March 21 Wednesday Nice day, Dr Lynn Crookston sealed my teeth. Janath Russell came up with two of her children and spent two hours with me Dear little mother and cute dear children. Dr Junior called - dear son Lucille Hancock brought me some pie and pudding etc -- dear girl I have read some. Recd letters from Myrene from Wash D.C. and donated check from Eleanor Mulley Co Alberta Canada. Recd letter from Inez Bennett -- my niece from Magrath Alberta Canada I telephoned to Janath this a.m. to talk about Ms Russells Funeral - Nice day. Tribune Te For news and e ments, EM 3-1511 sports scores, EI ness, advertising EM 3-1525. Vol. 172, No. 152 * There is scarcely a mining property anywhere that in whole or part has not benefitted from his onetime ridiculed theory of mass mining and processing of low-grade ore. Col. Jackling typified America’s favorite story--that of a poor boy who became an industrial giant. His early life was one of adversity and constant struggle. Born Aug. 14, 1869, near Appleton City, Bates County, Mo., he was a son of Daniel and Lydia Jane Dunn Jackling. Orphaned at the age of 2, he spent most of his boyhood on farms, going from one relative to another. Long Walk As a boy, he walked long distances to school. Severe Missouri winters made his attendance intermittant. However, by the time he was 16 he had completed the eighth grade and hired out as a teamster with an uncle in the contracting business. Later, as a farm hand, he earned $14 per month, the most of which he saved. His ambition then was to own farm land. In order to prepare himself for a teaching job to save enough to purchase land, he enrolled at the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo. During the summer vacation his imagination was captivated by the work of a civil engineer who permitted him to look through the telescope of his See Page 6, Column 1