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The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Trans-Siberian R. R.

The TranS-Siberian railroad
covers distance of $3.50 miles
across both European and Asiatic
Russia. The work of building it
was begun at Moscow and was
rapidly extended. Orenburg was
reached in 1877. In 1880 the bridge
over the Volga was built and the
section connecting the Volga and
Obi river basins was begun. In
May, 1891, the first work on the
real Trans-Siberian railroad was
begun. AS a single-track line it
was completed in 1902. The cost
was SITE, 100000.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Achievement of Peace

VOU may either win your
peace or buy it; win it, by
resistance to evil; buy it, by
compromise with evil. You
may buy your peace with ST.
fenced consciences; you may
buy it with broken vows-buy
it with lying words-buy it with
base connivances-buy it with
the blood of the slain, and the
cry of the captives over hemi-
spheres of the earth, while you
sit smiling at your serene
hearths, muttering continually
to yourselves, Peace, peace" /"
when there is no peace; but
only captivity and death for
you.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Splenic Extract Knits Bones

Broken bones heal faster when
the patient is fed with splenic ex-
tract, DR.. Thomas Foster Wheeldon,
of Richmnd, Va, reported in a re-
cent issue of Modern Medicine, a
medical magazine. Administration
of splenic extract speeds the firm
union of the bones and also inn
proves bone condition, the physician
said. Since bones are composed
largely of calcium, it is probable
the splenic extract stimulates the
deposit of calcium in the bone.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

young turkeys nave
been known to jump down an arte-
sian well 80 feet deep in order to
get their feet wet. But the adult
turkey is wise and willy, a noble
spectacle in the woods and popular
in cooked state, owing to his mag
nificent bust development and his
capacity for holding stufing or in
sertion, and his superiority when
worked over into turkey hash.
But if we are going to make a
change in emblems, why not choose
the worm-the humble, dumb, un-
resisting worm-as typical of most
of the present populace? 1t could
be one-sided worm, too, which
would save costs in modelling, be-
cause so many of us are the kinds
of worms that never turn.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Invisible Beam Aids In
Checking Shells Speed

Artillery shells are fired through
invisible curtains of light to deter
mine their speed by method devel-
oped at the National Research lab
oratories in Canada, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The equip
ment is portable, lending itself to
use in the field. Light beams, mir
rors, photo-electric cells and sensi-
tive recording apparatus make the
speed tests. In effect the shell
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Nazis Dump Schach+

NAZI Germany has put overheard
~ the financial pilot who has
served her for years. DR.. Hjalmar
Schacht has resigned and gone to
Italy ''on a vacation" and admit
tedly has no longer any influence in
the government. His offices as f.
nance minister have been taken
over by Hermann Wilhelm Goering,
administrator of the Nazi four-year
economic plan, and Schacht will not
even function as minister of eco
nomics, since he disagreed with
Goering on policies.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Fount Of Happiness

The only fountain in the wilder
ness of life, where man drinks of
water totally unmixed with bitter
ness, is that which gushes for him
in the calm and shady recess of
domestic life.-William Penn.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Bigeers to Manage Census

I INCLE SAM is going to make a
- count of his unemployed
nephews in the hope that this will
help solve the unemployment and
relief problem. Just how the census
is to be managed is not yet deter
mined, but John D. Biggers of To-
ledo, president of the Libby-Owens-
Ford Glass company, has been
named administrator of the under
taking and is formulating his plans.
At the suggestion of the President,
Mr.. Biggers has established his
headquarters in the Department of
Commerce, and he hopes to COM
plete the tabulation of the unem-
ployed before December /.
Mr.. Biggers said he proposed to
do the job without salary.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

the emblem OF va
r j o u S European
monarchies, where
as the turkey was
not only our largest
and gamest wild
bird, but a native of
America.
To be sure, young
turkeys aren't so
smart. They love to
get their feet wet so
they may die from
it. In dry sections,
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

ments in the Medi-
terranean situation
that is so threaten
ing to European
peace. He told of It
aly's reiteration of
its demand for par
ity in the anti
piracy" patrol, and
it was believed both
he and Prime Min
lister Chamberlain
were hopeful that a
rupture could be
.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
johnson Quits Marking

y AIMING bombs on Nanking for
N several hours, Japanese airmen
were fought desperately by Chinese
aviators. Many civilians were
killed, and the Japanese officials
said this raid was just a rehearsal.
Therefore they warned all foreign
ers to quit Marking at once. Ameri-
can Ambassador Nelson Johnson at
first refused to abandon his post, but
later, on orders from Washington, he
transferred his embassy staff to the
American patrol boat Luzon, which
was to move further up the Yangtze
river.
The Sixth regiment of American
Marines, commanded by Brig. Gen.
j. c. Beaumont and comprising l ,435
officers and men, arrived at Shang-
hal to replace the Fourth regiment.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

ton of the organiza-
ton which opened
with a memorial
service for dead vet
Grams. Parades,
sham battles and
plenty of fun-making
marked the proceed
ings, but the former
soldiers also gave
much time to Sc
rious business. Har-
ry w. Colmer, retir-
ing national COM
poopdar delivered q
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Czechoslovakia Loses a Saint

THE little father of Czechoslo-
L vakia," DR.. Thomas G.. Masaryk,
founder of the republic, died in Pra-
ha. He was eighty-seven years old.
It was the efforts of DR.. Masaryk
in the great capitals of Europe dur
ing the World war which made pos
sible the creation of his country.
It's people revered him as the SYM
Dol of their liberty,
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
vandenberg's Battle Cry

"XN E HAVE just begun to fight"
w was the battle cry adopted
by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
in speech at Bay City that was
taken as the opening of his campaign
for the Republican Presidential
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
ui%t o
SCH Il
NuvvbD about
Our National Bird.

T AS VEGAS, NEV. - Those
IL folks back East who're agi-
tating to make the turkey our
national bird are late. Benja-
min Franklin had the same no.
ton $50 years ago.
Old Ben pointed out that the eagle
was a robber and tyrant and was
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
0-WNU Service.
Originated Railway Guides

George Bradshaw (180l-53), an
English map engraver, was the orig
inator of railway guides. In 1889 he
published Bradshaw's Railway Time
Tables, which later were known as
Bradshaw's Railway Companion.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Important Underground station

Oberlin, Ohio. was the most i'm
portant station on the Underground
railroad. Escaping slaves knew that
to reach this town was to reach a
haven of safety, for none was ever
returned to bondage from there.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
leqion Head Hits Naziism

-FOUR hundred thousand members
L of the American Legion and
their families and friends gathered
in New York for the annual conven-
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Eden Still! Hopeful

a NTHONY EDEN, British foreign
"A minister, hurried from Geneva
to attend special cabinet meeting
to which he reported on develop
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Restrained Statements.

A WAYFARER in Oklahoma, who
"A claimed to have starved him.
self for forty-one days, on being
asked how he felt, replied that he
felt sort of hungry. Investigation
showed the stranger had been
cheating now and then to the ex-
tent of a clandestine beef stew or a
surreptitious stack of wheats, but
wasn't it magnifcently restrained
statement?
For underemphasis, can think of
but single instance to match it..
In my youth, we had a policeman in
our town with a nervous manner
ism of killing folks.
One night, I was passing Uncle
Tom Emery's saloon and snack
stand for colored only. A group of
subdued-looking customers fetched
out the limp remains of dark per-
son who had been bored thrice
through the heart.
"Uncle Tom," I inquired of the
proprietor, "isn't that Monkey
John?"
''Sho' is suh."
"How did it happen?" asked.
swell, suh," said Uncle Tom, ''It
seem like he musta antagonized Mr..
Buck Evitts.'
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Smoked Glasses for Snakes.


ON THE way here, I attended
~ this years snake dance. The
snake dance has become indeed a
strange sight-for the snakes. II
the tourists don't modify their ward
robes by next year, I expect to see
the snakes wearing smoked glasses.
Veteran snakes that have taken
part during past seasons are show
ing signs of the strain. The bull
snakes still hiss-as who could
blame them?-but the rattlers no
longer rattle freely, evidently fear
ing it might be mistaken for ap-
plause.
The commissioner of Indian af-
fairs wants the Navajoes to grow
fewer goats. The Navajoes are balk-
ing. Goat hair is a profitable crop;
goat meat makes good eating-for
an aborigine stomach, anyhow-and
goat smell is agreeable for Navajo
noses. It seems to neutralize some
of the other perfumes noticed dur
ing shopping hour in a reservation
trading post.
IRWIN S. COBB.
@-wNU Service.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

At right IS . section
eSt from q sw0oth
teorrs tire, sOifb sos-
skid protection scosD
off, Tires N this
condition are liable
to tsncfsreS biotU-
ssss and skiadisS
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
LANDS ARE WITHDRAWN

Five hundred and fifteen acres of land between Eagle River and Knik River near Anchorage, have been temporarily withdrawn from the pubic domain by executive order of President Roosevelt, according to word received recently at the Land Office in Anchorage. George Lingo, register of the Land Office, said that the Presidents order set aside the land as an Indian Reserve for the use of the Eklutna Vocational School The order affects all the land in the area between the two rivers and from the beach line Of Knik Arm far back into the mountains. The eastern boundary of the Indian Re serve lies on 2 line between the Knik glacier and the headwaters of Eagle River According to the executive order the land will be held as an In- dian Reserve for 20 years In that period the Eklutna school will deter mine what portions 1t desires to re- tain permanently and the order will
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
OLD NATIVE HOUSE FOUND

What he claims is the largest bar 2bara ever found n Alaska, has been unearthed at Cherno5sa on Unalas ka island, by Dr. Ales Eralika and his party The grea1 community house Is 200 feet long and 100 feet wide, was buried under four feet of earth, and though es- 1i1latsd to have been built centuries ago was reasonably lnuac- The structure. heavily tinbened and roof ed with sod, contained many rel]es n the way Of wood and bone Imple- meuts. and there were human bones scattered about, indicating that the Barive populace had been wiped out by a sudden epidemic The bar2bara had stood On point 0f land. giving commanding view of surrounding sea areas The scientific party visited the ancient village site aboard the USCG Morris, and from there went oa to the Island of For Mountains.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
PIONEER PASSES

William Dougherty, 6. fanliarly known as Doe, died at his hone in Anchorage recently. The ol37tlue Alaskan. member of Igloo I5. Pio- naers Of Alaska, has been in failing health for some months, and last month was taken to the local hospl- tal for a few weeks. Mr. Dougher1y came north to Dawson in 1899, and after stampeding in that area for 2 few years. moved 10 Fairbanks. In the early days there, he was engag- in business and mining on Cleary Greek, and also took part n the ld1t- arod stampede. h 1915, the deceas- ed moved 1o Anchorage where he has resided ever since In 1915 he was employed by the Alaska Rail- road and remained in its employ un- Il his retirement in 1882 During the years since his retirement, Mr. Dougherty has kept active by gar denIng and poultry raising Ills friendly disposition spdezrea him to all with whom he came in contact
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
BLAST wRECKs HOUSE

An explosion in the basement ol the Standard Oil Company's seTen- room bungalow at Wrangel lifted the stzueture of it's foundations and injured several people, 1T was re ported recenly. z H. Bradford, the company agent. entered the house just before the explosion and al though injured by a falling timber, with the aid of 9 nurse, rescued his wife who was in g wheel chair re- covering from broken leg. Brad ford and k5s wife were both burned before 1nzy escaped, however Chas. Rood. foreman Of the repair crew, and 2 helper were in the basement al the tine and were blown through the basement window They escaped with minor burns
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
LITTLE PROFIT NOW

FraspecIing ls more profitable 1fzz. gold mining as far as L. Nc Gee 1s concerned. T took out more gold last year in prospecting than l viii his year n mining" he said re ee-=z- -n Anchorage after returning
 visit 10 his property at Hughes near Utopia Greek, tElbu- I4.y If the Eoy1kuk River. Ar. Me Gee said work Is being carried for ward at the mine .'but l haven't seen a color yet" I is expected the mine VII be on 3 producing basis next year Work this summer consists Of et- and sluicing six 5r seven feet oF ne surface and digging a ditch TWO ard ouH-half miles long from Utopia Greek 10 the goI3-beaEIng ground The drsgline outfit sent north thls simmer is being 1sed in digging Ihe The crew VII have about two 125-tzs E1re to work this season
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
NEWS ITEMS FROM OTHER ALASKAN TOWNS
 Gathered From Our Territorial Exchanges
ANOTHER DRAGLNE-

Capacity of the Stuyahok mine operated by Vance Hit will be doub- led next summer when new drag line Is installed, Mir. Hit announc- ed recently in Anchorage as he pre- pared to return to the mine Mr. Hit. with his partners, Ed Dodd and Joe Woitek, purchased the new drag line while in Anchorage The mine is already operating one draglIne with success. About 150 tons of freight and supplies were purchased by Mr. Hit to be freighted to the mine this fall. With the supplies on hand. the mine will be able to get an early start next spring
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
PLANE NOSES OVER

Eight passengers received 3 cold ducking recently when the twin-mO- tored amphibian plane of Pilot John ny Moore and Mechanic Bourris Smith of Anchorage, crashed at Nak- nek. according to radio reports re- gently. All escaped injury but the plane was reported 9 total loss The crash came on the takeoff, the ship turning upside down in the water. Reports received from Kanakanak said the ship apparently took of on wheels from the beach but after the takeoff, hit a down draft over the water before the wheels were retrac- ted The protruding wheels were be- lieved 10 have caused the ship to nose over upon striking the water.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
QUARTZ FUTURE SEEN

More work toward ths develop rnent of quartz properties is needed n 1his district, ia the opinion Of Harry Townsend. mining gaologlsI 7n =he north and western states. h Fairbanks on tour Of inspection 1Tr. Townsend observed that there are real opportunities for profitable quartz 5svelopment ln this e0un- try Interest n the quicker return from placer properties has resulted n the sighting of opportunities m hard rock mining.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
GET WORKING FINDS

secretary Of War Harry Noodring mzda aIlocations recently UotalllnE Ssz.17S .00e from this years river and harbOr appropriation for new work. The money provides for work as follows: Cor3oTa Harbor, S2s 5000; Dry Pass, SI9,000; Nome Earbor, S10.0G0; Egegik River, S5s- eco: and Bonneville Dam, S6,S0o,eo0. The war department also announced aliorments under the deparment ap- propria1lon for 1936 included S1.o0O for the Nome project
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27

be made permanent for those sec tions. The balance if there is any, will be returned to the public do- main. MT. Lingo said Homestsading on the land included in the Indian Reserve will be prohibited in the fu- ture- The order was made effective as of last October 30 and homestead CTS who established themselves prior to that date hold prior rights to the property. It was understood that the land was set aside for the Eklut- na school in connection with the new education program launched this summer for natives
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
AEUMENTs NDED-

Arguments were concluded recent lE 1 Ihs case involving the validity cE he wiI of the late William Shar- rad. WhOSe estate, consisting Of Iaz- property in Fairbanks, is es1ln- Eaa.ad ss worth between S5-00o and Sz 3G0, before [. s. Commissioner N l-ia-1 N- Gr5v1En acting as pro bass judge, who has taken the case un1er a1vsssmeut In Fairbanks -aT- ShaTrsr6 died n Fs1rbanks last July His lasI VII, dated June 2 tn5s year, named 2. B Collins e1ec- U-nr: made 2 be9uest Of SS59 to Mrs. Nay Go5sil. who had nurse9 him 6ur1g Illnesses, and Jeff the rest of tl7z estate 10 Mr. and Mrs John Wil- liam Bolander. After Mr. Collins as ezacuuor had offered the will for probate. Mrs. Gods1 entered 2 con test She alleged the will made n ne was invalid because the tesla k. was mentally incompetent at the
 Sh= asked ro c1er for probale
 vlll, which she aFe-red was
 E1zu the 1esIatOr was in a h7--lE- E-ale o5 zs1a3 and which be- z5zslaed I9 her most If not al the e 11E Sha asserted Mr- Shar-ard Lz1 pr9mised her his property in rhz event of his death, in co1sidera- tion of her services es housekeepsr and nurse. The evidence at the hear ing tended 1o show that Mr. Shar- rard might have been mentally af- feeted at times and the issue revolv- ed on the question whether he was irrational at the time of making the VII last June
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
DREDGE REQUIRES ONE SHIP

The Alaska Lines freightsr, La touche, sailed from Seattle recently with ballast for San Eral-1scc 00 load g S,600-ton dredge for the Goo6nsws Bay Dredging Company, the freight office announced The equipment win make 2 full load and consequently the ship VII sail direct D for Gooansws Bay.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
PFRcY HTRBARD FTNE-

FarcT Eubbar1- who aIIlEe1 ln Fairbanks on the Electra recently Frara 9 three-monIhs' absence n Sc a4.ie. Is feeling fine and Is getting about town meeting old friends His foot. which was badly injured about 2 year ago. was operated on In Sc aet1a. and is so that he walks on II most of the time and expects II soon 10 be normal. His mother. Mrs Joe Hasbard. is stIu 5n Seattle.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27

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The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
wRITFR yIsITs FAIRBANks-

V. 5. Courtney, aviation writer and associate editor of Collier s ra2gazine, who has basn visiting m Fairbanks and other points Of the Interior, left recently on the return tr5p b the States.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
10 States to Enter Fair

NEW YORK. April 19.-Nine-
teen States have adopted legiSla-
ton providing for participation in
the New York Worlds Fair of
1899, Grover A. Whalen has an
nounced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
Dr.. Nelson Speaks Here

DR.. William Stuart Nelson, presi.
dent Of billiard University, New
Orleans, was the speaker yester.
day at the aIl-university religious
services in Rankin Chapel, at How
ard University.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
Treasury Condition

International News Service
Treasury balance April 16:
$1,735, 298,711.06; internal reve-
nue.: $4.403, 640.85; customs re-
ceiptS: $25, lit, 72O.63.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
NEW FORDACTS
CONFIRM PRICE
SLASH HINTS
Cameron Radio Talk
Also in Line With
Pay Raise Plan

DETROIT, April 10 Q.N.S).
Two new developments today indi-
Gated Henry Ford was getting
ready to lower prices on his cars,
in line with his promise to show
the world in general. and unions
and his wall Street competitors"
in particular, wages, production
and competition such as never
seen before"
He announced an addition to
the power plant on his Windsor
factory. and his official spokes-
man, William j. Cameron, said
Sunday that wages ought to be
higher, prices ought to be lower"
More Power Ordered
The important part of the Wind
sor announcement was not the
revelation that a 5,000-kilowatt
generator would be replaced by a
20, 000-kilowatt turbo-generator. 1t
was a statement buried deep in
the announcement, that the new
generator was necessary to give
added power for the contemplated
increase in the use of Welding in
motor car manufacture.
Ford last week also announced
plans for almost doubling the
capacity of his power plant in his
big River Rouge plant here, and
the two coming together, with the
remark about Contemplated in
crease in the use of welding" led
to speculation as to whether Ford
had discovered a more economical
process of assembling automobiles.
Ship Minus Rivets
Ford no wis using Welding in his
Shipyard here to build a lake
freighter with a SuperStructure
without a rivet in it. This is a
revolutionary departure from ship
building in the past, when on
ships hullS were always riveted.
This would be in line with a new
assembly plan being worked out
in one Ford plant. In making Lin
coin Zephyrs, the usual assembly
line has been reversed. Instead Of
starting with the chassis and add
ing the motor and body to it. the
assembly line there starts with the
body to which the chassis and
motor are added.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
VIRGIN ISLAND
.RUNRAPPED

Production of rum in the Virgin
Islands by the Government was
attacked by Capt. Edgard Page
CASTOR, founder of the American
of the World Prohibi-
ton Federation, in an address yes
terday before the Bible class of
the Emory M. E. Church, 600
Georgia Ave. N. w.
Captain CASTOR stated that the
alcoholic beverage was produced
by "cookie" labor, and was unfair
to American labor. He said:
81 hold no brief for American
distiHlers, but l would say their
order books already are suffer
ing from the unfair competition
of the Federal Government in
officially entering the drink bust
ness with its unlimited tax
payers capital pitted against the
limited means available for pri-
Vate distilling enterprises"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
Continued from Page II

every major department and agen-
cy in the city, consisted of those
who were able to identify them
selves in photographs appearing
in The Times over six-week pc
Rod, their faces encircled in
Lucky Baseball Rings"
Two entire sections at Griffith
Stadium were reserved for the
lucky ticket winners. Sections F
and G in the lower grandStand
were set aside for them by The
Times. the seats being located be-
hind the wire and almost directly
behind home plate.
Due to their vantage point, the
ticket winners were in a choice
position to watch President RooSe-
welt. Federal Employe No. l, hurl
the first ball of 1887 and they
likewise had the same viewpoint
as those in the press box, able
to watch the curves, change of
pace and fast ones" of the op-
posing hurlers.
They also were in an excellent
position to view the broad back of
the gigantic "Shanty" Hogan,
WaShington'S colorful new first
string catcher, who despite a
steady reduction in weight during
the Florida training is still ter
rifle thing to view.
Accurate counting of the cleri-
cal workers taking annual leave
for today'S big event was not pos
Sible. Although exactly 200 Of
the seats in the two sections were
distributed, some of the fair clerks
who do not understand the intri-
cacies of baseball indicated they
would give friend husband "a
break" for once and let him at
tend the game in their stead.
-Four persons not in the Govern
ment service, three of them mar
ried to Federal employees, were
likewise seat winners.
Agencies represented today in
clude the Treasury, Agriculture,
Commerce, Interior, Labor, Navy,
War and State Departments, the