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The Nome daily nugget., 1935-09-19
Rex Beach Tells
 Details Of His
 Many Characters

Continued From Page Two) the traders life and character was patterned after Al, his physical ap- pearance was not. Al was a short, wizened, grizzly little fellow; my character was somewhat romanticiz- ed, and he would no more have re- cognized himself in it than would any one else.
 Many people ask about Father Barnum. He was an actual character a priest, living somewhere on the lower Yukon. I even went so far as to use his real name, because he was such a fine character I wanted to pay a tribute to him. There is nothing in the book that is not all to his credit.
 "Poleon Doret, who was one of the most popular of my characters, never existed. He was purely a composite of French Canadians I had met in my travels"
 Report Brings Laugh
 Beach laughed at the report that the original Necia and Cherry Ma lotte were known to JuneauiteS. ''Pd like to meet either or both of those girls myself he declared. All the women in my stories are purely composites of various women l have known. Several times women who did not know who I was have infor- med me that they were the originals of Necia or Cherry. Needless to say I was surprised. I had never seen any of them before.
 Asked if these women came up to his expectations, he said, Well hardly"
 Mir Beach said there was one pos sible exception to his statement con- cerning characters of his heroines: the Countess Courteau, who appears in 'The Winds of Chance" I never met her, he said, "but I did hear of such a woman in Dawson and pat termed my character rather loosely after what I had heard about her Whatever became of her I have no idea The whole story was hearsay.'
 Asked whether he felt that the caliber of the typical Alaskan had changed in the past decade, MT. Beach replied emphatically in the negative. q don't believe human nature changes he said" certainly not for the worse. There has been a natural reaction to a change of en- vironment We all get soft quick
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-09-19
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

In the Probate Court for the Cape Nome Recording Precinct in the Se- cond Division of the Territory of Alaska before C. C. Tanner, United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
 In the matter of the Estate of NELS TROLSEN, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given to the heirs of Nels Trolsen, deceased, if any, that the Executrix of Nels Trolsen deceased has filed in said Court her Final Account, as such ExecutriX, and that Tuesday, the 29th day of October 1885, at the hour of ten O. clock in the forenoon of said day has been fixed by the Court as the date of hearing the objections if any, to the said Report, and at the same time and place, the Judge of the Probate Court will adjudicate, and determine who the heirs and dist ributees of decedent are.
 ANNA DICKSON,
 ExecutriX Publish-Aug 29, Sept. 5, l2, l9 1885
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
" P FUNDS
FOR WINToN
Street improvements and Side.
Walk Construction Granted
Government Funds.

Winton has been granted funds to
the amount of $3.50 for the purpose of
grading and crawling streets and the
construction of sidewalks Winton spon-
sors 500 in addition to the federal
funds under the WPA grant for this
work.
The Works Progress Administration
program to take unemployed off relief
rolls and give them steady jobs swept
past the halfway mark this week as
Victor Christgau, state PWA admins
traitor, announced that sufficient pro-
iects have been submitted to Washing
ton to take care Of go per cent of the
states employable relief load.
Sixty-five of Minnesota's 81 counties
were represented in the 269 work re-
quests, totaling $4,842, 456 which clear
ed the desk of the state administrator
this week and were speeded to Wash
ington by air mail for release of funds
by the President and his advisory al
lotment board.
According to the official estimate, the
latest group of work plans will pro-
vide steady jobs for 5,776 persons for
a year. OF the $4,S42, 900 total, over
So, 100000 would go to labor.
The weeks projects brought the total
thus far for the state to 913 calling for
an expenditure of $27,8 ,173 of which
the sponsors share will be $3,710,278.
The proposals are sufficient to provide
more than 10000 persons with jobs for
a year, says Mr.. Christgau
ST. Louis County projects amounting
to 1919 secure $2,838, 400 and sponsors
$642, ITO. County projects are listed at
Meadowlands, Gilbert, Duluth, Virginia,
Tower, Beatty, Balkan, Hibbing, Brim-
son, Makinen, Nichols, Wassa, Winton
and Floodwood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
National Emer. Council
Offices Haze Been Moved,

Mrs. Anna Dickie Olesen, director of
the National Emergency Council of
Minnesota, announced that her Office
has been moved from the Roanoke
Building in Minneapolis to the Post
office and Custom House building in
st. Paul and asks all to note the change
in address.
The duties of the National Emer-
gency Council in each state include the
furnishing of authentic information re-
garding all federal agencies and the
coordination of their activities If
there is anything you wish to know
regarding federal agencies it is Mrs.
Olesen's desire that they communicate
with her Office. The President in a
recent talk said:
"Only through a clear understanding
by every citizen of the detectives, or
ganization, and availability of the
Government agencies can they render
truly effective service and assure pro-
gress toward economic security"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
County Board in FAVOR
OF Colonization Plan.

The st. Louis County Commissioners
opened the way Friday for the State
Rural Rehabilitation administration to
begin the work for the establishment OF
the proposed colonization project on
the range, providing 500 families with
8O-acre tracts of suitable agricultural
land.
The county board by a unanimous
vote endorsed the project as requested
by the state rehabilitation administra-
ton so that it may begin comprehen-
sive study of the estimated 81 1000 600
colony.
S. H. Rutford, state director of the
agency and at one time county agricul-
tural agent for this county, in speaking
of the project stated that the squatters
or persons poorly located; from unem-
ployed persons within the county who
have a fairly recent agricultural back
ground and from sons of local farmers
who might wish to engage in farming
in the county but who would not be
able to do so because of lack OF CAPT.
tai
The plan would ban part-time work.
erS at the mines on the range from set
thing on the tract. The state agency also
is considering developing a tract that
would extend to other counties. No
families however, would be shifted from
one county to another according to Mr..
Rutford.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
Annual Embarrass and
Pike RiUer VaLLey Fair

What is expected to be one of the
largest community events to be held
throughout the year in the various re-
gions will take place on Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 10 and IL, when
the third annual Embarrass and Pike
River Valley Community Fair will be
held. This event will take place at
the EmbarraSs and Pike River Valley
Farm Club Hall and School 60 at Salo's
Cornor, EmbarrasS. Pike, EmbarraSs,
Waasa, Argo, Kugler, Vermilion, Sandy,
Florenton, and 59-16 Townships of this
region have combined under the En-
barrass and Pike River Valley Fair As
sociations in sponsoring this annual
fair. Over $3.50 in premiums will be
awarded at the various exhibits and
athletic events. A printed premium
list is being issued throughout the area
and a sports and entertainment pro-
gram has been arranged for the two
days of the fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
Carriers Probable Cause
For Typhoid Epidemic

The Epidemic of typhoid fever which
broke out in Minneapolis this summer
recalls to an older generation time
when a typhoid fever was no novelty
in Minnesota.
Once typhoid fever was a part of
every summers disease hazards all
over the country. Nowadays, except
for a rare epidemic such as broke OUT
in Minneapolis this summer, typhoid is
almost negligible among the common
communicable diseases, the Public
Health Education Committee of the
Minnesota State Medical Association
points out in a bulletin issued today.
1.-The current epidemic also shows
that typhoid has not disappeared of its
own accord" says the bulletin. at is
always in the background waiting t.
take advantage of some defect or care
lessneSs in the sanitary procedures that
protect water, milk or food supplies; o.
the appearance of some unknown car
rier who has escaped the vigilance Of
state or city health departments"
The source of the Minneapolis cpl
demic which has resulted, so far, in
164 cases has not yet been discovered
although officers are making a thor
ough investigation.
The distribution of cases has point
ed out to contaminated water supply in
the opinion of some officials. To date
however, there is no meteorological
proof that contaminated water is the
cause.
Physicians recommend, however, thai
anybody who is likely to come in con-
tact with the Minneapolis eases of ty-
phoid at any time be vaccinated i'm
mediately against the disease.
Among the 1874 cases there are quite
likely to be a few carriers of the di-
sease: that is, persons who harbor
disease germs in their bodies long aft
er they have recovered from the ILL
ness. Sometimes these people go unde-
tected in spite of the best Of efforts OF
everybody concerned and they are cap
able of spreading the disease unless
special precautions are taken to avoid
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
Volunteer Campaign For
Reduction of Traffic Deaths

Motorists and pedestrians alike today
were called on by Governor Floyd B
Olson to join volunteer campaign for
the reduction of the constantly increas-
ing traffic mortality rate.
In a proclamation setting aside the
month of September "for the voluntary
and complete observance of traffic reg
ulations with the objective of reducing
accident injuries and deaths to the abb
solute minimum" he urged every citi-
zen in the state to actively participate
in the campaign to reduce traffic ac-
cidents.
Both law enforcing agencies and lay
men were asked to intensity their ef-
forts in the drive for more efficient
traffic law observance. A report is to
be made to the Governor on or after
October 10 on the efforts made to eff
feet voluntary observance of traffic reg
ulations, the effect of the campaign and
the punitive measures taken to re-
quire strict observance of the laws.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Y.
Ely, Minnesota, August %, 1895.

~, ]'~AAA<AS1OSo3 <A06AsoS co. 4OoO.
Pursuant to notice, special meeting
of the Board of Education of Indepen-
dent School District No. IL. for the
purpose of electing teachers and trans
acting any other business proper to
come before a stated meeting was call
ed to order at seven-thirty o'clock P.
NJ, by the Chairman, B. S. Richards
On roll call, the following members
were found to be present: Anderson
Gianotti, Jones, Kotchevar, Richards
and Skala. Absent: None.
Proposal from the Vermihon Electric
Shop to install new lighting units in
the Old High School building was read
Moved by Kotchevar, supported by
Gianotti, that the proposal of the Ver-
million Electric Shop to install "a light
ing units in the Old High School Build
ing for the sum of $5.85 per unit be
accepted Motion carried unanimously
The matter of the installation of the
new pump was referred to the Build
ings and Grounds Committee with pow
err to act.
The Sales & Purchasing Committee
reported that the piano offered for sale
to the district for $4,000 was found to
be in good condition and offer was &C
cepted.
The report of the superintendent or
exchanges of teachers was read.
Moved by Gianotti, supported by
Jones, that the report of the superin-
tendent be accepted, and that the fol-
lowing teachers be elected for the en-
suing year at the salaries indicated
and the proper officers be authorized
to enter into contracts with those &C.
cepting positions:
Marie Sekula, High School, $115O(
per month
Audrey B. Beatty, Home Economics
$4,000 per month.
Ellen MARTHA, Grades, $105O0 PEI
month.
Pansy Van Dyken, Grades, $1O5OO
per month.
Isaac Martell, Grades, 1880 per
month.
Ida Erickson, Grades, $1O5.O0 per
month.
Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Gianotti supported by
Kotchevar, that the filling of the re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
Positions Open
Under Civil Service,

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has announced open competi-
tive examinations as follows:
Junior refuge manager, 81 $40 year
Bureau of Biological Survey, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Agricultural economists, various
grades, $1,000 to $1,000 a year, Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, Department
of Agriculture.
Senior stenographer, $1,620 a year;
junior stenographer, $1,44O a year;
senior typist, $1,440 per year; junior
typist, $1,260 per year. These are fol-
men only.
Full information may be obtained
from Owney o. Hegman, secretary oil
the U. S. Civil Service Board of Ex-
aminers, at the post Office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
TIMBER MEN
STUDY FORESTS
Regional Forester Tinker Takes
Timber Operators Through
National Forests.

Representatives of leading lumber
and paper manufacturing plants are
being shown the part National Forests
play in maintaining and perpetuating
their operations by trip conducted by
E. w. Tinker, regional forester of the
North Central Region. With agricul-
tural and industrial areas overloaded
with population demanding the right Of
employment, Mr.. Tinker is taking these
leaders in an industry involving millions
of dollars, through the Superior and
Chippewa National Forests to show
these men how the Forest Service is
building up its timber resources in
order to provide continuous supply OF
sawlogs, pulpwood and other forest pro-
ducts.
What this means to the operator may
best be visualized by dealing with the
fact that the average life of the saw
mill towns in the past has been eight
to twelve years. Under the old logging
system of cut-out and get-out, the
country was despoiled possibly by
necessity of its timber and fire allowed
to run uncontrolled (not because of
necessity, running every possibility Of
renewal of a vital and necessary re-
source,-timber. In the past, the lum-
Der and pulp industry has meant bill
lions of dollars of business and pros
porous communities Today it is in the
million dollar class and rapidly falling
from there. Past history Of the Lake
States has shown stranded population
80 per cent to rs per cent of many
families in old timber producing
counties on relief The one means of
livelihood left, i. E., use of recreational
resources, was destroyed with the
timber, for without the timber, what
can live in the charred deSolate waste
of sand hills and snagS? OF what re-
irrational value is brush country to
the city resident where once dwelt the
tall pine and the noble hardwoods
which once graced all of the Lake States
country?
The lumber and pulpwood operators
will be shown what progress has been
made in two of the older Forests of
ISSIOLl. 4LIC SliPpS"d rOlOoe "do
created in 1903 and the Superior in
1909. Their early establishment has
everything to do with the fact that to-
day the older portions of the Forests
can and are providing forest crops.
Permanent employment and stabilized
forest communities are the keynotes
behind National Forest administration.
Forest workers given part time en-
ployment year in and year out with
revenues to county and government
from timber, recreation, etc., is much
preferred to rapid destruction of these
resources and mushroom employment
for eight or ten years, and then the sad
aftermath of ghost town.
These various facts will be brought
home to the operators in their visit to
the projects being conducted under long
time work plans formulated by the
Forest Service in the North Central
Region. Fourteen National Forests
mean fourteen happy, moderately pros
porous forest communities, stated Mr..
Tinker, regional forester.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
ILLINOIS SCOUTS
HERE ON TRIP
Left Canadian Border Lodge
Friday for Ten-day Border
Canoe Trip.

A party of twenty-one Boy Scouts in
charge of C. M. Scatters, area executive,
from Freeport, Illinois, passed through
Ely last week bound for the Canadian
Border Lodge from where they will en-
bark on ten-day canoe trip taking
them through several of the northern
lakes.
These Scouts were slated to attend
the National Jamboree at Washington,
d. c., which was called off by President
Roosevelt on account of the prevalence
of infantile paralysis in the vicinity of
the jamboree camp.
They had trip coming to them and
instead of the visit to Washington
were given the canoe trip The boys
travelled in private cars from the III
inois city and were very much enthused
with the idea of spending ten days in
camp along the Canadian border They
left the Canadian Border Lodge in high
spirits and no doubt are having the
time of their lives with the daily canoe
trips and attendant fishing and a new
spot to camp every night.
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PENSIONS FOR
OLDER PEOPLE
Congressman Pittenger Writes
of Recently Passed Old Age
Pension Act.

Everybody in the Eighth Congress
sional district is interested in the Old
Age Pension and Unemployment In
surance Bill which was signed by the
President, August 18th, and has now
become a law" writes Congressman W.
A. Pittenger, from Washington.
"ThiS was known as the Social Sc
curity Legislation and provides for fed
eral aid and grants of money to the
various states Each state must pass
laws and provide for old age pensions
and the federal government will pay
to the state for the persons entitled to
a pension, an amount equal and in adj
dition to the amount paid by the state
Federal contributions are made to states
for the benefit of persons who have
reached the age of IS years.
"F'or example, if a person IS years OF
age is entitled, under the state law, to
a pension of $500 per month, the
federal government will then pay an
additional $500.
''Tne new Social Security Legislation
also provides for unemployment COM
pensation, aid to dependent children
maternal and child welfare aid, voca-
tional rehabilitation assistance, and aid
to the blind.
people interested in this legislation
are advised not to employ anyone to
represent them in efforts to secure the
pension. In some localities, old people
have been solicited for contributions by
those who claim to be able to get quick
results. These people can do nothing
to hurry the payment of the pensions
1t is suggested that interested people
consult their county officials, who will
be furnished with copies of the law Just
as soon as it is available.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05

Those states having examination of
drivers as a requirement before licenses
are issued, showed the best accident
records. However, this is not enough.
The revocation and suspension of driv-
ing licenses is what makes a safety rec
ord in any state
As soon as drivers realize that they
are apt to lose their licenses because
of their participation in careless &C
cident, they become better drivers. To
have their licenses revoked for repeat
ed traffic violations will soon bring
them in line.
This is as it should be.
Some states do not seem yet to have
realized that they cannot extinguish the
accident fire with cupsful of water, but
must use bucketsful
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05

know the hidden threat of the
swimming hole. Only by the ut
most care, can we be thankful at
the end of the day that nothing
serious has happened. For days in
advance, the children can be dis
cussing the above topics and plan
ming their own protection. No bet
ter educational device is known.
"Eats" is the big question when
talking picnic. Here is the supreme
occasion for getting across the
ideal picnic luncheon. Plan it care
fully as any meal. A thermos bottle
of cool milk; tomato and lettuce
sandwiches; cup custard; fruit;
cake dessert. Teachers should plan
their lessons on foods for the
month preceding picnic time.
Bring out all the values in the pic
mic luncheon. Such opportunities
furnish the motives for health
education.
Ho4D to impIart proper eating
habits in children aoill be the sub
jeet of Dr.. Ireland's neat article.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
Cent, or Penny

Our copper coin Is defined In an act
Of congress of 1886 as: Cent: "The
highest copper piece of which 100 shall
be equal to the dollar" When an ad-
ditional act outlawed the circulation Of
the English penny in America In 1887
the name penny" was applied to the
American one-ceDt piece by popular
usage. 1t is still known by both names
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05

naming English w vacancy be re-
ferred to the Committee on Schools
with power to act. Motion carried
unanimously.
Moved and supported that the meet
ing adjourn. Carried.
JOSEPH r. SKALA,
Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
Termites Live in Ground

Termites live in the ground They are
seldom seen. During warm weather
they ceaselessly gnaw away at any
thing containing cellulose-thei prin-
cipal food-wooden flooring, books or
cotton fabric, being at all times care
full to avoid their common foe, sun
light.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05

in the World. Listed deposit
figures total nearly S2,250, 000, 900.
The largest bank in the United
States is the Chase National in
New York City. This bank ranks
sixth in the world, with deposits
of approximately $1,000, 600, 900.
It Is indeed q fact that men
who went into bankruptcy in
England during the Middle Ages
were known as Sunday Gentle
men,. Sunday was the only day
Of the week when they were per-
mitted to be seen on the streets
In their best clothes without being
arrested for n0nrpeypept OK
dehta 49,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05

D ETROLEUM is a rock oil.
L Latin petra (rock) plus oleum
(oil). 1t is ready-made from
Mother Earth and is found in
various parts of the world.
Use of petroleum in semi-liquid
or solid form is said to have been
common among the Ancients. The
"slime" mentioned in the Old Test
ament was without a doubt par
tally evaporated petroleum.
Nineveh and Babylon ruins in
dictate it's use for cementing brick
structures. Around the beginning
of the Christian era Sicilian Oil
from natural springs near Agri-
gentum, on Sicily isle, was burned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05

" IN tranSpOrIdIIUHI
protection against
i m pure drinking
water; and instruc-
ton on the dangers
of poison ivy. We
must guard against
sunburn and SUM-
stroke. We must
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in Jupiter's temples lamp. This
was the first known use of petro-
leum for Illuminating purposes.
Leading the world in produc-
ton Of petroleum and in manu-
facture of refined oil is the United
States. Russia is second.
II AMBOO is perhaps the most
II useful plant in the world.
Literally thousands of articles are
made from it, including collins,
candles, ladders, cages, canes,
houses, etc.
The Midland Bank, Ltd, Lon
don, England, is the largest banl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
"Where the Woodbine Twine,h"

"Gone where the woodbine twineth,"
Is from speech made In 1869 at a
congressional investigation of "Black
Friday" The words were spoken by
the Wall Street Spectator James Fisk
and referred to the money he had lost
In his attempt to corner gold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
The Best Service

The best service is not that of q
slave who must do as he Is bid under
pain of punishment, but that Of free
man who feels himself independent"
in the sense of being as little under
the dominion of those whom he serves
as they are under his.