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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Canada's 'Mounties''
Now Sixty Years Old

brought new emergency. Dawson
grew up overnight. stampede town
with the usual number of saloons,
dance halls, and gambling houses. 1t
promised soon to rival Skagway, then
controlled by 'Soapy Smith and his
gang, who robbed incoming tenderfeet
and departing miners with equal sue
cess.
"A Yukon post was promptly estab-
lished by the Northwest mounted po-
lice, and Dawson speedily transformed
into a respectable and law-abiding
town. A detachment was stationed at
Shilkoot pass and White pass, two
main gateways through which pro-
spectors thronged, and the lawless
soon learned to leave their revolvers
behind. Month after month millions in
gold were conveyed and never dollar
lost.
Served In Boer War.
1.-THE force was 'knighted' in 1904
in recognition of it's services in the
Boer war, becoming the Royal North
west mounted police. In 1920, when
it's jurisdiction was widened to cover
enforcement of federal authority
throughout the Dominion, and all laws
in the Yukon, Northwest territory, and
Dominion parks, the title was changed
to Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
To-day the mounted police patrol
Canada's last great frontier. the chain
of islands stretching from Greenland
to Alaska. There are posts on such
isolated islands as Ellesmere, North De-
Won, Baffin, and Victoria. The station on
Bache peninsula is within IL degrees
of the North pole. AT Herschel island
post was held the first court in the
Arctic, when an Eskimo was SEN
fenced for the murder of constable.
although they have been given lit
tie notice in the daily news. the long
winter patrols performed by these of
ficers deserve a high rating in the
record of Arctic exploration. In 1929.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Efficient Police Force Oh
serves Its Anniversary.

Washington. - Canada's romantic
and efficient police force-the Royal
Canadian mounted POLICIES observ-
ing, this year, its sixtieth anniversary.
A band of men, small in number, but
strong in courage, experience, and
hard training, have maintained law
and order over vast territory, reach
ing from the great plains north into
the Yukon, and across the Arctic to
Hudson bay and Baffin island.
"In 1870, when the government or
Canada gained control over the I'M
explored lands of the great Northwest,
it was confronted with the problem OF
protecting pioneer settlers" says a
bulletin from the National Geographic
society. warfare between powerful
Indian tribes roaming the plains, dis
cOuraged the westward march of the
white man. Whisky runners whose
connections crazed the Indians also
disturbed peaceful progress of intrepid
pioneers. Two tin cups full of fire
water bought buffalo robe, and three
gallons a good horse.
Covered Vast Territory.
ut was in answer to the need for
curbing these unruly elements that the
Northwest mounted police was organ
Ized In 1873 at Stone Fort, just south
of Lake Winnipeg. An official bulletin
issued to the first recruits tersely
stated that the government will make
use of any person connected with the
force at any work that may be consid-
cred desirable The government has
kept this promise through the years.
after only a years training 800
members of the police marched over
1900 miles OF unknown territory, re-
storing law and order from the Red
river to the Rocky mountains. Trea-
ties were made with the Indians, horse
stealers and murderers brought to
swift justice, and Fort Whoop-Up,
stronghold of whisky traders, raided.
Winter caught the 'Mounties' before
they could make a return march, so
a permanent camp was set up at Mac
leod, oldest town in southern Alberta.
SdlSdlys uhOLuSl "hlSh LhCy
founded that year, has grown to be
one of the most important towns of
western Canada.
"As the work of the force in
creased, it became evident that cen
trail station was necessity. An un.
inhabited strip of prairie along Pile o.
Bones Creek was selected and inap-
propriately named Regina. For over
half century Regina served as head
quarters for the Northwest mounted
police. 1t was also for years the cap
ital of the Northwest territories; and
today, as the capital of Saskatchewan,
is one of the most important industrial
centers of middle western Canada.
with population of over 10000.
"The Klondike gold rush of '9S
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Pilots Warning Saves 3-s1a
Family in Burning House

Bakersfield, Calif.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Bum, of Bakersfield, are alive
today because an unidentified Pacific
Air Transport mail pilot. dove his air.
plane at their house.
The pilot, flying high over Bakers
field. saw the Bum home ablaze be-
meath him. He dived his airplane, the
motor drumming an alarm. He cir
cled above the house until the noise
of the engine awoke neighbors, who
ran into the house and dragged the
Bunns to safety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Marries 1896; Wants
Just 1,OO4 More to Wed

Omaha.-If all those whom Rev.
Charels w. Savidge has married
should pass before him as he sits in
a reviewing stand, he would look on
1896 men and women. There would
be, according to the bureau of stand
ards, 100000 children and 5000 to
5000 grandchildren. Mr.. Savidge now
is resting on his oars. Marriage 6,49s
is in the bag. Five hundred and two
more to make it 1000 and I'm ready
to go into the harp business" said he.
Mr.. Savidge has been minister Sc
years and a resident of Omaha more
than so years. He was eighty-two mis-
last birthday. Mrs Savidge is seven
ty-three. They have three sons,
daughter and four grandchildren.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Observatory Is Mecca for Many Thousands

rooms, houses for the workers; instru-
ment shops, pumping stations, and sew
eral workshops. 1t was completed in
1888, at cost of SOL 900.
James Lick. who donated funds for
building and maintaining the widely
known observatory, was born in Fred
ericksburg, Nd, August Is, 1896, and
died in San Francisco, October 1, 1876.
His remains are buried in the support
ing pier of the 36-inch equatorial tele-
scope, which was the largest telescope
in the world at the time it was con-
structed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Blue Jays Aid in
Capture of Eagle

Kansas City, Mo.-Jimmy Duffy.
with the aid of a flock of blue jays,
captured an American eagle with
garden rake in the rear yard of his
home in Kansas City. e
The eagle was busy repulsing an
attack by the blue jays when Duffy
hooked it's foot with the rake and
dragged it from its perch in a tree.
The eagle had Widespread of
seven feet. no matter g7f'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Hobo, 50, Hopes to Roam
for TWENTY More Years

Salt Lake City, Utah.-A homeless
drifter since boy of seven, Thomas
(Dad) Whitlock, eighty-three. whose
restless feet have carried him to all
parts of the United States, expects
to continue his hobo life for at least
20 more years.
Food is harder to get nowadays,
Whitlock said, but he added that he
hadn't worked day in 43 years and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08

had never gone hungry. A lesson
learned too late, according to Dad, is
that men should stay in one place
and work hard. He advises boys to
''get off the road"
A bit of advice offered to all "stay-
at-homes" by the aged wanderer was:
"Never lend money to relatives. 1t
isn't WISE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08

for instance, one inspector with con-
stable, one Eskimo, and two dog teams
Travelled LOO miles in 81 days, and
considered it only an ordinary part of
the years work. From Devon island
to Ellesmere island the inspector COW
cred the entire northern part of the
Canadian Arctic archipelago.
"There is one rule inf1exibly obeyed
by every 'Mountie.' Whether he is
protecting the rights of the migratory
duck, the Blackfoot Indian, or the
Eskimo trapper, he shoots only as
last resort-the real secret of the sue
cess of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Merry Prisoner Passes
Bum Check on Turnkey

Bangor, Maine. = Competition is
closed for the post of the nerviest
prisoners in the local Jail. The palm
goes to Clovis Cyr, imprisoned for pet
ty larcency, who on release from state
prison, got a turnkey to cash a S31. IL
check for him. so he could pay line.
The check was bad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Hebrew Tongue "Alive"

Vancouver, B. C.-Hebrew Is no
longer a dead language in Palestine,
where 80 per cent of the Jews speak
and read the tongue, according to DR..
Leib Jaffe, managing director of the
Palestine foundation, recent visitor
here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Arizona Indian Observes
His 10th Anniversary

Tuscon, Ariz. = Augustine Garcia.
Papago Indian who some credit with
discovery of the valuable Ajo copper
deposits west of here, has celebrated
his one hundred and twentieth birth
day. Garcia, to prove his age, re-
called he was grown man when ''the
stars fell" meteoric occurrence said
lives ON the Papago reservation here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Hen Kills Rationale

Healdesburg, Calif.-Attracted to
the barnyard by commotion, Mrs.
John Roux found a rattlesnake with
its body pierced in two places and its
head nearly pecked off. A victorious
Rhode Island Red hen strutted in tri-
umph nearby.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Crowed Like Rooster

Houston, Texas.-Mrs. w. r. Gil
bert owns precocious chicken which
crowed like a rooster when four days
old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08

linked with the hog program, he pro-
poses to work out some arrangement
that will reduce the acreage of corn.
1t is quite obvious to anyone that If
there was an artificial increase in hog
prices there would be an expansion of
hog production in another year. So
Mr.. Wallace is going to try to defeat
that through birth control of hogs and
by causing an increase in the price of
corn.
without passing on the merits of
the scheme which Mr.. Wallace and his
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-05-04
.Allard-Vernita
The California OF the Northwest
and we can prove it.

The Vernita school closed Wednes-
day after successful eight-months
term with Mrs. Howard as teacher. A
program was put on Wednesday even
ing after which everybody tripped the
light fantastic until after IL o'clock.
Miss Anna r. Knaub, accompanied
by Earl and Marguerite, went to Ell
lensburg Wednesday. She remained in
the hospital there for medical care.
Ted and Carl Allwardt of Mckee
were visiting their sisters, Mrs. Brug-
gemann and Johanna Allwardt at Riv-
erland Rancho Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Meeks attended
the funeral of Mr.. Meeks' father in
Yakima Monday
Mrs. w. G. Nellist of Tacoma ar
rived Wednesday evening to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Allen Cudahy.
H. A. Richmond of Yakima, a broth
err of j. P. Richmond, drove over We'd
nesday afternoon, returning the same
evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Slower and son
Jimmie, Mrs. Stovers mother, Mrs.
Hoard, and Mrs. Gabriel Jadden were
visitors in Yakima today.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-05-04
Want Ads

We have on hand q small amount
Of small gummed labels that we will
sell at the rate Of two packages ESQ
labels) for is cents. The regular price
Is 10 cents q package. This offer holds
good while the supply lasts.
WHITE BLUFFS SPOKESMAN
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-05-04
CARD OF THANKS

We want to thank our many friends
for the kind sympathy and help we
received in the time of our great loss
of husband and father.
Mrs. Berdie Meeks,
James Meeks,
Noah Meeks,
Everett Meeks,
Abe Meeks,
Mrs. E'lva Reidt,
Mrs. Daisy Allen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-05-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl soden and Guy
stoddard were visitors In Sunnyside
Monday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

~ CABIN In the woods!
Who hasnstFmade plans fol
a small place Of retreat on
summer aays?s But to most OF us
such places appear 70 be extrava
CANT fancies.
" Tom and Laura managed it, some
how. Just q young couple trying Il
get along but they had cabin IL
the woodsI It stood upon a knoll
under a group Of pine trees. With
its rough boards painted q dark
neutral shade almost the color OF
pine bark--ths little shack fitted
naturally and completely into its
rustic surroundings.
you should have seen It unpaint.
ed Tom explained. You'd under.
stand why the owners were willing
to give It up. Paint and a new roof
were all contributed. The roof
gives a woodsy eject. doesn't 1t?
its. handyspliE shingles are coated
with weather gray creosote STAIN"
Inside the cabin the plain. knot
ted pine walls Of the combination
dining and living room glowed soft.
ly.. The fioor. constructed from
pine boards Of uneven widths, was
dotted with several hooked rugs in
tones Of dark green. Cretonne In
hues Of copper and Jade enlivened
the windows. and copper bowls
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

| were reflected in'the vanished sur
face offthe table top.
II made that table" Tom boosted,
''ont Of pine boards. / filled walls,
floor. table and chairs with wood
filler, wiped OF the excess and gave
everything a couple OF coats OF dear
vasnish. Notice how the varnish
brings out the natural beauty Of the
wood"
And saves . Lot Of serubbing.
Laura murmured.
Space was conserved In the bunk
room by doubledecked bed. The
walls were made of wall board.
painted deep bun and paneiled
with narrow strips of wood stained
walnut.
The furniture Is also. walnut
nov" Tom said. abut its history is
varied A few pieces were new and
unfinished. But most OF 1t rs old fur.
niture. After the proper surface
treatment stained everything the
same walnut shade and then var.
nished 1t. The walt board was shell
lacked and then given two coats OF
color
I'm green with envy" said.
$50 is Our Kitchen" Laura
laughed. We've done some lovely
tricks with green enamel. Come
and see"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
FRANZ HOMES GUST
cHILE'S SMOKY HUTS

SANTIAGO, CAlle. Aug II
Horace tonstrassed Or wsed. antfl
seesntly a novelty here, are be-
sonlin9 more COMMON under a
tampai9n mstHasssl By Fernando
Garcia olslini minister 81. s6bor.
Most homes az the uorking
EASES are a. abode. with paeke,l
Earth Tor a -laor There IRE few
hiinneys and smoke eaAsos much
Ne trouble.
TIE minister thinks frame
aonses mitch superior in every
Nay. He says there has been con
siderable progress "a the south,
where German settlements have
selpea spfrad the idea.s
chilezn lunber Is finding a new
iome market, taa, saeawh d i siaf-
calf 10 force TIE chilean worker
om the traditions Of years
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
PLAYWRITING
CONTEST NOW
in PLANNING
TWO PRIZES AND PROBABLE
PRODUCTION BY ALABAMA
COLLEGE THEATRE ARE TO
BE OFFERED

1 a
The Alabama College Theatre
has announced Fourth Playwrit-
ing Contest in which two prizes
will be offered. The prize for the
best one-aet play will be $40, and
$35 for the best long play.
The following are the conditions
of the contest:
Eligibility is limited to legal
residents of Alabama, Florida,
Georgia. Mississippi and Tennes-
see.
2-Subject matter is unre-
strieted. except that preference
viii be given. other things being
equal. to The play using Southern
material.
s-The type of play is unre-
stricted.
A "A signed statement that the
play has been neither produced nor
published must accompany each
play.
5A play that has already won
a College Theatre prize is ineli-
gihie.
each manuscript must be
typewriter.
7Rach manuscript must be
signed by nom-de-plume, and &C
companied by an envelope signed
with the same monde plume and
enclosing the writer's name and
address.
g. Final date for submitting
manuscriptsMarch Is, 1884.
9-Manuscripts should be sent
to DR.. Walter H. Trumbauer, di-
rector of the College Theatre,
Montevallo, Alabama.
10--No award will be made I'M
less the quality of the plays war
rants.
11--If authors wish plays re.
turned. postage should be sent with
the manuscripts.
12-Authors should retain dup.
licates of manuscripts as the Col
lege Theatre cannot assume re.
sponsibility for less.
Winners of 1881 contest: Miss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

AFCHANISTAN PACT
TO BE ESTABLISHED

TOKYO. Aug. IT,. Diplomatic
relations between two widely sep
arated Asiatic powers are 10 be
established shortly.
Afghanistan has received Jap.
anese approval for the dispatch OF
an Afghan minister to Tokyo. The
Tokyo foreign office VIII ask the
next diet q vote funds Tor 4 Jap
anese legation ST Kabul.
4 treaty 81 commerce and amity
MAS concluded ewo years ago be
tween the ssland empire and the
mountain nation on midas north.
western frontier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
FLORIDA BRINGS
81 PASSENGERS

The steamer Florida arrived
yesterday afternoon from Havana
with 81 passengers, 81 of whom
were aliens. The vessel sailed
6:3O o'clock for Tampa with 10
passengers.
Freighter Brazos is due to arrive
in pert tomorrow evening from
Galveston enroute to New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
something'a Brewins
PL0WS NOW USED
IN MINING GOLD
tltr as.erlaaea -.

CARSON CITY. Ncv. Aug. IL.
Development 81 new methods
Of washing" gold without water
has made il possible 10 work dry
areas Of Nevada and has brought
the farm pillow into use as min
ing tool. Gravel beds are piowed
and then ran through the dry
washers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

i
Dorothy v. Davis, Birmingham
Alamaba, Gold Chairs in the
Wilderness"
Amasa B. Windham, Birming.
ham. Alabama. "Gumlny.'
Winners of 1892. contest: Mrs
Jean C. Agnew. Lafayette. Ala.
bama THE Vision of Davequips
Wife"
Jack Rarefield, Birmingham
Alabama. Dark Holiday
Winners of 1888 contest Miss
Felicia Metcalfe, Birmingham
Alabama. Come Easy"
Mrs. Irene Sutherlin, Gadsden
Alabama, Christmas Eve
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
Today's Horoscope

Differing from yesterday. this
ierson viii be inclined to rove.
but mainly from desire to get
away from people. The dispo-
sition is unsoeiabIe and may be-
come niisanthropic. Strive TO
overcome any peculiarities that
may show themselves, and keep
the moral tone as high Is possihle.
Careful training will do much for
this degree tcopyrightsxll y
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s. a IS IS. - is. IS IS IS IS.
OLD GERMAN sHOWDy'
Is NOW 'HEiE HITLER
any As.oelase.l Prsssl

MAINZ. Germany. Ang. IL.
No more do they say
"Guten Tag. and shake hands
on Mainz streets. for the city
council has decreed that all
good burghers must raise their
right hands in greeting and
say "Heil Hitlerr'
The edict applies only to
those of pure Aryan
ancestry"
Failure to comply will be
regarded as indicating dis
agreement with the new or
der.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
GOOD REASONS FoR ACT

NEW YORK. Chick Cum.
Chinese cook Of this city. nearly
caused a riot By bis ysIls and ant
is-s uAsa he accidentally fiippea q
hos pancake inside Ms loose-f itsinr
shirt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
MANY PROBLEMS ASIDE FROM
NRA ACTIVITIES NOW KEEPING
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS BUSY
ssss by BYRON PRICE
chief OF Bureap. The Associated Press Washingtons

Only a few months ago. the
commerce department was saying
regularly to exporters:
Trade with Russia If you want
70, but above all watch your
credit"
Recognition is accepted gen-
orally as only a question of time
provided the soviet diplomatists
do not make one of those untimely
blunders which have cost them So
much in the past.
Rookkeepers Disagree
In the domestic field, much dis
cussion has arisen over the daily
treasury statement, which con
tinues to show mounting deficit.
Some officials think the amount
spent on the emergency program
should be left out Of this an
nouncement, and others protest
that ii shouldn't. Mr.. Roosevelt
himself must decide.
The insurgent republicans and
Others who rebelled against the
Presidents veteran cuts viii be
pleased to learn that the new reg
ulations now in the confidential
stage Of drafting. will direct re-
viewing boards to resolve every
doubt in favor Of the veteran.
Among the things unmentioneti
by officials when they postponed
most OF the government reorgan-
ization program were the protests
from private employers who com.
planned the government was
throwing people out OF jobs at the
wrong time.
Something's Brewing
Perhaps most interesting % all
from the political viewpoint is an
under-cover dispute over the Presi-
dents power to remove repub.
Iieans from independent agencies
81 the government. In 1t least
one case. this controversy prob
ably will break into print in .
largo way before long.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

The home of Schuyler Coifax
once vice-president of the United
States, has been RACED at South
Bend, Ind.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
TERMS WIFE WITCH

NEW YORK. Contending that
his wife is a witch Of evil pow
ers," Giuseppe Porcello Of this city
has filed suit for divorce.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17
RARE RULING

CHICAGO.-sThe place to
practice on saxophone is the
prairies,' ruled Judge Maiden, of
this city. when neighbor COM
planned about the noise. made by
Charles Horton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

Two preachers Of Upton. Mich.
and Chicago. III, traded pulpits
for two weeks as vacation"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

With the war-cry of the
blue eagle resounding so
loudly, II would be easy to
get the impression that lit
tie but the NRA is stirring in
Washington.
That is far from the case. While
GfHeral Johnson has been wrests
Ing with codes and runiors Of
codes. problems Of many different
SORTS have wrmkIed the brows Of
officials in other quarters.
A Delicate Problem
The attention attracted BY the
explosion in Cuba was small com
pared to the anxiety 1t caused the
WASHINGTON government.
Mr. Roosevelt had not forgotten
that when he ran for vice presi-
dent IN 1920, a political storm OF
great proportions arose over the
part he had taken. az assistalm
secretary Of the navy. in eo,npas
ing matters in Haiti through the
use oil United States marines.
; Tn his peace note os May s he
had taken the bold step OF de.
'eIaaing against sending armed
forces across any international
boundary. He had said some sharp
tlllugs about Jamsn's course IN
Mahchuria.
Yet in Cuba he had run plumb
into situation which BY all the
prscedents called for the marines.
What to do caused more worry
than appeared on the surface.
Russian Recognition
simultaneously, private pres
sure for Russian recognition in
creased.
How government policy really
has changed was shown by an al
nest-unnatieed statement By Farm
Adviser Broakhar4 that Russian
credit is THE best in the world. !"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-17

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