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J.CS LIGHT
DAILY EAST OREOQNIAN, PESPLBTQN, OREGON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1021.
TEN PAGES
Towns Moved In Search of the Mineral Millions of :
Tons of Cre Moved Yearly Cold Facts
Which Read Like Fiction. '
M " IfiBTNO, Minnesota, called the States contributes to the world. Mich
(.A "richest village in the world" islcin follow with twenty per cent.
H being moved. This Is r.ot literal- The great Iron mines of the Lake
ly trua tut probably r.o town Superior region, the Immense coal
r made such history as Hibbir.g Is carriers, the ore railroads, ore docks,
' king today. One-third of the oris- explora'icn work and the army of
" il town. In all sixteen city blocks, .employees necessary to il ; and ship
bi-ing cleared of buildings so that 1 ..his ore are all part of the dcvelop
''ln ompan!et may have access 1 nK.nt OI !no pJ5, Btt. yt.ars
" .tiu.To;e ore reports tny wisn to
iinH anu mase iisc.oi. 11 is a con ivene.i Ii-ro
hlch will awitte a law part j m h .,"... hm.
r a villnpre out ot its fath and cre
e a new section. It Is a story in
V h oeMr twenty millions of dol
r Ciriire as barely cavering the cos!
sxunsion work In the new town
1 this will not resin to reprosctfl
.iders. others
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thans carry ore down to the Knstcrn
furnaces at small cost. An ore boa
In the sups at Puluth, Two Harbors.
l-canaba and other ore rcpr:on do-'k.4-
is tilled in a few hours and read
iuwis aexe ore is con-Mart on IU Jaurney cast arid sutri
nmsed projects are as Huce shovels or "clams mouths" iifi .
"rargj towns."! the ore from cars in some cases
familiar to out-'chutes are used instead and tae ore
are ncv.tr. We had rains donn Into the open hatches. As I
no soor.rr become acquainted wUh the I soon as the hold Is filled and the
cnterprL-ins tewn of Gary. Illinois. ! hold of a modern ore carrl r has a
where even tha school system is of ! capacity of from ten thousand to
si:h r.o're that other towns sent com-; fourteen thousand tons ihe hatclws!
missicners to inve.t:ga'e and In some are battened down, the deck cleaned
instances adopt their plans, than a and the Captain starts to guide his
new steel town sprung up in Jlinne- boat out to :he open. improved
! money expended when the work
s f nished. (
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. . , . . . ota. The -Minnesota S-eel Compar.Vs is th? machinery that nn ore boat can
;.7f. T ln!u5,rr Cf ,th J-"; plant, installed-at an outlay of many-b. managed oy cianteen to twenty
F'ates. Feir persons reaj:x at wha' j.,. t . . .
a whlta heet this Is can-ied on o'r! ..... u-n. .:, . i unoreansrd vessels. One company J broaki in the spr'mr. Tn, the proc
how vital onr ore mires are to the j fP'r1,,, , "vrt- At th, recriv ins port the pro-ess Is'owna over ore hundred and fifty ore: .m Um, all over asuln.
, . . . """"" "Pea.uous. j ne novo scoops &oaIS ,vhleh piy ,he Grca, u..kcs from
product,-at the rate of or , trond ;.ke th or from the bcaf. hold. !hc ,!me nnv!)r(Ulon on, ln th( -nrln.
on ranees of Minnesota have at ! - -w". -' - '1. ,p -. until ict, oiocks the river In the full, new ivt-n iu.a wnj aru o:cu-
....... ......u....... v waiiire cars. une srenn can la te
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prosperity of the world
"0 the Mrssahl. Cavuna,
Production
and Vermll-:
'tnes run as h'sh as 70. POO. 000 tors
and vessel shipments have passed
A?0.00l tons in a season.
The I.nte Ptipcrior ITcfrlon
While we have about twcr.ty-four
Till! "Sim" Locks
II is such toDitant wli.to heat biisi-
the total rroductton of a'! the fur-1 r.ve tons at a time ana in a fe
races in tho United States forty years! he boat is unloaded, the hatches arc
i!o?i-ii, tne Heck Is Cican-d and the
Captain is larnins tiie bo-it toward
the lo:td:ns port whore ho will Kef his
I-lvrryth'nff is sys-
Ilu.tc Ore Ships
llors-tn Park was built to rave the
ares tnai proauee moea iron ore tRejih:prIu.nt ef ore b)lt H by me:,ns rcxr ronsnment.
palm must be plven to the T-aka Su-ldlsoo'es of all the ore mined in the ! temat'zo J to Mfh
the M:nn"sota lr
rartlcular. which
; O.-toiif p eomes and cvervoue watches ioiatd to Ktimir iin u-i .iino in a
hours and WO.l.fni . t, xn hntw tntr. Tti nr. Illinv Hr.i n.u.im.fj.l ... . i,n .tu.ll.
."oats cn run. Thn comes Novem-: l.ous way m wnich ore is handled. It
ber atirl sp-eirai i-on runs ri'e as to is the oi '. buotness that has hastened
w hether It will be v.n open or closed the Improvements un ihe iti ,.;a 'l.i k i.
..ejcn. Snow. Ice ar.d s'eet come and Tile hue ore basis it-iiu.rcd the dep.
a few ore boats with Intrepid captains .e nine ul rivers, drudirin-- of rhannrl.-.
e irHT onistur. nit. .mH n-.o... .!,,. V,..., .,..1 . - i . i.
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. ...m... .... w.c ...,n.i.u.a i";LaKo hupoRor rceion and in summer man 'its a- nts c--R i-.n orters beats c'oe' ih
iuiuisi.es noninrenrt r::tl tr.rre is rc f-r un in 're ntnr and te 'ttr and k-ov c tti m. . ..-.-
tl ree-fifths or sixty per cent, of the .si.. ady poire and ronilns of ore boa's s'tion ef en-h tnaf at a riven hottr. ! f-tll
lllons r.f tons whi.h the t'nltedlon tb f!r.it T.-.k f-r .---i i..-ii. Vor .h., c.r.! ,,. t... ...,.......,, .-t ' .. i ., ,. ." .,..!
Ijirjji at shtp transfer In the vorld and 1 owned by private individuals and cor
the other "$uo" Igcks Work night and j porations .n hicti reap larg profits,
day. I The shipments from tha allnnasota
I'lirlly Owned lly Stale mines exceed 45,000,000 tons yearly.
An Inte-rcs'ir. fcalurc in connection; I.nrse as this amount Is it was Only a
with the ore mines of Minnesota. Is' part of the output of tha whole Laka
thai many of them are owned by the 'superior recton. The whola Industry
at?
of
n,te
wind Is too eh!!!, the laki t
the rhnnectmr rivers are
and r.-hr-ttintly .the ship-,
-i!r . nni tint') i' i
state nod eery year tne iifrmancnt j
school. unlVerrity and trust funds re
cive from this source by w-iv of roy.
titi... about seven million iidl;irs. Acts
jI C r,i;ri is in 1S57 and liter tttanif d j
improve in' ins. The fuurihithe state cerium lards some of which I i
Mem Koiernmeni iock. i.'ie larKo.i; oi , : i er proved lo ue in the ore beit. Hut t Mhood. Michigan can point to al
Ihe "S.x" locks whicls ronnectj tlic,:h...e lands are only about a ninth ofjmn,t as many. Ths importance of
' fper ami i-iwor ii-vew oi i.rkb mi- i ic ore lanfts troin v ntr h revonu s are ' 1 11...10
"-in l.-'h" lli-.o. wt I lie UP ' VfH-"4 T, n'tlir 'eh' ntlii n re
1.1 of such recent and rapid growth
that it sounds Ilka a fairy tala but
Instead it Is a record of cold facts.
Probably one hundred and twenty-Bv
thousand p-.ople In Minnesota art da-
pi-ndent on the ore mines for a llvs-
cannot
CauKtd In
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i. , "' '. 't' .VS... 1r" '. ;-' A"? I! :"..."" V'.. ' Il -sr, is- xTSa. I i W.itJV "Sacred and I'rofane Love." In
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role suruasslnc all her preceding j th:s ftsll, the, 'athletic star also it ' " " ' T" ' . .'il-ff , , ' e
I I, .-e; wj.' .i- . f , F i,'" '-C.iWrl .
1 "A Connecticut Yankee In King i " ' I lM f 'XA I 'i 5 A
i Arthur's Court,'- Mail. Twtiin'a .M - : J V f 1 ' . , I f J I
I It posse uses in vUuai Wnii every thrl1.T - IVi '1 . S V . . " Jl f j if' i. , I
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r.ood mornlnc little nlaymatc." i na n! -,Jtl,Jen mtro'iuetiun or n-vvers. - , O"- ..-jVt? 'VTJ- , --'- .
Bob Hampton of Placer" - s
'The Marriage of William
Ashe"-Doug Breaks His
Hand -Connecticut Yan-
keeinKingArthur'sCourt
-"The Blizzard
.'.", OB JiAlIPTO.V, of riacer,"
spectacular adaptation of
ill tl ltandall rarrith novel of
, the, athletic star also
performances for dramatic power and j wrenched hi:; back and strained hia
dabh. She plays the part of mettle-, nc.cki all ot which the doctor says will
some lidy Kitty Bristol, who has fled, kofip- h:m out Qf piLturcJ fof flve
her cloistered world ahd married AS'il- I we(;ts
Ham Ah. Secretary tor Home Anair.. , A 01wU,.llt Vl,jk,.,.
m a scries oi orawniKft nun uiujr i
her husband, she satirizes members of
irle til ills fl . Willie. XiUl wjivii nutiti;,! f
lor rather the society that counts. ,. knowledsed ma,,,rj,,eee of humou.
to 1 flict. some slights on her. she Is pi.,ed " fon tian-atc-d to the
th.i. ...lb!.. I-adv Kittv DublUhes:s''rcen 1"' acr.fle:lnit one Jot ot
ill. or title.
the j the book ot caricatures, which threat-
Tile story deals with 1 .n her husband's poetical career
r life in Montana iimnediate.y , and causes a scandal. Not eatisfiert
iter the Civil War, when the Sioux j with the damage, she appears at a
(...fins s'artled the country. The law n pariy as Lady Godiva, ridins on
..niuaiic taie of "liob Hampton." a I a white horse and wearing nothing but
j t, mysterious character of thejher hair and causes the furVire of
1:01 tier who finally beoiue the hero 1 furores. Then disgusted, she runs to
f h s ronununity when he seta a me.v rooms of but this the climax of
this exciting picture, which Is more
thrilling even than the famous novel
by Mrs. Humphrey Ward from which
it was taken.
DntiiT Has A Mlsluip
r.ood tnornlnat little nlaymatc."
faid Douglas Fairbanks, as he held up motorcycles,
Huachuca. 1 his broken hand for inspection. Doug.
' received this Injury when hetried to
I Jump throush a m-indoW as one of the
stunts in his newest picture play "The
Nut." "I was Just proving I am." n-iid
Fairbanks, when afk'd about the mis
hap. In addition to breaking the third
metacarpal bone of the left hand In
.ife through to Central Custer during
lie historical "l.att 8'arid" against the
.lot.-x, is .aUl to offer one of the moat
-inking screen vehietcs ever portrayed.
In repredU' ins "Custer's Last right"
.-td other f.-peetfteu'ur efTects the en
ure company was taken 10 Gbicier
I'ark. Montana, aud t'ort
Ariiona.
May Alllsem
As the Impulsive daughter of British
echilt'y. ho tires of a convent's statd-n-.K
and thirsts for freedom and bril
I'ant ao-Uty life, charming May Alil
o, tUa eSaiillng southern beauty, has
It posse uses in visual arm every thi l.t
int moment, every lauithiprovokiiig
eldent and all the 'rnllifi)iinff fu:j crc-
aied by the genius of 1 no author.
More than this, its riotous jollity Is
throW-n against a baekrround of me
dieval uraudeur flnjl barbaric pomp t
elaborate as to ir.V-ul one of the trfus;
Impressive spectacles t.Vcr preen.e.i
on the screen. -
Mark Twain leaches whfle he lie kle..
Nothing could be funnier than the ad
ventures the young- Yankee encouni. rs
and his sudden Introdue.tlua of tl.vv.-is.
telephones - ei r.aiiiitc.
and sundry other factor.? t
Mae liuse-h
Mae liuscb was horn in Aurtra'ia.
Her father was the eiiiei tor 0 1 In
Melbourne Symphony orchestra. Jl.-r
mother was an opera sin:r. Ai :he
of eight she ws shipped to Amei
ica addre.se! 10 St. KISzabelh'a Cun-
vnt In M ill! 0:1, . J,, lo lie educated, po severely injured that -he was laid
.'i. n -lie left there at t.e aifa 01 J up tor citrlitveh 'months a.-nl almost
s'U'efrt 1' w is 10 bee 11. 'e leml.n iuil; ciliipieil for life. Bil vowed she nevei
i.iih !":.! I-'uy. 1.1 "uvir the It. nrr." would iii. faiiHili-i uKoin. She met
In divira ' ff a forty foot pier she was ! Erich Vou Btrolieim and he recognized
her dramatic ability and promise-" to
write parts for her In his productions.
Her fir.t np earanee was in "The
Devil's I'ass Key," in which she was a
vamp, and carried off a large share of
the honors.
In "Koirlish Wives," she has another
v.nup pert that ot tlio Russian
Princess Vera. .
"ftacred
which l-.lslo l'ergruson plays the slollar
role. Is based on Arnold Bennett's
novel, "The Hook of Carlotti." Miss
Ferguson will be seen ns Curlotta PeoU
On her twcnly-llrst birthday Carlotta
goes alone to hear Dlast, the great
pianist play, and afterwards meets the
musician and accepts his Invitation to
accompany him to his hotel apartment
where lie promises to play for her
alne. The girl fails under the spell
ot Diaz and his tingle and does not
return home until next morning, when
she llnds that her aunt bus died during
the nlnht. -
Carlotta becomes a famous author
and is courted by Frank lspenlove,
whose pursuit ot her to the Hlvlera
mukes It appear that they loft Eng
land together, a fact which results In
ihe suicide ot Ispenlove's wife. Ispen. I
love, a weak man, blames Carlotta
and shoots himself In her bed room. , i
The profound Injustice ot this drives"
Carlotta to years of wandering. Final
ly in 1'arls she meets with Dlae, heir'
first- love, now a hopeless aoslntbe
(lend. She saves him and fl rally he.
becomes the great musician lit wa '
when they llrst met. ' ' ' j
Jimmy Aubrey , ' j
Jimmy Aubrey, comedy star (merged
from Ihe lllmlng of his latest t-el
laughmnker, "The Klizxnrd," Mdk
bad case of pneumonia.' All the ecenca
or the entire production were shot In
Ihe snow and "Jimmy" spent most of
his time In a nightie and bare feet.
He sneezed merrily through It all to
Blni the screamingly funny Situation
of a chap who awakens to And the
blizzard In his room as well as out
side.
He la how well on the road to re.'
covery and Is preparing to begin work
on his current comedy. .