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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
FREAK SHOT CLUB
is NOW REIGNING
List of Eligibles Presented
in American Golfer.

Now that holes-in-one have been
made on every year-old course in the
land, the journalistic gentlemen who
follow the game are digging up ELI
gibles for a more exclusive mythical
fraternity, the Freak Shot club.
All you need to become a member
are the proper circumstances-and
ton of luck. If you happen to play
your ball from its lie in birds nest
plop into the hole, or if your hopeless
hook ricochets from a tree and be-
comes a hole-in-one, you're in. And
you are in good company, as witness
this list of eligibles presented in the
American golfer.
Willie MacFarlane got in through
barn door-twO barn doors, in fact.
He was playing against Harry Hamp-
ton at the Aberdeen (Scotland) club.
They were fighting hole for hole when
Willie sliced a drive terrifically. 1t
pulled up near a barn, far off the fair
way. But Willie, opening the barn
door, found a second door exactly
opposite and the hole on line 200
yards away. He had to hit q hard
drive, measured in inches to get
through both doors. But he did it
stopping his ball within six feet of the
hole.
Joe Demoss, former Wisconsin State
champion, was matched with Warren
X. Wood at Green Lake, Wis.,, when
his drive from the eighteenth tee
came down on top of fiat awning
near the clubhouse. DemOss mounted
the awning and, teetering precariOusly,
slapped a beautiful brassie shot for
the hole, ending a short chip-shOt
away.
Aubrey Boomer was as surprised as
his gallery at the play that took him
into the Freak Shot club. The English
star was playing a Lancashire tourna-
ment, when his drive landed in front
of twO-foOt bank over which he had
to play. Using his spoon, he gave the
ball a vicious cut. But instead of
arching through the air the ball dis
appeared completely. After a mysti-
fed search, Boomer incredulOusly
drew the ball from his pocket. 1t had
struck the soft earth at the top of
the bank, rebounded and hidden it.
self while he still had his arms ex-
tended in completing the swing. And
what do the rules say about that one?
In the 1926 Canadian Open at Mon
| treal, Leo Diegel, then the titleholder,
found himself looking hopelessly On
the long eleventh hole in the practice
rounds, says the American Golfer ar
ticle. His one hope to escape the jinx,
| he concluded, was to drive toward the
twelfth fairway, which ran parallel
on the right, and let 'er hook. Twice
he did it in the regular play, and both
times the hooks described a perfect
semicircle-but landed $50 yards away
and in the center of the eleventh fair
way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
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At golf one plays for the short as
well as the long green.
A new sports arena to seat 10000
people is planned in Cleveland, Ohio.
We see where a writer in Harper's
Magazine says amateur tennis is q
racket.
Charley ,'yles cross-country stroll
may be ende+ but we'll bet the bum
ions linger on.
The Kentucky derby purse original
ly amounted to but $3.50. Now it
amounts to more than $4,000.
Victoria Compolo, rising young box
er now exhibiting in the East, is a
heavyweight from South America.
The first game of hockey of which
there is any record in North America
was played in the City of Kingston,
Ontario, in 1888.
Donald Carrick, husky amateur golf
champion of Canada, has decided to
abandon his sticks until after he has
qualified for the Olympic boxing team.
David A. Wood, of Toronto, one
time running star, is still active on
his feet at the age Of seventy-six and
retains a keen interest in the racers
of today.
Toronto expects to stage a curling
bonspiel next winter which will equal
If not excel anything held anywhere
in the world.
English tennis critics believe that
Betty Nuthall needs only a slight i'm
provement in volleying and an over
head service to be a new Suzanne.
The oldest fighter to win the heavy
weight championship was Bob Fitz-
simmons, who defeated Jim Corbett in
1897. at the age of thirty-five, and
held the title two years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

escape from the place would immedi-
ately be put to death Mr.. Rocheblave
was secured, but some time elapsed
before he could get out of his room.
/ suppose he delayed to tell his wife
what disposition to make of his public
papers, but a few Of which were Sc
cured by US.
In this matter-of-fact manner does
George Clark tell the story of the
events Of that Independence day far
out on the fringe of the western will
derness. If he recognized the appro-
priateness of the occasion, there is no
indication of 1t In his writing. 1t is
doubtful if he did, however, for the
significance of that red-letter day In
American history was not yet appar-
ent to the men who had the most to
do with putting it in our calendar.
American independence from the
mother country had. been declared
only two years and it was yet ques-
ton whether the Revolution would
succeed or fail.
Neither could he foresee what lay
DtlOIC easy SdplulC VI va
hokia and Vincennes, the loss of the
latter place to "Hair-Buyer" Hamilton,
the British governor of Detroit, the
terrible march which he was to lead
across the Drowned Lands the next
year to recapture vincennes, the d.
plomacy, the tact, the boldness, the
daring, and the master skill which he
must employ to win the French inhab-
itants of the Illinois country from
their sworn allegiance to the British
flag and to overawe the Indian tribes
so that his slender force could hold
the country which they had conquered.
Least of all could he foresee the
mighty consequences of his ambitious
plans and the sufferings which he and
his men were to be called upon to en-
dure before he had accomplished his
designs We can look back now and
see that had it not been for George
Rogers Clark, the western boundary
of the new republic at the close of
the Revolution would most likely have
been the Alleghenies and the great
states of Wisconsin. Michigan. Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. to say
nothing of the whole vast territory
west of the Mississippi, might not now
be part of the United States.
For it is not venturing too wild
guess to declare that had Clark's at
tempt to capture Kaskaskia that In
dependence day a hundred and fifty
years ago by some chance resulted in
failure instead of success, the whole
course of American history might have
been changed. 1t is often upon such
slender threads as this that the des-
tiny NJ nations hangs. In view of the
importance of Clark's conquest of the
British posts in the West, it would be
natural to suppose that grateful ma
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Olympic Coach Schultz
Never on Cinder Path

Track Coach Henry It. Qndian)
Schultz of the University of Nebraska,
selected as one of the mentors of the
1928 United States Olympic team, new
er performed on the cinder path.
To his coaching credit, however, are
many past Olympic performers and
1923 potential representatives.
There was the great Robert Simp-
son, who revOlutionized hurdling and
set world marks which only recently
have been bettered. Jackson SchOlz,
speed marvel for more than a decade
and still among the select, learned the
art of sprinting under Schulte's direc-
ton. And now there are Roland
Locke, holder of the worlds furlong
record of 20.5 seconds, and Fait FL
kins, American decathlon champion
and record holder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

sports writer published in The Farm Journal.
"The trouble with baseball FANS" observes
Mr.. Ruth, "is that they get so steamed up over
an easy win that they forget that 30 per cent of
baseball is luck. If something goes wrong the
next year they start right off talking about in
ternal dissension and this and that player being
hard to get along with, and so on. They never
figure that the luck simply broke the other way
There have been lot of great ball clubs
that have pulled up in the ruck of major
league race, far behind inferior teams, simply
because they didn't get that 80 per cent break
of luck If you want Mr.. Ruth's opinion,
"To cop the old flag" says the $4,000
beauty quantity, "a ball club has not only got
to be the best, but it's got to get the breaks at
the right time, too.
aI1;a -, oror +b;nly what mioht have hap-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Badger Coach Organizes
Amateur Baseball Teams

Promoting amateur baseball In Wis
consin is the latest job assigned to
Coach Leonard B. Allison, assistant
athletic director at the University Of
Wisconsin, who has been appointed
state athletic officer for the American
Legion.
Allison was recommended for the
post by Maj. John Griffith, commits
sioner of the western conference, who
knew of his work In similar position
while at South Dakota State univer-
sity. "Stub" as the Badger coach is
better known, is making preliminary
plans for a Wisconsin state baseball
league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Undefeated Wrestler

Ralph Lupton, Northwestern uni.
yerslty's new wrestling captain, has
never been defeated in two years of
competition. His unique record start
ed at Cornell college in Iowa two
years ago, and, after a years period
Of noncompetition, to comply with fac
ulty regulations, he resumed his I'M
interrupted string at Northwestern
this year. He wdn both the Western
conference and national intercollegiate
titles at 125 pounds staged earlier in
this season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

hadn't that
with
we would have doesn't going
hayes with the ball
81 know the country,
suppose somebody pitchers goes
What thenT"
Incidentally Bugers Journal article throws interesting
himself positively
snce his three
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Deprived of Equipment

A man who had made reputation
as political exhOrter was asked to
talk to a gathering of the gentler sex.
He demurred. I'm afraid | can't do
much good at it. | have never talked
to women, you know"
"NOnsenseI' his friends replied.
you arouse the men, why not the
women?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Great Marsh Area

Ell Chaco, a vast area OF land be-
tween Paraguay and Bolivia. is await
ing the ambitious adventurer. 1t COW
ers about 100000 square miles and is
believed to be constituted mainly of
swamps and jungles. A few mer-
chants, who even today, as they were
in the days of the Phoenicians, are
the pioneer explorers of distant and
little known areas, are about the only
people who have ever visited the in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
The Sonnet

To how many is the sonnet merely
prison house of rules and regula-
tons, instead of the freest of all ira.
ditional forms, and one which in the
hands of Milton, Wordsworth, Keats
and other English masters-to say
nothing of Dante or our own cOun.
trymen-is like the flow of brook
or the flight of bird, so that we
conceive of II as the Improvisation ~.
happy moment, not knowing tn,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

81 tell you I'm certain to make
failure of it"
"Why are you so sure of that?"
Because" he answered, II can't
use more than half my vocabulary
when | talk to women"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Great American

On May 4, 1876. Horace Mann,
founder of the American common
school system, was born. Born of
humble parents, he was successfully
student. scholar. lawyer and presi-
dent of Antioch college.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Hopeless Case

The cream of all absent-minded
professors is the one who, about to
start on journey, filed his wife with
gasoline, kissed his road map gOOd-by
and tried to shove his motor car into
his pocket
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Yanks Can't Win Without Luck

C ball club country
l that doesn't is any cinch
that what the games biggest figure Babe
impending American league pennant
Babe generally
FANS specifically Yank
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
IFS Nice to Haze II

Culture and education and wealth
do not create happiness but a few
poor people would risk contentment
for few more shekels.- American
Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

labor for the right word that has
gone into it's fashioning Preface to
Poems of the Longer Flight" by
Robert Underwood johnson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Egyption Mummy Cases

Cedar or the light. durable wood of
the fig tree was usually used for
cases in Egypt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
Ahead and Behind

Middle age ought to be the time
hen man has as much good work
head of him as behind.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

terror of the Chaco. lured there be-
cause it is the home of the querbracho
tree, an important source of tannin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

JELLY failure is a thing of the
past. Pexel is here. It's 1000
pure-fruit product that always
makes jelly jell. Absolutely
colorless, tasteless, odorless.
Pexe1 makes any jelly jelt
by the time it is cold. With it,
jelly is ready for the glasses as
soon as it comes to full boil.
Thus Pexe1 saves fruit, sugar,
flavor, time and fuel. Right
here it repays, from one to
three times, the 30c it costs.
Get Pexe1 at your grocer's.
A recipe booklet with complete
recipes, accurate tables in each
package. Doc. The Pexel Com
pany, Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

Hughey Critz (shown in the photo
graph) has been hitting timely and
fielding brilliantly for the Cincinnati
Reds this season. The Cincinnati Sec
ond baseman is one of the best in the
league. Had he been going as well
last summer the race might have end
ed differently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

ULY 4, ITS. The sun has
gone down behind the Mis-
souri, hills across the Mis-
sissippi river from the lit
tie French town of Kas-
kaskia in what is now the
state of Illinois, and the
soft evening Zig hit is
spreading over the low
rambling houses and the
orchards and garde n s.
From the belfry of the lit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29

Fleshy people would undoubtedly
fall off great deal if they would try
bicycling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
l No Egg tor 1 Easter, Wife
 (Uses RevoLuer

BERLIN, Jan. 10-Because her husband did not buy her an East CT egg, Grau Gertrud Speer, age 26, fired a revolver at him, wound ing him seriously.
 At the trial, only just concluded owing to the husbands slow fe covery. it came out that the mar riage, which was only year old had not been a success. The eli max came when the husband lasl Easter bought present for him self, but nothing for his wife.
 Mot even an egg did he giv: me-" she walled, "and that made me mad"
 Frau .Gertrud also said sht didn't know that 8 revolver, firet from distance, could be so dan gerous. The court. sent her t. prison for 15 months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
BAIT COMING IN TO LOCAL
 COLD STORAGE
Local Company Has 2,30O Barrels on Hand Now
 Able to Fill All Wants

With 2,300 barrels of herring on hand and more coming in almost daily, the Juneau Cold Storage Company will have abundant bait supplies on hand for all needs al the opening of the halibut fishing season February 15. This was made known here today by Wallis S. George, President of the com pany.
 "The bait shortage which pre- vailed not. only locally but at all other points at the close of the season last November is a thing of the past" MT. George said to day. We are receiving supplies in goodly quantities. The fish are in excellent shape for the time of the year. We will not have any difficulty in supplying all demands when the season opens."
 The local company is making preparations to fill the ice re quirements of large number ol boats, also, MT. George said. Il now has HOO tons in storage and this will be increased to 1,5dt tons. which will fill the large ics storage room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
Jewish Relics. Saved
 In South America

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 10 v Re. Iains of what i3 claimed to be the oldest Jewish settlement on the American continent are to be preserved by a Dutch-American commission of which Prof. Rich. ard Gottheil of Columbia Univer, sity and Rabbi D. de Sola Pool of New York are members.
 The remains are situated at Sa vanne on the banks of the Surin am river in Dutch Guiana, whe, c Portuguese Jews, fleeing from the Spanish InQuisition. made a set clement and built synagogue in 1885.
 Descendants > of the original Portuguese Jews who found a safe home in Holland and its colonies still form an exclusive community here. and have largely contributed to Dutch literature and art. Funds are now being collected by them to restore the historic settlement of their race In Hollands western colony in- South America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
BOOTLECCER
 OF SILVER IN ENGLAND

LONDON. Jan. 10-Ine man who puts new moonshine in o,l Bourbon whisky bottles has no thing whatsoever on the bootleg gers of would-be old silver who have been unearthed in England.
 Numerous cases have developed lately of speeulators and collee- tors of antique silver who have been deceived by a clever group Of skillful silver forgers.
 This group. which has a consil- erable knowledge of what period and pieces of silyerware are in demand. first gets hold of old ani damaged silverware at very small price. The members then prepare new silver copies of the antique ware.
 Their next step is to cut off the period stampings. the date of man ufacture, the hall mark and the makers mark from the old silver. and fit them to the imitation copies with hard soldering and hammering.
 The ordinary test of detecting such additions is 10 breathe )n and around the marks, when the joints will show up if something has been added 10 the silver sur face. But the silver forgers are so skillful this ordinary test is Of no avail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
BOOTH FORTUNE O!|l ]!
 TO FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, Jan. 10-The New York Times says incorporation papers have been filed at Pontiac, Mich, by George Booth, Detroit newspaper publisher, for the Cranbrook Foundation to coE' plete development of an educa tional and cultural center con. prising five schools and a church on his country estate, 12 miles north of Detroit.
 The sum involved is more than $6,500,000, and in addition Mir Booth and his wife. Ellen Scripps Both. daughter of the late James E. Scripns, who founded the De troit News in 1873. already had given more than s5,OOO,O0O to the same project.
 In establishing the Foundation Mr. Booth has completed the task of disposing of almost his entire property
 The enc Gl,a erable feature oi the t9art is that t never can be diverted rfom 'ducatioaal and cul tural ends. If the tru5sses fad that the eypcs iment proves to be unvi ,.s 'Ay may permit use o: tho bni'c.ngs for other education al pro- ecss than those specified.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
Pope Is Urging Consolidation Of Christians

ROME, Jan. 10-Pope Plus has issued a letter dealing at length with the question of possib e union of Christians, whatever be the particular form of their rs- ligion, after recognizing the gen eral contemporary tendency to- wards better International Union between the peoples. The Pontiff deplores the fact that some wish to transfer from a po- litical to religious field "thus blending the true religion with the false" and holding that all religions be equally good anl praiseworthy under the appear ance of doing good.
 The Pontiff said that such pea- pie promote fallacious religious unity among Christians.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
OF
 ARC. PRESENT
 STEESE WATCH
Beautiful Watch Given For. m9r Commission Head
 by Oldtime Employees

As token of their high regard for the man who was their chief for seven years, oldtime employees of the Alaska Road Commission have obtained and will present to Col. James G. Steese a handsome watch. It arrived here this week and will be forwarded to Col. Steese immediately.
 Engraved on the inner cover of the back of the case are tho words: Gen. James G. Steeae. In appreciation of our pleasant associations, 1920-1927, from the employees of the Alaska Road Commission"
 The watch is Hamilton move ment in an 1S-carat white gold case. The back of the case bears
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
SURVEY TO BE
 MADE OF WEST
 COAST CHANNEL
District Engineer Author ized to Survey Dry Pass
 Used by Small Boats

Authority for a survey of Dry Pass, West Coast of Prince of Wales Island. has been authorized by the United States Board of Engineers, it was announced to- day at the District Engineers of flee here. The work will be done sometime early next Spring ty engineers from the local office.
 The waters to be covered sep. arate Kisciusko Island from Prince of Wales Island, connect ing Skahan Strait with Fl Capi- tan Passage. A preliminary exam nation was made of the pass several months ago and a detail ed survey recommended by tha District Engineer.
 Dry Pass has two shoals which block navigation except at flood tide stages of water. It is used extensively by small boats and it's improvement to permit nayiga- tion by them at all stages of Wa ter. it is said, would give them a protected passage from Heceta Island and vicinity into Sumner Strait. Tugs towing logs from the west coast to Wrangell and north use the channel wherever possible and such operations would be materially benefited by dredging
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
Duchess of York Is
 Now Society Leader

LONDON, Jan. 10-The Duchess of York has become, leader of fashion in the ultra-smart younger set of London society since her Australian tour.
 Whether it be a particular kind of pin or brooch to fasten her fur. an ostrich feather fan to carry at a dance, any particular shape of hat or shade of color for . dress. no sooner does the Duchess appear with one or the other th1n it immediately becomes the fash. ion and is seen here, there and everywhere.
 The latest dance frocks are be. ing made rather short but with a small train, and society dress makers assert it is because the Duchess has appeared on several occasions in such a gown.
 n1J ,~o,&ovc for cola ot Tho I'm miro
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
AK Helps Texas Goats
 Get Food in Drought

SAN ANGELO, Tex, Jan. 1O-- If any of the 2.750.00O goats on the r6nges of West Texas cannot find enough to eat their owners chop down trees or bushes so the animals may eat the leaves.
 Shrubs in the range country are falling for the benefit of goats on ranches where cattle and sheep consume the regular. forage. Tbs is the season when grass for graz ing is scarce.
 Ability of the goats to endura tho haraships of drought on the range is making them more popu' las with ranchmen. Prices now are the highest since the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
Burglary | Exeu..
 Fef Bargain Sale''

PARIS. Jan. 10--Fire. bank ruptey. floods. overstocking, have at various times been given as reasons for shergain sales"
 Paris has found new one.
 One of ~the leading afternoon papers recently carried the follow ing advartissmelt from a we'll. known mons tirnishings store on the Beulevards. In huge letters, it read: A z "BarsaIn Sale After Burglary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10
Biz Passenger Plane
 Crashes; Three Killed

CANAJOHARIE. N. Y.. Jan. 10
 The mangled bodies of three aviators and a crumpled roll of metal canvass. have been found on | Mohawk Valley farm, telling the mute story of a disaster that oyerto0k the fliers and big pas oouser plane which left Mineola lor Buffalo last Sunday.
 TIC victims of the accident arc Raymond Henries, pilot; George
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-10

the word Alaska" and has en- graved on it, in the foreground, musher with a team of dogs with a winding trail leading to mountains in the background. Through a pass in the mountain range can be seen the. rising sun