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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Few Enormously Rich in France

The French ministry of finance has
just published the statistics of the wills
proved in France in 1903, and from this
1t is evident that the number of the very
rich in the country has been grossly ex-
aggerated. Last year only 497 wills
leaving more than 100000 francs, or
$4,000, were proved, and of these only
IA exceeded 1900, 900 francs, or 100000.
There were only eight fortunes of more
than 100000 francs, or 100000, and
the highest of all was of the exceptional
value of 92,000,O00. 1t is evident, then,
that the real millionaires in France are
very few, but it should be noted that
rich men in France marry rich wives, so
that family may be much more
wealthy than the will of either father or
mother would imply. But the fact re-
mains that the Frenchman is too wise
to be given over to the hunger for gold,
and that the whole joy of living for him
is not centered in piling up dollars, as it
seems to be across the Atlantic.--Lon-
don Globe.
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there is less moisture than is found
further up in the mountains. Large
bands of sheep passing and repassing
over restricted areas destroy young pine
seedlings in great number by trampling
them, and, during years Of drought,
when the growth of forage is scant, the
sheep are forced by hunger to eat many
plants they would otherwise neglect.
Under these circumstances young pines
are stripped of their buds and foliage,
and are either killed or badly stunted
in growth.
Drought is perhaps the principal fac
tor in determining the distribution OF
this pine on the lower elevations. Ordl-
narily yellow pine produces seed plenti-
fully every second or third year, but
in this section drought often interferes
with the development of the seed or
prevents their termination. If a good
seed year meets moist season excellent
reproduction results, but if drought con-
tinues for several years, seeds are not
produced or very many of the seedlings
die. Yellow pine is, however, hardy
tree, and if the seedlings obtain years
growth a good number may live through
succeeding droughts.
The study which has brought out
these facts reveals conditions and pos
sibilities of great Importance to Col
orado, Arizona and New Mexico. The
forests of this region are valuable
source of lumber for home use and for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

the maintenance of important indus
tries. The timber is good, the forests
are easily logged, and industries other
than farming and grazing are needed
for rounded development of the region.
Without these forests the railroads also
would be forced to haul their construc-
ton supplies long distances. Most OF
the land in the forested area is too high
to be irrigated, but if the tree growth
is fostered the land which it occupies
may become an important factor in the
conservation of water for the develop
ment of agriculture in adjacent regions.
The rainfall in this section is largely
the product of brief, heavy thunder
storms, or it comes as snow during the
winter. Gentle, continuous rains are
rare. This condition emphasizes the
need for forest cover on all the slopes,
for when the hills are barred by injudi-
cious numbering, fire, or overgrazing,
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in this territory, supported mainly by
Denver trade and capital. A great part
of the product of these mills is consumed
in Colorado. The Denver & Rio Grande
railroad affords the principal means OF
transportation, and is one of the largest
users of the timber for ties, bridges and
general construction work.
The second region is in west central
New Mexico, in the Zuni mountains.
This timber area is smaller than the
former-only so miles in length by IS
miles wide. The stand of pine is more
uniform than that of the Colorado for
est, however, and over large part of
the area it is of better development.
The Colorado timber is estimated to
yield from 5000 to 1000 board feet per
acre; the Zuni timber will average from
1900 to 5000 board feet per acre.
Stands of from 10000 to $4,000 feet per
acre occur quite frequently in the Zuni
mountains, but are rare in Colorado.
LAUNDERING has just commenced in the
Zuni mountains, and only one mill of
consequence is working at present. The
logs are hauled by rail over 100 miles
to the mill The output will be largely
finished material, which will be con-
sumed locally. or shipped to nearby
states and into Mexico.
The third and largest region occupies
a strip from 20 to so miles wide and over
800 miles long, extending from central
Arizona southeast into New Mexico.
NJ of &c iC
ed within federal forest reserves. The
timber is practically continuous over
the whole section, and is pure yellow
pine, if canyons, mountain tops, and
some dry slopes, where spruce, fir and
juniper occur, are excepted. This is the
largest area of pure pine forest in the
southwest. Owing to the varied to-
biography and to local conditions, the
stand of timber is not uniform, but at
it's best it approaches or equals that OF
the Zuni mountains.
There are two large mills in Arizona
cutting the pine from private lands
within the boundaries of the forest re-
serve +'-
Fire, overgrazing and drought are the
principal evils with which the pine for
ests of the southwest have to contend.
Fires have been universal, though of
late they usually have been confined to
restricted areas. One fire rarely does
serious damage to mature timber, but
many of the old trees now standing are
more or less injured by repeated burn
ings, and where conditions have been
favorable, as in dense stands with much
underground and litter, mature timber
has occasionally been killed outright.
The greatest fire loss has been through
the destruction of young pines from a
few inches in height to trees under six
inches in diameter.
Oyergrazing is serious hindrance to
tree reproduction. 1t is an evil of COM
parative,y recent development, and it's
effects are most frequently seen in the
forest of the lower elevations. where
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MrsTHie Hart

Vegetable Compound sooner; for have tried
so many remedies without help.
81 dreaded the approach of my menstrual
period every month, as itmeant so much pain
! and suffering for me, but after l had used the
Compound two months became regular and
natural and am now perfectly well and free
from pain atmy monthly periods. am very
grateful for what Lydia e. Pimkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me-"
| Such testimony should be accepted
by all women as convincing evidence
that Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound stands without peer as a
remedy for all the distressing ills of
women.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound rests upon the
well-earned gratitude of American
| women.
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular, suppressed or painful menstrua-
ton, leucorrhea, displacement or ul-
ceration of the womb, that bearing
down feeling, Inflammation of the
ovaries, backache, bloating, (or fatu
! lency), general debility, indigestion and
nervous prostration, or are beset with
such symptoms as dizziness, faintness,
lassitude, excitability, irritability, ner-
vousness, sleeplessness, melancholy,
they should remember there is one tried
and true remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Mt once removes
such troubles. Refuse to buy any other
medicine, for you need the best.
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat you
with kindness and her advice is
free. N&EwOman ever regretted
writing ner and she has helped
thousands. Address Lynn, Mass.
ian Best Understands a Woman'S Ills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Where We Get Raisins

Raisins are the dried fruit of the
grapevine and are produced chiefly in
Spain, although vines are cultivated in
many other countries-Italy, Cali
fornia, Australia, Greece. They are
usually partially dried on the vines,
the stalk being twisted or broken to
prevent moisture reaching them, and
the drying is completed in a warm
room. They are packed for expectation
either in punches, like the muscatel
raisfns from Malaga, or loose, as in the
case of the Valencia raisins. Sultana
are small, seedless variety of grape,
exported from Smyrna and currants a
still smaller variety, exported from the
islands of the Grecian archipelago
Chicago Daily News.
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TYPICAL PINE TREE IN COLORADO.
the storm waters rush rapidly to the
bottom bearing great quantities of soil
and rock, or the snow melts with unde-
sirable rapidity under the direct rays
of the sun.
For successful reproduction of pine
on numbered areas, fire and overgraz-
ing, the two comfortable agencies most
destructive at the Seeding stage, must
be controlled. On the most slopes and
high elevations seed bearing and repro
duction are relatively abundant, forage
plants are plentiful, and water holes and
streams are numerous, hence there ia
little danger to seedlings from tram
ping or browsing; as is evidenced by
the very excellent reproduction often
found in places which have been sheep
grazed for years. Here fires are the
greatest danger, as there is more grass
and litter to feed them than at lower
levels and on dry slopes. A very care
full fire patrol of such territory, keeping
close watch on sheep herders and
campers during the periods when the
forest is free from snow, will insure
good reproduction of pine over these
moist areas.
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While no woman is entirely free from
periodical suffering, it does not seem to
be the plan of nature that women
should suffer so severely. Menstrual
ton is severe strain on a woman
vitality. If it is painful or irregular
something is wrong which should be
set right or it will lead to serious de-
rangement of the whole female organ
ism.
More than fifty thousand women
have testified in grateful letters to Mrs.
Pinkham that Lydia E. Pinkham's
full and irregular menstruation. .-.
1t provides a safe and sure way of es-
cape from distressing and dangerous
weaknesses and diseases.
The two following letters tell so con-
vincingly what Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound will do for
women, they cannot fail to bring hope
to thousands of sufferers.
Miss Nellie Holmes of $40 n. Davi.
sion Street, Buffalo, n. Y, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
"Your medicine is indeed an ideal medicine
for women suffered misery for years with
painful periods, headaches, and bearing down
pains. consulted two different physicians
but failed to get any relief. A friend from
the East advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound l did so, and
no longer suffer as l did before. My periods
are natural; every ache and pain is gone, and
my general health is much improved.
advise all women who suffer to take Lydis
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
Mrs. Tillie Hart, of LarirIere, n. D.
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 might have have been spared many
months of suffering and pain had l only
known of the efficacy of Lydia e. PinkhamI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
HIGH : PRICED SHOES.
FIFTY DOLLARS NOT AN UNU-
sUAL FIGURE IN NEW YORK.
Wealthy People with Feet Difficult
to Fit Often Pay Two to Four
Hundred Dollars for
a Pair.

Mems shoes such as the wearer NAV
display to a critical public without fear
Or shame sell in New York at prices yary-
ing from $3.50 to $1,000 pair. Every
body has seen the shoes that sell at s10
or s12 pair downward. Comparatively
few have seen those that sell at s2Oo a
pair upward.
Naturally shoes at $1,000 a pair are
made to order. They are not necessarily
made to fit deformed feet, says the New
York Sun.
The rule of some shoemakers. like
that of some doctors, is to charge all
that the traffic will bear. A man with n
delicate foot and plenty of money went
to a fashionable shoemaker not long
ago for the first time, and asked the price
of shoes. The shoemaker, after a care
full examination of the customers feet
and mental calculation as to his prob
able willingness and ability to pay a
high price, answered:
Il will make your first pair of shoes
for $500. After that l will make Won a
pair at any time and in any style
for $50"
Shoemaker and customer compro-
missed on a price about half that pro-
posed for the first pair Of shoes, but the
customer made no attempt to bring
down the price OF subsequent pairs. He
knew $50 pair to be the regular price
Of the shop, and one that in his case at
1ooct MOULD not lo doportoa Co.,
There are other shoemakers who
charge wealthy and fastidious CUSTOM
ers with troublesome feet 5000 for the
first pair of shoes. Some hundreds of
New Workers are probably paying reg
ularly $50 for every pair of shoes that
they have made. Some of the shoemak-
ers who get such prices from rich GUS
toners make shoes for other customers
at $40 or $12 pair.
In the case of the customers who ma
the highest price the shoe maker makes
cast of each foot, and, of course, a last
for each. He makes a special last even
in the case of the customer who paws
his lowest price.
Into the $50,shoes he also puts the best
workmanship and materials. 1t is not
pretended that the making of the casts
and the lasts costs any large proportion
of the price of $50 shoes. The value of
the last, however, is considerable part
of the cost of the cheapest shoes made
at such shop.
Some persons believe hat the greater
part of the cost of a $50pair of shoes is
a mere fad and humbug, and it is true
that the purchasers of such shoes are
usually women to whommoney is mat
ter OF no consequence. SINE of the most
expensive shoes, such Is cost from 5000
to $1,000 for the first pair made, are or
dered by hard-headed business men who
are accustomed to look pretty keenly to
the price OF what they buy and sell.
A few of the fashionable shoemakers
have persuaded their rich customers
that the most expensive shoes are worth
all they cost, and by curious accident
some OF the most difficult feet to fit are
those of the very rich. The multi-mil-
honaire who wears plain and simple
b, without peculiarities of heel, toe,
hollow or instep, can buy ready-mads
shoes along with his poor neighbor, and
be as comfortably shod as the man who
pays $50 for his shoes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
LOW RATES
To the Land of Opportunity.

Those interested in the manifold oppor-
tunities to be found in Montana, Wash
ington, British Columbia and Oregon, will
find that the Great Northern Railway Of
fers the greatest facilities in reaching
the important points in the Northwest
and the many rich farming sections of
Montana, Washington and Oregon as
well as the great numbering and mining
districts in these Northwestern states
and British Columbia. The rate to the
North Pacific Coast points is $500 with
proportionately low rates to other des-
tinations, all tickets carrying liberal stop
over privileges.
For further information, rates, ETC., call
on or address any representative of the
Great Northern Railway. Send two cents
postage for illustrated bulletin descriptive
Of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana or
desire to F. T. Whitney, PASSENGER ene Traf.
6c Manager, Great Northern Railway, St.
Paul, Mimi.
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locally as Black Jack, and
in the lumber trade is frequently called
white pine. The tree furnishes material
for all kinds of local construction; the
towns of Durango, Albuquerque and
Flagstaff are monuments to it's exceed
ing usefulness and value. The quantity
of western yellow pine lumber shipped
to other parts of the country at present
is small, but it is rapidly increasing.
Owing to the distance from the eastern
markets shipments are largely in the
form of highly finished material, such as
doors and moulding. These enter into
successful competition in the Chicago
market with similar products made of
white pine. which the better grades of
western yellow pine much resemble.
In the southwest this species is found
scattered over the slopes of the Rocky
mountains at attitudes between 5000
and 5000 feet. There are three regions,
however, where it extends over large
areas in practically pure sands.
The first of these is in extreme south
western Colorado and northwestern
New Mexico. Here belt of western
yellow pine forest. 25 miles wide, runs
northwest and southeast for 100 miles.
There are six important mills operating
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, S. Oak, March 2S.-Quite a
sensation has been created here by the
publication of the story of G. w. Gray,
who after a special treatment for three
months was PROSTATE and helpless and
given up to die with Bright's Disease.
Bright's Disease has always been consid-
cred incurable, but evidently from the
story told by Mr.. Gray, there is a remedy
which will cure it even in the most adj
vanced stages. This is what he says:
Il was helpless as a little babe. My
wife and searched everything and read
everything we could find about Bright's
Disease, hoping that l would be able to
find remedy. After many failures my
wife insisted that l should try Dodd' 8
Kidney Pills. praise God for the day
when / decided to do so, for this remedy
met every phase of my case and in a
short time / was able to get out of bed,
and after few weeks treatment | was
a strong, well man. Dodd's Kidney Pills
saved my life"
A remedy that will cure Bright's Dis
ease will cure any lesser Kidney Disease.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly the
most wonderful discovery which modern
medical research has given to the world.
Actions speak louder than words, but
they do not unduly infict their CONVEX
sation on those who do not want to lis
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my WIFE'S PEOPLE COMING"
''We Have Had Splendid Winter"
in Western Canada.

Canada'S thrush this year is wonder
fully great and considerably ahead of
any previous year. 1t is always inter-
esting to those who contemplate moving
toread expressions of opinion from those
living in the country. 1t is therefore our
pleasure to reproduce the following
written to an Agent of the Government
and forwarded to the immigration
Branch of the Department of the In
terror at Ottawa:
Birch Hills, Sask, Can, Feb. 1, 1905.
Dear Sir: take pleasure in dropping
you a few lines to let you know how we
are getting along up here and how We
like the place. We have been here close
on to year now and think the place is
fine. We have been out every day this
winter working in the bush getting out
logs for buildings, etc, getting rails for
fencing. We have not suffered with the
cold as much as we did in Chicago. My
little boys are out every day with their
sleighs having a good time. The low
est the temperature has been this win
ter is "a below and it is very still, no
wind.
We had splendid summer. We put
up about so tons of hay and will have
about 80 tons to sell; hay brings $500
per ton now and will be higher in the
spring. We have 20 acres broke and
ready for crop. We worked on the Can.
Nor. Ry. for awhile this summer and
am just miles from the r. r. and
townsite. The steel is all laid to within
miles of the River and we often see
the train bringing supplies for the
Bridge.
My wife's people are coming up about
May. l wish you would write them and
if there should be anyone coming to
Prince Albert that could do with half
a car let them know. The homesteads
are all taken up within II miles of us.
! often think if this land were only in
the States what a rush there would De;
it is the richest land and the most pro-
ductive 1 ever saw, and the climate is
O.. K.
know that people back there that I
write to do not believe me when write
them what splendid winter we are
having, they think we are all frozen up.
We have only about 8 inches of snow,
and there are cattle on the range that
have not been rounded up this winter
Day after day the Their. raises up to
80 and 60, and don't believe we have
had a day this winter that it has stayed
at zero. My wife says that we used to
think that zero was cold in Chicago But
we don't mind it one bit. Christmas
night we went out and drove miles
with our little boys, it waS20 below
and there was not a whimper from any
one of them. I'd hate to do it in old
Chicago.
Well, guess l will close and you can
tell anyone in the U. S. that they can
not do better than come to the Prince
Albert District. l remain,
Yours truly.
,{Signed) J. D. HEAD.
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A Heavy Fine.

Under the Elkins law, any railroad
company which pays rebates in any
form, or any shipper who accepts them.
is liable to a fine of from $1,000 to
$4,000, upon conviction. 1t also pro-
hibits the carrying of freight at less
than the published tariffs. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission is en-
powered to detect and prosecute vio-
lators of this statute. President Knapp,
of the Commission, states that since
this law was passed, rebate paying has
been as rare as forgery.
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Applied History.

Dear dad" wrote the boy from col.
lege. I'VE are studying current his
tory, and l am getting to understand it
finely. By the way, my creditors are
bothering me considerably, so please
send me 5000 in addition to my usual al
lowance."
My dear son." was the reply. Your
creditors have also been harassing me.
] am, therefore, glad that you are so
familiar with current history as you
will understand what l mean when
say that. until they are satisfied
will have to take charge of your GUS
tom house. "-Pittsburg Post.
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SKIN-TORTURED BABIES.
instant Relief in Warm Baths with
Cuticura Soap and Gentle AnOint-
inEs with Cuticura Ointment.

The suffering which Cuticura Remedies
have alleviated among the young, and the
worried parents, have led to their adop-
ton in countless homes as priceless cura-
tives for the skin and blood. Infantile
ard birth humors, milk crust, SCALED
head, eczema, rashes, and every form of
itching, scaly, pimply skin, and scalp hui
mors, with loss of hair, of infancy and
childhood, are speedily, permanently and
economically cured when all other rene
ties suitable for children, and even the
best physicians, fail.
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His idea of Them

A young lad, whose home was near
thai of one of the most famous living
Americans, said, with sigh, 81 wish
I could just once come close to a IA
nous man."
Why replied the interlocutor,
"you must often see Mr.. X.'
ooh, pshaw!" replied the youngster,
scornfully, 81 don't mean that kind. I
know two men who play on the scrub,
but wish l could just once meet one
mar who played on the university
team. "-Argonant
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General Weakness.

Nervous Prostitution, Easily Tired,
Pains, Aches, ETC., are signs of some
deep-seated trouble and ought to be cor
rected at once. Pusheck 's-Kuro is the
best Tonic, Blood and Nerve medicine
in the world, also Cures Indigestion, Mis-
use apd Heart and Kidney Troubles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

paying ten dollars year. Consequently,
as a rule, they do not care to. Perhaps
this is fortunate, considering the Amer
lean habit of following French fashions.
Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Know All About the Peerage.

"You don't recognize titles of nobility
in this country" said the distinguished
foreigner.
''Oh, yes, we can," answered Mr.. Cum
roX. Mother and the girls can not only
recognize EN-, but they can quote their
market valuation off-hand." Washington
Star
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,tSigned)
Never Touched Him.

"a man in st. Louis" remarked Jol-
liboy, as he looked up from the paper,
sis going to fast for 80 days"
That's nothing" rejoined Mrs. Jol-
liboy. calmly You've been going too
fast for 3 years. Chicago News.
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College professors say that freshmen
have deterierated in intellectual strength
in recent years, and freshmen say that COL
lege professors are not as able as they
ought to be.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.