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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

The County Board of st. Louis
County, Minnesota, met this the
Twenty first day of August, 1886, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, pursuant
to adjournment. The meeting was
called to order by the Chairman with
the following present:
Commissioners Eklund, Schadewald,
Anderson. Newman, Murray, Pasich
and Chairman Veranth-7.
AbSent-NOne.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
By Commissioner Murray:

BY Commissioner Murray:
Resolved That the foIIovino
amounts heretofore appropriated from
me Works Progress Administration
Eund to apply on the contracts on
the county garage buildings. be and
.ne Same are hereby reapportioned to
said contracts in the divisions bara;,1
designated. 49, an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

A resolution authorizing John p.
Zygmanski, Head Accountant, to go
to Denver. Colorado, to study the ac-
counting methods in use by the City
and County of Denver was read. and
the said resolution was ordered re-
ferred to the Special Counsel for an
opinion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

Upon motion of Commissioner Elk
lund the County Board adjourned at
3:45 o'clock in the afternoon OF August
20, 1886. to meet on August q. 1886,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Petitions for County Roads.


Martin Martha. ct al, for highway
in 5S-1S, with report of s. B. Shepard
County Highway Engineer.-l919l.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

The matter of the re-appointment
of John P. Murphy as a member of
the ST. Louis County Sanatorium
Commission was considered, and laid
over to a meeting of the County
Board to be held on September s.
1885,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

Upon motion of Commissioner Elk
lund the County Board resumed its
regular order of business at 1:30
o'clock in the afternoon of August
y, 1886, all members being present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

BY Commissioner Schadewald:
Resolved, That the following
amounts be and the same are hereby
appropriated from the county COM
mlSsloners district funds to the con-
tract OF the Standard Salt & Cement
Company for the furnishing of road
oil in the various divisions as indi-
Gated:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

The matter of the appointment OF
Nate v. Keller as Supervisor of Ac-
counts Payable in Division No. 81
of the Road and Bridge Department
was considered and laid over to the
meeting of the County Board to be
held on September s, 1886.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
Greatest Show on Earth
Blu Frank Miller Smith

was chatting about politics, as
who isn't these days.
He wasn't sure whether this
concerned the WPA or the PWA,
but it didn't matter much.
A man who has been out Of q
job for some time in the West
ern city went to the offices Of,
say the PWA, to apply for work.
He was questioned very care
fully about his qualifications
and told to return in few days
and they would let him know II
there was an opening.
He came back at the stated
time and approached the person
mel official.
whats your name?" he was
asked.
oh, yes" said the man in
the office, "there's nothing for
YOU"
Nothing for me? What's the
matter?" the applicant de-
manded to know.
"Our records show you've
lived on the South Side for ten
years."
THAT'S right"
"WeIl, in 1892 you had a pic
ture of Hoover in your window"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
Farmers Favor LandOn

The second monthly poll taken by the Farm Journal whose
straw votes have accurately forecast every
Presidential election since 1916 shows Governor Alfred M
Landon leading 13 States with total OF 279 electoral votes
thirteen than majority.
No DOLL vas taken in the Solid South and insufficient
returns have been received from the Mountain States to
tobuEate, the Farm Journal announces.
But even Without these States, the preference indi-
Gated UouZd be sufficient to elect the Republican cand-
date.
With election two and half months away nobody will
maintain polls of the type which the Farm Journal and
other agencies conducting in any sense conclusive
But which have record of accuracy IN the past
of some value in indicating the trend of public sentiment
toward candidate away from him.
The recent poll of Liberty township, in Sullivan county
New York example, would scarcely be claimed by the
most ardent Republican showing that New York in
the bag for Landon Yet the trend there unmsakab
from substantial plurality for Roosevelt in 1882 to
to majority for Landon this year.
The Farm Journal poll gives Governor Landon slight
his previous plurality Of last month"; and also
indicates a growing sentiment for Mr. Lemke.
AS Lemke will many voters from Roosevelt than
from Landon these sraws distinctly against the Ad
ministraton.
The renzed efforts of Messrs Farley and his henchmen
to the Farm Journal biased Republican
perhaps evidence that the results of the poll date
they may After all those Agriculture Adjustment Admins
tration checks it does like ingraudehs rural lean
ing toward Landon.
If you can't buy the farm Uote, how you buy the
election?
That in plain terms is the problem which the Raw Deal
is up against and which the best efforts of the great minds
composing it required to solve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
Three-Minute JOURNEYS
CORSICA

Do you want to find real para
disc that nevertheless manages to
include the amenities of clvlllza-
ton? OF course, you do.
When you are next in Europe
take time out and visit Corsica,
not because it gave the world
NAPOLEON Bonaparte but because
it offers so much of enchantment
to the lover of the beautiful and
unusual.
It isn't difficult of access, for
there are daily express steamers
from Marseilles or Nice, as we'll
as an airplane service that lands
passengers at Ajaccio, the capl-
tai of Corsica, situated on the
Gulf of Ajaccio, a mountalnSlte
town that is enchanting.
OLD BLENDS WITH NEW
At Ajaccio, the old blends with
the new. Smart modern build
ings, including a good casino, con-
trast with that plain house in the
Place Letizia where Napoleon was
born. Its 10 front windows are
tightly sealed against light and
heat to preserve the historic con-
tents against the Entertainments
of time in the unpretentious Mai
son de Napoleon.
Outside. corduroy-clad peasants,
leading long-eared Gonkeys sad
died with all kinds of freight,
step sharply along. Smartly at
tired school girls, beauties with
clear olive skins, large lustrous
eyes and pearly teeth, add to the
charm of the scene. Peasants,
native women wearing their large
black kerchiefs on their heads,
beautiful girls, all these are to be
seen on the busy Cours Napoleon
as well. Perhaps the scene is not
much changed from the days
when the Little Corporal looked
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
TOday's BOOndOggle

city of Workers. n " has cashed in to the extent Of
$1148O6 WPAs recreatonal program Westchester
county election day last year that the warrants
signed making Federal funds available for the improvement Of
No. l, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and II.
So far the WPA offices here ascertain project
approved for Ward H. possibly because this ward has the
smallest population in the city and is therefore the least i'm
portant election day.
AS the work progressed in the other wards however, be-
apparent that supplemental ALLEGATIONS of Federal funds
would necessary bring the work completion and the
Treasury additional moneys into every ward except
Ward 6.
No supplemental ALLEGATION needed in Ward the OBJ
vous reason being that up the present work
ever been original project authorized there
Yonkers, too, it seems has its forgotten
pyrighArt hS New Yorks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

Every mother on earth who
reads these paragraphs will think
that and perhaps she will weep a
few tears of Self-pity as she reads.
The letter itself is too long to
print. But the story is simple
enough.
CALLS 1T NEGLECT
She isn't very old, yet; not quite
40. People say she's lucky. They
envy her her nice home. her hand
some husband, her two fine chill
dren, both of whom are working
now in good positions.
But if people only knew the
truth they wouldn't envy me, "
she walls. "My children treat me
terribly. Do you think it's kind
of them to leave me alone all the
time after all 1 have done for
them?"
when they were small they
loved to be with me-they
couldn't take two steps without
me. 1t was 'mother-mother
all the time. I used to think
will they ever be able to do any
thing without me. But now it is
so different.
'Now they show so plainly they
don't need me or even want me
to come along. Oh, yes, they say
they love me and every one says
how sweet they are to me. But
actually I don't mean anything
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
HOW 1T HAPPENED

Those who have good memories
should be able to vouch for this
one.
The White House, as you know,
is to have a nice system of fire
protection soon.
The Presidents mansion is
closed to visitors. The workmen
Chamber around in droves, and it's
all because three little boys who
played theoretically and boyishly,
despite the fact that father was
President of the United States,
liked to see the fire engines run.
A long while back, when an
other Roosevelt was President,
Kermit, Quentin and Teddy, Jr.,
used to stop sliding down the BAN
mister and take their pets to their
rooms long enough to punch the
fire alarm.
1t was right convenient because
the fire alarm boxes were we'll
distributed around the floors.
You know, you could set one off,
run down a flight of stairs, look
out the window at the horses gal.
Looping up Pennsylvania Avenue
and be as cool as a cucumber when
anyone wanted to know about it.
According to the story Teddy,
senior, caught them at it a couple
Of times and raised the roof.
But it didn't do much good. The
temptation was too great.
So a new system was put into
operation. When the fire alarm
was set off it merely rang
buzzer in the chief usher's office.
The usher was instructed to find
out where the fire was before call.
ing for the engines. It's this Sys-
tenn that is being torn out today.
And in the same legend is the
story of Ike Hoover, chief usher
at the White House for years. Ike
was the electrician who put in the
system on his first visit to the
White House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
Aged Buyer Recalls the Beginning of Ne1
Merchandising Era, Now at Peak

can kidnapping cases. Finally a
rendezvous was arranged, with a
buggy driving down a dark coun-
try road, elaborate signs and
identifications, the payment of
the ransom and the delivery of
the money. But to this day it is
uncertain that the body was that
of A. T. Stewart.
With the same technique of
shrewd enterprise, alertness to
changing public wants, skill in
organization and financin G,
Marshall Field was building his
great store in Chicago. His ap-
prentice, Gordon Selfridge, an
other authentic American mer-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

One is reminded of this by
Dame Mary Davis Christians
shopping trip in New York. This
Lynchburg, Va, gentlewoman is
just 100 years old. Making her
purchases at a great New York
department store, she stepped
briskly around with a shopping
bag, examined merchandise close
ly and cross-questioned clerks,
just as she and other matrons
used to do so or 10 years ago.
"Caveat emptor" was a pretty
good motto for buyers in those
days. In the smaller stores, there
we're "pull-in" bankers on the
street: merchandise wasn't stand
ardized as it is today, and a good
housewife knew fabrics, weaveS
and dyestuffs as few of them do
now. 1t was the larger stores
which led in fixed prices and de-
pendable goods and, of course, in
a continually widening variety of
merchandise.
Retail merchants were the great
moguls then, before modern "fi-
nance capitalism" got into full
spring. Junius Morgan, grand
father Of the present j. P. Morgan,
was a merchant prince" as they
called them in those days, and his
fortune laid the foundation Of the
house of Morgan and Company.
A. T. Stewart, whose store, built
in 1845, is now the New York Sun
building, was one Of the great
early-day merchants of America.
He was a grim and forbidding
parsonage, cold, inaccessible and
domineering, with none OF the
traditionally ingratiating qualities
of the merchant
remember some striking pages
in quaint old book, New York in
Sunlight and Shadow" in which
the writer tells of his terrifying
experience, penetrating to the
ogre'S den with great difficulty and
shaken with buck fever as he
looked into the cold eye of the
basilisk." But Stewart was great
observation-disclosures no doubt OF
that, and it is not surprising that
his name should come first to the
lips of the centenarian shopper
when she was asked about the
merchants of the old days.
Landing in New York from Ire
land, early in the last century, he
had an inherited fortune of $4,000.
He returned to Ireland and brought
back a supply of Belfast laces.
Selling these at a profit, he opened
a tiny drygoodS store on Broadway,
advertising "fresh drygoods, just
in on the packet Mary Jane"
He was auStere and cold in de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
WHAT IS A MOTHERS JOB?

TO them. All they think of is to
be on the go. They dash in
yell and ask me where their
things are-give me a hurried
kiss and then go off again.
"They won't take my sugges-
lions as they used to. They in
sist on choosing their own
clothes. They expect me to sit
around and amuse myself. AND
1T ISN'T ENOUGH. I WANT TO
BE PART OF THEIR LIVES AND
I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE. THEY
SHOULDN'T SHOVE ME OFF
LIKE HIS. I NEVER HAD AN
INTEREST OUTSIDE THEM AND
NOW THEY HAVE ALL THEIR
INTEREST OUTSIDE ME. 1T
ISN'T FAIR. SOMETIMES I AM
so DESPERATE I COULD KILL
MYSELF"
Yes, every mother will under
stand that letter-and probably
say what cruel, ungrateful chill
dren these are. But are they?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Is it the duty of young men and
women to share their lives" with
the mother who has loved them
long and served them loyalty?
Is it up to them to provide hel
with amusement and interest anc
social contact? Has mother the
right to expect such things OF hel
children, when they are making
their start in life?
OR IS 1T UP TO A MOTHER
WHO IS STILL YOUNG AMI
HEALTHY TO PROVIDE HER
OWN INTEREST AND AMUSE
MENTS AND MAKE HER OWN
CONTACTS?
AND SHOULD SHE so LIVE
HER LIFE THAT SHE WILL BE
PREPARED TO DO THOSE
THINGS FOR HERSELF WHEN
THE CHILDREN HAVE LEFT
THE HOME NEST?
What is mothers duty, anyway?
Is it merely to give life or is it also
to live life? Does a mother have
duty to herself as we'll as to her
children? And should she OF
shouldn't she be excused if she
shirks that duty in the name OF
mother love?"
What do you think?
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate Ino.1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

Senator Glass says publicly that
he has not made up his mind
whether to take his hand off the
purse strings or not. Friends in
dictate, however, that he will take
the Banking Committee.
Death of Florida'S Senator Park
Trammell leaves the Naval Affairs
Committee without a chairman.
In this case, however, it is pretty
certain that ranking member Sen
ator David I. Walsh of Massachu-
sets will move up.
Taxes are having an influence on
the Craftsmanship of the Finance
Committee. Senator Pat Harrison
faces a hard fight in Mississippi
for denomination. The Administra,
ton wants Senator Harrison back
the worst way. Senator Harrison
tells the Senate what the Admin,
istration wants in the way of
taxes. Senator William H. King of
Utah is the ranking member.
If Senator Harrison were de.
feated, Senator King would take
the job and from past perform
ances he might not care a whole
lot about following Administration
dictates. So, President Roose.
welt might go to Mississippi on a
little trip and Senator Harrison
nigh have better chance of
winning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

even in those early days
Of his long dollar quest, and he soon
learned to depend on suave clerks
for public contracts, while he was
busy off-Stage, managing the fl
nancing and buying, progressing to
larger and larger stores, becoming
one of the richest men of his day.
He had a penchant for mixing up
in rows and curious entanglementS
which continued until his death.
BEGINS A TREND
His body was stolen from the
family vault, and for months the
ghouls tried to sell it back to his
family, in the first and in many
ways the most amazing of Ameri-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
By Edwin c. Hill

'chandising genius, went to Lon
don, and there, against prediction
that he would be wrecked on the
rocks Of British psychology, made
an equally startling success. He
dazzled the English with his novel
and brilliant methods. His store
has become institutional, and he
has gained a knighthood. That
stirred up interest on the Con-
tinent.
Printemps ana the Gallerie
Lafayette in Paris began taking
the same tack. Great stores along
the same lines sprang up in
Prague, Berlin, Vienna and other
European cities. America had led
the way in bringing through the
great department store Of today.
Eaton's, of Montreal, is another
famous store. This establishment,
with two or three big New York
stores, led the way in the one-price
store, an important turn Of the
road of about so years ago. Pre-
viously, there had been cabaliStic
cost markings on the tags which
enabled the clerk to fix the price
according to what he thought the
traffic would bear.
LIVED TO DIE
There was some rough going in
getting the system established, but
once it won through, it made pos
Sible the great store of today, with
its bewildering variety and its
smooth efficiency. Standards in
advertising have been established
and maintained. Clerks were once
hard-driven to a degree which
makes great store of today vir-
tually a social center.
1t is too bad that Mrs. Christian
didn't make her shopping tour
four, five or six years ago. Then
she could have shopped at Dan
iel'S, a store which she must have
known well a few decades ago.
There she could have bought a
hustle, pair of mittS, basque or
jabot, high button boots, lace
doilieS. a candle mold, rat"
or probably hoopskirt. This old
store, with ecclesiaStical-looking
clerks in frock coats and their
hair brushed in cowlicks, hung on
right up to the peak of the mass
production age, needless of gadgets
and gasoline, maintaining hitching
posts out front, with stately old
dowagers driving up and making
purchases.
It's laid away in lavender, and
here are the great stores of today,
as unlike Daniels as they are un-
like the crossroads Bee Hive" or
Red Front" store of yesteryear.
One may drop a tear, but it seems
all to the good. considering public
convenience and employees well
fare, to say nothing of the slim
illus to sound economy which de-
riveS from sound and enterpriSing
merchandising.
Copyright 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
VOTE AMERICAN-
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out across the blue waters of Ajac.
clio bay to France, where his des-
tiny lay.
To make it a Napoleonic pill.
grimage, we drive out to Parata,
the ancient Greek tower where
the little boy used to play.
1t is easy to tour the entire is
land for there are comfortable
buses and good trains which run
in every direction. Excellent res
taurants are also available. So
there is no hardship entailed in
visiting Corsica and no small dis
comfort for the tourist who might
venture into such an unknown
spot.
COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL
Trains and buses ascend noun.
talns, dip down into lovely valleys.
and the country is beautiful
everyzCsre. Calvi, Bastia, lie
Rouse, Corte Bonifacio are real
beauty spots as perfect as others
more highly touted. In fact, every
mile of the total area of $500
square miles offers an enchanting
vista. And there are no brigands.
The fragrance of Corsica is I'M
forgettable. The heady perfume
of the wild flc +erS in the valley
and on the heights, the meadows
streaked with purple, magenta,
blue, vermilion, cream, white lilac
and gold-such a vista is en-.
chanting.
Eucalyptus-lined roads lead into
dim forests. Olive trees shine like
silver in the moonlight against
the mountain slopes. Wayside
shrines are empowered in flowers.
Great bushes of arbutus dot the
countryside. The beaches along
the Bay of Ajaccio ring with happy
laughter and pleasure boats dot
the blue waters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
By Taxi to Texas

Sergeant Denny OBrien met Sergeant William Harvey here
Both retired from the regular army They got to
ping yarns about old times and oBren recalled San Antonio
with its Alamo its Fort Sam Houston and its remarkable
watermeons
Each had his bonus money
"Let's call cab" said O'Brien. "Pd like to the
old touUn."
''TaxiP yelled Sergeant Harvey in his dress parade
Uoice.
'San Antonio" they told the driUer "doDn in Texas
They had obeyed impulse
It expensive $260-but fun! The sergeants
paid off and liked it.
Many of us would like to be that way, when it to
obeying impulses
Well perhaps it's better that cant-but it's refreshing
70 know that such people still live in this regmented world
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20
CHOOSE YOUR ENEMY

Even if you aren't an inventor
and have never spent any time in
the Patent office looking over the
thousands of patents that have
been taken out with a prayer and
a hope, yoLIll be interested in this
one.
Down at the office they have
a duly registered patent for a
gun that will shoot square bull
lets and round bullets.
The patent was taken out by
Turk and designates that the
square bullets are for Christians
and the round ones for Turks.
WRONG PLACE
He is an attorney. He came
here from Chicago on some bust,
ness with the Government and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

marvel at tech
n al change
a n d advance,
enjoy the har-
vest of goods
and ervic es
which they af-
ford, study and
ponder t h e S e
miracles, a n d
yet give only a
passing thought
to the vast
compleXity of
brains, kill
a n d organiza-
tion W h j C h
makes up the
modern store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

D e a t h of
Senator Dun
can U. Fletcher
o I Florid a
leaves the Bank
ing and Cur
rency Commit
tee without a
chairman.
Next in line
is Virg n las
Senator Carter
Glass. Senator
Glass is no W
Chairman o t
the Appropria-
tionS Commit
too
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-20

felt like this. I
thought I was
the only one
who was having
t his h e a r t.
breaking a n d
unfair expert
ence. Strange
she's actually
saying the very
thing I have so
often said my
S e If. Feeling
t h e S a m q
things. It's al
most as if she
had been caves
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