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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-12
WILLS OFFERED
DEMPSEY GO
IN WEST
By MARK KELLY
Universal Service staff Correspondent


LOS ANGELES, Jan 12.-Backed
jy a group of powerful financiers of
Los Angeles and Southern California,
he proposed Jack Harry
Wills fight will be staged in Los An
.cles this summer, if Wills will agree.
Jack Doyle, acting as spokesman for
The financial group, today obtained
Dempsey's assent to the proposals. He
hen wired Paddy Mullins, Wills man.
ager, asking him to come west to sign
articles.
The group backing Doyle has
pledged itself to underwrite the ven
ure to the extent of one and one-half
1illion dollars. Included in the list of
names are 80 of the leading business
len of the community.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-12
JUST ADVERTISING

They say frankly that they are not
;ceking a cent Of profit outside of the
advertising of Southern California. IL
$ hoped to attract 100000 visitors to
ne bout which. under present arrange
ments, probably will be staked in the
mammoth Los Angeles coliseum.
1t is hoped to stage the fight in
July.
One of the leading figures in the
enterprise is millionaire realty man.
lie originally conceived the idea and
wants the bout as a California adver-
,isement. He has 80 or more associates
who will put up guarantees for the
;ame reason.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-12
NO "APPLESAUCE"

There is no "applesaucc" connected
with their intentions. This group
means business and is willing TO place
Oempsey's purse in escrow in any
jank the pugilist selects when he signs
articles. But the same group insists
hat there be no legal barriers and
hat the road must be smoothly paved
before going through with the pro-
cosals.
1t is understood that Dempsey will
k $4,000 for his end. Wills is said
o be willing to fight for n guaranteed
100000. Doyle and his associates
Ire willing TO meet these terms.
SEAT 100000
II the Los Angeles coliseum is OBJ
aimed. arrangements can be made to
accommodate not less than 100000
persons. The infield will be filled
with temporary seats and it is pos
iible to get as many as 100000 in
he enclosure.
I'VE mean business" Doyle said to-
lay. I'VE can raise two million to
nderwrite the venture if necessary.
Dempsey has assured me that he
you'd prefer TO fight in Los Angeles
han elsewhere"
That's all--until Thursday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-12
HURLERS BIG
NEED OF
CLUB
Additions Expected to Help,
Especially Coach
Killefer.

This is the seventh Of a series
Of stories on 1926 major league
club prospects. 1t deals with the
St. Louis Cardinals, whose train
ing camp will be in San Antonio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
MONEY TO BURN!
$562,751,466!

90oZ, I0l 400!
That was our natl ms fire-loss in
1925, according to the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, the
country's authority on the subject.
$13,6S9, 432Lthat was the in
crease over 1924. The increase in
the annual fre-loss since 1923 is
$403, 759, 1859!
Who pays this tremendous annual
tribute to destruction? Not only
the families of the 10000 persons
who die in fires every year. Every
resident of the country pays his
share.
For this loss, exceeding half a
billion dollars annually is what keeps
insurance-rates high. These de-
structive fires-one dwelling-house
burns in our country every four
minutes day and night ARE what
make it necessary for the tax-pay-
ers to maintain fire departments.
The national firel-oss is a national
problem. For that reason, President
Coolidge has set apart this week
for public instruction as to the
causes of fires and means of pre-
venting them.
Just what this half4billiom dollar
drain on our national wealth means
may be visualized this way-Uncle
Sam, in taking the incomes of his
people, allows an exemption of $500
for every child. That is exempted,
presumably, because it is sufficient
to keep child in school for "a year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

In another place will be founa
an ealIorlal from the Two HarDorS
chronicle In winch EalIor human
mas several Unings to say regal aing
The Dunuing OF roauS III the
superior NaIionaI Forest. NOW that
The marCer is seIuIeo, we think tnaI
The agiCltlon should be oropped DuL
cannoI refrain from remarAing that
the whole aHaIr was somewhat OF a
tempest IN teapot after que eX-
planations had been maze at the ST..
raul meeting by county Commas
SIonerS of Lake ana COOK counties
who floIoi the Key 60 the SITUATION MOI
all those who followed the numerous
articles prlnted were of the OPINION
that pure and unseInsh motives
prompted the whole atfalr. Some
are aIsU OF the OPINION that the
suop-thlet" cry IN regard to roads
was raised by retainers TO attract
attention away from the numbering
railroad issue by which 1000 or
more square miles Will be oenuded
of all forest growth in the Cook
county border area and several
more thousands in the Crooked
Lake area north of this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
Thousand Islands in the St. Law

Thousand Islands in the st. Law
renee fSlver Tor instance
imagine That each island is In
habltea by one lone man, ana that
each island afIordS the means OF
complete subsistence. by ms own
auor the lnnaDiIant OF each Island
5 aDle 10 supply himself with 1oou,
lornlng ana shelter. 1t is unneceS-
airy Tor hIm TO engage IN commerce
with the rest of the world.
we Will suppose that the residents
t Thousand IsIanas go on this way
or one year, anu that trade is then
estaDhsheU between them, and a
government Is formed. 1t then de-
veiopS that one man is a particular
eXceilent lumDerman. A third is a
good hunter ana fourth gooa
cloth maker.
these -FOUR enter into an arrange
ment Tor the exchange of products.
The fisherman now engages almost
exclusively IN his favorlUe occupa-
ton ana exchanges fish for LUMBER,
game and clothing.
L ne fisherman, 1t turns out, is of
an inventive turn of mIna. lie in
vents net for catching fish, and
applies to the government of the
Thousand Islands Tor patent, pro-
h4DlGing others from using net un-
iess rney make terms with him.
Wnat is the result! BY working
an average of one hour a day, the
fisherman accompiishes more than
when he worked all day. In order
TO Keep everyone SATISFIED ne gives
lew more fish in exchange for his
umDef, game and CLOTH However,
he has SO many fish that he extends
has field of trade. Lumber, game
and cloth are delivered to him In
large quantities by more than a
score OF islanders to whom he sup
Plies fish. Being compelled to work
only an hour day, he used his IDLE
time to construct fine house, to
make many suits of clothes, and to
ait down his surplus meat.
Eventually he is known as the
richest of all the islanders. He
hires others to attend to the nets
and turns his attention to invention
OF saw for cutting lumber or a sys-
tenn of transportation to effect the
exchange of products.
az AiuoeiatlOil IiISIlI De u6NGlOp-
Ell indefinitely. Enough has been
written to indicate that money is
made, wages paid, and profits gain
ed, In proportion to the ability to do
a specified task better or quicker
tnan others can do it.
In other words, the rewards 90 to
the man who can make two blades
OF grass grow where only one grew
before.
In manufacturing, this advantage
is usually gained by invention, or
superior organization.
The individual who sells his tai
ents in the market must offer some
thing superior to that which can be
gained from thousands of other
sellers. The wages of those who of
fer something except common lab
or tend to the point of mere sub
sistence. To command a salary of
five thousand dollars year a man
must, directly or indirectly, accom-
plish as much as five or six common
laborers.
Roughly, that is the skeleton of
the capitalistic organism. The best
thing that can be said for it, and
probably all that need be said for it
is that it works.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

On this basis, it appears that THE
MONEY WE WASTE BY FIRES
EVERY YEAR WOULD KEEP
MORE THAN 100000 CHILD
Rem IN SCHOOL.
Yet we go on wasting it-for it
S waste because it can be prevent
d. Insurance experts, fire depart
nent officials and engineers firmly
state that rs per cent of the fires
that cause this tremendous loss are
lpreventable.
How? By being careful with
matches, cigars and cigarets? Ger
tainly; that would help. By keep
ng chimneys clean so that they
Cont throw burning embers upon
'oofs? Surely; that's a wise pre-
caution. These smeasures-all meas
ures of common-sense carefulness
are necessary.
But caution alone won't save our
nation $562,751 ,466. What is more
Ieeded is precaution. The reason
why buildings burn is that they are
built so they will burn. The funda-
mental way to prevent their burning
lis to BUILD so 1T WON'T
BURN"
This doesn't necessarily mean that
the average home-owner must adopt
expensive masonry constructions to
substitute the traditional American
wood-frame house. 1t means to
build wisely with wood-use wood
but protect it at its most vulnerable
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Without douuL Lne movement
set a1oot by the American Legion
members ana the Ely Commercial
Club to have the city establish a
golf course is meeting with opu-
lar favor by all thinking citizens.
This is one of Ely's very necessary
wants anu IN addlUIon to a MOTEL for
the city is about all that Just now
is necessary for the happuees of
che people anu our visitors. Two
thirds of the cars in the city during
the past summer contained golfers
ana their bags of sticks. With golf
links, these people would spend
some time here and also some
money. With the golf links estab-
iished the city could make some re-
turns on, the investment as it is a
well known fact that golfers pay
their way and are anxious and per-
fectiy satisfied to pay providing Uney
receive service. With the golf
links established, a matter of nee
essity as all well regulated cities
have one or more links it stands to
reason on2s the better class of
tourists VIII be here for several
Gays. The hotels will follow. We
nave the finest scenic country, the
tnest climate and the finest environ
ments for Inc travelling tourist.
Every dollar that the travelling pub
lie brings into the city is a dollar
gained and means just so much
more cash than the local institutions
furnish. Ely should take advantage
of the opportunities presented. We
nave ~serythlng else for the edit
cation of the people of the world
IN this playground of a Nation"
and why not a golf course?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

munities adjacent to the Superior
National Forest from getting Fed
eral appropriations to help build
these proposed roads, but they
haven't settled thing so far as the
building of the roads are concerned.
They seem not to have taken into
consideration the fact that the
Superior National Forest is not a
nationally owned domain. Little
stretches of land here and there are
owned Dy the government, and be-
tween them lies privately owned
lands which by virtue of their in
accessibility are of little value. One
of the officials of the league, at the
hearing at St. Paul, is said to have
maze the statement that it would
be his policy to keep these lands in
accessible in order to freeze out
the owners, which is virtual con-
fiscation. This same gentleman
would raise a howl to heaven, if his
property was confiscated by other
means Just as reprehenslble.
Secretary Jardine has no more to
say as to whether public roads shall
be built within the forest than the
humblest citizen. What he can and
did say is, and was that Federal
appropriations will be withheld for
this purpose. When the proper
time comes and the owners of lands
in these districts want them bad
enough, they will be built regardless
of the wills and the opposition of
any outside influence.
In the meantime the Waltonians
have choked on a gnat and swallow
ed a camel None of these editors,
far outside of the domain of The
domain of the Superior National
Forest, seem to know that there is
real menace to the priraeval con-
dition of the forest in the way of a
logging railroad, built for the pur-
pose of denuding that forest Just as
it has done the remainder of Mime
sota's timber domain. Tit Weyer-
hauser interests are building a rail
road into the forest because there IS
at least six years cutting of timber
there, and between the fires from
locomotives and the burnings of
slasnlngs from this timber cutting,
there els real menace that so over
shadows the building of an automo-
bile road, that there is no compari-
son. And like the first instance the
Waltons could do nothing about it
# they would. The editors could
spread their ink concerning it, until
it oozed out from their sheets, and
nothing could be done because these
people own this property, and can
do what they will with it. And II
there is any timber worth while,
that they do not own, they will swap
some worthless cutover land to the
government for it and. believe us
or not, they value pine tree for
its board feet and not for its beauty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Beware of the stranger on the
road. Trugs carrying gasoline can
aid posing as tourists IN distress are
Getting lifts from unsuspecting mot
orists who in turn get a Gift" be-
hind the ear from a blackjack, says
an exchange. The other day a gen.
ereus motorist picked up what was
apparently an old lady. He noticed
that she had on mems shoes, in
weighed her out of the car to see if
he had fiat tire and sped off with
out hsr. Two bullets from a pistol
passing by his ear showed that his
surmise was correct. Clever crooks
wearing bright stars are posing as
state highway officials and are col
Letting i've dollar bills from I'M
suspecs.ng sheep who fail to stop at
railroad crossings. The trusting
drivers fall for their line without
asking to be taken before a justice
A man must have his wits abc1t
Kim these days If he is to travel
with q W. ole skin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

The Galveston, Texas, Chamber
of Commerce has sent a letter to
Secretary Hoef1er of the Ely Com
mercfal Club in which attention is
called to the tendency of news
papers throughout the country of
locating every storm in the south
at Galveston Notwithstanding the
fact that less than 3 per cent of
the tropical storms have reached
that city. Galveston is not in the
hurricane belt according to the let
ter from the Chamber of Commerce
and an editorial in the Daily News
and the city IS fronted with a sea-
wall Il feet high and seven miles
long TO. protect it from tidal waves
ard tropical storms. Because Gal
yeston about forty years ago had a
bad storm, every climatic disturb
ence anywhere in the south is locat-
ed there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Designation of a thoroughfare as
a through road" or arterial high
way, whether done by the State
Highway department or by a munich
patty, does not give traffic on that
ROAD or street any special privileges.
Drivers on such highways are sub
ject to the same speed limitations
and the same rules governing sig
nails, turns, keeping to the right,
and so on, as drivers on any road.
The purpose of through roadG'
is to eliminate the accidents which
result FROM drivers coming out from
side roads without stopping or look
ing. Enforcement of traffic laws on
state trunk highways, whether desig-
mated as Through roads" or not,
rests entirely with the local author
tiles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
A WALTON VICTORY.

1.-TWO Harbors Chronicle.)
commenting on the decision of
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, to
limit the building of roads in or
near the Superior National Forest.
great number of editors have char
acterized it as great Izaak Wal
ton victory. Neither the editors
nor the Izaak Walton league itself.
really knows what it is all about,
They have raised a great deal of a
howl which has prevented the con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Thos. Owens, the genial vice presi-
dent of the Duluth & Iron Range,
was seventy years old on Sunday,
Sept. &c. For forty years he has
made his birthday offering at the
Two Harbors church and on the
Sunday above named while advanc-
ing to the altar to make the usual
birthday offering he was ordered to
hold out his arms, and a member of
each class in the Sunday School of
which he is superintendent, lad a
bouquet the outstretched arms.
The Miner joins in the congrafula-
TONS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
HOW MONEY is MADE.

A young man has asked how
money is made. He is not interest
cd in knowing how gold and silver
are minted or mined. He wants to
know just why one man is pail
more than another.
Think about it for moment ana
see how you would answer the ques-
ton. Then read the following para
graphs.
Imagine a group of small islands
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

points.
The development of modern build
ing materials has made this possible
at cost no greater than that of
unprotected construction.
This is the path to an appreciable
reduction in our enormous annual
fire loss and protection for yourself
and your family: FIRE-SAFE CON-
STRUCTION.
How much money have you to
burn?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

A funny thing, says the Redwood
Gazette: A man who will stand at
the strictest sort of attention while
the bar ] wheezes out the Star
Spang'si 5anLer will do all sorts of
things Y ...le the choir is singing the
doxelogy. He'll help the baby down
off the pew, assist his wife to put
hands with the man behind him and
do all sorts of things. Now isn't
that Inconsistent? Certainly If he
can b, reverent to the national
air he can be ditto to the most sac
red bit of music ever written.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

We are, all of us, considerably
put out by the constant drizzle and
drip of the past several weeks.
While we are commissioning our
selves over the loss of our usual
fine fall weather, we should not for
get that other parts of the United
States b va troubles of a far more
Se1ious EatQre aad the loss of life
b. tornadoes and floods has been
Something enormous.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Painless extraction by gas took
tie neat sum OF $5,033,o9 from
the pockets OF motorists last year in
Minnesota. So far, there has been
no KICK. The money was spent on
the roads and besides the painless
tax, driving on the roads was also
less painful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

des ii, liberties have it that we
shoul6 eight hours and sleep
.sht -curs. In PATCHING some OF
me laD orers Oh certain jobs, it IS
pain Tat this adviee is being hvS
ur to-they 40 both curing the
SAME eight hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
Library Well Defined

Libraries are as the shrines where
all the relics Of the ancient saints, full
Of true virtue, and that wi bout delu-
sion or imposture, are preserved and
reposed.-Bacon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Statistics show that five babies
are born every minute in the United
States. Another statistical sharp
mas inquired that Henry Ford turns
out at the same time rattle for
each one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
Looked for Long Wait

Sign on Cumberland business
mans Office door: 10 a. m.-Gone to
barber shop for shave-back at 4
this afternoon. "-Cumberland (Md)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

The world is getting better every
minute. 1t has been figured that
the people sent to Jail are a mucn
higher class than formerly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
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FORGET 1T.

, lie you see a tall fellow
} Ahead of the crowd,
, A leader of men, marching
, Fearless and proud,
And you know OF a tale
, Whose mere telling aloud
; Would cause his proud head
To be mournfully bowed,
It's a preIJy good plan to
, FORGET II.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

An exchange says it takes LOT
of nuts to hold an atomobne to-
get.er but only one to wreck 1T.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

A square peg may not fit round
hole but square deal fits anywhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Prepared and to be paid for by l.. w. Wilson in
behalf of himself
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08

Subscribe-Don't Borrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-08
motor car
Performance

that startled the motor car industry
THE motor car industry was start
i led when Buick presented the
new Buick with an engine Vibrd-
tionless beyond belief.
If YOU have driven this great new
car, with this remarkable engine,
you know why.
Its fluid smoothness makes other
motor cars seem rough, harsh,
noisy.
People who have driven Bucks
for years and people who have
owned much more expensive cars,
are captivated by the luxury
of this one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-06
]. s. SEXES $50 RUN.
RUNNERS IN YEAR
By ROBERT s. THoRNBURGH

Violation Of American smuggling laws by foreign vessels
negligible according to the annual report Of Attorney Gen
era Sargent Congress today It showed that mos
Of the rumrning carried by ships registered th
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-06
INQUEST DUE IN
WIFE Staying

An inquest viii be held at the
morgue today into the death Of
Rosie Lee Griffin, colored. %, 1883
Sixteenth st. N. E., who was killed
IN her home yesterday. Police say
she was shot by her husband,
Douglas Griffin. "a. Of the same
address.
A police investigation Of the shoot
ing revealed the fact that Griffin.
his wife and James Payton, IS, ard
Parenthia Green, %. all colored.
and all living at the same address
became engaged In a brawl in their
home yesterday.
Griffin, 1t Is said. produced the
pistol and shot his wife, Payton and
Green. The wife died in Casualty
Hospital and the two men are both
said to be seriously injured. They
are in Casualty Hospital.
The husband ran from the house
after the shooting and was chased
into the woods nearby by F. W..
Becker, 1881 Holmead Pl. N. w, a
former policeman. Despite the fat
that the negro had just shot three
people, Becker captured him and
turned him over to Ninth Precinct
police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-06
MILLION XMAS
SEALS SOLD

Sale Of Christmas seals, the pro-
ceeds of which are used in the fight
on tuberculosis, has passed the mil
lion mark in Washington, accord
ing to a statement today by DE-.
George M. Kober, president of the
Washington tuberculosis Associa.
ton.
"As a result of the, fight OF the
National Tuberculosis Association !"
DIR. Kober said, 100000 mon
women and children who would
have been dead Of tuberculosis had
the death rate from this disease Of
two decades ago persisted, will JON
you when you sit down to your
Christmas dinner"
The association plans to quadrnple
the total so far reached in the sale
OF Christmas seals. On the quss-
ton Of the anti-tuberculosis fight,
DR.. Kober said:
1.-THE problem in the prevention
OF tuberculosis, Is a problem In
building resistance. Experts have
shown that a vast majority II
children are infected with .tubercle
bacilli by the time they reach fif-
teen years of age. This infection
however lies dormant in most
cases: until reactivated by some
other Illness. by overwork. by i'm
proper living conditions. or bad
health habits. This is why 1t Is
so important to build up normal
resistance in childhood. The child
health education department OF the
association has this for its object"