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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Ore Pail Turns Mining
Town Into Ghost Civ

Sacramento, Calf - mile-high
tram line, with its ore buckets creep
ing along glistening cables, is taking
away the life blood of one of Cali
fornia's famous mining towns. An
other ghost" city is in the making.
Towns have doomed and then dis
appeared since the discovery of gold
in 1S4S, but no exodus has been so
strange as this one high over the
glistening SHOWS of the Sierra range.
The famous Walker copper mine
virtually has been forced to cease op-
erations. More than $50 men, most of
them with families, will have to look
for work elsewhere
Snowdrifts 20 feet deep cut off the
mine from civilization. The tram"
is the only way out.
So the population of the little town
that has been built up around the
mine is disappearing over the tram.
way-fwo at time-eighteen a day
at best. By the shortest route It is
20 miles,
It's novel way to start looking
for new home. For nine miles the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20

THESE are not patent medicine
i children. Their appetite needs
no coaxing. Their tongues are never
coated, cheeks never pale. And their
bowels move just like clockwork,
because they have never been given
a habit-forming laxative.
You can have children like this
and be as healthy YOURSELF you
follow the advice of a famous family
physician. Stimulate the Uitdl organs.
The strongest of them need help at
times. If they don't get it, they
grow sluggish. DR.. Caldwell's syrup
pepsin is mild, safe stimulant.
When youngster doesn't do well
at school, it may be the liver that's
lazy. Often the bowels hold enough
poisonous waste to dull the sensesl
A spoonful of delicious syrup pepsin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
HISTORY RELIC is USED FOR BULLETS
Plaque Melted by an Illiterate
Voodoo Doctor.

New OrleanS.-An illiterate voodoo
doctor who kept rattlesnake for
pet found lead plaque marking the
original French claim to Louisiana
territory, melted it into bullets and
shot it away, according to story told
the Louisiana Historical society.
Worth of the relic today to larger
historical societies would have been as
much as S1,OOOO00, Frank FL. Waddill,
engineer and vice president of the
Historical society, said.
This is Waddill's story of the claim,
and of tine plaque which was destroyed
years later when it was found by the
voOdoo doctor hunter:
irene Robert Cavelier de LaSaile
with % Frenchmen and 81 Indians for
mally took possession of Louisiana on
April 9, 1852, at point about 20 miles
below New Orleans. He claimed the
land from the gulf to Canada between
the Rockies and the Alleghenies in the
name of Louis XVI.
HE erected q column, set up
wooden cross and plaque with the in
scription in Latin Louis the Great
Reigns. April 9, 1882
-Four years later the evidence of the
ceremony there had vanished.
Then about 1895 a hunter known
as Vilgere Dinet dug up leaden
plaque from an Indian mound near
there. On it were three rows of in
Scriptions.
"He decided it was Indian writing.
Natives there, generally illiterate,
could not read it.
Zone day told George Lee Hays,
a friend of mine in that district, the
story of the missing plaque and said
l would hunt for 1t if ! were younger.
"'Why, know about that plagued
Hays said, and he then told of it's dis
covery and how Dinet had melted 1t
and shot Il away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Historic American Fort

Fort McHenry was established In
1894 on a reservation of 80 acres on
milestone place, Patapsco river, Nd,
three miles from Baltimore. Although
purposes in 1775. it was only estab
lished as permanent fertilization in
1894. 1t was named after James Nc
Henry, one of Washington's secretaries
during the Revolution and secretary OF
war in 1913. In September, 1914, the
fort successfully withstood lombard
ment by the British fleet under AID
miral Cockburn. 1t was this attack
which suggested Francis Scott Keys
"Star- Spangled Banner"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
How One Woman Lost
20 Pounds OF Fat
Lost Her Prominent Hips
Double Chin-Sluggishness
Gained Physical Vigor-
A Shapely Figure

If you're fat-first remove the
cause!
Take one half teaspOonful Of
Kruschen Salts in a glass OF hot
water in the morning-in 3 weeks
get on the scales and note how
many pounds of fat have vanished
Notice also that you have gained
in energy-your skin is clearer
you feel younger in body-Krus-
chen will give any fat person a joy
Gus surprise.
But be sure it's Kruschen-yOur
health comes firSt-and SAFETY
first is the Kruschen promise.
Get a bottle of Kruschen Salts
from any leading druggist any
where in America Qasts 4 weeks)
and the cost is but little. II
this first bottle doesn't convince
you this is the easiest, SAFEST and
surest way to lose fat-your money
gladly returned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Quantities of Mexican Silver Used by Chinese

Chinese financial transactions are
generally made in terms of Mexican
dollars. For instance, newspapers
will report that the government of
China has appropriated "$1,OO0,0OO
Mexican" for this or that purpose. The
Mexican dollar or peso is worth slight
ly less than 80 cents in American
money.
During the early decades of the
Nineteenth century the Spanish dollar
was introduced into China by western
traders. Previously to that time there
was no coin in general circulation in
China except the small copper piece
known as the cash. In larger trans
actions uncoined silver bullion was
employed, one Chinese ounce of silver
neing called tael. Chinese merchants
found the western coins more con-
venient than bullion as a circulat-
ing medium and Spanish dollars were
imported in large numbers.
A shortage in the supply of Span
ish dollars led to the introduction of
Mexican dollars about 1910. Within
a very few years these coins, minted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Italy to Spend Vast Sum on
Ambitious Plan.

Washington.-Recently Italy started
work on an ambitious project to turn
the unruly Pc river into a highway of
commerce from Milan to Venice. The
project will require several years for
completion, and an expenditure of
close to 300000,000 lire. A bulletin
from the National Geographic society
describes the Pc river and the rich
country tributary to it.
THE Pc is a surprise to many OBJ
servers, who cannot at first under
stand how really large river can
in obviously narrow Italy," says the
bulletin. 1.-The explanation is that the
Pc lies just outside the peninsula por-
ton of Italy. The top of the Italian
boot flares up into the European main
land among the Alps, and it is in this
continental part of Italy that the Pc
flows. Across this northernmOst part
of Italy il is approximately 400 miles
from French to Yugoslavian territory;
and the Pc, because of its many me-
anders, easily runs up its high mile
age in the somewhat shorter airline
distance from the French frontier to
the Adriatic coast.
THE Pc valley is unique among Eu-
ropean river basins because of tbs
great extent of almost level land for
long distances inland. Viewed on
relief map, this great tongue of low
land is seen to cut upland Italy almost
in two. There is reason for this.
Not long ago, geologically, the sea ex-
tended into northern Italy along the
foot of the alps almost to the present
French border. The great Pc basin is
this old gulf, filled now with alluvial
material washed down from the noun
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Offers Wife Trunkful of
Money; She Rejects 1t

Chicago. - Maurice Lippert, 91O9
Commercial avenue, owner of trunk
full of money and bonds. was sent to
Jail by Judge Daniel Trude for nonpay-
ment of S160 alimony to Anna, his
estranged wife. to whom be met
through matrimonial agency.
His suggestion that Anna take the
whole trunk full and leave him In
peace was instantly spurned by her.
81 want my S160 and that's all [
want" said she. LET him keep his
trunk. I've looked through it. The
money in it is in Russian rubles, pre-
war. and the bonds are pre-war Ger
man."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Resourcefulness

We cannot but admire the resource
of the pupil who wrote down, ION
their heads" in answer to a question
as to where the kings of England were
crowned, and similarly naive reply
was given by another student In re-
Spouse to the question, Explain what
happens when there is an eclipse of
the sum-" when he answered, truth
fully enough, "a great many people
go out to see it."-Christian Advocate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20

once OF twice week viii avoid al
this. 1t contains fresh laxative herbs,
active SIENNA, and pure pepsin, and
does a world of good to any system
young or old. You can always get
this fine prescriptional preparation
at any drug store. Just ask them for
DR.. Caldwell's syrup pepsin.
Get some syrup pepsin today, and
protect your family from those
bilious days, frequent sick spells
and colds. Keep a bottle IN the
medicine chest instead of cathartics
that so often bring on chronic
constipation. DR.. CaldwelPs syrup
pepsin can always be employed
to give clogged bowels a thorough
cleansing, with none of that painful
gripping, or burning feeling after
ward. 1t isn't expensive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Speaking of Trees

The pioneer Arbor day state Is
Nebraska, where the observance be-
gan in 1872. Georgia was the first
state to initiate forestry il vocation
al schools. More than 100000
trees were planted in this country
last year for reforestatiOn- More
oaks are planted along American
streets and roadsides than any 9TH
er variety.
P. S. China's great floods are due
in part to the lack Of forests
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Pigeons Take Pictures

Berlin.-Germany is using carrier
pigeons to take photographs from the
air. The birds carry a tiny camera
which operates at the exact spot re.
quired. 1t is known that the average
carrier pigeon flies at 35.3 miles per
hour at height Of from 400 to $40
feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Cat Arrested When Cops
Raid 1,5OO Gallon Still

Memphis, Tenn.-"Tom" a tawny
cat. was officially booked at police sta
ton when raiding officers discovered
the feline in house where 1,500-
gallon still was found. The cat was
locked in his cell at night. having the
run of the Jail during the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Responsibilities

"a man in your position" said the
lady with a notebook, HAS TO be
both politician and a statesman"
Frequently" assented Senator
Sorghum. "And thu Fe are times when
he must forget that he is either, and
proceed to be plain patriot"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20

ore buckets wing over the mountains
the Grizzly range. 1000 feet high
and the deep valleys so far below that
giants look dwarfted-until Spring
Garden and civilization" finally are
reached.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Salt Preserved Hay

Baker. Ore.-The unusual cows of
William Chambers, Rock Creek ranch
er, prefer six-year-old hay to that
stored last year. 1t was put away
with salt and retains that youthful
alfalfa coloring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20

hook, baited with bit of fish. The
number of hooks on one line may be
anything from 1000 to 5000. The
bait used is generally musSels,
whelks, squid and herrings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Man Killed in Fall

Wiley, Colo.-Marcsal Rodriguez,
twenty-seven years old, became dizzy
while combing his hair. fell and struck
his head on lard pail. His neck was
broken in two places. He died in
stantly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20

FLORESTON SHAMPOO - Ideal for use IN
connection with Parker Hair Balsan- Makes the
hair soft and fluffy. 80 cents by mail or AZ drug
gists. Hiscox Chemical Works. Pstchogue. N-I-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Happy DAYS Are Here Again

Neighbor-Johnny, / hear you're
all on a diet at your house.
Johnny-Not any more Dads
working full time again now.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
Record Redwood Tree

California's tallest redwood tree
measures 1854 feet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20

Why worry because you haven't
few ancestors? Invent a few.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
PARKER'S
HAIR BAISAM

lmparts Color and
Beauty to Gray and Faded Hair;
6oc and 81 90 at Druzgiscs-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-20
I!L1a1I!Z2:l3S1f

omCc DioioSuS
"This is a critical age"
"You said it-Somebody's criticiz-
ing my work every day."
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
CHRISTIAN SERVICE

Most of our church have missionary departments,
through which they administer to the needs of the be-
nighted heather in foreign lands. Their missionary SER
vice is usually the most unselfish the churches perform
and, there, the most ~creditable.
But the storm ridden Negroes of Rrazoria offer a
better subject for missionary service than any heather
in foreign lands. Every church in this state should take
up a collection for the flood sufferers in Brazoria, Col
umbia, Freeport, and surrounding territory These suf-
ferers are the ones Jesus had in mind when He said Il
was naked and we clothed me-"
Eighty per cent of the Negroes in that section are
in a destitute condition. Many of the houses were blown
flat to the ground. Beds, chairs, bedding, clothing, stow
es and every article that we count as essential to living
were destroyed. The people are sleeping out doors, try
ing to live off a few potatoes or a bit of bread and bacon
that they cook in holes they scrape out in their yards.
A few have tents. But for the most part, they
are over crowded and unsanitary. The mosquitoes, pro-
duced by the water holes and swamps, finish the Job of
making life miserable.
Many are sick. Practically none are getting the
rest and food one should have after such an ordeal as
they went through. The Red Gross is serving as far
as it can with its limited means, but it just can't care for
these Negroes as it probably would. Negroes must
her fallen house until it could be cut away, was limping
around b~arefooted a week after the storm without ever
having had medical aid!
No one who processes to be a Christian needs to be
asked to send a donation to aid these people. 1t is only
necessary to say where. All who read this may send
their donations to the editor of The Houston Informer.
marked storm relief. Every penny will be listed and
published. Every name will be published, except where
there is a special request to the contrary. In that case
the item will be published as a Christian gift.
Every Negro should strip himself to give to this
cause, for Jesus would want churches, lodges and indi-
viduals to do that. Don't wait! The need is TODAY! Act
nowi
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
BOSTON CHAMPION WHITEMULE
DRINKER KILLS QUART, BUT
DROPS DEAD

Boston, Mass. Sept.-"What does it
profit a man to gain the whole world
and lose his soul" did not keep David
R. Tucker, 25, Of this city, from being
a game sport and winning his bet.
On last Monday night Tucker was
challenged that he could not drink
a quart Of bootleg white mule liquor
when he met several Of his friends on
the corner Of Luvas and Albion SITS.
Tucker approached his friends and
said that he was low in spirit and felt
that he could drink a quart of liquor.
His friends accepted his challenege
and the liquor was bought and given
Tucker. After Tucker had drank the
quart of white mule, he passed out
and was taken to the city hospital,
but was pronounced dead upon arriv-
al.
Several of fuckers friends were ar
rested by the police, but later releas-
ed.
Tucker was a game sport and took
the awful chance which proved fatal
to him. He won his bet, but in real
ity lost his life.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
SAILS TO STUDY LIBERIAN
PROBLEMS

Washington-(CNS) - H e L.
West, former commissioner Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia and president Of the
American Colonization Society, last
week sailed abroad for three months
study of problems affecting the Lii
berian Republic. He will first visit
Geneva, Switzerland, to confer with
the League of Nations International
Committee on Liberia and then pro-
coed to Monrovia, the Liberian Capt.
tai, where he will hold several con-
ferences with President Edwin Bar
clay.
Mr.. West is president Of the society,
which originally decided the African
territory now occupied by the repub-
lie to a group Of American slaves and
freedmen many years ago when the
removal Of all colored persons to this
territory was considered a popular So
luton Of the race problem in America.
Since that time the organization has
kept in constant touch with the prog
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
U. nj. w. AUXILIARY HOLD FIRST
MEETING

The first meeting Of the Auxiliary
to the U. M. M. c., was held in the as
sembly room Of the telephone bldg,
on Lake St., that has so generously
been donated for the work of this or
~ganization.
About 20 ladies were present, and
enthusiastically expressed their will
ingness to cooperate with the move
ment.
With the assistance of Mrs. Madel-
inc Sterling, who is acting as temp
orary chairman of the body, the ladies
plan to can fruit and vegetables for
winter consumption; to make clothing
and bedding; and later on to sponsor
a series of entertainments for the
benefit of the organization.
Mr.. C. C. Galloway, editor of the
Guide, and president of this branch
B, of the council, briefly outlined to
the ladies the true purpose Of the or
ganization and the benefits to be de-
rived therefrom.
He carefully explained the bylaws
and constitution, governing the coun-
ell and the use of the script money
that will be issued for the work
done.
Monday morning at 8 a. m. the
ladies will meet in full force in the
basement of the building, where they
will begin an intensive canning Of
beans, corn and tomatoes. They
hope to be able to place 80 quarts of
vegetables and fruits in the home of
every member of the council, during
the winter; although starting late,
they hope by working full force, and
perhaps overtime, to reach their goal
before frost falls.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
YOUNG NEGRO REPUBLICANS
FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington-(CN )-Formal re-
cognition to the Young Republican
League of the District of Columbia, a
colored campaign unit, has b n
granted by the District of Columbia
Republican State Central Committee
of which Samuel Prescott is chairman.
With this recognition comes also the
recognition of the young voters group
by the Hoover-Curtis League, the SEN
ior unit. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr.,
is chairman of the young voters or
%ganization.
The League was formed several
weeks ago under the guidance and
sponsorship Of Dr.. G. Herbert Mar
shall, member Of the State Central
Committee. Those starting the or
ganization, included John P. Davis,
Henry Lincoln Johnson, Sara Pelham
Speaks, Margaret Hueston Coats, Per
~ w. Howard Jr., Dutton Ferguson
and James G. Tyson.
A delegation which waited on Nh.
Prescott and Mr.. Francis E. Wells,
chairman of the Hoover Curtis League
were assured every consideration dur
ing the campaign. Immediate plans
for the securing of memberships to
the organization on a large scale were
announced by Mr.. Davis, a member of
the executive committee of the group,
in charge of organization.
The League officers, expressed their
intention of working in close harmony
with the Hoover-C Curtis League. their
parent body. Several affairs, some
social and some political are projected
during the Fall season
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
RIVERS AND MITCHELL TO
HEAD EASTERN COLORED G.
o. p. CAMPAIGN DIVISION

New York-(CNS)-It has been au-
thoratively reported here that Fran
els E. Rivers of New York and Char
les E. Mitchell of West Virginia, have
been chosen by Republican leaders to
head the Eastern division of the col
ored voters campaign committee in
the Hoover Curtis Campaign. Other
appointments are expected this week.
~. Rivers has been named chair
man of the Eastern division and Mr..
Mitchell, director of the Eastern
Speakers Bureau. Both appointees
are outstanding Republican leaders in
their respective States and have ma
tional regulations.
Mr.. Rivers, a prominent New York
attorney, has served as a member Of
the New York legislature and is au-
thor Of State legislation creating two
judgships in Harlem. He has been as
sociated for a logn time with the Re
publican CTRdulZdLlOH VI NSW IOIh.
A graduate of Yale University Law
School, he has established an enviable
record as a lawyer here. Mr.. Mitchell,
who has served for nearly two years
as Minister to Liberia, is a prominent
factor in West Virginia politics. In
the 1929 campaign he was vice-chair-
man of the Eastern Speakers Bureau.
He is also secretary of the National
Negro Republican League, of which
DIR. John R. Hawkins is Washington,
ID. c., is president.
Lack of funds has this year pre-
vented a sooner set-up of a colored
division, it was stated here last week.
With eight weeks remaining before
election day, it was expected that the
Negro division will Immediately begin
active campaign work. A complete or
ganization is expected to be complete
during the week.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
UNPAID NEGRO TEACHERS RE-
OPEN CHICAGO SCHOOLS

Chicago-(CNS)- Negro S c h 0 OIL
teachers, together with their white
professional associates, this week re-
turned to their school desks to re-
open the school term, despite the fact
that from three to six months back
salary is still owing to them. Unable
to pay their own bills, the teachers, in
many cases, have been forced to de-
pend on the families Of their students
for food and fuel. Amounts well over
a thousand dollars in each case are
now owed long suffering School
marms" and schoolmasters.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
S d FROM EDISON

When the government enters business, it simply
mikes a lot Of POLITICS with a LITTLE BUSINESS"
The late Thomas Edison said that.
The experience Of the last few years has demon
strated the truth of this. We have seen government in
the farming business, the printing business, the paint
business, and a multitude of others. We have seen it reg
ulate and restrict others. The result has been a tremend-
Gus extension Of the Federal bureaucracy-at the tax
payers expense.
Keep government to the business of governing"
would be a good motto.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17

a quarrel with him. During the ar
gument, the man drew a gun. fired
tear gas at Scott, and then, reloading
the weapon with bullets, shot him in
both legs. Police are holding Emmett
Warren, white, as the alleged assail-
ant. Scott is being given hospital
treatment and will recover.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17

vented the mining of record quaint
ties in mines here by native Kaffir
labor. Native workers last month
turned out over 10 million fine ounces
(about $20,0 O0, 00O). Despite this rec
ord production, however, nations suf-
fering gold shortages are still un-
aided, since they must have commodi-
ties to exchange before they can Sc
cure the gold for coinage.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
TARHEELERS PETITION COVER.
NOR TO KEEP NEGRO POET
FROM WHITE COLLEGE
PLATFORMS

Raleigh, N. C.-(CNS)-Governor
o. Max Gardner, was asked last week
to put a stringent curb on so-called
RED" activities in State. supported
educational institutions by over 300
white North Carolinians. Petitions
signed by editors Of several large
newspapers, bishops Of churches, and
town mayors; asked the governor to
put a stop to the appearance Of such
speakers as Langston Hughes and
Bertrand Russell before white college
students.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17

Mr. Joe Thomas, Ukelele Joe, ma
~tionally known Radio Artist, gave his
radio listeners a new thrill Saturday
morning over w. a. A. w. when he
did his song when the Morning
Glory Climbs Up to My Window" Mr..