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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
By Number

Several American towns are
named with numbers, such as Six,
w. Va; Seventy Six, KY, and
Ninety Six, S. c., according to
Golfers. A species of fish in
South Africa is named Seventy
four after the "a guns on Nelson
flagship, the Victory; and a toilet
water is named All after the
street address in Cologne, Ger
many, where it was first COM
pounded.
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ASIA:
Crossroads

No mystery to white men in the
Orient is Japan's purpose in get
ting obStreperous over foreign con-
cessions in Tientsin and other Chi
nese cities. With the rest of coastal
China conquered, japan finds Euro
pean settlements its principal OBJ
stacle to consummation of the "new
order" program. Thus observers
expect continually expanding pres
sure unless Britain protects its
rights in the Tientsin concession
which japan blockaded recently.
Should Britain capitulate, as she has
done repeatedly the past few years,
Shanghai, Hankow, Annoy, and Can
ton concessions will be wiped out
Immediately to end a fascinating
chapter in modern Chinese history:
Concessions and settlements date
back almost 100 years, constituting
special position for occidental
powers which thereby gain impor-
lance far out of proportion to the
individual settlements size. Exam
pie: Though all foreign areas in
China total about II square miles
and house only $4,000 white men,
Japan has been forced to divert her
attack around them.
The white mans star began de-
scending in the East 40 years ago
when Japan ousted British conces-
sions from her own insular terri
tory. At Tientsin, eight settlements
that began in 1860 have dwindled
to three eBritish, Italian and jap
anese). Only in Canton have Eu-
ropean settlements missed trouble.
Minus concessions, the U. S. new
ertheless helps rule Shanghai and
Annoy, also protecting American
residents who live in other large
Chinese cities. American garrisons,
stationed to help maintain order at
Shanghai, Tientsin, and Picking, may
yet be called upon to take their
choice: Resist or bow out of China
with other white men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Keep Glassblowers' Tradition

VENICE. - Master craftsmen
work in the Fifteenth century set
ting of the Barbarigo palace on the
famous Grand canal of Venice to
produce the rarest of Murano glass
goblets, sold at $500 a dozen. CARRIED
in the costumes of the early mas
tiers of the art, today's master glass
blowers employ exactly the same
implements that were used by Pc
trus Flabianus in 1901 in turning
out custom made goblets for the
royal houses of Europe.
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state, must originally have had 'the
two essential characteristic" of
pod-corn to survive in the wilder
ness, says bulletin from the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences. These
are protection for the individual
kernel and a means of dispersal
of the seed.
Troubled by the total absence of
wild pod-corn in Peru, the greatest
center for cultivation of maize, the
scientists looked long before they
discovered evidence that it must
have grown there in ancient times.
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And the Mistress Cre,u
Red With Indignation

The housemaid was under notice
to leave, and her mistress sum-
moned her to tell her a few truths.
$50 I'm a flirt, am II" demand
ed the maid, after a few prelim-
inaries. well, knows them as
flirts more than ! do. And an
other thing, I'm better-looking
than you. Your husband told me-"
That's enoughl" snapped her
mistress.
"Oh, no, it amt" the girl went
on. 81 can kiss better than you
can, too. Do you know who told
me that?"
Don't you dare to suggest that
my husband"
"Oh, no." interrupted the maid,
cit was the butler"
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Headliners
NICHOLAS HORTHY

Not since the World war has
he commanded a ship, but Ad-
miral Nicholas Horthy has COM
manded a navy-less, kingless
kingdom since he was elected re-
gent of Hungary in 1920. Just
turned II, he is credited not only
with averting Nazi German domi-
nation of Hungary's domestic af-
fairs, but is also hailed as "the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
TREASURY:
Currency

Ten years ago U. S. citizens
bought smaller wallets and billfolds
when size of paper money was re-
duced. Since then 1888, 917, TIT bills
have been printed, denominations
running from 81 to 100000. (Latter
are solely for museum use; nothing
higher than $4,000 circulates.
Summing up decades experience,
the treasury figured it had saved
almost 81 per thousand miniature
bills on paper, ink, labor and storage,
a total saving of $18,0OO,0 900. Still
lost, meanwhile, are 10,775,173 over
sized bills, many of which met their
fate in fires or drain pipes.
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The Answers

1. The platter or cup which, ac-
cording to legend. was used by
Christ at the Last Supper.
2. A year which starts at des-
ignated date for financial figuring.
8. No. Dirigible means capable
of being directed, as an automo-
bile or bicycle.
4. Descending planes have the
right-of-way.
S. No. If there is anything in
the universe that is actually mo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Corn on Cob Started
Life in South America

Corn on the cob first appeared in
the damp savannas of South Amer
lea and attained its present form
under cultivation by the farmers of
prehistoric Peru. The origin of
maize, or Indian corn, long has been
a puzzle to botanists and archeolo-
gists. 1t was due to single gene
mutation from a wild form of pod
corn, in the opinion of botanists.
Maize, no longer found in a wild
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
SPORTS:
Ennis

In 1919 and 1920 Man O'War won
20 out of Fl starts, amassing $249,-
465 before his owner sent him to
PARKWAY farm as a stud. Genera
ton after generation of PARKWAY
foals succeeded Man O'War in max
ing turf history. His eighth son was
foaled in 1884, was named War Ad-
miral and made his debut as a two
year-old in 1886. Though he won
three Of his six starts that year.
War Admiral reached his greatest
heights in 1887 when he took the
Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Bel
mont stakes and five other starts.
Last year began War Admiral's
decline. Turfdom's throne was
captured by Seabiscuit, who never
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
UKRAINE:
Incentive

Russia's rich Ukraine ranges
from the Carpathian mountains of
central Europe almost to the Cas-
plan sea, embracing $50, 900 square
miles and populated by $500, 600
Russians, Slavs and Germans.
Through its east and central part
run rich valleys Of the Dneiper and
Dneister rivers, which for years
have fed vast Russia. To the east,
in the Donetz river basin, lie vast
deposits of coal, iron ore and man.
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ganese, ace cards in the deck of
any military nation.
If Adolf Hitler's fascination for
the Ukraine was once puzzle, pub
lie interest has zoomed to such
heights since he captured Czecho-
Slovakia and thus made a path to
the east, that the Ukraine's re-
sources are now public knowledge.
Even 'Mein Kampf," which outlines
Der Fuehrer's plans for wrestling
the Ukraine from Russia, revealed
far less than new U. S. bureau of
mines study. Data:
The Ukraine's coal reserves are
1880, 100000 tons; iron, 4,066, 0OO, 900
tons; ferruginous quartzite contain
ing large iron percentage, 40,8O0,-
600, 900 tons; manganese, Al, 000, 900
tons; Ignite, $4,000, 900 tons.
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liberator of more
than 100000
M a gyars from
Czech oppres-
sion." The latter
refers to Hun
gary's grab when
Czecho Slovakia
is broken, up
last spring.
Though he has
often visited Ber-
lin ord heep fat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Liquor Elections Eight Years Apart

In Australia a vote must be taken
every eight years on proposal to
abolish liquor licenses. If go per
cent favor it, all licenses, except
those of breweries, must be cam
celled. This makes liquor sales il
legal.
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600 in 1885 first two months to
$71 100000 this year. In addition,
refugee money is pouring into Cana
dian mining and industrial stocks.
Significance. Most observers
agree that a huge transfer of wealth
from Europe to America helps no
one and hurts both continents, Eu-
rope because it reduces that indus
trial continents already meager in
dustrial resources; America, be-
cause it gluts still more an already
money-and-industry glutted hemi-
sphere.
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Foreigners in Brazil

Foreigners who wish to transact
business in Brazil must, under a
new decree, first prove that their
entrance and registration in the
country were lawful.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH w. LaBINE
European Money and Industry
Seek Haven in North America;
World Economy Upset Feared

EDITORS
those Of the
by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

THE Duke of Windsor gave the
L Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine a
pair of cufflinks for marrying him,
and the duchess sent him a piece of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW York; the king and
: queen had talked with Lawrence
Tibet, after he sang for them at
the White House when they visited
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28
CAN SMALL BUSINESS
SURVIVE THE DRAIN?
(Nevade State JournaD

If your business is off this month
If your collections are Tagging
If employers are noted with worry
lines and a strained what s-the-use"
look
It's the Social Security and Unem-
ployment Compensation grab
There Is relatively no unemployment
in Nevada. The unemployment tax is in
ane Try and spot anyone you know who
is benefitting from these two great po-
litical rakeoffs These two huge vote
influencing levies are driving small bus
mess men gray. And we do not refer to
Mr.. Roosevelt's and Mr.. Jesse Jones and
other millionaireS' definition of small
businessmen as those who gross less
than a million year. Rather we refer
to our Nevada neighbors running gro
ceries, machine shops and garages.
Yesterday we saw a scene which
would have made Mr.. Roosevelt Mr..
Pittman and Mr.. McCarran vince. An
Industrious and enterprising lady, own
er and operator of a laundry, was har-
asSed with a faulty roller. 1t appeared
that all her machinery was beginning to
take on a rundown appearance. Per-
spring workers drank water from bot
tie that was muddy water from tap.
There was a paper-cup cOntainer but
no longer used. A collective water glass
sufficed. Two bill collectors called. The
proprietor apologiZed alphabetically for
not being able to pay. HER SOCIAL Sc
CURITY TAXES WE'RE DUE.
Commonplace items such as bills pay
able must wait.
Can this splendid and brave lady car
ry on against these political odds? Is
this an isolated case? Are confiscatory
taxes making small business 50 tough
to transact profitably that good old AM
erican enterprise is drying up?
The answer is yes. We answer only
after thorough survey of small busin-
ess people. Likewise 100 workers at ram
dom were asked their opinion of exist
ing social taxes. Not ONE but that
resented his pay envelope being tapped.
The American people are surprisingly
we'll posted. They know that the huge
sum nicked from their slim paycheck is
not going to the people for whom it was
intended The industrious American
worker is involuntarily paying through
the nose for ease of the drones.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28

stirring moving tales about Eng
land: now he wanted to write
them about America.
Not only did Kipling want to
write about America, but he moved
to his wife's old home town, Brat
tleboro, Vermont, and built there
a veritable mansion which was to
house future generations of Kip
lings. He and his wife dressed
every evening for dinner. The ma
tives were staggered. What! Put
on a dress suit just to eat!
He and his wifes brother, Beatty
Balestier, became warm friends.
The brothers. FLAWS tramped to-
gether; they snow-shoed together;
they were inseparable, and Kipling
engaged him to supervise the con-
struction of his new home.
The trouble began with Bale
stier's sharp tongue. Sometimes,
when out of sorts, he made acrid
remarks that made Kipling bit
crotchety; so he fired back. But
in spite of this they got along
pretty well.
Then K1pling bought a piece OF
land from his brother-in-laW to
enlarge his own farm. The brother
in-law understood that he was al
ways to be allowed to cut hay from
the land Then one day, he saw
Kipling walking across the pasture,
now and then stopping to set out
a stake. That was strange The
brother-in-l asked what it meant.
Kipling replied he was planning to
lay out a flower garden. Balestier
was upset. He said words that
should never have been uttered.
Kipling fired back. Anger boiled.
The air was filled with shouts.
A few days later Kipling started
out for a bicycle ride. The brother
in-laW was driving team of horses;
and when he saw Kipling coming.
ne drew his horses across the road
suddenly. Kipling fell off his
bicycle. More anger Again harsh
words. Kipling got out a warrant
for his brother-in-law's arrest.
There was a trial. A sensation. Re
porters poured into the town. The
two men became terrifically bitter.
Each blamed the other. Nothing
was settled!
Finally, Kipling, who had meant
to spend the rest of his life in
America, packed up and went back
to England. And for what? Over
load of hay, probably worth about
So. For the rest Of their lives, the
two men were enemies. And their
deaths occurred within six months.
How much we can learn from
this quarrel. Don't bear grudges.
Don't be afraid TO give in when
there is little or nothing at stake.
It's the little man who takes pride
in his stubbornness, it's the man
with a big nature who is willing
TO shake hands and say it was his
fault and offer 10 start over.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28
DEAlISM OR REALISM
IN ORIENTAL RELATIONS

NOW that the United States has abro-
gated the 1911 trade treaty with Japan,
II might be we'll to examine the motives
which move US to such drastic action.
By the government action in abrogat-
ing the treaty, we-for I'VE" are the
government, and bound by its actions
untll we change them-are placed in the
international amphitheatre as downright
opponents Of the Japanese policy in
Asia
Most Americans do sympathiZe with
CHINA. Most of them would like to see
Japan roundly trounced. Most of them
resent strongly the personal indignities
heaped by japanese soldiers on few
Americans in China. For these reasons,
abrogatlon of the trade treaty, carry
ing with it the possibility of future arms
and trade embargoes against Japan,
meets with great popular approval
For this very reason, the time is at
hand to decide whether this government
should adopt an idealistics or a realistic
approach to the situation in the Orient.
We were all very critical of the idealis-
tic diplomacy which let Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain in for so much
trouble in Europe. We all hailed Great
Britain's supposed return to realistic
diplomacy with great acclaim.
Are we, now, going to be idealistic or
realistic?
If we are to be realistic, the first truth
we must recognize is that what we want
in the Orient is maintenance of the sta
tus quo. The thing that alarms our gov
ernment is not the fact that an isolated
japanese sentry has stuck his tongue
out at an equally isolated American mis-
sionary. The thing that alarms u.s. as a
government, is the danger that Japan,
by conquest in China may become an
economic and military power almost
without equal in the world. Such pow
er would control all trade in the Orient
Including the commerce of Americans
and to that we are opposed.
Are we willing to risk war to keep
Japan from becoming an empire second
to none in strength and resources? Will
we risk war to maitain our trade with
the Chinese?
For the sake OF realism, those are the
tions involving so many side issues and
leading to so many more subordinate
questons-such as where would Japan
stop|'-that only lengthy and careful
consideration should lead to a decision.
The administration, it is to be hoped,
has weighed and will weigh all cons-
derations from realistic, not an ideal
istic, standpoint before proceeding too
far.
Idealsm is noble enough, but its re-
suits are often disastrous, as witness
American participation in the World War.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28
AN EVIL OLD MAN

John Nance Garner, who may or may
not run for president in 1910, won lot
of friends this week-and he himself
had nothing to do with winning them
John l.. Lewis, CIO dictator, did it
for him. Lewis called Garner IAN evil
old man." and remarked that the vice
president is, among other things, "dod-
dering, whisky drinking, cursing, and in
Americans at large will feel some
thing like Abraham Lincoln felt when
an informer whispered to him that Cen
eral Grant was nothing less than a de-
based, common drunkard
Find out what brand of whisky he
drinks. I'd like to send barrel Of it to
my other generals.
We need more EVIL old men" like
Garner
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28

WASHINGTON.-It isn't easy to
understand how congress operates
unless you understand the club like
atmosphere that pervades both of
its houses. The members may fight
bitterly over pending legislation and
display blind partisanship at its
worst; but the fighting is almost
always impersonal, and the camara-
derie which binds the members to-
gether is seldom broken.
Witness, for instance, the inter-
change Majority Leader Sam Ray
burn had with republican George
Bender of Ohio in the House the
other day.
Bender was assailing some Demo-
crat for having, as Bender thought.
cast aspersionS on Minority Leader
Joe Martin. Rayburn was on his feet
instantly.
IF any member of this House, -
he shouted, ever makes a personal
criticism of the minority leader, I
will be the first to get up and pro-
test"
He probably would, too,
This everybody good fellow
spirit finds expression in the way
the members refer to each other
III debate. It's always my colleague,
the learned gentleman from Mis-
souri," or "the distinguished senator
from New York; this goes even
when the man who says it is doing
his best to prove that his beloved
colleague is trying to lead the coun-
try to the dogs.
When the death of Congressman
Sam McReynolds of Tennessee was
announced upwards of a dozen of
his colleagues of both parties made
graceful little speeches in tribute
to his memory.
The House chamber was full. and
the members sat in utter silence,
giving each speaker their complete
and undivided attention-some-
thing which can hardly ever be said
when the ordinary course of busi-
ness is on.
McReynolds was both prominent
and popular, but the same thing
would have held good anyway. It's
q strong bond that ties the member
ship together.
Sometimes this spirit has a direct
effect on the things Congress does
II accounts pretty largely for "sen-
atorial courtesy" in the matter of
confirming appointments to pat
ronage posts, for instance.
Occasionally the feeling of SOL
idarity within one chamber will
lead to a tiff with the other cham
ber. Each chamber is jealous of its
rights and perrogatives; once in a
while bill gets in a jam because
each feels it would be beneath its
dignity or something to yield.
The member who violates the un-
written rule of good fellowship gets
sat on. The House made its dis
pleasure Enthusiastically manifest. a
month or so ago, when Congressman
Gearhart of California rose to
point of personal privilege and ex-
planned how his colleague, Con-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28
UNCLE EMPTIES THE TILL
TuIare AdVance-RegiSter)

The truest barometer of business con-
ditions in the United States has for years
been the steel industry and its subsidi-
airy, contributing industries Last year,
according to the American Federation
of Investors, steel earned SS3, ,727 900,
after meeting payrolls and other over
head. But those earnings weren't divid
ed among the half million stockholders.
The tax collectors demanded S96,600,-
000-almost S15,000,00O more than the
whole industry earned; and steel was
deep in the red
Uncle Sam and his lesser state and
local tax levying rivals not only cleaned
the till but swiped the cash register.
Last year, from the net earnings of
l63 majo American business concerns,
tax collectors took 62 cents Of every dol
lar. Many had a deficit before paying
taxes, and the earnings Of others were
wholly tax consumed.
Those 163 companies met payrols
for approximately three million work
men. Highly significant, then-particu-
larly in the light of employment de-
clines-are the facts in but two major
cases of the 1853: The tax bill of Ameri-
can railroads last year was the equival-
ent of full years wage for l83, 900 en-
ployes; and that of the steel industry
the equivalent of years wage for 80,
900 employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28

Marcus Tillius Cicero was not
without hs merits, but he was a
good deal of a stuffed shirt even
for the era in Rome of a century
before Christ.
When he made his famous Grafton
against Cataline, of cursed memory
to generations of schoolboy, he was
at his best as a public man. bravely
scrapping for democracy against an
amateur Hitler of the day.
long after Cataline is forgotten.
ing the times in general as we'll
as going to the mat with Cataline,
and his famous lament, 20 tenn
pora! o moreS!" is remembered
long after Sataline is forgotten.
What a civilizationW
That has always been the cry
of the elderly, before Cicero and
since. Few people pass 60 Cor even
40D without seeing the world as ca
reening down to Gehenna in a
highwheeled hanson-cab.
For see what goes on today The
Metropolitan Opera in New York
may be sold down the river just
like the widows cottage in the
melodrama, simply because there
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28
Barbs-

Future Well-being of women de-
pends on democracy, says fem
mist. Say, men, do you suppose
we're really going to get it in the
home, too?
President Roosevelt can't be very
flattered about the House agree
ment to establish a library for his
papers. The representatives ac-
companied the tribute by slashing
proposed admission charge to two
bits.
Summer barn theaters" offer a
fine repertoire. But in one OF
them it's reported, the same COW
sticks her head through the win
dow in every drama.
Medicine can see no i'll effects
from drinking ice water in hot
weather. The profession speci-
fies water, however.
Congress is still in session. This
may all turn out to be a plot Of
congressman to make their wives
go on vacations by themselves.
Philip Bilhorn, who died recently
In Los Angeles, was the author OF
over 1000 hymns.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-28
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Tempora> o Mores, Sighed Old Man Cicero

are no longer enough plush liileu
patrons who can cor WilP "ie
down for $4,000 a year Tor ehei'
box seats.
street cleaners fronc IN the gsr-
dens and drawing rooms OF the
old Otta Kahn estate,sold 10 IiieN
members of the New York Depart
mnt of Sanitation employees. Ana
the other residents Of the eXclu-
sive suburbs Whereabouts are petl-
tioning for tax levy on the estate
ordinary tax-free now as nom
profit association.
Even the sacred groves OF New
port are in danger of ringing with
'sPeace, brotherf' and of being
pervaded by the odor OF fried
chicken instead of smelling salts
Father Divine's followers are think
ing of buying into what was once
societys sanction sanctorum.
In fact. we are informed lYL
SllOChtu dliu "iheS'S va
society that for the first time New
port has consented to admit an
actor to its sacred precints in ti&
person of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
One would have thought that this
"Trelawney of the Wells attitude
toward people of the stage had
vanished with mustache cups and
antimacassars, but apparently it Is
still an issue at Newport.
Well SO what? Life is change,
and those who are afraid of change
are afraid of life.
The way to look at changes Is
not to recoil in horror and say,
isn't this awful?" 1t is to weigh
what was weigh what is, and
watch which way the balance falls.