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FOR SALE-One restaurant and gro
Gerry business. fully equipped. Apply
Postoffice box 40. Frederica. Del.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

and that silver figures prominently in
it Mr.. Roosevelt, it was revealed, ia
vors the inclusion of silver in the met
al base of currency issues to the ex-
tent of 80 per cent, the remaining 20
per cent to be gold. This change can
be safely made, however, the President
points out, only by international agree
ment whereby all the signatory nations
would admit silver to their reserves
against which paper money is issued.
In the London economic and none
tary conference Senator Key Pittman
offered such plan, proposing that GEN.
trail banks keep 20 per cent, or one
fifth, of their metal cover or reserve
for currency In silver. The proposal
was not acted on at the conference.
John DILLINGER, the notorious
- outlaw, and several members of his
gang fought their way out of a trap
laid by federal agents and pOssemen
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

plenty of evidence from many sources
to prove that certain members of the
brain trust are seeking to overthrow
the established social order of the
United States. Representative Hamil-
ton Fish of New York told gather
ing of Republican women that Doctor
Writ failed to prove his case because
his sources Of information were too
remote, but that he, Mr.. Fish, was go
ing to prove it so there would be no
doubt about it. Regardless Of patriotic
motives, the Republicans In congress
are not to abandon just yet the cam
paign material supplied by the Writ
case.
When the Bulwinkle committee
called before it the six who were with
Writ at the dinner In Virginia they
all, with astonishing unanimity, de-
MED practically everything that Writ
said occurred that evening. Each of
them asserted that the doctor monopo-
lized the conversation, talking mainly
about gold devaluation. and that 1t
was almost impossible to interrupt
him. They verified only one statement
which Writ had ascribed to Miss Hill
degarde Kneeland, division head in
the home economic of the Agricul-
ture department. This was that she
had objected to Wirt's proposal that
the goal of the government should be
restoration Of conditions 1. the
country as they were In 1926.
@ By Western Nevspepe- Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
A Forgotten Patriot

MOST Americans are conscious Of
ASl their debt of gratitude to Lafay-
cite, the Frenchman; Kosciuscko and
Pulaski, the Poles; and Won Steuben,
the German; but the chances are that
not one in a hundred realizes the
greater debt to Francisco Vigo, an
Italian. Yet, If it had not been for
him, the chances are that George Rog-
ers Clark could not have won the Old
Northwest for the American flag dur.
ing the Revolution, nor have held 1t
after he had won it.
Vigo was born in Mondovi, Pied
montese town, in 1744. In his youth
he went to Spain, became muleteer
in the Spanish army, saw service in
Cuba, drifted to New Orleans, joined
the Spanish militia there and became
associated in the fur-trading business
of Upper Louisiana with headquarters
at st. Louis. This association was re-
sponsible for his becoming known as
Francis (instead of Francisco) Vigo.
Spanish merchant" and one of the
wealthiest men in the Illinois country
with agencies at Kaskaskia, Vincennes
and Mackinac, when George Rogers
Clark appeared ON the scene at Kas-
kaskia in ITS.
This merchant prince at once allied
himself with the patriot cause and
proved that he was willing to back his
faith In it with his money. For when
Clark confessed that he was without
funds to pay his men so that he could
go on to capture Fort Sackville at
Vincennes. the key to British occupa-
ton of the West, it was Vigo who ad-
yanced the American commander the
money. Not only did he do that but
ne made a journey to Vincennes, pre-
pared it's inhabitants for the coming
of Clark and brought back to him the
information which made possible the
capture of the British post.
Greater contributions followed: VI
go pledged his own fortune to sustain
American credit in the newly-won will
derness. But his patriotic efforts
only brought disaster upon himself.
Virginia, which had sent Clark on his
expedition, couldn't or wouldn't repay
vigo the money, amounting to more
than $4,000. which he had advanced
to Clark.
The claim was passed on to the new
federal government and it was sus
picious of such claims. Despite the
endorsement Of such men as Clark.
General Knox and Gen. William Henry
Harrison, governor of Indiana, the
"vigo claims" dragged on for cen
fury before they were paid. And then
they were paid, not to vigo, but to his
heirs. He had died In vincennes In
1888, a poverty stricken, embittered old
man of ninety-four, repeating endless
" Everybody has forgotten me-ev-
erybody!"
q 1894 Western Newspaper Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
Fifty F a m on $
Frontiers en-
By
The Man Who Knew No Fear
ELMO SCOTT WATSON

0XXIYATT carp is one of the few
men personally knew in the
West In the early days whom regard
ed as absolutely destitute Of physical
fear" That was the tribute of Bat
Masterson, whose wide acquaintance
among peace officers, outlaws and gun
lighters made him an authority on the
subject of courage as it was exempli-
fed on the frontier.
A native of Illinois, carp was taken
to California by his family as youth.
and at the early age of eighteen be-
came a stage driver from San Bernar-
dino to Los Angeles and then to Salt
Lake. Later he worked in a grading
camp that was building the Union Pa
cific across Wyoming, and in the early
'70s he was buffalo hunter In Indian
territory and Kansas. That led him
to the wild COW towns that were just
beginning to spring up In the latter
state.
For one brief hour carp was mar
shall of Ellsworth, Kan, and in that
hour he took his first step to fame by
disarming and arresting the notorious
bad man, Ben Thompson, feat of
cool courage which has few equals In
border history.
Such exploits as these had some
thing to do with his being made as
sistant city marshal of Dodge City,
Kan, in 1876, and so great was his
reputation as a dead shot and an Off
Ger who had to be obeyed, that during
his career in Dodge City he found it
necessary to kill only one man to main
tain his authority. From Dodge City
carp went to Tombstone, Ariz., when
that gold camp was truly wild and
woolly" He became marshal of Tomb
stone, known facetiously as "Helldur-
ado" with his brothers, Virgil and
Morgan, as deputies.
His first test was when he faced a
mob of 500 men intent upon lynching
character known as JohnnyBehind-
the-Deuce and bluffed them out. La
ter he disarmed a noted outlaw named
Curly Bill and hustled him to Jail.
there to stand between him and an
other mob.
But the most famous of all his feats
and the most desperate encounter he
was ever in was the elimination of
the Earp-C lanton feud which ended in
the historic Flight at the o. K. Cor
rail-" In that the three Earps and
doc" Holiday faced five men Of the
Clanton-M cLowery faction, and after a
battle of blazing six-shooters which
lasted less than a minute, three of the
Clantons were dead and the other two
had fled. carp died in Los Angeles
January 10, 1929, at the age Of eighty,
one of the last of the old-timers of
the West and one of the few famous
gunner who ever "died with their
boots Off"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
OLD WORD TORY"
BACK ONCE MORE;
LONG IN DISUSE

"Tory" persists like a word that
answers human need. -Four times
In four centuries 1t has lapsed from
usage only to be revived. From Ire
land 1t crossed to Scotland, migrated
to England, voyaged to America to
have part in opposing the revolt OF
the colonies, vanished with the with
drawal or deportation of Tories and
the end Of royalism. "All the people
were now Wings" In this country
the term Tory remained simply as
history. Not till the advent of the
New Deal and NRA did it reappear
In political discussion.
Much Of past struggle is wrapped
up in the name "Tory." Originally
old Irish (toriadhe), it referred to
the hunted outlaws of the boys.
Elizabethans applied it to the dis
possessed natives in Ireland who
harassed the English settlers on
seized lands. Transferred to Eng
land, it was derisively applied by the
Roundheads to the Cavaliers, who
nicknamed their opponents Wings.
In America redivision of parties
occurred at the Constitutional con-
vention. The most constant differ
ence was between those who wished
a national" government as against
confederate" government, those
who thought power should be derived
from the states as such, and those
who insisted it must come from the
people. The first Wing party was
formed in 1884 from a fusion of Ma
tional Republicans and others to OPP
pose the Democrats.-New York
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
Germany, Only Gold Mine

The little town of Reichenstein, on
the Silesian-Czech frontier, which has
only $500 inhabitants, is renowned for
it's possession of Germany's only gold
mine. The mines yield of the precious
metal is IS pounds a month. Riech-
enstein gold used to be famous. In
the Sixteenth century the amount
worked from the Reichenstein mines
was over 10000 ducdts The great
Fugger family owned l45 shafts In the
Seventeenth century and many royal
rings wer made from the gold that Wa
taken from the mine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
Professor Tugwells Defense of the New DeaTroubles
of the American NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Formulating
Plan to Help Silver.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

MEMBERS of the American Society
1NI of Newspaper Editors assembled
in Washington heard warm and elab-
crate defense. of the New Deal deliv
cred by Prof. Rexford G. Tugwell, as
sistant secretary Of agriculture, who
is in part responsible for most of the
recovery measures adopted by the
present administration. Denying that
those who are advising the President
seek to bring about radical changes
In the life and economic policies OF the
American people, Professor Tugwell
described himself as thorough con-
sentative"
ave have a saving irreverence of
authority" said Professor Tugwell In
speaking of the characteristics of the
American people. (which gets us out Of
holes. These basic traits determine
the structure of our laws and of our
government. No one, with the slight
est sense of history, would try to tit
such a people into a regimented
scheme, would try to think for them
instead of getting them to think for
themselves.
Thine will tell which in these times
is the best American-those who be-
lieve that the racketeering, the finan-
cial juggling, the exploitation of work
ers and consumers must be ended
once for all, and that continuity of in
dustry must be definitely assured by
whatever orderly political means can
be found: or those who believe it more
important that some few insiders
should be allowed to manipulate ma
terials, natural forces and social insti-
tutions for their own good at the ex-
pense Of all the rest.
Democracy has been living pre-
carious life among our business insti-
tutions; its enemies in this country
were in fair way to have it strangled
and laid quietly aside until the New
Deal came along. For they did not
realize that real democracy cannot
be destroyed without provoking a re-
volt on the part of its practitioners.
Farmers were being starved off
their land; workers were denied ac-
cess to idle factories. A kind of spe-
cious and purely formal political proc
ess was being used as stalking horse
for privilege and threatening oligarchy.
I have never lent myself to this SUI
preme chicanery and l am not likely
to do so as long as keep any realistic
sense at all.
"The New Deal is not something
which can establish itself in the mind
of q dictator or a small governing
group. That was the fatal theory of
the system from which we are turning
away. Its base has to be as broad as
the economy which has to be brought
under control and as deep as the minds
and the hearts Of the people whom it
affects"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

ten miles east of
Manitowish, in north
ern Wisconsin. In
three desperate gun
battles three men were
killed and Gig h t
W o u n d e d, and the
bandits escaped into
the woods. Three wom-
en- who had been with
the Dillinger g a ng
were arrested. Two
others were believed
to have fed with the
IarDn.o IAnn IN h n q n
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
New Form of Mourning

Mourning" telegram forms with
black edges have been introduced by
the telegraph authorities in Brussels.
They are decorated with a picture
of weeping woman and are for mes
sages of coincidence. Telegraph
forms ornamented with flowers for
sending congratulations have been in
use for some time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
Oddities of Sight

Near-sighted children may become
what psychologists call ''introyerted"
or unsocial; far-sighted children may
develop into the opposite or "extro-
VERT type, according to a theory re-
Gently explained by DR.. Arthur P.
Wilkinson of Detroit, in the Sight
Saving Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

gress that the Gary
educators charges Of
a red plot to over
throw the government
are unfounded. Nc
Gugin and Lehlbach,
the Republican men,
bers of the committee,
formulated a minority
report expressing their
opinion that the in
quiry should be broad
ened In scope. Nc
Gugin asserts there is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

reorganize their debts
at the expense of their
stockholders and sta
Billie their labor con-
ditto S, government
control or ownership
may be the result.
The wage controversy
came to a head when
the railway labor Of
ficials rejected Presi-
dent Roosevelt's re-
quest that the 10 per
cent reduction be con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04
Weeks Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Postum
Company in another part of this pa
per. They will send full weeks sup
ply of health giving Postum free to
anyone who writes for it.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 90 years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

No Heating with Matches or Torch mo
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more time and work than 500 wash
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can be comfortable. No endless trips carrying
iron from stove to board. Operating cost only
he an hour. Helps you do better ironing,
easier, quicker.
Write for Free Illustrated Folder and name
of Coleman dealer near you.
THE COLEMAN LAMP & STOVE COMPANY
Dept WU36 Wichita, Kans.; Chicago, H.; Los
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

CERIOUS times for the railroads are
~ at hand. They face the possibility
Of a general strike, and the President
has warned them that If they do not
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04


tinued, and the railway executives said
they would not consider any settle
ment more favorable to labor than
this. Joseph B. Eastman, co-ordina-
tor of transportation, who had been
carrying on the negotiations, immedi-
ately withdrew as mediator, saying
there was nothing he could accomplish.
He asserted he believed the negoti-
atoms would continue under the pro-
visions of the railway labor act. But
A. F. Whitney, president of the Rail-
way Labor Executive association, was
far less hopeful.
"Our only alternative appears to call
for a strike ballot in order to prove
our point in this matter" said Whit
ney, land If this is done there can be
but one answer from the men who
have been receiving such beggarly
stipend"
President Roosevelt appointed Secre-
tary Of Commerce Roper, Secretary of
Labor Perkins and Attorney General
Cummings, a committee of three, to
study the matter Of stabilizing rail-
road labor and financial policies. He
feels the railroads must wipe out the
threat Of receiverships by scaling
down their fixed charges, and must
settle their disputes with labor finally.
Holding that the railroads are far
overexpanded because of their 1916
1929 building boom, the Presiden. feels
that the carriers may never again be
able to earn the interest payments on
the bonds which were fioated to finance
the building Of tracks, stations, and
rolling stock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

CENATORS who urge the remonetiz-
~ alton Of silver held conference
with President Roosevelt but received
from him no encouragement for silver
legislation, though no conclusion was
reached. The possibility of silver pur-
chases was discussed and the President
indicated disposition to give this
matter consideration, but on the whole
there was no indication the govern
ment win embark on such a policy.
The President indicated a desire to
have further talks with the silver sem
ators and there will be other confer
ences, according to Senator William III.
King. Democrat, of Utah. chairman of
the silver committee, and other sena-
tors who attended the conference. II
was quite evident Mr.. Roosevelt was
not In favor Of any mandatory legis.
lation. at least, at this time.
Later 1t was reliably stated that the
President was maturing plan for in
ternational sterilization of currencies
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

II has been charged against me that
have peculiar notions. One of them
is that during times like the present
it is more important to feed the hun
CRY than II is to buy memberships for
yonng men In the Y NJ. c. A. so
told a solicitor today. No doubt he
went away thinking Ill of me-
My next caller was a ragged old man
with a wooden leg. This solicitor did
better with me: he said provided for
his necessities for a week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

"For Into Each Life"
He that hath good harvest may
be content with some thistles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

More than half the men grumble at
religion; millions have so little regard
for women they refuse to marry, but
there never was man who could not
be interested in promising scheme to
rob the rich. II is the universal hu-
man passion.
Men have always been slow to enlist
as soldiers II is usually necessary to
draft them TO fight for their firesides
and churches. but all of them will
spring TO arms II word is sent ont that
a rich caravan with slight protection
has been sighted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

The story that capitalism has failed
was started by lOafers; industrious
me- make a mistake in repeating it
Our money system works as well.
an with no more friction than
our system of marriage. The news
papers are now pointing out a woman
who, In ten years, married six u.en
and murdered four of them. A worse
story cannot be told on q dollar. yet
we do not howl dismally that marriage
has failed There are plenty of decent
marriages and plenty of decent dol
lars
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

1S7 are performing their daily good
deed this spring by guarding nesting
Chinese pheasants from the disastrous
effects of fires that annually sweep
across the Diamond and Pearl lake
bottoms. A year ago the Scouts dis
covered that many mother birds had
burned to death upon their nests
rather than desert their young.
owatonna-A grant of $4,000 by
the Carnegie Foundation to maintain
and extend the Owatonna art project
carried on to create greater public
appreciation of art was announced by
Dean Melvin E. Haggerty of the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
ST. Paul-Citizens went to the polls
at the municipal election and cast the
largest vote ever recorded in the
cfty's history. Mark Gehan, running
against Mayor Mahoney, for the Of
fee of mayor, won out by only 500
votes. A contest is planned by the
mayor. There were over $4,000 votes.
ST. Paul-Limitation of sugar pro-
duction in the United States has re-
suited in cutting about 5000 acres of
Minnesota sugar beets from produc-
ton this year a compilation OF acre
age contracts in the state and includ-
ing the factory at Mason City, Iowa,
revealed.
Observation-Disclosures employed
by the Minneapolis Paul Sanitary
district as regular staff men Joined in
support Of the contention of taxpay-
ers associations of the two cities that
the employment Of special consulting
engineers at huge fees to design and
supervise the project is unnecessary.
The Washington times., 1934-09-01
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK. Sept. G.N.sD.-Copper
buying abroad continued quiet today
with producers asking 10 to 7121,
cents a pound C. j. f. Hamburg. Havre
and London and consumers bidding 7O5
with few transactions being arranged.
Some hope that German authorities
may be forced to raise the ban against
copper imports is held in some quarters.
While this not unlikely. such action
may not be taken for some time, due
to the large stocks accumulated earlier
in the year and to the economy of usage
forced by regulations.
In the domestic market sales were
slight with Blue Eagle unchanged at .
cents a pound delivered to the end of
November Sales yesterday were some
what better than had been believed. but
it is understood that a good portion of
the 1000 tons disposed of was to a
fabricating subsidiary by a producer
parent company.
Zinc prices eased off slightly to 4.2O
to 4.225 cents a pound east of st. Louis,
as compared with 4.25 cents for the last
few weeks. Lower prices in the metal
have been due for some time since de-
mand has been exceptionally slight and
production on the increase. Producers
425 cents for some time although the
position of zinc scarcely warranted it,
Sales. failed to show improvement at
the lower levels today.
The lead market has relapsed into
comparative apathy after the somewhat t
better volume of the last week. The
price continues unchanged at 3.75 cents
a pound New York and $50 cents at
st, Louis
The Washington times., 1934-09-01
GRAINS STEADY
AND MARROW

CHICAGO, Sept. l G.N.S).-
Trading in grains assumed pre-
holiday character on the board of
trade today and the market ruled
steady in narrow range after
declining fractionally at the start.
Further liquidation of Septem-
ber contracts was absorbed with
out much impression on prices.
Near mid-session wheat was 1s
to 3sc down, corn 1s to H4c off,
oats unchanged to 1sc down and
rye bc up to 12c down.
Winnipeg wheat was 1s to Ac
higher near mid-session. Liver
pool closed u pence lower, Rotter-
dam 13s to 23sc off.
Deliveries of September wheat
contracts were 2,211 900 bushels, or
somewhat larger than anticipated.
Deliveries of corn totaled 1,247 900
bushels, oats $4,000 and rye
2,O48, 900.
Trading in new and old7style
September and December con-
tracts started today. This was
made necessary by the new Gov
ernment trading rules.
Estimated carlotS-Wheat, 20;
corn, 1872, and oats, IL.
The Washington times., 1934-09-01
POOLE CHOOSES
BANK CON NSULS

Completion of selection Of men,
bers of the board of conSulS who
will represent Washington Chap
ter, American Institute OF Bank.
ing, in various financial institu-
tions was made yesterday by Rob-
ert M. Poole, chief consul.
Associate chief consuls selected
are B. Bruce Frantz and Lloyd
Coates and members Of the board
are the following:
Theodore B. Bogley, c. G. Turn.
bull, Thomas J. Norris, Nelson
Stokes, George Z. Gallehar. Anne
P. Crawford, Frank N. McGeary,
jr., Myrtle P. Lewis, Edward c.
Cox, Warren Lawson. John M.
Harris, Ethel McOsher, Ralph
Mittendorf, Donald w. Mobray,
R. Morgan D'Espard, William R.
Light, Henry P. Hoffman, l..
Harry Rider, Ethelene E. Parker,
Lincoln Phillips, T. Grant Ridge
ley, G. Edward Foreman, Claude
w. Kniseley, Stephen o. Porter,
John Birch, Chester Bowers, John
Carl Perry, jr, S. Mason Wagner,
Robert A. Sisson, Paul w. Clarke.
John C. Poole, Douglas R. Smith.
C. Fred Schreiner, A. R. Schrei-
ner, Thomas C. Talbert, and John
L. Bryant.