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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04
M O d E R N
ETIQUETTE
By Roberta Lee

@. Should man remove his hat
when entering hotel elevator?
A. Yes; but it is not necessary
when entering the elevator of store
or office building
@. What is the correct way to
eat artichokes?
A. Each leaf should be pulled
from the artichokes, dipper into the
sauce, and bitten off.
@. How should woman sign her
name when wiring for hotel reser-
vations?
A. Mrs. Arthur Norton, or Miss
Helen Norton
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04
LOOK and LEARN
By A. C. Gordon

l. Which arm does the Statue of
Liberty hold aloft?
2. In what state is Lake Okee-
chObee?
g. Who said, ut is not life that
matters, but the courage one brings
to it,?
4. Which is the only poisonous
lizard found in the U. S.?
S. What nation owns the great
est part of the Sahara?
ANSWERS
l.. The right arm
2. Florida
8. Hugh Walpole.
4. ella monster Pronounce he
La.
5. France.
TOday'S News Tucay.-Cmpire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04
What Is Your
News |. O..
By The Ap Feature Service

Each question counts 20; each
part of a tlDo-part question, 10.
A score of so is fair, 80, good.
l. What does GuStave Blair
(ab0ve) of Phoenix, Ariz., say
became of Charley Ross, victim
of famous kidnapping case in
1874?
2. Are "askimarkS" (a) a type
of German money, (b) designs
in writing paper, or (c) ratings
for SkierS?
+ 3. What new baby is directly
in line for two lost thrones?
4. Locate Hainan and tell how
it got into the news.
S. Who is the homeless. new
visiting professor at Chicago
University?
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04
BON VOYAGE PARTY
FOR MRS. GERWELS

A bon voyage party to be given
this evening for Mrs. Walter Ger
wells by Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Reid at
their home on Distin Avenue.
The evening will be spent inform
ally, with buffet-supper being serv-
ed by the hostess during the latter
part of the affair.
Guests for the evening will in
clude: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Henning
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Harmon. Mr.
and Mrs. George Peason, Walter Ger
wells and the guest of honor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04

In the interests of isolation Senator Nye would
have the United States not sell materials to any
body at any time If that doesn't do the trick we
might move the other AZ states into North Dakota.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04
TAXES DUE.

Personal and real property taxes
are now due and if not paid by
March is they will become delin-
ouent after that date and subject
to penalty as provided by law. Early
payment is urged to save expense
and inconvenience.
ETA MAE KOLASA,
adv. City Clerk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04

Some of contemporaries to think that
all Mussolin wants out of helping win Frances war
is little medal with ribbon on it.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04
cHGpty
Birthday

The Empire extends congr1tnIa
ions and best iUiSheS today, thei
birthday anniOersdrr % the Jollow
n0;
MARCH
r. H. Stevens
Mrs. Charles E. Hooker
Marcus Carlson
Carol Ann Olson
Betty Clark
Gene Roehm
Mrs. C. H. Metcalfe
MARCH 5
John j. Keyser
Geraldine Engel
George Banner
Mrs. Robert LIVE
r. H. Williams Sr.
William Zeih
George Carcavy
Helen Hildre
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04

(Answers on Page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04

Today's News loday.-EmpirV.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04

Today's News Tocsy.-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-04

Members of the Ladies Aid Socie-
ty of the Presbyterian Church were
to hold their meeting at the home
of Mrs. M. S. Whittier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Devastating Frost Boil Scourge
Results in Large Amount
of Restricting Work.

A 210-mile road improvement pro-
gram within the Virginia district has
been launched by the state highway
department, according to M. j. Hoff-
man, state highway commissioner.
About 14O miles will be improved in
the Duluth district and $50 in the
Bemidji region.
Preparations have been completed
and contracts let for the immediate
bituminous surfacing and resurfacing
of more than 2,400 miles of state trunk
routes in 70 counties, or mileage equiv
alent to the distance from Washington
to San Francisco.
This gigantic program, one of the
greatest in the history of the state
from the standpoint of miles, does not
include the surfacing of No. 1 from
Isabella to No. 81 on the north shore
of Lake Superior a project that has
the undivided attention of the Ely
Commercial club and local civic leaders
for number of years.
1t will include, however, the COM
plcIlOll VI Illc 0llSS SUICCI SAItIl-
sion on the east edge of the city, &C
cording to promise made recently by
Commissioner Hoffman to an Ely dele
cation meeting with him in st. Paul
1t also includes resurfacing sections
of No. l on both sides of the city
damaged by frost boils. This work is
already well advanced
Last spring combination of climatic
conditions caused the most devastating
frost boil epidemic Minnesota has ever
experienced, Hoffman said. The under
taking of this almost unprecedented
bituminous and regraveling program is
the highway departments answer to
the unusual spring breakup problem.
Work is being planned so as to in
terfere the least with tourist travel
within the state, Hoffman said. The
total cost will be over one million
dollars.
Projects of greatest Importance in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Gro,Oing With Your Child
University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Welfare

been reached. Our aim in taking
children to nature as a source is not
so much that they should gain infor-
nation and Skills as that they should
derive deep satisfaction from uncover
ing secrets and self-expreSsion from
adapting to primitive conditions
The competitive features of learning
contests customary in camps apply as
well to the competitive athletics which
are carried over from school into camp
life. 1.-The over stimulation of emotions
due to prizes and awards and COM
petitive programs often leads to a high
nervous tension and emotional dis
turbances."
Whether we send our children TO
camp, take them on trips ourselves, or
must let the backyard suffice as a field
for the boys building operations or cir
Gus performances, and the girls marion
cite shows and tea parties, our first
concern, after their physical welfare, is
that they should have free opportunity
for expression of their own ingenuity
and reSourcefulneSS.
Quotations are from Committee on
Summer Vacation Activities" White
House Conference)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
NAME LEACH
SCOUT HEAD

E. w. Leach, Hibbing, was named
president of the Headwaters area, Boy
Scouts of America, at the annual meet
ing held in Grand Rapids, Saturday
afternoon.
In attendance from here was Bruce
Strachan.
Other officers elected were John P
Raattama, first vice president; B. B
Beau, second vice president; Walter
L. Brooks, third vice president; G.. E
Robertson, fourth vice president; o. H
Gibson, fifth vice president; James R
Godfrey, treasurer; Charles Bardes-
sono, corresponding secretary, ano
George B. Robinson, commissioner.
The financial report for the last yeal
was submitted by C. E. Everett. The
budget for the ensuing year was &C.
cepted in the amount of $780,
Elected to the national council were
w. j. Kaiser, Eveleth, and E. R. Null.
Inns, Coleraine, with l.. A. Lavine, Vir-
ginia, and M. L. Malmquist, Buhl
chosen as alternates.
The area commissioner award was
given to Bemidji Troop No. %, spon-
sored by the Methodist Episcopa
Brotherhood, for the troop which hac
shown the most progress during the
year. Jack Schirmer, Hibbing; L. H
Lehman and A. j. Scuba, Chisholm
were presented with scoutmaster keys
Silver Beaver awards were presented te
DR.. E. L. Gutschenritter, Virginia ,ano
Charles RudStrom, Chisholm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
SUMMER CAMPS

"The summer camp can have very
great educational value when conducted
wisely" The child is eager for new
experience, he is there twenty-four
hours day, in a community life of
which he can feel himself an intimate
and useful part. He can explore, ex-
pertinent, do all manner of things that
are new and different from his ordinary
Experience. If he is living under wise
leaders, he may grow greatly in social
behavior, and his gain in mental health
should be large.
However, the camps of today are by
no means perfect. Many parents will
be taken aback by the knowledge that
illness among children increases rather
than decreases as their stay in camp
lengthens. The rigid camp day, with a
compulsory program to which the child
must fit in is frowned upon by those
who seek children'S best welfare
Health is endangered by such a pro-
ceeding as a compulsory morning dip
and Setting-up exercises Not only do
some camps require the immediate
morning rising and accompanying swim,
but the child is given very little free
time during the day. Children should
go to camp to do what they like, in
stead of to be hustled from one &C
tivity to another. There are times
when apparently doing nothing is more
important for a childs development
than more obvious positive activity"
1.-The daily exercises at camp should
not be expected to grow out of the
childrens interest and needs" An in
dividual program would permit the
choice of those activities which would
contribute most, instead of those which
are planned, often like so much "busy-
work"
The set program which is in effect at
many camps is directly opposed to our
best knowledge of the ways in which
learning takes place. For example, the
practice of giving rewards to the child
who has learned a specific number of
trees, birds or flowers has the effect of
making him stop when his goal has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Local Club to Appear Here ir
Three Games; New Duluth
Coming the Fourth.

Ely won its first league game here
Sunday, 2 to l, in a thinning mara
thon with Bull, as Reginald Lefty
WinquiSt turned in some of the best
pitching seen in these parts since Red
Ruffing, now on the pitching staff OF
the Brooklyn Dodgers, hurled the local
club to great heights back in 1927.
Tied at 1-all at the end of nine
innings, the game went three extra
stanzaS before Frank DebeltZ, outfielder
who Manager Ernest Maddern has con-
verted into first class shortStop, came
through with the winning run.
A rousing single by the ever de-
pendable hitter, William Langen
brought Debeltz in from second after
he had gotten on base through an error
on the part of Baronf, Bull pitcher
1t was a tough break for Baronf, for he
had displayed masterful bit of pitch
ing in holding the Ely club to seven
singles in the II innings. The misplay
lost him the game.
Lambert of Bull scored in the fifth
for the first run of the game. A single
off the bat of c. Malloro sent Lambert
over the plate. Ely tied it up at 1-al
in the sixth on an unearned run. John
Glavan, with two away, connected with
a single, and advanced from first to
third when Tony Strukel, utility catcher
playing his initial game, was safe on
first on an error. Al Banks Smacked a
fly to left field, which the fielder
bobbled and Glavan scored. Carlo
Berini famed to end the inning
Bull threatened to score in both the
tenth and twelfth frames but alert play
ing on the part of the Ely infield nipped
the rallies in the bud. Banks died on
third in the eleventh, and it wasn't
until the last of the twelfth that the
deadlock was broken.
Local baseball fans will have the
opportunity of seeing three conSecu-
tive games played here. Sunday, Tao
onite will travel here for league battle
On the Fourth the club will tangle with
the Gary-New Duluth team, title con-
tenders in the Head of the Lakes
league, and on the following Sunday the
Range league leaders, Eveleth, will do
battle here.
Sundays visitors chalked up one
double play, the first made on the local
diamond this season. Baronf threw
Berini out at first and Larson, on first
base, whipped the ball to Catcher Mel
son who tagged Banks as he attempted
to score.
WinquiSt sent ten men back to the
bench on strikeouts, running his total
for the seven games he has pitched to
Sc for an average of better than nine
per game. He walked none.
The losing pitcher whitfield four,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
All Fireworks Are
Dangerous Say Doctors

The modern "Safe and sane" Fourth
of July is great improvement so fan
as health and safety is concerned over
the GLORIOUS Fourth" of generation
ago.
1t is still not so safe, however, that
many disabling accidents do not occur
10 children every year, accidents that
are entirely needless in the opinion
CT the Minnesota State Medical associ-
atoms committee on public health edu-
cation, in bulletin issued today. These
accidents could be avoided in 1899.
Anything that involves playing with
fire and powder, even when the powder
is in the small amounts used in baby
firecrackers, is dangerous" the doctors
declare in this bulletin Most local
ordinances controlling sale of fire
works and firecrackers permit sale Of
small torpedoes and cap guns. In many
places small firecrackers are added fol
legitimate sale. Ali of these supposedly
harmless aids to celebration have caused
accidents ranging from small burns tc
grave injuries involving tetanus in.
fiction
eff fireworks are allowed at all
young celebrants should be carefully in
structed in handling them and very
young celebrants should never be al
lowed to be near them at all without
supervision of older and wiser persons
the bulletin says.
Putting explosives under a tin can
investigating the cracker that didn't
60 off are classic causes of lost. eye:
and other grave injuries. Such in.
juries, still occur too often though
modern regulations and substitute civic
celebrations have cut the rate enor.
mously.
One of the most dangerous POSSIBLE.
ties in connection with Fourth of JULY
accidents is tetanus infection, accord.
irg to the bulletin. 1t occurs oftef
when dirt and powder are driven int;
the skin and tissues by explosion. I'm
mediate attention to such injuries il
imperative SO that anti-tetanus serum
can be administered promptly if it i
necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
ELY 6. CHISHOLM 0.

The Ely city baseball team took its
first game of the season in an ex-
hibition contest under the lights at
Chisholm, Thursday night, whitewash-
ing the Sox, 6 to O.
1t was the first victory for Reginald
Lefty" Winquist after a long list of
hard-luck defeats.
Manager Ernest Madden, after con-
siderable maneuvering of the lineup
during previous games, finally con-
cocted a setback that clicked, and in
great style too.
Frank Debeltz, moved to the short
stop position, a weak spot all season,
turned in fine job. Debeltz, an out
fielder until this game, will be kept
permanently in the infield, Manager
Madden states.
Ed Buckley, just returned from Har-
ward, was back at his old post on first
base, handling his first assignment Of
the season without an error.
Al Banks was moved from the infield
to Debeltzs outfield post and held it
down in fine style.
Two homers added to the delight of
Manager Maddern over the new setup.
Frank Sweigel Smacked the opening
pitch of the game over the fence for his
second circuit-drive of the year With
two balls and two strikes against him
in the second inning, Al Banks sent the
ball for ride over the fence, bringing
in John Glavan ahead of him.
Ely had the game safely sailed away,
80, as the third inning came up, but
came through with three more runs,
two in the sixth and one in the seventh,
to further humiliate the Chisholm club
This win gains revenge for a 10
shutout of the local club by the Sox
in a league contest earlier in the
season.
WinquiSt sent total of Is men back
to the bench on strikes in an exhibition
of pitching that was beautiful to watch
His work and that of other team men,
bers won the praise of Manager Mad
dern.
Lefty issued three walks. Chisholm
used two pitchers, changing in the
seventh. Both chalked up a total of
eight strikeouts and gave three walks.
The box score:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
truth about ADVERTISING
Bv CHARLES pr,Tu
BY CHARLES B. ROTH
A MAN NAMED cAxTON

the newspaper would complete the
educational process for their goods
wasn't enough. 1t also had to do the
job at less cost than any other me-
dunn.
And they found, after many tri-
ais In different fields, that it did. II
got their message to prospective
buyers In manner which was eco
nomical as well as effective.
Today this same condition is un-
changed. Advertisers, using news
papers year in and year out, find il
the most profitable way in which to
tell their story to buyers.
The reason is simple. The news
paper is the great common denomi.
nator of modern life. 1t reaches
practically every family. It has the
confidence of its readers. It stands
for everything which is right and
good and modern.
The advertisements in your news
paper are as much part of its vi
tai Importance as the editorial and
the news columns.
AS matter of fact, most readers
find it hard to tell what interests
them mOst-the commercial news,
which is called advertising and
which touches their lives every day,
or the general news, in news story,
editorial and cartoon.
They're both valuable.
This man named Caxton was one
of the great benefactors of man.
kind. He lighted the lamp-and il
is still burning bright, though cen,
turtles have fled since he lived.
q Charles B. Roth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
"PACKAGED"
H0MESARE NOW
OFFERED HERE

Qn order to acquaint its readers with
many of the new ideas in home
planning and design available today
the Ely Miner publishes the first in a
series of eight home designs planned by
outstanding American architects for
the Guildway method or home buying,
available here through the Ely Hous-
ing Guild with headquarters at the
McMahan Lumber company. The other
plans in this series will appear in the
Ely Miner as regular weekly featured.
Houses that can practically be
wrapped up and taken home" and yet
at the same time are custom-built to
the exact needs-and the purse of the
buyer are available in Ely this year
through the Ely Housing Guild, A. j.
McMahan of the McMahan Lumber
company, Guild headquarters, an
nounced today.
Made possible through the Guildway
method of home buying, the homes are
among the first in U. S. building his
tory, according to Mr.. McMahan, to
be "pre-priced" so that they can be
selected and purchased as easily as
other types of merchandise such as an
automobile.
Developed by the National Housing
Guild under the sponsorship of Johns
Manville, the Guildway method of
home ownership has attracted wide at
tention throughout the United States
among business and building leaders,
Mr.. McNahan said.
To make the method fully effective,
Mr.. McMahan declared, outstanding
national and local architects have de-
signed a group of attractive houses
which are available through the local
guilds. Each of these homes bears a
single, all-inclusive price tag" based
on low monthly payments under an
FHA-type plan, and can be bought in
one simple transaction.
The Guildway home is not standard
lied, nor is it prefabricated or mail
order" With the aid of an architect
the consumer can have the Guildway
model" he has selected changed to fit
his iwn needs. Once selected and
modified, however, the price tag"-the
total cost of the homes placed on
the house and the buyer then knows
to the dollar what his monthly pay
ments will be-
when the consumer visits the Guild
office" Mr.. McMahan declared, "he
can see for himself exactly what his
building dollar will buy Would he like
home with three bedrooms? A play
room downstairs. A big kitchen with
dinette or a smaller kitchen and sep
arate dining room? A one-car or a
two-car garage Just as though he
were shopping for an automobile, he
can look at all the different home
models and find out how much each
one costs.
Because the Housing Guild handles
all the details in connection with build
ing or renlodeling from start to finish,
the buyer receives economies in time
and money, and worry and trouble are
avoided for him. He buys his home as
a package" with price and specifca-
tons known in advance.
This 1889 method of home ownership
is made possible because the Guild
represents architects, contractors, fl
ancing agencies, material dealers, and
other firms and individuals who are in
tereSted in better building.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Ely to Share in 2lO-Mile
Road Improvement in Area

the Virginia and Duluth districts fol-
low:
Virginia-No. 1, Tower-Ely- Spring
Lake, 38 miles; No. west of junction
Trunk Highway 1863, IT; No. 6, Deer
River north, 2O.6; No. &c. Grand Rapids
north to Trunk Highway 1, 47.8; No.
SO, junction 169 to one mile north of
Cusson, 44.6; No. IS, junction of 1859
south, 7; No. IS, junction 169 north, 10;
No. 70, junction Trunk Highway l, IA
miles south of Hibbing, 1874; No. 169,
southwest of Junction 70, 15
Duluth, Hi. l, Spring Lake, southeast,
II miles; No. 2, Proctor to Saginaw,
Mirbat- Brookston, 228; No. 81, Pigeon
River-Two Harbors, 1914; No. IS, Nc
Grath to south Aitkin county line, 73.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
TalleSt of All Dogs

The Irish wolfhound is the tallest
OF all dogs. Really Irish, the dogs
were most valued hunters in early
centuries. Legend has it two an
cient rulers of Ireland waged a
mighty battle over a wolfhound. One
OF the kings offered 5000 cows for
him; the offer was refused. The
dogs live up to the old proverb about
them: Gentle when stroked, fierce
whap r,royOLod -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Amethyst Is a Quartz

The amethyst is a quartz of clear
purple or bluish-violet color, due to
the presence of manganese. The
dark reddish-purple is the most
highly priced. Wade's Textbook of
Precious Stones" says the chief
charm of the Siberian amethyst lies
IN its large red component, which
enables it to change from a deep
grape-purple by daylight to a fine
red by artificial light that is rich
IN red rays and poor in blue ones.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

The newspaper of today is one of
the modern wonders of the world.
1t is the broadest, quickest, most
flexible and most economical way of
getting a message into the minds
of the people.
Early in our national history,
manufacturers and merchants
sensed this power of the press. They
began using it to carry their adj
vertising facts and ideas into the
homes.
These early advertisers were
careful business men. The fact that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

ward university, but
after that printing
grew, and newspa-
pers sprang up, and
modern American
life began.
The printing press
is the forerunner of
knowledge wherever
it is introduced. The
printed word, even
to this day, has no
rival as a quick
means of dissent
mating vital facts
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

AOU may not remember ever
hearing the name of William
Caxton, but it was his life which
makes your life today comfortable.
He it was who introduced printing
into England. This was in 1476. The
introduction of printing has made
all progress possible.
1t wasn't until 1888 that America
had a printing press, this at Har-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
The Hairy Anus

The hairy Anus are survivors of,
a people-believed to be Caucasians
who once occupied Japan. Now in
that country their status is similar
to that of the American Indians in
this country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Volcanic Glass Made Knives

Volcanic glass was quarried by
Indians in California's Mojave des-
ert and used to make knives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Polo in Seventh Century

Polo was played by Chinese en-
perors as early as the Seventh CEN
fury A. D. Women are recorded to
have taken to the game, but used
donkeys instead of horses.