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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Collegiate Abuses
Due to Proxies Not
Coach or Coached
G New York Post.-wNU Service.

INVARIABLY at this time of the
L year / get a pain in the spot
where too many higher educators
keep their brains. This unease in
a neck, already so sOrely battered
that it can stand few more bruises
and Commissions, naturally comes
from the annual yelping about the
indecency of one of the widest
spread of collegiate practices. l re-
fer specifically to the SO-called ath-
letic scholarships and the hugger-
mugger publicity grabbing which
ever is associated with them at this
season.
Since this is a nation given to
boasting about foisting book learn
ing upon the masses, it is difficult
to understand why one pack of pur-
lists must get into full cry because
of one minor extension of the grand
privilege. Do these high-class gents
believe that an ambitious boy must
be kicked in the pants because he
has muscles as well as poor par
ents? Or is their fine other due
to unshakable conviction that young
sters who grow higher than five feet
three inches or scale more than a
featherweight are thus barred by
nature from swimming around in
classic fountains?
Can these highly moral cutups be-
ieve it is a crime against the state
for a youth to be healthy? Or can
it be that lather really beads their
jaws because sons of a Brooklyn
waiter and of a Staten Island street
sweeper were permitted to win
scholastic distinction as well as
football games at two famous uni
verSitieS this season?
Tramp Athletes Are
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

trying to undermine
trade unionism, al
though what trade
unionism has in
common with COM
munism is some
thing which I don't
quite see.
One camoufaged
red - or anyhow he
must be reddish
states there are on
ly 100000 KIN o w n
communists among
1O0 nm nm 0f &c CO
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Worship of Ra

The worship of Ra, the sun god,
was established in Egypt in the
Twelfth Dynasty. 1t came in as a
military edict. 1t indicated the rise
of masculine power, when man be-
gan to accumulate personal prop
erty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
ut@t .
Nu/rb1 about
Defenders of Communism.

CANTA MONICA, CALF. -
~ Every time | write squib
against communism, there follows
flood of letters from persons who
begin by saying they're not COM
munists-perish the thought.
But either I'm attacking free
speech as though free speech
meant free license to undermine our
government; or, by indirection, I'm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Human Blood a Storage Battery

If the electrical charge in the red
blood cells of a man could be col
lected and sent through a twenty
five watt light bulb, the lamp would
burn for five minutes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

Di Maggie continues
to keep his legs in
shape by cutting ice
skating capers on
Lefty O'Doul's Fris-
CO rink New
York is a goo d
spot for the Am
erican Bowling con-
gress which will be
held in New York
City next spring
for the first time in
thirty : seven wears.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Strictly Amateur

He-You don't suppose I'm the
sort of fellow who kisses any and
every girl, do you?
She-Heavens, no! If you did
you'd know something about kiss
ing.-Stray Stories Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
STYLES in Women's Hats.

lave you noticed those sub-divi-
sional hats women are wearing
this season? If not, kindly do So.
It'll distract your attention from the
part-time frocks some of them are
wearing.
The average woman is wearing
what looks like part of hat-say
one-haf to two-thirds. I've heard
the more of the original hat the
milliner chopped off, the higher
went the price for what was left.
I suppose with hats, as in the case
of a good clean appendix opera
ton, if they'd cut the entire thing
away, only very wealthy women
could afford to go bare-headed.
Even so, the wearer has some
thing to do with the effect. I ran
into the lovely Mrs. Clark Gable
and she had on one of the new
fractional hats and it was power
fully becoming to her. But I'll bet
it would look like the very dickens
on me or Jimmy Durante.
IRWIN S. COBB.
Copyrgkt.-WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Right Hat, Wrong Head

Stude-You know that girl?
Dude-No.
Stude-Then why'd yor tip your
hat to her?
Dude-My brother knows her -
and it's his hat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Really Quite Lovely

Lieutenant (roaring with rage)-
Who told you to Put those flowers
on the table?
Steward-The commander, sir.
Lieutenant-Pretty, aren't they7
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
DOlIing Up Lobbyists.

NHAT ever became of the bill
w introduced into the Louisiana
legislature requiring lobbyists to
wear special uniforms while follow
ing their trade? AS I recall the
original act, it provided that lob
byists of less than three years ex-
perience should wear green skull
caps and rainbow-hued plaid trous-
ers; veterans were to wear the
green caps and all-white suits,
which latter seemed especially APP
propriate, white being the color for
purity.
It's just too bad if the notion has
been allowed to languish. And if an
amendment were tackled on requir-
ing that a certain type of legislator
must wear garments with no pock-
cts in them and buttoning up the
back, princesse style, so the wear
er couldn't slip anything inside his
bosom-well, there you'd have an
dea that any state in the Union
Aould proftably adopt, or, anyhow,
almost any state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
Too Careful

The Bride-Now George, let's not
act like bridal couple.
The Bridegroom-All right dear;
you carry the two uitcases.--Atch-
ison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

In spite of the way his boss, Col
onel Rupert, worries about it, Joe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
DOCS TREAT

Whats the doctor treating you
for?"
Various things. Seems to think
he's treating ME for a swollen
fortune"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24

why worry? But wouldn't you worry
if 100000 lepers were suffered to
go at large among us, or 100000
singing lizards to run wild?
A very passionate lady has been
writing in, calling hard names. But
I shan't argue with her, because I'm
victim of aelurophobia. On look
ing in the dictionary, you'll find that
aelurophobia means one who has
an intense aversion for cats.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-24
"Smitty's" Travels.

p FADING about a police sergeant
IN who retired after forty years
service and never set foot off of his
native Manhattan island made me
think of a gentleman known a S
"Smitty" who, in my reportorial
days on Park Row, was general
roustabout at Andy Horns saloon.
Smitty was born in the shadow
of Brooklyn bridge and grew up
there. He had travelled the various
boroughs, but no matter where he
went was always within the greater
city. Finally he took a tour to for
eign parts. He went to visit his
sister, who'd married a truck gard
ener back of Newark, and the broth
er-in-law, who owned a car, toured
Smitty about the landscape.
was one who greeted Snitty on
his return.
eur me-" he said, "never again!
I don't like that Joisey. Why, all
them towns over there is got diff
ferent names"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05

0cb4u q SONS444444S4AC pEOJSCCo Inc
Roosevelt Administration con-
demned the Hoover administration
for ever granting this license.
DID NOT CONTRACT
WITH INDIAN SWINDLERS
Well, the Hoover administration
at least made a contract with a
concern not known to be in default,
not known to have swindled the
Indians, not known to have tied
the great Flathead River power
site up to prevent competition and
to insure a monopoly against the
people of Western Montana.
DEFAULTING COMPANY
LIABLE FOR DAMAGES
The Solicitor General, in his
opinion, recites:
"A second mode of redress is
open to the government and to
the FIathead tribe by reason Of
licensees breach of contract
on action at law for breach of
contract. There can be no ques-
ton that the defendant has
broken its contract and is liable
in damages...What is the meas,
ure of damages for such breach?
The present value of the con-
tract in question to the Flat
head tribe is $7,355, 900 less ap-
prOpriate deductions for interest
If the sum is paid in advance of
schedule. 1t is not necessary to
consider at the present time
whether other damages than
those accruing to the Flathead
tribe may be shown in a. suit
based upon breach of contract.
It may be noted that the license
cOnfers upon the IFlathead Irri-
cation Project the vested right
to receive $4,000 III. p. of cleo
trical power on demand &C a
fixed low price. 1t is possible
(COntinued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05

The following is a CO " of a
telegram sent by H. L. n TRY and
Frank j. Edwards, form, mayor
of Helena, to Senator Murray, to-
wit:
Helena, TIOntana,
May 80, 1886
To Senator James E. Murray,
u. S. Senate,
Washington, ID. c.
Consideration of plan % per-
petuate private privilege to ac-
quire Poison dam sites frcm the
government, may indicate small
difference between policy of
Roosevelt and that of Hoover.
Former hearing disclosed that
first unit of the Poison site
would produce a hundred thou
sand horse power and would
cost 100000. This cost would
mean that the cost per kilOwatt
installation would be $1O7. This
cost would mean also, that at
an interest rate of two and one
half per cent, the principal fixed
charge would be ($2.67) two
dollars and sixty-seven cents
per kilOwatt year. A kilOwatt
year will yield $3.50 when sold
at the rate of one cent per kilO-
watt hour. When electricity is
sold at 2, 3, A, or 5 GENTS per
kilOwatt hour, the annual yield
may be ascertained by multi
plying the charge In cents by
$3.50. For example, one kilOwatt
year will yield $4S8.OO when sold
at 5 cents per kilOwatt hour.
The spread between the cost
and the selling price is SO great
as to suggest with some force,
that the enjoyment of private
monopoly should be brought to
an end. If the Poison dam sites
are not within the realm of
CONSERVATION" the course
of reasoning should be made
known.
May we hope that you will
invite President Roosevelt to join
you in an expression to the Fed
eral Power Commission, TO the
end that ownership and control
of the Poison dam sites will
never be removed from the
United States government.
Frank ]. Edwards.
II, L. Maury,
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Power Corporation Stealing Poison Site
WIRE TOWNSEND

The following telegram was
sent by the Farmer-LabOr par
ty conference, by a unanimous
vote meeting in Chicago, May
3O-31:
DIR. Charles E. Townsend,
Washington, D. c.
The conference held in Chi
cagO, May 80 and 81 called by
the Minnesota Farmer Labor
party for considering a Ma
tiOnal Farmer Labor party ex-
presses it's indignation against
your persecution which we
recognize as an attack by re-
: dictionary financial interests
upon the cause of old age
: pensions and social insurance
generally.
= Signed, Mrs. Arthur LeSueur,
Sec'y of the Conference.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
DEATH CALLS
MRS. ]. MICHELS
Pioneer Lady Expires at Mi
not Hospital Wednesday
After Operation
FUNERAL TO-DAY

Mrs. James Michels, Sc years of
age, expired at the Minot hospital
last Wednesday, as the result of
pulmonary embolism following an
operation for the removal of the
gall bladder.
Mrs. Michels was stricken on
Mothers Day at her home in Plen-
tywood. Tortured with pain, she
consulted physicians who advised
an operation. On the Monday be-
fore her death she submitted to
surgery, and her condition was con-
sidered satisfactory until shortly
before her demise.
Visiting with members of her
family who were at her bedside,
she asked for a drink of water. A
few minutes after drinking she
struggled and gasped for breath.
Ten minutes later life was extinct.
Thus passed the life of a kind
mother, a devoted wife, and a
loyal and sympathetic friend. Mrs.
Michels was respected by all who
knew her.
Funeral services were conducted
from the st. Joseph's Catholic
church in Plentywood, Saturday
forenoon with Rev. FIR. Pratchner
officiating. The remains were in
TERED in the Plentywood Catholic
cemetery. The funeral and pro-
cession was one of the largest
ever held in Plentywood.
BORN IN
MINNESOTA
Mrs. James Michels was born at
Park River, Minnesota, September
10. 1879. At the age of three she
migrated west with her parents
who settled at Devils Lake, N. D..
at which place she spent hel
childhood and grew to young
womanhood.
She married James Michels, De-
cember q, 1900, and they home
steaded near Brinsmade, N. d. II
! 1910 she came with her husband
. and children to Montana where
|, thew hcmesteaded twenty miles
, south of Plentywood. Three years
2 later the Michels built a store a
, Archer, and later bought lane
southwest of Plentywood, wher'
! thew built home that was a popu
!, lar family and neighborhood cen
: ter. The past year was spent II
1 Plentywood.
) Mrs. Michels was an industriou
! wife. She patiently and goo'
: naturally experienced the hard
ships of pioneering, and that late
> of The depression. She was tn
I kind and loving and self-sacrificinI
Continued on Page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
CALLAHAN FINED
$50 FOR CONTEMPT
Found Guilty of Technical
Contempt of Temporary
Injunction Issued Last
Fall by Judge Paul
FINE SUSPENDED

Herschel H. Callahan, Redstone
farmer, was found guilty of con-
tempt of court by Judge Stanley
E. Felt, of Baker, called in by
Judge S. E. Paul, who had dis
qualified himself, who heard the
case, last Friday, and fined $50,
which fine was suspended on COM
pliance with the temporary in
junction, until the matter is dis
posed of at the hearing for the
granting of the permanent injunc-
ton, which will occur in open court
at Plentywood on Monday, June
%, when the permanent injunction
against Callahan sought by the
Union Central Life Insurance COM
pany in its notorious dispossessing
Of Callahan, will either be denied
or granted.
Judge Felt, in finding Callahan
guilty conceded that the case was
technical" but that Callahan il
stopping Henry Slagh from going
onto his farm on Easter Sunday
has interferred with the peaceful
possession of Art Blase, who il
now in his neighbors home and Ol
his farm.
A crowd that packed the court
house attended the trial, and hear
| Continued on Page 8
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
MARTIN ISLAND
DIES AT FORT PECK
Second Son of Antelope
Family to Die in Month;
Funeral Held Wednesday

Martin Island, %, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. M. Island, pioneer resi-
dent of the Antelope community,
died last Sunday at the hospital
at Fort Peck of lobar pneumonia,
the result of deadly silicosis pois-
oning he was subjected to in work
ing on one of the tunnel construc-
ton crews in one of the big tun-
nels at the Fort Peck dam pro-
iect. He went to work in the tun-
mel on or around the middle OF
March. took sick the 25th of May,
and died Sunday morning at I
o'clock, May 81.
Martin is the second son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. NJ. Island who has
died within a month. Gustav was
killed about month ago when a
tractor on which he was working
backed over him. So the cup OF
sorror of this afflicted family
runneth Ger. :,
The funeral services were helo
Wednesday at the Lutheran churcn
at Antelope, Rev. Sheldahl offlcla,,
ting at the rites made more sac
by the proceeding funeral. Inc
funeral was large and the floral
offerings many. The body was IN
TERED in the Antelope cemetery.
Martin Island was born, grewuI
and attended school IN the Ante
lope community.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
Radons' Statement

A charge Of grand larceny faces
Fred Radons Of Outlook, who was
arrested at GAINESVILLE, Wis, Sat-
lrday, by sheriff Henry p. Lowe
of Roosevelt county and Phil
Buckley, state stock Inspector.
RadOns is accused of stealing
horses.
AS a result of information OBJ
tanned at GAINESVILLE, four other
men, John Aker Of Poplar and Re-
serve, Ernest Summers of Smoke
Creek and Louis Marsh of Plenty
wood are at liberty under bonds
while Charles Hamilton, formerly
q CulbertsOn is in custody of Of
ilcIals at Wolf Point on the same
account.
Radons has been returned from
Janesville.
According to officials, seventeen
mead Of horses were stolen in the
TToplar vicinity in January OF
EeOruary. The animals were MOI
missed from their winter range.
until this spring.
sheriff Lowe who went to Min
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
dRSAADONS STATEMENT
CONCERNING ARRESTS

.. Fred RadOns, one of the five
large. aag, with horse stealing at
iio on Wis, by Sheriff
- RD",, and Stock Inspector Phil
e SnI = said to representative
X me n Producers News, regard
=, / l, was hired by Louis Marsh
- tsIeMyWOOd to take a carload
n,i nurses Ss to the open Cattle and
NJ uy Market at GAINESVILLE. Wis.
IL 81 /. ge si. cattle and horse mar
esnl - !. Wisconsin, where buyers
TS0 e IFOm all over that section.
S TS no interest in the horses.
i,oI sAe e horses were shipped
bor ~ raymond, a carload Of "a
h tt.s over the 500 Line, the
\ S;nip part of January, regular
tnS;n a cut to GAINESVILLE, Wis
. S's sns.. There were no secret
ooDl5 tOlOus actions. ANYBODY
P. More More shipping, Sheriff a.
poO aspsen of Sheridan county.
q 'gsIss ~ and duly inspected ali
&,n sae horses, recorded their
hs5 1isI marks, ETC., and exam
hsSt ''' @ and passed the ship
aud 6,o mere were bills of sale
lie b S,Oper Proof of title for all
S @Orses shipped.
1douse. report of horse shipment
STAT T11edly was made to the
il livestock Bureau by sher-
SS,,tao JanesvilIe, ! Wis %erS oD snIp'
opea the. they were sold Il the
| Wai market. Upon NV arrest est
sene5i g extradition and re.
tc eIe | was released un.
W'n'inued on Page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
HISTORICAL So&JETY
OF MONTANRS.
HELENA k1

THE WIVES and CHILDREN
HOLD the FIRST MORTGAGE
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
EXTR
FRANK J. EDWARDS,
H. LOWNDES MAURY
WIRE SEN. MURRAY
PROTESTING POI SON
DAM STEAL.

The following is a CO " of a
telegram sent by H. L. n TRY anC
Frank J. Edwards, form, mayor
of Helena, to Senator Murray, to
wit:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
SENATOR SEEMS STRANGELY SILENT

Corporation Owned Press of Montana Entirely Silent for
Months as Montana Project Worth Countless Millions
and to Which the State Has Valid Property Claim Is
Being Donated to Holding Companies While Officials
in Helena Say Nothing
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
PEOPLE WIRE SOLONS
BY H. L. MAURY

Two years ago, the Federal
Power Commission requested an
opinion Of the United States So
licitor General as to the validity
or default of the Rocky Mountain
Power Company, a subsidiary Of
the Montana Power Company, as
to its contract with the Indians
and the United States government
for the building of the dam at Pol
son.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
CONSPIRE TO ALLEVIATE HUGE NATIONAL
RESOURCES FROM STATE AND INDIANS

Montana Sleeps Washington Authorities Hand Fifty
Million Dollar Poison Dam Project Back to Defauting
Rocky Mountain Power Company and Montana
Power Company
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
SENSATIONAL ARRESTS MADE
ON HORSE STEALING CHAR &c
SHERIFF LOWE AND
STOCK DETECTIVE
Make CHARGES

Information Secured at Jane
vile, Wisconsin, Results in
Arrests of Five Men Who
Must Face Grand Larceny
Indictment
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-05
HOOVER CONDEMNED
FOR GRANTING LICENSE

The opinion was written by
Nathan R. Hargold, Solicitor. The
opinion was published widely when
delivered. The Roosevelt Admins
tration views the opinion as basis
of a promise to the people of Mon
tana to wipe out this license for
so years and to make of the Poison
dam a government project. The
Roosevelt Administration CON
demned the Hoover administration
for ever granting this license.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
ORLANDO OFFERS
NUDE SUN BATHS
Hiqh.WaIIed SoIarium One
of Many Features Avail.
able to Visitors.
BY A. p. PHILLIPS, Jr

=
ORLANDO, December 5.-Nude SUM-
bathing in one of Florida's finest So
lariums Is only one of the numerous
inducements which are leading scores
of Eastern friends of Florida toward
Orlando where their search for rest,
recreation, and relaxation in the
States smartest inland metropolis. can
easily be ended this Winter.
While frigid blasts will be spelling
discomfort to thousands. hundreds
here In Orlando this Winter will be
stretching themselves leisurely. digging
their toes in the soft, warm. white
sand which lines the shores Of Lake
Estelle near the solarium.
High brick walls with nary a crack
protect the sun-searcher who would
expose his entire body, and inside these
Enclosures one can daily find the cap
tain OF industry prone on the sand
along with the high-school student yet
to make his mark: the society matron
reclining in comfort envying the slim.
alluring lines Of co-eds, many of
them from fashionable Rollins College
nearby.
Other Lakes Available.
But there are dozens of clear, white
sandy bottomed lakes which daily hold
their quota of swimmers, wadors and
occasionally. fishermen in search of
bream and bass which populate every
fresh-water pool in Central Florida.
Within a radius of 20 miles of Or
lando, one can find over 200 lakes of
Evening star., 1936-12-06

come-beaches In Summer and snow
fields in Winter. Last year the snow-
train idea was brought to Washing
ton.
The iron horse has entered the VIM
ter sports field in earnest, and not
only are answering the question Of
where. but are developing recreational
centers Of their own. The latest travel
survey Of the American Express Co.
gives Q hint as to the areas which
Evening star., 1936-12-06

sparkling pure water. most Of them
surrounded by comfortable homes,
ranging from one-room cabins to pa
latial mansions.
For those not inclined toward the
aquatic, Orlando offers an excellent
Winter visiters' Club, an organisation
whose activities covers every thing
from shufiieboard through quoits. lawn
bowling, horseshoes. tennis, diamond
ball, and hand ball, not to mention
weekly dances, forums. bridge and
pinochle parties, and just plain bench.
side debates.
Beautiful Exposition Park, down.
town center Of the Winter Visitors
Association, houses numerous sports
device. A small seasonal fee ad-
mits any person to membership. with
the number Of activities planned over
q season reducing the cost-per.event
to less than cents.
Excellent Golf Courses.
In Dubsdread Country Club and the
Country Club Of Orlando. both just
outside the city limits, and yet but
three miles from the business district,
Orlando has two Of Central Florida's
most modern and utilitarian courses.
A recent addition at Dubsdread is q
spectacularly Handicapped outdoor
swimming pool alive daily with charm
ing young women who combine the
two sports in the manner Of the mod
ern miss.
Night time recreation includes stops
at three first-run theaters, half q dozen
smart night clubs where gaming is not
unknown and name" acts and bands
often are found, and the thrill OF grey
hound racing, available after a 20
minute ride at beautiful Sanford
Orlando Kennel Club. north Of the city.
Orlando is ideally located in the CEN
ter of the rich citrus belt of Florida,
and offers none of the mad confusions
and super-speed which adds nothing
to the comfort Of the sun-huntins
vacationtst.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

really have developed Winter pro-
grams. II says:
Lake Placid awaits . rush Of Xxi
enthusiasts, with the New England
Council calling attention to six North
eastern States now dotted with the
finest recreational Winter sports "a.
cilities. Equally emphatic Is the call
Of the Pennsylvania Poconos. where
noted European instructors will be In
(see TRAVEL, Page B-lIJ