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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
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Making 1887 A Safe Year.

Waking 1851 "A SAFE Year.
CANTA MONICA, CALF
~ This time last year we were
all dedicating ourselves to
crusading campaign to make
1886 a safer year for motorists.
We were going to cut down the
volume of traffic disasters, going to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Time Element

He = Could you marry a man
who spends all he makes?
She = No, but I could love him
while it lasted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28

named Rufus" saved the lives
of between three and four hum
dred travellers in the Colorado
and Mojave deserts as well as
Death Valley.
Then in 1917 Death Valley "got
him" at last. During one of his
trips he came to a spring which
he had always used and drank
from it. He offered some water
to Rufus, but the dog refused
to drink. The spring had become
infected. After a terrible trip
to his home in Pasadena, where
Mrs. Beck awaited their return,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
0ne of the Man

Artist = One thousand wouldn' t
buy this picture.
Onlooker-Well, I'm one of the
thousand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Smead. an English Name

The name Smead is an English
family name derived from a locality
and means smooth or level place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Actors Trading Careers.

IT ALF-WAY across the continent,
IL actors who have succeeded in
Hollywood and are headed east, hop
ing to break into the legitimate
stage on Broadway, pass actors
who, having succeeded on Broad
way, are heading west, hoping to
break into the movies in Hollywood.
1t is a two-way traffic which. grows
heavier all the time.
Thus we see how human hopes
are uplifted and how curious thing
is human nature, not to mention
human ambition. Also It's good for
railroad travel.
But if the jaybirds suddenly de-
cided to trade their nests for wood
pecker holes and the woodpeckers
fell in heartily with the idea, we
superior creatures could laugh at
feathered friends for being such
idiots.
IRWIN S. COBB.
@-WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
When Trouble Came

The little girl returned home
from school and said to her moth
er: "Oh, we had lovely lesson
all about some people named
Adam and Eve, and they lived
ever so happily in the Garden
of Eden until the servant ar
rived"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Enough!

"Did I tell you about the new
home l just bought"
"Don't mansion it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
HIS MARK

She-I hear you are making
your mark at college.
He-Well, yes. / left the i'm
print of my heel on one chaps
neck in Saturdays football game.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Militarizing the G. C. C..

D REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLS OF
N Oklahoma is trying to accom-
pliSh something which should have
been done long ago. He's preparing
a bill to make military reserve units
of the c. c. c. boys, which would
mean discipline and morale for
thousands of young Americans and,
if needed, would provide the nucleus
of trained citizen-army.
Seems to me there is every reason
why congress should enact the leg
islation, not as a warlike gesture,
but as a peace-time move for ma
tional defense and national protec-
ton. But watch the professional
pacifsts fight it-professional paci-
fists being well-meaning folks who
believe in Santa Claus, turning the
other cheek, and the beautiful, if
slightly impractical theory, that a
white rabbit will be perfectly safe
among pack of greedy coyotes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Americans in England

p ENEWED excitement has been
Il aroused in the British isles by
the discovery that yet another men,
Der of the royal family-this time it S
the young duke of Kent-not only
shows regrettable tendency to
enjoy himself as any normal nat
ural, healthy youngster might, but,
what is even more distressing, has
lately been seen in the company of
an American woman.
Oh, these pestiferous Yankee
women! In spite of all that can be
done, it's almost certain some of
them will witness the coronation,
and several thousands of them will
break their girlish necks trying to
do so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
The Value of experts"

vising director, bound for Africa
to shoot a big game picture, that
practically everything about his kit
was wrong except possibly his rear
collar button.
1t reminded me of the pampered
millionaire's son who was heading
for the arctic circle. He called in
a veteran of polar expeditions and
told about his outfit. All went well
until he started describing his parka.
"It's fine," he said, "made of seal
skin and the hood all fringed with
wolverine and"
"One moment" said the profess
sional, 'tis the hairy surface of the
pelt worn next to your body?"
"No," said the youth. "The fur is
outside, of course"
"All wrong" pronounced the crit
ic. Thermal demonstration h a S
proved that to conserve the bodily
heat the hide should be turned so
the fur is used as lining and the
smooth or naked side is exposed,
thus cutting the wind"
The youngster burst out laughing.
'Have I said something to excite
your mirth?" demanded the special
list.
'Oh, not at ALL" said the amateur,
'I was just thinking what darned
fool a buffalo is"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28

again, to do something about this
hfdeous destroyer which kills by the
thousands and mains by the hun
dreds of thousands and makes our
fatalities and casualties in the world
war seem, by comparison, puny.
And what will come of the re-
newed agitation? The National
Safety Council will wage a gallant,
hopeless fight, various local organi-
cations and civic bodies will do what
they can, newspapers will rail and
statesmen will deplore-and the
CHASTITY record of slaughter will keep
right on mounting.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
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ARMED FORCES
INCREASEDBY
ARGENTINA
By ROBERT G. NIXON
international News Service

Argentina, in whose capital
President Roosevelt and the heads
of the 20 other American repub-
lies foregathered last December
to talk of peace, is fast building
up a modern, formidable war ma
chine.
The government is spending
huge sums in the United States
and abroad in rearming and eX-
panding its military and naval
forces, International News Service
learned.
Already possessing a strong
army and Navy, the Argentine
government is placing particular
emphasis on rapid increase of its
air force, both army and navy.
In recent months. the Argentine
has expended $4.115,484 in the
United States on war implements,
according to official records of
the State Department. An analysis
reveals the greater part of this
sum has been used for the pur-
chase of military airplanes and
machine guns and bomb racks
with which to equip them. The
purchase for February totaled
$772, ,056 and last May the months
outlay for fighting machines in
the U. S. alone was $889,312.
These purchases have been
paralleled by other huge sums ex-
pended abroad, principally in Ger
many. authoritative quarters dis
closed.
The revelations evoked eX-
presSions of surprise in official
Government circles.
The Argentine has laid aside
42 million pesos approximately
81 million dollars) for expansion
Of its army and navy air forces.
twenty-five million pesos was al
lotted the army.
The country was the largest
single purchaser of airplanes in
the United States last month.
A comparison of naval data
showed the Argentine has navy
four times stronger than any
other South American country,
the strongest fleet in the West
ern Hemisphere second only to
the United States. The United
States battle fleet. however, far
overshadows that of the Argen-
tine, or, for that matter, the COM
bined South American naval
strength.
Its small active army Of 30,713
men is bolstered by a trained re-
serve Of 448,383. Military ex-
perts pointed out this is a formid-
able military array
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
C'Connell Suspect
Starts Trip TO n. Y

PANAMA CITY, March IL
U.N.SO.-ThomaS Patrick Burke,
who was arrested Thursday aboard
the s. S. President Taft, was en-
route to New York today aboard
the japanese steamer KariShima
Maru, accompanied by detectives.
Burke, according to authorities, has
been identified by police as a sus-
pect in the kidnapping of John j.
O'Connell, of Albany, N. Y, in
1888.
Evening star., 1937-05-05

regain Ills COM
posure, for Mrs. Martins words scared
across his brain like firebrands. Sud-
denly he stopped. There before him
was the bridge-"suicide bridge" they
called it. An ironical smile twisted
his mouth. Slowly he walked on to-
ward the bridge.
1t seemed strange. A moment ago
Dave could not remember feeling tired
at all, and now he could hardly drag
his feet along. He was on the bridge
now. He sat down on the curb.
A milk truck with bottles family
Jlnglng slid by him and on across
the bridge. Dawes hand fumbled IN
his pocket for a package Of cigarettes.
Slowly he drew one out OF the package
ana put 1t in his mouth, then fished
In his pocket until he found a match,
Carefully he struck the match and
llghted the cigarette. 1t was then
he noticed man sinking along In
the shadows on the opposite side Of
the bridge. Dawes eyes followed him
absently. He wasn't thinking Of the
man at whom he was looking, but of
the old lady with the white, bedrag-
gled hair.
Quickly, and with amazing ease, the
man lifted himself to the top of the
concrete railing. With his arms
stretched upward, he stood on the
wall.
WITH start Dave sprang up.
Swiftly he ran across the bridge
and, leaping up, threw his arms
around the mans hips and dragged
him of the wall. Roughly pushing
him under a light, Dave peered into
the mans face. He had a strange
sensation of having seen the face be-
fore.
Why were you going to do that?"
Dave asked hoarsely.
Ihe man looked at him blankly, then
suddenly burst into convulsive sohs.
In a few minutes he grew quieter.
Why didn't you let me do it? Why
did you stop me? I don't want to
hve-1've made such a miserable mess
OF my life. never realized until to-
night how low I'd sunk" said the man
in broken, pathetic voice. He un-
clasped his hand and looked longinely
at locket on long gold chain.
Dave snatched it away from him.
What is this?" he cried. Where did
| you get it?"
The man hung his head. From a.
house I was in tonight" he faltered.
1T was my mothers" His voice
| choked.
Dave looked at it closely. In the
dim light the diamonds twinkled
M. M-Mary Martin.
The lockett fell from his hand and
Dave walked on across the bridge into
the darkness. He didn't mind being
blamed now. He was glad the old
lady would never know the truth,
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-05

was calmer now.
Il know, but I didn't take them
I've told you'll was asleep in my
room when l was awakened by some
one running down the hall. Then
heard my door open and a man ran
through the room and out the French
doors leading to the patio. AS he ran
across the room he threw a white
bundle In the corner. l saw him run
through the yard, Jump over the back
wall and disappear in the shadows.
Il ran and picked up the bundle
and opened it. I discovered it was
your diamonds tied in a white linen
napkin. My first thought was to call
the police and as I turned to do so
I saw you standing in my door and I
heard you say, You'd better go quickly,
Dave. I've called the police"
why didn't you go?" The old lady
searched him with steelly, blue eyes
"I-just couldn't" faltered the
young man. To have done that would
have been to admit my guilt"
Then you won't admit it?"
mo" The boys voice was firm
now. why, Mrs. Martin, I've
been with you for two years now. I
could have robbed you long before this
II 1 had wanted to. I've had plenty
CT opportunity. I know my story
seems pretty thin, but it's true Please
try to believe it! You've done so much
for me and I'm so grateful Please
don't think of me as-a thief" His
voice died in a whisper.
Old Mrs. Martin leaned back in her
chair and gazed at him through misty
eyes.
You know, Dave. I've loved you as
IT you had been my own son. I had
q son once-he-he got into a boyish
scrape-his father turned him out of
the house and never relented to his
dying day. The first Christmas my
10y was away from home he sent me
the locket you have seen me wear so
often. That was the only time 1 ever
heard from him" Sc paused an in
slant, then
Finally, I decided to give some
other young man the education I
would have given my son. In my
search found you. I took you from
the tenements, ditry boy, well on
the road to ruin. I brought you into
my own home, taught you the
decencies OF life, sent you to school
and thought I was developing a
character that would be credit to
me and to the world I see I was
wrong Her voice dropped.
She rose and walked slowly to the
fireplace, then suddenly she turned
and cried. Dave Murray, get out of
my house! Go back to the slums you
came from! I won't have you ar
rested, but never want to see YOU
again!" -
LIS face turned crimson, almost
as red as the blood that oozed
Evening star., 1937-05-05

this purpose is considerably less eff
cient than gasoline. One thing we do
know without exhaustive research is
that gasoline and alcohol do not mix
/. e., when the gasoline is in the tank
and the alcohol in the driver. It Is a
bad combination. Driving an automo-
bile Is business which demands the
full possession of all of the operators
faculties.
Evening star., 1937-05-05

from beneath the
white teeth pressed
on his lower lip.
His dark eyes gilt
tered and his
finger nails dug
deep into hi s
palms. then stead
lily he ak e d
across the room
and out OF the
door.
The night air was
cool against Dawes
face and he was
grateful. Somehow
it brought relief
to the scorching
cheeks and the
violently pulsing
temples. He was
walking rapidly. He
did not know where
he was going and
did not care. He
was just walking
walking, trying to
~A-Nt~ IL:
Evening star., 1937-05-05

boundary dispute, the foreign Office
said yesterday, because It would
amount to cession Of enormous terri
tories" to Ecuador. Peruvian and
Ecuadorean negotiators began meet
ings In Washington last September in
Evening star., 1937-05-05

Haven was United States diplomatic
representative to the smallest repub-
lie In the world, San Marino. Haven
Will be buried in the Florence Protest.
ant Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-05-05
Bad Mixture.

Several proposals have been made to
substitute alcohol for gasoline as a
motor fuel. Tests which have been
made seem to indicate that alcohol for
Evening star., 1937-05-05
THE old lady

/ ne oiu 4"us
armchair trembling
with emotion she
was trying hard to
repress. Her white,
old face looked
haggard and the
silver hair, usu-
ally so perfectly
gIoomed, struggled
unheeded a b ou t
her face.
"Why-wh did
you do 1t, Dave?"
1t was hard for her
to say.
Il didn't do it,
Mrs. Martin! l
didn't" The young
man caught his
breath sharply and
his head dropped
in despair.
"Yet, I caught
you myself, my
diamonds in your
hands" Her voice
Evening star., 1937-05-05
PROPOSAL REJECTED

LIMA, Peru, May 8 F.-Peru has
rejected an Ecuadorean proposal for
settlement of their 1OO-year old
Evening star., 1937-05-05
U. S. CONSUL HAVEN DIES

FLORENCE, Italy. May (P.-
Joseph E. Haven, United States con-
sui here for 10 years, died yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-05-05

He was 81 years old and q native OF
Chicago.
He had been suffering q stomach
disorder for several weeks and died
despite an operation.
In addition TO his consular duties
Evening star., 1937-05-05

an effort 10 agree on fixing the
boundary.
London Is increasing it, auto park
ing accommodations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-13

Martha hesitated. This Ciznik who's apparently the ring-leader, what does he do?"
 "Johnny Cisnik7 The Lord only knows what it is now. That's what I'd like to find out. You're liable to find Johnny Ciznik doing any, thing - so long as it's not on the up and up."
 "And-and Neal is in with him, tooP"
 A curious expression came over Marshall'S face. Well" he said, "what do you think?"
 Martha,s spirit would have started her toward Seattle at once. But sheer physical weariness dictated that she should sleep-sleep despite her fears for Betty, her terrible feel ing of the hopelessness of her task. She had told Marshall that she in- tended to find Speddon. But how how in a city of 350,0O0 souls would she find a man who wanted above everything else not to be found? Yet, gloriously, Martha intended to try. She would have been hap pier in her sleep that night if she had known that, from the moment she had driven out of San Diego, it was planned that she would meet Speddon in Seattle - that, so cer- tainly had she enmeshed herself in circumstances beyond her control, she could never avoid it.
 She was up early, before any of the other occupants of the Rose City Trailer Haven were stirring. At first she had expected to hear from Sloss, but remembered that his messages would be at some of the smaller towns south of her - where she had failed to stop. She knew that in Seattle she would be likely to hear from him again, and this time, no doubt there would be no check for salary or expenses. Certainly she had to admit that, exiept for her brief time in San Francisco and Oakland, her work for the Airspeed Trailer Company had turned out tu be colossal failure. That was un- important now. It meant nothing against the safety of Betty Haynes. Martha told herself that gladly she would make it up to Arnold Sloss as best she could - but only after she had found Betty if, indeed, she could ever find Betty at all.
 From Portland to Seattle is rela- lively easy jaunt by automobile, but to Martha 1t seemed a tremendous distance. Although she drove as swiftly as she dared with safety, the miles dragged by endlessly. To her it was years before she reached the teeming lumber town of Longview, l creeped through the traffic of Kelso. Even when she had passed the state capital of Olympia skirted the thriv- ing factories of Tacoma's tide-flats, and knew that Seattle was only an hour away, it seemed to her that she would never reach the place. But the wide, four-car highway was helpful, and at last Martha and her outfit were rolling up Second ave- nue, heading for the Denny regrade district where Sloss had indicated she would find the Yukon Parking Block.
 And there, as she had anticipated, the attendant handed her an air. mail letter from San Diego. It was from Sloss and there was no check attached. The letter itself
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-13

was brief: "rhis is to notify you that, due to your total disregard ot my instructions, the services of yourself and Miss Haynes will no longer be required. A representa- tive, identified by letter from me- will call on you at the Yukon Park ing Block and you will immediately turn oyer the equipment to him"
 Martha received the news almost with relief. Indeed, she looked for ward to the visit of SloSs' repre- sentative - and she had not long to wait. She had no sooner finished hurried lunch in the trailer's gai- ley than, looking from the window she saw a htin, mustached mdlVlo- ual walking toward the outfit.
 She opened the trailer door ex- pectantly - and suddenly recog- nized that the man was Jack Sped don! The mustache and cap failed to conceal the scrawny features she remembered too well. Desperately Martha leaped to the ground, clutched Speddon's arm, and opened her mouth to scream for assistance.
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-13

A FEW bars from his greatest \ opera. "Il Guarany," appear on one of the stamps issued by Brazil in 1886 to commemorate the tooth anniversary of the birth of Carlos Comes. It is the first time such stamp has appeared.
 Comes was the son of music teacher and orchestra conductor. His earliest training, therefore. was in music, By the time he was 25, he saw the performance of his first opera, This attracted the attention of Emperor John VI of Portugal and Brazil, who sent him to Europe for further study. There he wrote more operas, songs, and other musical selec- tions Among these, in 1870, came "Il Guarany," dedicated to the Guarany tribe of Brazil.
 In 1892 Comes became director of the conservatory of music at Para, Brazil. In the same year he produced his famous cantata to Christopher Columbus, first to be played in the United States. He died four years later. at the age of 60.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-13
m STORY SO FAR

When BETTY HAYNES drove oR from tho Long Beach auto oaEup with JACK SREDDON and failed to return, MARTHA BRIT TAIN first turned to police. But they were little help. So when nnysteriOus, handsome GERRY NEAL reappeased on the scene Martha leaned on him for help. And she fell in love with him.
 Neal helped Martha search for Betty and Shis friend" SpeddOn in San Francisco and farther north but without results. And finally Martha decided that she must not let her love interfere with her better judgment, so she had Neal arrested, charging him with being involved in the dis appearance of Betty.
 Then she sped north, only to find that Speddon had left the state but that no woman was with him. Arriving in Portland, Mar th4 received a strange note from Betty, referring to a "Ciznik in Seattle" At police headquarters, Martha tells her story again and officers say they believe Speddon iS carrying her along flor safety.
 Then they add, 'Tf Betty wrote thls note from Eureka and didn't come across the border with SpeddOa, she's probably been mur- dered."
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY