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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14

Mrs. Eva Harvey, wife of Charles
H. Harvey, died at the family resi-
dence, 308 10Th Avenue North, on
Wednesday, October 18th. Mrs. Har-
vey had been i'll for the past year and
was taken to Columbus Hospital Sep
TENDER 20, where she was under the
care of two physicians and a private
nurse, Miss Theresa Dixon. On the
advice of physicians, Mrs. Harvey
was removed to her home, where Miss
Dixon remained in watchful attend
ance.
Mrs. Harvey was pioneer of Sc
attic, having arrived here in 1888.
Born in Kentucky in 1867, she was
go years of age. Mrs. Harvey is sur
vived by her husband, Charles II,
Harvey, her sister, Mrs. Geo. w. Tur-
ner, two brothers, Arthur Ellis OF
Minneapolis and Charles Ellis CT Sc
attic, three sons, Robert, Roy and
Ray, three daughters, Mrs. Gertrude
Harvey Wright, Mrs. Irene Harvey
Alexander and Miss Corinne Harvey
and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from
Bonney-Watson Undertaking Parlors
on Broadway at 2 p. M, Monday, De-
tober II. Rev. Il. Martin Lewis will
officiate, assisted by Rev. A. r. Dob.
bins.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14

Attorney Matthew Hill, president
of the Alumni Association of the
University of Washington, will speak
at the vesper services at the Y. W..
C. A. Sunday. An interesting musical
program has been planned.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Seattle Notes and Gossip

Miss AIRLINE DAVIDSON. Reporter
Phones: Day, Eliot 45s6; Night, East 1858
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14

KEEP OFF DATE: November Is
an. l9-Mount Rainier Chapter, o.
E. S.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Notice
World War Veterans

All World War Veterans are re-
quested TO attend a meeting of Lewis
Ford Post Sunday. October nc, at
2:30 D. m. at 2l3 10th Ave. This
meeting is open TO all veterans. Come
and get acauainted.-0. S. Gordon,
commander. r 1
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Notice
Republican Club

King County Colored Republican
Club will hold annual election of Of
fieers SUNDAY, October 16. at 3 p. m.
at Masonic Hall. 2lst Ave. and JEFF
ferson st. Other business of impor-
lance. All members urged to attend.
Public invited. - C. r. Anderson,
president; N. T. Green. secretary.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Masons
Notice

All master masons in Seattle and
vicinity are invited to attend Ma.
sons Conviyial. Tuesday night. octo-
Der Is at Masonic Hall. :2lst Ave.
and f. jefferson ST., under auspices
of Toussaint L'overture Consistory,
No. 35. Everything free. Eats
music, song and addresses. Don't
forget the time and place.
r. Z. Sanders, commander.
J, w. L. Fort, secretary.
/" w. II. Wilson, Charm. of com.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Wanted!
Woman Nurse

Wanted at once, middle aged WON.
an as attendant for sideshow dwarf
Must travel. Good wages. Barney
Nelson, Worlds Museum, First Ave.
near Totem Pole. iff
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Wanted!
Women Agents

to sell full-fashioned silk hose and
up.to-date neckwear. Liberal COM
mission. E. Marx, 315 Pacific Block.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14

A deal was closed last week by
which Attorney and Mrs. Dean F..
Hart bought the property at 244G
East Valley st. with two houses. Mr.,
and Mrs. Hart are residing in one
and will rent the other. Mr.. Hart is
able to be in his office again after q
weeks illness.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14

Negotiations were completed Tues
day by which Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
(Wildcat) Carter became the owners
of the modern bungalow at 1915
Eighth Ave. N. E., in the University
district.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14
Don't Live In a Howell

Be comfortable this winter. Neat
ly furnished or nnfurnished rooms
and apartments for rent at reason
able rates are listed in the CLASH
fled Columns of The Enterprise.
Turn to page T.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-14


Miss Ethel Netherley and Mr.. Clar-
ence Lightfoot,. both of Seattle,
were quietly married Monday at Van
couver, Wash. Following the cere-
mony they were entertained with a
dinner at Portland by Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo F. Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch Brown of
Longview spent thel week visiting in
Seattle. During their stay they were
guests at the Dunbar Hotel.
The City Federated Women will
meet next Wednesday night at So
journer Truth Home. The federation
will be entertained. by the Carter
Charity and Benevolent Club.
Mrs. Carrie Black of the Caroline
Black Beauty Shoppe returned Tues
day from Denver, where she passed
a week visiting her brother-in-law,
Robert Black. During her visit Mrs.
Black was the recipient of many So
cial courtesies.
Mrs. M, A. Coleman entertained
with party Saturday night honoring
Mr. and Mrs. r. N. Love of Memphis,
friends of childhood days Dainty
refreshments were. served during the
evening". Il. ae st,
The following colored students are
registered at the University of WASH
ington: Avis Dennis, Anaconda,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Questionable. 1

Who discovered the Pacific ocean!
2-What is the oldest town in the
United States and when was it settled?
3-What is the area of the earth's
surface?
4What is the average persons
range of visibility?
5-How many times has st. Louis
won the National league pennant?
6-What is the meaning of the Rem
aissance as applied to art?
zWhat land is remarkable in that
1t has practically no drainage to the
sea?
S-What is the oldest Greek letter
college fraternity?
91Who said, 81 regret that I have
but one life to give to my country!
1O-What industry is considered the
barometer for general trade in the
United States?
11-What is myopia?
12-How old is the earth?
13-When was negro slavery intro
duced into the United States?
14-When was Yale college founded?
15-Who was the first man to drive
an automobile more than mile in
minute?
16-What American actor has won
distinction as tragedian and come
dian; as an interpreter of Shake
speare and of the modern drama, and
is equally proficient on the stage and
In moving pictures?
(which of the continents has the
most regular coast line?
1S-Who was the first lyric poet OF
France?
19-Who said: Oh the torpedoes !!
Go ahead!"?
2O-What is Americas greatest un-
developed resource?
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creeds and political utilization in the
United States. The national council
consists of the governors of the 4S
states in the Union. IMPLYING the 48
stars in the flag. The association,
founded for the promotion OF rever-
ence for the flag and the ideals and
institutions for which it stands, hopes
to bring about In this sesquicentennial
year a patriotic revival through the
formation of "sesquicentennial living
flags" on Flag day.
During the $50 years Of its history
the American Flag has attracted to it
various symbolical names-Old Glory,
Stars and Stripes, Red, White and
Blue, the Nationals Standard, the
Starry Flag, the Flag of the Free, the
Rainbow of Hope, the Colors, the En-
sign, and the Star Spangled Banner.
The last is perhaps the fayorite one
since it is also the name Of our ma
tional anthem. That name for it was
first used in 1914 and associated with
1t are the names of Fort McHenry,
Md, and Francis Scott Key.
That, too, is one of the familiar
traditions of American history but
there is no dispute about the facts
connected with naming the flag "the
Star Spangled Banner" as there is in
the case of the origin of the banner.
During the War of 1872 a British ex-
petition set out to ''cut the nation in
two" by moving up the Chesapeake
bay, capturing Washington and Balti-
more and from this strategic position
operating north and south. Washing
ton was captured and the capitol
burned. But when the British fleet
moved against Baltimore it found a
stout defender of that city in the form
Of Fort McHenry.
During the bombardment of the fort
Francis Scott Key, young Maryland
lawyer, was detained on board one of
the British ships to which he had gone
seeking the release of a friend who
had been taken prisoner by the Brit
ish. All during the night Key watched
the bonbardment. At dawn he peered
through the mist and smoke to see
If the fort still held out or if its guns
had been silenced and it had been
forced to surrender. To his delight he
saw that "our flag was still there"
So he sat down and wrote the words of
the immortal song on the back of an
old envelope.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

The original "Star Spangled Ban
ner," the flag which flew over Fort Nc
Henry that memorable night is still
preserved in the National museum in
Washington. 1t was made by Mrs.
Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore, whose
grandmother, Rebecca Young, is said
to have made "the first flag of the
Revolution under General Washing
tons direction" although her de-
scendants who have preserved the
story do not specify which flag this
first" one was. In its present state
Of preservation the Star Spangled Ban
ne Is 80 by % feet. 1t has Is stripes
and an equal number of stars. 1t was
one of the famous "15 Stars and
Stripes" flags authorized by congress
in 1894, since there were then only 10
states In the Union. 1t was one of
these "15 Stars and Stripes" flags
which flew from the mast of the U.
S. S. Constitution, "Old Ironsides,' and
under which Oliver Hazard Perry
fought in his famous naval battle on
Lake Erie.
Nor has the memory of Key been
forgotten. He died In Baltimore In
1S43 and he lies buried In Frederick,
Md, the town made famous by the
tradition of Barbara Frietchie and her
defiance of "Shoot If you must this
old gray head, but spare your coun-
try's flag" In 1914 congress made an
appropriation for monument at Fort
McHenry to stand as a memorial to
Key and the American soldiers and
sailors who beat off the British at
tack. This monument was dedicated
on Flag day in 1922 with President
Harding delivering the principal ad-
dress. :
The Sixty-eighth congress In 1925
appropriated the sum of $4,000 for
the restoration of Fort McHenry I'M
der the direction of the secretary Of
war and tits permanent preservation
as national park and perpetual ma
tional memorial shrine as the birth
place of the immortal Star Spangled
Banner" This work is now going
on, with the fort itself being restored
and the buildings around 1t being torn
down to make place for beautiful
park. In the picture above, showing
Fort McHenry as it is today, the flag
staff is said to be the same one which
the flag, that inspired Francis Scott
Key, few and from it '.Star Span
gled Banner still waves"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Prophecy Fulfilled

There are several lakes or streams
In different parts of the world with
which are connected strange stories.
One Is Lake Chrissie, four miles from
Ermelo, in the eastern Transvaal,
When the Dutch emigrants from the
Cape first settled in the Transvaal an
old Kaffir medicine man predicted that
some day the lake would become dry,
and then the Beers would lose their in
dependence. This prophecy was full
filed when the Beers were subju-
gated by the British.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
ActorIess Are Expected

Frieo Prampolini, an italian futur-
fst, says the time will come when
there will be no actors in the thea
ter. The future theater, he says. will
present abstract forces" and each pro-
ductien win be a mechanical rite OF
the eternal transcendence of matter
Instead of story enacted by human
beings it will be an arrangement Of
architectural and scenic forces. with
time and space the chief dynamic ele-
ments."-Rome correspondence of the
Detroit Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Accidents That Haze
Made Big Industries

A piece of cheese tossed by one
workman at another during the
luncheon hour missed its mark and
dropped into the plating bath used in
the production of copper disks from
which wax photograph records were
stamped. Later the disks from that
bath were found to be far superior to
the others, and an investigation re-
vealed that the casein In the cheese
had done the trick. This disclosed a
possible improvement worth thousands
of dollars to the manufacturer. Tele-
phone engineers discovered that an
alloy Of nickel and iron, when pro-
duced in the form of narrow ribbon
and wound around the copper core of
a submarine cable, would increase the
speed of the cable six times. The only
trouble was that no one seemed able
to find flux that would weld the ends
of the ribbon into a solid piece. One
day a workman jokingly said: Lets
try salt" Picking up the shaker from
his luncheon pail, he started to-
sprinkle the salt over the fux, when
the cover fell off the shaker and the
salt poured over the weld. This start
ed chemical action that united the
edges, and the problem was solved. A
scientist in France, while experiment.
ing in his laboratory, inadvertently
opened the wrong valve. Before he
could rectify his mastake several drops
of moisture settled in a glass tube that
was part of the apparatus. His ella
ton knew no bounds, for here at last
was the end of the long search for
liquid oxygen. Again an accident Gre
ated an industry and gave US an explo-
siye far safer and mightier than dyna-
mite.-Floyd w. Parsons in the Satur-
day Evening Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Guncotton From Garbage

Possibly some day nothing whatever
win be wasted The last word in
salyaging scraps comes from Berlin,
Germany, where an engineer, Kurt
Gerson, has recently erected large
plant to convert the garbage Of the
city into guncotton, artificial silk and
other useful products. BY this proc
ess. reports Popular Science Monthly,
all cellulose matter is sifted from the
garbage and subjected to special treat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Helped Him Out

After dinner the other evening In a
Paris cafe a Turk who was an en-
thusiastic partisan of the new ways of
life in his own country was explaining
that, in his opinion, marriage as prac-.
ticed IN Christian lands was the only
method Of mating which furnished
solid basis for society.
"Yes," he concluded, II am firm
believer In mono. mono" And
at this point, although he spoke
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

luton, proposed by John Adams, which
said:
Resolved, That the Flag of the thir-
teen United States be thirteen stripes.
alternate red and white. that the union
be thirteen stars. white in blue field.
representing new constellation.
Thus did the flag come into being.
It's inception is one Of our favorite
traditions In which the names of
George Washington and Betsy Ross
are inseparably linked. According to
this tradition, the first flag, combining
the stars and stripes, was made by
Mrs. Elizabeth Ross at her home, 239
Arch street, Philadelphia, under the
personal supervision of George Wash
ington some time between May % and
June z, 1777. The flag, as designed
by Washington, had six-pointed stars
and it was at Mrs. Ross suggestion
that five-pointed stars were substi-
tuted.
Her design was presented to con-
gress by committee composed of her
husband, Col George Ross, one of the
signers Of the Declaration of indie
pendence from Pennsylvania; Robert
Morris and Washington, who in pre-
senting it said, "We take the star from
heaven, the red from our mother coun-
try, separating it by white stripes and
the white stripes shall go down to
posterity representing liberty"
Such is the tradition which is CON-
monty accepted, even though there is
no documentary proof to back up its
authenticity. Later Betsy Ross is said
to have received from the government
a contract for making flags and she
and her daughter carried on this bust
ness until 1857. Today there are de
scendants of Betsy Ross, such as the
young woman pictured above, Miss
Jane Ross of New York, who carry on
the family tradition of flag-makers.
According to another story, this first
flag was designed by Francis Hopkin-
son of New Jersey (also signer of
the Declaration Of Independence and
the itemized statement which he pre-
sented to the government in 1880 for
his services in designing this flag, as
well as the seal of the Department of
Admiralty and of other governmental
departments, is on file in the Con-
gressional library.
But whether Betsy Ross or Francis
Hopkinson was the designer, as well as
a number of other details connected
with the origin Of the flag over which
there is dispute, is ever settled con-
clusively, the fact remains that June
Ia, 1777, was the date upon which the
American flag officially came into ex-
istence, and that is the reason for the
observance of Flag day. 1t has spe-
-cfal significance this year, too, be-
cause the United States Flag associa-
ton, of which President Coolidge is
honorary president, has launched
campaign for a million members
through the formation of "sesquicen-
tennial living flags" throughout the ma
ton. The United States Flag associa-
ton came into being through the efforts
of Col. James A. Moss, u. S. A. Gre
tired, who served through three wars
under the Stars and Stripes and who
Is director general of the association.
The founders of it are thirteen in num-
Der, IMPLYING the thirteen stripes in
the aag,~and include prominent men
and women representing all races,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

mistress said, waving her hand out to-
wards the great, windy spread of roll
ing waters and white sails and wheel
ing gulls:
There, Elisa, there's the sea. What
do you think of ftp.
"Gosh," said Elisa. at smells like
oysters, don't ft?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Mail Routes Motorized

OF the 54,318 rural mail routes in the
United States 90 per cent have been
motorized, according to the annual re-
port to congress of Postmaster Gen.
eraI New. The combined lengths of
the routes is f.249.97s miles and the
total mileage trayersed during the last
fiscal year was 81, 045. 703.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Load EN-, and Eat

Young Bride-Do you keep ice
cream freezers?
Hardware Dealer-Yes, we have the
exclusive agency for this city. What
size do you want7
Young Bride-I already have one
a present. What need now are some
ref1lls-half dozen vanilla, three
chocolate and three orange sherbet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

Is can make him run Willie-"Yes,
you cant How" Bobby-"Just by
tickling him under the chin" Willie
"And that'u make him run7'' Bobby
"Surs-make him run after me every
tims.s
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
This May Be True

Elisa was hired girl. She lived in
Kansas, and she had never seen the
ocean. Finally, though, her mistress
took her to Ocean park.
On their arrival at Ocean park they
went down to the sunlit beach and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

French with facility, he could not
think of the word he wanted. Where
upon his French host came TO his res
cue.
"Afonotony," said the latter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Mutual Liking

when two people like the same
thing their married life is bound to
be happy" sighed the romantic girl.
swell, you and George ought to be
happy" remarked her friend, who
wanted George and didn't get him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
What's the
Answer.

Here il . new feature that will
provide profitable entertainment
for all of our readers. In each
issue we will print . series of
twenty questions covering such
subjects a. history. science, ge-
osraphy, literature. arithmetic,
religion, sports. economics, fla
nous sayings, natural history
and other things. In this issue
we start the series with the first
twenty questions. Our next issue
will carry the answer to these
questions and another set of
twenty, and so on over period
of several months. Try to answer
these questions as they appear
in each issue. To do SO, to
search for the answers that you
do not know, will add materially
to your store of valuable infor-
nation. This new, whats the
Answer" department is an edu-
cational feature of unusual value.
Cut out the questions, keep them
until the answers appear in. the
next issue and then see how near
correct your own answers have
been. Follow it from issue to
issue and you will find it fas-.
cinating.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

LAG Day, Which Is Observed
on June IA throughout the
United States, has a spe-
cial significance this year
because it is the sesqui-
centennial of the adoption
of our national emblem.
For it was on June IA,
TIT, just $50 years ago,
that the Second Contin-
entail congress In Phila-
delnbia adoptnd the raso-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

ment. Moreover. by distilling such
matter as potato parings and pieces
OF wood. Gerson declares he can pro-
duce tar. charcoal and acetic acid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Got Along Without Zero

The Greeks and Romans did not
have a zero in their numerals. Our
present system with the zero was de-
rived from that of the Arabs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

i know you love him, and 1 notice
he is very fond of himself."-Peie
Mele, Paris.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

A machine has been developed ca
pable of signing from $500 to $500
checks In one hour.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03

The total number Of Israelites en-
gagged In the war with the Afidianites
was 12,000-1.000 for every tribe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-03
Must Help Himself

Heaven ne'er helps the man who
win not act Sophoclsa.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-09
Big INCREASE
IN ASSETS OF
U. s. RISK FIRMS
Total Assets of Nations Com.
panies Now $14,5OO,O0O 900
Break Records

New York.. Dec. 9.-tP)--An in.
crease Of more than one anc halt
billion dollars in the asset Of Amer
lean insurance companies was re-
ported today by James L. LOOMS,
president Of the Connecticut Mu-
tual Life Insurance company. speak
ing at the 21st annual convention
Of the Association Of Life Insurance
Presidents.
The new mark breaks all rec
ords, he said and brings to $l4,500,-
100000 the total of the nations
companies. Most Of that amount is
invested in mortgages, government
bonds. railroads al public utilities.
Canadian investments by American
companies, it was reported, total
$44O, 100000.
Woul1 Revise Statutes
Mr.. Loomis urged revision of in
vestment statutes SO that "limited
possible advance" into other invest
ment fields might be permitted in
surance companies. The basic in
dustry Of steel and the field OF bank
ing he suggested as additional! in
vestment outlets.
"Whatever the statutes may be-"
he said, "the security Of the invest
ed funds rests primarily in the in
tegrity and the intelligence of each
company's executives. The conf
dence Of polcyholders is attested by
the unexcelled investment record Of
this year."
Investments in this country, Mr..
Ioomis reported, include $5.716,00O,-
900 in mortgages, Of which as per
cent is in city mortgages, with farm
mortgage investment showln' al. in
crease over 1926. Railroad invest
ments total $2,574,0OO,0OO: public
utilities holdings, 81 ,Ol9 .000, 900, and
government securities, S4o5, 900, 900.
Most Important Change
1T is in city mortgages that the
most marked change in investment
policies is noted" he said. "The ex-
tensive use Of this outlet for funds
seeking investment is, in the absorp-
tion of capital, tn outstanding trend
and development Of the whole invest
ment ..eld." Life insurance in this
field, he explained, has increased on
an average Of 100000, 600 a year
since 1921.
Farm mortgages, re lroad and
public utilities investments also
showed an inc~e; 9 over 1926, he
said, but investment in government
securities has decreased more than
seven per cent. in the past six
years. The greatest inc e. sc. he re-
ported, was in public utilities in
vestments