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...mine. One gram of radium sells to-day for from $50,000 to $70,000. A group of Canadian doctors finally succeeded in buying several hundred acres around the discovery. Headed by Dr. Gordon Earle Richards, head of the X-ray department, Toronto General Hospital, and Dr. George William Ross, they organized Ontario Radium Corp. Last year they sent samples of their ore to England. There it was refined, meeting satisfactorily all necessary tests. The doctors found that one ton of their ore yielded 186 milligrams of radium. Belgian Congo mines which have been the world's richest give...
...usual, the U. S. G. A. had seeded the draw with great care. Jones's first and second round opponents were two Canadian players, C. Ross Somerville and F. C. Hoblitzel, and he beat each of them 5 & 4. Meanwhile, blond, wiry George Von Elm, and stocky, curly-haired Maurice McCarthy played the best match of the tournament-a match that went ten extra holes before McCarthy won it with a pitch that stopped a few inches from the cup. Von Elm came within one ball-revolution of sinking his 15-ft. putt for a half. McCarthy had played...
Your magazine dated Sept. 1, on pp. 19 and 20, under heading "Finish of Fergusonism" states that Mr. Sterling [Ross Shaw Sterling, Governor-presumptive of Texas] could not read or write until...
Many a reliable correspondent in Texas reported that Governor-presumptive Sterling was illiterate until 21. His campaign handbook states: "Educational opportunities in Chambers County were none too good, especially for the biggest boy of a poor family of 14. Ross gained the readin', writin' and 'rithmetic fundamentals at the village one-teacher school...
Associate professor Arthur w. Hanson and Mr. Homer N. Sweet, of the firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros, and Montgomery, will conduct the course. Classes will meet Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 9 to 10 o'clock beginning September...