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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20
The Deadly Black Widow
Spider an Enemy of All
RIO BE CONTINUED

The female black widow, which is so
much more deadly than the male that
little attention is given the latter, In
characterized chiefly by the glossy
blackness of her shoe-button-like body
which is about half an inch long; her
long legs that sprawl over approxi-
mately two inches Of space; and, OF
course, the distinguishing marking on
the underside of her body. Though this
is generally confined to the red hour
glass figure, IT sometimes varies both
in color and shape. If not red the mark
ing is yellow.
Since she has decidedly cannibalistic
tendencies this spider is generally seen
alone, for she early devours her mate
along with the other insects upon which
she feeds and her young, which burst
from the egg-sac in early summer so
to 100 strong, soon scatter TO avoid
being eaten by their mother. Her nat
ural habitat is out of doors on the un-
der side of rocks; but her coarse,
sticky web is also to be found in dark
corners Of attics, easements and barns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20

the hall, and with no small diff
ficulty prevailed on my good
wife to accompany me to the
house of exhibition. I then dis
patched messengers to the
ladies of the village, announc-
ing that she awaited them at
the Cloth show. They poured
out, the farmers wives and
daughters, who were secretly
watching, and the hall was
speedily filled. This was one of
the most grateful moments of
my lfe."
For twelve years Watson
labored endlessly to put his
idea across" By 1919, with the
aid of Governor Clinton of New
York, he had induced the legis-
lature of that state to pass an
annual appropriation of $1,000
to aid the new societies. From
that time on the idea spread
rapidly and the county fair be-
came an established American
institution.
Gwestern Newspaper Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

IT WON'T be long now
until some of us will
be enjoying one of
those annual events
whic h are as dis
tinctively American as
playing baseball or
celebrating the Fourth
of July or observing
Thanksgiving day.
No, we don't mean
A.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20

she could not always believe, herself,
that she had borne two sons. -.
81 think you've done a lo.!" Agnes
cried. ooh, Bee, they're what count! -
81 guess they do-a- little" admit
ted Bee, and shook out a cigarette.
$50 I'm not sure 1 won't have an
other"
You want a girl?" asked Agnes.
81 guess So" said Bee, after she had
her light. But 1 really don't care.
I'll love the result; and I'm one of
those women, 1 guess, that get kick
out of the bearing, too"
you do it beautifully, certainly"
"You don't get me, Agnes. It's &C.
cupation, and" She stopped. Then:
"And the wifes anesthetic against
against"
Against what, Bee?"
"See here" said Bee sternly, and
sitting up, don't you ever find outI",
"Bee," said Agnes suddenly, tell me
about Mr.. Collitt"
"What about him?"
"How much does Davis know con-
corning him?"
"Oh," comprehended Bee, relaxing,
probably nothing at all. He's gone
into partnership with him; but as you
know, Davis is a trusting soul as to
people. | believe he trusts practical
ly everybody-but God"
hoI fn oh
mean?"
II mean it." assured Bee. Regard
the record. He's insured everybody
and everything, everywhere, against
fire, flood, storm, pestilence and dis
aster-all acts of God, but he'll take
any mere mortal on faith. After he
embraced the burning idea of giving
up salaried position to go in with
Collitt and Remble, he couldn't wait
for Father to return from New York
before he signed the preliminary agree
ment with them. They're going to
make Davis several millions-which is
certainly very nice of them, since up
to now they've refrained from show
ering themselves with money. Of
course, they've got Davis capital
now"
"Then you doubt them, Bee?"
"Not in the slightest. They'll take
Davis for what he's put up; but we
can stand it. l mean the family can.
Fathers rolling it up-isn't he? He'll
give it to me, If I need it-as he
would to you, Agnes. So what's the
harm in letting Davis learn he's not
financier? All that can happen is
he'll lose"
"Yes," said Agnes; and she thought
that was all that could happen.
Davis Is out, you see," added Bee,
''to make a few millions for meas
though I hadn't any trouble that an
other baby or million dollars couldn't
cure"
With this, Bee dismissed the matter
so Agnes was not obliged to disclose
the source of her concern over Col
lit. But when she made inquiry OF
Jeb that evening, he extracted it from
her.
"Collitt" said Jeb. Hes been in
jams, / hear; but nothing that he did
has ever come to court. He's a trad
er-one of the cleverest traders in
town; and straight enough now"
''But what is against him?"
Nothing / know, except that he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20

make you drunk" And then as
you stroll along you find your
self in the hog barns where that
litter of sucking pigs seems
very interesting. Come, let's
have a look. And as
you lean on the top-rail of the
pen and look down at them, you
can picture in your mind, with
out much effort, ham, and side
meat, and bacon, and spare-ribs,
and smoked shoulder, and head
cheese, and iver-wurst, and
sausages, and glistening white
lard for crullers and piecrust-
Yes, I think pigs are right in
teresting."
After you've done such things
at this old-time county fair (if
you're lucky enough to find
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20

going to the circus or
attending a Sunday school pic
mic or "getting ready for the
first day of school, or even TAX
ing part in the whoop-and-hur-
rah of the Presidential CAM
paign which comes to its climax
on November 8.
We mean going to the county
fair!
For the last week in August
and the first two or three weeks
in September is county fair time
and somewhere in a county seat
town or some other trading
center of rural America this
great American festival is in full
swing.
There are not so many OF
them as there once were. Back
in 1927 it was estimated that
nearly 5000 district, state and
county fairs were held on the
continent of North America.
That probably represented the
peak in numbers. Then along
came the depression and the
county fair, along with other
American institutions, felt the
pinch of hard times. Public
spirited business men could no
longer continue to Ego in the
red" to support them. So in
hundreds of communities school
children Ito whom county fair
time" was one of the high spots
of the year, looked in the home
town newspaper for the an
nouncement of the dates of the
nearest county fair and they
looked in vain. What they found
instead was an announcement
that "the annual county fair at
Jonesville will not be held this
year" and that temporary sus-
pension became a permanent
one.
Along with the reduction In
the number of these annual
events has come a change in
their character Like so many
other American institutions it
has "gone modern" in more
ways than one. Gasoline COM
bustion engines have so radically
changed the picture of the county
fair that old-timers have diff
Guilty in reconciling themselves
to the great agricultural shows
of the motor age" says recent
observer. Instead of fair
ground at every hamlet, our
county fairs have become CEN
tralized, thanks in large part to
motor cars. Hitching rings and
posts have disappeared from the
neighborhood. In place of long
lines of box wagons and car
riages are serried ranks of mo-
! tor cars.
"The radius of attraction or
drawing territory is no longer
limited to ten or fifteen-mile
drives A hundred miles in all
directions is now covered by
county fairs advertising. Pa
irons come by automobile or air.
plane in thousands and stay for
the night show before they start
home again. The modern fair is
! made by electricity and gas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24


Schools "A, Fl, Al and IS. new
additions; total cost, $4,000.
INHE s750,000 expenditure which
Il has not been allocated is ex-
pected to be divided equally be-
tween Crispus Attacks and George
Washington High Schools with
possibly Shortridge sharing a por-
ton.
Literally one out of every IA
high school pupils in the city is
hampered by either improvised
seating, overcrowded conditions or
inability of teachers to give him
all the attention to which he is
entitled.
Glasses, especially shop classes,
that for safety purposes, should
have no more than IS or % pupils
have almost double that number.
In one high school typewriting
class Times observer saw a room
full of pupils pecking away at
machines, while two pupils, lack
ing space and machines, awaited
their turn at the keyboard.
Would you pay $13 for the priv
lege of borrowing SIG?
The indianapolis school city since
1872 has paid $13 to borrow SIS.
City school boards have issued
bonds totaling more than S16,-
100000 since 1872 and will have
paid $13,O00,o00 in interest by
1861.
To put it another way, the tax
payers will by that time have
paid out $29,O00,00O, or $4,000, 900
more than the school city property
III its entirety is worth.
TIME commissioners hope they
Il will. be able to reduce. the
school city's bonded Indebtedness.
The Times finds that the period
1919-1920, is the era that caused
the school board the most grief.
Bonds totalling $4,901 900 of
those issues mature in 1889 and
1910.
Since 1920 only $389,OOO of
$4,865, 900 in term bonds issued
in those years have been retired.
The school city has paid $3,471,-
030 interest for the use of the
$780, 900 and still owes S4,476,305
principal, plus an estimated
100000 additional for future in
terest payments.
Simplified it means that if you
borrowed 81 in 1919-1920 on the
basis of the school boards method
of borrowing by issuance of term
bonds then you will have paid be-
fore the debt is Cancelled an esti-
mated 80 cents in interest, bring
ing the amount you actually paid
to $1.82.
School commissioners admit that
the $3,471, 900 interest paid on
term bonds since 1919 would place
the school system on par with
almost any city in the nation. The
interest would easily finance the
proposed S2,210,000 expenditures
for the new high school structures.
THE survey shows that an esti-
il mated $1,250,O0O could be ex-
pended in addition to the pro-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

posed s2.210,000 If fire hazards of
old weather beaten structures
were to be ended.
Discussion of expenditure of
this additional money is held in
allegiance by commissioners be-
cause of the shifting of school
populations and the fear that a
building planned today might be
unnecessary 10 years from now.
The Times traces in its survey
how health of school pupils will
be benefited by newer structures
supplanting outmoded buildings.
Viewpoints of tax groups, civic
bodies, taxpayers, teachers, and
school officials are to be revealed
in recitation of the needs or
lack of needs of the city's school
system.
And just suppose that your
child brought home a bill daily for
services rendered in teaching him
or her could you guess what that
bill would be?
q
GCHOOL officials estimate that
~ Mr.. and Mrs. John Public
would pay SO cents a day for each
of the $1,000 children enrolled in
the city school system.
Ten years ago the bill would
have been 50 cents a day.
The above figures are not paid
by parents because all taxpayers
in the city share in sending your
child to school,
But taxpayers are interested in
tax rates and The Times survey
will show that If the "pay-as-you-
go" plan was operating today
without the existence of a bonded
debt that where this years school
city tax rate is SO cents it would
be 70 cents or 10 cents less under
the "pay-as-you-go" plan.
Installment-plan building costs
in debt service an estimated $685.
600 yearly in interest on bonds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
RURAL MAILMEN
NAME ANDREWS
FOR Third Time
Romney Man Reelected at
Week End Meeting of
State Federation.

w. B. Andrews of Romney today
began his third term as president of
the Indiana Federation Of Rural
Letter Carriers. He was elected at
a weekend meeting in the Wash
ington.
Other officers named the Robert
Allen of Boonville, vice president;
Elmer H. Schmalfeldt of Indianapo-
lis, secretary treasurer, and the fol-
lowing regional vice presidents:
Frank Weddell of Otterbein, Kenlyn
Williams Of Charlottesville, Charles
Schmidt of Mount Vernon, Arthur
Fenner Of indianapolis and Louis
Mcconnell of indianapolis.
Newly elected auxiliary officers are
Mrs. John Huffman of Acton presi-
dent; Mrs. Frank Lusse of Wayne
town, vice president, and Mrs. L. L..
Mcconnell Of indianapolis, secre-
tary-treasurer.
District Officers Chosen
Maurice Hollenbeck of Anderson,
was named president of the
Eleventh and Twelfth Districts.
Other officers named we're Will
liam B. Fouts, of Indianapolis, vice
president. and o. B. Holmes, of An
derson, secretary treasurer.
Auxiliary officers elected were
Mrs. Walter Manning, of Frankton,
president; Mrs. James Griffin, of
Alexandria, vice president, and Mrs.
o. B. Holmes, of Anderson, secre-
tary-treasurer. The group discussed
plans for the organizations national
convention which is to be held in
Indianapolis in August.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
EDUCATORS OF
STATE ATTEND
NE. A. MEETING
Program Arranged With
Aid of Bert {. Young
of Indiana u.

Hoosier educators are attending
the annual convention of the De-
partment of Supervisors of the Ma
tional Education Association at ST.
Louis today.
The program for the meeting was
arranged by Prof. Bert E. Young of
Indiana University and Prof. James
B. Tharp of Ohio State University.
Two Indiana men, Dean H. L..
Smith of the Indiana University
school of education, and Dewitt
Morgan, Technical High School
principal, indianapolis, are men,
bers of new panel of modern for
eign language supervisors who are
to discuss The Place of Foreign
Language Study in an Integrated
Secondary School Program"
Nine other nationally prominent
instructors are members of the
group.
Indiana University alumni at
tending are to be entertained to-
night at the Statler Hotel by the st.
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hazard 20 years ago and remains
so.
The only drinking fountain at
one school is outside the portable
structure and in zero weather 1t
freezes and slow trickle of water
bubbles up from an iced trough
that resembles horSe-tr trough.
Children shiver as they drink
from it.
One high school building houses
four rooms, side by side, and each
room empties into the other from
a three-story height. Two stair
ways, one at each end of the
building and one f1re-eScape are
the sole means of egress. If fire
cut off both stairways and the fire.
escape it would be necessary for
pupils to jump 80 feet to safety.
NNE schoolroom is below
~ ground level with artificial
lighting necessary regardless of
sunlight. The structure was a
barn in its heyday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
CHILD DELINQUENCY
IN STATE INCREASES
ia More Placed on Probation in
1885 Than In Year Before.

An increase of ia in the number
of children placed on probation in
1885, compared to the 1884 record, is
announced by DR.. Francis McCabe,
State Probation Department direc-
tor.
A total of 1923 children were put
IN custody of probation last year,
DR.. McCabe said. Of this number,
118 were boys. The major offense
was petit larceny. Two hundred
forty-two more juvenile cases came
before the courts last year, the year
total being 4209, than in 1884.
Of the number of children on
probation during the year, Ill
failed to become adjusted and were
committed to correctional institu-
tions--81 to the boys school and 30
to the girls school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
DOCTORS GIVE CIRCUMCISION
FOR DANGEROUS COUGHS

Thousands of doctors use Creo-
INFUSION for colds and coughs in
their own families AS we'll as in
their practice knowing how danger
Gus it would be to let them hang on.
Crecmulsion with creosote and six
other important medicinal elements,
quickly and effectively relieves
coughs and colds that otherwise
might lead TO serious trouble.
Creomulsion is powerful in the
treatment of colds and coughs. vet
it is absolutely harmless and is
pleasant and easy to take. Contains
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

Admitting these defects, the
school building committee in re-
cent report said of elementary
schools of the city, "The commit
tee condemns the continued use of
frame buildings because they are
poorly lighted and ventilated, are
insanitary, and are, therefore, I'M
fit for school purposes"
Following a study of the school
city's needs tie school board COM
mittees have given approval to the
expenditure of $1,460,0O0 of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
DOUBTS TRIBES WOULD
FREE PAUL REDFERN
Missionary on Visit Here Worked
Among Brazil Junglemen.

Doubt that Paul Redfern, aviator
thought to be held captive in South
American jungles, would be re-
leased by natives was expressed here
by Ford Hendrickson, missionary
for many years in the vicinity
where Redfern is being sought.
More superstitious than African
tribes, the Brazilian junglemen
would rather worship his body than
set him at liberty, Mr.. Hendrickson
said
Mr.. Hendrickson, now here on a
visit, spent six years among the
savages of the Brazilian jungies. He
is superintendent of the Samaritan
Missionary Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
BISHOP BRANDS LEGAL
GAMBLING COWARDlCE
Hughes Berates Lawful Gaming for
Revenue at Y Big Meeting.

LOCALIZED gambling for the in
crease of state revenues has been
branded as cowardice by Bishop Ed
win Holt Hughes of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He spoke yes
terday at the Y. M. c. A. Big Meet
ing in Keith's Theater.
The orchestra of the First Bap-
list Church played under the direc-
ton of Fred l.. Warner. DR.. James
w. Putnam, president of Butler
University, conducted devotions and
james M. Ogden presided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

Beechwood Creosote in just the
form you need it and, in addition
there are six other medicinal ele-
ments that aid nature to heal in
famed. irritated membranes and
throw off germs.
Your own druggist guarantees
CreomulSion by refunding your
money if you are not relieved after
taking dependable Creomulsion as
directed. Beware of the cough from
common colds that hang on. Always
keep Circumcision in your home
ready for instant use. ADV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
PAGE 5

Louis Alumni Association. Speakers
are TO be President william Lowe
Bryan, DR.. c. J. Sembower. dean of
men, and Jesse H. Newton, Teachers
College of Columbia University. an
alumnus and former president of
the National Education Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

the left represent from S1,000,00O
to S5,000,000 while the figures be-
low show the years the bonds of
all Marion County government
units mature. Key TO the govern
ment units is in the top right cor
ner.
And while the school city is
faced with a heavy debt load it
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

$2,210,O00 which it is proposed to
spend.
Tine $1,46O0OO would be spent as
follows:
Milo H. Stuart Memorial Hall,
Arsenal Technical High School, 81
classrooms, auditorium seating
5000, four gymnasiums, cost,
100000.
Irvington High School, "a rooms,
estimated cost, S450,0O0.
Schools 83, Ga and IS, modern
ization work, $4,000, estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

hidden glands control THIS body build-
ing process-glands which require a
regular ration of NATURAL IODINE
mot the ordinary toxic chemical iodine
but the iodine that is found In tiny
quantities in spinach, lettuce. etc.l
The simplest and quickest way to get
this precious needed substance is Kelp-
amalt, the astonishing new mineral
concentrate from the sea. kelpamalt is
1900 times richer In iodine than oysters,
hitherto considered the best seurce
with Kelpamalrs iodine you quickly
normalize your weight and strength
building glands. promote assimilation,
enrich the blood and build up a source
of enduring strength. Kelpamait, too,
contains twelve other precious. vitality
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

also is faced with the problem of
providing proper Mushroom ia
cilities for grade school children
and better housing for high school
students. Frederick Hill, 6, of
2161 N. RiIey-av Gnset), is shown
washing his hands at School IS
in an old-fashioned wash basin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

Mahomets hill was not the
money debt hill faced by the
school city of Indianapolis today
as shown in the above graph.
Eonds totaling S5,00O,00O mature
in 1889 1910 and must be paid off
through sinking fund savings or
refunding, or a combination of
the two methods. The figures at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
Memorial Services Arranged

indianapolis White Star is to
held memorial services for deceased
members at p. m. Thursday at
Castle Hall, $50 E. Ohio-st. Mrs.
Carrie Jones is to preside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
Lockridge to Speak Wednesday

Ross Lockridge, director of the
Works Progress Administration
writers project, is to speak at the
Federal agency directors luncheon
Wednesday at the Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

II yen are weak, skinny
and rundown--if YOU 90
around always tired. ner-
vous, Irritable. easily up.
set, the chances are your
blood is thin, pale and
Natery and lacks the nour-
ishment needed to build
up your strength, endur-
ance and the solid pounds
Of new flesh you need to
feel right. Science has at
last got right down to the
real trouble with these
conditions and explains q
rev. quick way to correct
them.
Food and medicines
liant help you much. The
average person usually
eats enough of the right
kind Of food to sustain
the body. The real trouble
Is assimilation. the hody's
process OF converting di.
eested food into hrm hesh,
r-@n and energy. Tinv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
Blue Star Kills
The Itch Germ S

To get rid of ITCH rash, letter, foot
itch, ringworm or eczema, cover with
soothing Blue Star Ointment which
contains tested medicines that kill the
itching. Money back on first jar, if it
fails to Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

needed body minerals without which
good digestion is impossible.
Try Kelpamalt for single week.
Your own doctor will approve This way.
Notice how much better You feel. how
well YOU sleep, how your appetite i'm
proves. color comes back into your
cheeks. And If it doesn't add lbs. of
good solid flesh the first week, the trial
is free. Seedol kelpamalt costs but lit
tie. Sold at all Hooks Dependable
drug stores.
~ School
kelpanlaltzM1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

and contributions to sinking
fund to retire those bonds.
Next-The Elementary Schools
Hazards in Health and Life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

ST. Margares Hospital Guild has received Mayor Kerns a-
proval of it's sale of silk hosiery Ten per of made
by the guild through Kinks to used at the Occupa-
tona Therapy and Chidrens wards at City Hospital.
Left to right in the photo Mrs Landers presi-
dent of the guild Mrs Frank F. Prange and Mayor Kern
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

Science Says Regular
Rofien Of NATURAL
IODINE Is Needed
To Build Up Week.
Rundown. Skinny
Folks - Give Them
New Energy. Endur,-
once and Pep!