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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
FAIRS:
Attendance

Closer to large populations, New
York's Worlds fair would naturally
draw larger attendance than its RI
val at San Francisco. By June /,
after running 315 months, the Gold
en- Gate exposition reported attend
ance of 1924, 1929. In one month,
from April 80 to June l. New York S
turnstiles spun to the tune of 1884,
ITO.
More interesting to executives of
both fairs was the source of at
tendance, for local visitors add little
to the prosperity of either San Fran
cisco or New York. At the Golden
Gate, checkup of parking lots re-
vealed IS per cent of visitors were
from California. Of out-of-state Wis
itors, SIS per cent came from nearby
Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Ne
vada, etc.
Closest comparable estimate at
New York came from the Goodrich
exhibit, which offered replica auto
tags to the estimated 20 per cent
total attendance which visited the
Transportation area. Judging from
auto tag sales, 40 per cent of the
fairs visitors were from New York.
Others: New Jersey, Is per cent;
Pennsylvania, 6.5 per cent; Massa-
chusetts, As per cent; Connecticut,
As per cent. Only states not regis
tered on June /: North and South
Dakota.
Though both surveys showed ear
ly attendance was localized, both
fairs also predicted midsummer
vacation season would bring visi-
tors from afar.
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rejected, Mr.. Roosevelt knew the
public would regard the rejection
as a vote of confidence from the SEN
ate, thus paving the way for renomi-
nation.
Confusion. Far more pertinent,
however, is another reason. While
Mr.. Roosevelt keeps quiet, all other
Democratic hopefuls are scrambling
into the exciting political dogfght,
knitting each other in way that can
never bring party harmony.
First (and best liked) hopeful to
speak was Vice President John N.
Garner, whose friends announced he
would be available" Within 48
hours he was pounced on by: ~
Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes, who called him by inference
a know nothing, say nothing, do
nothing; (2) Workers Alliance,
which adopted a resolution con-
demning Mr.. Garner as represent
ing a poverty-stricken mass of peo-
Pile; (3) San Antonio's Mayor Maury
Maverick, former congressman,
who objected chiefly to Mr.. Gar
ner's age (70).
Meanwhile Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry Wallace had his name
added to a list of second choices
already cluttered with those of Post
master General James A. Farley,
Indiana's former Gov. Paul v. Nc
Mutt and aging Secretary of State
Corden Hull, who has long been
mentioned as a possibility.
Immediate result was probably
just what the President wanted, a
recognition by many Democrats
that the Garner-Hull-F arley-Wal-
lace-McNutt candidates. merely pro-
duced an utter confusion which
could have but one logical solution
at convention time: Junk them all
and nominate Franklin Roosevelt
again.
If this was not the case, observers
at least saw something significant
in Mr.. Ickes' article in Look maya
zine, in which he pumped for a
third term. Extremely close to the
White House, the vitriolic secretary
of the interior was not likely to
make such a statement unless he
knew the President was at least
toying with the idea of running
again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22

nor a victory for the New Deal. A
better guess is that the once noto-
rious poles of court conservatism
and New Deal liberalism have
grown less far apart.
Four Roosevelt appointees (Black,
Reed, Frankfurter, and Douglas)
have given the court iberalized col
or and today only two conservatives
(Butler and McReynolds) remain.
Middle-grounders are Hughes, Stone
and Roberts, and Mr.. Jackson had
to convince only one of these to
assure victory in any given case.
Yet, paradoxically, the recent term
brought a new high in dissents and
divisions of opinions, a condition
which proves that New Dealish JUS
tees have merely added zest to
court arguments, and that they have
not yet settled into rut which per-
mits observers to classify them in
advance.
While the court grows more lib
eral, an important offsetting factor
too often overlooked is the lesson
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration
learned through disastrous defeats
of the past. Today's legislation is
drafted more carefully and with
greater respect for constitutional
precedent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
DOMESTIC:
Income

President Roosevelt's goal for to-
tai U. S. income is $50, 900 900, 900
year, which critics say would not
necessarily guarantee prosperity
since living costs might rise CORE
spondingly. In 1929 the national
income was $50, 100000, by 1882
it had dropped to $40, 900, 0O0, 900,
and returning prosperity brought it
to $4,000, O00, 900 in 1887. Just re-
leased is the figure for 1888, showing
an II per cent drop to $64, 900, OO0,-
900.
Best explanation of the drop, said
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hop
kins, was declining prices, coupled
with reduced volume of production.
More significant, however, were
1885 results of 1875 capital-labor
battle, during which John Lewis c.
I. o. squeezed out higher salaries
and expanded unionism. Net result:
Labor gained and capital lost.
One index was the fact that COM
pensation to employees for 1898
was off only z per cent from the
previous year, while dividend pay
ments to stockholders in corpora
tons dropped approximately one
third from the $500, 900, 900 level
of 1887. An even better index, how
ever, was that income distribution
in wages set new high mark of
67.3 per cent in 1888.
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pendence, adopted in Philadelphia.
Born first outside its own borders
by idealistic exiles, will Thomas
Masaryk's land be reborn in Chi
cago?
Three months after Czecho-
Slovakia fell, such development
seemed possible. At Prague, Ger
man Konstantin Won Neurath lost
sleep over a maddening passive re-
sistance on the part of his SUBJ
jects. Rushing to Berlin, he con-
suited with Fuehrer Hitler over two
methods of fighting back. Germany
could either dominate Bohemia and
Moravia by force, or try to recon-
Gle the Czechs by encouraging
more intimate cultural and political
relations with Germany.
What he cannot reconcile, how
ever, is the patriotic fervor of
Czechs outside the Reich. In
France are a reported 10000 exiles
waiting to enlist for The Cause.
Other thousands are in Poland,
planning a swift military seizure of
Observation-Disclosures should Germany
become involved in war.
At her consulates and Legations
the defunct Czech government main
tains a semblance of official contact
with other lands, an advantage not
possessed during the first nationals
tic struggle. And from Chicago DR..
Benes is directing a worldwide
mobilization of Czech moral and
financial support, carefully avoiding
open commitments which would
"add to the difficulties of the (U.
S. President and department of
state"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
COURTS:
Ofsetting Factor

Vacationing from their Washing
ton temple nowadays are the SUI
preme courts nine young and old
men, as unique a mixture of legal
talent as ever donned the traditional
black robes. Abed with a doudenal
ulcer is Chief Justice Hughes; visit
ing his old Kentucky home is JUS
tice McReynolds; still in Washing
ton, close to such friends as SECS
Jerome Frank and Brain Truster
Tommy Corcoran is the courts
youngest and most un-traditional
member, 44-year-old Bill Douglas.
Gloating, meanwhile, is Solicitor
General Robert H. Jackson, whom
observers credit with winning IL out
of IA bouts with the high bench this
past term. Yet in retrospect the
session just ended was neither a
capitulation by the Supreme court
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22

rather work up there than do lots
of jobs on the ground"
In the last year she has helped
her husband on dozens of jobs at
wage rate of 81 an hour. During
that time she has stopped worry
ing and losing pounds"
Mrs. Miner was formerly Mildred
Arnold of Parry Sound, Ont, before
her marriage at Bowling Green,
Ohio. three years ago she had
worked in photographers studios,
did oil and water painting and
toiled as a waitress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
POLITICS.:
Plan?

Whatever his reasoning, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has shown political
wisdom in refusing to announce his
intentions for 1910. But campaigns
and conventions must eventually
settle the Democratic party's polit-
ical stew, and by early June cam
paign time was so near that third
term talk was definitely in the pic
ture. Enough other Democrats had
talked to give the voting public their
choice of two probable reasons why
the White House continued to re-
main silent:
Resolution. West Virginia's Sen.
Rush D. Holt began demanding that
the senate vote on his resolution for
bidding a third term. Until that
vote was made, Mr.. Roosevelt could
hardly be expected to declare him
self; if the resolution were passed
after he announced his candidacy,
the President would 60 down in
history as villain, not a hero.
Contrariwise. if the resolution were
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Woman Joins Husband
In Steeplejack Trade

AGINCOURT, ONTARIO. - Mrs.
Charles Miner decided that the best
way to stop worrying about her hus-
band when he was painting steeples
was to be beside him. This was one
of the reasons why the blonde
woman works high up on church
steeples with paint brush.
Il like it better than washing
dishes" said Mrs. Miner before
starting a typical days work. "I'd
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
QUICK
QUOTES
THE CORNERSTONE

s" HOSE who laid the cornerstone
OF representative government in
the Federal Constitution, built wisely.
Upon that firm base they erected a
structure reinforced by the four essen
tials of democracy : free press, free
speech, free assembly, free worship
Liberty has persisted where these funda-
mentals have been abridged or ,bol-
ished. James G.. Stahlman, President,
american Newspaper Publishers Ass0-
CLINTON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
AGRICULTURE:
Ne,U Uses

One major reason for today's
U. S. crop SURPRISES was the World
war. Then, and before, both the
agriculture department and farm
ers bent their energies to establish
ing production level that would
accommodate an export market
which annually took from $50 to 200
million bushels of wheat, eight to
nine million bales of cotton, al
most billion pounds of pork, plus
large quantities of tobacco and fruit.
Since then three factors have con-
spired to upset farm economy. First,
U. S. export requirements were cut
drastically as other nations became
self-sufficient; second, agriculture
became mechanical, cutting farm
employment and making it easier
to raise large crops; third, unscien-
tifcally titled land burned out"
from too much repetition of the
same crop.
No cure-all, but an encouraging
move in the right direction will be
underway by next summer when
four regional laboratories begin
seeking ways to make the farm a
source of raw materials for fac
tories. Authorized by congress and
operating under the department of
agriculture will be laboratories at:
Peoria, ILL.,, researching on corn,
wheat and agricultural wastes,
much of which is already used for
such purposes as industrial alcohol.
New Orleans, where new uses will
be sought for cotton, sweet pota-
toes and peanuts.
WyndmOOr, Pa, centering its &C.
tivities on tobacco, milk products,
apples, Irish potatoes and vege-
tables.
San Francisco, studying wheat,
potatoes, alfalfa, vegetables and
fruits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Property Value Falls

WASHINGTON. - The assessed
value of property subject to general
and selective taxes in the 48 states
and the District of Columbia de-
clined 14.9 per cent between 1882
and 1887.
The 1887 value of the property was
set at S139, 005, 744, 900, as compared
with S163, 81, 104 900 in 1882, a net
reduction of $24, 311 1860, 900. Only
three states, Delaware, Florida and
Iowa, showed an increase in 1887
over the 1892 valuation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Jerusalem Taken on Foot

Several centuries ago, according
to legend, Ibn Khasri, a Moham-
medan poet, prophesied that when
Jerusalem would be wrested from
the Mohammedans its conqueror
would enter the city on foot. When
General Allenby took the city in 1917
he did just that.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Fairy Tale

The bus had to pull up very sud-
denly; a taxi behind could not
stop and gently bumped into it.
The taxi-driver jumped out and,
running to the front of the bus,
proceeded to tell the driver what
he thought of him.
The bus-driver remained silent
until the taxi-man had finished !;
then he leaned out and said, very
gently, 81 thought you'd be
croSS!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
CONTINUATION

81 thought you learned to swim
last summer"
$50 I did. But / thought I'd
take a postgraduate course from
that handsome young millionaire
who came down yesterday"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Good Impression

OUUU IIIpItSSIUH
Come, come, Miss Spacebar,"
said the employer. '"This is no
time to be dolling up your face.
I told you these letters are ex-
tremely important
eyes, SIR" replied the typist. 81
thought I ought to be looking my
best before starting on them.''
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
The Result

81 want one of you," said the
teacher, to give me a definition of
the word widow"
"a widow" said the angel child,
sis a woman who lived with her
husband so long that he died."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Another Significant feature

Another significant feature:
The construction industry, which
has suffered severely since 1929,
showed very little decline in
1888, indicating that u. S. housing
requirements have reached so criti-
cal a stage that not even recession
can stop new building.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
S 5VllEg4iIS|v 81 4
Surprise!

whats in this bother" asked
the customs officer.
cts only ammonia" SIAM
mered the passenger.
"Oh-is it," sneered the GUS
toms officer, removing the cork
and taking a long sniff.
It was!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Turkish Mamma Grows on Trees

Turkish mamma is growth found
on low trees and shrubs IN the Near
East. sometimes eaten by peasants
as sweet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Helpless

Ethel, I'm ashamed of you. /
saw that Frenchman in the hall
kissing you repeatedly. Why didn't
you tell him to stop?"
81 can't speak French"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH w. LaBINE
Jealous Czechs Plan Rebellion
Against German Domination;
Nazis Puzzle Combat Strategy

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
Of
dhy XeternN ewsna Uni !
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
Out of Mind

Sand what" bawled the inter,
viewer, what do you think of the
modern girl?"
'Lor', SIR" replied the cente
marian, II be a 'underd, ! be, an
I gave up thinking bout the girls
nigh on five years ago."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22

zen. EVANGELINE BOOTH,
- here from London on official
business, says she's coming
"hone" to live next October. A
Cooper union
General Booth, audience Kissed
Bonnet Still On, her when she
Coming Home came here from IRON
but cheered before she finished. She
remained 80 years, running the
army from her quaint old house in
Hartsdale, N. Y.
She will be "a next Christmas,
relinquishing command of the
international army. The daugh-
ter of Gen. william Booth,
founder of the army, she was
reared in London. At II, the
tall, vigorous, red-headed girl
swung into the army ranks,
singing their warrior hymns in
the slums of London. Ho0dlums
had a standing offer of $50 for
anyone who would knock off
her coal-scuttle bonnet. Nobody
ever did, then or since, al
though she was once severely
injured. She was put in COM
mand of the Canadian army
in 1896.
Consolidated Features-WNU Service)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-22
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-While it is only So
years since the first feeble
crow-hop of the Wright brothers,
aviation already has the equivalent
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04

The U & I Dance Hall and Cafe is run for the better class of Eskimo trade but Whites are welcome to attend-Open every
 night ! pm. to 3 am.
 NO DRUNKS ALLOWED
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04
Rowing Camera Man Shoots" Life Pictures

Pointing his camera at Fair banks personalities, buildings, and nearby scenic and mining areas is Herbert Gehr, rowing photographer for Life Magazine.
 Gehr arrived in Fairbanks Monday aboard a special car from Mt. Mckinley. He expects to be in the city until the end of the week ferreting out, with his lenses, pictures to be used in combination with an article in Life Magazine over possibil- ities for settlement and contin- ued development of the Terri tory.
 Gehr did not state how soon the issue containing his photo graphic study of Alaska is to ap- pear.
 It is very probably that MT. Gehr will come to Nome soon.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04
American Salmon Boosted

WASHINGTON, Aug. l The Commerce department said, a new British regulation will help American canned Salmon in Great Britain where there is Jap anese competition.
 U. s. Trade Commissioner E. C. Squire, in London, advised the department of a new British rule required foreign canned sal mon to show the country of it's origin.
 This is expected to improve the sales of American Salmon be cause Squire said U. s. Canned foods have high reputation for quality among .ha British.
 Formerly an Englishman could not distinguish between Arneri- can and Japanese Salmon be- cause the only labelling require ment for foreign Salmon was that it show # as foreign" with out naming the country.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04
FILM WILL BE MADE IN FAIRBANKS

To make documentary col ored motion picture of Alaskan institutions and activities n AL aska is the mission Of Ira Genet producer-director from Warner Brothers New York studios. who now is in Juneau. He and his travelling associates will go to Fairbanks.
 MT. Genet's picture VII deal with the Territory's industries and resources, and may be the means, he says of attracting cap ital to the Territory by showing investors exactly what the North land has to offer.
 MT. Genet and his party have already been at Ketchikan, Wran gell, Petersburg. and Sitka. From Juneau, within the next few days they are expected to leave for Seward and then travel over the Alaska Railroad to Anchorage, Matanuska, Mount McKmley and Fairbanks. From there they plan to fly to Nome and Candle.
 After their visit to the Sew ard Peninsula they will return to Fairbanks and go over the Rich ardson Highway to Seward, and then to fishery waters to the Westward.
 Accompanying MT. Genet are Mrs. Genet, former newspaper woman, and Gerald Marfeet, cameraman.
 Scenes taken in Alaska will be interspersed with the theme of the picture in the New York stu dies. The picture has not yet been titled.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04
The Washington
 Newsletter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
 Delegate from Alaska

Last week the House of Rep resentatives reached another high note in quicktime harmony it has been playing on Alaska legislation-passing four of the bills introduced by Delegate Di- mond during the current session of Congress.
 The first of these to be ap- proved were two measures to amend the Act for retirement of employees of the Alaska Railroad One of which is to provide au- thority for employees or annuit- ants under the retirement sys- tenn to designate the beneficiary they wish to receive the paidin value of their retirement ac- counts in the event of death. The other will extend the bene- fits of the Act to employees of the Alaska Railroad who work on the river boats.
 Next passed by the House was the bill authorizing postmasters within the Territory of Alaska to administer oaths, affirmations and 3cknOWledpennen Whenev- CT they are permitted or requir- ed by any Act of Congress. Un- der this the postmasters would be authorized to charge and re- ceive the fees prescribed by law for "a notary public for similar services in the Territory.
 The fourth bill approved by the House would amend the law reserving certain lands for the
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04

territory for educational purposes 10 the extent that timber and minerals on the reserved school lands may be sold and the mon ey received credited to the ter ritory.
 Existing law reserves sections numbered 16 and 36 in each town ship in Alaska for the support of the public schools, and sec tions numbered B in the town ships in the Panama Valley for the use of the agricultural col lege and school of mines in the University of Alaska. In conform ity with the general policy of Congress in dealing with Terri tories, the title to the reserved school lands and those specified sections reserved for the Uni versity of Alaska is retained in the Federal Government until the Territories are admitted to statehood. Neither the Territory nor the Government may dis pose of minerals in these reserv- ed sections, nor has the Territory authority to sell the timber on it's reserved sections.
 Enactment of the bill will au- thorize the Secretary if the In- terior to dispose of such lands un der the mining laws of the Unit ed States and to sell the timber thereon, and the proceeds from such leases or sales will be set apart as permanent funds" in the Territorial Treasury, ito be invested and the income eXpend- ed" for the purpose for which the lands were reserved.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04
Predicts President Will Refuse Run for Third Term

At a recent meeting of the Fairbanks Chamber of Com merce, Harry O. Arend, assist ant district attorney at Fair banks, who recently returned from a tour of the States, spoke on the political situation in the States, ventured the prediction that President Roosevelt will not seek third term, but will sup port some one of his choice for the presidency and that the ad- ministration will adopt a change of policy.
 Closed factories and broken windows means industry must see confidence restored before it will venture on new activities" ]" said the speaker, and I am con fident we shall never see a dictat Ol olllP III Al1lGl ICd. 1IlS AlIleIl T. can people as a mass oppose such a form of government and are too democratic to toerate it.
 MT. Arend said the New York fair is perhaps three times as large as the San Francisco Fair but the San Francisco Fair, be- ing compact and more pictur- esque offers all the average per son desires to see and to his mind is preferable.
 After visiting Salt Lake City, and conferring with officials of the Mormon Church there, he said he earned that the Mor- mons do not contemplate estab- fishing a colony in Alaska, but will encourage such members of their church as care to come to the country individually to en- gage in farming to do so.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.

How Mining Claims can be Staked in Alaska. length, Bread tn, how many, and the Associa ton Claim, described in detail, in pamphlet form, for sale at The Nugget Office. for 10 cents.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-04

Don't forget to leave yo.r name and address for the Nugget to be sent to you via airplane at your mining camps, from now on.