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The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Little Chap Won His Bet
With Both Thumbs Do,Un

Green, who was the local ath-
letic champion, had been holding
forth at great length. None of the
club regulars could do anything
about it. But presently one of the
visitors looked up.
sTIl bet," he said cheerfully,
'.S10 that I can wheel something
In a wheelbarrow from one street
lamp to the next, and you can't
wheel it back!'
Green looked him over-not a
very hefty sort of fellow. What
ever the stranger could do he could.
''Taken," he said.
A wheelbarrow was borrowed.
The stranger rubbed his hands,
picked up the handles. "Get In,
old man. he said.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
The Questions

1. In what country did Achilles
fight in the Trojan war?
2. In the navy what is four
striper?
8. What is the Land of the Mid
night Sun?
4. What army branch has a
castle for its emblem?
5. When a face is said to be
6orid what color is it?
6. How long is a fathom?
z. In what country do the Hot
tentotS live?
8. A crane that lowers a life
boat is called what?
9. What is meant by a cartel
ship?
10. What native Indian tribe nev-
er surrendered to the United
States government?
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pressed when ]
saw him few minutes after the
race.
In reply to our congratulations
Charley shook his head. ST had
my biggest chance today" he said.
''But found couldn't use it."
1t must be remembered that Pad
dock had strong, powerful legs, thigh
and calf.
Gas I passed the so yard spot, I"
he explained, ST knew I was flying.
I knew / was running faster than
I had ever run before. As I came
to some place around the 70 yard
mark I felt I was moving at an
even faster pace, and felt certain
was on my way to nine second
fiat performance. knew it was my
best and biggest day.
''Then suddenly I felt the muscles
and ligaments in my legs begin to
quiver and expand, and got the idea
that if l continued any longer at this
pace would face a big bIowup or
blowout, and might finish a cripple
for life.
Maybe I was wrong in this guess.
Maybe I could have finished with
my legs intact. I had to make my
decision in split second and
couldn't force myself to take the
gamble.
"The price was too high. So, in
stinctively slowed down and re-
duced my speed. At the finish the
muscles in both legs were still quiv-
ering. In spite of this forced slow
down I still finished in 9ss seconds.
I'm not sure any pair of human legs
can stand a 9 second fat pace"
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Justice Holmes Had Gold
Added to His Sunset

Justice Holmes replied as fol-
lows to the tribute of the other
members of the Supreme court
upon his retirement:
''My dear brethren: You must
let me call you so once more. Your
more than kind, your generous let
ter touches me to the bottom of
my heart. The long and intimate
association with men who so COM
mand my respect and admiration
could not but fix my affection as
well. For such little time as may
be left for me shall treasure it
as adding gold to the sunset"
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

"He's already seen us. Look tired
as if you'd already done your part
of the work."
grove" he said, "we must stimulate
our minds. Let us adjourn to my
place for a game of checkers.
Private Sher's place" was only one
flight of stairs removed from my
squadroom, so we adjourned.
After two games of checkers, Pri-
vate Sher waved his arms. ''This is
folderol," he said. "You are no
checker player, Hargrove. You have
no idea of tactics. Let us sit by
the window and watch our comrades
drill. There is something stirring
in the sight of fine young men per-
fectly executing a marching order"
While we were sitting there being
stirred, another corporal disturbed
US. He wanted US to go with him
to haul coal
Much as we would like to help
you haul coal, my good man." said
Maury, 1--WE are now actively en-
gagged in the work of policing UP
the post exchange. Feel free to call
upon us at any other time"
The corporal placed his hands on
his hips and stared at US. You're
being punished" he asked, with
canteen duty?"
There's no need to be vulgar"
said Sher. IF you will excuse US,
it is time for US to go again to look
for cigarette butts around the post
exchange. Coming Mr.. Hargrove?"
Coming, Mr.. Sher. And good
day to you, corporali"
ITO BE CONrIEUEDl
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even know you knew.
Rake, rake, rake. Time marches
on. Still more raking. Like the
magic pitcher in the old Greek leg
end, the more you take out the
more there is inside. The SCOT
from all three oven jackets will fill
one large ashpan, at double-table-
spoonful the rake.
By the time you have finished
and look about you, the kaypees
have finished their work and are
sitting around gaping at you as If
you were steam shovel. A very,
very black steam shovel.
Isn't gas a wonderful fuel?
Private Sher and I were sitting
out on the back steps to dodge the
cleaning work going on inside when
we saw the sergeant bearing down
on US from the other end of the bat
tery street.
"It's no use scooti1g inside, Har-
grove,' said Seer. Hes already
seen us. LOOK Srss&. as if you'd
already done your pags of the work"
Private Sher is the goldbrfck;ng
champion of Battery A and always
knows what to do in such an emer-
gency.
We both draped expressions of IA
tigue over our faces and the sergeant
skidded to a halt before US. He
reached into his hip pocket for the
little black book and aimed a fin
ger at both of us.
''Bumsl" he shouted. "Bums!
worked my fingers to the bone yes
terday morning getting this platoon
to pretty up the barracks for inspec-
ton. Comes inspection and two pri-
Yates have dirty shoes lying
sprawled all over the floor under
their hunks! Private Hargrove and
MISTER Private Sher! Report to
Corporal Farmer in fatigue
clothes"
We reported to Corporal Farmer,
who looked at his list of jobs. "As
much as you don't deserve it," he
said, 'you two goldbricks are in line
for canteen police"
Mr.. Private Sher and walked up
the battery street toward the can
teen.
''Is this canteen police business
good or bad?" I asked.
"Oh, $685." he said. r":You have
to clean up the papers and cigarette
butts around the post exchange first
thing in the morning. Then you
come around and check up three or
four times during the day."
I stopped, aghast. ''What do you
do between times?"
"Just be inconspicious," said Sher.
That's all there is to it. Please
pick up that candy wrapper over
there. My back aches"
We cleaned up the grounds around
the post exchange and sat for
while IN the shade, watching a bat
terry going through calisthenics.
With beautiful precision, the sol
diers swung their rifles up, down, to
the right, to the left. They went
through the quarter, half, and full
knee bends and the shoulder exer-
cises and the rest of the routine.
''Those boys seem to be improv-
ing, Mr.. Sher," I said.
Result of hard work." said
Maury. Personally, I get awfully
tired watching this. We'n wear our
selves out. Let's go over to my
kitchen and handshake for a bottle
of milk"
''No," I protested. "We must go
to my kitchen"
'sTo avoid firing argument" sug-
gested Private Sher, 1--WE will go to
both our kitchens. We can't be
thrown out of both of them"
After successful forays on both
kitchens, Private Sher began to
yawn with boredom. my dear Har-
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Don't We ALI

The story goes that Hitler was
inspecting troops when he asked
soldier, What would be your last
wish if Russian bomb fell near
you?"
The soldier replied, 81 would
wish that my beloved Fuehrer
could be at my side"
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

tein can ndnQle.
A good many
years ago the late
Captain Charley
Paddock told me
an interesting sto-
ry along this line.
He had just run
another 100 yards
in 9ss seconds,
e u a lin g tn e
worlds record at
that time. But he
was somewhat de-
praScad uybop 7
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
A RuiId-Un

Feminine Patient-Doctor, Why
does a small cavity feel so large
to the tongue?
Dentist-Just the natural tend
ency of your tongue to exaggerate,
I suppose.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Our Anger

If anger proceeds from a great
cause, it turns to fury; if from
small cause, it is peevishness; and
so is always either terrible or ri
diculous.-Jeremy Taylor.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
See Here,
Private Huf'grove!
by Morion Hurgrove ..S.Sse.

inductees considerable advice. Immedi-
ateIy before induction he advocates a
period of painting the town red" Once
In, the new soldier should keep an open
mind" about what he learns because
''the first three weeks are hardest"
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

military legend, is a cook whose
brains have been baked out"
you passed him! Do you think he
amt got thing to do but return
your salutes all morning."
This was evidently a rhetorical
question, so I didn't answer it.
"You don't salute an officer every
time you see him when you're right
there at his side practically all day.
You salute him the first time you
see him and the last time you're
going to see him.
"And then when the lieutenant
explains that to you," he sighed,
then what do you dol The next
time you see him, you salute him
again and then ask him was you
supposed to salute him that tirne!"
He put his head IN his hands and
drummed sadly on the toe of his
foot locker. He raised his head aft
er time and looked into the note
book again.
! knew what was coming next and
/ edged toward the door.
And then you low-rated the mess
sergeant's recipe for creamed beef
on toast and told him his chow was
the worst IN the Army And you
said you was going to start eating
In the next battery. That hurt his
feelings so bad that he burned the
potatoes for the next three mealsI"
I promised to apologize to the
mess sergeant. The sergeant read
out of his notebook for five or six
minutes more, enumerating the
things I had consistently done
wrong.
Now, do you know" he asked
wearily, 'wfy you don't get the red
stripes when they give them out?"
81 suppose I'm just not the execu-
tive type" I told him.
A mess sergeant, according to mil
ttary legend, is cook whose brains
have been baked out. This does not
apply to the mess sergeant In our
battery, whose feelings are easily
hurt by cruel remarks and who
weeps tears into the mashed pota-
toes when he's picked on. This is
simply the old Army definition of
mess sergeant.
All Of US rising student cooks are
eligible to become mess sergeants,
Staff Sergeant Adams told us in
our first cooking class yesterday
morning. Then we can sit out in
the cool dining rooms and yell back
orders for the cooks to yell at
the student cooks to yell at the kay
pees.
This is not the beautiful goldbrick-
ing life that it seems, though. The
mess sergeant has to make requisi-
tions and keep records on all the
Tations, he has to make out the
menus, see that the food is pre-
pared properly and supervise the
work of the cooks, the student cooks,
and the kaypees. Besides this, he
must listen to all the gripes about
his food and to the threadbare Jokes
about cooks who get drunk from
lemon and vanilla extract.
All this he must do, with his brains
baked out.
The cook, lucky little rascal that
he is, also leads an ideal life. He
is allowed to believe that he knows
more about cooking then the mess
sergeant will ever know, although
he is not supposed to tell the mess
sergeant that he does. He works
one day and sleeps the next two.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Dressed-Up.

OUCH a pretty frock to go calling
y in-cleverly tucked through the
middle to give an expensive look.
Pattern No 1852 is in sizes 2, 3, 4. 5,
and years. Size 3 requires Ia yards
39-inch material.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filing orders for few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

THE STORY so FAR: Private Marion
Hargrove, former feature editor Of q
North Carolina newspaper, has been in
ducted into the army and has spent
some time in training at Fort Bragg.
In his story he has given prospective
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

A deaf woman entered a church
with an ear trumpet. Soon after
she had seated herself, an usher
tiptoed over and whispered, Zone
t0Ot, and out you CO."
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
~.S.o
q q a We z

Private Hargrove has been missing the
point Of some of his essential training
and as result he has had considerable
KIP duty. Some of his friends have been
advanced to Corporal and his Sergeant
has asked why he was not promoted.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
- III Ei


THE desperate effort Of Gundar
L Hagg to run mile around four
minutes fiat brings up again the
matter of how much the human sys-
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Meow.
Diagnosis

81 have pain in my abdomen"
said the recruit to the army doc
tor.
Young man." replied the med
leo, "officers have abdomens, ser
geants have stomachs, you have
bellyache. /"
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

And Who Isn't?

And VINO ISN'T!
Lazy Boy-I'm always tired or
the first of April.
Friend-Why?
Lazy Boy-Who wouldn't be aft
er a March of 81 days?
Meow.
@Ain't this bIackouf a1oful," com
planned the unpopular Mrs. Jones to her
neighbor.
II shouldn't bother, dearie," replied
Mrs. Smith. after time you'll be
able 10 see. Cats can, you knotc."
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Harness Racing

81 see where Empire is opening
up to harness racing" James Casey
writes me. ''I'd like to be there.
I've never seen a running race yet
that compared to our light harness
races.
Remember Dan Patch? He won
a lot of races On the Grand Circuit,
and all in straight heats. Remem-
Der he established the worlds rec
ord for a mile in 1:58. He was
eventually sold to Savage Stock farm
for sl5O,O00."
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
nE ar Soothe and cool away heat
- EA rash, and help prevent It
TIE - Sprinkle with Mexsana,
HE AI formerly Mexican Heat
oB6N1 Powder. Get Mexsana-
Assam Road

The Assam road is China's new
lifeline. Since the Burma road has
been cut, China has been feverish-
ly building this new road to Chung
king. 1t is stupendous job which
crosses a half-dozen rivers and
traverses 20,000-foot mountains.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Horses Burn Out. Too

Horses are much like humans in
this respect" veteran trainer said,
in discussing human and other ami
NAL limits.
''Take the case of Johnstown.
Here was probably the fastest rum
ming horse that ever lived. He was
clocked more than once In mile
workouts around / minute 1925 Sec
onds, or 1885. That's binding
speed. But the pace was more than
his system could carry. He was
through in the middle of his three
year career. He burnt himself out
through some form of throat all
ment.
''In the same way, super-speed
was largely responsible for Count
Fleets summer trouble. He had had
several things happen to him in rae
ing, for which extra speed was large
ly responsible. 1t might be possi-
BILE for horse to run a mile In 1888,
but 1 doubt that his legs or anatomy
could stand it."
A four-minute mile doesn't call for
anything like the speed approaching
fast 100 yard squirt, but it means
close to the limit in the way of
time for far longer period.
A quarter mile in minute fiat is
still some Is seconds over the record
for that distance. But four minute
mile is close to sprint, and that's
a long way to go.
There is still considerable doubt
that Anderson of Sweden was cor
rectly timed in his 4:02 plus mile.
He may have been, but the odds are
not that way.
Hagg will still have to clip a trif1e
more than four seconds from his fast
est time, and four seconds mean a
good many yards.
1t would take some pacing oppo-
nent good enough for 4:O2 or better
to give Hagg his four-minute chance.
And there is no such other miller
now in sight unless Anderson, an
other fast Swede, can do the job.
It's something like Warmerdam
looking for those extra inches in the
pole vault to lift his body Is feet.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
4sx M9 win ;.,::. :;:, :::::
The Ansuers

1. Greece.
2. A captain.
8. Norway.
4. The engineers.
5. Red.
6. Six feet.
Z. South Africa.
8. Davit.
9. A vessel commissioned in
time of war to exchange prisoners
of hostile powers, or to carry
proposals from one to the other.
10. The Seminoles of Florida, who
as a tribe recognize no govern
ment or laws but their own.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

nOUBLE featured pattern = a
II neat, wel-liked frock plus a
wrap-around slip. The perforations
in the pattern do the trick.
Pattern No. 8345 is in sizss Il, is, Is,
20; 40, 42 and a Size 16 dress takes
.1l4 yards 35-inch material, slip 35s yards
yards ric rae.
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| SEE BY THE DATT.IES THAT

Bed springs, kitchen ware. fu'n-
aces, safety pins and other goods for
civilians are to be produced in eX-
pand2d volume in the last quarter Of
this year, says WPB. At the rate they
are being disposed Of no new pasaen-
ger autos will remain in stock by mid
November.
A Liberty ship launched at the Beth
lchem plant in Baltimore was named
John W. Garrett, president Of the B.
G 0. RR., 1883 to 1888. Mr.. Car
rett died at his summer home at Deer
Park in the late eighties.
Manuel Quezon, president Of Phil
ippines, on G5th anniversary, declared
to his people that the tome Of re
demption is not far off"
The national income has reached
the annual rate Of 143 billion.
WPB, to conserve materials has or
dercd all knitted outer garments to he
standardized for the duration.
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e''.p' I'u' o. E'IglISh "I | ''', oIeo
! loss from hllIN"lto - o''i'g uS'o
10 replace N"PoN' uSeo III me PreSeiv-
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DRY RUN

A large crowd gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Broadwater
Sunday, in honor Of their oldest SON,
Clarence BroadWatcr, who was q
years old August 23. Dinner was
served ON the ground. Max Broad
water entertained with violin music
and a speech.
Those attending were Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Broadwater and family, Lewis
Wilt, Frank Broadwater and sons,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Caster and chill
dren, Elmer Howell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Mattingiy and sons, Mrs. Q. R.
Murphy and sons, Nh and Mrs. Glen
Murphy and family Pvt. and Mrs
Roy Broadwater, Perry Wilt and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Wilt,
Dory Wilt, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Faux
ner and family, all from Dry Run.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wilt and
son, Clarence Wilt and son, Walter
Broadwater and sons, Mr.. and Mrs
Floyd Rounds and children, all of
Fai1view; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Broad
water and daughter and grandson,
Max Broadwater, Mrs. John Wilt and
children, Savage River; MI and Mrs
Claude Winters and family, Bloom
ington; Mr.. and Mrs. Rawleigh Wilt
and family, Lester burst, Cumber-
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E1onlemakers' Column
Edited by Mildred Barton Hoffman,
Home Demonstration Agent
SOME CANNING PRECAUTIONS

Home canning specialists warn that
oven canning has developed wartime
hazards. Exact temperature control
is necessary for home canning. Oven
regulations which have not been ser
Weed because of war conditions may
be satisfactory for baking food but
may not be dependable at the range
of temperatures necessary for sue
cessful canning.
Ovens are especially dangerous for
canning because they have no device
to relieve the force of jar explosions
caused by too tightly screwed lids
during processng-the oven and oven
door have to take it. In water bath
Gamer, force Of an exploding jar is
slowed down by the surrounding
water. Pressure Gamers have safety
valves for releasing stem when the
pressure goes too high.
Other difficulties found in oven
canning are:
/ Juice bubbles out or stcams
away.
,. Peaches and pears are likely to
darken
B. For the vegetables that need
high heat to kill bacteria. oven can
ming is not safe. Even though the
oven goes to $50 degrees f. or higher,
food inside the glass jars stays at
about the boiling point The boiling
point of water, PIP degrees f., is not
high enough to kill in q reasonable
time the dangerous bacteria some
times found in beans, peas, corn and
other non-acid vegetables and meat.
Home Gamers Warned Not TO Use
Canning Powders"
The use of chemical personalities
such as salicylic acid sodium benzo-
ate and other canning powders is
dangerous in home canning any kind
Of food. Canning powders" include
boric acid and its compounds and sub
stances like metabiculphite which
give off sulfur dioXide when placed in
an acid-reacting products. Boric acid
and its compounds are toxic. Sulfites
and surfur dioXide destroy vitlmin 81
rapidly and completely
Chemical personalities are unsatis-
factory substitutes for heat treat
mcnt. Experiments have proved that
they cannot be counted on for pre-
venting the production of the deadly
toxin of the botulism germ.
Homemakcrs should rely only on
tested and approved heat steriliza-
ton methods for home canning.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913.
JENNINGS

Pvt. George Swauger, Of Camp Ed
wards, Mass, spent an eight-day fur
Tough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Swauger, and other relatives.
Pvt. Robert Deitle. L. S. Army
camp in Louisiana spent several days
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey DeitIe
Mr. and Mrs. Lee CLANCY and
family, Of Cresaptown, visited the lat
ter's mother, Mrs c. O. White, Mon
day. Mrs. White has been in i'll health
for some time.
Mrs. Jesse Broadwater is home from
Miners Hospital, where she was Il
medical patient.
Raymond Wilt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Wilt is back in the hospital
again. Young Wilt had a compound
fracture Of the left leg in a bicycle
accident sometime ago An amputa-
ton is thought necessary.
Mr. and Mrs Ira waste, of Canton,
Ohio were Weekend visitors here.
Mr. and Mrs VIM Ritricuar Of
Akron Obio varo VISITING. il, t5o bon,o
Of Norman Hoover. rocan+Iv
Mr. and Mrs Ferry Hare and
Evelyn Billmeyer, Of Washington. re-
turned home fo,. a few dovs last
week.
Mrs CI,,do yon,,,o,. want 10 L,r,d
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EVANSVILLE

The twcnty-three young people
from the Grantsvilla area who palti-
cipated in the bean picking project
at the stone house farm last week, re-
cciyed their first pay Saturday. This
week they are picking beans in the
Bittinger section.
Personals
Miss Evelyn Spiker entertained a
Few of her friends at corn and
wiener roast, at her home Friday
night.
Miss Betty Smenncr, Brooklyn, n
y, has returned to her home after
spending a short time here with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Bevans
Washington, D. c., are visiting for
two weeks with their parents.
Miss Viola Broadwater has re-
turned home after spending two
weeks with friends in Frederick.
Mrs. Frank Klotz and brother, who
were visiting for a few days in Balti-
more have returned home.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913.
las Leg Broken In
Sawmill Accident

Ronald Simmons, IS, of Swanton,
suffered a comminuted fracture and
severe decorations Of his left leg when
it was caught in blowout saw last
Thursday afternoon. He also suffered
small laceration Of his head. The
youth is employed at the II. b. Mus
sard sawmilI. The accident happened
about 1880 p, M, lie was taken to
Memorial hospital, Cumberland, for
surgical attention.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-08-26

Preliminary plans for a IS million
program for expansion of synthetic
rubber have been submitted to the
WIPE by rubber director.
FBI agents seized four for espion-
women
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-08-26

OPA has permitted $4 a ton in
rease in manufacturers price Of
lewsprint effective September / thus
the cost to publishers SIS 4
on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-08-26

Receipts under the pay-asyou-g
income tax law has passed the $43O
million mark.