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blazed forth. with one scream the
man .tumbled down, carrying along
with him the disconnected box. The
water rushed over the ground IN a
deluge. I must capture him. There
he lay in that pouring stream. :.
Now | had him.
In that torrent of icy water Crap
pied with my man. Over and over
we rolled. He tried to gouge me. He
was small, but oh, how strongl He
held down his face. Fiercely l
wrenched it up to the light. Heavensl
II was the Worm.
l gave a cry OF surprise, and my
clutch on him must have weakened,
for ar that moment be gave violent
wrench, a cat-like twist, and tore him.
self free. Men were running In from
all directions.
'"Catch him" ! cried. -Yonder he
goes"
But the little man was shooting for
ward like deer. Right and left ran
his pursuers, installing each other
4OA INC iOOOCA lbC
yelling frantically, mad with the ex-
element of man-hunt And in the
midst of it all lay in pool of mud
and water, with sprained wrist and
a bite on my leg.
-Why didn't you hold him?" shout
ed Ribwood.
Il couldn't" / answered. II saved
your cleanup, and he got some of the
lead Besides. know who be is
Pat Doogan."
You don't say. Well, I'm darned.
Well get him I'll go into town first
thing in the morning and get out
warrant for him."
He went, but the next evening back
he returned, looking very surly and
disgruntled.
well, what about the warrantT
said HOFFMAN.
Didn't get it," snapped Ribwood.
Look here, HOFFMAN, met Locasto.
Black Jack says Pat was cached
away, dead TO all the world, in the
Darkroom of the Omega saloon all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06

abilities and one who, judged by any
hero. Metaeom, his father, MaSsasoit,
sachem- of the Wampanoags, called
him, but the whites who felt the force
of his wrath knew him as King Philip
or Philip of Pokanoket. They all but
exterminated his people, they hunted
him to earth and killed him and they
subjected his body TO indignities as
barbarous as any inflicted by their
savage enemies. And now, nearly
three hundred years later, his men,
DRY is to be perpetuated in a shrine
to be erected by descendants of some
of the men who fought his tribesmen.
A Massachusetts archeologist and
historian, r. F. Haffenreffer, Jr., of
Fail River, has purchased the historic
ridge in Rhode Island known as Mt.
Hope. the home of King Philip, and
there will be built a fireproof memo
rial for housing Indian relics. a veri-
table shrine of New England Indian
history. The Mt. Hope reservation is
a tract of more than 500 acres and
contains many points of historic in
terest. Among them are the spring
where King Philip drank, the rocky
throne on a hillside where the Wam-
panoag leader held his councils with
his braves, and the swamp where he
was killed by the men led by Capt.
Benjamin Church. In this reservation
too is the ground where so bushels of
corn were raised by the Indian wom-
en- and given to the starving Pilgrims
by Massasoit, who lies buried on
hilltop a few miles away.
The story of King Philip is the
story Of the leader of a lost cause,
champion of a weaker race whose
attempt TO stay the onrush of the con-
quering whites was foredoomed to fail
ure. He was the first great Indian
chief to attempt confederacy Of the
tribes to resist the whites and he
came nearer succeeding in his plan
than did Pontiac, Tecumseh or any
other red leaders who followed In his
footsteps. History has made him
mig IuIlip 10 commemorate the
heroism Of his life and DEATH" says
one historian. HE almost made him.
self king by his marvellous energy
and statecraft put forth among the
New England tribes Had the oppos-
ing power been a little weaker. he
might have founded temporary king
dom on the ashes of the colonies"
Notwithstanding repeated usurpa-
tons upon his lands and liberties"
Massasoit continued in his role of
Friend of the White Man" to the day
of his death in 1862. Near the close
of his life, he had taken his two sons.
Wamsutta and Metacom, to Plymouth
and requested the governor, in token
of friendship, to give them English
names. To Wamsutta was given the
name of Alexander and to Metacom,
the name of Philip, and Massasoit
charged both of them to continue his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06

policy of friendliness to the English.
But Alexander, who succeeded Massa-
soft as sachem, found that difficult for,
as the number of white settlers in
creased, their desire for more land in
creased and the Wampanoags saw
their territory passing rapidly into the
hands of the whites. More than that,
the kindly feelings that had prevailed
between the two races began to give
way to suspicion and hatred on both
sides and to harsh treatment of the
red men at the hands of the white.
AIexander's friendship became no
ticeably less and he was summoned to
Plymouth to answer TO charges of
plotting against the English. Aiexan-
der refused to come and he was
brought by force. This indignity
threw him into a rage and he became
seriously ill, dying upon his return
trip to the Wampanoag lands in Rhode
Island. His wife, Wetamee, and his
brother, Philip, both believed that he
had been poisoned by the English and
resolved to avenge his death. But
Philip, who succeeded him as sachem,
clearly understood the power of the
English and did not intend TO make
the mistake of acting too hastily. For
nine years after his elevation to sa-
chem, he devoted his energies to OBJ
servation and preparation for the i'm
pending struggle.
Philip made every effort to accumu-
late guns and ammunition for his war
riors and even tried TO obtain the
formula for making gunpowder. He
succeeded in getting a large number
of firearms and many Of his men be-
came expert niarksmen. All of these
preparations had not gone unnoticed
by the colonists who were uneasily
aware that a dark cloud of disaster
was lowering over them. Finally in
1911, Philip was summoned to a coun-
Gil at Taunton to explain the suspi
cious acts of his tribesmen. He as
serted that he was preparing for de-
tense against the Narragansetts, de-
MED any hostile intent toward the
English, signed a new treaty and
agreed to surrender all his guns. He
did give up some 10 of the weapons
owned by his tribe but Immediately
after his return to Mt. Hope continued
to go forward with his preparations
for war.
For the next three years peace pre-
vailed but still the uneasy feeling that
they were on the verge of war
troubled the colonists. By this time
Philips plans had matured and he had
determined upon opening hostilities in
the spring of 1876. He become more
Independent and bold in his attitude
and when the governor of Massachu-
sets summoned him to another coun-
Gil to make new treaty, Philip sent
back this naughty reply: "Your gov
ernor is but subject of King Charles
of England 1 shall not treat with
subject. 1 shall only treat with the
king, my. brother. When he comes
am ready"
At about this time, too, a Rhode Is
land settler who was a good friend of
the Indian leader tried to dissuade
him from war. Philips reply is his
toric. He said: 1.-The English who
came first to this country were but
handful of people, forlorn, poor and
distressed Ny father did all in his
power to serve them. Others came.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Virgin Gold

In an unknown cave on the Auck.
land islands lie the remains of a ship
which contained more than S10.OO0.0o0
worth of virgin gold and nuggets. Some
seventy years ago she sailed from
Melbourne. loaded with miners return
ing with their gold from BaIlarat
Becalmed among the islands, a cur
rent drifted her info a great cave.
Her masts. striking the roof. were
driven through the hull and she sank
A few survivors reached the suast Of
New Zealand. bet no search has, ye;
discovered the cave In xhlc5 lies the
hull of this valuable treasure ship.
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On.
night. There's two loafers and the
barkeeper to back him up. What can
we do in the face of that? Say. young
teller. | guess you mistook your man."
81 guess did not" I protested
stoutly.
They both looked at me for a mo-
ment and shrugged their shoulders
Time went on and the cabin was
quietly nearing completion. The roof
Of poles was in place. 1t only re-
NAMED to cover it with moss and
thawed-out earth to make it our fu-
ture home.
More and more my dream hours
were jealousy cOnsecrated to Berna.
How ineffably sweet were they. How
full of delicious imaginingsl How
pregnant Of high hope! o, was born
to love, think, and never loved but
one. This story Of my life is the
story Of Berna. II is thing of words
and words and words, yet every word
is Berna, Berna- Feel the heartache
behind it all. Read between the
lines, Berna, Berna-
The Prodigal was always .'snoop-
ing" around and cleaning information
from most mysterious sources. One
evening. be came to US.
Boys, get ready. quick. There's
rumor of stampede for new creek.
Ophir creek they call it, away on the
other side of the divide somewhere.
A prospector went down ten feet and
got fifty-cent dirt. We've got TO ger
in on this. There's a mob coming
from Dawson, but We'll get there be-
fore the rush"
Quickly we got together blankets
and little grub. and. keeping out of
sight. we crawled up the bill under
cover of the brush. Soon we came
to a place from which we could COM
mand a full view of the valley Here
we lay down, awaiting developments.
On>th far slope of Eldorado, | saw
a hawk soar upward. Surely a man
was moving amid the brush. two men
a dozen men, moving in single file
very stealthily. | pointed them out.
'.It's the stampede" whispered Jim
We've got to get on TO the trail of
that crowd Travel like blazes We
can cut them off at the head of the
valley"
Throw away your blankets, boys"
said the ProdigaL Just keep a lit
tie grub We must connect with that
bunch If we break our necks."
Ii was hours after when we over
took them. about a dozen men. all in
the maddesf hurry. and casting behind
them glances of furtive apprehension.
The leader was going like one pos
sessed. We blundered on behind In
the same mad. heart-breaking hurry.
mile after mile. hour after hour, con-
tert 70 follow the man of iron who
was guiding Us TO the virgin treas
ure.
We had been pounding along al
night. up hill and down dale. The
sun rose. ii was morning. Still we
kept up our fierce gait Would our
leader never come to his destination
By what roundabout route was he
guiding US? We painted as we pelted
on. parched and weary, faint and foot
sore But still our leader kept on.
Suddenly the Prodigal said to me !:
SAY. you boys will have to go on
without me. I'm all i'm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Real Burning Bush

One of the most remarkable of
plants is Towering now in the rock
garden at Kew-the gas plant" or
burning bush" called dictamnus.
When lighted match is applied to
a shoot of it there comes a brilliant
scarlet flame. Like a flash of light
ming ii travels up the length of the
Towering shoot, without injuring IT.
The best time TO make the expert
ment is when the flowers are fading.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Runaway Airplane

What German newspapers describe
as one of the rare instances where
an airpIape takes the bit in its teeth
and runs away occurred recently at
the airdrome Of Cheb Eyer In
Czechoslo 7akia. An old and appar-
emily "1ifeless" plane suddenly took a
notion to fly and rose from the earth
so rapidly that the mechanician who
had been demonstrating the con
trolls to some pupils was barely able
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
The King of Convention Halls

THE United States having devel-
L oped into nation of gatherings
and might be said to be suffering from
conventionitis. a convention hall for
the proper Eousing OF possible multi
tud IS which may descend upon ii co
discuss or display this, that or the
other, became almost necessity for
any self-respecting large city. Con-
vention halls went up nearby and
est or the finest were heard. Finally,
Atlantic City took the bull by the
horns" so TO speak, and settled the
question, for time al least. by build
ing the most mastodonic hall on
earth.
This giant structure covers seven
acres. seats 41.OOO persons in the
main auditorium alone-there are q
host of smaller meeting rooms with
capacities ranging from 150 persons
up, cost the tidy sum Of S15.OOO.OO
and is located directly across the
street from the Atlantic ocean. Ii
holds what is claimed to be the larg-
est stage in the world. one of the
largest pipe organs over built, skat-
ing rink. swimming pool, ballroom
capable of accommodating 5000 per-
sons and what not
A history building. 500 feet long
and 200 feet wide could be housed in
the main auditorium; railroad trains
can be operated to the entrance: auto
mobiles can be driven right into IL:
the air in the interior can be changed
every seven minutes. washed and
cooled la summer and heated In win
ter; 2OO.0OO tons of sand were moved
to make way for it and 1900 tons
of steel. 1900 cubic yards of con-
crete, $1,000 barrels Of cement, 25,OOo
tons of sand, $1,000 fons of stone and
100000 brick went into its con-
struction.
CO 1923 Western Newspaper nuion-D
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06

aqueduct on Oahu taps four valleys
and trayerses a tunnel 14,443 feet
long. One plantation uses more water
than the city of San Francisco, says
Nature Magazine. Thousands of ar
tesian wells dot the countryside. In
1926. about 10000 tons of sugar worth
S65.000,O00 were raised on the GAO
square miles that comprise this daub
of water-surrounded land. The pine
apple crop brings a revenue Of nearly
S340O0,OO0 annually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Amt Science Wonderful?

Science has made comfort possible
for old age. Not so many years ago
there was little recreation or amuse-
ment for one grown old Now the tick
took of fhe old clock is drowned By
the dinner music from hfgh-priced
orchestra: the organ music of a great
cathedral, or the chimes of a carlton
on Park. avenue. But science is not
done ret The things they call teIevi-
sion is on its way.-American Maya
zine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
WNU Service
STORY FROM THE START

AthoI Medium, young Scots
man, starts out TO seek his for
tune. He arrives at San Fran
cisco practically broke and meets
a fellow adventurer whom he
dubs the ProdigaL With Jim
Hubbard they join the gold rush
to Alaska. On the boat Athol
meets Berna, a young woman
travelling with her grandfather
and hard looking couple named
Winklestein who figure as her
aunt and uncle Landing at Skag-
way. Athors party at once takes
the trail. In a snowslide on the
Chileoot trail, which Berna and
her companions had taken, hum
dreds of lives are lost. Fearful
for Berna's safety. Athol hastens
to the scene He finds the old
man dead. At Bennett, Berna
comes to Athol, confesses her
love, ana begs him to marry her.
10 save her from the harsh fate
she foresees. He is unwilling to
take such a decisive step, and
tells her they must wait Some
days afterward Berna tells Athol
Madam Winklestein plans to sell
her to BLACK Jack" Locasto,
millionaire miner of evil reputa-
ton Reaching the gold fields,
Athol and his party find the
claims all taken. Unable to To-
cate Berna, Athol seeks infor-
nation from Locasto. BLACK
Jack" discIaims knowledge of her
whereabouts, and lures Meldrum
to a lonely spot and beats him
into Inconsistencies. Through
a lucky chance Athol finds Berna
They set a date for their mar
rage, the first of June.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06

The inflammableness of the plant is
due TO this: that on its stalks are
minute reddish-brown glands, and
these secrete an etheric oil. The
glands develop fully soon after the
blossom begins to fade, but they shriv-
el up when the fruit begins to FORM
London Answers.
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to jump out In time to save himself
from serious injury. The revivified
Pegasus climbed TO the height OF $50
feet, made a considerable flight and
then came down in a crash that re-
duced it to impotent fragments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Island. Well Wooded

The area of the six islands OF the
Samoan Archipelago belonging TO the
United States is 60.000 acres. says the
American Tree association The for
est area is perhaps 20 per cent Of this.
or A. go acres
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Maxine The Grade

@And | thought my son. Hank, was
ioing so well, too." said the disap-
pointed parent of the youth who failed
to graduate. THE teacher told me
only recently that If Hank had only
a little more sense he would be
moron. "-Pathfinde Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Virtue Imperative

But what is liberty without wis
dom. and without virtue? IL is the
greatesl of all possible evils; for IL
is folly. vice and madness without
tuition or restraint
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Women In Greek Society

Phi Beta Kappa did not always adj
NIT women, but fidelity % the test OF
scholarship required it Women were
first admitted By the Ai9ha Of Yer
mont Ia 1875.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
Forty Mile. of Water Tunnel.

There are sugar plantations on
Kauai, Oahu and Maui, in the Pacific,
with 40 miles of tunnels and bitches 10
carry life-giving water, and a famous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06

California has a lion farm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON.

HIS years celebration Of
American Indian d a y,
which is observed on the.
fourth Friday in Septem-
Der, finds plans under
way for honoring a great
Indian, famous for his
war against the whites,
but a man of outstanding
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-06
NEARBY AND :
YONDER :
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By t. T. MAxEY
;s-sS--J-I--Js--as--Js--J--5-.
The WeIland Ship Canal

he w Gtldh1 SAAP SdndE
a WEI.LAND canal has afforded .
n passageway between Lakes Erie
and Ontario for well nigh a hundred
years.
The original Weland was irst
sailed in 1874 Ii was 271a miles long.
% feer wide 3 feet deep and con
tanned 40 locks. each 10 feet long
In was enlarged. rebuilt and again
placed In service in IS4a, The pres
emf canal, which represents another
step-up in size, was opened in 1882
The one now building probably will
be ready for service some time dur
ing 1890. has been built to dimen-
sions which IL is thought will be SUI
ticiently large to meet the increased
size of cargo vessels plying the Great
Lakes for many years to come. II will
be . miles long. 50 feet wide. 25 feef
deep and have locks each $40 feet
long and 80 feet deep with a lift of
1914 feet which will lift or lower pass
ing vessels the 3251s feet which rep
resents the difference in level be-
tween the two lakes. Some 1900 YES
sells pass through the present canal
annually.
Some conception of the magnitude
of the work of constructing the new
ship canal can be gained from the
fact that some 6OOO.O00 wagon-lOads
OF rock and 40.OUOWO wagon-loads OF
earth had TO be excavafed. while
enough concrete was used TO build a
solid wall 20 feet high. 6 feet thick
and 100 miles long.
The time required to pass loaded
vessel through the completed canal
will approximate 8 hours, as against
Is to Is hours with the present canal.
The cost of the completed job will
approach S10O.OOO.OO0
The Los Angeles Aqueduct
THE Los Angeles aqueducf Is 'as
L long as England Is wide. Ii goes
under mountains, through 142 tunnels
and crosses desert as large as the
state of Massachusetts" Ii was built
to insure the largest city on our west
ern coast with sufficient and ever
lasting supply of pure water. cost S24.-
5OO,OO0. took five years to build-as
many as FIVE thousand men worked
on ii at a time. is hailed as a spec
tacular feat of engineering and meas
ures up TO the job.
High up in the Sierra mountains
there was fresh water galore. but
that was $50 miles away and the San
Fernando valley lay between But
the need outweighed the handicap
and to work they went The Owens
river was tapped and $50 miles of
open and covered canals and massive
steel conduits constructed; 81 giant
storage reservoirs created along the
way-the largest. Haiwee, capable Of
handling 20.OO0Ooe.000 gallons an
nually, made available TO this City Of
the Saints a daily water supply Of
approximately DOG. 100000 gallons.
The constant movement of such a
great quantity of wafer presented a
tOo-goOd-to-be-true opportunity for
the development Of large quantities
of cheap electric power, through the
construction of string Of generating
plants located at strategic points. The
combined water and power system is
one Of the largest municipality owned
plants of the kind In the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Ihe floating hfT lied up a the 8hdTJ O one q '7e '' landings
7heater Cruises From North Carolina
bHead Of Bqy.in Marylaud, Plying in
Stage. Successees:--- O2,nly G,aff f.Kind on !.
i. Eastern Coas Productions
Chosen for Ithole Season, Boat . .. q. I,
'..+ Once Sank, hit W,dsSaloaged. ..l...

with the show boat, making upt . httse Aeet,
were the yacht Of the owner. James Adams,
who waits the theater from time 20 time during
the season and the two; tugs that convey the
playhouse. Twenty-six people journey with the
theater including the 10 players, the musicians.
the captain, the. cook and the men. who work
the tugs. They like the easy freedom Of the
life, with no trains 70 catchHor trunks TO pack.
AS Charles NJ Hunter who iss director and
lead, and who Is manager OF the theater, to-
getl1er with seika Adams says. GAN We need
Of any town rs . grocery store and an audi
ence." ~ ~ u Is tkEEa e.ss
ONE HUNDRED FEET OF the l2s-foot length
~ Of the boat are taken up by the theater
iprorer which seats $50 persons. Members, of
the cast have c0tnbined; dressing rooms and
stateT0onas in the after part, and there are
other rooms above the tlleater. One OF Mr.: and
Mrs Hunters rooms. the Blue Room IS the
place where Mr.. Hunter gave Edna Ferber
much Of the material for her book. There are
Is staterooms altogether, And fitted IN under
the stage are the dining room and kitchen. =
One Of the chains Of the show boat Is It's
internttang Of nautical and thestrical qualities.
You step On the boat, walk across the deck
and enter = theater lobby with the box once
at one sidA In the auditorium you sit IN .
conventional taeater seat, facing = conveh-
tional stage. but on either side are rows OF
windows that open on the water Where boats
are going by 80 c.s73
! The members Of the company. living and
working together have 81 eioseness Of interests.
They call themselves the family" They are
really grouping Of fannilies:s u IS > rule OF
the show boat to add only married. women to
the cast, and 30 there are several teams ON
board with husband and wife playing together.
Whatever Is to be donesN Mr. Hunter says.
everybody pitches in. stegetherf' This was
thoroughly demonstrated when the stage was
set for smiling Through the feature Of tn
weeks program. The scene Is an Rngliss
garden and real flowers and vines and shrub
berry are used even . tree. The, people OF b.
Michaels brought flowers from their gardens;
Some Of the show boat players went on shore
and found Wild flowers and hOneysuckle vines
and brought back armloadS Of thems IA
..sJ{ i.tst1 ~ ~ saf,,r Z ~ fa3 go
"A POzKN people worked setting the scene.
4 : when the hack-drop Was lowered two OF
the aetresses began 10 fasten climbing Aowers
against the painted cottage wall the Mowers
gave IN sadded dimension TO- the background
A rOM s0f, hqpeyssackle three sfeets thick IVES
lbroughtstM.s ~ was spread out 9thickly On tk1e
moor tpf the ssseesi while the aFbQrs were being