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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Attest:
Secretary of State.
Prehistoric Gophers,

Discoveries were made near Little
Falls, Mimi, which have led to the be-
lief that Minnesota was populated thou
sands of years ago, Immediately follow
ing the ice age. ]. " Brewer, in ex-
cavating sand plain near the Minnesota
town. discovered stones bearing unmis-
taxable evidence of human handicraft.
He made known his find, and Professor
Winchel, state geologist, accompanied by
Secretary Warren Upham and J. B.
CLANCY of the state historical society,
together with Mr.. Brewer himself, con-
tinued the search until about 1000 stones
had been unearthed, together with a
number of perfect stone implements, evil
IDENTIFY used for scraping skins. Curious
ly enough no arrow heads, spear heads
or other weapons were discovered, a fact
which tends to prove that the early in
habitants were peaceful citizens, little
given to strife, although they must have
had some means of taking game, else
their utensils for scraping skins would
have been useless. The implements found
are more crude in workmanship than
those discovered in the Minnesota
mounds, and are evidently of an earlier
period. The relics were found at a depth
varying from two to five feet below the
surface.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
TO ASK FOR BIG INCREASE.
Postmaster General Smith Anxious to
Extend the Rural Free De-
livery System.

Washington, Nov. 13.-In his annual
report, which will be completed soon,
Postma ster General Smith will ask for
an increase of the appropriation for
the rural free delivery service from the
present sum of $3,5OO,0O0 to $1,000, 900,
and will advocate the extension of the
service as far as practicable. He will
express the opinion that this branch
of the work of the department is of
the greatest utility, and will plead for
more liberal consideration on the part
of congress. He will explain in some
detail the recent action of the depart
ment in the matter of second-class mail
matter, taking the position that the
law granting rate of one cent per
pound contemplated benefit only to alb
solutely legitimate newspapers with
legitimate subscription lists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
SWALLOWED UP.
Big Mining Plant at OrOnOgO, Mo-,
Sinks Into the Earth by Rea-
SON of q Cave-In.

Joplin, Mo-, Nov. 14.-In a cave-in
at Oronogo, near here, the entire
plant of the Aurora Mining company,
one of the greatest producers in the
district, was swallowed up. No lives
were lost. The plant comprised a
hundred-ton mill, office building and
engine house, all of which were en-
quilted, together with six gravel cars
and an immense failing pile. On en-
tering the ground short time be-
fore the cavern occurred, workmen
heard the timbers cracking and sig
nailed to be drawn up. The last man
had reached the surface only a few
minutes when the timbers collapsed,
the earth yielded, and with a crash
the whole plant sank into the abyss.
Further caving is feared and work
in that vicinity has been suspended.
1t is impossible to estimate the dam
age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
ORCHARD CULTIVATION.
The Advantages of a High Crop OF
Rye ON Northern Sections Cam
not Be Overestimated.

There is little question in the mind
OF any intelligent farmer about the
value of orchard cultivation up to
the bearing period, but not all agree
that it should extend beyond. Never
theless there is nothing worse for an
orchard than bare soil left to take
care of itself. Weeds will invariably
appear in such soil, and these will
do considerable harm in robbing the
land of the richness which the trees
need. There must be some counter
balancing method. Of the many ex-
periments made with orchards that
have been treated with and without
cultivation after the trees began to
produce, the great majority showed
decided improvement in favor of
those which have been cultivated.
This, however, does not mean any
more than mere surface cultivation,
and for that matter not much more
than a surface scratching of the
ground in the spring sufficient to
make grass or grain seed catch.
There is no better plant fertilizer
lowed to decay in the field. Every
crop of this that we can raise and
return to the soil should increase the
fertility. so that the young and old
trees will make a new growth.
The blowing of the surface in the
spring need not interfere with the
roots of the trees. Indeed, special
care should be taken to avoid any
such contingency. The soil can cas-.
lily be stirred to a sufficient depth to
make the seeds grow without touch.
ing the roots. If these latter run
very close to the surface, the pillow
or cultivator should not be run up
stirring of the top soil every year
tends to make the roots of the trees
seek a lower level, and in orchards
that have been cultivated from the
beginning little trouble will be ex.
perienced with the surface roots
Sow from one to two bushels of rye
to the acre, so that the ground will
be covered before winter. This will
help to protect the roots of the trees
from the severe cold, and the follow.
ing spring when turned under the
rye will add rich fertility to the soil.
The advantage of high crop of rye
in the orchard in the fall in the
states where the winter freezing is
apt to injure fruit trees cannot be
overestimated. The tall rye proves
most effectual blanket to the tree
roots and trunks, and few trees are
injured from freezing when treated
in this way. The thick rye is really
warmer and superior to a covering
of snow. When feed is scarce the
temptation to cut the rye in the or
chard is great, but do not yield to
it. No orchard can thrive which is
Systematically robbed of it's fertil-
ity.-S. w. Chambers, in Journal Of
Agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Heavy Snow in New York.

Syracuse, n. Y, Nov. 15.-The snow
storm throughout central New York
continues with undated severity.
Country roads are in many instances
blocked and huge drifts are piling
along the fences. Streams are rising,
and several places report threatened
floods. In Syracuse sleighs are run
ming even in the downtown streets.
Trolley service is demoralized, but the
steam railways art making their time.
About ten inches of snow has fallen.
The mercury is about the freezing
point
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
THE FARM BLACKBOARD.

which words may be lettered perma-
nently with white paint, or printed
with chalk as occasion may require. A
very cheaply constructed board (any
desired siZe), may be made as follows:
Use only the best quality of soft-wood
lumber, free from pitch and knots.
The boards should be evenly cut the
desired length Ga convenient size is
21a by feet), and fastened tightly and
firmly together with cleats and screws.
The screws should be driven from the
back of the board, and should be one
quarter-inch shorter than the COM
bined thickness of the cleat and board,
so that they shall not reach through
to, and interfere with the surface of
the board. The outside cleats should
be put on flush, or nearly so, with the
ends of the boards; and the center
cleat should be cut long enough to ex-
tend two or three inches above and
below the board. A post should be
firmly set in the ground to which the
board may be fastened by driving
screws through the projecting ends of
the center cleat into the post any
desired height from the ground. This
leaves the entire surface of the board
free from screws or nails, and it may
be put up or taken down at will.
To prepare the blackboard for use,
take the best grain alcohol and shell
lac in the proportion Of two parts of
the former to one part of the latter;
one pint of alcohol to one-half pint
of shellac would doubtless be sufficient
To this mixture add sufficient of the
best black drop (powder), to give the
desired color, which should be dead
black, and one tablespoonful of finely
powdered pumice stone. This latter
is added to give the mixture sufficient
grit to take the chalk freely when
thoroughly hardened. Apply with an
ordinary paint brush, three or four
coats, allowing each application to dry
thoroughly before the next is made.
This formula has been sold at high
prices, but was furnished me by an
experienced decorator, and pro-
nounced the best blackboard dressing
in the market. Try it on your school
blackboards, and save exorbitant
charges by one hired to do the work.
Rural New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
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ADVERTISING ON FARMS.
Every Man Who Has Ever Tried 1t Be-
lieves Firmly in Its Pecu-
mary Value.

In nearly every locality, much may
be accomplished by advertising what
ever we have for sale. Proof of this
will be found in your own desire to see
what others advertise for sale. Per-
sonally, am ready to admit that the
advertising columns of any paper al
ways have a strong fascination for
me, and if see what others offer for
sale, others will see what l may have.
The local newspapers judiciously used
will nearly always bring ample re-
turns. Neat circulars stating what
you have for sale and how it may be
obtained, mailed to your customers or
to prospective ones, will usually meet
a response. A very convenient way,
and also one which has brought us
very satisfactory results, is the sim
pie device of bulletin board. Re-
ferring to the illustration, we have
"For Sale" and WANTED" columns,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Tenant Farmers.

An increase in farm landlords and
tenants in Minnesota and the Dakotas
is noted in the industrial commissions
report just out. 1t says:
Farm tenancy is considered from
number of different points of view. There
is some testimony to the effect that capt.
talists. foreseeing that agricultural land
is likely to increase in value, are buying
up small farms near, acquiring them
through the foreclosure of mortgages,
and putting on tenants.
This practice is said to be growing in
the richer portions of Minnesota, the Da-
kotaS and other StateS.r
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Gen. Hall to Retire.

Washington, Nov. Is. = Brig. Gen.
Robert HI. Hall will be placed on the
retired list of the army to-day by the
operation of law, on account of age.
He was born in Michigan and appoint
ed to the army from Illinois. Gradu-
ating from the military academy in
July, 1860, he served with distinction
throughout the civil war. Because of
exceptionally meritorious services in
the Philippines he was made a brig
adler general in the regular army
last February.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Savings Bank Robbed.

New York, Nov 16.-Defalcations
amounting, it is claimed, to 100000
have been discovered in the accounts
of the Williamsburg savings bank, an
institution conducted at Williams
burg, in the suburbs of Brooklyn. Gen.
J. V. Meserole, the president of the
bank, is authority for the statement
that the parties implicated in the af-
fair are Harry E. Corbett, a former
paying teller of the bank, who died
November 2, and George Zolleinhofer,
receiving teller, who, it is alleged,
gave the first information leading to
the discovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
LIFE-SAVERS PERISH.
Eleven of Crew Near Yarmouth
Drowned While Attempting Res
cue of Shipwrecked Crew.

London, Nov. 15.-It is still impos-
sible to estimate with any exactitude
the total loss of life and property re-
sulting from the protracted gale, and
probably the full extent of the dam
age will never be known. Much
wreckage of unidentified vessels are
still being thrown up. Altogether it
is known that some vessels have been
wrecked along the British coasts, "a
of these have been absolute wrecks,
involving, it is believed, a loss of more
than $50 drowned. The Yarmouth
lifeboat disaster alone leaves A IA
therless children.
London, Nov. 15.-The loss of life
boat and II of it's crew near Var
mouth heads the list of Thursdays
wrecks by the continued gale. The
lifeboat was on it's way to the rescue
of a distressed vessel when it was
struck by great wave and capsized.
The crew were imprisoned and only
three of them succeed in making
their escape.
Innumerable minor casualties con-
tinue to be reported on all the coasts
of the United Kingdom, marking the
storm as the most disastrous that
has occurred in many years. Snow
is falling in many parts of the coun-
try.
London, Nov. 16.-The gale has been
succeeded by frost and snow of unpre-
cedented severity so early in the sea-
son. Ten and fifteen degrees of frost
northern hills is seriously impe ding
railroad traffic and is causing the rivers
to overflow. Hundreds of sheep have
been drowned in the neighboring mead
ows. The lakes in the London parks
are covered with ice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Governor Calls Upon the People
to Give Thanks.
In Accordance With the Time Honored
Customs He Names the Day Desig-
mated by the President.

The president of the United States has,
by proclamation, designated Thursday,
Nov. %. as a national day of thanksgiv-
ing. and now. therefore, in view of this
fact. and pursuant to a well established
custom, 1. Samuel R. Van SAINT, governor
of Minnesota. would request that said
day be observed throughout the state as
Thanksgiving day.
The year about to close has been one
of greatest prosperity to the state and
nation; especially in our commonwealth
have we reason to rejoice.
The product of our tlelds, forests and
mines have enriched our people. Labor
in town, city and country has been we'll
employed and generously rewarded.
Heaven has indeed smiled upon us.
/ would earnestly recommend that our
people abstain on that day from their
usual vocations and assemble in their
customary places of worship and then
and there raise their voices in praise
to Almighty God for His manifold bles-
sings and invoke his continued guidance
in years to come. From your abundance
give to those who have been unfortunate
and are in need of charity, that the day
may be one of rejoicing and thanksgiving
to all our people.
While still in the midst of the great
gloom occasioned by the untimely death
of our late beloved president, let us be
comforted and resigned by the words:
lit is Gods way. His will be done, not
our" and thank divine Providence for
the influence of his noble and useful life.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the state of Minnesota, this 18th
day Of November, A. D. 1901.
S. r. VAN SAINT,
Governor of Minnesota.
Attest:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
THE PEST IN VARIOUS STAGES.

bage and allied plants, producing ths
After feeding for time the worm
leaves the plant, changes to a chry.
sails, from which the adult energies
shortly afterward. There are sew
eral broods each season.
Attempts have been made to de.
stroy these pests by the cultivation
of a contagious disease, which has
been found to attack the worms
This remedy, however, has not been
successful and other means must be
followed for its destruction. Hand
picking the worms, although tedious
is an effective remedy on small areas
Insect powder, known also as pyre.
thrum, or buhach, may be mixed
with six or eight times it's bulk OF
flour and busted on the plants. It
should be applied about once a week.
It is not injurious to human beings.
In some places hot water has been
used to good advantage. 1t can be
applied at temperature of about
100 degrees without injuring the
plant, and is sure death to the worms
where it reaches them. Paris green
is perhaps the simplest and best
remedy. The poison should be mixed
at the rate of one part in 100 of flour
and busted over the plants when the
dew IS on or Immediately after
rain. Frequent application should
be made, SO that the young worms
are destroyed shortly after hatch
ing.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Destrox the Wine. NOW.

The best possible disposition that
can be made of the melons, squash and
cucumber vines is to pull them up, and,
when sufficiently dry, pile and burn
them. Left upon the ground they be-
come the shelter and breeding place of
the next years crop of beetles, and
their value for manure Will in no way
compensate for the damage accruing
if left upon the ground. Better at
tend to it at once.-Rural New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Forty Monkeys burned.

Toledo, O., Nov. 15.-The city's win
ter quarters for the zoo were burned
Thursday night shortly after ten
o'clock. The loss will be heavy, for
the monkeys and birds and all the
tender animals of the collection were
stored in the building, and it was
found impossible to savt any of them.
About 40 monkeys persisted. Two
horses, also belonging to the park,
were burned. 1t is not possible to
estimate the loss.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Training School.

The state board of control will decide
upon site for the new girls training
school the latter part of this month. All
of the sites offered will be carefully in
spected. The board feels that the site
should comprise not less than eighty
acres and that the school should be fash
Toned and conducted somewhat after the
manner of a farmhouse, with dairy, stock
and poultry, where the girls can be
trained in the duties which fall to the
lot of farmers wives.
The towns now in the field for the
school are Red Wing, Pine City, Kenyon,
Austin, st. James, Wabasha, Glencoe,
Hutchinson, Litchfield and Hinckley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
THE CABBAGE WORM.
One of the Most Destructive and Pro-
life Pests with Which Farmers
Have to Contend.

The common white butterfly seen
in cabbage fields is an imported in
sect and very destructive. 1t was
first seen in this country about 1859
and was discovered at Quebec. A
of the New England states and has
gradually spread over large area
of the United States. The adult fe-
male insect is shown in the illustra.
ton. The eggs are laid upon cab.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
The National Grange Meets.

Lewiston, Me-, Nov. 14.-About 80
states are represented by so delegates
here at the session of the National
Grange, which was called to order
Wednesday by the national master,
Aaron Jones. The forenoon session
was devoted to addresses, of welcome.
In a public meeting in the afternoon
National Master Jones delivered his
annual address.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Narrow Escape.

The Chicago Great Western passenger
train on the Red Wing and Zumbrota line
miraculously escaped being wrecked near
eGoodhue AS the train was passing over
"a bridge. the structure fell to pieces be-
hind the cars while in front it swayed
but stood until the train was safely over.
The passengers were badly frightened.
Conductor Manley was in charge of the
train
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Died at the Age of 1O4

London, Nov. 13.-Lady Catherine
Jane Carew, grandmother of the pres
ent Baron Carew, died Tuesday at
Woodstown, Waterford, aged 1O4 She
was a guest at the famous Brussels
ball on the eve of the battle of Wa
court of Louis Philippe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Flax Receipts.

The receipts of fax at Duluth for the
month of November to date have been
more than 100000 bushels day, which is
far larger than received in any previous
year here, or than is now being received
at any other point in the United States.
1t is probable that these big figures will
continue for some weeks, and that at
their close the wheat receipts will be
larger. Grain men expect that there will
he steady and continuous business in
receipts all winter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Mail Coach Held Up.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 15.-The stage
and mail coach running between Mar
low and Bailey, I. t., was held up
Wednesday by highwaymen. Mail
pouches were rifed and the passengers
and driver robbed of all cash and valu-
a hloc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Divide missionary Appropriation

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov 15.-The gen.
eral missionary committee of the
Methodist Episcopal church after a
warm and lengthy discussion decid-
ed Thursday to allow the home mis-
sion 43 per cent. of the appropriation
and the foreign mission 81 per cent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Cut His Sisters Throat

Centerville, Ia, Nov. 13.--Louis
Battles cut the throat of his sister,
inflicting a fatal wound, and then
slashed his own throat in futile at
tempt at suicide. He is believed to
be insane.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Snow in New England.

Portland, Me-, Nov. 1.-THE first
real snowstorm of the season struck
Maine early Wednesday, and the state
is covered with snow varying in depth
from two to three inches on the coast
to nearly two feet in the back coun.
try.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
NO More Narrow Gauges.

There is no more narrow-gauge track
an the state of Minnesota.
The work of broadening the Preston
Reno branch of the Milwaukee road, six
-ty miles in length, was completed. and
trains are running on schedule time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Gold Medal.

Labor Commissioner O'Donnell received
"A letter from Henry Dorm, of Columbus,
Ohio. labor representative at the Paris
exposition. stating that Minnesota has
been awarded gold medal for the best
factory inspection and child labor laws,
but Minnesota will not send for the gold
medal, because $145 must accompany the
demand
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
Declines the ONCE.

Mayor Ames, Minneapolis has offered
Cole Younger. the paroled bandit. a
police captaincy. Younger after consult.
Jig with his Minneapolis friends who
were instrumental in getting the parole
bill through the legislature, decided that
there would be too much notoriety con-
nected with his service in that office. and
has decided to decline
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22

You must please the customer if
you wish him to please you by buying
fruit of you.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22

The woman from New England buys
''table-spread," while her sister
from the south buys a 'H'tablecloth."
The woman from Nova Scotia orders
the servant to clay the table," while
with most of us natives of the Unit
ed States the command is to ''set the
table," In the country the hostess
says to her guests: "Sit by" when it
is time to eat; in town it is ''please
sit down." in the city among the
swells there is no further invitation
than the announcement of the serv-
ant that dinner is served."-N. Y.
Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22

No Pent-Up Utica for Him.
Mrs. Wiggles-Does your husband
have ''a den?"
Mrs. Waggles-No; he roars all over
the house.-Somerville Journal