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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Climate and Crop Bulletin.

o'o anu Srop Duhe1iH'
The temperature rose early in the
week, and the 5th, 9th, and 7th were
moderately warm days in all parts of
the state. There was very little rain
during the week, and what there was
came in scattered showers, the heav-
lest being reported in Wilkin, Polk,
Mobiles, and Douglas counties.
In the northern half of the state the
week was favorable to the healthy and
rapid growth of wheat, oats, barley
and flax, though rain would be bene-
fetal for the late seeded barley and
flax and for gardens, especially on the
higher lands. Flax and barley are be-
ing seeded.
In the southern portions Of the state
where the lowlands were flooded and
level lands very wet, the dry weather
allowed a rapid subsistence of the wa
tiers and drying of the soil, so the pre-
paration of the wet lands for corn,
been going on rapidly. There is com
plant that seed corn and seed potatoes
have rotted in the wet soil causing an
irregular stand. Some correspondents
think that much of the seed corn this
year was defective. On lands border
ing the rivers the grass that was flood
ed is SO covered with mud as to be unfit
for hay. The small grains which were
suffering from excessive moisture are
improving. On the high lands the
small grains are in good condition,
and corn and potatoes are being Guilt
waited. Rye is in bloom; timothy and
winter wheat are heading
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quietly pack up and go-no one ever
knew that the person with whom he
dealt was the post Office inspector
himself. -
'The biggest frauds By all odds have
been in the get-rich-quick lines. 1t is
such an old scheme, but it is always
being worked again. The plan is very
simple-the same as in the case of the
notorious Franklin syndicate in the
east. Some 'con-man' starts to adver-
tise that he will pay enormous profits
on investments-two, three, five or ten
per cent. week. When the suckers
begin to send their money, he actually
pays out the dividends. A man may
send 500 and before long he has 5000
back. He tells his friends, and they tell
others. Pretty soon the money rolls
into the Golfers of the 'financier' by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
Show Good Increase

State Auditor S. g. Iverson is re-
ceiving abstracts of tax settlements
from counties, and they show 10
per cent increase in state taxes for
1908 over the preceding year, not
withstanding the fact that the re-
venue tax rate had been reduced from
1.6 to 1.3 miIIs.
The total state tax for 1902, which
will be due June 20, is $1,927 ,064. 9S,
an increase of 1925, S9O.24 over 1901.
Of this increase $2S,4s9.93 is on re-
venue, soldiers relief and funding tax
funds and $197, 40O.31 on school and
university taxes. If the revenue tax
rate had not been reduced three
tenths of one mill, the total increase
would have been $454, 1882.
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THE CRISIS PASSED.
No Further Rise of Water at East ST.
EOuis-FlOOd Losses in
Kansas.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, June 12.-That
the crisis of the flood situation in East
ST. Louis has passed so far as this city
is concerned is generally accepted as a
fact by the citizens. Since the disas-
trous break in the Illinois Central leyee
the Hood has made no dangerous
breaks, although portion of the Bal
timore & Ohio embankment gave way
Wednesday night, and the flood area
was further increased by seepage
Thursday. No one could be found with
anything like definite idea of the
property loss. Vague mention of mil
lions of dollars" was the nearest even
the best-informed citizens could come
to it. There was general disposition,
however, to accept minimum reports
of loss of life, rather than the stories
originating in the excitement of the
moment, when the flood poured in.
One prominent undertaken averred
that there had been no loss of life di-
rectly in the flood, although there had
been deaths later due indirectly to the
overflow. There were no reports of
drownings Thursday, nor were any
bodies recovered.
Topeka, Kan, June s.-Kansas
has suffered as a result of the recent
floods more than any other state.
No exact figures of the loss sustained
can, of course. be given. but those
who have an intimate knowledge of
the floods have been making esti-
mates. and the conclusions that they
have reached may be considered fair
ly reliable. The damage done in the
principal cities and towns is estimat-
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MAIL ORDER FRAUDS.
Clever Schemes for Bleeding Guilt
BILE Newspaper Readers.
Post Office Bureau of Inspection * ept
Busy Investigating All Sorts Of
Dishonest and AlIur-
ing s.Ads."
Especial Chicago letter.


TINE alleged frauds in the post Of
fee department now being aired
at Washington are supposed to
Involve hundreds of thousands of doll
lars. The whole country was surprised
when the enormous sum-$10, 900 here,
$4,000 there-were mentioned as frac-
lions in the supposed corruption fund.
Yet this is but bagatelle compared
with the simply gigantic frauds inves-
tigated every year by the inspection of
Uncle Sans mail.
Swindles aggregat:ng $15,000,O00 to
S2O,OOO,0OO are unearthed every year by
the post office inspectors, and proven
in court. Thefts by letter carriers or
post office clerks constitute only
small portion of this. The greater part
of the frauds is perpetrated by So
called business men, who use the mails
for schemes that draw the dollars out
of the pockets of gullible folks month
after month, year after year, by the
same old schemes.
A corps of 200 inspectors, as species
of special detectives, is employed all
over the country hunting down these
swindlers.
The post office bureau of inspection
has Is divisions. By far the largest Of
these has it's headquarters at Chicago.
Col. Stuart, inspector general here, has
% inspectors under him and investi-
gated last year 10000 cases of alleged
frauds. New York city, the second
largest, had 10000 cases, handled by 16
inspectors. The enormous work of the
Chicago department is due partly to
the fact that the city handles more
mail than any other.
I'VE closed up the business of thou
sands of swindlers right around Chi
cago last year." said Chief Clerk r. j.
Holmes, of the Chicago department..
st is no exaggeration to say that the
swindlers got several million dollars
out of the pockets of the people"
1t is also no exaggeration to say that
the swindles are going on at this very
minute to the amount of hundreds of
thousands of dollars. "Fake" oil COM
panies, investment schemes, 'sure ten
per cent" propositions, ETC., etc., are
being advertised in the papers and are
fourishing more than ever. The post
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The very lowest estimate that can
be made of the loss done to crops is
$5,OOO,OOO. Owing to the lateness of
the season and the condition of the
soil, it is very doubtful if any profit
will be drawn during the remainder
of the year from the farms which
were inundated. AS a consequence
there will be great deal of individ-
ual want and suffering among farm
ers, upon whom the blow fell heav-
lest.
Dallas, Tex, June 13.-A dispatch
to the News from Ell Paso, Tex, says
Twelve bodies of flood victims have
been recovered at Clifton, Ariz., but
the death list generally is placed at
81. Many of the bodies will never be
recovered, although hundreds of men,
including many of the striking miners,
are engaged in the search. The rush
of waters bore most of the bodies
from Chase creek into the San Fran
cisco river. So fierce is TIE current,
that the bodies will be carried far down
the stream or will be covered by wreck
age. Narrowing tales of death are
brought in by people living along
Chase creek, one man reporting that
he counted IL people struggling in the
water, and believes that all of them
were lost. One Mexican woman lost
five children, who were swept away
with the wreckage of her hut. none of
the bodies having been recovered.
Every available able-bodied man has
been pressed into service clearing away
the wreckage in the hope that the bod
les of missing may be recovered.
Clifton had her hero on horseback, SIM
liar to the man who rode down the
valley of Johnstown, Pa, on horse
back and warned the people of the
impending danger. The Clifton hero
rode at breakneck speed five minutes
ahead of the torrent, and shouted to
the settlers to flee to higher ground.
His warning saved hundreds of lives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
Forest Fires.

Forest fires have done considerable
damage in the territory north of
Duluth in the last few days. A fire
started in one of the big slashings of
Alger, Smith & Co. in town $40, five
miles east of the Iron Range road in
Lake county, and fifteen miles from
Two Harbors. A high wind caused
the fire to cover large area and give
promise of extensive destruction of
property. Ten cars belonging to the
Duluth & Northern Minnesota road
were burned. One trestle was destroy
ed, and the Vaughn cedar camp was
burned, together with some cedar.
A forest fire on the Western Mesa
ba destroyed two dwellings at the
Larue mine. The damage to stand
ing timber in the several fires is es-
timated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
More Royalties.

The state of Minnesota has another
million dollars in sight in iron ore
royalties. d. M. Philbln, assistant
general manager of the Great North
ern railway, who has an option for
a transfer of the mineral lease to the
east half of the southeast quarter
of 6-57-20 will exercise it, and the
papers are being signed.
The fee is owned by the state, and
four million tons have been shown up,
which means 25 cents a ton to the
state. The owners of the lease, J. C..
Flynn, Archie Chisholm of Duluth
and DR.. d. C. Rood of Hibbing get
bonus of $4,000 and 10 cents in
creased royalty. The minimum is 1O0,-
900 tons a yRr, making at least $685.
900 year for the state, and $4,000
for the men who are transferring the
lease to Philbin in increased royal
ties.
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News In Brief.

L. c. Knutson, formerly agent for
the Great Northern at Wolverton,
who entered plea of guilty to en-
bezzling the funds of the company,
was sentenced to serve eighteen
months in the penitentiary at Still
water.
William Gibbs of ST. Paul, a color
ed convict, employed by Warden VOL
fer as runner, lost his balance while
Carrying box on the prison wall
yesterday, and fell to the yard. He
was severely bruised, but no benes
were broken.
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nenefit of Forage Crops.

Those states which are noted for
the production of forage crops not
only haze maintained the original fer
tility of the soil, but they spend for
commercial fertilizers less than one
per cent. of the annual size of their
crops, while those states which pay
least attention to forage crops have
impoverished the soil and spend an
nually for fertilizers from five to nine
per cent. of the total value of their
ops.-Agricultural Journal.
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Two Banks Suspend.

Birmingham, Ala, June 12.-The
Bessemer Savings bank and the Bank
of Commerce at Bessemef, Ala, sus-
pended business Thursday as the re-
suit of the shortage and flight of T. j..
Cornwell, president of the former.
George III. Stevenson and Thomas o.
Smith were appointed receivers re-
spectively. The savings banks liabili-
ties are placed at $235,000, $23O,000
being deposits, and assets at $4,000.
The liabilities of the Bank of Com
merce are $43, 900 and assets $67, 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
Murderer Kills HimseIf.

Shoals, Ind, June 10-Arthur Lyons,
the slayer of his fathers wife, who has
been fugitive from justice for several
days in this county, pursued by posse
of several hundred, shot himself
through the heart at 4:30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon as he stood hemmed In
on every side by band of enraged
farmers. The shooting occurred on
the farm of George Swayzee and not
100 yards from the home of john
Goldsberry, his uncle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
Dies While Asleep.

Ellis n Flint of DAVIS, Iowa, was
founu dead in room at the Palace
hotel Black Duck. He had just re-
turned from a 150-mile trip through
the forest north of here, and retired
to his room, much fatigued, but APP
parently in good health, early in the
evening. At midnight heavy breath
ing aroused his travelling companion,
who at once made an investigation,
and summoned a physician. Before
the latter's arrival, few minutes
later only, Flint was dead. He is
supposed to have died from heart
disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19
Seven Drowned.

Clarendon, Ark, June II. = Seven
persons were drowned at Aberdeen,
II miles below White river, by the
capsizing of a houseboat. The vic
tins were w. B. Moneymaker and
wife, J. NJ Clark and wife and two
boys and girl. The people were en-
gagged in gathering musselshells.
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Legislature Ends.

Lansing, Mich, June 11.-Both
houses of the legislature brought
business to close shortly after noon
Wednesday. The senate before adj
journing passed the house bill in
creasing the membership of the state
supreme court from five to eight. +
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-06-19

New York, June 12.-George o.
Gordon, agent of the London and
River Plate Bank, Limited, win ship
$500, 900 gold to-day to Baenos Ayres.
This makes total OF $1,100.000 en-
gagged for shipment to South Amer
ica
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Rodiea Recoyered.

Topeka, Kan, June 12.-Four bodies
of the Stout family, who were
drowned at 1881 North Harrison street,
were recovered Thursday. They were
under the wreekage of tina family
residence.
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why He Looked Happy.

.sSir, you look like an optimist. You
have happy counteAaace. Lend me
dollar"
'>My friend, do you know why look
happy? It's because I haven't any
wealth to bother me."-'Clevelana
Leader.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18
Home For Aged Soldiers.

The Palm Beach News has the follow
ing regarding Mr.. Davis bill before con-
gress to establish National Soldiers
Home in Florida:
"Aged and needy veterans of several
wars will have occasion to feel grateful
to Hon. Robt. w. Davis, should he sue
coed In having passed the bill that he
has recently introduced in Congress,
looking to the establishing, in this State,
of q home for disabled volunteer sol
diers. The reference to the bill that we
have seen, states that call honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors and marines,
who served In the war Of 1912, the Flor
ida Indian wars and the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, who are incapable of earning a
living, will be eligible to the home. In
this State, there are many persons who
are embraced in the classes Of beneficial
ries of such an institution, that will not
forget to remember at the polls, pub
lie servant who thus seeks to promote
their comfort and mitigate the depriya-
lions of their declining years"
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dates having high school educa-
ton can take the Ohio bar examina-
ton. He didn't have a high school
education, but the rule didn't act as a
knock out blow to his ambition.
He went at Latin, geometry, alge-
bra, civics and all the rest like a
starved horse reaches for corn. He
applied the CAD to himself unmerci-
fully. He had to work for living
and he had to make up for lost time.
His lamp burned late.
In every young mans life there
comes at least one crisis. Some take
the easy road. A few go up. Ar
thur Ewald was with the minority
spurred on by ambition.
A short time ago he appeared be
fore supreme court commission
appointed to examine him on higf
school subjects. He was pu
through his PAGES. The question
came to him like bullets from
/ rapid-fire gun, and he was read!
2 with the answers.
His standing was so per cent.
3 The commission ''unhesitatingly
: and the quoted word was used>b
t the examiners-recommended tina
0 Ewald be admitted to the Ohio Ba
/. association.
: Some day, perhaps, there Will be
t Judge Ewald, wise, honest and abl'
a For it is in tie book of destiny tha
Y those who are willing to work, VIII
II put grit into their efforts, occupy tn
e high places. They succeed becaus
e they deserve to succeed.
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iect to rot, and how the place on the
fruit where any moisture gathers, as
where two oranges touch each other,
is the point at which the rot sets in.
Moisture is conducive to the growth
of the spores, and moisture easily
penetrates the broken or injured skin,
carrying the spores which develop
the rot or mold.
The air is the medium for convey
ing or transporting the spores. The
more spores in the air the greater the
probability of the disease when mois-
ture and the other conducive condi-
lions are present. Protecting the
fruit against injury, either on the
trees or after being picked, and pro-
lection against wetting or continued
moisture are precautions commonly
practiced. There is one, however,
seldom followed, and the neglect OF
which, in the nature of things and
because of conditions already stated,
is responsible for much of the preya-
lence of the trouble. The spores pro
ducing the disease or rot come from
fruit already infected. The destruc
tion of all decayed fruit, or thai
which once becomes "blue," aboni
the packing house, storage places anc
in the groves, by either burying I'M
der foot of soil, or better yet by
burning, is the most effective mean'
for diminishing the trouble.
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'n Fresh Garden Seed ' rsn'n,

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that ]. B. d.
Woodburn X Co., purchaser of tax certi.
ficate No. 80, dated the 9th day of April
A. D 1892, has filed said certificate in my
Office, and has made application for tax
deed to issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida, to wit:
Sci of nwi, section 81, township s,
range $40 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of Unknown. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed will issue thereon on the
23rd day of December A D 1908,
Witness my official signature and sea-
this the 10Th day of November, A D 1903
TSeall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co, Florida
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18
WHAT SAM LEWIS DID.

Sam Lewis was a driver of hard
bargains. 1t was his business to
lend money to members of the Brit
ish aristOcracy.
People used to say that money was
his god, and that there was no more
sentiment in his heart than there is
in block of granite.
Men who fell into his clutches
swore that he was monster, a Shy
lock, a vulture. Thcy hated him,
they feard him and they used him
He was specter that lowered over
many an English home.
Finally he died, and his estate,
that was recently re-valued, amounts
to $l2 100000. What did he do with
it? He did good.
They say actions speak louder than
words. 1t isn't always true. Sam
Lewis was sorry for struggling hui
manity. He was thinking about the
needy poor, the lame and the blind
when the world saw only a wicked
spider, waiting forvictims.
Here is what Sam Lewis did with
the money which came from the
titled and almost useless classes OF
Europe.
He left two million dollars to be
spent in erecting cheap but good
dwellings for the poor. That means
health and comfort and the cutting
down of the death rate for an army
He LETT other millions to Londor
hospitals, and the money will hea
wounds, endow beds, buy medicine
and pay for the best efforts of mel
and women who are fighting disease
His method of gaining wealth wa,
questionable, but in every paragraph
of his will he has tried to pay hi.
debt to society, and proves that il
every mind there are some gooC
thoughts, some pity, some sorrow
for the great mass of humanity tina
fights daily for existence.
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A Fashionable woman's Confession

A Fashionable WOman's Confession
Nobody finds it more difficult to spare
time for reading than the very idle, yet
every woman in society religiously Or
ders every new book from her library
even though she sends most of them
back without having even cut the
leaves. If it is book every one is
talking about she skins through the
opening chapters, dismissing the vol
ume with a single observation at din
ner party and forgetting everything
about it month after she has returned
it. Most of us remember the books OF
our youth, but If any one were to ask
me the titles of the novels read
couple of years ago no definite impress
sion would be aroused.-"A Countess"
in London Telegraph.
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HE BOOSTED HIMsELE

The world doffs its hat to the fell
low who shows pluck and clean grit,
who doesn't wait for a boost, but
boosts himself.
1t has shown special interest in
Arthur Ewald, who wants to be a
lawyer. He worked faithfully for a
railroad company and then in life
insurance office. In the evening he
studied law in the Y. M. G. A. school.
One day he ran against the rule of
the supreme court that only candi-
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section S Of Chapter
1888, Laws of florida.
Notice is hereby given that J. B. d..
Woodburn $50, purchaser of tax certiii-
cate No. II, dated the lst day of July, A
d 1901, has filed said certificate in
my office. and has made application for
tax deed to issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated In Putnam
county, Florida, to-wit:
Sc of NV W of Sc |, n ! of sw /,
section 81, township 8, range 25-2O0
acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issua lee of such certificate
In the name of T. @. Brown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed accord
ing to law, tax deed will issue thereon on
the 23rd day of December, A. d. 1908.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10Th day of November D 1903.
[sFALl JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co.. Florida
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WANTED A trustworthy gentlemen
or lady in each county to manage bust
ness for an old established house of solid
financial standing. A straight bona
flde weekly salary of $500 paid by check
each Monday with all expenses direct
from headquarters. Money advanced
for expenses. Enc ose addressed en-
velop6. Manager, 500 Caxton Building,
Chicago. Oct 9-2Gt.