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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
These 'Daze' and Ages

Visitor-How old are you, sonny?
Young Boy-That's hard to say,
sir. According to my latest school
tests I have a psychological age of
eleven and moral age of six. Ana
Ironically, I'm seven; physiologi-
cally, I'm nine. But I suppose you
refer to my chronological age.
That's eight-but nobody pays any
attention to that these days!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Mormons Made Own Sugar

Cut off from the states and har-
assed by Indians, the Mormons un-
dertook the production of their own
sugar. Beet sugar machinery was
purchased in Liverpool, shipped to
New Orleans, then up the river.
Fifty-two OK teams in 1852 finally
tugged the equipment from Leav-
enworth to Utah and 500 bushels
of beet seed arrived. This was the
inception of the beet sugar industry
of Utah.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Heavy Stuff

The neutron, the infnitesimal
particle of matter being used to
lombard the nucleus of the atom
in the hope of releasing it's ener-
gy, is so heavy that a thimble-
full of them would weigh about a
million tons.-Collier' Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Butterflies Qnd Flowers

shown; illustrations of stitches
needed; material requirements;
suggestions for variety of uses.
Send Is cents in stamps or
coins (coins preferred) for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle Nee
dlecraft Dept, 80 Eighth Ave-,
New York, N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
your name and address.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

Americana
"Here Lies"
By Elmo Scott Watson

"Here Lies"
VISIT Cape Ann, Mass, and in
a cemetery there you'll find a
headstone with this inscription:
Here Lies the Body of Boatswain
Allen Whose Body Was Lost at
Sea-" The explanation for this par
adoxical statement is this: Boat
swain Aliens body really was lost
at sea. When his relatives COM
missioned a headstone-maker to
prepare a memorial shaft for the
vanished seaman, he began it
Here Lies the Body" because he
always began the inscriptions on
headstones thus and didn't know
any other way. So they just let him
go ahead.
A somewhat similar situation is
reported by an American traveller
abroad who cleaned this epitaph
from a headstone in an English
cemetery:
Beneath these cold and silent stones
Lie the remains of Samuel Jones
But we changed his name to rhyme
with stones.
No such difficulty, however, was
experienced by the man who en-
graved an epitaph for a former
slave who is buried near Savannah,
Ga. 1t says:
Here lies old Rastus Somminy
Died a-eating hominy
In SO. ammo domini.
But A. D. gets a different inter-
probation in this epitaph, found in
a Connecticut graveyard, even
though the second rhyme is a bit
lame:
Here lies cut down like unripe fruit
The wife of Deacon Amos Shute;
She died of drinking too much coffee
Amy Dominy eighteen forty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Angle on All Shears

The National Bureau of Stand
ards says that the angle found on
all shears and scissors has been
proved to be the most satisfactory
in service. The action is really
not a cutting one (as one cuts with
a knife), but is a shearing one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
DinhnhicultieS

PUBLISHERS of newspapers on
the American frontier often had
many handicaps to overcome IN
getting out their little weekly jour
nails. Few, however, experienced
more discouraging start than a pio-
neer Colorado editor who explained
his situation to his readers in the
first issue of his paper thus:
We begin the publication ov the Roc
cay Mountain Cyclone with some phew
diphphiculties in the way. The type
phounder phrom whom we bought our
output phor this printing ophphice
phaled to supply us with any ephs or
Gays, and it will be phour or phive
wees bephore we can get any. The
mistaque was not found out till a day
or two ago. We have ordered the miss
ing letters, and will have to get along
without them till they come. We don't
lique the look ov this variety ov SPELL
ing any better than our readers. but
mstaxs viii happen in the best regu-
lated phamilies. and iph the ph's and
c's and ks and as hold we. shall ceep
Csound the hard) the Cyclone whirl-
ing aphter a phasion till the sorts ar
rive 1t is 10 joque to us-it's serious
aphphair.
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
what (ILh
-DWV/ thinks
about:
Presidential Straw Votes.

BOHEMIAN GROVE, CALF.
- Every baby, as I've always
heard, is born with a soft spot in
it's head, and once in a while
there's one who never gets over it.
but grows up and, in presidential
years, goes around taking straw
votes on railroad trains in order
definitely to find out which ticket
will be elected.
He is kindred spirit to the other
fellow, who, to settle the whole IS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Money and Happiness

'Money does not insure happi-
ness" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, ''but no philosophy has
convinced me that it is not most
helpful in averting positive discom-
FORT
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Grape-Like Blossoms

Hawaii's golden shower tree is
one of the most gorgeous Towering
trees in the United States. Its
blooms are like huge punches of
grapes hanging from slender,
drooping branches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Literary Appreciation

"Do you enjoy reading Dickens?"
every much" answered Miss
Cayenne. ''His works contain so
many odd and villainous characters
to whom it is a pleasure to compare
ones enemies"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
BOYS! GIRLS!

Read the Grape Nuts ad in another
column of this paper and learn how
to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and
win valuable free prizes.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Irsad Coal in ana r C.

It is not known when or by whom
coal was first used. It was re-
ferred to by Greek historians as
early as 300 B. c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
CouIdn,t Cure 'em

Diner-There's something wrong
with these hot dogs.
Waiter-Wer, don't tell it to me;
I'm only a waiter, not a vet
erinarian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Corn for a Picture

Andrea del Sarto, famed italian
painter of the Sixteenth century,
painted one of his great pictures
for the monks of the Annunziata
in Florence for sack of corn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Political CIaim-AIIS.

CHRINKING JEEMS FARLEY
- announces the Democrats will
carry every division of the Union,
although privately he is said to be
a little bit doubtful of two very
backward counties in Vermont.
While generously conceding the
central part of Mississippi and the
western end of Kentucky to the
enemy, diffdent John Hamilton is
sure the Republicans will sweep
everything else.
Congressman Lemke, mos mod
est of the Chalmers, is certain he'll
win in 40 states. Really, he doesn't
need that many, but 40's' a nice
even number. If the shy DR.. Town
send also should run, he counts on
100000 votes in this country, be-
sides clean-cut majorities in Swe-
den, New South Wales and the Is
land of zap.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
ALTERATION

IN 1925 when the cornerstone of
L the Bunker Hill monument was
laid and Daniel Webster delivered
his greatest commemorative ora
ton, some unknown poet, inspired
perhaps by the eloquence of the
"god-like Daniel" composed this
classic of alteration:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
MANY Hues and Colors

An expertly trained eye can rec
ognize something like 100000 diff
ferent hues and colorS-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Japan's Six Great Cities

Japan's six great cities are Toxic,
Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Kobe and
Yokohama, in that order.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

But We Never Do
If you only could know what
your role is in this world, you
could act it well.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13

here and being fearful that both
species is going to multiply rapid
ly during the ensuing three months,
I'm thinking seriously of taking the
veil until after the campaign ends.
Politics certainly does breed its
ticks.
The Little Red School House.
IVES. in my early days we also
had the little red schoolhouse.
Maybe the reason we liked it then
was that it got it's red tone from
the paint on the outside and not
from the teaching staff on the in
side.
Likewise, in those unprogressive
times, we thought the youth of the
land should be taught to cherish
the American flag for something
besides private kissing purposes.
Hopelessly old fashioned, eh, what?
The Dictator Business.
TT LOOKS as though, when the
l. battle dust Lifts from that dis
tracted country, Spain will have a
dictator, dictators being fashiona-
BILE.
It seems to be comparatively
easy to make success of it, too.
Just follow a formula:
Make it blasphemous violation
of the first commandment for any
one to assign you second place.
Be sure all sentences personally
uttered begin with the capital let
ter ''I'' and end with the pronoun
"me."
Convince yourself that, in order
ever to behold any human being
who is your equal in moral and
mental stature, you must carry
about with you a full-length mir
ror.
Never permit yourself to be pho
tographed in your nightshirt, but
always in full uniform.
On arising, lock the jaws and
clench the fists and leave 'em that
way all day.
And-this is very important
have a dependable police force and
somebody to pick on, preferably
somebody without any friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-13
Bad Looking

the suds, please, I have plenty OF
the glue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-03
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"A very low price for these unusually lovely
curtains! They're of an exceptionally fine
Bobbinette smartly decorated with appliqued
designs. Cut 72 inches wide to the pair so that
they fall in graceful folds, and in the popular
21b yard length
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
COOPERATIVES COMPLETE
$1,000, 600 BUILDING
PROGRAM IN 1885

NEW YORK. - For 100000 Amer.
cooperatorS, 1895 meant the comnIes..
of a $1,OOO,O0O building program and ri1O
record years business which, when an =
turns are in, will apparently far exceed 4,
1856, 100000 turnover of consumers roo.
eratives in 1888.
Preliminary estimates made by the g.
operative League of the U. S. A. pla.,
the value of goods handled by the COON
very near to, or even exceeding the bst
billion dollar mark.
Some of the largest building proie,,
during 1885 were: 100000 addition n
Eastern States Farmers Exchange eOouaT.
ative feed mill at Buffalo; 100000 bR.
ing taken over in Superior, Wis, by Cen.
tral Cooperative Wholesale; new SSOON
nome of Grange Cooperative Wholesale 4
Seattle; $15O,OOO home for Nebraska Fss
mers Union State Exchange at Omaha
$4,000 warehouse and Oil-blending plar
of Farmers Union Central Exchange at s.
Paul; $250,OO0 plant taken over at N. Kan
sas City by Consumers Cooperative Assn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
TOLEDO LABOR PARTY FORCES
EXTEND ORGANIZATION

: TOLEDO Encouraged by its recent
success in placing two of it's candidates On
the Toledo city council and two on the
board of education, the Lucas county La
Dor Congress has voted to extend its pol
itical activities to the state and national
elections, and set up ward and precinct or
CARNATIONS throughout the city.
Labor here entered the political field for
the first time at the recent elections and
was amazingly successful, although the
City. Manager League, big-business-cOn-
trOlIed organization, secured contrOl.Of the
SlmAn council by electing five of it's candi-
dates.
49,.
Labor party advocates anticipate elect
ing majority of the council at the next
election.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
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a.
MAGNUS JOHNSON'S HAT
IN MINNESOTA'S
GIJBERNATORLAL RING

Magnus johnson, Kimball Minnesota
farmer and one Of the outstanding Farmer
LabOrites in that state, has entered the
race for the governorship on the Farmer
Labor ticket. MIR. johnson is the first 70
file for any state office for the coming
election, and he stated that he was IN the
race to the finish.
Mr.. johnson has been identified With
che progressive political movement IN MIL
nesOta ever since there was any sucn
thing as a progressive political movement
in existence. He served in the state leglS-
Iature for number Of vars during when
time he champiOned the cause of the farm
ers. ~. H..
In 1922 he was elected as U. S. senator
on the Farmer Labor ticket to fill the I'M
expired term of Knud Nelson, defeating }.
"A. o. Preus, the republican nominee In
1882 he was elected as. congressman at
large and served for one term.
Mr.. johnson is a seasoned campaignel
and it is foregone conclusion that he Will
be a strong candidate for the nomination
in the primaries His name will no doubt
be presented to the Farmer-LabOr cOnven-
ton when it convenes in St. Paul some
time in April, but it is understood that
whether he receives the endorsement o.
not he will make the fight in the primary
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
LIBERTY LEAGUE
RELIES ON RICH

WASTNGTON,- is not nickIes, and
dimes that go into the Jackpot to finance
the American Liberty League, according
to its report filed Jan. 2 with the clerk Of
the House of Representative Total con-
tributions and loans of under $100 amount
ed to S4S,7O1, while contributions and
loans of over $500, amounted to $439,474,
making total of $48S,174 for the year
1886. sr
There. are. some curious items in 1.-The
Leagues financial statement One is $4,000
labelled as salary to p. L. Bernays, pub
ieity expert, who with Ivy. Leeeof Rookie
teller. notoriety holds the reputation of be-
ing the nations ace propaganda expert
Another isia salary of $83S.SS month for
Arthur, w. Chandler, who. acted as "Or-
ganizer for the League s-yr = ~ 81
The DUPONT family is shown to be- the
financial mainstay of the, organization.
They contributed $23,50O- and i'loaned%
SI14,500 to the League. Others who gave
sums over $4,000 were j J. Raslkob and Al
fred P. Sloan, Jr., of General Motors, FraRk
M. Could, Edward F. Hutton, j. Howard
Pew, Joseph E. Widener and the Bankers
Trust Co. ~--~~~.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
ITALIAN SOLDIERS ,MUTRY
AGAINST WAR SERVICE

Reports of deseFtions in Northern u
persist in spite Of Official denial. MUM
and uprisings in garrison towns and Vls
sale desertion of soldiers across the
slavian and Austrian borders, are deS
ed in dispatch from Belgrade.
More than 1000 blackshirts and y
lar soldiers, mostly from the norns
and TyrOleSe districts, are interned ID
ferent parts Of Yugoslavia, it was A
while more are reported deserving ln ~.
mountain reaches of the Austrian ~,
Many of these last named are believe :
be former Austrians compelled "a
Italian citizenship after theGreat Y -
The statement issued in Rome Z. ey
Fascist minister Of propaganda s
/ cally denies reports Of a mutny TersB
fifth Italian Alpine regiment At y. ssi an
in which officers were said 70 ns, .oair
and killed two soldiers who reoeisu -
service in East Africa.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
SCOTTSBORO BOY
SHOT BY JAHB

Ineensed by their failure To get
a death verdict in place OF the
vicious Is year sentence aaginsti
the first of the boys put on rial !
for the fourth time and the threat 7
ened breakdown of the whole case
before the superior courts 70
which the case will be carried, the
Alabama ruling class has decided
that if they can't get an outright
lynch verdict at the trial they will
lynch these negro lads outside OF
court. #a."
Ozie Powell, one of the nine
Scottsboro boys, has just been
foullly shot by one of the police
guards as he was being transport
ed to the Birmingham Jail. "ShOt
while attempting to escape" Is the
official excuse given which is the
same used by the Hitler Fascists
and Mussolini in Italy in their
murder campaign against workers.
Statements by the several guards
as to what happened so contra
dicted each other that it is evil
dent that the whole business was
framed in advance in order to
raise to a higher pitch the neces-
sary lynch spirit in the county
needed to get the sentence Of
death in the electric chair demand
ed by the state.
Only. the mass protests Of the
country has saved the boys from
the Alabama Lynchers who are
crying for blood. Only continued
protests from all over the U. s
will save them from the new dan
ger. The Scottsboro Defence Com
mittees which have united u
, make the defence stronger APP
peals to all workers, farmers ant
. liberals to send in letters 10 Gov
!. Bib Graves Of Alabama demand
II ing the Impeachment Of the 'tria
: Judge, w. Callahan, and the ares
u Of those responsible for the shoot
) ing. In addition letters should b
u sent 70 President Roosevelt d.
Z manding that the federal govern
~ nent take aoVeFrthe ease from "a
al State Of Alabama which is incaI
M able Of giving these negroes
el fair trial.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
ITALY MAKES UP.
TO JAPAN

Recognition Of Manchouluo BY Ihb
through establishment, of "a g. consulaa
general in Hsinking is impending, it.W8
understood in London, last week. Salw3x
is the only nation which to date has 10
ognized the new state.
leone Weilschott, former counselor 4
the Italian embassy in Tokyo, has .SIF
ed from Italy with instructions to al
ManchoukuO to authorize him to funeHn
in, such q capacity says Italian news aga
cy, Domeisaid. Creation of such an Itan
consulate in the capital would cOnShtVS
de, factos recognition of the JapanA
sponsored nation.
--tT dc .gr1E
The news agency forecast also ht
most other nations soon would follow al
move. their consulates from Mudken, u
old, Manchurian capital, to the capital q
ManchoukuO.
Reports in Tokyo that. Italy soon mgt
recognize ManchouBuO could not be CO..
fir1ned in official quarters in Rome bt
informed circles recalled the increased
cordiality between Italy and Japan
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
CALIFORNIA PAROLE BOARD
TO MEET ON MINI CASE SOON
Only Pressure Of WorLers' Organizations Can Prevent
OntavoTabIe Action BY Reae6Onary Forces;
Immediate Action Necessary

izatiOns would not be without It's
effect. It might compel the Board
at least to set sentence so that
the prisoners will know where
they stand, and to set it at some +,
tnlng close to the minimum.
During recent years criminal
syndication prisoners have gener-
ally served between two and three
years. If the Board is to be pre-
vented from setting higher sem
tence, there will have to be SER
lous mOvment Of protest. .a..,
The effect of the nationwide
protest in the Herndon case,
where the Judge was driven to
free Herndon in order to avoid the
political effects of holding him
any longer, is well-known. The
same could be done in the Sacra-
mento case, where there is no
more evidence" against the pris-
oners than there was against
Herndon. t
Unfortunately, the efforts Of
the National Sacramento Appeal
] Committee to organize a nation
wide movement, on behalf Of the
eight Sacramento unionists, have
had no cooperation from the
| Communist Party, the Interna-
tional Labor Defense or their
sympathizers.
Although the l. L. D. represents
the prisoners, except for Norman
! Mini, they are passive in the fight
, They did not begin legal moves OF
the question of the transcript Of
trial proceedings until after the
n. S. A. C. got into action. The
Daily Worker carries nothing
, about the Sacramento case. Hen
derson's legal moves are ignored
: by the Communist Party, which
{ strives to isolate his fight from
3 mass support.
c. P. Breaks Unity
Although the N. S. A.. C. in
cludes the Non-Partisan Labo
: Defense, the General Defens
!. Committee and the League for In
2 dustrial Democracy, as well a
Z the Socialist and Workers Pal
: ties, other organizations whic
. belong to or supported the unite
). = defense committees in the Herr
y don case, the I. L. d. has persis'
! emily refused to join then. s.
- c. OF TO take any serious steps T.
ward organizing a real campaie
q Of protest throughout the countr
n Questions recently addressed
n- leading, members Of the CornInul
e list Party. and L, l.. D., as well /
q TO officials of the california Co
n ference for the : Repeal Of Il
e Criminal Syndicalism Law
81 united front" organized BY 9
n G. P. and its aunliaries, as TO WI
or they viii not cooperate with c
C. ! NJ. S. A. c.. or launch serio
o. fight, have remained unanswers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
RAMSAY MACD0NALDbWNS j
UNIVERSITY SEAT NOMINATION

Former Prime Minister. Ramsay, Mac,
Donald and twO other candidates were of,
ficially nominated on January 10 for the.
vacant Scottish Universities seat in the
House Of Commons. .vo- La~
Macdonald, now lord president of the
Council in. the National government, VIII
be opposed BY Professor DeBar Glib, Scot
tish Nationalist. and D. .Cleghorn Thom-
son, Labor Result of the voting wall Dc
declared February 3D. i, fae, s'-'g - "...i
Former Prime Minister Macdonald lost
his seat at Seaham in the general election,
obtaining II, 882 to Che $3.50 votes Tor
E. ShinWell, labor. ss
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-24
NOTECEi
RELIEF CLIENTS

To further cooperate with the
National Unemployment Service
and the Works Progress Admins
trationI and In the interest Of
all employsblesr available
for work, the following instruc-
tions and rules will be mandatory
by our office:
Employable relief : clients
must be made to understand
that they cannot be certified
for work through the MRS or
WPA util all emplOyahle mem.
bers Of each family are register
ed with the MRS.
No qualifications will be com.
pleted or given to the WPA or
the MRS until members Of each
emplOyabIe family have regis
tered with the MRS.
,riNOnfuUkher relief will be Civ
en- 70 empl0yable families until
all empl0yable members IF each
family have registered with the
MRS. ae ~ eea ~
For the convenience OF 4 thos
persons who have not taken tn
opportunity to register with tn
| MRS while the office WAS 4
PientywOod, Montana, these pei
sons will be given the opportuf
itv 20 register on Tuesday, jan
nary 18th, when, at that tim
representatives from the MRS 0.
flee at Glasgow, Montana, viii }
n. PlentywOod at the Rslief o
flee 20 take registrations.
E. ]. Prendergasts
/ Administrator