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The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
CHAPTER II

On either side of US were swift hills
notified with green and gold, ahead
curdle of snOw-capped mountains
above a sky of rObin's-egg blue. The
morning was lyric and set our hearts
piping as we climbed the canyon
About midday we reached the end.
Gangs of men were everywhere, rip
ping and tearing at the mountainside.
Everywhere was the feverisb activity
of construction camp
We sat that night by the cracking
blaze of mesquite, sagebrush and live
oak limbs, and he told me many
strange story of his rowing life.
You know, the old mans all broke
up at me playing the fool like this.
He's got glue factory back In Massa.
chusetts. Guess he stacks up about
million or so. Wanted me TO go
into the glue factory. begin at the
bottom. stay with it. But not little
Willie. Life's too interesting a prop,
ositiOn to be turned down like that
I'm not repentant. ! know the fatted
calf's waiting for me, getting fatter
every day. One of these days I'll go
back and sample it."
II was he first heard talk of the
Great White Land. and it stirred me
strangely.
Every ones crazy about 1t. They're
rushing now in thousands. to get there
before the winter begins. Next spring
there will he the biggest stampede
the world has ever seen Say. Scot
ty. I've the greatest notion to try 1t.
Let's 60. you and There's the gold.
shining, shining, and it's calling to
of it can make all | want out OF
glue. But the adventure. the excite
ment. it's that that makes me fit for
the foolish heGse."
He was silent a long time while my
Imagination conjured up terrible, fas
cinating pictures of the vast. unawak
ened land, and longing came over
me TO dare Its shadows.
AS we said good night, his last
words were:
Remember, Scotty, we're both go
ing to join the Big Stampede. you
and l."
slept but titfully. for the night
| air was nipping. and the bunkhOuse
nigh as open as cage. In the after
noon. was put to work In the gravel
| pit
There were four of US. We threw
| the gravel against screen where tile
timer stuff sifted through was used In
| making concrete.
| Heigh-hOl what life II was. Rest
,ng. eating. sleeping; negative pleas
! ures became positive ones. I.ife's
great principle of compensation
worked on our behalf and to lie. al
ease, reading an old paper. seemed
an exquisite enjoyment
was much troubled abUst tn.
| Prodigal. He complained OF muscular
rheumatism. and except 10 crawl {,
meals was unable TO leave his bunk
Yet he bore his suffering with great
spirit and. among that nOndescripI
crew, he was a thing of joy anC
brightness, a link with that other
world which was mine own. The,
nicknamed him Happy" his cheer
fulness was so inyincihle., ss
One morning woke about six, anC
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
Pitchers Disturbed by
Fear of Being Jerked

Here's what the Sporting News has
to say about the jerking of twirlers.
Talking about the angles of pitch
ing has it been mentioned that most
of what success the st. Louis Browns
have achieved, through pitching, has
come when Manager Howley has sent
a boxman in there and made him stay
in? Which holsters up another theory:
That the best way to get real pitching
is lay it down fiat to boxman that
he has to go through the full nine in
nings, if it is murder in the first de-
gree
'"The pitcher who knows he has to
stand in there and take it, is at least
going to keep his mind on his pitching,
as matter of self preservation. When
his attention is divided between the
batters in front of him and the man.
ager on the bench behind him he can't
concentrate. One eye and ear are
cooked sideways for the call to get out,
from the manager, every time the wOr-
ried boXman shows signs of wobbling
or gets in hole. He is thus mentally
disturbed and apprehensive. Out of
the corner of his eye he can see the
wig-wagging to the bullpen for the re-
lief man to hurry. All in ALL if he has
any notion of bearing down it is taken
out of his system; his fate for the day
has been sealed.
"The manager may have an alibi,
doubtless it seems a good one from
his viewpoint, but facts do disclose
that the pitchers on any ball club who
get nowhere are those same who are
In and out all the time at the beck
oning of the impatient boss"
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ing mp Pacific street with Its glut OF
saloons. | was clouted shrewdly from
behind and dropped most neatly In
the gutter When | came to. very
sick and dizzy In side Hlley. found
| had been robbed of my pOcketbOOk
with nearly all my money therein
Fortunately had left my watch in
the hotel safe. and by selling II was
not entirely destitute; hut the situa
tion forced me from my citadel of
pleasant dreams. and confronted me
with the erimmer realities of life.
With some thirty dollars stand
ing between me and starvation. II was
obvious I must become newer of
wood and drawer of water, and TO
this end | haunted the employment
offices, One morning, on seeking my
favorite labor bureau. found an un
usual hutter among the bencilwarm
erS A big contractor wanted fifty
smen Immediately. With number of
others pressed forward. was inter
viewed and accepted. The same day
we were marched In body TO the
railway depot and herded into q
fourth-clasS car.
Where we were going knew not !;
no inkling, | only knew we were
southbound. and at long last ! might
fairly consider myself to be the shut
tlecock of fortune.
left San Francisco hlanketed In
gray fog and besomed by roaring
wind: when ! opened my eyes ! was
in land of spacious sky and broad
clean sunshine. II seemed like land
of promise. of song and sunshine. ana
silent and apart | sat to admire and
to enjoy.
Looks pretty swell, don't it?"
will call him the Prodigal. he
was about my own age, thin, but sun
browned and healthy. His eyes
twinkled with humorsome light. hut
his face was shrewd. alert and az
gressive - eE
"Yes," ! said soberly, for have
always been backward with strangers
Pretty good line. The banana
belt. Eternal summer. Ever been
here before?"
No" a ~
Neither have |. Glad came. even
if it's TO do the horny handed son of
toll stunt"
Where are we going, have you any
dea?" asked.
SEARCH me-" he said Zone thing
you can bank on. they'll work the Ju
daS our of u.s. The gentle CRATER
nesties in our midst This here's o
cincb game and we are the fall guys
manner and an outpouring knowledge
of life. so that ! was hugely Interest
ed Yet ever and anon an allusiOD OF
taste would betray him. and at no
time did | fail to see that his rough
ness was only veneer AS II turned
out he was better educated ny far
than [. Yale hoy taking posi-.
graduate course In the University OF
Hard Luck.
My reserve once thawed, ! told him
much of my simple life. He listened
intently sympathetic.
Say" said he earnestly when had
finished. You're green, If youth ex
cuse me saying it. and maybe I can
help you some. Likewise you re the
only one in all the gang of hoboes
that's my kind. Let's he partners"
felt drawn to him and agreed.
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L,yportinsyQuib,|

Ray Neal Of Wabash has been
named line coach a: DePauw univer-
sity, rival school in Indiana.
Miss Helen Wills, worlds tennis
queen, hopes to continue activity on
the courts until she is sixty years Of
lge.
The fencing revival in New York
has grown to such proportions that
the Fencers' club is building a ten
story home.
A cement amphitheater, seating 15,-
600 spectators, is under construction
in Paris, France, for the 1929 Davis
cup tennis matches.
Stanford's 1929 football team ma,
be without the services of Walt
Heinecke. star center, who is report
ed to be taking treatments for heart
trouble.
San Francisco may hold an open
golf tourney next winter 1t may be
worth $1,000 to $4,000. and will be
held either before or after the Los
Angeles open tourney.
E. L. Foster, British woman, COM
peting at BisIey. England, made new
worlds record rifle score of 1O5.
Shooting at 200 yards she scored 35,
another 80 at 500. and a third 35 at
GOO.
Lester Bolstad, former Big Ten
golf champion, and runner-up on an
other occasion, is captain of the Uni
versity of Minnesota's links team for
the second year and also serves as
coach.
Only six horses have won more than
100000 in the history of the Ameri-
can turf-Zev. Man o. War, Extermi-
nator. Sarazen. Display and Crusader.
Nine thoroughbreds have brought in
100000 or more.
No player has won the United
States open golf championship twice
since Jack McDermott managed to
turn the trick II years ago.
In six of the last ten United States
open golf championships. Bob jones.
amateur ruler of the links, has fiji
ished in second place or better.
The fencing championship of Eu-
rope was captured recently in Naples
by an Italian team. scoring three sic
tories. Belgium was second with twt
Victories. and Hungary third
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
Would Practice Law

Harold (''Muddy') Ruel, veteran
backstop of the Washington baseball
team, has asked permission TO prac-
tice before the Supreme court of the
United States.
Ruel is a member of law firm in
st. Louis, when not playing ball, and
is looking forward, when his baseball
days are over, to the argument of
constitutional questions before nine
black-robed umpires who wear no
masks or chest protectors or rather
the Supreme court -.
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
VDIAMQNDN
NPTEk-uFSN

Cleveland American league baseball
players are numbered.
The third of the Waner boys, Ira
via, is getting tryout with Des
MoineS.
first baseman is a man who reach.
es IL feet to make the ShortstOp seem
wonder.
Giard, southpaw hurler of the st.
Paul American Association club, has
been purchased by Columbus.
Alex Ferguson, veteran right hand
ed pitcher, was released outright to
Buffalo of the International league.
Root of the Chicago Cubs is begin
ming to look to opposing teams like
some connection of the root. of all evil.
San Francisco, Oakland and the
Missions will promote winter base
ball league in an effort to develop
talent.
Next to Mr.. Grabowski of New York,
we always thought Mr.. Heving of the
Red SoX was the most suitably named
of the catchers.
The batter at the plate can always
tell if Bob Grove has just pitched the
ball, because the catcher will have
to throw it back.
In the last 20 years the sandlots of
Baltimore have sent exactly 20 ball
players to the major leagues. an aver
age of one a year.
The Boston Red Sox management
announced the release to Washington
by the waiver route of Ira Flagstead,
veteran outfielder.
Ira Thomas, right-hand man of Con
ME Mack, is one of the best-known
baseball scouts in che United States.
He is veteran in baseball.
A complaint is made that umpires
no longer call decisions so they can
be heard. AS it is. you must assume
he is saying Strike" if the pitch is
wide.
Heinie Sand, veteran infielder, went
ten games without getting a hit for
the Rochester club. But the club was
winning partly through his good work
in making double plays.
We suppose that eventually Rogers
Hornsby may become sort of second
baseman-at-large, playing for the home
team wherever he happens to have
laid over for the day.
Billy Mullen of Reading is making
himself conspicuous after his release
recently ~ Buffalo. 1t was MuIlen's
homer ,n May % that gave Reading
3 to edge over Newark.
Eddie Onslow, first baseman Of the
Baltimore club in tine International
league, has played in that circuit for
Is seasons, establishing record for
length of service among minor league
players.
Jack Quinn, veteran Athletics
pitcher, achieved remarkable record
as far back as 1908, when he won IA
out of 16 games for the Richmond
club in the Virginia league. the other
two being ties.
Wisconsin has one of the best col
legiate pitching staffs in the country.
Maury Farber twice mas hurled three
hit games against conference op-
ponents, and Ted Thelander did the
same on one occasion.
Outfielder Jerry Fitzgerald of New
ark pulled an unassisted double play
in the game of May % against Read
ing. Fitzgerald grabbed liner off the
bat of Hawks and raced in from right
field to first base to double Greene
off the bag.
Last year Iris Speaker was benchea
by Connie Mack. This year Iris
Speaker was benched by Iris Speak
er at Newark. He had intended play
ing center regularly for the Bears.
but found the youngsters were fitted
to carry on the job
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
Former Stanford Coach
Handles Columbia Line

Edward Walker, fermer coach of
the Stanfor4 university line under
Pop Warner, has been engaged to
replace John Depler, resigned, as head
line coach at Columbia university for
the coming football season.
Walker played at Stanford for three
years, being graduated in 1925. In
1926 he coached at Iowa and since
that time has coached the line at
Stanford. Depler, the former Illinois
player whose place he fills, resigned
recently to devote all of his time to
business.
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05

We certain this protests of MANY faithful
golfers. &
2 He doesn't he
10 extent his changed
3. He his
Until do
better when they feeling
5. After ALL Willie a experts
couldn't discover ii. They wouldn't anyhow
g. His roommate. Bib Fak has elsewhere bad
influence?
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
Quits Reading to, Aid Hitting

TOR who superstiousiy inclined
~ Willie Comiskey's 100000
third knocking basebals
the emporium the of batting
the Willie is looking for
Willie digent reader John Hoffman the
Chicago 1t improved intellect. Now
resembles Superstition
=.
"Ths in some ways" Willie laughed ITO %
you know what am hitting know 1t will
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ShuhSC ny tuNh II iooh 80 -
newspaper"
1t was only under protest that
he submitted to photographers
whims.
"Blankety blank" Willie pro
tested, much as he would upon
looking at bridge hand full OF
small cards, 81 know this will ruin
my hitting now. You fellows are
always doing something to guy
"But why are you hitting like
this?" we insisted.
Don't talk about it," Bill grum
bled, brandishing bat and then
disappearing into the dugout as If
ii was wasted effort even to use
bludgeon on the empty Uranium OF
baseball writer. But here are
some reasons why Kamm may be
hitting la Hornsby or Cobb.
Take your pick.
i. He gave I'D golf last wintar
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05

Compound to any
woman in the con-
dition I was in. /
was so weak and
rundown that /
could hardly stand
up. ! could not
eat and was full
of misery. A friend
living on Arcade
Avenue told me
about this medi-
cine and after TAX
ino ton hoff1oc ynu
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
The Professor Again

Every time the bell on his typewrii
er tinkles the absent-minded profes
sor writes "Come InI"
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SAME PRESCRIPTION
HE WROTE IN 1892

When DR.. Caldwell started to practice
medicine, back in 1875, the needs for
laxative were not as great as today.
People lived normal lives, ate plain,
wholesome food, and got plenty of fresh
air. But even that early there were
drastic physics and purges for the relief
of constipation which DR.. Caldwell did
not believe were good for human beings.
The prescription for constipation that
he used early in his practice, and which
he put in drug stores in 1892 under the
name of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
is liquid vegetable remedy, intended
for women, children and elderly people,
and they need just such q mild. safe
bowel stimulant.
This prescription has proven its worth
and is now the largest selling liquid
laxative. It has won the confidence of
people who needed it to get relief from
headaches, biliousness, fatulence, indi-
gestion, loss of appetite and sleep, bad
breath, dyspepsia, colds, fevers. At your
druggist, or write "Syrup Pepsin,"
Dept. BIB, Monticello. Illinois, for free
trial bottle.
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weakness and nervousness are all
gone. feel like living again. I am
still taking it until I feel strong like
before. You may use this letter as a
testimonial" ."-MRs. EIIZABETH Toso,
14913 Hale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05

Money smooths the path Of old age,
but there is no thrill in it as there
is at the age of twenty-five.
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
RECOMMENDS
IT TO OTHERS
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helps Her So Much

Cleveland, Ohio.-"I sure recon
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
Mosquito Bites
HANFoRD'S
BaIsam of Myrrh
Money back for first bottle IL not suited All dealers
Italian Giantess
Money back for first bottle IL not suited All dealers

Giovannia Ossena, the cannon wom-
an" reported to be the heaviest in
all Italy, has died at Mantua, at the
age of thirty. She weighed 4S5
pounds, her bust measurement was
6 feet inches, and she stood slight
ly under 6 feet. 1t took 10 bystand
ers to lift her on the stretcher.
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05

Five locomotives being built for
desert stretches between Portola,
Calf. and Elko, Nev., will have water
capacities of $4,000 gallons.
The Ely miner., 1929-07-05
A SUGGESTION

A Suggestion
Mother-You say you think that
you've solved the dishwashing prob
lem?
Daughter-Yes, with paper plates
and an eraser.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-05
POMFRET PARAGRAPHS

Mr Harmcn Harris of Boston spent the Thanksgiving holidays with his mother. Mrs. Donald unger.
 Mir. and Mrs. Neuschellcr and their young daughters spent he holiday and weekend at Fox Ei.l -arm.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert li.llyer spent Friday nigh at Bris' To-High, Mir. Hi lyer remaining until Sunday.
 Mime. Le Braz and Miss Theodora Hawley of New York arrived at Fox Hill farm on Wednesday for two weeks stay.
 The Pomfret Nativity play Is now in rehearsal. The actors were brought together fer the first time on Tues day evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. Morpeth of Pawtuck- ct, K. l. and a party of nine. drove from Providence on Thanksgiving day and had midday dinner at Fox Hill farm.
 Mir. and Mrs Nathan Weed and their childen stopped at Fox Hill farm for dinner on Sunday, on their way home, from Mrs, Weeds mothers on ihe Massachusetts coast.
 Miss Alice Lowell gave a small bridge party at Fox Hill Farm on Monday evening. The guests were Mir. and Mrs John Campbell, Mir. and Mrs Donald Unger, Mir and Mrs. David Pend. Miss Boult and Miss Moves
 Mrs Humphreys and Mrs. Cooper Ellis. beth of whom have sons at the Reetory school, and Mrs Humphreys young daughter. spent "Wednesday and Thursday nights at Fox Hill Farm for the holiday entertainments at the school.
 Mir. and Mrs. Benjamin Haywood Adams have changed their plans and instead of spending the winter in New York sailed November 30th on the S. s. Augustus for Genoa They may return in the spring but their plans are uncertain.
 The Rev George Barker and Mrs, Barker mCtored to Birmingham, Mass. on Wednesday and spent the holiday with Mir. Barker's mother, who returned with them the follow ing day, Miss Stella Barker is spend
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West Woodstock

Mrs. Llla Lyons is with relatives in Montpelier, Vt.
 wayland Harris and Williams broth CTS are driving new cars.
 Miss Alice Johnson left Sunday for sHaven" where she will board for the winter.
 Miss Airline Stowell will entertain the West Willing Workers at her home Saturday at 10 A. M.
 Mir and Mrs. A. W. Davis and Rand all Davis of Central Villaga called on friends in town Thanksgiving day.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Shepard ate Thanksgiving dinner with their niece Mrs. Clarence Myers in Putnam.
 Mir. and Mrs. Albert Davis and fam fly and Willard Davis of Providence were Thanksgiving dinner guests oi Daniel Davis.
 Mrs. John Spaulding spent several days of last week in Willimantie visit, hp her aunt Mrs. Emily Platt and ether relatives.
 wayland Harris in company wi'h Messrs. Albert Williams. George Butts Tobias Stanley attended the windham County conference or as- sessors held Monday in Willimantic.
 Roger Lawson, who died recently m Snringfe'd. was born and spent hls youth in this place. He leaves a wiie' aaughter. two brothers and one sls- ter. The interment was in South bridge.
 Contractor Bridges has assembled most If the parahernalia for the con struct;on of the state road and work has already commenced.
 Eighteen relatives O. Wayland mar rs gathered at his home for Tnanks- giving Mir. and Mrs. Leslie F. Harris eff Now Rochelle. N. Y. were among Ae number.
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A, The Ben Gro.venOr Inn

Mir. and Mrs. J. II. Purdy, the Miss. motored to Boston last Friday and lunched with Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Brooks.
 Mr. and Mrs Russell Perkins. who have spent several weeks at the South cottage are leaving on Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. John J. Whitehead will go to New York on Friday to spend a week.
 Mir. Hugh Potts stopped at the South cottage Monday night on his way from Portland. Maine. 10 visit friends in New Haven.
 Benjamin Grosvenor was home from Phillips Academy for the Thanksgiving holiday.
 Mir Hadley. MT. Clifford and Mir. Emery of pomfret School were din ner guests of Mir. and Mrs. John D. Campbell on Thanksgiving day.
 Mir. and Mrs. John r. Grosvenor entertained Miss Blanche Daggett. of North Attlehoro. during Thanksgiv- ing.
 Among these registered at the Inn during the Thanksgiving festivities al the Pomfret school were Mir and Mrs. George Wagstaff. Mir and Mrs Robert H. Delafield. Mir. and Mrs Morgan Wing, Mir. and Mrs. John Wing. Mir. and Mrs Darragh Park, Mir. and Mrs. J. Harry Alexandre Mrs, Nelson. Miss Alexandre. Mir. and Mrs. Alanson Enos. Mir. and Mrs. Al. anson Enos. Jr., Mrs Landon K Theme. Mir. and Mrs. Anson B. Hard Mir. and Mrs Rowland Davis, The Duchess Torlonia and Miss Torlonia Mrs Alfred Wagstaff, Mir. and Mrs
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Pomfret Landing

Mrs. Lindsey of New Haven <. spend lng the winter with Mir. and Mrs Searles. 1 ''
 Mrs. J. B. Clapp spent Thanks0iv. lng with Mr. and Mrs. Lyon of Wood. stock.
 Mrs Ida Hildreth entertained ever she holiday Mir. and Mrs. Fred Hil- dreth of Chicopee.
 MT. and Mrs. Horace Coven spent Thanksgiving with their son Harold Covell and family of Boston.
 Mir and Mrs. Earl White and fami. ly of Providence. R. I. spent Friday with his mother Mrs Jennie P. White.
 Mrs. Mairson of Hartford. Conn. spent Thanksgiving and the weekend With her mother Mrs. Jennie White.
 Miss Celia Brotkin spent Thanks giving and the weekend with her par ents Mir. and Mrs Brothn of Fall River.
 Miss Margaret kearney attended the wedding of Miss Beatrice Shaw and Gilbert Danielson at the Metho- dist church in Putnam on Thursday evening.
 Miss Ruth Bryden of Willimantie Normal school is spending the Thanks giving recess with her parents Mir. and Mrs. Alfred Bryden and sister Virginia.
 Mir and Mrs. Roswell Hilton enter tained over Thanksgiving Mir. and Mrs. Fordyee Hilton of Hartford. Mir. and Mrs. Kenneth Hilton of Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Cartier and son John of Denielson.
 Mrs. Mary Hopkins who has lived al The Haven in Abingdon for three yeras died Monday, November 25th. The funeral service was held here at hsr old home The service was con ducted by Rev. Richards of the Christ Episcopal church of Pomfret. Burial was in the family lot in Dayvile.
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Thompson
Dorothy Reed is at the Day Kim

Dorothy Reed is at the Day Kim ban hospital.
 Henry Wiley, ar. is very Ill at the home of his son, Henry Withey, Jr.
 The missionary society will be en- tertained by Miss Harriet K. Lewis on Friday afternoon.
 There WAS on installation of Christ ian Endeavors officers at the Brandy Hill church on Sunday night.
 Miss Ruth Ccvell of the Miss Wheel CT School of Providence was at Sun set Hi,i last week for a few days
 The school nurse has been at the local public school examining the pu- pils this week Monday and Tuesday forenoons
 The entire board of assessors at tended a tri-county conference with Tax Commissioner Blogget in Willi- mantle cn Monday.
 Over fifty dollars was taken in at the motion picture benefit and candy sale There was a very good attend ance and good pictures shown.
 Mir and Mrs. Leon Hill. manager and mistress of Thompson town farm gave the inmates wonderful dinner Thanksgiving day It was said il would be long remembered by the in- mates Mir. and Mrs. Leon Hiii both are very kind to the old people. Many thanks Co J. A. fafontaine for the Thanksgiving greeting cake and also thanks to Mir. Snow of Webster. for his gift.