judgment the greatest calamity that
this country ever suffered is that the
Mayfower did not make a round
trip
There are too many descendants of
Maytiower pilgrims in this country
for even Americas leading humorist,
admired as he may be by the fun.
loving public. TO refer to these an
cestors as having made themselves so
obnoxious in Europe that they were
''spewed out" He is treading on ex-
| tremely dangerous ground.
To identify prohibition with the
stern Puritanism of the Mayfiower
colonists is indiscreet. There are many
millions of Americans who. notwith-
| standing recent so-called polls, still be-
ieve strongly in that measure who
will refuse to be classed as fanatics,
and will resent any suggestion that
their mistaken faith in the necessity
of a drastic check upon intemperance
has, as this eminent punster declares,
| almost wrecked our personal liberty"
Evening star., 1926-03-31
Pilule Print,

Invention Of a reading machine"
which is hailed as a successor to the
printing press, does not deeply stir
the public imagination. 1t would ap-
pear to be merely a device of photog-
raphy and reproduction whereby the
typewriter text may be reduced to
a very small compass. in which form
it is readable only by means of a
microscope through one eye, the other
being temporarily blinded by a pad.
Books may be brought to tiny proper
tions without the use of a type font
or "typesetting machine" and a print
ing press. Storage and transportation
are greatly facilitated. DR.. EIot's
ffve-foot shelf of literature might be
brought down to a size to be carried
in an overcOat pocket. The inventor
declares that his device for reading
can be folded up into a space not
much greater than that required by
fountain pen. But-and every revo.
lutionary invention has it's but
would it be possible to put the world S
great literature by typing and photog.
raphy into this form at a rate to rival
present prints? And, again, how about
the light on the Photographic
page as it IS peered at with one eye
through lens? Everybody who has
ever used a microscope knows that
illumination is the prime essential to
proper vision.
There is something altogether revo
lutionary in this idea of condensing
literature into microscopic proportions
in order to read 1t by means of mag
ritication-a process, in effect, oi
marching up the hill in order to march
down again. 1t destroys the funda
mental concept Of a book, which Is ar
intimate, individual thing, beloved by
real devotees Of literature, to be taken
from its shelf and treated as a friend
to be opened perhaps at any page, tc
be marked with the tokens Of ap
proval or disapproval, to be thumbed
and maybe dog-eared in use, to b
read any TINA. at night. in the morn
Evening star., 1926-03-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

revolutions per minute) the propeller
develops a pull or thrust upon the
air in a direction parallel to its axis,
which. transmitted ~ the aiTplane or
airship, pulls or pushes the craft
through the air. In the case of the
airplane this very motion through the
air, caused by the propeller, produces
the lifting force on the wings which
makes it rise from the ground.
O. What is the total number OF en-
plOyeS, and the amount Of their sal
aries, of the Federal Reserve Banks
c. NJ.
A. According to the annual report
of 1924 of the Federal Reserve Board
+, the grand total Of all employees. for
the calendar year 1924, was 10,761. the
annual salaries amounting to $17-
779 1928 for the year.
@. Which royal flush is the high
est?-M. d.
A. Nothing beats a royal flush in
poker. Another royal flush ties IT,
since the suits are all of the same
rank. Should two such hands be held
in play the pot would be divided
Among many poker players there IS
superstition against taking a pot
with a royal fiush," such players pre-
ferring TO lay down such hands rather
than spoil their luck.
O. Who was the Virginia clergy
| man who brought suit for his salary
but was awarded only one penny dam
ages?-C. w. l..
a In 1863 times were so hard in
| Virginia that the Assembly passed AN
act forcing clergymen to share the af-
tiictions Of their paTishiOnerS. The
King was appealed To and he annuIicd
the act. Salaries were ordered paid IN
full. James Maury, a clergyman Of
Hanover parish, then brought suIt
Patrick Henry was employed by the
people to plead their cause. So great
was his eloquence that the jury made
an award Of one penny.
O. When was it that the crops fail
ed in Ireland year after year?-E. +.
| A. There was a general crop fail
ure in Ireland for six consecutive
years from 1840 TO 1916. The climax
came in the year 1S45.
@. Is it true that eating a certain
| fish food viii make person grow
| taller?-J s.
A. Dr. Victor G Helser. director in
| the Far East OF the international
| health board Of the Rockefeller Foun-
| dation, has been convinced Of the
| claims made by the japanese Insti-
| tute of Nutrition that q certain -four
| made from fish powder actually does
| increase stature. The -four is made
! from cooked and b0ned fish. Strange
| ly enough, it is an American chemical
| manufactured by-prOduct. and il is
! thought it Will correct short stature
| that has been produced by an unbal-
| anced diet over q long period Of years.
Frederic j. HGskin is en- Dloged BY
/ The EUeHing star to handle the in
! quirieS Of our readers. and gOu are
| inUited to call upon him as freely and
/ as often as DOu please ASH anything
/ that is matter Of fact and the dU-
/ thority 1CiH be quoted you. There is
/ no charge for this Seruice Ask 1rHGt
/ y0u tcdnt. sign your name and al
/ dress and inclOSe 2 cents in STAN rs
/ for return postage. Address The Ere
| ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HGSkiH, director, Washington,
d. c.
Evening star., 1926-03-31

Smoky Mountains Of western North
Carolina, or are fed by streams rising
in these mountains, will be guaranteed
by the creation of q national park
in that section. Such regulation"
continues the Observer. "obviating. as
il will, the danger of foods during
the rainy seasons, and drOughts, is a
priceless asset 10 the communities
that depend on these rivers for their
water supply and the industries that
find in these streams the source Of
their hydro electric energy" This
point Of view is shared by the Nor
folk Ledger-Dispatch which says, IF
the rich farming sections Of both the
Piedmont and Shenandoah Valleys are
to be preserved there must be found
way 70 restrict the cutting Of tim ber
from the headWaterS of streams in
order that great Spring freshets may
not sweep away crop after crop and
cut the land into untillable gullies."
X x x
That the campaign for funds in the
States within whose boundaries the
proposed parks lie has aroused State
pride even in parts most remote from
the areas being considered is shown
by editorial cor ments, such as the
following from he Portsmouth Star:
II there were no prospect that q
single tourist would come from the
mountains TO the sea, Portsmouth
would still show her very real desire
TO do all in her power TO help the
rest Of the state" and the equally un-
selfish remark Of the Roanoke World
News that even when tourists come
originally to see the park alone, "Vir-
ginians must see to it that these PEE.
pie become interested in seeing the
rest Of the State"
Evening star., 1926-03-31
True Americanism
From the Birmingham News.

FROM the birmingham News.
Charles Evans Hughes. former Soc.
retary OF state, Governor of New
York, associate justice of the supreme
Court and thoroughly consistent
member Of the Baptist Church. had
something TO say of true Americarism
ana religious bigOtry Just now ar p
dinner given by the Federal Council
of Churches in Christ TO prominent
rabbls, Jewish laymen and civic lead
ers IN New York This DISTINGUISHED
American said, in part:
1t IS a strange thing, indeed. that
IN this twentieth century we shouIf
see the beast of religious bigotry rafsa
Its hateful head, and do il in the very
name Of the Americanism which il
soils by its vicious influences. 1t IS
time for US to so back to the true
Americanism of our fathers. tho
AmericaniSm of religious freedom, We
can't expect to seek international
peace on a substantial footing until
we have created good Will in our
own midst"
Charles Evans Hughes has no po-
iitical axes to grind. He has occupied
the highest political and executive Of
tices within the gift of this country
save only that of the Presidency OF
the United States. On the larnbent
PEAKS Oh age ne can look back over a
career that has never been sullied hv
shadow of dishonesty in his dealings
with Americans. He has quit public
life TO spend the remainder of his days
in private legal activities and in ex-
pressing his free, untrammeled
thought about life and it's meanings.
1t was fitting, therefore, that after
such a speech as that resolutions We're
passed asserting belief "in the broth
erhood of Jew and Gentle beneath diff
ferences of creed"
1t is true that among the diners
there were men of various cultures.
religions, creeds. But these made no
difference to the common spirit of the
gathering
OF course. such limited group as
that cannot be reckoned as the COM
mon spirit of America. Between the
oceans that wash our shores and be
tween the lakes and the gulf there IS
much hateful intolerance calculated TO
crush this creed or that, or meant To
suppress expressions of that lib
erty of religion and conscience which
all free peoples must express IL they
are to continue free. But it is a
hopeful thing to know that here and
there seeds of wisdom and tolerance
are being planted that may overcome
at last the ugly and nauseous tareo oS
bigotry.
Evening star., 1926-03-31
Annuity Increase Due Now.

The possibility that the amendment
Of the retirement act increasing the
annuities may he postponed because
OF the prospective cost is causing a
serious apprehension on the part of
those who have been already sep
arated from the active service and
those who are soon TO be thus dis
missed with a pittance. Under the
present condition these people, long
in the service, too advanced in years
to find anything else to do, incapable
of adjustment to new employment if
it could be found are faced with
penury if they are not actually now
suffering. They have looked forward
TO relief through amendment liberal
izing the terms of the retirement law
and the rate of compensation. They
have had reason to be assured that
something would be done in this di-
rection at the present session. A long
delay has occurred in the preparation
of an actuarial report which has just
been submitted and, with its alterna-
tives of recommendation, serves to
complicate rather than clarity the sit
uation.
Secretary Work. in his report on
the actuaries' findings, stresses the
point that the retirement fund was
not intended to be a gratuity or char
ity to ex-employes in want. but in
stead as having been held in trust
against final separation from service. ;"
But, as a matter of fact, the ex-em.
ployes who have been already retired
are in want and through no fault of
their own. However the retirement
annuity may be regarded. as a gratu-
ity, charity or a bounty, or a pension,
it is inadequate. Retirement was not
sought by these people; it was forced.
Many Of them were still capable of
performing their duties efficiently.
They were compelled, however, to quit
the Government service and to accept
a fraction of their active pay proper
toned upon then meager salaries.
Some of those thus retired have actu-
ally died from the lack of sufficient
means Of support. No amendatory
legislation can bring them back to life.
It is not proposed that there should
be a retroactive payment to the exist
ing annuitants at the increased rates.
But to those who are now living and
retired and those about to retire, the
increase is an urgent necessity, how
ever it may be defined.
The Treasury is surely not in such
a low condition that it cannot stand
this proposed increase now. Whatever
the plan worked out for changing the
fiscal basis Of retirement, it should be
assured that these present annuitants
viii be relieved Of their immediate
tribulations.
Evening star., 1926-03-31

The bullfrogs were tuning up for
the night in their shallow pond at the
foot of the hill.
Twas an idyllic spot---if one were
a frog. The water was green and
Shiny, with trees growing out of it
twigs floating around, snappy living
for a frog.
This scene gave atmosphere" to
the entrance to the great house on the
hill, sitting half a mile away in silent
state.
The frogs, knowing nothing Of their
secondary use, croaked away in
amphibian abandon, setting up a con
stant choiring that grated upon the
nerves and soothed them at the same
time.
This is the happy effect of the frog
chorus.
AS only the male frogs sing, the
blend Is truly masculine, reminding
one of the quartet that strolls out in
front of the curtain between acts and
fills the air with Sweet Adeline."
Steadily the frogs creaked out their
Spring melody. The month of March
was almost over and Washington was
enjoying a real Spring day.
The cautious might have warned
against taking the weather too Sc
| riously. but the frogs-and those who
heard them there at the foot Of the
small hill--did not understand.
1t seemed Spring. Why should it
not be Spring? Washington has
waited many years for an ambitious
one, the sort that opened early and
never had a setback.
Maybe this was it at last!
X X X
The long road stretched before one,
dotted here and there with speeding
automobiles. Cars have taken some
thing away from rambling along high
ways. Where there is no sidewalk it
is necessary to step to one side as a
car whizzes past, and then the pedes-
trian must breathe a sigh of relief
when it is gone.
Watching both directions is a task,
especially to those who possess not
the ability to plunge on, sublimely
faithful that the man coming from
the rear will not run one down.
Here the road dips.
Along the old fence, yards and yards
Of honeysuCkle grow, a treasure-trove
for those who like TO despoil the coun-
tryside.
This is one plant that may be taken
with impunity, owing to its ability to
multiply by taking root at any place
a branch touches the ground.
1t is doubtful If a whole city, sud
denly taken with a mania for the pos
session of honeysuckle, could make
so much as a dent in the vast quan.
tity of it growing wild along the roads
leading into Washington.
II you must pull up some living
thing to take home. pick on the wild
honeysuckle, and leave the pretty
wild flowers and the dogwOod and
others alone in their habitat.
When you get your vine home, be
careful to plant it in some spot where
it will not annoy the neighbors, as
| this plant puts out tremendous roots
| and will usurp the ground for many
| feet around.
X X X
To the left the country slopes up
and away. rise hiding the landscape
| to the South.
We hear a queer sound over the
hill.
Left, right. left, right, one, two
| three, four, left, right, left, right
Soldiers in the wood What car
that mean?
Then we recall. This solves what
| had assumed mysterious proportions
For weeks on end-months, in fact
Evening star., 1926-03-31

ply, but professional photography,
the shooting" of news scenes and
persons in the news, goes on at an
increasing rate. The moving picture
has conquered the world and more is
heard of photography in natural color.
Photographic portraiture is adding to
ing both in the art of representing
them and perhaps in tlattering them.
A large number Of Washington people
felt keen interest in the convention
of the photographers and the exhibit
of photographs in connection with the
convention has been we'll attended.