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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
CURIOUS DEVICES
USED FOR SEEING
AFTER DARKNESS

1t is presumed that man origi-
nally toiled or played only during
hours of sunlight. That when dark
ness came and the eyes could no
longer see-he lay himself down
to rest. Yet all the while, Nature,
through volcanic and meteoric
disturbances, through flashes of
lightning, was trying to demon
strate to man its power to create
light in the midst of darkness.
Fire was discovered, and man
found he could prolong the day
with the aid of firebrands, camp
fires, torches.
The earliest lamps of which we
have record were saucer shaped
objects with shallow projecting
spout which held the wick. A hole
in the center of this disc-like lamo
held small quantity of oil.
So far as is known, there was
no radical development toward
better lighting until 1888 A. D.,
when Leger of Paris devised a
flat ribbon wick and burner. Not
long after, Ami Argand of Paris,
perfected glass chimney which,
together with his new improved
type of circular wick and burner,
produced illumination far supe-
rior to anything ever before seen.
Then in 1880, Auer Won
Welsbach, a German, developed a
burner, in which the combination
of a mixture of air and gas or
vapor, heated to incandescence a
mantle, composed of thoria and
ceria.
Welsbach's mantle was, of
course, crude and inefficient COM
pared to present-day mantles. But
to Welsbach, should go much of
the credit for making available to
us today, the pure white light
which is so easily and economi-
cally provided in modern pressure
mantle lamps using gasoline and
kerosene for fuel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Sabotage on American
Warship Revealed

n UR navy's intelligence depart
~ ment has discovered that a
recent small fire on the cruiser
Indianapolis while she was being
overhauled in the New York navy
yard was caused by the driving
&C monograph needles and nails in
to an electric cable; and other sus-
pected sabotage on war vessels is
being investigated. The work on the
cruiser was being done by civilian
employees and Capt. Charles A.
Dunn, industrial manager of the
yard, said the placing of the
nails in the cables was "undoubted-
ly'' deliberate attempt to damage
the cruiser. Fortunately the fire
was confined to the short circuited
cable and the ship itself suffered
no harm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Farmers Will Meet to
Plan Conservation

ECRETARY OF AGRICUL-
~ TURE WALLACE is arranging
a series of community meetings of
farmers for the purpose of laying
out the agricultural conservation
program" for next year. He said
the AAA planned the meetings in
the farm areas in order to discuss
crop insurance and possible max
imum limits of benefit payments to
each farm. He explained tn e
program aimed at providing great
er abundance for the a erage
American home," and should 'help
to check soil erosion, improve fer
tility, encourage better land use
and maintain farm income"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Says Foreign Power Hired
Him to Shoot King

= GORGE ANDREW MCMAHON,
~ on trial in London for draw
ing revolver on King Edward
during a parade last July, made
the astounding assertion that he had
been hired by representatives of a
foreign power to shoot the monarch
and they agreed to pay him $50 lbs.
The man already had been acquit-
ted on two of the three charges
against him when he made the con-
fession. 1t will be remembered
that instead of shooting at Edward,
he threw his revolver toward the
king, who was mounted. n.
On the third charge, of unlawfully
producing a pistol near the king
with intent to alarm his majesty,
Mcmahon was given one year in
prison.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

from the national
government.
When a COM
mittee of rich
men from New
York called on
Abraham L i n
coin, told him
how much mon
ey they had, and
urged that he
send a good bat
tleship to do moth
ing but protect
New York city,
his ply was
that if he had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Magnus Johnson, Former
Senator, Dies

M AGNUS JOHNSON, who came
AvA from Sweden as an immigrant
about forty years ago and made
himself a power in Minnesota pol
itics, is dead of pneumonia at the
age of siXty-fve. Johnson was an
early enthusiast for co operatives
and for the Farmer-Labor move
ment and served in both houses of
the Minnesota legislature. In 1923
he was elected United States sem
ator to fill out the term of the late
Knute Nelson. Defeated for the gov
ernorship in 1926, he retired to his
farm, but in 1882 he was elected
to congress. He was defeated for
reelection in 1884 by Harold Knut-
son, ard in the primary last June
lost the farmer-Labor gubernato-
rial nomination to Elmer Benson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Richrnan and Merrill Fly
Back to Newfoundland

II AIRY RICHMAN and Dick
II Merrill made the return flight
across the Atlantic from London,
but fell further short of their OBJ
jective-New York-tlan did Mrs.
Markham. Bad weather and.
dwindling fuel supply forced them
to land at Musgrave Harbor, New
foundland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

way of expressing
them. In greeting
and blessing some
five hundred Span
ish refugees who
were received at
Castel Gandolfo, the
holy father took &C.
casion to denounce
strongly the mad"
forces of Commu-
nism which, he de-
clared, menaced, in
Spain and else
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Avalanche in Norway
Takes ia Lives

7 DEN, NORWAY, well-known to
~ tourists, was the scene of
strange and terrible disaster in
which 174 persons lost their lives.
A rock avalanche plunged into Loen
lake and sent a great wave of
water sweeping over the village.
Not a single house was left stand
ing and the fields were secured
clean of soil and vegetation. Of
the few survivors many were Sc
verely injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

will be of deep
interest to Japan.
T h e annual fl e e t
maneuvers, which
| a st M a y were
shifted to the Canal
Zone as a concilia-
tory gesture to ia
pan, will be held
next year in North
Pacific and Hawai-
ian waters, a n d
probably the Toxic
pre- IS will yelp
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

council of labor say without hest
tation that the single, simple ex-
PLANTATION of the tactics of the Com
munist movement today is the OBJ
vious, abject failure that has ac-
companied attempts to capture the
Socialist movement for Communist
principles"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Greece Honored Athletes

The winners at the Olympic
games in classic Gree,;I would be
received in their home towns with
such extravagant rejoicing after the
games that not only were they feted
and loaded with gifts, but often
provided, if needed, with free meals
in the town hall for life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Temper in Solitude

When I get good and angry, I
insist on being alone. 1t saves
my reputation for being explosive
and dangerous, and for years this
was my heaviest handicap-tem-
per.-Van Amburgh.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24


President Juliu S
Dorprnueller in the
C h a ir. Prospects
were good for a use
full discussion of the
problems connected
with the industry,
but discord crept in
early in the pro-
ceedings. At a round
table debate on pub
lie regulation and
ownership of utili-
ties, M. P. David
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Fleet Will Maneuver in
North Pacific Waters

QACK at his desk after an illness
LOT six months, Secretary of the
Navy Claude A. Swanson immedi-
ately made an announcement that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
BOYS! GIRLS!

Read the Grape Nuts ad in another
column of this paper and learn how
to join the Dizzy Dean Winners ard
win valuable free prizes.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Big Country yanisI.es

Bohemia, now part of Czechoslo-
vakia, was, in the Fourteenth CEN
fury, one of the big countries of
Europe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24


as they said they had, he would
build battleship for himself.
The west coast states, California,
Oregon, Washington, cooperating
perhaps with their vigorous neigh
bors of Vancouver, and other points
above the Canadian border, might
well have few flying ships of their
own, sort of air militia.
San Francisco, where they COM
bine patriotism with plenty of mon
ey, and great civic pride and ener-
gy, might well start the idea of
Pacific coast flying force. That need
not be very expensive. A hundred
machines to begin with, hundred
plucky young fiiers, practicing the
gentle art of flying at night, and
dropping bombs, practicing espe-
cially mimic warfare against other
flying machines, would constitute an
admirable object lesson to the rest
of the country.
And if California, in San Fran
cisco for instance, should start a
little flock of one hundred machines,
Los Angeles could be relied upon
to hurry in with two hundred, Seat
tie and other coast cities also.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Discord in the World
Power Congress
II UNDREDS of dele

n UNDREDS Of delegates, from
IL many nations, were present
when the third World Power con-
ference opened in Washington, with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
TRADE SCHOOL

EARN S10-S1G0 DAY rAUCTIONEERISG
Acquire Home study Free. Catalogue free.
Term soon. Drought tuition, $50 instead Of
500. American Auction School, Austin, Mimi
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
For the Pacific States
A Good Example
1t Sold for $500

The Pacific states should interest
themselves in air defense, apart
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
No Excuse

No Excuse
Even a dominating personal
ity" doesn't excuse bad manners.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
l5a,ESJI5:5 FL! '' DEPARTMENT
FINANCIAL

Idle Buildings, or anything else like stocks
or bonds, etc. you can't use and can't sell.
Write full particulars, expert on financial
salvage. BOX ia, ROCHESTER, MINN.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Communism Is Denounced
by Pope Plus

D OPE Plus X1 may be physically
L weak, as recent reports say, but
age and illness have not lessened
the vigor of his opinions and his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

Born one generation after Japan
opened her doors to the world, No
guchi felt the new spirit of the
times. He was loyal to family,
clan, emperor, race; but he was
devoted chiefly to all human kind.
From boyhood to the last, through
poverty and many perils, he studied
how to wipe out disease. He dis
covered the germ of yellow fever,
developed serums to prevent the
fever or cure it, led in the work
that has driven it out of America
and will soon put an end to it
throughout the world.
Yellow fever killed countless mil
lions of all peoples. Noguchi's skill
and devotion have saved the lives
of millions, too many to estimate,
most of them foreigners to whom
his forefathers would have paid no
attention, calling them hei-nin, or
no-folks.
Noguchi's self-sacrifice to human
welfare sets an example that is sure
to be followed. Perhaps, III time,
most men will see that it is better
to help one another than to kill or
even rob one another.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
PHOTOGRAPHY
HEARTBURN FROM OVEREAIlkG?

nEHhIbUhN ThUm UtEhEHIlN6!
Hurried orovereating usually causesheart-
burn. Overcome heartburn and digestive
,disresses with Milnesia, the original milk
ofmagnesia in wafer form. Thin, crunchy,
deliciously favored, pleasant to take. Each
wafer equals 4 teaspoonfuls of milk of
magnesia. zoe, Csc & 60c sizes at druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

Doctors at Kansas City report
that birth control information so
much discussed does little good to
the poor, and has caused an alarm
ing slump in child bearing among
educated families"
That is how reform works, usu-
ally. But since 80 per cent of hui
man beings worth while come from
poor families, providence may be
working in its usual mysterious way.
g King Features Syndicate. Inc.
wNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

Hideyo Noguchi, who gave his life
to fight yellow fever in Africa, will
inspire many men. He was born of
proud, warlike race, intensely self
conferred, for 1000 years a hermit
people. The loyalty of a Japanese
was to family, clan, above all to
the emperor representing his race.
The rest of the world was nothing
to him. ....
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

Such machines need not be to-
tal~loss.
In the first place, many young
gentlemen with rich fathers, not
knowing exactly what to do with
themselves, extremely anxious to
find work worth while, and prefer
ably dangerous, would delight in
each equipping his individual ma
chine, for the service of the Pacific
coast and of Uncle Sam, as the
mobiles in the old days delighted in
equipping each his regiment, or his
fighting ship, for the service of the
king.
Two hundred or three hundred
high powered, swift flying ma
chimes, directed by quick and coura-
geous American brains, would be
worth more to the safety of the Pa
cific coast than a hundred battle
ships. For the fighters that come,
if they do come, will fly miles above
the battleships.
They would come, less gaily, less
confidently, if they knew that
trained fliers awaited them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

1t is said the Hackensack Indians
sold to the white men for SO many
bars of lead, and some finery, worth
altogether $500, land on which now
stands the entire city of Newark,
N. j., and great deal of land be-
You'd.
The poor Hackensack chief, with
his $700, couldn't buy today enough
land for a tight grave at the corner
of Broad and Market streets in New
ark. Land goes up wonderfully.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
(Qoliioiaa'9 qI5jjqeik
National Topics Interpreted ~ GIt4I3
by William Bruckart WTFIfTTTN
National Press

And referring to his trip to the
central west, l am reminded of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
Not A Candidate

CHICAGO, May 25-'I am not a candidate!' former president Herbert C. Hoover emphatically announced in Chicago. He add ed that he is solely concerned "in placing the critical issues before the nation.
 Attention Turns to Platform
 His statement has turned atten- ton to the shaping of the plat form that will be adopted by the Republican National Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, next month.
 MT. Hoover's formal statement follows:
 Tt should be evident that I am not a candidate for the presiden- tial nomination. I have stated this fact many times.
 Interested Solely In Issues
 'I have no interest in politics but to get the issues before the country.
 And get one thing straight:
 T am not opposing any candi- dates for the Republican presi- dential nomination"
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
Notice Payment Of School Tax Is Delinquent

To All Whom This May Concern
 In accord with Chapter 29 Ses- sion Laws of Alaska, 1919, and amendments thereto, all male persons between the ages of 2l and 50 years who are not Sail ors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volun- teer firemen, pauper or insane persons" ," are required to pay an annual School Tax of Five Dol liars (S500.)
 This tax is due and payable af- ter the first Monday in the month of April and shall be paid before the first day of May, providing you are in the Territory of AL aska on said first date; if not, the tax is due within thirty days after your arrival in Alaska or within ten days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Collector Taxes not paid in accordance with the foregoing requirements shall become delinquent, and each person delinquent shall be sub ject to a fine of Two Dollars ($2)
 All persons. firms and corpora tions employing labor in Alaska shall furnish to collectors a list of all employees subject to tax, and employers of labor as above set out are authorized by provi- sions of said Act to deduct am- ount of the tax from the wages of each employee who is subject thereto. If any such employers shall fail to report and deduct as herein specified within the per iod designated for payment of said tax, the said employers of labor shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and subject to a fine of from $50 to $500.
 All persons subject to, and re- fusing or neglecting to pay, said tax, are subject to fine of $25.00 or imprisonment in jail for per iod of one month; and all such employers of labor as herein set out who neglect or refuse to col- lect such tax from employees may be proceeded against and shall pay the amount of each in- dividual tax, and a further pen alty of $25 for each such tax.
 The receipts will be furnished by the tax collectors.
 Dated at Nome Alaska, this 22nd day of May, 1886.
 M. J. WALSH,
 Duly authorized and qualified Alaska Territorial School Tax Collector for Nome School Dis trict.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
Weather Today
 GU. s. Weather Bureau)

A low barometric pressure area of great intensity is charted on this mornings map about 100 miles west of Dutch Harbor where reading of 28.50 inches is observed on the barometer.
 This condition is attended by rainy and unsettled weather a long the Gulf and Aleutians.
 Rain was reported from the Panama Valley. Generally fair skies were the rule over western Alaska.
 Winds aloft at Nome today showed increasing velocity from the southeast. Temperatures con- tinue near the seasonal average turnout Alaska
 Airways conditions at II am. were as follows:
 Nome clear temperature 5l
 Solomon clear 50
 Golovin clear 50
 Nulato partly cloudy 64
 Kaltag cloudy 57
 Unalakleet cloudy A
 Ruby partly cloudy 63
 Crooked Creek cloudy 5l
 Flat cloudy 58
 Fairbanks raining 46 i, Kotzebue clear 59
 Candle clear 62
 Juneau cloudy 42
 Cordova clear 46
 Ketchikan partly cloudy 48 Bethel clear 46
 Prince Rupert B. c. cloudy 48
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
Corn Dynamite Can Be Used In
 Blasting Work
(By The Associated Press)

KANSAS CITY, May-Corn dynamite, a new product poten- tially superior to nitroglycerine was reported to the American Chemical Society here by it's president, Edward Barrow, head of the department of chemistry of the University of Iowa.
 The explosive element is knc- wn as inositol, a by-product es corn starch.
 The manufact cture of the dyna- mite has been known for a lon. time, but only recently has the process been developed to ex- tract it cheaply.
 The newly developed explosive can be used in all forms of blast ing operations.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
All Alaska Now Quickly Conveniently Accessible

Iab1e 3-FH1RBNNKS-LIVE ENtIOOD
 Every Read Read Every Tues Dn Mi. Time Up Tues. l1:0O AM Lv. Fairbanks Fbks. AT. 12:30 PM ll:3O 54 Ar. Livengood ...Fbks. Lv 12:0O
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
Win Bet Catching
 Largest Salmon In
 SYears Columbia
fBv The Associated Press)

ASTORIA, May 28, R. E. Mangin, Portland shipping man and B, A, Turin a friend of his from Ogden, Utah, relied on Col umbia River commercial fisher men to settle a bet, as to who caught the largest fish.
 They declared Mangin the win her as he caught an 8212 pound salmon, the largest fish caught in the Columbia in eight years,
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
Baseball Scores (BY The Associated Pressl
COAST LEAGUE

Oakland 5 Seattle 6
 Sacramento 2 Portland 0 Los Angeles, Missions, rain. San Francisco 6 San Diego '
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York 0 Boston 8 II inngs. Chicago 2 Detroit 3 St. Louis 2 Cleveland l2 Philadelphia, Washington rain.
 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 4 New York 5. l2 ins Pittsburgh II St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 5 Chicago 3 Boston 2 Philadelphia 5
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-28
League Standings

(By The Associated Press)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
Quotations
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, May 2. CUP)-Prices
sagged fractions to more than a
point in a dun short session on the
stock exchange today, wiping out
yesterdays gains.
American Telephone was depress-
ed to within a small fraction of it's
low for the year before moderate
support was Encountered. Allied
Chemical lost the points it gained
yesterday. Du Pont was down more
than point and losses ranging to
points or more were noted in
Case, Midland Steel, National steel,
Westinghouse Electric lnternation-
al HarVeStre, and u. $. Rubber pre-
ferred.
Automobile issues held fairly well
with the leaders off fractionally
railroad shares were depressed frac-
tions to a point and the utilities
lost small amounts. Oils slipped off
after early firmness. Airplane is
sues were easier with United Air
craft off nearly a point. Douglas
regained part ,of O. loss of more than
a point. Coppers lost actionally,
but gold shares were firm Silvers
We're mixed with Am erican Smelling
down a point and u. $. Smelling up
more than a point.
Radio Corporation held around
the previous close despite poor
report for the first quarter. Net
profit for that period amounted TO
S1.2S6,69l against $1,61S,025 i'm the
corresponding period of last year.
Steel shares slipped back when ii
was indicated the nations steel
operating rate might be lower mod
erately next week. The Youngs-
town District, II Is expected, will be
reduced about 8 points next week.
Pittsburgh is expected to start the
next week at 63 per cent of capaci-
ty, a decline of . points from this
week. year ago the Pittsburgh
rate was 35 per cent. Chicago was
expected to hold steady at 741a per
cent.
Drawings in the main list were
exceptionally light even for a Sat
urday. A few timid shorts covered
just before the close and their
buying brought prices up slightly
from the lows.
Foreign exchange markets con.
tnued duh. The French franc
lsed slightly and was around the
sold export point. Grains were
fractionally lower. Cotton futures
were barely steady as were rubber
futures
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, May 3 UP)-Improv-
ed crop prospects and further rains
in drought sections inspired re
newed selling in wheat futures on
the board of trade today. Prices
dropped cent a bushei net and
then rallied, halving the losses.
AT the close May was down q
cent and the new crops were off %
cent. Corn finished = to y cent
lower, oats was unchanged to 4
cent lower and rye closed X to a
cent lower after recording new sea
Sonal lows.
Indications the southwest drought
definitely had been broken and that
crop prospects have improved were
dominating factors.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
Los ANGELES STOCKS

Los ANGELES, May 9. UP)-
In the slackest trading in montbs
General Telephone dropped / y to a
new low for the year on the Los
Angeles stock exchange today. Only
$500 shares We're traded. of which
unchanged.
Telephones drop was to 15A on
100 shares. Consolidated Steel com
mon slipped y to AS on 200; Lock
heed, a to "a on 200. Menasco
edged up * to 5A on 100.
Universal Consolidated Oil edged
up u to 12h on 400, and standard
up q to 373l on 200.
Citizens Bank dropped u to 27
on 100 shares.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
Poultry FJr Sale

MAMMOTH Bronze Turkey Poults
for June and July delivery at
3Oc each, fob. Los Angeles.
Californias oldest Turkey Hatch
cry. Redwing hatchery, 2040 E.
Florence. Los Angeles.
(M1 81 Ml5)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03

DO YOU WANT A JOB AS OUR
REPRESENTATIVE? If you are
boy between the ages of 13 and
II and live in the following rural
routes: Holtville Rt. l, 2 or 3,
Brawley Rt. l or 2, Imperial Rt.
l or 2, Seeley Rt. l, Calexico Rt.
See Bill Hunt Monday night
5 between and p. m. at the Post
Press office for full particulars.
Or write him at this office be-
tween now and Monday.