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zard which blasted snow into the
covered wagon. The trip west had been
made by Mrs. Townsend'S family and
by her uncle and aunt and two nieces.
Her uncle tore up the wagon box to
make the coffin for his wife and their
smaller girl and wrapped the bodies
in q white blanket which the wife had
made: 1t was a burial Mrs. Townsend
hasn't forgotten.
The Foster family remained at Alder
gu!ch a year and then went into the
Jefferson valley, where the ten children,
most of them younger than Mrs. Town.
send, grew up. Their schooling was
given them by their mother. Textbooks
were the Bible and McGuffey's speller.
Hettie Foster and Taylor D. Town.
send were married in September, 1878,
by the Rev. Hugh Duncan, father of
Montana MethOdism. The service took
place at the home of the late Harrison
Jordan at Fish creek.
Recollections of the early days in
clude the solemn assertion of Mrs.
Townsend, that when I left Iowa, I
was a woman. People don't know any
thing about those days and they don't
think about them now, when they
drive around in their palatial cars"
Alder gulch and the gold rush, how
ever, failed to leave raw marks on the
little girls mind, for the nuggets which
she picked out of the Sluice boxes were
pretty rocks" she said. These she
gathered in her apron, ignorant of
their value. Her complete formal
schooling" Mrs. Townsend estimates
at 10 months.
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the hack in that direction and told the
hack driver to "step on it" Or words
to that effect. The specific directions
in those days were "give EN- the
leather" for it was before gasoline and
the evil smell of automobile exhausts
were general.
The band was left playing in front
of the Lambs club. But the strategy
didn't work. The crowd deserted the
band and followed Senator Clark's
hack. When the senator and his friends
arrived at the Montana club, before
they could alight and get inside the
mob was up with them, swept aside the
club attendants and sWarmed into the
in the Montana club that night who
had never been there before and who
have neve been there since; who had
never in their widest dreams antici-
pated resting weary bones upon the
soft cushions of the richly furnished
lounge or feel their feet sink into carpet
that felt as though it had springs be-
meath it. But that was the one place
in Helena where arrangements had not
been made to serve an unlimited num-
Der of guests and the thirsty and ex-
cited mob finally began to disintegrate
and wander back towards the moister
spots and the music of the band.
Members of the Montana clubs
house looked about them at the wreck
age-and swore.
Three Days to Recover
Helena didn't recover from that cele-
bration for three days. The morning
after was a bad one. While the liquor
had been and still was plentiful, there
had been no provision made for serving
free Bromo Seltzer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-09
MONTANA TROUT ON WAY
TO SAN FRANCISCO PARK

Montana native trout and grayling
specimens have been placed in the
Francisco. The fish were taken from
Georgetown lake near Anaconda re-
Gently by M. j. Rainey, q member of
the aquarium staff. While here Rainey
took several pictures Of the trout and
grayltng IN their native surroundings.
He said that Montana specimens were
already on display at the aquarium,
but that more were wanted.
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nize her as strong and unified
country under the leadership of a
man who has the courage and the
wisdom to lift it out of a grave
emergency.
"My chief aim during the four
years I have spent in the United
States has been to give your people
a better understanding of mine,
their homes, and their ambitions.
But recently have been made mel
ancholy by suggestions I have read
and heard of political disunion in
my father1and.
Nothing can be farther from the
truth. Germany today is nation
actuated by single purpose, which
is to recover from the letters
placed upon her by the treaty of
Versailles. Germany wants to live
in friendliness and amity with other
nations of the world. But such a
peace must be constructive peace if
we are to achieve the friendly CO.
operation among nations which you
seem so much to desire here"
Over in Germany the anti-Jewish
crusade seemed to be growing more
intense. The latest instance reported
is the dismissal of Leo Blech, a
Jew, who has been conductor of the
Berlin State Opera house since 1906
when he was appointed by Kaiser
Wilhelm II. Hermann Goering,
Prussion premier and reich minister
of aviation, has been a strong sup
porter of this accomplished artist,
but pressure from the anti-Semites
grew too powerful and Blech was
ouSted.
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thing to do with this.
One witness heard in support of
the bill was Smith Wildman Brook
hart, radical former senator from
Iowa. He said the Presidents pro-
posal was an issue in the campaign
because the opposition declared
what he would do to the Supreme
court.
ut was specifically made an is
sue in the campaign" said Mr..
Brookhart. "The President himself
did not so urge it because he prob
ably had not fully made up his
mind, but former Senator James A.
Reed, the ablest, most brilliant and
most forceful opponent the Presi-
dent had in the whole campaign,
did present in detail the Presidents
plan upon accurate information. He
dared the President to deny his
statement.
There was no denial because
Senator Reed was telling the truth
and the President was content to
submit the issue upon the violent
arguments against it alone"
Judge William Denman of the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at San Francisco, an ap-
pointee of President Roosevelt, ar
gued against Chief Justice Hughes
contention that a Supreme court
working in two or more separate
panels would be unconstitutional.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
international Patrol of
SPANS Coasts Begins

D ATROL of the coasts and bor-
ders of Spain by the navies and
land observers of Great Britain,
France, Italy and Germany, as ar
ranged some time ago by the in
ternational non Intervention COM
mittee, is now in effect.
Under the command of British
Vice Admiral Godfrey Blake,
aboard the battle cruiser Hood, the
British fleet patrols the northern
coast on the bay of Biscay. Ger
many patrols the southwestern
coast while France guards Spanish
Morocco and the Balearic islands
and Italy the eastern Mediterrane-
an coast.
Merchant vessels of the commit
tees q members entering Spanish
territorial waters must first call at
specified ports and take aboard nom
Intervention committee supervisors
who will have the right to examine
the cargo, inspect ships papers and
question passengers. After their
vessel leaves Spanish waters the
supervisors will be disembarked at
some convenient port.
The patrolling warships also have
been empowered to halt and exam
inc the papers of any ship coming
from a country not participant in
the scheme, such as the United
States.
Neither land nor sea observers
have the authority to turn back vol
unteers or shipments of ammuni-
tons. Their functions are limited
to observation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Americans Want to Fill
Soviet Warship Order

COVIET RUSSIA, which recently
- was said to have asked Ameri-
can help in building a navy that
would check Japanese ambitions,
wants to buy a knocked down"
battleship in the United States, and
two manufacturers are trying to adj
just the specifications so that they
can fill the order with the con-
sent of the State department. The
munitions control office in Washing
ton at first ruled that a license
should be issued unless military Sc
crets were involved, but the State
department objected because the
proposals called for 16-inch guns to
be manufactured in this country,
and because the Soviet government
specified that the guns and armor
plate be inspected by the United
States navy.
Officials of the two American
companies, it was reported, be-
lieved it might be possible to meet
State department objections by
changes in the specifications.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Army's Huge Bombing Plane
Is Given Test Flights

TEST flights by the army air
L corps new big bombing plane
were being made at Seattle, Wash,
where it was built by the Boeing
Aircraft company. This machine
is the largest military airplane in
the world, with an all metal fuse
lage 100 feet long, a Widespread of
los feet, and a cruising range of
5000 miles. 1t weighs about 10000
pounds unloaded and $4,000 pounds
when carrying full complement of
fuel and armament. It has four
twin row engines of a new type
which will deliver l 400 horse power
each for takeoff. The speed is about
$50 miles an hour. There are five
streamlined blisters on the new ma
chine which are emplacements for
small, quick firing cannon, instead
of machine guns. These cannon will
outshoot any guns mounted on any
other military airplane in the world
and make the great machine virtu-
ally impregnable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29


of new safeguards for industry to
balance the gains achieved by la
Dor under the Wagner act. Among
those Madame Perkins invited were
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor;
John L. Lewis, chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton; Myron c. Taylor, board chair
man of United States Steel corpora
ton; Gerard Swope, board chair
man of General Electric corpora
ton; Harper Sibley, president of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, and government officials.
Certain of the Presidents advis-
ers have told him a law requiring
the incorporation of labor unions
should be passed; or that at least
there should be law similar to the
British trades union act which pro-
vides that all union funds must be
accounted for to the government
and that unions cannot participate
in sympathy or general strikes.
Organized labor always has OPP
posed any such legislation and prob
ably would continue to fight against
it.
John L. Lewis thinks one result
of the Wagner act decisions may
be the abandonment of the sit-down
strike, though this, he says, depends
on the attitude taken by employers
in the operation of the act. under
the courts decision" says Lewis,
workers now have machinery for
adjudication of disputes and the
making of contracts with employ
ers. Everything depends on the at
titude of employers, who showed no
disposition to be generous although
the right of labor to gather together
for its protection had been conceded
for a lifetime"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Baseball Season Opened;
President TosseS Ball

p 9TH International and American
- baseball leagues opened their
seasons, and the small boy and the
tired business man are happy. Pres
ident Roosevelt, conforming to Gus
tom, "did his stuff" by tossing a
new ball into the field at the ma
tional capital where the Washington
and Philadelphia teams started the
American league games. Vice Pres
ident Garner hoisted the flag in CEN
ter field, and a great crowd of con-
gressmen and government and So
cial leaders was present.
The National league season was
opened in Boston by the Boston
Bees and the Philadelphia team.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Auto Strikers Lose
$65,00O,OOO in Pay

IN THE last five months strikes in
= the automotive industry have
cost the workers between SIS ,000,-
600 and S70,000,0 900 in wages. And
still, at the behest of John L. Lewis
and his c. 1. O., they are planning
further strikes. What they gain,
beyond recognition of their union
which probably could be obtained
by negotiation wherever it is de-
served, is problematical. The fig
ures are from Wards Reports, Inc,
which says of losses to companies
affected that the net volume of bust
ness delayed" by the strikes would
approximate 100000, 900, but what
proportion of this actually is lost
cannot be calculated.
Let me tell Lewis here and now
that he and his gang will never get
their greedy paws on Ontario as
long as I'm prime minister" said
Premier Hepburn.
He thereupon let it be known that
he was prepared to push through
legislation that would exclude the
c. I. o.. from Ontario if this be-
comes necessary to save the pulp
wood and mining industries from
c. I. o. control.
General Motors of Canada offered
the strikers at Oshawa various con-
cessions but not recognition of the
union. Hugh Thompson, U. A. w.
A. organizer, advised that the offer
be accepted, but the strikers re-
jected it as insufficient.
The executive board of the union
at a meeting in Washington decid-
ed to postpone until November the
drive to unionize the Ford company
plants.
Hepburn forced two of his min
listers to resign, charging they were
not supporting the government in
its fight against the inroads of the
Lewis organization and communism
in general" They are David A.
Croll, who held the labor, municipal
affairs and public welfare portfo-
lios. and Attorney General Arthur
w. Roebuck. Axel Hall, young ma
yor of Oshawa, who has been friend
ly to the strikers and critical of
Hepburn's action, sent an ultima
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
South Is Angered by
Anti-Lynching Act

COUTHERN congressman found
- they were no longer in the sad
die when the house by a vote of
276 to 119 passed the anti-lynching
bill. The debate was furious and
the representatives from the South
were deeply resentful.
The bill was sponsored by Repre-
sentative Joseph Gavagan of New
York whose district includes the big
negro city of Harlem. 1t provides
that any state officer who surren-
ders a prisoner to a mob shall be
guilty of a felony and subject to
prosecution and severe penalties. In
addition, the county in which a
lynching occurs shall be liable for
$2,0Cs to $4,000 damages, to be paid
to the family of the lynched person.
Proponents of the measure were
greatly aided by a mob in Missis-
sippi that took two negroes from a
sheriff and tortured and burned
them to death. The local authori-
ties were supine and called the
shocking affair "closed incident"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Mrs. Hartman Nominated
Minister to Norway

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent
to the senate the nomination of
Mrs. Florence Jaffray Hartman of
Washington as minister to Norway.
She is the widow of ]. Borden Har-
riman, New York banker, and has
been active in politics for num-
Der of years. Anthony j. Drexel
Biddle, Jr., who now holds the Nor
way post, was nominated to be am
baSSador to Poland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

ings in Shantung. Hereafter any
person having a grievance against
any private individual or against
any government official need mere
ly 60 to headquarters, ring the bell,
and thus summon the district au-
thorities, who must then and there
at once give public hearing to
the case.
In the old days, grievance airing
drums" were always kept at all
headquarters, but it is believed that
loud bells will better serve the pur-
pose than old-style drums.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Priest Walks on White-Hot Rocks

Priest Walks on White-HOt Rocks
On Raiatea island, in the South
seas, lives young native priest
who can not only walk barefooted
over white-hot rocks. but can make
unbelieving visitors do it without
being burned. Thirty-five men and
women recently walked barefooted
with him across the glowing vol
canic rocks, but one who attempted
the feat when the priest was absent
received severe burns. All inves-
LEGATIONS into these mystic pow
ers have, so far, proved fruitless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
@ Western Newspaper Union

tum" to President Martin of the
Automobile Workers of America de-
manding that members of the union
in the United States strike in sup
port of the Oshawa local. The lat
ter body adopted a resolution de-
handing that Premier Hepburn
withdraw from the negotiations to
make way for intervention by the
dominion authorities.
In Montreal 5,508 women garment
workers, members of the c. I. o. in
ternational union, employed in 70
plants, started a strike for higher
wages; and in Fernie, B. c., 1000
c. 1. o. miners threatened to strike
for union recognition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

prised his guests,
S e v e r al hundred
congressman a n d
correspondents, by
assailing Americans
who criticize the
Nazi regime in Ger
many.
"You must accept
Germany as she is, F"
he said. "You may
not like some of the
things about her,
but YOU must recog-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
HOwlerS

Chaos is a name for the world
as a whole.
Hosiery is what carries the wa
ter to put out fires.
Allegation is the name for alli-
gators as a whole.
An autograph is the plan of a
motor car.
A handicap is one that is easy
on the head.-Montreal Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
You Nav Guess

A woman advertises for a hus-
band who must not wear a collar
larger than size Is. Since the
woman is a widow, either her late
husband must have left a lot of
shirts or else his widow is assur-
ing herself she is going to be boss
this time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

vent strikes and to
determine w h a t
course shall be fol-
lowed when collec-
tive bargaining is
unsuccessful. F o r
this purpose Secre-
tary of Labor Per-
kins invited 33 lead
ers of industry and
labor to attend pri-
vate meetings in
Washington, stating
they would be asked
RI Iicc,,cc tho pood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

voted to testimony
by supporters of the
measure. Then the
S e n a t e judiciary
committee will 60
into executive seS-
sion and debate the
bill at length. The
hearings were sus-
pended Monday aft
ernoon, April 10, but
the senators scorn-
fully denied that the
opening of the base
Ill IL
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Fashion Note

You cannot do better than Sc
lect a bright color, such as green,
and stick to it.-Answer to Core
spondent.
Any newly-painted park seat
will offer you an excellent oppor-
tunity to do this.-Humorist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
China Revives System Of
Grievance Airing Bells"

A modified revival of an ancient
system of administering justice has
been decreed by this province by
Gen. Han Fu-chu, independent ruler
of Standings 32,000,000 people,
writes a Tsinan (Shantung, China)
correspondent in the Los Angeles
Times.
Grievance airing bells" are to
be installed at justice courts and
administrative headquarters build
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Our Coronation ENJOYS
to Wear Knee Brooches

"HEN George vi is crowned
w king of Great Britain on May
IL, Robert Worth Bingham, our am
bassador to London, and James w.
Gerard, President Roosevelt's spe-
cial ambassador to the coronation,
will appear in Westminster abbey
CARRIED in silk knee breeches and
ordinary evening tailed dress coats.
The State department in Washing
ton consented to modification of
the ruling which bars American Dip
lomats from wearing gala clothes
at state functions. The costume de-
cided upon is not full court dress
but the duke of Norfolk, who is earl
marshal, will let it 60 as such.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Luther Assails Critics
of German NaZis

n R. HANS LUTHER, German
II ambassador to the United
States who is about to retire, gave
his annual book beer p~rty, and sur
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Court Bill Hearings
Continued to April 20

II Earrings on the Presidents
IL Supreme court enlargement
bill will be continued until April %,
and the last two days will be de-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

Government Must Formulate
New Labor Policy
" ALIDATION of the Wagner act
brought the administration up
against the necessity of formulating
a new national labor policy to pre-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

HERE was a lull in
L the mid-morning ac-
Invites of the Chic Twins
Tin aprons this time) and
their week end guests
when the candid camera
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

Wanting the Moon
He who is too powerful, is still
aiming at that degree of power
which is unattainable.-Sen
Evening star., 1937-07-19

to grandfather some time. Snort
isn't . refined word and I know it.,
but 1t is the only one which will de-
scribe his answer. He really adores
me, but he takes oblique ways of
showing 1t, as you might say. Dad
Is different, although he doesn't talk
much. Always they spoiled me, 1
suppose-they were better at training
horses than one small girl. So, how
ever they felt in their hearts, they
would have let me have my way. I
thought there might be some oppo-
sltion when said I wanted to come
over here to finish my schooling, but
there wasn't. You see, dad has always
said he was going to leave off breed
ing horses and racing them, and al
though grandfather shifts at such
talk, he used to say the same things,
so I'm told, when he was younger"
I've noticed" he said. that every
one thinks some other life would be
better than his own. The far-off hills
are green, you know"
Yes, but most people take it out
IN talking. did something about it,"
Blessings on you for that" he
said
They sat in silence for time. He
was thinking she was the most beau
tlful girl in the world, as any en-
gagged man should. But she was
thinking of what her life would have
been, had she stayed at home. As far
as miles went, she and Hartley Madi-
son had lived comparatively near each
other all their lives-and they had