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Evening star., 1928-03-13
EXPLORERS IN UR
OPEN RICH GRAVE
Latest Tomb in Abraham
Country Believed to Ante
date Previous Finds.
BY the Associated Fress.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March i3.--The
oldest grave thus far found in Ur of the
Chaldees, the home OF Abraham, is
believed to have been uncovered by
archeologists of the joint expedition OF
the University of Pennsylvania Museum
and the British Museum.
The grave is remarkable for its archi-
lecture. and. although plundered IN
antiquity. still contained number OF
objects Of unusual interest.
The discovery was learned here in .
report received Sunday from the eX-
pedition, which has brought to close
sts sixth seasons work in ancient
Mesopotaniia.
Find Guards at Door.
c. Leonard Wcoley. director Of the
the newly discovered royal tomb proved
unusually difficult because II lay be-
meath 40 feet Of hard mud.
The director wrote Of the discovery:
when We found the tomb the
guards lay at the open door and the
chambers we're empty Of all save What
robbers had overlooked when they plum
dered the grave thousands of years
ago.
"Architecturally 1t is remarkable.
The whole grave pit is filled by the
tomb. three vaulted chambers built and
rooted with limestone rubble. and in
each chamber part of the corbelled CELL
Ing and the apsidal end are preserved
intact. The walls preserve much of the
fine lime plaster with which the rough
stone surface was originally finished.
Gaming Board.
In the other graves a single cham
Der destined for the royal body occupies
one end Of the open grave shaft in
which the kings household and follow
ers were buried.
"A very beautiful set of shell plaques
engraved with scenes OF animals and
framed in lapis laZuli came from a
broken gaming board. There were
many beads, two or three inlaid shell
handles Of STATS and a small gold cup.
In the farther chamber was a most
remarkable thing-a plaque. originally
OF wood. % inches long and 7i2 inches
wide. covered on both sides with a
mosaic in shell. red stone and lapis.
We have as yet little idea Of the charac-
ter OF the scene portrayed by the inlay.
but there are rows of human and ami
nal figures. and when the plaque is
cleaned and restored it should prove
one OF the best objects found In the
cemetery"
Evening star., 1928-03-13
Meeting Postponed.

ASHTON HEIGHTS, Va. March IS.
The meeting Of the political depart
Ynens Of the Wonan's Club OF Ashton
Heisi1ts announced for tonight has
been postponed until Wednesday night.
March 81. There viii be no changes
In the announced program. Mrs. Flor
erlce z. Cannon will be the principal
speaker, taxing as her subject "Presi-
dental Possibilities "
Evening star., 1928-03-13
PLAN FOR D. C. MEMORIAL.
Col. Grant and Architect to In
spect Site in Park.

Lieut., Col. u. S. Grant. Sd. director
cf the Office of public buildings and
public parks of the National Capital.
and Fred Brook. architect. tomorrow
will visit the site in West Potomac Park.
selected for the District of Columbia
war Memorial, and discuss plans for
making borings for the purpose OF de-
termining the type of foundation which
exist there.
Col. Grant pointed out that boring
equipment used at the Red Cross Me-
mortal now under construction is avail
able to begin work in a few days at the
proposed site of the District Of Colum-
la War Memorial.
Evening star., 1928-03-13
Rabbi Addresses Rotarians.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
STAUNTON, Va, March 13.--Rabbi
William F. Rosenblum. recent graduate
of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati.
Ohio, and at present Junior minister o.
the Washington Hebrew Congregation,
addressed the Rotary Club luncheon to-
day on Your Fellow American"
Evening star., 1928-03-13
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The Ely miner., 1928-06-08

the states hands is now found.
There were some off years-1871 for
example, a perceptible falling off in
demand, light wheat crop, praiIje
fires, hail, and the panic which broke
just before the fall sales. And 1877,
the graSshopper year. And the years
of agricultural depression after 1920.
All the time the children's heritage
in the school fund was increasing.
They began Dragging about the "mu-
nificent heritage" as early as 1865. In
1871, McIlrath set the figure at $15,-
600, ,000-three million acres at SIS an
acre or better. However, Whitcomb
in 1877, the graSShopper year, paid
his respects to statisticians and others
prone to exaggeration but he didn't
believe it would ever come to more
than $10,000,000 because, there is
not more than 100000 acres of school
land within what is recognized as the
habitable part of the state"
But in 1894, we hear Bierman pre-
dieting a $20,000,000 school fund, for
they knew something then about pine
and mineral values. Ten years later
Dunn set the figure at $4,000, 900 and
IverSon, as mineral values became
more apparent, dared estimate it at
$5O,OOO,OOO.
Twenty years later it is necessary
to double the appraisal; perhaps null
tiply it by three.
The Ely miner., 1928-06-08

Blue Earth county. That loss was
particularly annoying because "these
lands are in the heart of thickly
settled country and are vastly more
valuable than any that could be
selected in lieu"
It was not until 1875 that the
states claim for indemnity was al
lowed and by that time there was no
vacant land in southern Minnesota
The state had to take what it could
find in the unsettled regions. And
that is how it happened that more
than 250,000 acres of indemnity lands
were selected in the pine and mineral
areas of the Arrowhead region.
Some of the grand prizes were
gained by the state in those indemnity
selections in the '80's. And in the
same process one $10,000,000 prize
slipped through the states fingers
AS for the fight to save the timber
from depredations, there was a run
ming contest all through Bob Dunn's
term, pounding the table with big
fist, using language that shrivels the
paper on which it was written and
collecting thousands of dollars for
tresspass.
That is how the state got its school
fund, by eternal vigilance, high pa
triotism and good lot Of fighting
language.
At the outset the state tried to rent
The Ely miner., 1928-06-08
III-Eterna1 Vigilance

Our children's heritage in the Min
nesota state school fund has now ac-
cumulated $45,OOO,OOO plus half the
income of the swamp land fund which
now amounts to $4,000 000-and at
least three times as much in sight
Every dollar of that endowment shows
rough usage where somebody tried to
get away with it, but always some
body fought for the states holding it.
At the very beginning, back in the
SOS, settlers were pouring in, stalking
out preemption claims before the land
was surveyed, guessing sometimes
half mile or so away from the true
locations
So in 1864 Auditor McIlrath was
asking the legislature to memorialize
congress for repeal of the law which
allowed squatter's rights to be MAIN
tanned against the state, asking also
for contingent funds to defend the
states title against fraudulent pre-
emption claims.
Then the Indian reServationS-in
nearly every case when the reserva-
ton was thrown open the state had
to fight for its sections 16 to SO. The
first instance was the sale of the
Winnebago lands in 1863, down in
The Ely miner., 1928-06-08

its lands; the settlers complained
that the rents were exorbitant and the
Auditor admitted they were right
the law should be changed to charge
rent only on cleared land. The first
actual receipts were for grass and
cranberries.
The first sale was put on in 1862
and came to $242, 2,531-mostly occu-
pied lands sold to settlers who had
already made improvements. And
every year since then there has been
sales of school lands running in 1902
to more than $1,000,000. That was
the year of the cleanup in the Red
River Valley and the opening of the
last block of land in the cut-over
counLIy.
Between there were good and bad
years. In 1870, when half the state
had been surveyed and one-eighth of
the grant had been sold, the school
lands were practically sold out in the
older counties, not much left but
culls. In the '80s the tide yas run
ming to the Red River Valley. Since
1900 sales have been largely confined
to northeastern Minnesota, where the
only substantial acreage remaining in
The Ely miner., 1928-06-08

Discard the sunbonnet and get a
little more sunshine.
Freckles on the face, neck and arms,
and a little bronze in the skin are
better health insurance than all Of the
lily white bleachers or creams.
In these two bold statements the
educational committee of the Min
nesota State Medical Association came
out today in favor Of sunshine dosages,
rather than cream lotions as health
producers. In the same authorized
statement it warned the people against
the over-use of the much talked Of
lamp, which gives greater violet ray
intensity than the sun.
even good things can be overdone, .
states the educational bulletin of the
State Medical Association issued today.
lone of the triunphs Of scientific in
vestigation in medicine in recent
years is the establishment of the value
of the ultraviolet ray in the treat
ment of certain diseases.
1.-THE indiscriminate use of these
ultraviolet lamps because they are a
popular form of Self-treatment is a
danger that the public should know.
The policy of manufacturers who sell
ultra violet lamps directly to the pub
lie should be condemned for such
policy, in utter disregard of the public
welfare, is deplorable and is poor busi-
ness as in the long run it will bring
the lamp into disrepute.
"The sun is the best source of light
for the treatment and prevention of
disease and its spectrum contains ap-
proximately the following proportions
Of the various rays: invisible, infra-
red or heat rays, 80 per cent; visible
rays, 19 per cent; and ultraviolet rays,
per cent. In summer with direct
sunlight exposures to treat babies, it
must be remembered that in addition
to the dangers of over exposure to the
short ultra violet rays there is the
danger Of over dosage with the longer
red rays, the heat rays, which may
cause heat stroke The excessive heat
lowers the baby's resistance to dis
ease, disturbs its digestion and favors
the development of diarrheal dis
turbances Diffuse daylight is about
one half as effective as sunlight and
The Ely miner., 1928-06-08

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the children can be exposed to it for
much longer periods without the
danger incident to direct exposure to
the suns rays.
I'm winter in this part of the world
there is little sunshine and the climate
is severe, so there has been developed
two sources of ultra-violte light,
namely, the carbon arc and the mer-
curry quartz vapor lamps. The car
bon arc lamp generates rays similar
to that of the sun, that is, invisible
heat, invisible light and ultraviolet
rays. The mercury quartz vapor
lamps produce shorter ultra violet
rays than either the sun or the car
bon arc lamp and the intensity Of the
light from these lamps has been found
to be four times greater than that of
the sun when the lamp is forty inches
from the body and twelve times great
er than the sun at twenty inches.
When it is realized that the effec-
tive rays are the ultra violet rays and
that physicians who use the suns rays
for treatment are extremely careful in
their methods it would seem that the
public would be more careful in the
use Of these lamps which have a
greater ultra violet intensity than the
sun"
The Ely miner., 1928-06-08

School
= How Il Was startsd-How Il Has Dsveiopso
Written Minnssota Editorial Assoe'aus"
BY JOHN STONE PARDEE
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03
THE BANKER-FARMER
MOVEMENT GROWING

There are several reasons for the
growth OF the banker-farmer move.
ment In Pennsylvania, William S. Nc.
Kay, Chairman Of the Agricultural
Committee. Pennsylvania Bankers AS.
ISOLATION, has reported to the Agricul.
tural Commission of the American
Bankers Association. The cooper.
alton and leadership Of the county
agents In the several counties of the
state; the appointment and function.
Ing OF county chairmen Of agriculture
known as Key Bankers, one of whom
there Is In each county of the state;
and the organization Of county bank.
ers associations, whereby agriculture
Is given consideration by all the banks,
are responsible for this interest. The
following table shows the activities
for the year:
Number of
Project Counties
Sent young farmers to state col
lege for special course $500. s
Encouraged farm shows. $3.50. 16
Held agricultural tours ....... 6
Sponsored various club activities 38
Gave illustrated lectures on poul-
try, COW testing, and improved
farm methods .............. /
Distributed ~purebred livestock,
chicks. and disease-free pota.
o
There is probably no class Of bust
ness men that has a greater oppor-
tunity for helpfulness than the bank.
ers In this movement" declares Mr..
Mckay. ut builds up a substantial
community which makes for better
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

Samuel r. Van SAINT of Minnesota,
who more than twenty-five years ago
brought about the defeat OF the plan
of James J. Hill, E. II. Hartman and
James Pierpont Morgan to bring about
the consolidation Of the Great Nor
thern and Northern Pacific Railways.
He said, There is not o the same
reason for opposing the consolidation
Of railways that there was in 1901.
Competition as a public safeguard has
been replaced by highly efficient gov.
ernmental regulation. In 1901 com
petition was the only protection the
public had. There were no other
railroads extending through to the
coast in this great territory. The
Milwaukee railway, the Union Pacific
railway, the Canadian railroads and
the Panama Canal are now direct
competitors with the Northern lines
In the Pacific Northwest. We did not
have these in 1901. The Interstate
Commerce Commission at that time
had little power; In fact there was no
efficient public regulation Of railroads,
A new governmental policy now pre-
walls. 1t is recognized that under gov
eminent supervision better service
and lower rates can be obtained than
lnder the former systems OF ruinous
competition.
The fact seems to have been over
ooked that when the governors and
attorneys general of all the north
western states met In 1901 at Helena
Montana, at my request, for the pur
pose Of appealing to the government
to oppose the merger, we petitioned
Congress to provide the Interstate
Commerce Commission with real reg
ulatory powers. This has been done
The danger that might come from
consolidated power OF railroads hal
now been removed. The public arr
now In a position to enjoy the id
vantage Of such a consolidation.
objection to consultations tina
are based on wholly local considera
tions must be brushed aside in tn,
general public interest"
I'VE live In an age Of progress,
said the Ex-Governor, "in an age o
consolidation and cooperation. Gu,
country is big; our business is big
our men are big; a large vision il
required Of the public. The consoli
dalton of great railway systems ar
no longer to be feared; far from beinl
a menace they are now essential"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

and agriculture is called by some de-
Capitalization of industry.
l would not suggest that manufac-
turing institutions move from the
cities to the small villages. but l do
think 1t would be better for this
try for future industries to be placed
In these small villages rather than
to be further congested In the great
centers. This would In part also be
a solution Of our labor problem. The
bringing of industries to small vii
lagos increase the market for agri-
cultural products, gives employment
to surplus labor, e~levates the stand
ards Of living, increases public reve-
nue., reduces taxes and vastly increases
educational facilities.
Two Striking Examples
I believe / a give you two strik-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03
BANKERS HELP OUT

The Oklahoma Bankers Association
for the past twelve years has financed
through its five groups ten scholar
ships In the A. & M. College at Still
water. The winners are chosen by
the Extension Department Of the col
lege on the merits OF the club work
done by the boys and girls over q Ger
tain period of time. The groups OF
the association finance the first year
Of the winners college work.
The president Of a national bank In
Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been cred.
tied with doing more for the farmers
Of his section than any other one man.
His work has consisted OF introducing
pure bred Holstein cattle into his couu
ty, helping employ a county agent, do
mating prizes to boys and girls in club
work, and distributing better seed.
Here are some Of the things accom-
plished In Randolph County, Ark.
with the help OF bankers last year
forty-three purebred gifts were bought
at a reasonable price and placed with
boys and girls, on notes; three thou
sand eggs from high producing hens
wore distributed with the idea OF de
veloping fiocks Of at least one hun.
dred mems on every farm: -four pure
bred Jersey bulls whose dams had a
record Of over 700 pounds butterfat,
have been purchased by the banks
and will be paid for out of service
fees.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

than twelve years these have brought
the population Of that city up to
seventeen thousand. Just a few miles
away. at Elizabethton, they are build
ing a great rayon plant, the first unit
to cost $4,000. 900. The population Of
that town is nov two thousand, but
1t ia estimated that this will be multi
piled by five in less than two years.
1t is stated that the total investment
In manufacturing industry In that COM
munity within a period OF five years
will probably reach $50, 1000. 900.
The balancing OF industry and agrt-
culture will solve most Of our so-called
agricultural problems and we will not
need such political measures as will In
my opinion, do harm II enacted to the
very class they pretend to benefit.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

There seems to me a real remedy for
these small communities and also for
agriculture. This remedy, which IL
the mixing OF industry with agricul-
ture. is now being applied In many To-
calities with satisfactory results.
Industry and agriculture are better
balanced In Ohio, North Carolina and
Pennsylvania than In any other states
OF the Union. and In these states
there is no serious agricultural prob
lem and we hear little complaint from
the farmers. This mixing of industry
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

ing examples from my own state to
prove this proposition. and l mention
these because / am more familiar
with conditions there than elsewhere.
Twelve years ago Kingsport, Ten.
nessee, had a population of about one
thousand. Great industries like a
large Gamer company, q big cement
plant and a number of other indus.
tries were located there partly through
the influence of an outstanding New
York business man. In a little more
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

1t seems that 30,00O,O00,0O0 tooth
picks are manufactured In the United
States each year. And most of them
are consumed on the early morning
street cars.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03
Liquidation Notice

The First National Bank OF Raymond. located at
Raymond, in the State of Montana is closing its
affairs. All note holders aud other creditors OF
the association are therefore hereby notified TO
present the notes and other claims for payment
Dated Dec. II. 1927.
F. H. Wendt.
Vice Pres. and Cashier
Dec. i6. t927-Feb. 10. 1928.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

town election OF 1 lNuAa WIN
S,atc of Montana. to be held on Monday the Nno
daN Of April, 1928.
STATE OF MONTANA.
IS.
County Of Sheridan
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. according to law
that l. the undersigned. Niels Madsen' county
Clerk and Recorder. and as such ex-ofhcio Couhts
Registrar in and for sheridan County. Montana
will close the registration books for the registration
of electors residing in the Plentywood Precincts
Sheridan County. Montana. on Friday the ihn
aav of February. A. D.. 1928. at the hour OF tive
O'Clock P NJ.
Thar said REGISTRATION books will be closed as
aforesaid on account Of the annual town Election
10 be held in and for Plentywood Precincts, County
of Sheridan. Montana. on Monday the End day oil
Anril A D 1928. between the hours OF ; O'Clock
A. NJ and i O'Clock P. Nj.
That all electors desiring to vote al said election
must register by appearing before a Deputy Kegs
trar or before any Notary Public or Justice OF the
Peace. but preferably before the County Clerk ana
Recorder al his Office in the Court House in the
Town OF Plenty wood. Montana. as and IN the
manner required BY law. prior TO the day, date
and hour for the closing Of the registration books
aforesaid. Electors who failed to vote at the last
general election must register to vote at this cleo
ton. electors who moved from the precinct last
voted in to a different precinct, must have Inc
change noted on the registration books.
IF You ARE NOT REGISTERED. YOU CAN
NOT VOTE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. | have hereunto set
my official signature at my office in the Court
House, in the Town Of brentwood. Montana, this
10th day of January. A d.. 1928.
Niels Madsenr
County Clerk and Recorder,
and as such ex -officio Coun-
ty Registrar in and for Sher-
idan County. Montana.
First Publication January 10. 1928
Last Publication February 10. 1928.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

banking institutions; 1t adds to the
material prosperity of our state, but
above all, it is the expression of .
service which will react favorably upon
the character of those interested"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03
Spanish Settlements

The following states were first set
tied by Spaniards California. San
Diego, 1863; Florida. st. Augustine,
1865; New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1852 ;
Texas, San Antonio. 1890.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

In his W faithful way, the radio
announcer who has exhausted himself
In a t~ireless effort to shout all the
events of recent days ID something Of
a hero.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

mands the best Thought OF everyone. Tn
country cannot continue along happy line;
with only sections of the country prosperous
Prosperity must be passed around if any
body is long to enjoy it. This question can
not be solved by the farmers alone, but the
majority opinion is that there is no legisla.
tive remedy for agriculture. It is an eco
nomic question pure and simple and must be
worked out accordingly.
A few years ago it was commended that
agriculture did not have sufficient credit
facilities. That proposition was often made
a political question. do not presume there
are many who will question the fact that
agriculture now has ample credit facilities.
Mixing Farms and Factories
1t is a fact that no community and no
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

There are said to be 80 original
dramatic situations, and wherever we
60 to the movies we wonder what
ever became of the IS.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

Chicago Judge rules a husband 10
entitled to four daily kisses, but leaves
open the question Of reading the
morning paper at the breakfast table.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

Its funny" said the Prominent
Bore, she didn't know me from Adam"
ut is strange" agreed the Skeptic.
"You were dressed different"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

A rare pygmy hippopotamus has
been received at Boston. II 1t Ia q
wise hippo 1t will watch Its step, else
they will have 1t In the beans.