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Nogales international., 1936-11-21
LOCAL YOUTH TO
ENTER w. POINT

Leslie B. Hardy, 16 year old son
of Mrs. Dorothy Hardy, has been
appointed to West Point Military
Academy in New York by United
States Senator Carl Hayden.
The young man will enter the
school in 1910, or earlier if vac
ancy occurs He is to be given the
first vacancy, the Senator informed
his mother.
The youth is now Junior in No
gales High School.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

Copyright 1886 by H. PAINTER)
Several actors are being made
nervous wrecks by the money they
make" Well take a chance on that
if the money comes our way.
Export copper prices are up to
new peaks. If we bought copper
stocks, they'd be up to their old
tricks down.
"Tax Commissioners to take suit
to Supreme Court" Looks as though
the Supreme Court has gone into
the cleaning business.
Three Canadian slayers die on
the gallows." They weren't poison
ed either.
"Japanese cuff founder asserts
life should begin at 100 years."
Maybe it should. but it doesn't.
"Under Adolf Hitler, Germany Is
arming to the teeth" He even has
a dental department to drill the
teeth, too.
Newspaper starts new serial,
Nogales international., 1936-11-21
A Thought For Thanksgiving

Of all the holidays which we customarily observe,
there two of distinctly American origin which
celebrated all the United States Those are In
dependence Day and Thanksgiving Day. Both of these
have peculiar significance to all Americans. They go
back to the roots of national life independence
Day is shuold be, annual reminder that our ma
tional liberty was achieved only because free
ready to fight for the right to govern themselves
And Thanksgiving Day, about to roll around
again. should be reminder that the foundations of
America were laid by men and women who cherished
spiritual liberty more highly than they held per
sOnal and political liberty.
Liberty" said Woodrow Wilson, "is spiritual
concept" Liberty of conscience is of the funda
mental precepts of OUR national structure guaranteed
to every citizen under the Constitution That spiritual
liberty is perhaps the most precious of all the boun
ties for which Americans should give thanks the
last Thursday in November
So far in our history America has been more
abundantly blessed than any other nation has ever
been since the beginning Of recorded time. We have
prospered as no other nation has prospered We
just beginning to realize that the latest world
depression let off more lightly, people, than it
did any other nation We now beginning
to realize, too, that we'll way out of the
DEPRESSION heading swiftly toward renewed property
of a magnitude beyond our present dreams For such
material blessings is we'll to give thanks to the Pro-
vdence which has guided us; but it is also we'll to re-
member that there greater treasurers than money
and the wealth of which money is a measure.
Let us, in the midst of our Thanksgiving feasting
and merrymakng, not forget that we are possessors
Of a great spiritual heritage, and make the day an
occasion for pledging ourselves anew to the uphold
inga nd perpetuation of that spiritual liberty that
freedom of conscience and Of thought which our fore
bears sought and found in their New World
Our joy relief from campaign oratory is
somewhat abated by the thought that Congress must
meet in January.
Telephoning for ukelele string, Birmingham
miss asked the dealer to tune the thing before send
ing it out
All men are born equal - at least so far as cloth
es are concerned.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

'Half-Acre in Eden" Considering
what has been written about a
couple of fig leaves and an apple.
it should be long story.
"The King steps out with Grace
Moore - tonight" Oracle should
be very verv careful, or she'll have
Mrs. Simpson on her neck
I'm the game of Matches, when
one player gets two horses on him
self, he buy the drinks" Provided
he can get out from under the
horses.
Whitney to send strong stable to
Santa Anita track. Too bad he
couldn't clean it out first.
Tennis is winning out over
bridge" And yachting is winning
out over tennis under the bridge.
woman applying for separate
maintenance says, I might get by
on $500 per month" We'd not only
get by on that amount, we'd go
places. too.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21
$2O6,186 FOR
TUCSON PAVING

TUCSON, Nov. 20 (UP) - Tue
sons $206,186 paving project has
received the approval of President
Roosevelt and work will begin Short
ly, local Works Progress admins
tration officials announced The
project includes placing of asphalt
surface, construction of water con-
nections, curbs and cutters.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

Sheriffs office discovering four
federal prisoners digging hole in
the county Jail
Bobby Bristol, five year old son Of
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Bristol, phoning
a business man to send up his two
boys to play with him.
Small boy informing E. K. Cum
ming a "speckled' duck flew into
a tree at Cumming lake.
r. T. Frazier soliciting contribu-
tions to send the Nogales high school
drum and bug1e corps and drill
team to the Pasadena Tournament
of Roses on New Years Day.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

Perhaps it is fortunate that the title of novel
movie gives any nklng of what the thing is
about
Nogales international., 1936-11-21
MITCHELL DELEGATE

At the state teachers institute in
Phoenix last week, Superintendent
A. j. Mitchell of the Nogales schools
was elected a delegate to the an
nual convention of the National
Education Association to be held at
Detroit next June.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

Newspaper starts new serial,
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

Folks who keep their noses to the grindsto
ess likely to turn them up at their neighbors.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

William P. Zacharias, manager Of
the Complete Auto Parts Company,
left Saturday night to spend few
days in Hermosillo on business.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21
HERE FOR WINTER

Martin Loughman, prominent to-
mato man, arrived here Monday to
spend the winter. He spent MOST
of the summer in San Francisco.
Nogales international., 1936-11-21

Charley Bauer anxiously await
Ing a telegram announcing ship
ment of fixtures for his new Mon
tezuma Buffet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Great Britain Rushes
Rearmanent Program

IF THERE must be another war in
L Europe. Great Britain proposes to
be in readiness. The government is
hurrying up its rearmament program,
which will be financed by loan of
probably about s2.OOO,OOO. Plans for
the expansion and modernization of
the army, navy and air force will be
submitted to parliament early In
March, and ii is said will include
mechanization of the entire army. I'M
petus to the work was given by the
latest statement attributed to Mussolini
that the Italo-E Ethiopian war may yet
be a worldwide disaster"
There were indications that II Duce
was looking more favorably on sug-
gestions for peace, and so some OBJ
servers predicted that the extension
of sanctions against Italy would be
delayed. The Italian armies in Ethi-
opia, however, were continuing their
activities, one of their latest exploits
being an attack on Dessye by seven
planes. For an hour high explosive
bombs were rained on that town, which
Is the field headquarters of Halle
Selassie. The emperor escaped injury,
and the civil population had all been
sent into the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Rigid Policy Announced
on FILA Mortgages

uOUSEHOLDERS defaulting on gov
i L ernment-guaranteed renovation
and mortgage notes will be no more
gently treated by the Federal Housing
administration than are tax delin-
quents by the Treasury department.
Stewart Mcdonald, FILA administra-
tor, says there has been general mis-
understanding of this matter, and so
he enunciates this policy:
"When a borrower under the mod
ernization credit plan defaults on
loan, the lending institution files claim
with the housing administration for
the insurance on the loan. The matter
of collecting the defaulted obligation
then is turned over to the Federal
Housing administration.
"In such cases 1t will be the policy
of the Federal Housing administration
to be just as rigid as the Treasury de-
partment In the collection of taxes.
The collection machinery Is well organ
lied and, while every reasonable con-
sideration will be given to borrowers
in default, the public must not get
the impression that the housing adj
ministration will be lax in performing
its duty.
There Is no reason to assume that
borrowers in default will be treated
like tax evaders, but rather along the
same lines as an individual who is In
default of tax payments"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

"After thorough survey of the Ohio
situation 1 am convinced that the peo-
pie of that state should be given an
opportunity to express their choice in
the Presidential primary on May II.
Under the so-called 'favorite SON. plan
this privilege is denied them.
"To obtain an expression of popular
will it is my intention to place at least
eight candidates or delegates at large
in the field.
Il shall make number of speeches
in Ohio and present the issues as I
see them"
It is understood by his friends that
the senator will make a contest for
delegates in almost every state having
a preference primary. He says the G. o.
P. conventions have been dominated by
the old conservative leaders through
the operations of the "favorite son"
scheme and this control he intends to
destroy if possible. 1t is his opinion
that only liberal Republican can de-
feat President Roosevelt next fall, and
few will deny that he is the outstand-
ing liberal in his party.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
First Public High School

In 1921 Boston established the first
public high school in the United States.
This school, patterned after the acad-
emies. did not at first prepare for col
lege; it offered, rather, variety of
courses of the modern (non-classicaD
and practical type. In 1927 the Massa-
chusetts legislature passed a law re-
quirlng towns of certain size to es-
tablish high schools. Few of the towns
acted upon this law until Mann be-
came secretary of the state board of
education, but by 1850 Massachusetts
had Ga public high schools-probably
more than all the other states COM
bined. The high schools later under
took to prepare pupils for college and
thus combined the functions both of
the old Latin grammar schools and OF
the private academies. In the country
as q whole the high school made little
progress until after the Civil war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
New Farm Bill Pushed
for Early Adjournment

T EADERS of congress hope for an
IL early adjournment, by May l at
the latest, and therefore they pushed
the new farm bill forward, trying to
get it through both houses by the end
of the week. In their desire to get
away from the Capital. they already
had decided to let the proposed per-
manent neutrality legislation go by the
board.
The farm bill as rewritten by the
senate agriculture committee is based
on the soil eLosion prevention scheme.
Some Democrats Joined with many Re-
publicans in opposing the measure. one
Of them be.Ag Senator Walsh of Mas
sachusetts. In a statement issued to
the press he declared 1t was a dan
gerous" bill comforting "autocratic and
blanket authority" on the secretary of
agriculture. He said the measure was
neither valid In law nor valid in
economics"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

ageur. In his boyhood Curtis was a
jockey, and later a reporter. Having
studied law, he became a prosecutor
at the age of twenty-four in Shawnee
county, Kansas, and was elected to
congress in 1892. He was made SEN
ator in 1907, was defeated in 1912,
and two years later was again elected
senator. He was elected Vice Presi-
dent on the ticket headed by Herbert
Hoover, and was renominated for that
position in 1882.
Mr.. Curtis was greatly liked by his
associates in Washington and his death
caused genuine grief. President Roose-
welt said:
81 am deeply distressed to learn of
the sudden passing of my old friend,
Charles Curtis. Whether they knew
him as a senator, as the Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, or as the
man he was in his own right, his le-
gion of friends will remember him,
always affectionately, and will mourn
his passing"
Vice President Garner said:
II was always fond of him. I was
associated with him in the house and
senate. He was a fine man and
good friend"
Funeral services for Mr.. Curtis and
the interment were in Topeka, Kan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Market for Farms Is
Materially Better

THE farm credit administration, in
L report for 1885 of operations, of
federal land banks said the market for
farms improved vastly last year with
the land banks disposing of 70 per cent
more farms than in 1884. The banks
sold S,423 farms during the year.
Both the price per acre and the pro-
portion of the investment recovered
were appreciably higher than in the
preceding year, said Albert S. Goss,
land bank commissioner, in issuing the
report.
At the end of 1885, the land banks
held S2,072, 100000 in farm mortgages,
it is shown. The amount loaned last
year was S249OOO.OOO against $780,
100000 the year before. Although loans
outstanding at the end of 1895 had in
creased during the year, 1870 to 643,-
500, the number, as well as the per-
centage of loans with delinquent and
extended installments declined from
1884.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Relief Given Industrial
and FARMING States


INDUSTRIAL states, such as Illinois,
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio,
although they pay most Of the internal
revenue taxes, receive much less OF
federal relief largesse than such agri-
cultural states as North and South Da-
kota, Mississippi, Alabama, New Mex
leo, Arkansas and Arizona. This was
pointed out in statement released
by the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
ton which compares the internal rev.
enue collections Of the various states
with the amount each state received in
relief funds for year ending June 30,
1885.
Illinois collected 1928, 1888 and re-
ceived in federal relief grants only
$113,1S5,3 1855 or 80 per cent of what 1t
sent to the United States treasury.
New York collected $672, 3,493 and
got back $262, S6S,65S or 80 per cent of
what it sent to the United States treas
ury.
Pennsylvania and Ohio did somewhat
better. Pennsylvania collected $244,-
355,727 and received in relief funds
sits, 151, 1872 or II per cent. Ohio col
lected $164,079,273 and received $1O7,-
702,953 or &c per cent.
South Dakota received $27 1866
and collected only S1,540,795. In other
words, South Dakota got back from
the United States government nearly
eighteen times the amount paid in In
ternal revenue.
North Dakota got approximately $50
for each $1.75 paid in taxes. receiving
$25,OS7 1927 and collecting only $1,74S,-
657.
Mississippi received $1S,745,417 In
relief funds or nearly seven and one
half times the amount collected in in
ternal revenues.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Long Newspaper Tax Is
Held Unconstitutional

once again the Supreme court of
~ the United States comes to the
rescue of a free press. Unanimously
the nine justices ruled that the Louisi-
ana law imposing punitive tax on the
advertising of the principal newspa-
pers of that state is unconstitutional.
The law was passed by legislature
controlled by the late Senator Huey
Long. The court said of it:
at is bad because, in the light of
it's history and of it's present setting,
it is seen to be a deliberate and cal
culated device in the guise of tax
to limit the circulation of information
to which the public is entitled in virtue
of the constitutional guarantee.
"a free press stands as one of the
great interpreters between the govern
ment and the people. To allow it to
be fettered is to fetter ourselves.
'In view of the persistent search
for new subjects of taxation, it is not
without significance that, with the
single exception of the Louisiana
statute, so far as we can discover, NO
state during the $50 years of our ma
tional existence has undertaken to
impose a tax like that now in ques-
ton.
"The form In which the tax is i'm
posed is in itself suspicious. 1t is not
measured or limited by the volume Of
advertisement. 1t is measured alone
by the extent Of the circulation of the
publication in which the advertise
ments are carried, with the plain pur-
pose of penalizing the publishers and
curtailing the circulation of selected
group of newspapers"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Liberty League Hits at
Share-Wealth Schemes

A MEXICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE has
\ issued a document concerning
plans for sharing the national wealth,
calling them mot only impractical but
utterly impossible" Reminding that
wealth is not money, but land, build
ings, industry, railways, raw mate
rails, manufactured goods and metals,
the league said the most feasible
method of dividing it equally among all
the people would be for the govern
ment to issue securities against all
property, and then to take over its
management.
Actual division of wealth might "give
a city apartment dweller an unwel-
come pig or Sheep" the statement
added, while the farmer might receive
an equally unwelcome piece of urban
property. Division also would destroy
wealth, the league argued, because
separate units of income-producing
wealth would have no value"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20


tence for their part in the vote recount
conspiracy.
For O'Hara, the verdict came as
the elimination of series of calami-
ties in a brief political career. Last
November a jury in Macomb county,
adjacent to Wayne, found him guilty
of bribery in drainage transaction in
connection with real estate deals he
had made before 1882 when he en-
tered politics and was elected Wayne
county clerk. He awaits sentence
under that conviction. After conviction
he was removed from Office.
In the recount case O'Hara was found
guilty on three counts, permitting
others to alter ballots, conspiring to
permit others to alter ballots, and con-
spring to permit others to conduct
the recount in an unlawful manner and
change the result of the November,
1884, election by putting Democrats
in Office instead Of the Republicans
elected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
@ Western Newspaper Union

Chairman Doughton of the house
ways and means committee said he
expected definite word from the White
House or treasury soon on the amount
and kind of taxes that might be i'm
posed to finance the new farm pro-
gram.
Speaker Byrns said he could see no
reason why the tax measure should
not emerge from the committee by the
end of February.
He and Doughton insisted. they had
no advance information on what the
administration might propose. Many
congressman who are usually well in
formed said they looked for recon-
mendation for levies to raise more
than $5OO,O00,00O, perhaps through ex-
else taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Vandenberg Doubts Value
of Florida Canal

CENATOR VANDENBERG of Michi
- gan has grave doubts of the eco
nomic necessity or value of the ship
canal that is being dug across central
Florida, and offered in the senate COM
merce committee resolution for inves-
tigation by a special committee. In
support of his move he produced let
tiers from eleven companies operating
steamships saying they would not use
the canal even If no tolls were charged.
They asserted the expense of employ
ing canal pilots added to the risk of
damage to ships would Offset saving
In navigation costs.
Work was started some time ago on
the canal, which, If completed, will
cost between $14O,OOO.OOO and $780,
100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Mrs. Huey Long Takes
Husbands Senate Seat

MRS. HUEY P. LONG, widow of
lNl the slain senator from Louisiana,
took her seat in the senate to complete
Huey's unfinished term, becoming the
second woman member Of the upper
house. After eleven months she will
be succeeded by Allen Allender, speak
er Of the Louisiana house of represent
atives, who was nominated for the reg
ular term.
Mrs. Long, middle aged and comely,
said:
''In my mind I have hazy idea
about the things l want to do, but
am not yet ready to announce them.
l want to take my seat in the senate
and get right to work-I'n need lot
of luck"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

pre- SIS stands as
one of the great in
terpreters between
the government and
the people. To let
1t be fettered is to
fe tt er ourselves"
Certainly the news
paper Is to a nation
what speech is to
an individual, and
It is to the crowd
W h a t a looking
glass is to the in
dividual. II | s t or y
will judge a people
by its newspapers.
H. 1o.ve tee fhno-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

assailed the New Deal. In the petit
ton, which Raskob described as New
Deal persecution" Mr.. du Pont was
alleged to have understated his 1929
income by $2,S97,S32 and an addi-
tiOnal tax of S617,316 was asked. In
the amended petition accusing Mr..
Raskob, it was alleged that he and the
industrialist engaged in Fictitious"
sales of securities, one to the other,
to total of about S30,OOO,O0O for the
purpose of showing losses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

heart disease at the
Washington home of
his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward E. Gam. He
was seventy-siX years
old, and was the first
man of Indian blood
ever to preside over
the senate. He was
one-quarter Kaw In
dian, his grandmother
having been Princess
Julie Of that tribe who
poorriod q Frpnph yoy-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Soldier Crab

A familiar inhabitant Of Florida
mangrove swamps is the mangrove or
soldier crab, which spends most OF Its
time on land. This crab Is brilliant
ly colored creature, Boosting bright
yellow and scarlet legs and jet black
carapace gaily dotted with white.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

and who Is now preSi-
dent Of the American
Liberty league, has
been begun by the
government for an al
legged deficiency of ST.
O26,340 on his 1929
income taxes. The
claim was filed in an
amendment to the pc
titiOn recently filed
against Pierre S. du
Pont two days before
AL Smith had bitterly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

He formally put him.
self in the running by
announcing t h a t he
would enter the pri-
mary in Ohio which
will be held May II.
That state requires
t h a t the candidate
shall declare himself
in writing, and this
Mr.. BOrah said he
would do.
The senator's state
mont fn11nUc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

If you wonder where all the tax
money goes" read this:
I'm six months the state of New
York paid SSO1,612 for official automo-
bile expense"
And that does not include automo-
biles for the department of mental
hygiene. One official discharged his
chauffeur, paid by taxpayers, accus-
ing him of cheating the state out Of
$1,000 in one year through dishonest
gasoline and repair vouchers. That is
almost "a business"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20

Wilkowski and 16
others of lesser prom
inence were convicted
in Detroit of having
attempted to steal the
1884 election. Eight
defendants in the re-
count case, which had
been on trial for
nearly II weeks, were
acquitted. Two other
defendants previously
had pleaded guilty,
thus bringing to 20
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Swimming English Channel

The English channel is only about
twenty-one miles wide at Its narrow
est point, but the cold water. strong
tides and general roughness make
swimming difficult
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Senator Borah Formally
Enters Nomination Race

VIIILLIAM e. BORAH, the liberal
w Republican senator from Idaho,
is now a full fiedged candidate for the
Republican Presidential nomination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-20
Raskob Sued for Alleged
Income Tax Deficiency

a CTION against John J. Raskob,
L former chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee when AL
Smith was the Presidential nominee,