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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

as if they had taken leave Of the
world; others, unable to restrain their
grief, broke out into loud and bitter
lamentations" how they continued t.
be alarmed as the three tiny vessels
plunged on into the wilderness of the
water and especially as the needle OF
their compass seemed to be bewitched
and varied more and more, as they
went on, to the west of north instead
of toward the North Star; how they
plead with their leader to turn back
and how in the words of the poet, the
reply of Columbus to all questions was
"why, shall you say at break Of day?
Sail on! Sail oni And onr'
And then on October II, 1892, he
reached his goal-not the Indies Of
his dream but America! Before the
expedition had set out Martin Alfonso
Pinson, an associate of Columbus, in
a recruiting appeal to the seamen Of
Palos had said Friends, come with
us Come with us on this voyage! Here
you are in poverty. Come with US, for
according to accounts you will find
the houses with roofs of gold and you
will return rich and prosperous Al
though they never realized that dream
of riches it was their venture which
eventually resulted in the building in
the New World which they had reached
a nation whose wealth is vastly great
err than all the riches of which Column
bus ever dreamed. To the eyes of many
an immigrant from the native land Of
Columbus the skyline of New York
rising up out of the ocean to the
overhanging clouds has seemed to be
truly that of city composed OF
"houses with roofs of gold" in the
promised Land
There is much disagreement among
historians as to the truth about this
man, Christopher Columbus dispute
as to his paternity and his nationality
and dispute as to his right to the title
of "Discoverer of the New World"
Seven cities of Greece are said to
have claimed the great poet, Homer,
for their own. But no less than seven
teen towns vie for the honor of being
"the birthplace of Columbus" Italy
says he was an Italian; Spain insists
that he was born in Galicia, Spanish
province; Portugal lays claim to him
as native son, as does Corsica, once
a French island.
Contrary to all school history teach
ing, there are those who insist that
Columbus did not discover the New
World. They would give that honor
to the Norsemen or to any one of a
number Of navigators who are believed
to have dared. the Atlantic long before
he did-Breton, Spanish, Portuguese
or some native of northern Africa.
But after all, the question of his ma
tionality and the question of who was
the first European actually to set foot
on land in the New World are rela-
lively unimportant. For it was the
achievement Of Columbus, be he Span
lard, Italian or Portuguese, that
counts most.
1892 to 1927! Four centuries have
passed since Columbus sailed out into
the unknown but the message he gave
to the world then still lives, the mes
sage of the ultimate triumph Of faith
and high courage and steadfast pur-
pose over superstition and ignorance
and fear. And the message which Co
lumbus day brings to Americans each
year is the inspiration, amid discour-
agement and apparent defeat, to ''sail
on and on and on"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

he is able to prevent the rope tight
ening and choking him. BY one grip
with ten men. Another accomplish
ment is to drive nails into wood with
his hand Mr.. Price is forty-four, does
no training. smokes little, but does
not drink alcohol, and although he
eats rather heavily, he has no special
diet. He hopes to create new weight
lifting records shortly.-London Tit
Bits.
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hope of ever realizing the fondest am
bition of his life. "He was tall and
well built, of dignified mien, with red
hair and beard, long ruddy face,
clear gray eyes and aquiline nose"
writes DR.. i. B. Richman author of
''The Spanish Conquerors," volume
two of the Yale university press
CHRONICLES of America" "To interiors
his manner was exacting and brusque,
to equals it was urbane and to superb
ors it was courtly. His figure showed
to advantage, whereof he was not un-
duly aware, and he evinced a taste for
yellow in beads and for crimson and
scarlet in caps, cloaks and shoes.
unlike the Spaniards, whom he
was to lead, Columbus was not in dis
position primitive; he had no relish for
blood and suffering. He was, however,
proud, with measure Of austerity,
and he was highly romantic and strik-
ingly devout."
Such was the man whose great
achievement is celebrated on October
IL of this year, 435 years after that
achievement took place, and perhaps
it was the romantic element in his
nature which made him, despite all
Encouragement, hold fast to his dream
of finding shorter route to the wealth
of the Orient by sailing directly west
across the "Sea of Darkness" For the
wise men of his day scoffed at his
plan, ridiculed his idea that the earth
was round like a ball, called him
visionary and a foolish schemer.
This was not his first appearance
at the royal court of Spain. He had
been there once before and had failed
just as he had failed at the court
of another monarch. The story of his
failures and his final triumph, as CIV
en- by Doctor Richman, follows:
He obtained an audience with the
king of Portugal and laid before him
a definite proposal. He asked for three
caravels equipped and supplied for
year; and, in the event of lands being
found for the vice-royalty and per-
petual government therein, tenth of
the income therefrom, the rank of
nobleman, and the title of grand adj
miral.
So affronted was the monarch by
what he felt to be the vanity and pre-
sumption of the petitioner that he
promptly referred his plea to a coun-
Gil of three experts, by whom, after
some elaboration, it was dismissed
Thereupon Columbus, late; in 14S5, or
early in 1886. left Portugal for Spain.
What first occurred is not known.
Presumably Ferdinand and Isabella,
after a courteous hearing, smilingly
put by the question oftexploration, for
they referred it to the queens con-
fessor, fernando de Talavera,
who at length, late in 1890, reported
adversely for Columbus, and the sover-
eigns accepted the report.
Columbus would seem to have gone
back to Portugal, but by May II, 1889,
he was again in Spain and in attend
ance upon Ferdinand and Isabella at
the siege of Baza.
Columbus was poverty stricken and,
for once, discouraged. With what cheer
he might, he met his friend, the for
mer guardian, Antonio de Marchena, and
also (perhaps for the first time) the
officiating guardian. Juan Perez, once
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
HeIium Gas First

The discovery of heliun gas on
the sun preceded it's discovery in COM
mercial quantities Cd the earth by
about so years. Lockyer in 1868
found new gaa in the spectrum of
the sun while studying the flames
shooting out from its surface. The
gas was new because the color of the
line representing it, when analysed by
the spectroscope, was distinctly diff
ferent from anything previously
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
EnqIand's Strong Man

Who is the strongest man In Brit
ain? A good claim could be made
for ]. G. Price of the Forge, Bear
land, Gloucester. Alta recent agricuI-
tural show Mr.. Price amazed the dis
trict by exhibitions of strength.
One Of his extraordinary feats Is
to tie long rope in slipknot around
his neck and let two men pull as hard
as they can to try to strange him. By
extending the muscles Of his throat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

Button wrote in lace ruffies and Sir
Walter Scott liked to array himself
in his shooting jacket from six O'Clock
until dinner time, whilst Guido Reno
painted with much pomp and consid-
cred himself at his best when dressed
magniicently, and had his pupils at
tend him In silence, ranged around
him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
Famous Russian Crow.a

Probably the most valuable and in
teresting of all the Russian crowns
was the one made in 1862 for Cath
crime II by Bauzie, a celebrated jewel
er of the day. Since the time Of Cath
crime this crown has been used at the
coronation of all the rulers of Russia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
Diamond Dyes
Just Dip to TINT, or Boil to DYE
"Merry Andrew"

This was first applied to Andrew
Borde, physician to Henry VIII. He
was very learned and very eccentric,
and in order to instruct the people, he
used to address them at fairs and
other crowded places. Those who imi-
tated his wit and droll tricks, though
not possessing his genius, were called
Merry Andrews.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

gate and found in his samples that
helium, noninfiammable, inert gas,
was to blame. Its extraction in pay
ing quantities from Texas gas wells
followed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
CHILDREN CRY
FOR "CASTORIAI'
Especially Prepared for Infants
and Children of ALI Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years to re-
lieve babies and children of Constipa.
tfon, Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diar.
rhea; allaying Feyerishness arising
therefrom, and, by regulating the
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimi.
lation OF Food; giving natural sleep
without opiates.
The genuine bears signature of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
NeuD FORKS Busiest Clerk

AsS~ " ~ D1otSoS StCsN
A deputy clerk in New York city's
marriage bureau declares he has mar
ried $1,000 couples in five years. A
Kansas editor figures that would be
one marriage ceremony every Is min
utes, 10 hours day, every day in the
week for. five long monotonous years,
and argues that half that much matri-
mony would send q man to the bug
house. Sometimes one ceremony will
do that.-Capper's Weekly. 49,.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

Civilization is also the ability to
escape the plaques of civilization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
NEW Y1zzRK esRN1E

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
E Discovery
= There turks in every breast some
z of the fire )
6 That sent Columbus daring un- :
3 known seas,
There turks in every human (
g heart desire
E To find new continents. To ;
3 such as these z
The woodland is a world, and
continents
They who go seeking shall as )
e surely find :
AS he who scorned an earth's ex- Z
perience (
And left established error far
behind.
8 Let us go forth, as great Col
q umbus sailed,
And we shall find new archi-
E pelagoes- )
8 Sequestered paths that only deer I
have trailed, (
Perhaps another continent,
E who knows?-
& Some clustered valley far from :
8 man removed, Z
Some fragrant clearing hidden
q IN the HIS
e Some lily garden man has never )
g loved, I
Waiting our coming, the dis (
coverers.
g We may not find Americas, but )
a we )
Shall feel this thrill that /
e thrilled a greater breast !
Perhaps a mountain that will s
8 glimpse the sea, !
Beneath a stump, perhaps, I
& partridge nest;
We shall make sail across the {
trackless green, )
6 We shall uncover riches in the ;
IS flower,
We shall behold new beauties
now unseen
Z Yea, we shall be Columbus for )
an hour. 2
Douglas Malloch. I
tH}ttSfSStH-DJtyt{fftJty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

Y THE year 1492'there ap-
peared at the court of
King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella of Spain a
man named Christopher
Columbus, or Cristobal
Colon, a poverty-stricken,
discouraged sea captain
who at the age of fifty
six had all but given up
a boYhood dream and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

Farm life is the only life-sn novels
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-30

q
smiled good-naturedly down on the
greatly excited Swan, struggling he
roically with the part his conscience
babe him play. Then he said quietly:
"Swan, If you choose to believe the
nonsense with which Carrier has filed
your peanut brain, there is no law to
prevent 1t. But Miss Quarter has had
opportunity to Judge and she doesn't
believe it. She is also her own
mistress and capable of determining
her own actions. She Is going to the
Camerons with Inc now. Tell her I'm
hereI"
The last was spoken with such cold
vehemence that Reverend Swan in
stinctively drew back, fearing bodily
harm. But the little man was stub
born. Miss Quarter was placed uh.
der my protection by her brother. /
have duty"
"Oh, is that you, Mr.. Guthrie?"
called feminine voice from some
where in the building. "Just a min
ute! I'm putting on my coat"
Miss S(udiilci, dHHouuCcu lH6 red
faced missionary, aware that the stu
alton was swiftly slipping from his
control, II forbid you walking to the
Camerons' with this man.
"Oh, Mr.. Swan! You can't be really
serious" said Joan, appearing in a
doorway. Mrs. Cameron expects me
and I'm sure my reputation is good
enough to survive the walk there with
Mr.. Guthrie" She was talking az one
coaxes a child, and Guthrie bit his
lips in an attempt to stifle laugh.
(To BE CONTINUED
The producers news., 1927-06-03
A LESSON FROM NATURE

Physicians would have us take a leaf from the
book OF Nature as guide to our daily lives They
declare that the greatest enemy of mankind is
worry. It develops heart disease. nervous
troubles, indigestion and countless other afflic-
uons. 1t lowers vitality and makes the individual
easy prey for the inroad of diseases of all sorts
Physicians remind us that
So far as is known, no bird ever tried r. bn;1d
more nests than its neighbor
No fox ever fretted because he had only one
hole in which to hide.
No squirrel ever died of anxiety lest he should
not lay by enough nuts for two winters instead
of one.
No hound ever lost any sleep over the fact that
ne did not have enough bones laid aside for his
declining years.
If human beings would study Nature more
Closely and take advantage of the many valuable
lessons she offers through those creatures we are
prone in our arrogance to consider far beneath
us, we may learn few things not dreamed of IN
our so-called philosophy.
The producers news., 1927-06-03
NAVAL. PARLEY PLANS
ARE UNDER DISCUSSION

pean debate on the possibility that
ANYTHING can be accomplished IN Cne
coming parley has shown that tne
British and French press anticipates
definite program from the WASH
ington government. Only by laying
down on the table, for Immediate
public inspection, a plan which Will
insure limitation, if not actual re
duction of naval expenditure, will
President Coolidge be likely to get
any satisfaction out of his venture.
France has refused to take part, on
the ground that she cannot submit
her naval power, under present poll
tical conditions, to control from out
side. French fear of Mussolini's al
lance with Tory Britain is growing;
onlv when the British Labour Party
gains control of the House of Com
mons by a decisive majority will the
French cease to feel that British pow
er is allied with Italian Fascism to
undermine the French position in Eur
one and Africa. When MussOlini at
first curtly refused to discuss naval
limitation, and later changed his at
titude without a word of explanation
neither the British nor the French
were surprised. They knew that his
first declaration was a gesture fol
home consumption, and that his fina
endorsement of the parley was givel
in order to embarrass the French.
Now that Britain has broken will
the Soviet Union, and all Europe i
anxious as to the danger of a nev
war, Mussolini announces in his owl
Fascist parliament that "The Locarn
powers are furiously arming"-as hi
reason for starting new program o
naval and army expansion. Tn
three-power naval parley will affor
the British and French a chance t
refute this charge, and for the Brit
ish government to give new pledge
of peaceful intentions.
The producers news., 1927-06-03

Washington - Shall the American
delegates in the naval limitation con-
ference which will open at Geneva on
June 20 submit to the British and
Japanese delegates plan for drastlc
reduction of the present cruiser and
submarine strength of these three
nations? Or shall the American pro-
I posal, with which the three-power
conference will start, be simply one
of standing still and forbidding any
extension of the power that has been
created in these branches of naval
equipment?
These are problems faced by the
conference which has been in session
in Secretary Kellogg's office for al
most a week. Admiral Hilary Jones,
technical expert for the Navy, who
has been attending the preliminary
arms-reduction parleys of the League
at Geneva, is leading the technical
review of the world naval situation
Hugh Gibson, newly appointed am
bassador to Belgium, now retired
from the post of minister to Switzer-
land, is to be chairman of the AmerI-
can delegation, but he will be under
instructions to make this a technical
rather than a political conference o1
the three powers. Admiral Jones
will be heard more often than Gibson
Hugh Wilson, who is the new min
lister to Switzerland, will be secretar!
of the American delegation, anC
probably will be made secretary o
the conference. He has for som
years been in charge of press rela
tions at the State Department, bu
formerly was secretary of the Bern
delegation.
Secretary Kellogg has not disclos
ed whether a clean-cut proposal fo
percentage reduction or percentag
: limitation will be made by the Amer
ican government at the outset, as wa
done by Hughes at the Washingto-
conference six years ago. Yet Euro
The producers news., 1927-06-03
Friday, June 3, lq2,

chinery plants and to explain 70 :,
managers the plans of the W. pant
partment for distributing ordes. De-
them in the event of war. Tba %
GERS of the army, in turn, were re- ,9 Glil'
a first-hand lesson in big-scaIe ;Sle ;StSen
trial production. ''uuS'
Industrial mobilization, as y
called by the department, was hoe.
ly endorsed by the spokesme,n9 ,9'I : Y
the Carnegie Steel Co., Natl no I9'
Co., Westinghouse Electric & Ws Nue.
Co., Jones & Laughlin, and ~ TIlg
concerns. They said the departmvosalsy' vsly'
plans would help their industry' I:
time of emergency, since thew wor3 Y
provide for efficient distributionn nOul9 y
work with a minimum waste of o.. " Y,
in readjustment to war product
Everyone assumed the likelibood y
a war emergency.
The producers news., 1927-06-03
a SIDE-LIGHT ON SCHLAPS''

"The execution Of Ferdinand Schlaps at
Wolf Point, Montana, last Friday adds
the finishing chapter to the most brutal
story of murder that has ever been un-
folded to readers of the press in this part
of the country. 1t is perhaps best for all
readers, young and old, that the story be
forgotten as speedily as possible.
However, the question may be asked:
''What kind of a home produced such
boy, scarcely out Of his teens, that was
capable of perpetrating such an infamous
deed ?"
"The answer is simple enough, and this
part of it ought to be brought to the at
tention of those who look for primal
causes. Young Schlaps came out of
home that was stepped in ignorance and
brutality. His father was drinking man,
and while under the influence of liquor
was an abusive and dangerous man. He
was killed in a brawl He gave his boy
Ferdinand only "a weeks of schooling
when he was too young to work on the
farm.
"The personal liberty advocates who
want everybody to drink as much and as
often as they please, and keep their chill
dren out of school, will find nothing in
the Schlaps case to bolster up their side of
the case"
The producers news., 1927-06-03
APPROVAL GIVEN
POPLAR school,
Addition of Laboratory Permits Inos
tuition to Qualify in NOrthwestpD
Association.

Poplar, May 23.-Graduates Of II.
class of 1927 are the first from tIs
Poplar high school to hold diploma..
from a school not only accredited Nv
the state department, but a nationsl
secondary association.
Since 1921 the standards MAINTAIN
ed as to teachers qualifications s1n
ervision, building facilities, hygeri,
conditions and salaries have met wifi
the requirements Of both the North
Central association of colleges and
secondary schools, and the North.
western association. However. be.
cause Of the limited laboratory faei6.
ties, the state high school inspector
did not feel warranted in recommend.
ing the admission of the Poplar school
to either one of these associations.
Last summer a new laboratory was
| installed in the basement Of the
school which is more than ample IA
meet present needs. Apparatus for
the instruction in physics has been
purchased and this subject will alter.
nate with chemistry in the future.
AS a result, Superintendent Mitch.
ell was notified recently that Poplar
1 had been enrolled as a member Of The
4 Northwestern Association of colleges
and secondary schools. This means
that a graduate from Poplar can en-
ter any of the higher institutions O
learning upon presentation of hi
diploma.
Poplar is the only high school il
| Roosevelt county which belongs t
either of the higher accedited assoc
ations.
The producers news., 1927-06-03

Continued next week)
The producers news., 1927-06-03
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By LAURENCE TODD. Federated P ress

that the Texas husband was justified
in his attitude. And so three house
holds broke. The wives had no thot
of yielding on so serious a point OF
political progress.
Fifty officers of the Army Indus
trial College have just made a three
day visit to the Pittsburgh district
to look over the big steel and ma.
The producers news., 1927-06-03

Washington. = (FP) - President
Coolidge, true to form, has made a |
political selection of his vacation
place this summer. South Dakota has
two senators at Washington who were
elected against the opposition of his
machine in 1924 and 1926. They are
not real progressives, but McMaster
is inclined to follow the lead of Nor
ris on farm issues, and Norbeck, now
entering his second term, frequently
votes with the Hiram Johnson and
Borah group. Indeed, Norbeck has
been known as Hiram JohnsOn's only
follower in the Senate.
By going into the Black Hills state
forest in southwestern South Dakota
for his three months of seclusion,
Coolidge does nothing for the impov-
erished farmers or cattlemen of the
| West, but he flatters the sentiment
of state pride and gives welcome ad-
vertising to the railroads and other
tourist industries in that region. Nc
Master and Norbeck, as practical pol
iticians, will be put into the role of
polite hosts, whether they like it or
not And since South Dakota is the
state which holds the earliest presi-
Dental primary next year, Coolidge
has by this move given himself the
maximum handicap in the race for
delegates in the 1923 convention.
Edward P Costigan, progressive
member of the U. S. Tariff Commis-
~s- - 4I,, GTosl,A
against Smoot's domination of that
body through high-tariff zealOts last
year, is going home to Colorado for
a summers rest. Years ago, before
Wilson appointed him to the commits
sion as a Progressive Party man, Cos
tigan won fame in the West as cOun-
sci for John Lawson, president of the
United Mine Workers in Colorado
Lawson directed the strike against
the Rockefeller interests in the Trini
| dad field, and was tried before {
specially-created court dominated b!
the Rockefeller influence, which
found him guilty of murder. On ap
peal he was freed Costigan became
! the Bull Moose nominee for governor
in 1912.
In Washington, Costigan's intim
ate associates are among the Bran
deis La Toilette Wheeler Norris
: group. Possessed of rare charm O.
2 friendliness, a brilliant mind and un
o usual courage, he occupies a role no
unlike that held by Brandeis befor,
the latter went on the bench.
.
: A Texas poll tax dispute, accord
: ing to reports in Democratic officia
circles, has broken up three familie
in Maryland, just over the border o
the national capital. The disput
deals with women's value as voters.
o A woman on a Texas plantation
d asked her husband to pay the poll
tax for their family, so that sh
might vote. He refused to pay an
! tax but his own, saying that her vot
n wasn't worth paying for. She wen
), to the county seat and stayed in
: hotel, while her friends started
bill through the state legislature max
{ ing it impossible for a husband t
e thus separate his own polltax pay
: ment from that of his wife. Thi
e measure was passed, and the woma
: went triumphantly home.
Afterward, she visited in the Mary
9 land suburbs of Washington, and tol
y her story. Women who heard
started arguments with their hus
$ bands, three of whom held firml