SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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1—A Wabash rnllwny train run berserk, leaped a siding and struck a support of this bridge in St. Charles,
Mu., collapsing It. Two men passengers of an automobile carried away with the bridge were Injured, as
was a woman when their car tore through the wall of her hotel nearby. 2—John .Monroe Johnson, of .Marlon,
Nothing to be sniffed at was the $25.000 willed to I’et, this Eskimo
8. C., assumes bls duties as nssistnnt secretary of commerce, succeeding Ewing Y. .Mitchell who was ousted I spitz, by Ills late mistress, .Miss .Margaret .McDermott of Chicago, who
and wrote the President that "graft and corruption" abounded In the department. 3—llnrry L. Hopkins asked that he be placed In the home of a woman who loved dogs. Pet is
(left), works progress administrator, and Henry .Morgenthau, secretary of the treasury, leaving White House
now the charge of .Mrs. Hulda Rhode and her grandson Lawrence Dennis,
with Josephine Hoche, assistant secretary, after discussing new Natlonul Youth administration which she will
1 shown here, who were friends of Miss McDermott
head.
Taking Amusement to the Eskimos
F. I) R. IN BRONZE
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Setting out from Seattle, this little 2-1 footer, the flappy-Go-Lucky,
pointed for Alnska where, In Innumerable Inlets and coves she will pro­
vide nmusement for the Eskimos, but primarily for the fishermen, trap
per», hunters, can tiers anil prosfiectors of the Ear North. Capt Gordon
Clements ami Mate J. It. Dobbs nre carrying a complete equipment of
motion picture apparatus and thousands of feet of Him. Something new
In the show-boat line.
This forceful bronze bust of Pre»
dent Roosevelt, now on display In
a New York nrt gallery, Is the work
of Jo Davidson,
Rl LES CHERRY FETE
"Hara-Kiri"
Ilara klrl Is defined: "A Japanese
method of suicide by ripping open
the bowels, practiced formerly by
dalmlos and mllltnry officers." The
word Is often Incorrectly spelled
hari-kari and harrl-karrl.—Literary
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MAP WOMEN’S AIL)
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Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, assist­
ant program director, who Is busy
In Washington with plans for em­
ploying 500,000 women with part of
I he President’s $1,880,000,000 works
relief fund.
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Control in Asia
Asia, whose 20 odd countries con­
tain 31 per cent of the area and 50
per cent of the population of the
world, consisting chiefly of yellow
and brown races, has 00 per cent
Genevieve Pepera, Manistee blond,
of its land controlled by white na­ was chosen from western Michigan’s
tions—Russia, Grent Britain, flol- fairest to reign ns queen over the
land, France and the Uuited States. national cherry festival at Traverse
—Collier’s Weekly.
City, July IT, 18 and 10.
It takes a sturdy, arm to operate this hand powered boat built by
Paul [.arson at Little Falls, Minn., as little Shirley Ann Larson Is shown
doing It.
Many lalandi in Georgian Bay
Georgian bay Is an extension of
l.ake Huron; It Is about 120 by 50
miles In area, and dotted with more
than 30.000 Islands, the largest of
which Is Grand Manitoulin. The
bay Is an Indentation In the coast of
Ontario and is entered by a chan­
nel 20 miles wide.
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DUKE BEACH GUARD
Here is Duke, full-blooded bull­
dog, owned by Kenneth Grossmiller
of Dalles, Ore. Duke is trained to
swim out to a drowning person, with
the end of a piece of rope in his
mouth nnd the other end attached
to the shore. He also is able to
tow a person hanging to hig harness.
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Masiachurett*' Famous Lake
Lake Chargoggagocgmanchaugga-
goggchaubunagungainaugg, which Is
one of the largest in Massachusetts,
is located In the southern part of
the state. In Worcester county, just
across the border line of the ex­
treme northeastern corner of the
state of Connecticut. The spelling
of the name Is usually abbreviated
to the last six syllables on the map,
and means, according to Sargent’s
New England Guide: “You fish on
your side, 1 fish on my side, nobody
shall tlsh In the middle.’’