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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

Editor. The Times: Your edi-
torisl of the 4th inst hit the
bullseye. There is no doubt the
L. s. A. is the best market in
the world There are millions
who could eat more than they
do. There is no surplus, but
only underconsumption. Your
editorial is the same thing DR..
Francis Townsend has preached
for years
Pensions of $4,000. $4,000 and
$4,000 do not build up business
because it goes to those who
do not need II. Divide that
$4,000 among say Ia families
of the "hsve-not" group and see
what happens. If all the have
nots" had that much to spend
there would be no oyersupply,
but undersupply.
A. o. JOHNSON
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
HOROSCOPE

Adverse aspects appear strong
under this planetary govern
ment. According to astrology
the morning hours may be
marked by hindrances and dis
appointments.
Merchants are well directed
In conservative transa actions.
Temptation to speculate may be
strong. but it should be resisted.
New American millionsires
are foretold as the year sd-
vances. Manufacturers will reap
a harvest in products of iron.
steel and copper.
Mining in the United States
will gain impetus through the
summer when there will be a
demand for many minerals diff
ficult to procure. Chemists will
profit.
This is lucky day for enter
ing into agreements and for
signing contracts. International
pacts signed under this direc-
ton of the stars should be favor
able to the United States.
Neptune is read as influencing
subversive activities. Much Sc
eret negotiation and under-eover
planning will be Of national con-
Germ.
This should be an suspicious
date for girls who depend upon
personal charm more than upon
intellectual power. Picturesque
attire will assist the summers
romanees.
Mexico is under sway be-
heved to be hostile TO many
aims of the United States gov
eminent. Secret pacts menae-
ing to trade interests are prog
nosticated.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of q year Of ex-
IRENE activity. Prosperity for
many is Indicated. Women may
be difficult TO guide.
Children born on this day
probably will be practical and
courageous, mentally alert and
exceedingly industrious Many
subjects Of Taurus are endowed
with remarkable memory.
Copyright. 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

ICkES REVEALED
HE'S TO RE PAPA

A proud papa" is the same
the whole world over, whether
he be a member of the cabinet
or man on WPA. II was
Harold L. Iekes himself who con-
firmed whispered reports that
he was soon to become father.
The first TO hear the good news
from his lips was delegation of
business men from st. Louis. AS
men will, they relayed the pleas
ant gossip. the next day Mr..
lekeS' press conference showed
more interest in his baby than
in PWA projects new or old.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
WHAT is FREE COUNTRY .:

Editor The Times: A Times
writer, in recent article, adj
monishes the public to Look
at the Substance; Forget the
Word" We are wondering if
the said writer wasn't indulg-
ing in bit of twisted think
ing?
Taking two words in common
everyday usage at present, de
mocracy," dictatorship" the
substance of each of which is
the diametrical opposite of the
other, he apparently assumes
that they are used to represent
the same substance in daily
conversation, and winds up by
suggesting a phrase (word) as
a substitute for both And that
without defining the word
How is one to know and con-
vey to another the idea of a
substance If he does not name
it? And name is essentially
a word, /. e., we must use words
To name substances. and it
therefore becomes imperative
that we not only remember the
word but we must have a def
milton for It, understood by all,
if we are to be talking about
the same thing.
Had the writer stopped to de,
fine his suggested new word"
"a free country"-he should
have known al once. that it
cannot be substituted for die
tatorship." Had he considered
it as carefully as he did the
word democracy it would
have led to serious doubt as TO
whether "a free country can be
applied to the United States to-
day. For example, can q coun-
try be said TO be free, when q
certain group of citizens seize
unto themselves the preroga-
tive of saying that any other
citizen may or may not earn his
own living? Would it not be
better to remember the word
and define it, The substance
will then take care of itself.
A. 3. SEAMAN.
Route 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
SCIENCE NEWS

Sending q telegram as easily
as mailing a letter is a new
wrinkle, but 1t can be done. The
system recently developed is as
easy as this: One writes or type
writes the telegram. drops il
into slot on the wall. and IL Is
automatically wrapped around a
transmitting cylinder which re-
wolves before a photo-electric
cell and a fac-simile is transmit
ted To the nearest main tele-
graph office. Easyf
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

Shoshone Princess Helped
Save Oregon
Pawn in Gambling Game
Made Northwest History
indispensable TO Lewis and
Clark Expedition
And a Lille Child Shall
Lead Them
CREATING Sacajawea (there
" is dispute about the SPELL
ing but w. p. Bonney says he
prefers the ~ instead of 81
state park at the junction of the
Columbia and Snake rivers just
outside Pasco on land donated
by Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Car
stems, of Tacoma, means more
than honoring the memory of
the explorers, Lewis and Clark,
and their Indian guide. II means
emphasizing to this and other
generations that the western
country-particularly that por-
ton once known as the Oregon
country"-didn't just happen to
become American territory. And
after the story has been told
it will appear that the one per-
son who more than any other
was was responsible for open
ing the eyes of the government
authorities to the value of the
Oregon country" was SAGA
jawea, the Shoshone Indian
princess who guided Lewis and
Clark on their hazardous jour-
ney of exploration.
iHt seOiN VI the LEWIS anu
Clark expedition is particularly
timely. They left Mandan In
dian villages about where Bis
mark, N. D.. is situated, May
Il, 1904. One hundred and
thirty-five years later, May IA,
1889, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lynd,
of Tacoma, embarked at Fort
Benton, Mont, for a 5000 mile
canoe trip down the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers.
The purpose of the trip is
to advertise the Golden Jubi-
lee to be observed I'm Ia
coma next July comment
Grating the fiftieth ami
versary of the state of
Washington, a part of the
"OregOn country" VIII ich
Lewis and Clark succeeded
In selling TO the powers that
be at the national capital.
Meriwether Lewis was private
secretary to President Jeffer-
son. When the United States
negotiated the Louisiana pur-
chase and obtained from Napo-
leon for $15,00O,00 a vast do
main to the west, the extent
and resources of which were un-
known, Lewis was very much
interested. And when Jeffer-
son began talking about look
ing over the property to see
whether or not we had been
stung, Lewis asked for the job
for himself and friend, Capt.
William Clark. jefferson accept
ed the offer and in a few months
Lewis and Clark were on the
way.
When they left the Mandan
Indian villages just 1875 years
ahead of the start OF the Lynds
to advertise the Washington
celebration at Tacoma, there
was in the party SacaJawea, the
Shosnone Indian woman and a
daughter of a chief of that tribe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

Sacajawea had been stolen
by the Mandans in a war
with the Shoshones several
years previously. About
wear before the Lewis and
Clark expedition was organ
ized, a French Canadian
trapper from the Red river
district In British Column
bis won her in a gambling
game and took her for his
wife.
She was young and strong,
just the kind of woman
trapper needed, and was an ex-
pert with a canoe. 1t was be-
cause of the latter qualification
that she was named SacaJswea,
meaning "canoe pusher."
Charboneau joined the party as
a hunter and Sacajawes was
taken along as a guide, for she
had not only the Indians ma
tural instinct for finding the
way through the wilderness but
an uncanny intuition for choos-
ing the easiest path and find
ing subsistence when the usual
sources of supply were cut off.
So, on that May morning l3o
years ago, SAGA awea packed her
papoose, only a few weeks old.
on her back and trotted away
from the Mandan village where
she had been held in slavery.
1t is possible that her interest in
the expedition was inspired by
the fact that they were going
in the direction of the home from
which she had been stolen and
she might have thought that she
would be able to join her people.
If that had been the reason, she
changed her mind, for she in
sisted in continuing with the eX-
petition after the Shoshone
country had been reached.
BY that time she had become
much attached to the two leaders
of the expedition who treated
her as they would a white wo-
man in their own country rather
than an Indian slave and the
pawn in a gambling game.
She became indispensable to
them. not only in finding the
easiest trails and most accessi-
bic passes but on many occa-
sions saved them from being
ambushed and massacred by hos
tile Indians.
In that the pap0Ose play
ed an important part. In
dams on the Warpath never
took their women along eX-
cept In rare instances and
never took the children.
When the hostile Indians
saw the papoose they con-
cluded that the expedition
must have a friendly pur-
pose and stopped to investi-
gate before attacking. And
II they had any hostile in
clination after that, SAGA
jawea seemed to have been
able to talk them out of il.
1t was a literal eXemplifica-
ton of "a little child shall
lead them"
TO Be Continuedl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

fContinned Irro,, poco ona,
Continued From Page One)

to swing back to its normal Re-
publican attachments next year.
Leaders visiting Washington re-
Gently brought word that their
followers were growing POLITICAL
ly restless and, as always, will
say it with votes. Labor at last
figures that it's wiser to play
an independent game rather than
tie up with a single major
party.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

monastery to surrender.
De Mortissac. instead, grabbed
an abandoned Rebel machine gun
and turned it on the Loyalists
until his ammunition ran out.
For this, he died before a firing
squad, as Mata Hari had died in
France.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
III Come At Last!

l. please, sir, the arplane was late"
That was the excuse English schooboy for being
tardy at Weston-Super-Mare.
The excuse genuine! Boys often ride to school at
WesternSuper-Mar 1--WE like that nameD from Cardiff
and this time the plane delayed because heavy rains
had water-logged the take-off field
few years there great excitement when the
first high school boy chug chugging up to school in
m old red auto.
That considered the height of thing other.
end for older folks fused and fumed about the
younger generation going to the bowwows in these automo
biles
Well, those first children who drove middle
aged and the experience apparently didn't harm
them.
. Now comes q generation. and it's airpanes. In
few years. presume boys will be flying midget planes
10 school,
There will be great howl of protest of course but
you'll that such progress won't hurt the youngster of
tomorrow any than automobiles did their parents.
It's pure that censorship in Italy restricts
tuthEzra Pound American literary expatrate who made
good in Italy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

de Mortissac, brilliant member
Of Paris younger set who loved
her devotedly.
After her death de Mortissac
retired to Spanish monastery.
In October, 1886. 10 years after
Marta Harris execution. Loyalist
troops ordered all monks in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
MR.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention in this coll
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer ONLY Initials
will be published when requested.
Mr.. Ffxit: Could you give me
the dates OF the following: ID
when King George passed away;
and t2) when did King Edward
leave the throne: NJ. VI.
King George V died Jan. 20,
1885; King Edward VIII abdi-
Gated the throne Dec. 10, 1886.
MIR. Fixit: Next time anyone
asks about butchering tell them
the water should be between 154
and 100 degrees In cold weather
and not over 1854 degrees In
warm weather. A teaspoonful
of I've or a few ashes from nom
resinous wood added to the
water helps make the hair slip
better. too.
Tell the people who asked
about bed bugs 10 spray beds
and walls repeatedly with Shell
fly spray. II is very inexpensive
and very effective.
MRS. A. o,
Burton.
Mr.. Fixit: IL II true that q
couple has 10 wait one year after
obtaining . divorce before they
can remarry: What Is the price
Of 4 divorce: READER.
The Washington law provides
for an interlocutory decree
which holds for six months be-
fore final decree can be en-
tered, Remarriage of either
party to a third person would be
Illegal II contracted before the
final decree has been issued by
the court. The divorced couple
may remarry each other within
the six months, Most lawyers
charge SIS to 500 fee, plus fill
ing fees, in ordinary actions.
Your lawyer will give you any
other information necessary.
Mr.. Fixit: Can YOU tell me
the best way to get a good sun
tan; Is there any oil that will
help speed this up? }. d.
Out our way the pale-skins go
to their druggist and have him
mix up a concoction consisting
Of three ounces of rubbing alco-
hol. one ounce of fannie acid and
one-half ounce OF glycerine. This
he shakes up thoroughly and
hands out for a small fee in n
four or five-ounce bottle. Apply
II to the parts to be tanned be-
fore exposing to the sun. never
heard of anybody getting a sun
burn through this dope, but tam
ming. yes. It's sticky to apply
but dries quickly into a flexible
sort of coating like collodion.
The kids out my way who 60
skiing use it right along to pro-
tect them from burns on the
snowfields and they say it's the
best mixture they've run across.
You'll have to wait a couple Of
days for the answer to the Sec
ond question, ]. d. The radio
people had to write to California
10 find out.
MIR. Fixit: Please give me the
names and addresses of some
beach resorts near Seattle AS 1
would like TO write and find out
their rates for \ few weeks
stay. Blk.
Suggest you drop q line to the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and they'll probably swamp you
with folders of resorts in their
or II you're downtown,
call on Frances Van Lake at
Electric Center. Pacific ave. at
10th st. and see if she can't
advise you.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
BRIGHTENERS

Two crew members of a U. S.
boat went to the brig when they
shouted. Down with Musso-
lini." That's not 80 serious.
What if they had yelled: Down
with the Ship
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
MATA HARRIS LOVER

Death came to Mata Hari,
famous woman adventures,
dancer and World war spy. in
October, 1917, before French
firing squad. Most grieved over
Mata Harris death was Pierre
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR

Never use the word gents
for gentlemen" The former is
extremely vulgar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

To receive attention in this COLI
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer ONLY Initials
will be published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

ONERSUPPLY AND UNDER
CONSUMPTION

III East 96th st
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

90 Sponge spicules 2 Silk from a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
ORDER FOR HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE.
State of Minnesota, County of st.

State of Minnesota, County of st.
LOuiS-SS
IN PROBATE COURT
(No. 32830)
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank
SerShen, also known as Frank SrSen,
ST., also known as Frank Srshen, also
known as Frank SrSen, Decedent
1t Is Ordered that the petition for
settlement and allowance of the final
account filed herein by Frank Sershen,
Jr., as representative of the estate of
said decedent, and for the assignment
of the residue of said estate to the
persons entitled thereto, be heard be-
fore this Court on Monday, January 9th,
1910, at ten o'clock A. M, in the Probate
Court Room in the Court House in
Duluth, Minnesota, and that all per-
sons interested then show cause, if any
they have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Witness the HON. VIM. j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 9th day
of December, 1885,
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court
Thomas j. Carey, Attorney for Petit
toner, Ely, Minnesota. 1915 1929
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
PET BULLDOG NEAR
DEATH AS POISONER
GOES INTO ACTION.

Mickey. the pet bulldog of B. j.
Agnew, which has been such familiar
character in the business section of the
city for good many years, isn't going
to have any Christmas this year.
Victim of strychnine poison, he lies
gravely i'll without much chance of
recovery.
Just how or where the dog got hold
of the poison is not known, but it is
believed that it was in the immediate
vicinity of the business section.
Poisoning of dogs has cropped up
here occasionally, but this time, as in
many instances, it was a harmless
household pet who never bothered any,
one, who ate the poison, and not the
tramps and strays that cause most of
the trouble.
There is always danger of children,
and not the dogs, being victims if candy
or biscuits are being used as bait.
Dogs who are nuisance can be elm
mated without resorting to strychnine.
Besides risking involvement with the
law, the poisoner adopts the cruelest
method of all in which to bring death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
HIGH OFFICER
VISITS LODGE
Mrs. Mckinley, State Grand
Guardian, Attends Meet
of Jobs Daughters.

Four new members were initiated by
the Jobs Daughters at their last meet
ing. Those initiated were Lydia Ann
Eckert, Phyllis Palmgard, Emily Chinn
and Camilla Legat.
A distinguished visitor attending the
ceremonies was Mrs. Winifred Nc
Kinley, grand guardian of the State
of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Other out
of-town guests present at the meeting
were Mrs. Erwin Voss, Mrs. George A.
Schultz and Mrs. j. w. Hejda, all of
Virginia.
During the business meeting of the
order, the girls planned a Christmas
party Wednesday, December 27, in the
Masonic lodge rooms. Each member
is to invite an escort The committees
named by Lahore AhIstrom, honored
queen, for the event are Mary Ellen
Chinn, chairman; Norma Mae Brown
Marjorie Berglund, Lois Anderson
Clarice Carlson and Dolores Ellefsen
on decorations; Lahore AhlStrom, chair
man, Ruth Nyberg and Lois Purdy on
music
Following the meeting, the council
of the Jobs Daughters served a lunch
Those having charge of the bake sale
at the Finnish Stock company store or
Saturday were Marian Hall, Alice Beel
Lahore AhlStrom and Dolores EllefSen
Following the meeting lunch was
served by the following Council mem
bers: Mrs. Sue johnson, Mrs. Gust A
Maxi, Miss Verna Senstad, Mrs. George
Coad and Mrs. Marcella Opel.
A dance was planned for next We'd
nesday, December 81.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Business Girls Hold
Annual Xmas Dinner.

The annual Christmas dinner of the
Ely Business Girls took place Sunday
evening at the Community Center cafe
terra. A most appetizing turkey dinner
had been prepared by Mrs. E. E. Strom
and Mrs. Alvin Sundholm and served
at handsomely decorated tables
Candles, yule logs, place cards and
menus furnished the decorative scheme.
The menus and place cards had been
made of birch bark and red construction
paper and furnished extra color for the
decorations.
A feature of the entertainment pro-
gram was the one act play, Let There
Be Light" presented by members of the
American Legion Auxiliary under the
direction of Mrs. M. j. Fleming Sing
ing of Christmas carols by the girls and
the exchange of gifts followed the play.
Hostesses for the occasion were Mary
Turk and Helia Koski. The decora-
tions were in charge of a committee
composed of Lama Haavisto and Edith
Lampi. Vienna Somero and Tyne
Suoja had charge of the entertain
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
GUEST ARTIST
PLEASES ELY
Misses Gronseth and Bawden
Acclaimed at Band Concert
Here Sunday.

Miss Elva Gronseth, the guest artist
appearing here Sunday evening with
the Ely Municipal Band, in concert
at the Community Center auditorium,
captured the crowd with her fine voice
and excellent delivery. Not a small
part of the success scored by Miss
Gronseth was due to the accompani-
ments played by Miss Helen Bawden.
Both of the young ladies were from
Virginia.
Miss Gronseth opened her part of the
program by singing two numbers,
Night" by Strauss, and ERE Since the
Day" from Louise, by Carpenter. Later
in the evening, she sang Midsummer
by Worth; I'm Falling in Love With
Someone" by Herbert, and "At the
Well" by Hageman.
Director DiNino of the band also had
arranged most appealing program OF
classical and popular numbers which
pleased the large audience. This was
the second of the winter concert series
of the band with a guest artist partici-
pating. The first presented Edward
Preador in a series of violin solos.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Negro Basketball Team
Defeats Odd FeLLOlUs.

The potent Workmanship and bang
up passing of the Zulu Kings, Negro
basketball team, proved too much for
the local I. o. o. F. club, which was
defeated, 1927, in Memorial gymnasius
Friday night.
The Zulus, shirtless and wearing
regulation basketball pants covered by
long grass SKIRTS, dished up plenty of
their highly advertised basketball magic
whenever the occasion demanded.
Identification numbers were painted in
white on their ebony backs.
Ely was ahead, 14-12, at the hallmark,
but the zulus put on big scoring drive
in the third quarter to coast to vic
tory.
Paul DoWler, G. Nicholas, and D.
Riikola led the Ely attack with three
baskets each w. Nicholas accounted
for four points, and F. Childers and
Cecil Hollow, two each.
Frames, guard for the zulus, sank
seven baskets