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1 the club car would give her time to adjust her thoughts and that there would be other people there partly to distract Steve's attention from her.
 In the lounge Steve ordered 8 diaquiri for Nikki and Manhattan for himself. The waiter hustled around. By tomorrow, thought Nix ki, that waiter will be calling Steve MT. Mallory" and giving him bet ter service than anyone on the tram.
 She looked at Steve while he was telling the waiter not to put grenadine in the daiquiri and what brand of whisky to use for the Manhattan. He was tall, over six feet, with dark hair that oc- casionally didn't stay precisely in plice. His. eyes were blue, much darker than Nikkis, and his feat ures were good all except his mouth. It was generously wide mouth, too wide, but that mouth and his heavy brows kept him from being to handsome, Nikki thought rather remotely, and wondered why she couldn't keep on thinking of Steve, but instead had to be constantly picturing that man at the door of her state room, and remembering the way he looked at her. She shivered just as Steve turned back to her.
 What IS the matter, Nikki? You look like you'd just looked down from the top of the Empire State building"
 She smiled at him and after they had their drinks suggested tht they go on into the diner. At the table she was conscious of making only desultory replies to Steve's bright conversation. She tried desperately to tear her thoughts away from her father and the man in her stateroom but she couldn't.
 Normally she was so self-pos- sessed. And now, she thought, one strange man with bag of money sends me into a panic. There was, however, more to this situation than that, and Nikki knew it. Finally her fiance said:
 Look, honey. If something is wrong, can't you tell Steve? Re- member me? I'm the man you're going to marry. Everything was fine when we got on the train and then you went to your stateroom. When you came out the world had all turned gray. Whats the mat ter, sweet?'
 l Nikki smiled at him. Steve was such darling. She adored him.
 I'm sorry dear" She had to make some excuse and she knew Steve deserved a better one than she could give him. T guess it's the train. The train and my head. Sometimes they bother me. " Nikki smiled. My head really is splitting" she finished.
 That sounds little like some thing your grandmamma might have told her boy friend when she
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CHAPTER H

Nikki spent puzzled and unhap- py night. The incident over the money and the note from her father mystified and frightened her. As the train got underway she sat down in bewilderment and reread the message.
 The note warned her not to an- tagonize man named Dillon. Ap- parently Dillon, then, was the man who had appeared in her stateroom. But what was his con- nection with her father, and what was he doing carrying around $1O0,000 in dressing case? If the case had contained jewels, Nikki would have thought little of the incident. Peter Jerome was president and major owner of one of the country's largest retail jewelry concerns and jewel ex- pert recognized on two continents. But no business associate or friend of her father would be carrying a dressing case stuffed with money, as far as Nikki could know
 Her first reaction was, T must tell Steve" And then she saw again the "extremely confidential phrase and knew, miserably, that she couldn't tell Steve, that she couldn't tell anyone. She would have to work things out for her. self. Somehow the whole affair filled her with an uneasy dread that wouldn't release it's grip usu- ally resourceful and self-reliant Nikki wanted so much to tell Steve, and to ask him what to do. But she couldn't not yet anyway.
 He knocked at the door of her stateroom at that moment and stepped inside in response to her invitation, standing and looking inquiringly at her.
 How about 8 cocktail before dinner?"
 alhe nodded.
 "Like to go into the lounge for it?"
 "Yes, that's a nice idea" Nikki thought that at least the walk to
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the committee give this phase of the proposed organization, necessitated by the redistricting of the city, earnest consideration.
 T told MT. Upson that consider ing the periodical demands that are made on me for the formation of some sort of non-partisan or- ganization among the French peo- pie could not urge too strongly tha. he give this his personal at- tention. It would not be in order for me to suggest candidate and I have no suggestions to offer but would be glad to go over the mat ter with MT. Upson and represen-
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RECEIPTS 100 YEARS OLD

Painesville, O., (UP)-Six receipts, almost 100 years old were discovered in some old furniture by E. L. Cum ningham. One of them dated Feb. 19 l840, is for a load of wood valued at 75 cents to be exchanged for sub scription to the Gainesville Tele- graph from Feb. 10 to July 25, 1840.
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CIRCLE ARRANCES
 SPORTS PROGRAM

The Circolo Recrestivo Compo- bassano will celebrate their first outing Sunday afternoon, at the Par adise Inn grounds on Meriden road. The fearute event of the day will be a softball game between the married and single men. Among other events to take place are entertain
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lhent and also that popular 1taIiaa game morra.
 The committee in charge of the arrangements consists of Frank Santoro, Anthony Minervina, John DeSantis, Nicholas Iannacci. Niclio- las Topazio, Salvatore Colitti, Joseph Trunfio, Ralph Minerviro, Joseph Colitu and Victor Mambrunc.
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tatives of the French people at any time.
 My only purpose is the welfare of the party and that of the French people with equal interest in both"
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During 1937 the gasoline taxes col. lected by the states amounted to $756, ,030,000. New York collected the greatest amount, t61, ,e4l. 900, Pennsylvania the second largest, California third. and Ohio fourth.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

NIKKI JEROME, heroine, blond, popular, is engaged to six-foOt, black haired
 STEVE MALLORY, hero; who is accompanying her on a trip to Nikki's aunt and uncle on Wyoming dude ranch. Nikki's father,
 PETER JEROME, is wealthy New York jewel merchant.
 Yesterday, Nikki Jerome starts her trip by finding S10O,O00 in strange travelling bag. Then she gets a surprise message from her father warning her not to antagonize Charles Dillon, who Is on the train.
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Resident of Ely 40 Years
Died Suddenly Sunday.

Mrs Ida Christopher, resident of
this city for the past 40 years, died
Tuesday following heart attack. She
was the widow of John P. Christopher
who died 16 years ago. She resided on
Finn Hill in the Chandler Location.
Mrs. Christopher, nee Carlstrom, was
born in Sweden, coming to this country
when young girl She was married
to Mr.. Christopher in Minneapolis
after which they removed to this city
40 years ago.
Surviving are three sons: Ernest Will
mar, Harry and Fred in this city; three
daughters, Mrs. Vernon Johnson, Sou
dan; Mrs. Jesse Hagadorn, Duluth;
Miss Eileen Christopher of this city.
Five grandchildren also survive.
The funeral takes place from Apos-
tolic Lutheran church here tomorrow
at two o'clock The Rev. Pollari of
Maple, Wisconsin, a close friend of the
deceased, will officiate at the burial
services; interment will be in the Ely
cemetery. She would have been IS
years of age in September.
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]. WILmUNEN
HEADS 40 & 8
Officers of New Ely Voiture
Are Installed by Group of
State officials.

John Wilmunen was installed as
Chef de Care of the 40 & 8, Voiture No.
A, here, in ceremonies Friday night
attended by state officials of the order.
Other officers installed include Ed.
McGivern, Chef de Train; Matt Indy,
Correspondent, and John Rikhus, Con-
ducteur.
Benny zetlin, Grand Master Chauf-
feur and Grand Master Smoker, st.
Paul; DR.. George w. Snyder, Grand
Chef de Care, st. Paul; E. A. Preston,
Grand Correspondent, Minneapolis; o.
VIM. Hallin, Sous Grand Chef de Train,
Hibbing, and Stafford King, Sour Chef
de Chenin de Fer Passe, st. Paul, were
present. Mr.. zetlin and Mr.. King
served as installation officers.
The Ely voiture, besides the new of
ficers named above, includes DR.. j. j.
Call, Walter Carlson, Ed. Buckley, Ray
Hoefler, H. j. Dillon, VIM. Hanson, E.
l.. Rautio, VIM. Rowe, John Klobuchar,
Waino SonlerosA. j. McNIahan, Douglas
NankerviS. Pete Handberg and Harry
Homer. Local members of the 40 g.
8 formerly belonged to the Hibbing
voiture.
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Hollywood Pren1iere'' at
Ely Theatre Next Week

All the pomp, fanfare and brilliance
of Hollywood Premiere will be repro
duced at the Ely Theatre on August IL,
according to Manager Davis who
promises something unusual in the line
of entertainment to be furnished by
local talent throughout sponsored by a
number of Ely merchants and business
men.
Movie stars will be impersonated by
Ely's younger set. The identity of these
stars will be kept secret until the
night of the show on Friday when at
9 o'clock that evening the premiere will
burst forth in all it's glory. The stars
will arrive down Hollywood Boulevard"
as Chapman street in front of the
theatre will be dubbed for the evening,
in swanky limosines amidst battery
of spot and floodlights and will speak a
word to their public outside the theatre
over the microphone.
They will then be seated in the
audience until presented on the stage
in the most outstanding theatrical event
of the season. The stage presentation
will be enhanced with singing and
dancing specialties, movie stars imper-
sonationS, comedians and music.
Manager Davis and Robert H. Gage
of the Gage Presentation company,
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Confer With Elsberg
OUer Relocating No. 1.

Representatives of the Ely City coun-
Gil and Commercial Club left yester-
day for st. Paul where they will confer
today with N. w. Elsberg, commissioner
OF highways, over the proposed reloca-
ton of No. l on the east end of Ely.
The group expects to return this eve
ming or Friday morning.
Making the trip were: Mayor Jack
Peshel, Councilmen Alex Lobe, Joseph
Spreitzer and John Debeltz, Assessor
Nick Popovich, City Engineer Waino
Somero, Ray Hoefler, secretary of the
Commercial club and Emor Ellefsen,
secretary of the local Farmer-Labor
organization.
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Union Organizations
to Sponsor Big Labor
Day Celebration Here
Program, Athletic Events,
Dance, Listed for Days
Celebration.
BERNARD IS SPEAKER
Chisholm White Sox and
Ely City Team to Clash
at Athletic Park.

Labor day-Monday, Sept. 5-will be
observed in Ely with a celebration Spon-
sored by a group of labor organizations,
it was decided at meeting held in
the Community Center, Friday.
Present were representatives of the
Steel Workers Union No. 1864, Ely Local
Industrial Union No. $50 (truck drivers
BARRIERS Union Local No. 704, and the
State, County and Municipal Employees
Union.
Headlined on the program will be
Congressman John T. Bernard, Eveleth,
and Harold Atwood, a member of the
railroad and warehouse commission, st.
Paul, who will speak in the Community
Center auditorium in the morning.
Preceding their talks the municipal
band will present concert.
In the afternoon there will be races
and stunts at the baseball park, fol-
lowed by ball game between the
Chisholm White Sox and the Ely City
team
A diamond ball game in the evening
and dance at the Community Center
auditorium, with music by the Vir-
ginians from Virginia, will conclude the
program.
John Debeltz was chosen general
chairman of the celebration, the first
of its kind ever to be held here, and
will be assisted by the following COM
mittees:
Program, publicity and finance, Geo.
Burck, j. Emil Maxi, John Jurisich,
Anton Petchek, Geo. Kochevar, Charles
Myntti, Louis Pryatel, John Somrock
and Sam E. Swanson.
Sports-Frank Jasper, Stanley Lou
shine, John Krall, Steve Strutzel, Emil
Maxi, Riisto Women, William Shop, Elmo
ASpie and Charles TiSovich.
Dance-William j. Maxi, John Kot-
zian, Henry Hendrickson, Bob Nickich,
Toivo Maxi, Howard Prowse, John
LouShine, Jr., and Felix HegforS.
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completed arrangements the first of
the week to present one of the finest
stage and screen shows in local amuse-
ment history
Bob r Steve arrives today from Chi
cago to take charge of rehearSals and
the stage shows. He has the job of de-
Gliding whether or not the local talent
resemble movie stars and if SO which
ones.
The doors of the theatre will open at
$50 o'clock with the regular screen pro-
gram showing "City Streets starring
Edith Fellows and Leo GARLIC, plus
the latest news events and selected
shorts, starting at z o'clock.
The STARS" will arrive at 8:15 and
the stage presentation will be given at
9 o'clock with the screen show to be
repeated after that. AS there will be
only one big stage show of one full
hour each night it is advisable to come
early to be assured of good seat.
Slips have been circulated to give
everyone a chance to nominate their
favoriteS to represent stars for the
Hollywood Premiere. In another place
in this paper will be found the sug-
geStion slip. Cut it out and place in
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Oliver men TO
BE H0NORED
Seven Mine Employees Receive
35, 80 and 25-Year Service
Badges, Monday.

Honors in the shape of badges will be
conferred on seven men of the Oliver
Iron Mining company for outstanding
services in point of years for the COM
pany.
Superintendent B. O. Strachan will
make the presentation of 35, 80 and 25-
year badges to the employees on Monday.
No special program has been arranged
for the occasion, marking the continued
services to the company on the YER
million range, but the badges will be
delivered to the men by Superinten-
dent Strachan with few words of ap-
probation on behalf of the officials of
the Oliver Iron Mining company.
Frank M Anderson and Steve Kobilly
will be awarded the 35 year badge.
Andre Koprivnik will receive the 80
year badge.
Twenty-Five year badges will be
awarded to August Jeranson of Soudan;
Leopold Motnik, Frank Nosan and John
Stepan of Ely.
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OUTLINE 4TH
DISTRICT ROAD
IMPROvEM rs
40 Miles of Roads in Fourth
District to be Blacktopped
This Summer.

With the completion of Is miles of
blacktop treatment on county high
way No. 81, the Fourth district highway
department reached the halfway mark
in an extensive highway improvement
program which calls for more than 40
miles of blacktop surfaced roads to be
completed in the district this summer.
Completed this week by Inland Bros,
Austin, Minnesota contractors, highway
81 comes up to standard specifications
for such work. Width of the road is 26
feet from shoulder to shoulder with
the blacktop mat covering width of
% #.
Initial work to bring this highway up
to standard was begun in 1885 when
sterilization of that portion from the
''Y" to the district line was completed.
The project covered distance of 8
miles. 1t was the first such stabiliza-
ton work to be done in st. Louis
County and proved very successful. The
work that year was carried on under
the personal supervision of Commits
sioner Joseph Veranth of the Fourth
district. The method used was mostly
experimental but such work has now
become common and is the accepted
practice and treatment in sterilization
of highway sub-grades preparatory to
the application of blacktop mat The
z miles from Ely to the "Y" were
stabilized this year by the contractor.
Engineers and veteran blacktop men
have pronounced the work on 81 this
year as being superior to 95 per cent
of the usual run of blacktop treatment.
Much credit for the job goes to the con-
tractor and the engineering inspection
service. Both the contractor and the
engineers in charge. give most of the
credit to the machine operators assigned
to the work such as the grader blade
men and the roller operator.
Previous to the completion of work
on 81, the county forces put miles of
blacktop on highway "a, north of Cook.
Also completed this week was the
Fourth districts portion of the Section
80 road where one mile of blacktop was
laid.
At present, county forces are hauling
crushed rock and sand from the Little
Long portage pit and applying it to
highway 88, known as Grant McMahan
Boulevard which circles Shagawa lake.
This highway, one of the most heavily
travelled scenic drives in the county, will
be blacktopped with the work expected
to be complete sometime this month.
Work of shooting the first or prime
coat of cut-back asphalt on the road
material will be done this week. After
that, traffic will be allowed to pound
the material and asphalt into the sub
grade and then the final coat or mat
will be applied. Much blading in order
to get perfect mixture is entailed in
laying the mat along with rolling the
mat with heavy roller.
The last of the blacktop projects listed
for completion in this district this year
is on highway n which skirts Lake
Vermilion starting from the ''Y'', four
miles out of Tower. Here miles of
blacktop mat will be applied. Work of
completing a relocation of the first
portion of n from the "Y," past the
State Fish Hatchery and connecting
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Worlds Largest Drill Conquers Stone
for 700 Feet at Zenith Mine Project
5h Foot Ventilation Shaft to
Be Completed in 2 Months;
Progress Watched.

The air shaft being drilled at the
Zenith mine had attained depth of
700 feet up to Saturday night, according
to Superintendent B. S. Richards Of the
Zenith, who feels much pleased and
satisfied with the progress made and
thinks the shaft will be completed in
another two months.
Drilling was started in April and the
the first core was hoisted in the pres
ence of prominent officials of the
Pickands, Mather company and the
Oliver Iron Mining company.
The drilling of the 5 foot, six inch
hole through solid greensboro, attract
ing worldwide attention, is the second
of its kind to be drilled in the country
and new development in the Lake SUI
perior district The work is being
watched with enthusiasm by the mining
world and is receiving columns of pub
Lefty in all the trade journals.
The method of making ventilation
opening was developed by the Idaho
Maryland Mines corporation in the
Grass Valley, California fields. The
work at the Zenith is under the super
vision of j. B. NewSom of California,
who also did the work for the Idaho
Maryland company, and crew brought
with him from Grass Valley, composed
of Warren Lyons, Dan Mclaughlin and
Royal Widener. Mr. NeWsom designed
the machinery for the California pro-
ject.
The machinery for the work for the
Zenith shaft was designed by Mr.. New.
som and w. H. Gallagher, chief mech
anical engineer for the Pickands,
Mather company. The driving mech
anism was built by the Falk Engineer
ing company of Milwaukee and the drill
cylinders by the Lake Shore Engine
Works of Marquette Michigan.
The core barrel of the drill weighs
four tons and with the driving mechan-
ism, directly over the drill and housed
in another cylinder, the two weigh APP
proximately Is tons. When the drilling
began, is inches per hour was figured
as capacity. Lately the drill has been
showing two feet per hour under fav-
orable circumstances. The extra inches
were added by allowing more weight on
the drill barrel which had been held
back earlier in the work
Skillings' Mining Review, in its issue
of July 2, printed an illustrated des-
cription of the drilling being done,
furnished by the engineering forces, and
which explained the work in every de-
tail. The Mining Review said:
"The hole is located in the Green
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DRUM CORPS.
AUxY SINGERS
TO ST. CLOUD
Legion Unit, Auxiliary Glee
Club to Compete in State
Convention Contests.

Ely will be well represented at the
state American Legion convention at
st. Cloud to be held Aug. to 10. The
drum and bugle corps of Frank Lozar
post No. 248 and the glee club, quartet
and trio of the auxiliary unit will at
tend, and with the exception of the trio
will compete in contests conducted at
the conclave. Many other Legionnaires
and auxiliary members are also ex-
pected to attend.
The drum and bugle corps will leave
by special chartered bus at P. M,
Saturday from the city hall, and the
auxiliary musical units will go early
Monday morning. Members of the for
mer organization will be present during
the four days of the convention, while
members of the latter will return Tues
day evening
Competing in class ga" on Tuesday,
Aug. 9, at $50 P. M, the Ely drum and
bugle corps will be pitted against corps
from Lawrence Wennell, Minneapolis;
st. Paul, East Side; Chisholm; Sleepy
Eye, and Worthington Prizes are 5000
for first place, $3.50 for second, SIPS for
third, 500 for fourth, and $75 for fifth
On Monday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 P M, the
the Auxiliary musical organizations will
appear, competing in class 3D." Con-
test numbers of the quartet are pale
in the Amber West by Parks, and ST
Hear a Thrush at Eve" by Cadrnan
Thu tr1aa i,,g Il
G. Curran and Dear Land of Home" by
Sibelius. While the judges are making
their decision, the trio will present two
numbers, "Out of the Dusk to You" by
Lamb, and Prayer Perfect" by Stenson
Competition in past years in the
drum and bugle corps contest has been
very keen, with Ely being runner-up
to Chisholm at the Virginia convention
in 1887 with but four -tenths of point
in the scoring separating the two. This
is the first state competition for the
auxiliary'S musical organizations.
Mrs. E. w. Hanson, of this city, state
music chairman of the auxiliary, is ar
ranging for the appearance of the aux
Hilary musical units on program to
be broadcast by the st. Cloud radio
station
Both the drum and bugle corps and
the glee club will appear in the 40 & 8
torch light parade, Monday evening,
the corps attired in their red and
white checked clown suits and the
glee club dressed in harem costumes.
The corps is leaving Saturday after
noon so as to be on hand for the men,
orial parade, Sunday evening. On Mon
day at 100 P. M. there will be special
parade at the U. S. Veterans hospital
at st. Cloud for the benefit of the dis
abled veterans. At P. M the massed
formation parade will be held, followed
by luncheon of the Minnesota Drum
and Bugle Corps association. The 40
& torch light parade will follow this
On Thursday afternoon will be the
dressed formation. Wednesday, the
final day of the convention, will con-
sist mainly of closing sessions of bust
ness meetings. The champion drum
and bugle corps will play in conven-
ton hall in the morning.
Official delegates include Clarence
Hanson of the Legion, John Wilmunen,
H. j. Dillon, A. j. McMahan, John Klo-
(Gnntin1lnd Loot po00l
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Paul BuccOlUich Heads
Electricians Club Here.

Paul Buccowich, Jr., superintendent
of the city water and light department,
was elected president until January 1,
1889, of the newly formed Electricians
club in an organization meeting held
Monday evening in the Community
Center. c. F. Drolet, electrical super
intendent of the Oliver Mining COM
pany, was elected secretary and treas
urer until January /, 1889.
The club was organized for the pur-
pose of discussing electrical problems
and also the new state laws governing
the operations of electricians. 1t will
meet the second Monday of each month
at 8 p. m. Dues were set at $1O0 per
year.
About Is men were present at the
organization meeting.