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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
held it UP for all to see.

held it up for all to see.
While still admiring this thing of
beauty, Bobby shouted louder than
ever, Something for the governor,
himself. Get ready, pop, for your
surprise"
"What can the strange package
be, for goodness sake?" said ia
Their, his eyes popping with inter-
est. "Well, l do declare, if it isn't
a golf set. Just what l have want
ed for a long time" as he started
to examine it.
''Oh boy, hold out your hands
and catch, Dot, a ducky package
for you, all tied with silver cord.
What is it? Open it quick!"
Dot removed the bright red It's
sue and disclosed a white wool
skating outfit.
Marelu had been so absorbed in
what the others were receiving
that she had forgotten all about
herself For the first time in many
years she had received the things
she really adored. With a heart
full of appreciation and joy, she
suddenly shouted, MERRY Christ
mas!" The others did not quite
comprehend the extent of Marelu s
enthusiasm, but she, herself, felt,
somehow, that this had been the
very happiest, merriest Christmas
she had ever had.
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Fire -Four Shots
Kill -Four Bears.

Roseau-With visions of a bear
chasing them and thoughts of what
might happen running through their
minds, Ernest Kleme and Barton Rhine
had no recollection of the fact that the
bear story involves the mamma bear,
the papa bear and the baby bear, and
they did not realize that the one bear
which made them SO miserable was in
reality four bears which they had killed.
Coming to place in the woods, north
of Salol, where many trees had fallen,
making travelling rather difficult, Ernie
was surprised to see a bear stick its
head from hole in the windfalls. He
raised his gun and fired twice, but the
bear kept coming. He shot again, but
with no apparent luck. Only two shots
left, he started madly through the en-
tanglement, thinking that the one bear
was still in pursuit. Barton saw what
had happened and after firing twice
they saw four bears lying dead. The
first bear appearing from the hole had
been followed by three others and four
shots had killed them all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Doctors Note Rise
In TB Death Rate.

Until 1885 the death rate from tuber-
culosis dropped continuously in Min
nesota. The fact that 1885 failed to
show another drop in the rate is cited
in a bulletin issued by the Public
Health Education Committee of the
Minnesota State Medical Association, to
show that no relaxation in the cam
paign against this ancient enemy of
man must be permitted.
Last years rise in the tuberculosis
death rate was only fraction of one
per cent; but the significance of that
fraction will not be known until the
figures for 1886 are available.
The rate dropped from 1876 in 1888
to 35.4 in 1884. The failure to drop
further in 1885, when the exact figure
was 1856, should be regarded as warn
ing, at least, that tuberculosis is by no
means conquered. All infectious dis
eases go in cycles tuberculosis may
be at the low point in its cycle of vir-
ulence and the turn may come at any
time.
When 1t does come, the educationaI
work of the Christmas Seal about
tuberculosis, how it is spread and how
it may be discovered by modern dag
noStic methods before actual illness ap-
pears, will be doubly important.
There is only one defense against q
passible increase in the virulence o.
tuberculosis, according to the physician;
Ibulletin. That is the widespread use
of the Mantoux tuberculin skin test ano
lX-ray to discover all who have been in
Ifected before they break down with the
disease.
The committee heartily comments
the effort of the Minnesota Public
Health Association which has used its
Christmas Seal funds in Minnesota tt
extend the use of these diagnoStic tool:
to school children. 1t is these children
who will suffer most if tuberculosis
should become more virulent and deadly
in Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
COMMUNICATED

Ely, 1.-THE Playground of Nation
This is our vacation slogan, used to lure
tourists here during our ideal summers
Not only do outsiders enjoy our sum-
mers, but it must be remembered that
we enjoy them also, and doubly So
After being almost denned up during
the long winters, summer seems like
paradise.
This is a pitiful situation as our
winters are twice as long as our sum-
mers and as there is little recreation
here during the winter season. This
particularly affects the younger gener-
alton who lose many benefits of winter
sports because of the adverse weather
conditions usually experienced here
The main winter sport is skating. 1t
is true that we do have some skating
as we have an outdoor rink. A good
deal of the time the rink is snowbound
which requires some time to get it
cleared. Other times it is too cold or
windy to venture out in the open.
Possibly the reader has already
guessed what I am driving at. Ely
lacks recreational building 1t is a
well-known fact that many cities of
Elys size has a Rec" The main ar
gument against this would be the cost
of such a building. In that case I'll
compromise. AS my arguments are
mainly for winter sports why not have
a hippodrome, which is surprisingly in
expensive and will in a short time pay
for itself if managed properly.
Summing up the situation there are
two main factors in favor of hippo
drome. ID 1t offers recreation and
will tend to keep our youth interested
in clean sports. 90 1t will promote
hockey and will probably uncover hoe
key talent in Ely. Eveleth has ap-
proXimately 500 men playing profess
sional hockey in the United States and
Canada.
In the Minneapolis Journal of Dec
ember Is, noticed picture of the win
ter sports building of the University of
North Dakota. 1t provides a skating
area Of $1,000 square feet and has a
seating capacity of $500. The building
cost $4,000. I can see no reason why
such a building could not be put ur
in Ely for about the same price. When
you look up records and see that snow
removal at our Kinks cost the city as
high as $4,000 in one year, you will
agree with me that hippodrome cost
ing 900 is not such a costly project.
For some time there has been an in
terest in such a project in Ely, but not
enough interest has been shown for
something as important as this. 1
sincerely hope that this will stimulate
some action in the proper quarters and
help gain public opinion to this cause.
BERNARD Slogan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

they would. And dad, they did buy
it! Stopped their cars and said,
why it's holly; who would have
thought we'd find it here!' They
wanted so much I had to work aw-
full hard getting it, but gee, it was
fun! I wanted to surprise nom and
you, and now I'll tell you both that I
made $27.82. There's $40 right now
in that bureau drawer left after
buying our Christmas. Gee dad, I
love this old farm! It's got lots of
surprises on it yet. This one amt
the last one"
The father brushed a tear from
his eye and kissed his wife. Then
he shook hands with Tim. you're
the kind of son a man can be right
proud to own," he choked.
"But dad, will you forgive me?"
the boy suddenly implored.
''Why Tim, forgive you what?"
the father asked in surprise.
The boy led the way to the kitch-
en-. "You see dad, I just had to
have it,"
The father pretended to frown
as Tim pointed and then he winked.
swell, being as it's just about
Christmas for us, as well as the
rest of the world, l guess I'll have
to overlook it." For there in a far
corner of the room stood the ak.
It was Tim who had borrowed it.
g Western Newspaper Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

The two volumes heretofore
written by DR.. Preston Bradley
and which met with instant
favor by the reading public,
Courage for Today" and
mastering Fear" have been
materially added to by Power
From Right Thinking" from the
same pen, contain what DR..
Bradley terms ''my philosophy
of life" He states in the be-
ginning that the third volume
is presented in this permanent
form that those who have been
helped along the way may al
ways have available the ma
terial." The book was written
by DR.. Bradley at his summer
home, Arden Lodge, on Lake
Vermilion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
The Kinka jOu

The kinkajou is a species of the
raccoon family found in South Amer
lea, and sometimes known as a
honey bear, yellow lemur, man.
aviri, and even a Mexican weasel.
The adult is the size of large cat
and its fur is short, thick and yell
lowish brown in coloring with shad-
lngs of deep brown on the neck and
over the back and ribs. A peculiar
feature of this covering is the fexi-
bility of the skin. It can be stretched
several inches from the body with no
discomfort to the animal and serves
as great protection when attacked.
The long tail is much the same as a
monkeys and used in the same
fashion for holding or grasping an
object.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

SS1hA12AS q NSORS4-
ate and back-breaking chance of
finding few logs tough enough for
the commission man to buy.
AS she looked out of the window
and saw the passing cars of winter
"touristers'' on the new scenic road
the government had built through
the hills, she wondered by what
magic folks could come to own au-
tomobiles and take time off like
that to go travelling. But she hadn't
many moments to spare on such
thoughts, for her husband had re-
turned to say that the ak was
gone. Could one of the children
have taken it?
The father had borrowed an ak
from willing neighbor but on the
day before Christmas he was 81
lent as he unhitched his team in
the wagon lot. Christmas tomor-
row and he had been forced to
bring back the load from town. The
commission man had been truly
sorry, for he did need ties; yet
none of these were large enough.
He crept up to window, lost
in the sense of failure that made
him ashamed to walk to his own
door. There an odd sight straight
ened him. Inside were Tim and
his mother joyously trimming a
Christmas tree. Tim raced to the
door to keep the younger children
from bursting gleefully into the
room and learning its great secret.
When the father entered the
house, no one asked him about the
ties. dad, dad!' Tim shouted.
do you know those red berry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Guard Rare Plant

To protect rare plant, pact signed
by nine governments is in effect. The
plant is the Welwitschia, which grows
only in the Kalahari desert of South
Africa. 1t has no stem, and its long
straplike leaves spring straight from
its roots and end in a cluster of red
cone blossoms The leaves are re-
newed from the base as they fade at
the tip and are thought to be the old
est leaves in existence. The plant was
discovered in 1860, and all efforts to
grow it outside the Kalahari desert
have failed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

r TIE WAS a small boy named
II Tim who had never been
L L more than ten miles from
his home in the Ozark hills. His
teacher said he couldn't even bound
Arkansas, his own state, but what
his teacher didn't know was how
well he knew the mountain
"crick' and the hill slopes circled
with green-gold pine trees that
bounded his fathers tiny farm. He
also knew what it took to keep a
family of six children and that Tor
as long as he could remember his
fathers farm had scarcely been
able to produce enough to stretch
over every need.
1t was just before Christmas
time that he heard his father tell
his mother that if there was to be
anything extra" to give the day
its meaning for the children, he'd
have to get the AK and hack out a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
u. S. Growth Slows Down

The United States is growing only
about half as fast as it was ten years
ago. Since 1890 it has added scarcely
100000 year to its population. For
the present decade, if the same rate
holds, it will have grown but about
100000 b. 1910, or to about 132,OOO,-
600. This is the lowest rate of growth
siLce the decade following 1850. And
at that time we had but 100000 peO-
pie. In the decade ending with 1879
the United States grew about 7,0O0,-
600; in ten years ending with 1880 its
growth was more than 100000; 1890,
over 100000; 1900, about 100000;
1910, about 100000; 1920, falling
off to 100000 during the war. The
decade ending with 1880 saw the great
est growth of any similar period-17,-
100000 But during the five years of
depression it had grown only 100000
New York Herald-Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Purchased First Government Land

Gloucester county, says the Philadel-
phia Bulletin. claims the honor of con-
tanning the first tract of land pur-
chased by the federal government, the
1OO-acre plantation at Billingsport.
bought by order of the Continental con-
gress on July 4, 1776, and decided to
the Thirteen United Colonies by Ben
Jamin Weatherby and his mother the
next day. An immense redoubt and
fort, planned by General Kosciusko for
the defense of Philadelphia. was built
there, over a thousand workmen I'M
der the direction of Col. John Bull
being engaged in its construction.
After the Battle of Brandywine, how
ever, it fell undefended for lack of a
garrison.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

The postoffice has sent out a
warning and fraud order
against "The Letter Club Diff
ferent," one of numerous OBJ
scene correspondence clubs
which have for their purpose
the mutual exchange of obscene
literature, photographs and
drawings. A far-flung roundup
of members of these clubs is
being conducted by the postal
inspection service and several
have received penitentiary SEN
fences in this connection. Ely
members, if any, are advised
to watch their step as the
roundup covers all parts of the
nation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Slaves on Plantations

The number of slaves on a plantation
before the Civil war varied according
to the wealth of the owner and the
size of the plantation. In 1854 Martin
w. Philips wrote lin reference to South
CarOlina eve now have in this estate
1,16S acres of land; on the place, &C
negroes, 20 work horses or mules, and
8 yoke of choice oxen. We plant go
or $50 acres in cotton and 125 acres
in corn. We send to the field "a negroes.
We have one carpenter and one wom-
an who cooks for the field hands,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

POSTMASTER General Farley
is a wonderful man, he admits
it, says the New Richmond
News. Like the young man
on the flying trapese, with the
greatest of ease, Farley wiped
out the deficit of the postoffice
department by a mere book
keeping stunt. However, he
continues the SO per cent sales
tax on letter postage and still
charges publishers two cents
each for those silly little
change-of-address notices and
up to date has not been able to
abate the stamped envelope
racket by furnishing envelopes
at less than cost, the deficit
coming out of the hide of the
taxpayers"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

The death of U. S. Senator
Peter Norbeck of South Dakota
on Sunday, removes from the
senate a most colorful figure
and one whose career has been
of unestimable benefit to the
midwest in matters of agricul-
ture and conservation. He
visited Ely with Senators Ship
stead and Norris during the dis
cussion of the Shipstead-Nolan
bill. He will be missed. He
was an independent Republican
in politics and won repeatedly
in the elections in his state dur
ing Democratic landslides on
account of his solicitude to-
wards agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

mas tree, pointed
with the S t a r
of Bethlehe EN-.
Marelu was just
in time for the
celebration. Bob
by had been cho-
sen to read off
the names upon
the gifts and all
eyes were CEN
tered upon the
huge basket con-
tanning them.
"First on the
program" shout
ed Bobby, els for
mother" All
wondered what it
could be.
ga gorgeous
lamp shade" cri'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

TOR many years Marelu had not
X been exactly happy on Christ
Il mas; somehow she had never
received the pretty things bestowed
upon other girls. eff they all only
knew how 1 have secretly longed
for those soft, dainty luxuries,
thought Marelu, as she sat before
the fireplace, just three days be-
fore Christmas.
''There are those kitchen aprons,
for instance, from dear old aunt
Lucia. Every year, as far back as
I can remember, it has always
been aprons. I must have almost a
dozen by now. Then there is cousin
Marie, who has been sending the
inevitable handkerchiefs rig h t
along, year after year. There must
be quite collection of them, too"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

trees that grow
w a y up tn e
crick? w full
hard to get to,
but when I found
'em I thought
they were so pur-
ty l took some to
S C h o o. !. T h e
teacher S a i d,
that's holly and
then I read about
holly and learned
that folks will
pay for it to have
it for Christmas.
So I gathered a
lot of it and made
me a holly stand
up on the new
road lust hopin'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

w n / i e She ndQ
been grateful and
thankful for these
kind re m e M
ORANGES, she had
not been exactly
thrilled.
A happy Christ
mas thought sug-
gested itself to
Marelu as she
gazed out at the
S ! e n der icicles
shining like sill
yer in the moon
light. 81 know
what I'll do. I'll
start right now
and wrap up all
these things into
nrettv Christmas
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Utah,s Salt Reds

Salt beds in the desert near Great
Salt lake, in Utah, average several feet
In thickness, and extend for many
miles. The beds are dry only during
the hot summer months. Tempera-
lures average 120 to $50 degrees much
Of the time during midday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
On This Occasion
Continued From Page One)

you don't hurry. Do not
pick your friends by the clothes
they wear or the money they
have in the bank. The Office
that seeks the man always goes
around on rubber heels"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
St. Mary's Canal BUSY

st. Mary's canal, which is canal
system around st. Mary's Rapids at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, and Ontario,
carries the largest amount of water
borne traffic of all artificial waterways
of the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

Those who attend the Joe
Louis fights should secure the
assurance that they will see
some action. In his last fight
with fellow named Simms, he
took just &c seconds to hit his
opponent on the chin and to
lay him out, besides disappoint-
ing II, 900 spectators.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

lew ClGS. I1GI ldCS
went white, for
she knew what
that meant. So
often had they
been forced to
remain on the
hacking of a few
ties to be sold to
the railroad for
dire necessities
that practically
all their timber
available for that
p u r p o S e w a S
gone. And trees
don't grow over
night. She could
tell by the look
on her husbands
face that he was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

In 1929 the United States had
513 millionaires according to
federal returns while this year
only Al have that income, the
largest having four millions.
The list fails to state who the
other 40 newspaper men are.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Where Witch-Hazel Grow.

The witch-hazel is a native of south
eastern Canada and of many portions
of the United States, extending as far
south as northern Florida and eastern
Texas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
clicked Into Shane"

The expression licked into shape"
is derived from an old legend which
tells how a young bear cub was born
a shapeless mass and had to be licked
into its proper form by its mother.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
,OOO.Year-Old Metals pure"

A study of numerous metal objects,
some of which were 5000 years old,
has shown that despite the crude metal
lurgical methods of ancient times, re-
markably pure metals were produced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Rhododendron Garden Laroe

The University Of California botani-
cal gardens at Berkeley possess one of
the largest rhododendron gardens In
the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Origin of NuptiaI Veil

The nuptial veil is believed to have
originated in the ancient Chinese GUS
tom of carrying an umbrella above the
bridal couple
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Shanghai Model City of the East

Shanghai, the chief seaport of China,
IA miles from the mouth of the Yangtze
river, is the model city of the East. 1t
is in the latitude of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

lamp shade" cried mother, as she
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-15

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. l5.
U,P)-A powerfully built dry clean
er who nightly donned shabby
clothes to frequent the city's col
ony of derelicts today was charged
with operating an insurance mur-
der business.
The suspect, Charles D. Ernest,
45, was arraigned on a murder
charge in connection with the
death of Harry H. Crying Hank
Burke. Burke died last March
% of injuries to Us brain, alleged
ly suffered when Ernest beat him.
Other charges were filed in con-
nection with the beating of other
derelicts, all of whom had been
insured by Ernest, it WAS charged.
Ernest has been held more than a
week while detectives and insur-
ance company investigators took
depositions from the homeless
men with whom Ernest visited.
The investigation was opened
when detectives Jack Clifford, Jr
and John F. Flavin noticed that
a dozen vagrants bore tattoo marks
on their arms giving their names.
birth dates and Ernest's address.
The vagrants spoke Of man
who had them tatooed and prom
ised to care for their bodies if
They died if they would sign in
surance policy applications. An
other sinister rumor was that such
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-15
NeW Documents in
Tangled Domestic
Controversy Filed

Files of Imperial county superior
court Monday received two addi-
tional documents to the already
crowded collection of papers devot-
ed to the history of the marital diff
ficulties and tangled domestic fin
ances of the Rene and JuStina Yer
dugo Rambout.
The Rambout family figured
prominently in Imperial Valley news
after the husband was accused of
hiring another man to kill his wife.
The man lost his courage and con
fessed the whole plot. Through a
fluke verdict, the men were releas-
ed.
Rambout declares in an affidavit
filed Monday that he is unemployed
and unable to pay his wife the $50
a month alimony ordered by the
court. He also served notice through
his attorney, Hugh S. MacKinnon,
that he would on September 18.
move the court to nullify and
change the interlocutofy judgment
according his wife the $50 a month
alimony.
He also asked the court TO order
Mrs. Rambout to repay certain sums
she drew and to which he declares
she is not entitled.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-15

WINTER HOURS WILL BE RESUMED
SATURDAY AT Ell CENTRIC LIBRARY

Winter hours at the Ell Centro
Public library will be resumed Sat
urday because of the sudden in
crease in patronage during the last
week. Monday the circulation was
the largest of any one day this
summer, according to Mrs. Agnes
Ferris Bigelow, librarian.
Beginning Saturday, the weekly
schedule will be as follows: Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,
pm. to 8 pm; Wednesday, 10 am
to 6 pm; and Saturday, 10 am.
to l pm
Circulation this summer dropped
no lower than is customary during
the hot weather, Mrs. Bigelow said,
and the fall increase began about
the usual time. The circulation is
expected to jump up to fall total of
other years as soon as Ell Centro
schools open September 81.
Present library quarters on Sew
enth street between Main and State
streets are not adequate, Mrs. Bige-