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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
In deep snow near GRAND RAPIDS,

In deep snow near GRAND RAPIDS,
Logger Carl Dahlberg felled a lamar.
ack, became Disguised when he could
not find it in the drifts. when
whole trees get lost" said Dahlberg,
'it's time to quit"
On a HOUSTON lawn, almost en-
tirely covered with snow, a robin
plucks worms from a warm, grassy
spot. Explanation: water from a
flowing we'll has prevented small
area of ground from freezing.
Out of WILLMAR steamed a Great
Northern freight special, continued in
record time toward Sioux City, Iowa.
At Granite Falls, the engineer, flag
ged to a stop, looked around, found
he had left half the train in Willmar.
mar.
With repetition of the oath of of
fee, Attorney Henry M. Gallagher of
WASECA, clad in conventional black
robe, received the chief Justices gavel
of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He
is the eleventh chief justice in his
tory.
On the floor of farm home near
TOWER, authorities discovered the
body of Elina Peltonen, q, a revolver
clutched in her hand. Nearby was a
note: "This is not an act of tenn
porary insanity. L am just tired
Of living"
CHASkA's streets may look okay
to most people, but the local editor,
Fred DuToit, has found one which is
40 feet wide where it starts, then
stretches out to Sc feet, and finally to
80 feet. It's Beech street at the east
end of town.
Guard Francis Twedell and Half
back Wilbur Moore of the Golden
Gophers" were honored by AUSTIN
homo folks at civic banquet, with
their coach, Bernie Bierman, acting
as guest speaker. Both boys were
presented with travelling bags.
At MARSHALL, Mac A. Emerson,
st. Paul airport weather observer,
picked up home town paper, found
an account of himself having been
snowbound, chuckled at the news err
ror. Just 70 hours later, en- route
to the capital, he mired down in a
drift, fulfilled the newspaper yarn.
TWIN CITY TWISTS
M. Reed Bass, assistant director Of
Dunwocdy Industrial Institute, re-
signed to become director of a st.
Louis mechanical school.
At mass meeting, north Mime
apolis citizens demanded erection of
new high school to relieve con-
gested condition in present struc-
lures.
Bea Barrett second member of
Minneapolis "golfng twins, returned
to the city to start sharpening her
game for the summer tournament.
Signed to direct the Minneapolis
Symphony on a two-year contract was
Dimitri Mitropoulos, who recently
scored as guest conductor.
Minneapolis labor unions voted
support of the state dispensary IL
quor act now under fire in the legis-
lature.
The st. Paul Lad es' band was Off
cially named the champion musical
group to appear at the recent winter
carniva, there.
AS the entire state was buf1e,ed by
snow and high winds, the Twin c.
ties escaped with a mere trace
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
Keeping Up
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Great Cities Were
Built by People
of the Stone Age
Handsome Architecture
Found in Mesopotamia

New Haven, Conn.-Surpris-
ing evidence that Stone Age
man became a civilized city fell
low, and that it is all wrong to
think of our Stone Age ances-
tors as necessarily primitive,
has been unearthed from far
depths of the worlds oldest
city.
From the earthen mound at Tepe
Gawra in Mesopotamia, where
Prof. E. A. Speiser of the University
of Pennsylvania is digging out the
thirteenth layer of ruins, he has
sent word of finding an acropolis Of
impressive architecture. The ruins
represent the earliest known exam
pie of monumental architecture.
The buildings stood in tn e r
grandeur over 1000 years before
| Christ.
The acropolis of the Stone Age city
consists of three buildings, a North
ern temple, Eastern shrine, and
Central temple, all opening upon
a main court with dwellings on one
side completing the enclosure.
Prof. Speiser announced the dis
covery to Prof. Millar Burrows,
president of the American Schools
of Oriental Research, which is joint
sponsor of the expedition together
with the University of Pennsylvania
and Dropsie college.
Main Court Awe Inspiring.
The complete acropolis can be
reconstructed, Prof. Speiser be-
lieves. He calls the Central temple
the Purple temple because all the
rooms show traces of red-purple
paint.
"The Main court was an inspiring
sight," the archaeologist reports.
"Paved first with fine gravel and
later covered with stamped clay,
all but surrounded by monumental
buildings, this court was dominated
by the great niche of the Central or
Purple temple. Whether calculated
or not, the effect must have been
awe inspiring. To the eXcavators,
who could view the sight at what
was but suggestion of the original
surroundings, the experience was
none the less profoundly moving"
Not Primitive People.
The acropolis discovery, Prof.
Speiser states, clears up a problem
concerning this prehistoric era.
The people have heretofore been
called Painted Pottery Peoples, be-
cause of the mistaken notion that
they could build only f1imsy mud
novels and that their only clever
ness lay in making good clay wares.
They are now revealed as far from
primitive, and it can be at last
understood how they were able to
spread over and dominate vast
portion of the ancient world.
Pointing out that Mesopotamia
still has buried secrets, Prof. Spell
ser says that several layers remain
to be dug. These may reveal IMAM
in the inchoate infancy of his civil
ization." Until these unknown levels
are probed, the archaeologists do
not feel sure whether the Stone
Age acropolis and its builders rep
resent mankind in its eXuberant
youth or in the maturity of an adj
vance of incalculable duration"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
By Illez Haynes Irwin
rick went on, 81 wonder if I'm not

rick went on, 81 wonder if I'm not
licked"
When Patrick appeared Friday
morning he looked for the first
time, haggard. 81 didn't close my
eyes last night" he admitted. "By
criminy, Mary, I hate to lie down
to this thing. However, I'm giving
myself until tomorrow night. If I
don't get anything by then, I'll see
the district attorney and admit I'm
licked. I came over here-well,
I don't know why came over"
"Caro and Hopestill are playing
tennis" l said vaguely-merely by
way of conversation.
THAT seems to have become a
pretty close friendship in less than
a week." Patrick commented.
"She's only seventeen" I pointed
out to him. "Hopestill is still in
college,"
"He's a nice kid" Patrick went
on. "And so is she! I'd like to
see them" He did not finish.
Patrick had seated himself in the
hammock, his head back. He
closed his eyes for a moment. SYM
pathetically, kept silent. Perhaps
he would drift off to sleep. But
into the silence came Sylvia's
voice. Patrick opened his eyes at
once. His smile brought back all
the life to his face. "Come here,
Sylvia" he called, "let's have a
little chin together"
Sylvia came oul onto the piazza.
I remember thinking what a
charming figure she was. She was
wearing one of the little shocked
sleeveless frocks-a pale yellow
out of which stuck her amusing lit
tie brown sticks of arms. There
were big yellow ribbon bows on
the ends of her tight braids, and
she carried the eternal Dorinda
Belle, also in yellow.
Nov, young lady, tell me what
you've been doing!"
I was glad of the respite-both
for myself and Patrick. left them
together. I went inside and busted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
Bricks With Straw
Found to Be Based
on Sound Science

Lynchburg, Va.-When the
old Pharaoh of Egypt in the
Bibles chapter of Exodus de-
MED the Hebrews further straw
with which to make brick, he
may have been faced with a
shortage of straw or really
wanted to keep them busy as
reported. But on top of that,
whether he knew it or not, he
was throwing out a sound sci
entific phenomenon which
straw's properties had brought
to ancient brickmaking through
previous ages.
Experiments conduct ted by
Charles R. Oberfell, chemist for a
paper firm here, and Prof. John w.
Whittemore of the Virginia Poly
technic institute, Blacksburg, have
developed a material containing
tannin extract-a constituent OF
straw - for the manufacture of
bricks.
Secret of Egyptian Brick.
It was this material, and not the
binding qualities of straw, that
made the Egyptian process worth
while, the chemists assert.
Known as "plasticade," the SUBJ
stance has a lignin and tannin
base. It is being put into use by
manufacturers of brick and tile
throughout the United States, the
discoveries report.
Conclusions have been reached
both in laboratory and plant investi-
cations that the use of this combi-
nation of lignin and tannin has ex-
tensive economic value as an addi-
ton to clays and shales because ii
reduces manufacturing losses and
improves the physical qualities of
the finished product.
Other advantages include: reduc-
ton of losses in drying and firing,
improvement in strength and re-
sistance; decrease in shrinkage,
and reduction of absorption.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04

myself at my desk. I was looking
for list of books. 1t had occurred
to me that I might drive Patrick
over to the Satuit library and see
if I could get one OF them.
From outside 1 could hear Syl-
Was little voice. "And then L"
"And after that" "And then
remembered that I left Dorinda
Belle" "And so I ruined
and I found Dorinda Belle
all cold and wet from the
dew And ! put her to sleep
on the hammock and she got all
warm again
Sylvia's little voice licked on and
on.
Patrick seemed very silent for an
interval. Then suddenly heard
the hammock chains creak as he
arose.
Through the window I saw him
put Sylvia down. Then he came in
to the room. I was still rummag-
ing on the desk, going through one
pigeon-hole after another, just as,
striding across the room in what
even with my back to him-seemed
a new eagerness, he reached my
side.
MARY" he said, 81 feel like 60
ing for a ride. Would you like to
take me off in your car some
where?"
"That's curious, Patrick" an
swered. ''It seems almost like a
case of mental telepathy. I was
thinking just at this moment, that
the best thing I could do for both of
us was tc 60 somewhere in the
car. I thought I'd go over to the
library and get a book out"
Patrick was standing behind me
while I, still ben. over the desk,
found the list of books. "What
strange color ink!" he commented.
81 never knew you to use green
ink before"
"No, never have used it before.
I made this list out at Bruce Hex
sons camp and used his fountain
pen. You know he's a great stu
dent. The day I went to break the
news of Aces death to him, I felt
that it might soothe him little
to talk about books. He's a ire
mendous reader, you know. He's
one of those people who is full of
lore. He likes curious, out-of-the-
way books"
Lets CO." Patrick exclaimed,
and l fancied there was a sudden
impotence in his tone.
Presently we were spinning
across the causeway. "4Any pref
erence?" asked Patrick idly when
we came to the crossroads.
Lets 60 over and see Bruce
Hexson," Patrick suggested. "He
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
One Cold Spot

The coolest spot ON the earth is
not the North pole, nor even the
South pole, which is colder still.
The temperature drops lower in
parts of Siberia and other regions
of the world than it does at either
pole.
At Verkhoyansk, Siberia, a tenn
perature of 80 degrees below zero
has been recorded, while the low
est temperatures at the North
pole are believed to be about IS
below zero. Temperatures of 70
and n below zero have been re-
corded on the Antarctic ice barrier
but no winter figures are avail
able for the high plateau around
the South pole.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
The First Mirror

The process of depositing metallic
silver on glass to produce mirror
was discovered by Baron Liebig, a
German scientist, early in the Nine
teenth century. He found that by
pouring silver ammonium nitrate,
mixed with certain reducing agents,
on a glass plate the silver would
precipitate and form film of pure
metallic silver on the glass. From
this discovery has evolved the
present-day method of mirror man.
ufacture. -Industrial and Engineer
ing Chemistry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
SAMMY CAN VISIT NOW

COkATO-There's a new name
in the local telephone directory
that of Sammy Larson. Confined
to his bed by paralysis, Sammy
has had to content himself with
magazines and newspapers, but
now he can actually talk with his
former playmates. Through Roose-
welt birthday ball funds, a tele-
phone has been installed right at
the bedside!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04

scarfs. In pattern STAG you will
find directions and charts for a
complete alphabet; transfer pat
tern of two motifs 515 by ga
inches and two motifs 514 by 6
inches; directions for use of mi
tials; illustrations of all stitches
used.
To obtain this pattern send IS
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
your name and address.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
Here's New Wdy to
Initial Your Linens!

Here's an exciting new way to
initial linens-with crocheted let
tiers that you can make in varied
sizes according to the thread and
hook you take. Used as insets In
towels, pillow cases, sheets or
whatever, they make for a
"showy" effect, and may be fur
Their enhanced by a bit of flower
stitchery. There are enough cut
work motifs to make two pairs OF
towels or pillow cases or two
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04

uSeO U ne dllo q
beauty parlor where
once the livery sta
BILE spread its fasci-
mating perfumes.
So it couldn't be
that.
All of a sudden
it dawned on me.
Since coming here
I've seen mighty
f e w 1912 model
grandmothers b a r
ring in the movies,
and then, with the
execution of dear
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
Body Much Like Machine

The body is much like machine,
with automatic valves and regula-
tors; the brain acting as engi-
neer constantly opening and closing
non-automatic valves, and making
them vary in their actions in an
infinite variety of ways.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
Simple Patience

It is not necessary for all men
to be great in action. The greatest
statistics service originated in 1889
with $1,000 appropriation by con-
gress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04
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NuvbA about
Streamlined Grandmothers

CANTA MONICA, CALF
- All along I've been wonder
ing what has vanished from the
city landscape.
I'd grown reconciled to service
stations where blacksmith shops
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04

Keep your body free of accumulat-
ed waste, take DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. 60 Pellets 80 cents. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-04

Radiance of Soul
Carry the radiance of your soul
in your face; let the world have
the benefit of it.-Fox.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

Marvellous values, and Just
when you're looking for smart
gifts at thrifty prices. Gem
stone handles, 16 rib in green,
brown. blue, red and natural.
Hook handle styles for men.
Goldenbero's-Main Floor
Evening star., 1937-12-19

Suede, feathers and textile
fabrics in black, green, brown
and wine. Many shapes,
smart details. Also evening
bags Of sequins in gold and
silver color, beaded In ma
tural and black.
GoldenbcrDs-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11
FEATURED IN CHURCH MUSICALE
City's Foremost Entertain. CTS on Program Arranged
 For St. Margaret's

Featured by the appearance Of some of Waterbury's best known radio and stage entertainers the modern or swing" part of the pro. gram og the musicale arranged for St. Margaret's church promises to establish Q new all.tiIne high in public interest and appreciation. The event takes place in Buckingham Hall next Tuesday evening under the direction of Joseph Lezotte, vet. eran director. The swing features will follow a program arranged un- der the personal supervision of Pro- lessor John L. Bonn.
 List oG Artists
 Included In the list of guest art. iStS for Mr. Lezotte's program will be Louis Jannetty and Henry schus- ter, Connecticut's best banjo and plano team: Domenic and Anthony Mecca, leading interpreters of the accordion: Miss Jean Lemieux, who has hundreds of admirers for her excellent work on the radio: Clifford Hirsch, baritone, who is rapidly es- tabIishing himself among the states most popular singers; Bob O'Don. nell and Charles Wilon, tenors of exceptional promise; the Ryan Brothers. that nifty little dancing team that B always the "tops" on any card: Miss Anna Dzinski. tap dancer, who Is gaining popularity on each appearance and several other prominent entertainers. An excellent chorus of 6E voices will feature the vocal selections.
 Classical Feature
 Included among the artists to be heard during the first part of the general program will be Mrs. Kath- erine Pape, soprano, Miss Winifred Grimm, contralto, Joseph E. Mul- cahy, tenor, and Joseph Connor, bass. Miss Mary Rice, organist at St. PatrickS church and one of New Englands youngest artists, will play two groups upon the instrument which is installed in the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11
llian LaCuar.

has for mayor the Italian Laduar- dia", 1t said.
 The DINE (official German news agencV referred to LaGuardia as "a dirty talmud Jew"
 Mrs. Wise's Charge
 Mrs. Wise, on behalf of the wom- ems division of the American Jew ish Congress, protested especially tha, the Nazi press published Q statement to the effect that l,200 women attending the luncheon of tha women. division last Wednes- day were women of the streets who were gathered together ia order to be entertained by a pilnp and pro- curer,' the mayor of New York"
 Der AngriR. one of the papers re- ferred to, is the official organ of the labor front organization in Ger many and frequently is considered the mouthpiece for Paul Josef Qoeb- bels, German minister for propa- ganda.
 A transcript of a number of the objectionable articles published in Berlin was cabled to the state de. ra.' rnt but the text was 50 obsc nc in many particulars that 1t is .inprintable in American news- par E and the text was not releas- f.' the state department,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11
NON-PARTISANI FORUM OF WOMEN !.
hear Leaders Give Views on Labor, Supreme Court
 Plans Yesterday

chicago, March ll--(UP)-The nDli -paEtisan forum of the fourth annual woman congress moved on co problems Of the home, education, culture, and international issues to- day after presentation of leaders digergent views on labor organiZa- tibfi and the supreme court. Nearly 9o,OO0 women from 38 states las ntght heard rival labor cases pre- S6fted by william Green, president Ok the American Federation of La. Dor, and Homer Martin, president Of the United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the cotIl- Kaittee on industrial organization.
 Pros, Cons On Court
 Pros and cons of President R0osevelt's supreme court proposal were presented by Chairman James M. Lands of the securities and ex- change commission, and Sen. Bur. ton K. Wheeler, D., mont.
 They said:
 drcen--"The American Fedora tiDn of Labor will never yield to minority force and domination"
 Martin--"Industrial unionism is the only effective method for or- ganization of mass production workers"
 IAndis--the supreme court "ar- rogated to itself immense, super. legislative power"
 Wheeler--"We will not permit him (President Roosevelt to pack the court"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11

Jackson, Have made 1t apparent that the great obJectives of this cd. Eninistration and this congress of. fend their deep convictions and that the methods os this day violate their conceptions of good government"
 The split within the court. Jack. son asserted. has made 1t difficult for the court to function and hss delayed its action on decisions.
 Rejecting suggestions of coastitu. tional amendments to meet the site uation, Jackson said that "afi1end- ments, however, worthy and well drawn are of uncertain value while the judicial house is 50 stubbornly divided against itself"
 Don't you think" demanded Mc- Carran, that addition of six new justices would cause loss of conf. dence in the high court on the part of the people, who give the court its power?"
 "No. I do not" Jackson replied. q don't feel that way about t and l would hate to see the prestige Of the supreme court injured. It is Q diff. cult task to appoint the six men and confirm them, but # we can't find six men worthy of the jobs - if it's as bad as that -. then we are over the dam anyway"
 Six Point Brief
 He presented Q six.point brief in support of his contention, following closely the outlines of President Roosevelt's fireside chat on the ju. dietary and the committee testimony of Attorney General Homer s. Cum mings yesterday.
 Cummings, 1t was revealed today, will be recalled for further question ing before the 1S-man senate com- mittee.
 Jackson's contentious:
 l. It is the responsibility of the president to bring to the attention of congress conditions in the su- prene court; congress is responsible for the proper functioning of the high court.
 ?. Con gress has previously changed the size of the court and 1t is "just as constitutional to add members to keep the court up with the country as 1t Is to add members to keep the court up with It's busi- ness."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11

completely the function of the sli- prenae court In our government"
 s. The supreme court also has increasingly declared state acts tc be unconstitutional.
 c. The courts prestige and abil- ity to function 6 seriously threat esied by Q deep split within the court which can be corrected by addition Of new justices.
 Up Co Congress
 "when 8 situation exists in the supreme court which the president feels he cannot continue to ignore" 1" ssid Jackson, 1t is to the congress that he may properly bring the problem"
 Jackson said the Roosevelt pro- gram would result in greater har- isaony within the government" The presidents court plan provides for LID to IS justices on the supreme
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11

court t these over 70 do not resign.
 -rhe responsibility upon congress for seeing that the American peoplc have Q workable, harmonious and cooperative judicial system Is 60 usually overlooked by those engaged iEl building up tho tradition of ju- diCial supremacy that the burden of constitutional responsibility on congress deserves examination" Jackson said.
 "A sentiment has developed that sole responsibility for the function. Ing of the supreme court as an inc stitution is upon the justices and that their Independence requires that a majority of tliem be let alone to shape the institution as they will. Tn short, it is urged that the court belongs exclusively to the justices and that the president and congress must keep hands off.