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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06
lean Rendlen.
"reminiscences or A Rover

gone on somewhere. There was big broken
wagon, and beside it a G. /. can packed with
tins of beans and apricots / remember the
apricots So there we were. Four of us, Bill
Ian Campbell, Cowgirl, Guy Wilson, you and me.
Five, by golly. 1t was noisy the deuce on the
other side of the hill. Something was happening,
but we were too tired to find out what. We'd
a choice between the wagon, big haystack and
a deserted dugout-and a shell hole down the
road. But it wasn't time to sleep, being still
daylight. Be patient, Bill I'm coming to the
place where you did something you never knew
about
Starved is what we were that night-in spite
of the blueberry pies. We sat under that wagon,
my God until they started to toss shells into
the field. Then we scrambled for the concrete
dugout remember? A fool spot to pick, because
the roof was matched Concrete sides, steps
leading down into it, and inside of straw
to lie on"
INES" 1 agreed, wondering what he had in
mind. He'd picked one night you don't
easily forget. A shell landed in the middle of
our packs piled in heap. We scattered, and
ended up breathless and scared in the dugout.
Huddled together to keep warm, five of us,
shivering, trying to get sleep every ten
minutes or so. regularly, shell landing close
by, shaking the sides of the dugout. Yes" I
said, land we got to Sleep"
you did, maybe. l got up, having better
sense than the rest of you. Went looking for a
shell hole down the road. 1t looked safer Any
thing looked better than that concrete morgue
1t smelled like dead men had inhabited it re-
Gently. You tried to stop me. said was
crazy. But knew better If shell had landed
in those four walls, we'd have foated to
heaven. :"
He was right, of course. I'd tried to keep him
there, knowing that where a shell landed once
another could land again. The Boche were me-
thodical I'd argued with Frank, but he'd gone
1 turned over, crowded between Ian and Guy.
All of us were wrapped in one big blanket to
keep from freezing couldn't have moved after
Frank left
"I found the shell hole" Frank continued "A
big one cut out of nice warm earth Curled up
in it for few hours, but didn't sleep. Then you
came along, wide awake and pulled me out
of it. made me go back with you"
Il tohat?" I asked looking at him hard.
Knew you wouldn't believe me-" he num-
bled. Then he sat UP straight, shook a finger.
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"DUGOUT"

uEUNNY," Merrill said slowly, what things
you'll remember after - how long is it,
Bill? Eighteen years."
Meaning the war? Thought we'd forgotten
that"
"You don't forget guy Pieces of it come
back to you like tonight. For no damned
reason"
Franks tall chap, six feet and more. We'd
been across together. Ambulance 361, 91st Divi-
sion Sprawled before the log fire in my study
pulling on his pipe, he looked almost like the
kid I'd bunked with in the Argonne. Older, of
course; with a wife, now and youngsters OF
his own. But his grin was the same, slow and
very wide. Frank is cheerful sort, you'd never
know he had a trouble, bills to pay, or that his
first book had been turned down by dozen
publishers. He was writing another.
"The smoke of this wood takes me back to
Very" he said Remember the bueberry pies
Butter we sneaked from the canteen?"
"You won't find Very on the map" replied,
lifting another log to the fire. "Or Epinonville,
the place beyond"
"I know. But they were there We saw the
igns-anyhow the new maps don't show where
we landed Plenty of little towns no one hears
about"
Didn't know you ever thought about that
time. Frank"
There's something never told you Didn't
think you'd believe me- maybe you won't even
now. Queer as hell"
1T BEGAN to come back to me. Crawling north
from Dijon, up through Barbecue. Tenting
in a stable at Nogent-a-la-Sur. The night on
the south side of Hess Woods: a false gas alarm,
a couple of stray Shells then on next morning
to sign post, Very Caves in a hillside. A week
of blueberry pies, berries picked between five
O'Clock and dusk, when the Boche paused an
accurate shelling of that blueberry patch.
"You remember pies, my God, when men
were dying? But / don't mean Very Farther
I'D We got a ride in truck-bounced along
a wooden road. Epi-horses and cassons tossed
on both sides The wounded had been picked
up Can you remember why the devil we were
going up?"
"To find the rest of the outfit" l said. 1--WE
didn't have ambulances to drive, being an am
bulance company. Well?"
1--WE got to Epinonville but the outfit had
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famous Gold King" lived in tiny room in a
questionable hotel run by an ostracized Boer
who was married to kafr woman.
Jamison had touched bottom. For him the de-
sire to live was gone. In his sultry, shabby
room he wondered why he bothered to 60 on at
all. What mess he'd made of his life! life
time spent in accommodating gold when all he
really wanted was the gold of womans hair!
He buried his face in his hands, and with
weary sigh, rested his head on the table. A
door closed. The kafr boy with his water jug!
Jamison didn't move.
Hello, Gay" voice said Kathryn's voice!
His mind beginning to go, tool He sat
erect, pressing the palms of his hands hard
against his eyes. hen he saw her. It i1as
Kathryn The same beautiful golden hair and
blue eyes. She stood with her back against the
door smiling at him.
1--WE come to ask you to take me back Gay
If you can forgive me for what I've DONE" she
said.
lAMlSON leaped to his feet The chair top
- pied backward with a clattcr to the floor
"Kathryn!" he whispered hoarsely lis it
really you?"
Yes, Gay. I'm here-turning up in your life
again like bad penny. 1t was an unucky day
for you when you walked into that music hall
in London and found me-
He started toward her. then, remembering, he
dropped onto the bed gazing hopelessly, out
through the window at Table Mountain outlined
in shadowy relief against the star studded South
African sky.
"You must know all about what's happened!
It's been in all the papers! I can't understand!
II left England as soon I heard. didn't
marry Carruthers, Gay found that l didn't
love him after all. Before l left London II
sold the damonds-all of them. The moneys
in the bank-in your name-nearly 3OO.O
pounds We can start all over again someplace
else, Cay!'
He couldn't believe his ears! This must
be another dream! He would waken in mo-
ment! Them he saw her coming across the
room toward him. She wore no jewelry of any
kind. She was plainly dressed-a new, a more
lovely Kathryn
''Will you take me back?" she pleaded
But why, Kathryn-why did you do this?
don't understand"
TITS really not so hard to understand. 1t was
for very selfish motive-my passion for dia-
monds"
But thought you said
THAT got rid of all my diamonds ?" she in
terrupted, smiling at his bewilderment ", Ell
/ didn't tell quite the truth when l said I'd dis
posed of all of them. I really traded them for
the finest diamond in the world-the only dia-
mond I'll ever want again-you, Gay"
Copyright. 1886
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1t would take a great deal of effort and knowl-
edge also a great deal of good solid common
sense, to do it. However. am convinced that it
is fact, because every time I have tried some
thing of the sort it has worked.
Once 1 was driving with friends across
mountain pass in the Northwest and we were
caught in one of the country's worst blizzards.
The car slipped into ditch because it was
impossible to see the road, and night came on
with no help in sight The situation seemed
hopeless and we were dozens of miles from any
habitation whatever. Silently the snow fell and
little by little the car was being covered. Some
of the passengers were resigned to death and
declared that no one would pass here for days,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06
Sixty Seconds From Life
"DIAMONDS" i. y y By John Richard Finch
By John Richer,

generous but can't take anything more from
YOU There's only one thipg-Td like to keep my
diamonds"
"of course, Kathryn. But surely you will
want"
Nothing else, please" she interrupted him.
"I've made up my mind know it doesn't sound
like me. but I'm not quite the rotter l SEEM
at least not any more. You've done too much
for me already
But I have plenty, Kathryn More than l
can ever use." He paused, thoughtfully But
maybe your-your-
~ EADING his thoughts, Kathryn shook her
K head mo, he doesn't have anything. His
name is Carruthers-E Evan Carruthers. He's
only a clerk or something But love him. SO
what difference does 1t make ? He's going back
to England with me- Well have to live very
modesty.'
But it doesn't make sense, Kathryn"
"I know it! I'm a fool-a complete idiot! 1t
will be funny-living in small fiat with Tor
tune in diamonds that shan't be able to wear
I can't give them up, though, Gay! I've al
ways had passion for diamonds I'd rather
starve than give them up"
Jamison shook his head. Love Is FUNNY
thing Kathryn. It's very difficult sometimes TO
understand. Remember this however-just in
case you should change your mind--if you are
in need go to my solicitors and they'll give you
whatever you wish"
soAN N
Kathryn hadn't been gone six months when
Jamson sold his interests in the Transvaal. He
went to Capetown and proceeded to go to the
devil with such fervor and speed that his es-
capades became the principal subject of gossip
throughout the Union. Heads shook and Jamison
was pointed out a terrible example of what
the wrong kind of a woman can do to man. He
gambed heavily and invariably lost. AS the
months passed, the great Jamison fortune
dwndled and there came day when he sat
with glass of brandy in third rate bar won
dering how he would pay for his drink.
His friends vanished with his gold Penniless,
Jamson began to live. He felt the pangs of bit
terneAs, of disillusionment of hunger, and of
love. He had never analysed his feelings toward
Kathryn until she left him-perhaps because he
couldn't quite picture himself in love. Just how
much he loved her he knew the moment he had
lost her. Now, she was never out of his mind,
and because his love for her was hopeless so
was his life Another three months passed-two
years now since Kathryn had gone! Cape
Malay trader gave him a few shngs each
week in return for information regarding pos
sble new gold lands in the Transvaal which
Jamson dished out to him piecemeal The once
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II was in the dugout when you woke up next
morning?"
"Sure-you'd come in from the cold"
You came and got me-" he insisted. Whether
you knew it not You were damned silent
about it, creeping up on me, yanlking me from
a snug berth. Remember, we passed that shell
hole, finding the outfit next day?"
I REMEMBER that The hole was twice, three
times bg-so Frank said Another shell
had landed punk in it's middle.
1--WE walked by the damned thing" Frank
said, slowly, "but you didn't mention having
pulled me to safety, so I kept still. 1t struck
me, later, there was something queer about it.
You didn't know you'd saved my life"
81 didn't, you idiot. You were dreaming
stuck in that dugout, sound asleep I'd have
known"
Maybe your body stayed there" Frank NUT
tered, surprised at himself for admitting it.
Sounds insane. saw you, felt you jerking at
me, my God and was sober and damned
cold"
II believe you," said, to quiet him. Frank
was getting excited I knew 1 hadn't moved
from the dugout, that night. 1t was queer
enough, but you couldn't convince Frank that
he was the odd ons
w. w.
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due to the storm. sat in the back of the car
thinking that if there something to this
Great Intelligence, this One Mind, then some
one must catch our cry for help.
Soon in the dark of the night we saw lights
zgzagging slowly along feeling their way, and
we waited breathlessly. Gradually they came to
us. 1t was a rescue crew of telephone linemen.
Said the man in charge: "You know, we were
sitting by the fire and said to Sam, Somebody
MIGHT be on that road tonight and if they are
they'll freeze to DEATH Now amt that funny"
Funny? Well, wonderful rather!-But isn't
life?
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This is why sages from the
Himalayas in India tell you
that YOU ATTRACT WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUTi
HAD a curious, and very
simple, demonstration of this
one time before I knew the
power of thought. A little boy
in my family wanted an Air
dale puppy, but saw no way
of getting it since he lived in
a hotel and his father would
not agree to dogs. On the cover
of a magazine he found a large
picture in colors of Just such a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30

vestigations which Nye's munitions
committee has been carrying on.
Carter Glass, the fiery old Virginian
treasury, was especially bitter in his
attack on the North Dakotan and by
sBillful indirection managed to ex-
press his opinion Of his fellow senator
without violating the senate rules
Said he:
"If it were permissible in the senate
to say that any man who would as
perse the integrity and veracity of
Woodrow Wilson is a coward; if it
were permissible to say that his charge
is not only malicious but positively
mendacious, that l would be glad to
say here and elsewhere to any man,
whether he be United States senator
or not, because the charge would be
not only destitute of decency but it
would be such a shocking exhibition
as never has happened in the 35
years l have served in the congress of
the United States"
The attacks on Senator Nye were
not confined to his charge that PreSi-
dent Wilson was a falsifier. He was
accused of exploiting his position as
chairman of the munitions committee
for his political enhancement, for the
sake of newspaper headlines, and for
his personal profit.
Senator Tom Connally of Texas after
scornful reference to Nye's "war
profits" bills, demanded to know how
much Nye had made in peace profits"
as a "chautauqua lecturer exploiting
himself as chairman of the munitions
committee" When Nye admitted that
that he had received remuneration for
some of his speeches and offered to in
form the senate of the exact amount,
Connally demanded that he do so and
inform the internal revenue service as
we'll.
The debate in the senate disclosed
that the munitions committee was sup
piled with certain assistance by the
Works Progress administration in New
York city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30
Supreme Court Orders
Process Tax Return

CUMMARILY overruling the govern
~ ment's petition for a rehearing Of
the Louisiana rice millers' cases, in
volving the refund of some 200 million
dollars in processing taxes held in es-
crow, the United States Supreme court
issued it's mandate ordering the return
of the funds to the taxpayers.
The court also issued its mandate
in the Hoosac mills cases, in which the
Agricultural Adjustment act was held
unconstitutional and thereby closed
the door to petitions for rehearing
in that case. In third action the
court ordered arguments on February
4 on the New Deals motion to dis
miss a suit brought by the state of
Georgia to test the constitutionality of
the Bankhead compulsory cotton con-
troll act.
The expected decision in the IVA
case was not handed down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30
Seventeen Persons Die
in Airplane Crash

Q EVENTEEN persons met tragic
- fate in the worst airplane acct
dent that the United States has had.
A big transport plane of the Ameri-
can Airlines, en- route from New York
to Los Angeles, crashed in a swamp
near the village of Goodwin, Ark, and
it's IA passengers, two pilots and
stewardess were killed. With great
difficulty the bodies of the victims
were brought out of the marsh where
their bodies were found scattered
among fragments of the shattered
plane Officials of the government
and Of the airline company Immediate
ly started an investigation, but the
cause of the disaster could not easily
be determined.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30
Slight Error Found in
Fahrenheit Thermometer

Fahrenheit, who made the first mer-
cury-glass thermometer, arbitrarily as
sumed that the amount of expansion
Of mercury was exactly proportional
to the increase of temperature. The
error of this assumption was learned
when it was found that the rates OF
expansion of different liquids were not
strictly proportional to eacn other and.
therefore not proportional to the tenn
perature
Thermodynamical calculations have
shown, writes DR.. Thomas NJ. Beck,
in the Chicago Tribune, that tempera-
ture is exactly proportional to the pres
sure of an ideal gas (that is, gas
whose molecules possess neither
weight nor volume). Unfortunately,
an ideal gas exists only as theoreti-
cal concept However, certain gases,
particularly hydrogen and helium. APP
proach the ideal in behavior and. by
application of small corrections, can
be made to give the same results as
an ideal gas. Consequently the cor
rected hydrogen Thermometer is the
standard on which all thermometers
are based and is used for the most
precise temperature measurements.
The hydrogen thermometer is rather
cumbersome, so for everyday purposes
the mercury thermometer is used. OBJ
viously it cannot be used below the
freezing point of mercury 40 de-
grees). For such temperatures Their
mometers filled with alcohol or PEN
tame Ga low-boiling gasoline) are used.
For temperatures above the boiling
point of mercury (about 700 degrees)
another liquid metal gallium, has
found application, and above the soft
ening temperature of glass (about
1000 degrees) the thermometer tube
is made of quartz.
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proclaimed the accession of the new
ruler as Edward VIII. His first official
act was to notify the lord mayor of
London of his fathers demise.
King George, who had been on the
throne almost twenty-five years, was
the best loved and most democratic
of the worlds monarchs, always just, So
licitous for the welfare of his subjects,
and living a simple and almost fault
less domestic and official life. The new
king, a confirmed bachelor. knows his
vast empire intimately, having visited
practically every part Of 1t, some re-
gions many times. Decidedly different
from his father in his tastes and ways
of life, he still, as the prince of Wales,
has been a great favorite Of the peo-
pie, and in recent years, realizing that
he would soon have to mount the
throne. he steadied down and took an
increasing interest in the affairs of
the empire. He is especially liked by
the laboring classes, in whose welfare
he often has shown deep sympathy.
That he never married has been dis
appointment to the British people. Now
for the first time since the reign of
William " there is no prince Of Wales.
Next in the line of succession is the
kings brother, the duke of York. and
second comes the dukes little daugh-
ter, Princess Elizabeth. There will be
six months or more of official mourn
ing for Georges death, and Edward
VIII will not be crowned for about one
year.
The body of the dead ruler was re-
moved from Sandringham house to the
little church of st. Mary Magdalene
in Sandringham. Thence it was to be
taken to Westminster abbey, there to
lie in state Interment is to be in the
Albert Memorial chapel at Windsor,
beside the tombs Of Georges father
and mother. 1t was believed the state
funeral would not take place for two
weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30
Final Returns in the
Literary Digest Poll

T literary DIGESTS Presidential
IL straw vote has been concluded.
and the final returns indicate grow
ing opposition to the New Deal.
total of 1,9O7,6S ballots was received.
and of these 6266 per cent were cast
against the Presidents policies and
acts, and 1874 per cent were for the
administration.
Thirty-six states gave majorities
against to eleven still in favor of the
President and his policies. Among the
pro-Roosevelt states was Utah. The
other were classified in the release as
southern and border" states.
Of the different sections of the coun-
try, New England cast the heaviest
mo" vote, going 77.9S per cent against
the administration. The Middle Allan
tic states from New York to West
showed $3.50 per cent of the voters
against Mr.. Roosevelt and his recOv-
cry schemes, while the Middle Western
states in the farm belt and the Rocky
Mountain states indicated a ratio ap-
proximately the same as the nation at
large-3 to 2 against. The three Pa
cific coast states tOtaled 5S.O4 against
the New Deal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30


leader; Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, Attorney General Cummings,
Chairman Ellison D. Smith of the SEN
ate agriculture committee, Chairman
Marvin Jones of the house agriculture
committee, Speaker Joseph w. Byrns.
Senator John FL. Bankhead Oem..
Ala.), AAA administrator Davis, and
NJ. G. White of the AAA.
The administration will work out
a system of granting farm subsidies to
farmers restricting acreage under au-
thority of the soil conservation act of
1885. In connection with the program
the administration will make provision
for obligations incurred under the
AAA,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30
Italo-E Ethiopia War Again
Before League Council

\ TEMBERS of the League of Ma
lNl tons council assembled in Geneva
and opened their ninetieth session, to
resume their efforts to settle the ItalO-
Ethiopian conflicts. Diplomats pres
emit believed further sanctions against
Italy might he imposed, but it was
generally believed the plan to declare
an embargo on oil was dead. at least
for the present. This was due TO I'M
certainty as to the course the United
States would follow in that regard.
Italians in Geneva asserted fatty
the embroglio with Ethiopia could he
settled only along Italian lines, but
added they had no peace proposals
themselves and knew of none to come
from others.
Intensified Nazi activities in the free
city of Danzig were reported officially
to the I.eagne of Nations by Sean Les
ter. high commissioner of DanZig, at
a private meeting of members of the
council. Testers report stressed
charges that Nazi leaders were defy
ing more and more the Danzig consti.
tuition, which Is guaranteed by the
league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30

The Mind
Meter .
BY
LOWELL
HENDERSON
The True-False Test
@ Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.

In the following test, ten state
ments are made, some Of which are
false. 1t is not necessary to correct
the statements. Simply write the
letter T after the true statements,
and the letter F after the false
ones.
1. The Seventy-third congress Is
now in session.
2. Chicago is the capital of ILL.,
nois.
8. The Missouri river is the long
est river in the United States.
4. The Philadelphia Athletics are
In the National league.
8. Enervate means to pep up,
strengthen.
6. Rhode Island was one of the
Original Thirteen states.
7. "Ivanhoe" was written by Sir
Walter Scott.
8. Kentucky is farther south than
Tennessee.
8. The Battle of Ticonderoga was
fought in the Revolutionary war.
10. Giuseppe Verdi composed the
opera 81 Trovatore."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30
Bill to Enlarge Trade
Commissions Powers

INTRODUCED in the house by
L Chairman Rayburn of the interstate
commerce committee is bill for the
purpose of increasing the powers of
the federal trade commission to pre-
vent unfair and deceptive trade prac-
tees. 1t proposed these four major
changes In the present law:
1. Declares deceptive acts and prac-
tees" unlawful in addition to the ''un-
fair methods of competition" now
specified.
.. Includes trusts In the scope of
the law along with corporations.
8. Gives the Circuit Court of Appeals
power to restrain practices involved in
a commission proceeding pending final
court decision.
4. Limits to 60 days from the date
of commission order the time in
which application may be made to the
Circuit court for review of the order.