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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

1T know it isn't over. The plan isn't
complete. We foreStalled the murderer
by releasing DR.. Bliss. And now he
must carry on. We've seen only the
dark preliminaries of his damnable
scheme-and when the plot is finally
revealed it viii be monstrous. ;"
Vance went quietly to the door lead
ing into the hall and, opening it few
inches, looked out.
And, Markham" he said, reclosing
the door, I'VE must be careful-that' s
what I've been insisting on right along.
We must not fall into any of the muir
derer's traps. The arrest of DR.. Bliss
was one of those traps. A single false
step on our part, and the plot will sue
ceed."
He turned to Heath
Sergeant, will you be so good as to
bring me the yellow pad and the pen
and ink from the table in the museum?
We, too, must cover up our tracks,
for we are being stalked as closely as
we are stalking the murderer.
Heath, without word, went into the
museum, and few moments later re-
turned with the requested articles.
Vance took them and sat down at the
doctors desk Then placing Salveteer' S
letter before him he began copying
roughly the phonograms and kilograms
on a sheet of the yellow pad
Its best, 1 think" he explained as
he worked, that we hide the fact that
we've found the letter. The person who
tore it up and threw 1t in the basket
may suspect that we've discovered 1t
and look for the fragments. If they're
not there, he will be on his guard. It's
merely a remote precaution, but We
can't afford to make slip. We're con-
fronted by mind of diabolical clever
ness. :"
When he finished transcribing a
dozen or so of the symbols, he tore the
paper into pieces of the same size az
those of the original letter, and mixed
them with the contents of the waste
basket. Then he folded up Salveter's
original letter and placed it in his
pocket.
do you nina, sergeant, returning the
paper and ink to the museum"
You oughta been a crook, Mr..
Vance" Heath remarked good-naturedly,
picking up the pad and ink stand and
disappearing through the steel door.
II don't see any light" Markham
commented gloomily THE farther we
go, the more involved the case becomes"
Vance nodded somberly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
INsTALLnrENT XVII.


T\HE document was unquestionablS
a sheet of the yellow scratch
pad we had seen in the museum
Il and on it were four lines of old
Egyptian characters painstak-
ingly limned in green ink.
Vance placed his finger on one of the
groups of characters.
That" he told us, lis the ankh
heiroglyph." He shifted his finger
''And that is the was sign And
there, toward the end, is the tenn sign "
ly nonplussed, and his tone was far
from civil. We can't arrest guy be-
cause he drew a lot of cock-eyed pic
lures on piece of yellow paper.
MY word sergeantl Must you al
ways be thinkin' of clappin' persons
into oubliettes? fear you haven't a
a humane nature. Very sad
why not try to cerebrate occasionally"
He looked up and was startled by his
seriousness. 1.-The young and impetu-
Gus Mr. Salveter confesseS that he has
foolishly penned letter to his Dulci-
bella in the language of the Pharaohs.
He tells us he has placed the unfinished
billet-doux in the drawer of table in
the museum. We discover that 1t is not
in the table drawer but has been ruth
lessly dismembered and thrown into the
wastebaSket in DR.. Bliss study
on what possible grounds could you
regard the Paul of this epistle as a
murderer"
'I amt regarding nobod. as any
thing" retorted Heath violently But
there's too much shenanigan going on
around here to suit me. / want &C
ton"
Vance contemplated him gravely.
"For once I, too, want action, SER
geant. If we don't get some sort of ac-
ton before long, we may expect some
thing even worse than has already hap
pened. But it must be intelligent ac-
tion-not the action that the murderer
wants us to take. We're caught in the
mesheS of cunningly fabricated plot;
and, unless we watch our step, the Gull
prit will go free and we'll still be bat
Ting with the cobwebs."
Heath grunted and began porting over
the reconstructed letter.
'That's a hell of way for guy to
write to a dame" he commented, with
surly disdain. Give me a nice dirty
shooting by a gangster. These fossy
crimes make me sick.
"See here, Vance" he said, do you
believe the murderer tore up that let
ter and threw 1t in DR.. Bliss waste
basket"
Can there be any doubt of it?" Vance
asked in return.
But what, in Heavens name. could
have been his object?"
"I don't know-yet. That's why I'm
frightened" Vance gazed out of the
sear window But the destruction of
that letter is part of the plot; and I'M
til we can get some definite and work.
able evidence, we're helpless"
"Still |" persisted Markham ''if the
letter was discriminating, it strikes me
it would have been valuable to the
murderer Tearing it up doesn't help
any one"
Heath looked first at Vance and then
at Markham.
Maybe" he offered, "Salveter tore it
up himself"
"When?" Vance asked quietly
chow do know" The sergeant was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
DAY BECOMES PARTNER
OF REDMOND COMPANY
Former Sinclair Associate "Start-
ing Life Anew" With Wall Street
Bankers and Brokers.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 8.-Henry
Mason Day, one-time associate of Harry
F. Sinclair, has become partner of
Redmond e. Co. bankers and brokers of
Wall Street.
MIR. Day. who served a term in jail
for contempt as result of the Teapot
Dome investigation, has been affiliated
with the Redmond concern, primarily as
a customers man, since last April, when
he resigned from the Sinclair interests.
II am starting life anew" Mr.. Day
smilingly told newspaper men yesterday.
His jail term resulted from a purely
technical, not a criminal, charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

time in charge Of the entire Police De-
partment of the City OF New York;
"I'll see that you don't 60 to psyche
pathic ward, sergeant" Markham said
irritably, walking toward the door.
(To be continued.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
DON'T STOP SCHOOL SAVINGS
BECAUSE OF VACATION.

Just because school is over for three
months is no reason why Johnnie and
Mary should stop saving their pennies
in the School Savings Bank, according
to statement issued by sponsors of
the national movement for teaching
thrift in the public schools
To encourage thriftiness during the
vacation period, the First State Bank
and the First National Bank which re-
ceives Bank Day funds during the
school year have arranged to accomo-
date small depositors all summer long.
They will accept any amount on any
day of the week, during banking hours
School children of Ely have saved
all told, the sum of $21, 872.16 through
the School Savings Bank, according
to figures supplied, and many thous-
ands of dollars in addition to this have
been withdrawn for necessary expendi-
lures or for investment.
Parents are asked to discourage un-
necessary Withdrawals of this money
and to encourage children to make reg
ular deposits during the summer di-
rectly at the bank.
The thrift education movement is
sponsored locally by the Board of
Education and receives the personal
attention of local bankers and of w. E..
Englund, Superintendent of Schools.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
HAB|AN- M|LK0V|CH
NUPT|Al'S MONDAY
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE UNITED
IN MATRIMONY AT THE CATH
OLIC CHURCH-RECEPTI AT
HOME OF BRIDES MOTHER.

A very pretty church wedding was
solemnized at the Catholic church
Monday morning at 9 o'clock, when
Rev. Father Mihelcic united in the
holy bonds of matrimony, Miss Ann
Marie Milkovich to Stephen M. Habian.
The groom was attended by Joseph
Milkovich, brother of the bride and
Miss Mary Latkovich of Chisholm was
bridesmaid. Many members of the
families of the young people with in
vited guests, attended the services at
the church.
A reception was rendered the newly
weds at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Mary Milkovich on
Sheridan Street. The reception was
attended by a large number of friends
of the young people and a sumptious
and appetizing wedding dinner was
served. The couple were. ShoWered
with many useful and appropriate
gifts.
Mr. and Mrs Habian left the follow
ing day for Duluth and Superior where
they will visit relatives and friends
for a few weeks. While in Superior
they will be the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Doran of the Androy
Hotel at the Doran summer cottage
at Lake Nebagamon. Mrs. Doran is
sister of Mr. Habian. They will be at
home in this city after their wedding
trip where the groom holds re-
sponsible position with the mining
company.
The Miner joins their hosts of
friends in wishing them all possible
happiness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
"MONTANA MOON" COMING
TO OPERA HOUSE JUNE 20.

Joan Crawford, usually associated
with society drawing rooms and flap
per boarding schools will be seen in
a new environment in Montana
Moon," her latest Metro Goodwin
Mayer Offering which will be shown
June 20 and July l and at the Opera
House.
This production was made on
cattle ranch in the San Jacinto Noun
tains, 200 miles north of Los Angeles
where Miss Crawford, together with
her director, Malcolm st. Clair and
supporting cast which included John
Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian. Ri
cardo Cortez, Benny Rubin, Cliff Ed
wards, Karl Dane and Lloyd Ingraham
established location headquarters.
The picture is said to be unique in
the respect that the majority of its
extra players were recruited from the
staff of cowpunchers on the ranch,
whose activities, including the riding
of bucking broncos, lassoing of steers,
handling of stampedes and other
purely western pursuits were included
in the story as part of the general at
mospheric detail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20

ports to 600 of the ocean going YES
selssels of the world, the iron industry
of Lake Superior will enter upon
new epoch. In fact the region is now
entering that epoch, through the in
creaSing beneficiation of low grade
ores. When this region forwards more
than 500 of the tonnage in the shape
OF beneficiated iron ore then the
epoch will have arrived. 1t may come
before the st. Lawrence waterway.
The proponents of the deep waterway
to the sea point out that iron ore
cargoeS from foreign countries will
supplement the declining reserves of
the lake region, and that the vessels
engaged in such traffic may take back
cargoes of grain or coal. Fayette S.
Warner, C.. E. M. B.. Phi. D., of the
Political Science department of the
University of Pennsylvania, points out
that there are two ways to offset de-
pletion of the high grade iron ores of
Lake Superior-foreign ores and bene-
ficiation." There can be no doubt that
both will play part. with beneficial
ton the bulwark of the Lake steel
industry.
Sixty-five per cent of the iron and
steel industry is in the Lake dis
trict, and Mr.. Warner points out that
"the steel industry, now situated adj
vantageouSly between eastern and
midweStern markets, and at the GEN.
ter of transportation costs for ores,
fuel and huXes, will not be forced to
yield its unique position because of
the rapid depletion of the high grade
Lake Superior ores. High grade for
eign ores will supplement them and
supply this industry at its present
location, so that it can continue to
use the enormous amounts of fixed
capital invested in it. If this low
cost route (St Lawrence waterway
for the transportation of foreign ores
is made available, it will tend to pre-
vent the movement of the iron and
steel industry to the Atlantic Coast
and, at the same time, permit it to
retain its present advantage of low
costs for fuel. ***The transportation
which the Great Lakes affords at the
present time eXerts an economic in
f1uence over several states and pro-
vinceS other than those bordering
upon them. The area coming under
this effective influence has a popu-
lation of 60,000,0O0. ***"
While foreign ores are sure to cut
some figure, with the depletion of the
direct smelling ores of the Lake Sup
erior region and the opening of the
big waterway, it cannot be expected
that it will be other than supplement
tary to the beneficiated iron ores, for
generations. Progress is continually
being made in the beneficiation of low
grade ores.
Mr.. Warner expects that there will
be competition between the foreign
and the Lake Superior iron ores when
the deep waterway is completed He
says:
1.-THE cost of transporting any for
eign ore moving to our interior fur
naces is bound to increase over that
of the Lake Superior ore. This cost
can be partially offset by the impor-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
1880 CENSUS GIVES ELY P0P ALTON AS INCREASE IN ten YEARS
The outstanding soldier athlete" can

the outstanding soldier athlete" can
didate in the 1880 G M T. Camp.
The baseball is donated by Colonel
Jacob Rupert of the New York
American League Baseball Club, and
the the bat by Hillerich and Bradsby
Company, manufacturer of Babe Ruth
Louisville slugger bats
These awards are to be made to one
candidate in each of the camps held
in the country. In the 7th Corps
Area, comprising the states of Mime
sofa, Iowa, North and South Dakota,
Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, Citi-
zens' Military Training Camps will be
held at Fort Smelling, Minnesota;
Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas; and Fort Crook, Neb-
raska, from August l to 81; at Fort
Lincoln, North Dakota, June 16 to
July Is; and at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, July to August 8, 1880.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
IRON ORE DEMAND
70 YEARS FROM NOW
CHARLES ID. SKILLINGS WRITES
IN MINING REVIEW OF THE
LAKE REGION AND IRON ORE
DEMAND TWENTY YEARS FROM
NOW.

From present prospects, the peak of
the iron ore movement from Lake
Superior may occur about the time of
the completion of the proposed st.
Lawrence waterway, connecting the
great lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
There is some discussion by students
of progress, including proponents of
the ST. Lawrence waterway as to the
probable size and requirements of the
steel industry by that time, say Is or
20 years hence. The iron and steel
interests that rely upon Lake Superior
iron ores called upon this district in
1929 for over 65,000,000 gross tons and
it seems reasonable that not less than
100000 tons will be required in a
single season by 1945 or 1850. There
are higher estimates than this for the
peak of the ore movement from Lake
Superior, and perhaps more accurate.
Various estimates have been made
regarding the probable time that the
direct smelling ores of this district will
be exhausted. Some authorities assert
that these high grade ores, 5000 met
allie iron or better, will be exhausted
in 20 years. Surely some of the large
producers will have been exhausted in
20 years and other known reserves de-
veloped, and it is more than likely
that there will be surprisingly large
tonnage of direct smelling ore here
in 1850. This idea is based on the
persistence of ore in the underground
mines, and the reasonable assumption
that there will be other disclosures of
new ore in the known producing areas.
The persistence of ore in underground
mines is we'll illustrated by the Soudan,
at Tower, Mimi, on the Vermilion
range. Twenty years ago it was re-
ported in mining circles that the
Soudan was nearly through as a pro-
Queer 1t was the first shipper of iron
ore in Minnesota, and it contains
much known ore today. This old con-
sistent producer is just as likely to be
in the shipping list 20 years hence as
any iron mine in the Lake region. 1t
is also true that all of the six iron
ranges of Minnesota, Michigan and
Wisconsin are still potential for new
ore. This is especially true of the
Vermilion, Guyana, Gogebic, Menom-
inee and Marquette. The Mesabi, ow-
ing to it's fiat formation, has been
more definitely explored than any
other range.
But regardless of the prospective
exhaustion of the high grade ores in
20 years, and the advent of the st.
Lawrence waterway, opening the lake
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tation of higher grade ore than is now
being received from Minnesota. The
tremendous investments at the steel
producing centerS now consuming
Lake Superior ore, so close to the CEN
tiers of population and fuel, will serve
to cause foreign ores to flow to them
in direct competition with Lake Sup
erior ores, when the ST. Lawrence
route is made available"
Mr.. Warner concludes that the Lake
steel industry will demand $4,000 900
tons of foreign ore by 1945 providing
ready to function. This conclusion Is
reached after much apparent study
and research, in BOOKLET entitled
Movement of Iron Ore and Coal in
Relation to the st. Lawrence Water
way" from the University of Penn
sylvania Press, Philadelphia
While such projecting of statistics
so far into the future is interesting,
and of value in way, it is quite safe
to assume that the Lake iron ore dis
tricts, if sanity will prevail with the
tax making powers of the states which
embrace them, will pursue the even
tenor of their way for so far in the
future that it would be idle to even
speculate upon the future inability of
this region to supply at least the great
bulk of the iron ore for the Lake fur
naces. The peak of the iron ore
movement may be expected to take
place during the existence of i'm
portant reserves of high grade ore, but
it may also be expected that no
marked decline will be- manifest for
very many years following their ex-
haustion. The beneficiation of low
grade iron ores, which already has
gained big Roadway, and is in its in
fancy so to speak, may be expected to
maintain production and shipments at
high level almost indefinitely. But
it is perfectly Understandable that
there will be demand for some foreign
ore at Lake furnaces, though quite
possibly not up to 100000 tons fore
cast by Mr.. Warner for 1945. The
Lake iron ore districts have nothing
to fear from foreign ore, but, as
pointed out by Mr. Warner, it may be
expected to supplement the needs of
the furnaces of the Lake states. For
eign ore should be an ally, safeguard
for this great ore consuming industry.
Beneficiated iron ores of Lake Sup
erior are highly acceptable to furnace
men, The extent of the low grade
ores of this district that are amen
able to treatment to improve the
grade is vast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
A. D kNUTSON
VICE COMMANDER
DISTRICT MEETING AT INTER-
NATIONAL FALLS CHOOSES ELY
MAN AS ONE OF ITS VICE COM
MANDERS

City Clerk and Mrs. A. o. Knutson
were in attendance at the district
meeting of the American Legion and
Auxiliary at International Falls Sat-
urday evening where Mr.. Knutson was
elected as one of the vice commanders
of the district. Mondays papers in
giving the account of the meeting said:
"a monkey wrench was thrown into
the well-oiled machinery of the dis
trict legion meet Saturday afternoon
when w. B. Lofgren, Littlefork, moved
to table a resolution brought in by the
Littlefork delegation favoring power
development on border lakes. The re-
solution, by an 11-to-8- vote, was not
allowed to be tabled. After delegates
had waxed eloquent in speeches for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20

The smaller communities are con-
tinually being referred to as chick"
towns by the big city photographers
The so-called thick" towns must hold
more attractions than the big cities
because there are so many more nice
people living in them. Some one also
has made the remark that a chick"
town is place where you can walk
home at night without a perfect
stranger hitting you over the head with
a yard of sanitary plumbing. A chick"
town is also place from which the
largest part of the big city successful
men graduated and began their sue
cessful career. A thick" town is place
where we call each other Bill or Pete
and pat each other on the back instead
of hitting each other over the head;
wnere we get along fine in harmony
and unison until some city slicker ar
rives and tells us how chick" we are.
Ely is "hick". town and we are glad
of it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
CENSUS RETURNS
GIVE ELY 615|
POPULATION INCREASE FOR THE
PAST TEN YEARS WAS rs PER
CENT-INCREASE FIGURES 1249
ACCORDING TO FIGURES OF
CENSUS BUREAU.

Ely is proud of its constant increase
in population. Not so much on &C
count of the number of additional
people accumulated but because Of the
steadiness of the accumulation. No
boom has characterized the growth Of
the city and unlike many other cities
we have very small floating popula-
ton. The larger part of the citizens
are home owners and in all truth we
say that Ely has probably more home
owning people as compared to popu-
lation, than many of the cities which
have registered much larger growth
in the past ten years.
Superintendent Thormoen in charge
of the 1880 census in the Eighth Dis
trict, has notified the Miner that the
figures for Ely shows our population
to be 6151. The 1920 census gave Ely
1902 or an increase of l249 in the past
ten years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20

and against, the matter was finally
laid over to the next state convention
for action.
Distinguished guests present in
Guided Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Cliff and Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Lindell. The legion
dance at Minne-Onta Saturday night
had a record crowd
Officers elected were Royal c. Huber,
Chisholm, commander: G. A. "Scotty"
Gibson, Coleraine, adjutant; Victor B.
Lofgren, Littlefork; Art Knutson, Ely;
Homer Carr, Proctor, and L. L. Bunt-
Ter, Grand Rapids, vice commanders;
Nate Keller Virginia; S. NJ Nickerson,
Marble, and Louis Eckenrode, Duluth,
delegates to the national convention
Members of the district auxiliary
held sessions during the afternoon
with routine business and at ban
quet Saturday night Mrs. A. E. Amund-
sen, Little Falls, was the chief speaker
Following boat trip on Rainy lake
the delegates left for their various
homes Sunday afternoon. In point of
attendance and enthusiasm this years
convention was a record breaker
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
FINE CONCERT BY
SVETOzAR bANOVEC
LARGE AUDIENCE LISTEN TO
NOTED TENOR OF THE ROYAL
OPERA OF LJUBLJANA JUGO-
SLAVIA SUNDAY NIGHT.

The spacious Washington Auditor
ium was filled to the last seat on the
occasion of the appearance here of
Cvetozar Banovec in a song recital
Sunday evening. The audience was
more than pleased with the excellent
program given by the noted tenor
from the Royal Opera of Ljubljana,
Jugoslavia, who is making tour of
the country and is giving recitals in
his native tongue.
Fifteen numbers were OH the pro-
gram. Notwithstanding the difficulty
of the artist in pleasing an audience
with a one man recital, those present
were 10th to leave and he was forced
to respond to several encores after
having finished his program. Each
and every offering was applauded with
satisfaction.
The Six Cossaks Tamburitza Orches-
ira rendered excellent music at the be-
ginning and during the intermissions.
Miss Lillian Schaefer accompanied the
noted singer at the piano and her work
was warmly commended.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
Mrs. Polkinghorn's Birthday.

Mrs. Eliza Polkinghorn, well known
in this city where she formerly made
her home was rendered a surprise
party at her home in Hibbing Saturday
afternoon on the occasion of her
eighty-first birthday She is more
Familiarity known as Grandma" Polk
inghorne by her hundreds of friends
on the ranges and Duluth. After
spending the afternoon, Mrs. Polking
horne was presented with boquet and
an envelope of money as a momento
of the occasion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20
BABE" RUTH BALL AND BAT
FOR SOLDIER ATHLETE IN CAMP,

Announcement has just been made
by Colonel w. G. Sweeney, Comand-
ing Officer at Fort Smelling, Mimi,
of the receipt of a baseball bat and
baseball, autographed by Babe"
Ruth. These are to be awarded to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-20

The Miner desires to express SYM
pathy to the surviving relatives of
Harry E. Ives who died a week ago at
Crookston. Harry is we'll known in
this city where he has been on business
on many occasions in his capacity as
agent for the State Board of Control
Before entering the employ of the
state he edited newspaper at ST. Hill
laire, Minnesota