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q u .--ll------- exported acton, MES Elder satd she had no wish to "put him ir the wrong light" She said sht
 discussed the affair only because she owed 1t to herself to tel her side Of the story 'ss''+ < She said that Wonark had been enthusiastic in his support of the pecan flight until he received [ letter in which he was threatened |if he permitted 'hls wife to mako
 the flight. ,s, z ,s
 Before that letter ht had been keen about Ut, anxious for me tt yo," she said. After the letter he did evefythihg in his power to prevent me from going" ..
 She reviewed the romance from the time she married womack ih Birmingham. Ala, fin 1925, doclar-
 Ing her husband had been a "sreAt big ,goQd-patufed chap" Many times in the months that followed, ,ho said, she waB the only one of the two that had eriployment. .Shh told of going to South Carolina and later to, New Ypfk. sS T had a job with a dental .ciinics,' she related, # paid me si7.60 a week. We lited oh .that--and Sou can imasiAe how. fh Octohef .,bout nine tiohths beiors the Flight and while 1t ~as, being dls- s,ussed in general &At, lost my lob and decided to ,sb to Florida. We had just si1O between ns. We
 liyided 1t. I took my $60 and vent to Florida with some frieh6t n an automobile. I managed to find job that paid me $12.50 q week and lived on this in 1itl tie shack of q boarding house be- side the railroad track and tried to save ehopgh to get Lyle down there. too. Ts
 "He finally arrived and called me up. T gave him my last nickle to buy him something to eat. Some friends of mine got him job and 1t lasted just a week. During all the months we were in oFicrida he didn't earn s25." "
 Miss Elder denied that she stiii cared for hef husband, although tears frequently, came tp her ey6b when she mentioned his name, shs wept openly when talking Of tfg poverty through which she had struggled. declariPg, that "he sN around and read aviation .magd. zines" '
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JUNEAU TO ASSIST IN RELIEF FUND
Chairman Beh ren ds Re-
 ceives Appeal to Aid Porto Rican Sufferers

All residents In tie various branches of Juneau Chapter, American Rad Cross, are urged to contribute Tor relief of the Porto Rican hurricans sufferers. The plea has been made lin cable gram to B, M, .Behrelds, Chairman of theI Juneau Chapter from J. Ar thur Jeffers, from the Red Cross Department at San Francisco and 'rereiyed here siSatufday night. The cahlegram is as .follows:
 "Followihg telegram received from Nationat Headquarters: West Indies hurricane has destroyed thousands of homes in Porto Rico and other islands, also devastating crops. Immediate need for food. shelter, medical supplies and emer- gency relief. Red Cross is taking charge at request of President Coolidge Need for large fund
 Imperative. Please give widest pos slble publicity this appear and mo- tify public your Chapter will re- ceive and forward to National Headquarters all contributions. hi l tial donation Is made of $50,000 from National funds. Baker, Red
 Cross National Director of disas- ter relief, and trained staff are now
 on way to island.'
 Request you. give this informa- ton to clergy for information to
 the public on Sunday. Wire each day total amount received. Also make remittances promptly to this office" 1"
 Chairman Behrends announced thls forenoon that a committee will
 be appointed to solicit donations
 tomorrow and all residents arc asked to contribute to the fund no matter how small an amount. =
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KiDDIES IN RACES
 AND PAGEANT LAST
 SATURDAY AT FAIR


 The klddles of Juneau had tlft biggest day in the history oi Southeastern Alaska Fairs, Satur. day afternoon when they held theii pageant and wheel races in the Fair Building.
 All entries in the pageant and in both tricycle. and bicycle races received prizes from the Fair As. sociation. There were seven prize winners in the Pageant, as fol lows:
 Best Mother Goose character Ruth Keen: best sustained charac- ter as Little Bo Peep, Virginia Mullen; best sustained character Pat Brewer, dressed as an old fashioned lady; most comical char. aeters. Thomas Hellan and Coleer Ryan as Walt and Skeezix; mosi attractive character. Mary Jear McNaughton as Curly Locks; dain. tfest character, Louise Adams, al asfairy.
 Besides the prize winners ther, were 30 entrants in the Pageant Entries in the tricycle. races were Hprace Adams, winner; Harrie Tunsgsrd, Ruth Allen, Junior Yes tAi. Henry D. Allen and Keitl Petrich.
 Those in the bicycle race were Walter Lundgren, Alvin Bloom qilisf. Arnold Hildre. Robert Blom gfen, Carl Harris. Tom Hall, Cur
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LARGE ICEBERG DRIFTS NORTH; PUT ON BEACH

An iceberg, said by some to be the largest drifting into the chan mel in years, floated into Gasti- neau Channel yesterday afternoon and was immediately taken in tow by a crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Unalga and put on the beach on Douglas Island opposite lower Willoughby Avenue. The Iceberg was about 135 feet in length and on the beach extended upward of between 35 and 40 feet.
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ti5 klrchhosser, George White, Dana DeVighnc. Mary Wander leest, Mary Jean McNaughtoD, Jane Blomgren, Jean Vanderlecst and Leota Harris.
 Following the races a short stage program of dancing was giY. cn. Those who appeared in this act were Harriet Holman, Graee Meggett and Ella Woolard.
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COMMERCIAL AND SPECIAL
 SCHOOL AWARDS AT FAIR

Awards in the Commercial De- .partment at the s. .E. Alaska Fair. were made on Saturday by the judges for the splendid typewrit- ing exhibit of the Juneau High School, Winifred Carlson receiving special mention The exhibits at tracted the attention of Fair pat rons and was something quite new to most people in typewriting
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AT THE HOTELS
Gastinear

GaStineaL
 Joe Schultz and H. B. Will Jams, city; Thomas B. Rutledge Charleston, s. C.: R. w. Foster Detroit; H. B. Carbray. city; H H. Bartshe, Tenakee; G. E. Boat wright. D. N. Campbell. Melvin MacFare. Ketchikan; Aubrey ;huquaiA, Petersburg; MT. and Mrs. F. R. Denny, San Diego Calf: MT. and Mrs. II. B. Sneye San Francisco.
 Alaskan Hotel
 P. W. Black, Hawk Inlet; Ton Tarro. city; John Swenson, Ten. akee; MT. and Mrs. H. B. Parson Tenakee: B. Hoover, Tenakee, Walter A. Soboloff. sitka; S. P May, Speel River; John Smitt Tenakee; John Polk, city.
 Hotel Zynda
 Adam Spinger. Seattle: IvaI Finsberg, Seattle: J. c. Boartman Mons Anderson. Chas. Williams Thelma Meade, city; Mrs. H Schafer, Hidden Falls; Mrs. R Barclay, Fox Island; Mrs. Carro P. Price. Chilkoot Barracks. |
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Motorship Oregon of the Inde- pendent Steamship Company sails from Seattle September 25 Your patronage is solicited. For se- curing space, see D. B. Femmer, or Phone IA. adv.
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NOTE Paul, Dutch Harbor Kodiak, Juneau Prince Portland sa5 San Francisco m. and 4 D. Juneau ,a+~
 The pressure throughout Alaska except III the falling rapidly in Berng Sea II IS slightly above vicinity Puget Sound haln has all of Alaska with snow in the Yukon Valley prevail in all portions or He Territory with the Western portion
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Special Awards

Lucille Norton, Parochial School, received first award, and Mable Ritter, of the same school, received second for the best marine free hand drawing. Elliott Robertson, Juneau Public o1nools, received first prize for the best drawing Of still life.
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When a gossip rings the bell it often means lot of trouble is coming in the front door for friend husband,
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Dell E. Sheriff, Alaska's tuner now at Gastineau Hotel. adv.
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work. It, included. in addition to the regular samples Of letter and manuscript work, lovely de- signs, figures, and scenes. They were so perfectly done, and shaded that it seemed impossible that the work had been done on type writer.
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PARfS4Broadcloth is to play an important part In coat mate
 rials for autumn. Dark brown, marine blue and black are the leading colors. Talbot shows a brown broadcloth coat of three-
 quarter length, with collar and
 cuffs of beaver, for wear with a
 dress of plaid kasha In beige and
 brown. The skirt Is finished with l a brown broadeloth band.
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4at Ruth Elder Claims SAe Feed Spouse in ,
 Their .Lean" Days

lcontlrr-a ttols l.se one. }.
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Old papers for sa,s at the Hp,Ire.
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Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. 5.
 Weather Bureau
LOG AL DA "A

Rain tonight and Tuesday moderate southerly
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
Connie Mack Satisfied
His Ball Club Is Good

sour ball club is all right. | have
no excuses TO offer for the team" says
Connie Mack, whose Athletics once
more seem to be trying to win back
the appellatiOp recently taken from
them-to wit: The White Elephants.
Il have gotten together the best ball
club l could lay my hands on" de-
clares Connie. We've invested a lot
of money, bought players where we
could find the ones we thought could
help us, and Pm satisfied our club is
good one. 1t can hit and field and
that is all any of them can do.
"Our trouble has been with our
pitching. l thought we were going to
get off with better pitching this year,
but the way they've gone it looks as if
they are just as bad as they were last
spring. My only hope is that I can
get them into shape earlier this sea-
son than last.
But we aren't quitting. No one
hates it more than the players them
selves when they are losing, and no
one feels it more keenly than | do.
Some day, don't care how soon, we'll
start winning. The race has only
started. We are going to keep on
trying and fighting"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
Ty Cobb Thought Babe
Was DOctOring Balls

Here's a yarn Ruth tells on Ty
Cobb:
"Blly Evans was umpiring and on
my first pitch Billy called for the bail
and threw lit out.
"'That one sailed a foot, Billy said.
The next pitch was strike and Cobb
called for the ball.
"'He's doctoring he ball. Ty COM
planned THAT one sailed Is inches.'
Billy threw it out. threw the next
ball, and they both sQuawked, and that
one was tossed out, too. All told l
pitched six balls to Ty on that one
, turn at bat. And after each pitch
Evans tossed the ball out of the game
'On the sixth pitch, Ty struck out.
Boy, maybe you think he wasn't sore.
He walked past me when the inning
was over. You're cheating out there,
you big bum,' he said. No one can
make ball sail like that unless he's
doctoring it. But I'll find out about
it, and when | do I'll run you out of
the league
"As matter of fact, wasn't cheat
ing. was just as puzzled as Ty. And
to this day | don't know what made
those balls sail so. 1t was just one
of those things"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01

In the Malayan jungle country the
.rees go up to prOdigious heights.
sometimes as much as a hundred feet
to the lowest branches. Although the
underground loops and tangles tn
every direction the tree runs up so
high that there is always room to let
the light through. AS far as the Malay
peninsula is concerned the sO-caIled
.'impenetrable jungle" Is myth, but
Malayan swamp country is more diff
ficult proposition and a really thick
bombOo grove Is the worst luck that
can befall Malayan surveying party.
In the mixture of swamp and jungle
outside of Singapore the worst enc
mics to be fought are mud and leeches,
with occasional bouts of malaria to
vary the monotony.
The ordinary jungle leech is no big
ger than a match when it attaches it,
self to the skin, but as big as a cigar
when il has sucked its fill of blood.
A man may be covered with them
about the legs but he rarely notices
them until they become full, when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
Stucco Satisfactory
When Properly Mixed

Prior to very recent years stucco
was generally compounded by I'M
skilled labor and applied in a more
or less haphazard manner.
In recent years, however, much re-
search work has been carried on and
much has been done by large man
ufacturers of building materials to-
ward lettering the quality of stucco
and toward determining the proper
classes and kinds of underconstruc-
ton over which 1t should be applied.
The result is that today there is no
reason or excuse why every stucco in
stallation should not be entirely sat
isfactory and every stucco building
a permanent structure.
Ii is erroneous to assume that
good stucco material can be COM
pounded in mortar box by throwing
together cement, sand. lime and col.
oring matter. as is often done. The
manufacture of stucco is a difficult
prohlem and requires modern machin-
cry and equipment with which 10
grind, weigh. mix and measure the In
gradients also the knowledge of chem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
Nationwide Movement to
Bring Homes Up to Date

The old homestead is to be entirely
refurnished-home sweet home is to
be given a new lease on life. The old
oaken bucket is to be replaced by
running hot and cold water in the
kitchen. Mothers daily job of scOur-
ing the lamp chimneys is to be thing
of the past, for electric globes are 10
supply bright light for every room.
The model 1890 porch is to be re-
placed by a beautiful modern veranda
and sleeping porch. Tiny dark rooms
are to be made into big bright ones
by pulling out useless partitions. And
up-to-date, fuel-saving insulation. new
roofing, paint and other modern equip
ment is to make the old place look
like new and be more sanitary and
comfortable than ever before.
This is the sketch of home-better-
ment on q national scale that was
drawn at a meeting in Chicago, when
131 industrial leaders representing "A
branches of the building business
founded the home mOdernization bu-
reau of the national building indus
tries. These men started this move
ment to bring the 22,0OO0OO existing
homes in the United States up to date.
More than half of the finely con-
structed but antiquated dwellings are
in the small-town class. According to
George F. Piper of Chicago, who was
made managing director of the bureau,
the organization will establish prop
erty values in thousands of the small
er communities. making them more at
tractive to new businesses. and more
alluring TO new residents"
"By stimulating the rehabilitation
of old homes" he said, this work will
make for the refrigeration of whole
towns"
Walter j. KOhler of KOhler, Wis.,,
who was elected president, referred TO
work being done by the declarations
of women's clubs of several states.
They are Investigating home condi-
tons in their communities to find out
how to relieve housewives of their ex-
cessive burdens.
"These investigations have shown"
Mr.. Kohler stated. that tens of thou
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Ry w. A. RADEORD

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to- prac-
tical home building, for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as editor, author and man
ufacturer. he is, without doubt. the
highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A Radford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue
Chicago, ILL.,, and only inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
Here is cottage type bungalow,
very small. very compact, but offer
ing large amount of living accOmmO
dation at very low cost. In the
first place, being but % feet square,
this home may be built on small lot
and still leave comfortable margin
of space, for light, air and privacy.
between it and its neighbOrs on either
side. The square plan is, of course.
the most economical one possible, Civ
ing the greatest amount of floor space
in proportion to the amount OF wall
and roof construction. And in the case
of this particular house, the design is
such as to take full advantage of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
MILTON CASTOR
HAS FORK BALL
So Extreme That Bacdstop
Cannot Hold Onto It.

There is such thing as getting too
much on the ball.
Milton CASTOR illustrates the point
He has a fork bali that is reputed
to be the best of it's kind baseball has
known,
But the fork bali is so good that it
really counts against CASTOR, writes
81. G. SaIinger in the Detroit News.
1t is so extreme that he cannot use
1t effectively.
While CASTOR was on the pay roll
of the st. Louis Browns he was pitch
Ing In a game against the New York
Yankees. They filled bases with none
out
CASTOR cut loose with the ''forker."
The ball broke over the plate but it
broke so sharply that it got away
from Hargrave, who was catching.
When Hargrave recovered the ball.
In front of the grandstand, New York
had two men on bases and one strike
on the batter.
CASTOR delivered another fork ball.
This one also broke over the plate
but got away from Hargrave. When
he recovered it New York had one
man on the bases and two strikes on
the batter.
Hargraye asked for time, walked to
the pitchers box and said to CASTOR:
"Say, Bill, don't you think you and
| could get along just as we'll today
without using that forker again?"
CASTOR resorted to the fast ball,
omitted the work ball, and retired the
next three batters.
No delivery is good unless it can
be handled by the catcher.
No catcher has ever successfully
handled Gaston's fork ball.
When it breaks no catcher can
guess what direction it will take.
The ball may break down, in or
out.
1t breaks so Unexpectedly that the
catcher cannot shift quickly enough
to receive it.
Sometimes it does not break and
then it is the simplest of all deLiv-
cries.
That is the danger of the delivery
when used in a pinch. 1t does not
always break and when it fails it
frequently means the loss of game.
Gaston's fast ball is said to be the
best in the league today. He will
probably rely chiefly on that in the
future.
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every inch of the available space.
This is a four-room house with the
living room serving also as dining
room, and arrangement which has
been gaining wide popularity in recent
years with the demand for better utili-
cation of space. The separate dining
room is, from this point of view, a
large waste for it is used but very
small portion of the day. With the
arrangement shown here IT is possible
to provide in this small cottage two
bedrooms of a very comfortable size.
and each provided with good closet.
Between the kitchen and one bed
room is the bath, and all of the rooms
open onto a central hall space which
occupies but a small part of the total
floor area even though ii must also
accommodate the basement stair.
In exterior appearance this little
home is particularly pleasing. This
is due, in large measure, to the roof
lines which have been so handled as
to avoid the fiat appearance which
detractS from so many small homes
of this type.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
A Netu Woman

The woman had spent an hour in
the Americanization class watching
the old people in the new country
struggling with the reading and writ
ing and conversation of the land OF
their adoption. When she was ready
to leave she expressed her thanks to
the teacher.
Before you CO." said the teacher.
81 want you to shake hands with Mrs
Katz. She is our oldest pupil. She is
seventy-two. and she has never been
late or missed a class"
"Not for nothing would l miss
class" confided the seventy-two-year-
old lady as she shook hands with the
woman. "Whatever happens / come
Even next weeks a wedding in the
family, and I'm having dress by the
dressmaker. But the dress should
wait. The lesson comes first."-New
York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01
,lDor,12zes

Seventeen nations are to compete in
the international amateur chess tour
nament at The Hague in July.
Germany is considered the "dark
horse" of the European zone in the
Davis cup tennis play this year.
Young COrbett III is the name of
a new Pacific coast welterweight, who
is proving a sensation in California
Blackburn Rovers won the classic
English Football association cup by
defeating Huddersfeld town. 3 to 1.
Gene Tunney has started practice
for his next great battle, which con-
firms the report he is to be married.
have organized a new $150,000 riding
and hunting club, with $4,000 pack
of hounds.
Despite the small fee charged, a to-
tai of 100000 was collected in 1927 on
five public golf courses which half en-
circle Chicago.
Basket ball has been adopted in
Paris, France, as the favorite indoor
winter sport. A league of 16 teams
has been organized.
An inmate of an asylum escaped
and his keepers found him in $40
seat at a heavyweight fight. 1t is I'M
derstood the keepers used the old for
mula, "Where would | go first if 7
went crazy?"
The University of Nebraska has
taken Navy's place in the 1923 Army
football schedule. Harvard, Yale and
Notre Dame are also to meet the
West Pointers.
The Crescent Athletic club of Brook
Ign has membership of 2,653 An in
novation is boxing classes for sons of
members directed by Harlem" Tom.
my Murphy.
Fred Miller, regular left tackle on
Notre Dame football team. is worth
$5.OOO.000- He weighs IA pounds
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sands of American families are living
in conditions no better than those of
European peasants. Thousands of
families, even in communities where
there are water and plumbing systems,
have not even running water in their
homes. Thousands of fires occur ev-
cry year because the houses lack the
tire-safety provided by modern con-
struction. No one can guage how
much disease results from unsanitary
conditions in our homes, nor what is
the burden the American housewife
has to bear because of lack of mod
ern home equipment"
To correct these conditions is the
primary object of the home modern
izing bureau. So far as the business
welfare of the country is concerned,
the executive committee pointed out
that there is unemployment in the
building industry and that lack of
prosperity In this industry is a detri-
ment to the national welfare.
"New construction today provides
neither adequate nor sufficiently reg
ular and dependable employment for
the manufacturing facilities and the
labor force that constitute the indus
try" the committee stated after
more than a year of preliminary inves-
tigation and testing in the field, lead
ers in the industry are convinced that
a large, substantial and stable demand
for all types of building materials,
equipment and labor can be developed
through undermining the millions of
structurally sound, well-located Amer
lean homes already existing, and that
this activity will benefit new construc-
tion."
Besides this, the movement is ex-
pected to accomplish the following
things. too:
l. Stimulate new building.
2. Stimulate home ownership.
3. Modernize other types of struc-
lures besides homes
A. Persuade public bodies to under
take necessary public works programs,
including flood-control measures.
5. Preserve property values in many
communities.
6. Improve social conditions, make
farm homes more attractive to farm
children. and reduce crime in cities.
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Max West Retained

The Brooklyn club, by retaining Max
West, and sending him to Atlanta for
the 1923 season, has a pretty expen-
sive minor Lacquer on its hands, but
Manager Wilbert Robinson believes
Max will come through and be worth
it. The deal with Waco was that if
West was not returned by May 1, an
additional sum of $13,500 should be
paid for his contract. Brooklyn has
notified Waco that the payment will be
made. When Brooklyn made the deal
with Waco for West it did not figure
on getting RUDE Bressler and Al Ty-
son.