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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-02-11
Window Washers Job Is Risky; Worker
Can Clean Ten to Fifteen in an Hour

All skyscraper windows aren't
"architect's nightmares" and not
all window washing is done in SUBJ
freezing weather. Usually the clean
er climbs out on a reasonably wide
sill with a rubber squeegee and a
wet chamois, snaps his safety belt
hooks into the little steel rings the
builders put in the window frames
for that purpose, and in a few quick
swipes is ready to climb back in
side and begin all owe on the next
one.
To hold his job, says a writer in
the Washington Star, a window
cleaner must keep moving. A good
worker a average 10 windows an
hour, or 80 a day; the topnotchers
even wash IS windows every hourl
For thus risking his life, he may
receive from $50 to SIS for a 40
hour week where union wages pre-
vail, and his average age of useful
ness in the business runs from
about twenty-five to forty.
Dangerous? Yes, though most
window cleaners seldom think Of
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that-or they probably wouldn't be
window cleaners! Their employers
pay as much as a dollar a day to in
sure each workers life, and it is
the insurance company which does
everything humanity possible to
make the cleaners calling a safer
one. Inspectors regularly test the
metal rings into which the safety
belt hooks are fastened. These rust
away in old buildings and result in
more falls than any other cause.
Sometimes a near-tragedy in a
window cleaners life turns out to be
funny. One worker recently got
his name in the papers when his
safety belt gave way on a third
story window and he fell to the
ground without suffering a scratch.
He got up, brushed off his clothes,
stopped at the office for a new belt
and climbed out to finish the win
dow.
A hero? He'd be the last one to
think so. To q window cleaner,
taking hazardous risks is all in the
days work.
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ger" the newcomer mentioned dryly.
Sanger did not answer. His small
black eyes were taking in with a
vast surprise wv people who had
come into the store.
Evening, Miss Chiswick-Lou,"
he greeted them.
The man he had called Lou drew
the storekeeper aside for a whis-
pered conference. He was wearing
new %corduroys, fancy top-boots, an
expensive sombrero, and a purple
silk shirt around the neck of which
was tied loosely a polka-dot BAN
danna. On his dark, handsome face
there was just now a sulky look. In
n keen glance the crook-nosed
man sized him up as a snowy, raft
ish fellow with no bottom.
The girl held a greater interest.
She had, he guessed, an exciting
personality. In her dark, stormy
eyes was the threat of passion.
A snatch Of the low-voiced con-
versation came to the stranger.
49,. have Spicer meet us at
Ma Presnall's clearinghouse and
do the job . want to get to
Tough Nut before night"
Gretna Green business, of course.
Bad medicine for the girl. Prob
ably she was an undisciplined lit
tie devil, but she was too fine of
grain for the man with whom she
vas clipping. Sardonically Crook
nose added a stipulation. Very like
ly he was letting her glamorous,
troubled beauty sway his judgment.
"Are you expecting to spend the
day here?" she asked her compan-
ion, and her voice had in it the sing
ing sting Of a small whiplash.
"I'm fixing things up with Sanger,
Ruth" the young man answered if
ritably. Cant do it any faster"
The girl did not reply. She brushed
back i~mpatiently a tendril that had
escaped from the soft waves of dark
hair disordered by her long ride.
A fusillade of shots came from
the street. The three men moved
swiftly to the door. A rider was
SoAAOPA16 oO"A1 IllO OuSLy 1OdO, IT,
volver in hand, waving a hat in the
air.
"Hi-yil whoopee! Git outa the way
of Wild Jim Pender," he yelled.
"Pender on a drunk again."
Sanger said. Hes a terror when
he has tanglefoot aboard He's
headin' back down the street
Lordee, he's comm in!"
Hunt cover, Ruth" her young
man shouted, and vaulted over q
counter. Back here. Quick"
An arm of the stranger went
round the waist of the girl, swept
her up the store, and flung her down
behind some sacks of potatoes.
The drunken man drove his horse
into the store. "'Lo, Sanger, you
old son-of-a-vinegaroon, where are
you? I want cartridges-pronto."
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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down and let us talk, Ruth. II
we're going to get married."
Il don't know you, and you don't
know me-" she interrupted.
"'Course I know you," he de-
MED. you're the prettiest girl in
the county. I know all about you,
and you know about me. I'm wild
about you. What's the sense in sit
ting up there like-like the Queen OF
Sheba?"
Very likely he was right. Ruth
had been brought up in a houseful
of men without the guidance of a
mother. She slipped from the sad
die and stood beside him.
He took her in his arms and she
submitted, Withholding herself.
Presently she drew back from his
embrace. That he was dissatisfied
with her lack of response she knew.
BE patient with meat first"
she begged. "I'm worried, Lou. I
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don't know whether what we are
going to do is right. I-1-I'm
scared"
Promises poured out Of him. He
would make her happy. He would
reconcile their fathers. There
would no longer be war on the
range. Forgetting all the other girls,
he would make her the best hus-
band in the territory. All she had
to do was to trust him and he would
fix it. She must not worry.
Yet she did worry, even as they
made the arrangements for the
elopement. The weight was still in
her breast as she rode back up the
arroyo. The sun was hot in the
coppery sky. From the far canyons
the mist had vanished. Harsh and
forbidding stretched the grim des-
ert, all its sharp teeth showing.
Into Tail Holt, near the close Of a
hot day, rode a man on a long
barreled roam.
The rider dismounted at a store
which carried on the false front a
sign, "Yell Sanger, General Mer-
chandise." He dropped the reins at
a hitchrack and looked up and down
the street to orient himself. Through
the hazy amber light of late after
noon he saw Tail Holt browse in a
coma of sunshine. A man was cross
ing the street from n saloon to
another. Otherwise the place ap-
peared to be deserted, except for
half a dozen cow-ponies dropping at
the hitchrack of Curt Dubbs' Golden
Nugget, saloon and gambling house.
Four saloons, a blacksmith shop,
another general store, a Chinese
restaurant, a shoemaker's cubby
hole, and a public corral were
checked off by the stranger. Lei
surely he turned and walked with
trailing spurs into Sanger's store.
In addition to Sanger, who was a
bald-headed little fellow with black
gimlet eyes, two cowboys were in
the place. They were lounging
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against q counter. Conversation
ceased at the entrance of the new
conner. All three gazed at him.
They saw a crook-nosed man of
middle size with a leathery brown
face in which were set light gray
eyes, from the corners of which ra-
dated many tiny wrinkles. He
might be thirty years old, perhaps
a year or two less. His move
ments had a kind of ripping ease
and he carried himself with an as
surance almost insolent. When he
took off his dusty hat he showed a
thick head of hair burnt sorrel by a
thousand untempered suns. He wore
shiny feathers and high-heeled
boots, an open vest, no coat. A gun
hung low on his thigh, well forward.
A tough hombre, it could be
guessed, able to take care of him.
self in any emergency.
From a throat caked with alkali
dust the traveller said hoarsely, ITO
mato alright"
Sanger slashed open a can with a
Ratchet.
"Some hot on the desert" the
storekeeper suggested.
The crook-nosed man drank the
juice from the can, then fished out
a tomato. "Some," he assented. II
got to thinkin' if Tail Holt was
any farther of it must be near
somewhere"
Experimentally, n of the cow
boys murmured, "You come quite
a ways?"
The crook-nosed man looked at
him. Apparently this did not call
for an answer. eyes, sir, hot and
dry" he drawled, after shifting
his gaze to Sanger.
"That's right" the second cow
boy agreed. He was a long-legged
man with a lank lower jaw.
"Sure is" his companion said.
"Well, I'll be moseyin', Mile High"
"Yo tambien, Sid," the tall man
concurred promptly, unwinding to
his full height. "I'n take a plug of
Horseshoe, Sanger"
He followed Sid from the build
ing.
"Town kinda quiet" the stranger
said.
Liable to liven up later" Sanger
told him.
From where he sat on a counter
the man with the %sorrel-top could
e the two cowboys looking at his
horse. Words drifted to him.
Double cinch-Texas man." Mile
High hazarded.
"Yep. No t~enderfoot." Sid rolled
a cigarette.
mot none. Plenty tough" The
tall man said something more, in a
low voice.
Sid laughed, harshly. 81 wouldn't
know"
They bowlegged across the road
to the Golden Nugget.
"Tail Holt takes notice of a stran-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-02-11

A STITCH in time goes a long
"A way toward making your
days brighter and your burdens
lighter when the bustling, busy
days of Spring roll round. No
time then for leisure hours with
your sewing kit, and fortunate in
deed are the early birds who have
got on with their Spring wardrobe.
The moral?-make your selec-
tons now and be off to the races
when the season starts!
Practical House Coat.
There is a versatility to this
clever pattern which makes it a
prime favorite for the style con-
scious and the thrifty. Designed
in two lengths, it lends itself per-
fectly to either of two needs-as
an apron frock in Bingham or
seersucker for busy days around
the house, or as a full length beach
or sports coat in chintz or linen
crash. The princess lines are
smooth and fiattering and there
are just seven pieces to the pat
tern-a cinch to make and a Joy
to wear.
Shining Silhouette.
This handsome frock in linen or
crepe does wonders for the full
figure, sloughing off pounds here
and bulges there with the utmost
ease. Streamlined from the Shout
ders and buttoned at the waist
with two graceful scallops, this is
the sort of frock which answers
your need perfectly for almost
any social or shopping excursion,
a standby to see you through the
Summer. There is a choice of
long or short sleeves and the SIM
plicity Of the design-just eight
pieces in all-insures success
even for the inexperienced in
home sewing.
Attractive Apron.
"Swell' isn't a word the teach
er recommends but it is highly
appropriate in describing this
handy apron frock which goes
about the business of being an
honest-to-goodness apron, not just
a postage stamp model to wear
for effect. Appealing in design,
easy to wear, extremely service
able, with two convenient pockets,
this perfectly swell apron was de-
signed by a busy housewife who
knew her oats! Six pieces to the
pattern.
The Patterns
Pattern 1928 is designed for
sizes IA to 46 (32 to 46 bust). Size
16 requires So yards of IS or 80
inch material for short length
without nap. Five yards of braid
required for trimming. House
coat length 7A yards.
Pattern 1448 is designed for
sizes SO to So. Size SO requires 5h
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yards Of IS or 80 inch material,
plus ~ yard contrast.
Pattern 1889 is designed for
sizes "a to 48. Size SO requires
2% yards of IS inch material. Five
and one-half yards of bias strips
required for finishing.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
I'll W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each.
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service,
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I'm the old Western parlance the com.
mendation, Hes a man to ride the river
'Dith," Uas the highest possible praise. 1t
meant that N could be trusted in all
energencies.)
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ing to be the most important person
in her life.
Il was afraid you wouldn't
come" he said, and kissed her
hand.
Ruth took it away, embarrassed.
Hand-kissing on the frontier was
something alien. II said I would be
here" she reminded him.
$50 you did" He looked at her
eagerly, boyishly. us it going to
be yes?"
She nodded. II think So"
He reached up to help her from
the horse, but she shook her head.
mo, I can't stay but a minute"
"You can resi- yore saddle that
minute, can't you, honey?"
The girl knew what he wanted,
to take her in his arms and make
love to her. She discovered that
she did not want him to do that
not yet, at least. Until she knew
him better she did not want to be
kissed, not with urgent passion.
mo. I slipped away, and I have
to get back. They'll miss me-" She
asked, abruptly, a wave Of color
in her cheeks, "Are you sure you
still . . want met"
"Of course I do" He frowned up
at her, irritated. He had ridden
80 miles to meet her and she held
him at arms length. But get
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Steel CHIEFS
VISITORS HERE
B. 0. Strachan and E. c. Jones
Hosts to u. S. Steel Officials
on Annual Visit.

superintendent B. O. Strachan and
E. c.. Jones were hosts Monday to
Thomas Moses, Pittsburgh, and eight
officials of the United States Steel Cor
poration, who were on their annual
tour of mining properties on the Ver-
million and Mesaba ranges.
Mr.. Moses Is vice president of the
company in charge of raw materials and
was here to note the operation of the
mines. When asked regarding business
conditions of the country he said he had
mo idea of what the future may bring"
In the party, besides Mr.. Moses, here
Monday and being shown about the Ely
properties, were: A. F. Harvey, Cleve-
land, president of the Pittsburgh
Steamship company; MacGilvray Shir-
as, Pittsburgh, president of the Pitts
burgh Limestone company; Harry
Moses, president of the H. G. Prick
Coke Co., Pittsburgh; John G. Munson,
president of the Michigan Limestone &
Chemical Co., Rogers City, Michigan;
F. R. Walton, president of the Union
Supply Co., Pittsburgh; S. M. Meals,
president of the Carnegie Natural Gas
Co., Pittsburgh, and DR.. William o.
Neill Sherman, chief surgeon for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Young Married Couple
Feted at Wedding ShOUer

Miss Emma Peyla, Mrs Caesar Cadari
and Mrs. Peter Ricci were hosteSSes at
a wedding shower at the Community
Center on Tuesday evening honoring
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Galli of Bemidji
who were here on their wedding trip
Over fifty people were present and
showered the couple with many hand
some and useful gifts.
The marriage took place in Bemidji
on Monday and the couple at once came
to this city for visit at the home of
Mr.. Galli's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mike
Tiboni, at their resort on Farm lake.
Mrs. Tiboni entertained the newly
wedS with bridal dinner on Tuesday
evening at which Is guests were present
and the evening spent in dancing, the
presentation of well wishes and gifts to
the happy couple. Music for the dance
was furnished by Arthur Peyla and his
accordion.
Mr.. and Mrs. CALI returned to their
home at Bemidji on Wednesday, where
Mr.. CALI is employed with the Baeh1
Theatre company as an operator. He
was formerly connected with the Ely
Theatre in this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

eff everybody in every walk of life
will get behind this thing it will have
results beyond any expectations that
we now have" E. B. Moon, secretary of
the wholesale department of the st.
Paul Chamber of Commerce, declared
Thursday in an address explaining de-
tails of the National Salesmen's Crusade
to Ely people who crowded the audi
forum of the Community Center nearly
to capacity.
THE outlook for the Northwest is
the best for II years. Isn't it time to
do something? That's the reason for
this Sales Crusade. That's why have
come here to talk to you"
Explaining that the National Sales
mems Crusade was built around the
'old idea of rolling up our sleeves and
working together" Mr.. Moon said that
in Minneapolis and st. Paul I'VE have
letters from SIG cities that have started
this crusade and not one has said
that it hasn't helped. This is the first
idea in my lifetime that has been so
successful. It has been successful be-
cause it is sound.
"But no idea is worth much unless
someone gets behind it. Because it is
broad civic movement for the benefit
of all, Chambers of Commerce have
taken ahold of it.
Somebody asked me, How will it
make SaleS?' It won't make sales in
itself. But when every person gets busy
and works along with the idea, it will
move goods. And then merchants must
replenish their stocks. And when they
start replacing their stocks, men are
put to work. Each sale ads to the buy
ing power. The cycle widens and
deepens
People now know that when they
spend money they not only get what
they want but they give someone a
job"
This sales campaign" Mr. Moon said
in starting his talk, was inauguarated
at Lincoln, Neb, May Is, by George w.
Mason, head of the h-Kelvinator
corporation. MIR. Mason began to check
on sales of his company and saw that
they had dropped considerably. He
called in members of his organization
in an attempt to find an answer for
this condition, and they all gave the
same one: We are in a depression.
It's hard to get money. That's the
reason I can't SELL
"An office boy in the organization
said that he didn't believe that it was
because people didn't have money. He
said our competitors sell to people we
don't even know about, so some
people must have money This office
boy had an idea and Mr. Mason was big
enough to listen to him.
Lincoln was selected in which to
test this campaign because it was a
tough town in which to make sales.
They found that there wasn't anyone
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Ely Chemist Defines Course
to Obtain Good Well Water
DR.. j. E. Thompson City Chemist Explains Procedure to be
Taken in Well Building Before Accurate Water Analysis
Can be Submitted.

Residents of Ely and vicinity fire.
quently bring samples of water from
wells or springs at the summer resorts
or farms to the city laboratory for
analysis to be approved or disapproved.
DR.. j. E. Thompson, city chemist,
states that these requests are so fire.
quent and an analysis so generally use
less that he feels it necessary to ex-
plain matters in connection with the
subject to save expense and incon-
venience through improper location and
construction of wells. He further states
that information in detail on the water
supply matter can be had by asking for
the State Board of Health bulletin on
the subject at the city laboratory.
DR.. Thompson then goes on to give
general and vital information on loca-
ton, construction, pump, sterilization,
etc., in which he says:
Location
The well should in general be located
upgrade from the other buildings on
the property, particularly privies. If
located near a lake it should be fifty
feet in from the shore line. At least
this distance should be kept between
the well, privies and garbage pits. Also
take into consideration the privies and
cess pools and adjoining property as
well. Avoid locating where spring floods
will contaminate the well.
Construction
The walls of the well should be con-
structed of solid material, preferably
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concrete, so that all the water entering
getting proper filtration. Jointed pipe,
like clay tile and concrete tile are not
100 per cent satisfactory as the frost
will move the sections and permit sur
face seepage. The walls of the well
should protrude above the surrounding
earth, which is removed in digging,
should be spread about the surface as
sloping mound away from the well.
The cover of the well is very important.
It should be constructed of solid ma
terial, again concrete is preferred. The
cover should overlap the wall by three
inches. A flat cover is not desirable
1t should be cast in the form of a
saucer, placed in an inverted position
on the well. This style of cover pre-
vents people from washing their shoes
off with the pump and allowing such
water to seep into the well.
Pump
The pump Is a. very important item.
A pump with an open trough spout and
a pump with slot for the piston stern
are to be avoided. Dirt can enter by
way of the pump in such style of con-
struction. The pump should have a
closed spout like a faucet and the
piston stern should enter through a
stuffing box. This pump should be
properly gasgetted into the concrete
cover so as to prevent seepage from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

We heartily congratulate the
old settlers of Cook on the sue
cessful celebration of Pioneer
Day on Sunday. The celebra-
ton marked a quarter century
of growth of this charming
little city and the development
of the rich agricultural sections
on the East Little Fork river,
second to none, not even the
renowned agricultural sections
of the southern part of this
great state. We also tender
our congratulations to Editor
Ray Wilkinson of the Cook
News-Herald on the historical
edition he printed last week
filled with tributes to the old
timers who trecked from Tower
by canoe and corduroy twenty
one miles away to open up one
of the richest sections and build
the modern little city of Ash
ava, later changed to Cook, al
so recognized as the Christmas
tree center of the United States.
Much of the matter in the
eight pages of Rays paper was
contributed by old timers in the
district. One item by Tony
Grebenc told of how Grandpa
Winchell, father of Harry
Winchell Of this city, walked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Board of Education
Asks $4,000 School
Improvement Grant
Board Applies for PWA
Grant to Provide Seats
for Auditorium.
as PER CENT OF COST
Floodlights and Bleachers
on Football Field Also
Included in Bid.

The board of education of Indepen-
dent School District No. II has made
application for a PWA grant of $4,000
which, with funds provided by the
school district, will defray the cost of
installing permanent seats in the audit
orium Of the Washington school build
ing, erecting lights at the football field
for night football and constructing per-
manent bleachers at the football field.
The grant will cover As per cent of
the cost. It is expected that it will be
acted upon within the next few days.
1t was decided at the meeting of the
board Tuesday evening to apply for the
grant. The deadline for making ap-
phcation is Sept. 80. Since one of
these projects, according to the present
PWA Setup, must be started by not
later than Jan. l, it is expected that
the installation of the seats in the
auditorium will be commenced some
time this fall. It is not probable that
the football field will be lighted. or
the bleacherS constructed this year,
since the projects are laid out to cover
a two-year period.
OF the $4,000 requested from PWA,
$4,000 was for the auditorium work
and $4,000 for the football field. The
auditorium will also be redecorated.
The bleachers will be of steel and con-
crete construction.