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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30

The origin of the present auto
matte weather observatory on Mt.
Rose is coincident with the placing Of
maximum and minimum thermome-
tiers there June 20, 1905, to obtain
further data on summit temperatures
in winter in the Sierra Nevada The
impulse thereto was given by the en-
thusiasm of Prof. Meade, who had
foreseen the value of high mountain
weather stations to the general serv-
ice, but whose endeavors had met a
temporary check in the failure of Mr.
Bennett to reach the summit Of
Mount Whitney with a minimum
thermometer on account of early
storms in the autumn Of 1904.
The observatory is in shape and
furnishings the counterpart of a ships
cabin, and is made of tongue and
groove lumber, with a covering Of
Malthoid roofing and tar, and fitted
with plate glass observation windows.
The building is held in place by be-
solid rock and wedged there firmly
by smaller rock and slate driven
stoutly between the wall of the build
ing and the faces of the excavation.
A precipitation tank, 80 inches in
diameter and feet high was built
at Reno, and carried to the summit
on the backs of reliable horses. This
tank was sunk in the rock to protect
it from freezing.
A mercurial barometer and case be-
longing to the Nevada agricultural
experiment station was installed in
the observatory just before winter
closed in and has been of great value
as a standard with which to COM
pare the Paragraph.
The general Quitting of the OBJ
servatory was accomplished largely
by gifts and loans. A collection of
works on meteorology and climat-
ology was furnished by the weather
buprea and the experiment station.
An Sx10 camera with extensible bel
lows was loaned by the department
of entomology and a 3Ax4A folding
kodak equipped with Goerz lens by
the writer. An Al-Vista (panoramic)
camera was later furnished by the
experiment station to supplement the
others. The bedding was procured
by withdrawing the sleeping bags
and blankets used to such advantage
the previous winter at Contact Pass.
Despite the lack of long range in
struments, observations have been
continued by means of bi-weekly or
monthly visits throughout the year.
On one occasion, March 1928, 1907,
the party, consisting of Prof. Frand-
sen and the writer, failed to reach
the summit after a prolonged strug-
gle with soft snow, in which the Ca
madam snow-shoes broke beneath the
strain. This failure occurred almost
exactly on the anniversary of the
failure of the two consecutive at
tempts the year before.
The most valuable results Of these
observations is a Chronological rec
ord extending over two years. This
record, though necessarily fragmen-
tary on account of the inadequacy of
the instruments, still represents the
general characteristics of the temper
ature at the summit of Mt Rose So
far as possible, the tables will be ar
ranged by months and seasons.
Continued observations on Mt.
Rose and two reconnaissance trips
in cooperation with DR.. Kennedy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
DRYs TO AiD GOVERNMENT.
Will Work to Suppress the Selling of
Liquor to Indians.

st. Paul-According to a commune
cation received by w. G.. Calderwood,
secretary of the state prohibition
committee, a move will be made soon
by the department of the interior to
have the treaties regulating the sale
of intoxicating liquors to Indians on
reservations carried out to the fullest
extent where possible. At present
there are six treaties, and it is pro-
posed to have them strictly observed,
especially in districts in the imme-
date vicinity of reservations. Mr..
Calderwood says that the local pro-
hibitionists will assist the department
of the interior in any action it may
take, and if an investigation is to be
held instances will be submitted
showing violations of the treaties.
Prohibitionists are already getting
ready for the elections of next year,
when they expect to make the best
fight they ever put up 1--WE will have
a candidate in every district of the
state at the next election" said Mr..
Calderwood. eve are going to have
a full ticket, and wherever possible
we have already selected our men,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
MAYOR OF CINCINNATI DYING.
Is Col. Leopold Markbreit, Former
Minister to Bolivia.

Cincinnati. Col. Leopold Mark
brett, mayor of Cincinnati, soldier,
journalist and diplomat, is near death
and scant hope is held out that he
will survive more than short time.
Scott Small, secretary to the may
or, said that Colonel Markbreit's con.
dition had remained practically I'M
changed during the evening and that
he was still unconscious.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
sN0w coRMnx ar ZHox4S c4rYoN

along the northern end Of the Car
son range from Verdi to Lake Tahoe
and over Mt. Pluto, have led to some
practical conclusions On the relation
of timber to the conservation OF
snow. Further trips are In contem-
plation to verify the conclusions al
ready reached and copious notes and
illustrative photographs have been
made for bulletin on the subject.
One phase of the timber and snow
problem that has evidently received
little attention, so far as could be de-
termined from available publications.
and one of great importance to the
arid mountain states will be briefly
outlined here.
The chief concern Of the arid belt
is to obtain natural reservoirs or
moisture of the greatest possible ca
pacity in order to keep the flow or
the streams as constant as possible.
Artificial reservoirs have been con-
structed at large cost chiefly by the
government, but without the larger
natural reservoirs-the lakes and the
snow-behind them, their capacity
would be quite insufficient to accom-
plish the irrigation planned.
Now to keep the reservoirs of snow
long unmelted it is necessary to nave
as small a surface as possible ex-
posed to the sun and the wind and
particularly to keep the snow at
high altitude, where the nights are
cold and the melting is retarded. me
canyons, which serve as deep bins
into which the snow is blown from
the higher slopes, increase the depth
of the snow ond decrease its exposed
surface. But the timber on the nigh
er slopes-often the timber hne-ac-
complishes far more, causing the
drifting snow to bank, each tree or
island of trees producing mound OF
snow where the wind current loses
its momentum. These hummocks
often remain after the canyons
depths have released their snow. The
ideal situation, however, for conserv-
ing the snow is on the lips OF can
yons fringed with timber. Then the
sharp snow cornices fashioned by the
wind are made deep and broad by
the timber fringe, which breaks the
violence of the wind and causes 1t to
deposit it's freight of snow most ad-
vantageously. Thus the bulk OF the
snow on the high mountains is pre-
served where it falls, in cold storage.
so to speak, against the late summer.
Although the timber high on the
slopes of mountains may, in general.
be the last to be destroyed, yet the
increasing demands for timber and
the presence of supply of water to
f1ume this timber lay it open to at
tack. And the timber belt, almost
even the timber line, on Mt. Rose
was so attacked and greatly depleted
in the days of the Comstock boom,
as evidenced by the whitening
stumps and abandoned saws above
the altitude of 5000 feet. None too
early has the government protected
the high mountains around Lake Ia
hoe and the Ruby mountains, the
natural sources of the streams of
northern Nevada. The protection OF
smaller areas on other high ranges.
of the state have now secured to the
streams flowing from them the per-
petuity Of their present flow. The
government should also extend its
protection to the lesser branches OF
the Truckee river and especially to
Hunter creek, the partial source OF
Reno's future water supply. =.
Church. Jr.. Phi. ID.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
ECHO.

Tell me, midst the heather lying.
Putting at a cheap Manila.
What 1t is that sets me signing
Fcy the hand of rich Priscilla!
Echo: "Siller!"
Though she's homely, don't suppose l
With that fact am unacquainted;
Though her face is wondrous rosy,
Echo say it isn't painted!
Echo: "Ain't it!'
But she scorns me; her extensive
Wealth she very highly prizes.
Is there nothing inexpensive
That a lady's love entices?
Echo: 'Ices!
Echo, If you had my chances
At a ball would you be boldaer?
What would you do when she dances
With her hand upon your shoulder?
Echo: Hold her!''
Yes, you're right. no girl shall show to
Me, the last of the O'Gradys.
Such contempt, so she may go to
whats the word to use to ladiesO
Echo: -!
New York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In Few Lines.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh will leave Washington for his
summer home at Dublin, N. H., as
soop as congress adjourns.
Government statistics show a de-
crease of 20 per cent in immigration
to the United States for the month OF
June as compared with May.
The house passed the urgency de-
ficiency bill which includes $25,Ooo
travelling expenses for President Tart
President Taft gave dinner for the
tariff conferees and attempted 10
break the deadlock into which Sena-
tor Aldrich and Representative Payne
had gotten them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
$4,000 OFFERED IN PREMIUMS.
New Premium List of Minnesota State
Fair Issued.

New Premium List of Minnesota State
Fair Issued.
Novel in style, and of unusual typo
graphical excellence, the 1909 premi-
UNI list Of the Minnesota State Fair,
which has just been issued to the
number of $4,000, contains good deal
of information which this annual pub
licaton has not heretofore carried
Including the Introductory matter
generally descriptive of the coming
state fair, Sept. 6 to II, and the al
most complete list of the county and
state fairs of the United States and
Canada, the new volume has 200
pages and will be mailed to any ad-
dress in response to request ad-
dressed to Secretary c. N. Cosgrove,
Minnesota State Fair, Hamline, Min
nesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
DERRICK FALLS; THREE DYING
Two Others Seriously Injured in Acct
dent at Chisholm, MINI.

Duluth.-Three men will in all
probability die, and two others were
badly injured as the result of an acct
dent at Chisholm, when a derrick on
the new city hall broke and let two
heavy cornices drop on the workmen.
John Hamlin, Gust Hazgert and Au-
gust Olson are probably fatally in
jured, and Frank Bellen and Arthur
Diltman were slightly hurt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
MRS. STEVENSON HURT.

Wife of Minnesota Representative Is
Struck by Bicycle in Washington.
Washington, d. C.-Mrs. Halvor
Stevenson, wife of Congressman
Stevenson of Crookston, was knocked
down by bicycle ridden by an un-
known man, while she and her hus-
band were out walking Mrs. Steen-
erson ran from the middle of the
street toward the pavement to escape
an automobile and was struck by
bicycle coming in an opposite direc-
ton. There were some Commissions
of the right shoulder, thigh and knee,
but no bones were brolen. 1t is ex-
pected that she will be ,bout in few
days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
MAKING A GARDEN.

I got some packages Of seeds and plant
ed them in rows.
The land was freed
From clod and weed
And watered with hose.
And where I planted early peas, I take
my solemn VOW,
That early peas
Wave in the breeze
And gayly blossom now.
hate to balk the humorists. but I am.
forced to say
That beans have grown
Where beans were sown
It sometimes works that way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
WATERvILLE MAN SHOT.
Assailant Escapes But Later Surren.
ders to Chief of Police.

Waterville. = Frank Morgan was
wounded by j. s. Gedney in a shoot
ing ARRAY here. Gedney escaped, but
later surrendered to the chief of DO
lice. He has beon committed to the
county jail under the charge Of as
sault in the first degree and his pre-
liminary trial will be held on Friday.
Morgan will probably recover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago Live STOCK.
Chicago, July Observation-Disclosures
steady to 10c higher; steers, $500
765; cows, $3.50@5.25; heifers, $3.50
@6; bulls, $3.4O@4.S5; calves, $50
$50; stockers, $3.75@515.
Hogs-Market steady to strong;
choice heavy, $S.2O@S.3O; butchers,
$810@S.25; light mixed, $7.50@7S5;
choice light, s79O@8.15; packing,
$765@7.8O; pigs, $5.60@7.65; bulk of
sales, $775@8.15.
Sheep-Market Csc lower. Sheep,
$4@5.5O; lambs, $6.50@7.75; yearlings,
$4.75@6.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
Police After Atoists.

Winona.-Chief of 1olice H. A.
Schmidt, on June rs, poted an officer
with stop watch on West Broadway
and the time was taken of autoists as
they passed. AS a res lit number
of warrants for speeding have been
issued, one of these for E. " Will
liams, president of the Winona, Auto.
mobile Association. Judge s. H.Som-
sen, an enthusiastic automobilit. is
called upon to adjudge these cass
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
Lumberman is Mirde cred.

Duluth, Minn.-Oscar Eranlod, aged
thirty years, an employ of Cloquet
lumber company, was sbt and fatally
wounded by another luhber employee
on the tracks of the Du nth & North
eastern road, near Cloqet.
The sheriff of Carltoh county and
a posse are seeking Oscl Gladder.
There was no motive for the shoot
ing as far as known, thqlgn it is said
there was an old grudgt between the
men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
Sofa on Which Dickens Died.

SOFA on WHICH OIcKehS DIeu'
The sofa on which Dickens died at
Gadshill has just been presented to
the Dickens museum at Portsmouth.
He was at work on Edwin brood"
on the evening before his death, when
he came in fatigued and after few
words to his sister-in-law, Miss Ho-
garth, fell to the floor, never to speak
again. The couch is of rosewood and
covered with green plush.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
MARKET REPORT.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, July 27.-Wheat-No.
1 northern, $1.231a; No. northern,
$1.21k; Sept, s1.05; Dec. $1.O3;
durum, No. 1, $105. Oats-No. 3
white, 44%c. Barley, Csc. Rye-No.
white, 44Bc. Barley, Csc. Rye-No.
2, 77%c. Corn-No. 3, 67%c. Flax
Duluth, July 27.-No. 1 northern,
$1.25; Sept, $1.05.
South st. Paul, July 27.-Cattle-
Steers, $450@5.5O; COWS, $3.25@4.25
Hogs, $7.55@7.6O; Muttons, $3.50;
lambs, $6.75.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
PERSONAL.

John w. Heron, father of Mrs.
Taft, was stricken by paralysis IN
Cincinnati and reported to be In
dangerous condition.
John A. Johnson announced that he
had sold his home and other interests
at st. Peter and will hereafter live In
st. Paul, where he has purchased
home at $50 Lincoln avenue.
Deep Sky, a Sioux Indian chief,
procured a license in New York to
wed Adele Rowland, pretty white
girl.
Henry Farman made a flight of 40
miles, lasting more than an hour, in
his aeroplane, sailing from Chalons to
Suippes, France.
John s. Wise, Jr., of New York, &C.
cording to a report from Paris, France,
said former President Roosevelt may
be a candidate for mayor of New
York.
Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus
o. Harvard university, in Boston ad-
dress said the twentieth century will
bring about new religion.
William Franklin Willoughby, of
Virginia, has been appointed assistant
director of the census bureau.
Huntington Wilson, assistant secre-
tary of state, is i'll of appendicitis in
Washington.
President Taft will attend the trans
Mississippi commercial congress in
Denver, August 16.
The report that the king of Portugal
is to wed Princess Alexandra of Eng
land was officially denied in London.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The National Hay association be-
gan at Cedar Point, o., the most i'm
portant convention in it's history.
President Maurice Meier of Monroe
vile, Ind, presided.
A joint convention of the retail
jewellers and opticians of North Da-
kota was held at Grand Forks, N. D.
Alfred Workman, who says he was
a member of wealthy family in Port
land, Oregon, hanged himself in the
county prison in Philadelphia, where
he had been confined, charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
Six persons were killed and 20 in
jured when a Wabash passenger train
plunged through bridge into the
Missouri river 80 miles east of Kan
sas City, Mo.
Forty-two passengers were injured
in wreck on the Big Four railroad
at louisville, Ind.
Mrs. Josephine X. Einwick of New
port News, Va, shot her husband
twice when he played the graphic
phone when she wanted to sleep.
Louis Bleriot, a French aviator,
succeeded in crossing the English
channel from Calais, France, to Dover,
England, in his monoplane, winning
fame and $4,000 by the feat.
Inspector Edward Mccain of the
Chicago police department was in
dicted for bribery and malfeasance in
in, with hn In
cation of the city's vice.
King Edward of England accom-
panied by the queen was entertained
by Whitelaw Reid, ambassador from
the United States, at the ENJOYS sum-
mer home, Wrest Park.
Commanders of the Illinois, Michi-
gan, Minnesota and Ohio naval militia
received orders for the summer cruise
of the reserves on the lakes which is
to begin August 10 and last ten days.
Milwaukee's new directory gives
the city population of 370,246, an in
crease of 1882 over the preceding
year.
on the Copper river, says he rendered
service to the government for every
penny he received as special counsel.
Great damage was done and the
lives of many persons were in peril
when dams on rivers in northern Wis
consin burst following a hard storm.
Application was made in the fed.
eral court at Indianapolis for an in.
junction against the strikers at the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com.
pany's plant in Elwood, Ind.
John w. Brown, believed to be from
indianapolis, was killed by an automo-
bile in Los Angeles.
Justice Brewer of the supreme court
in a Milwaukee speech expressed dis
approval of an income tax and de-
.clared for state rights.
Orville Wright in flight lasting
one hour, 20 minutes and As seconds
and covering 20 miles, broke the
American record for airship flights.
The department of commerce and
labor at Washington has received ap-
'peals from western farmers for hands
to help in the harvest fields.
Browndel, Tex, was visited by a
fire and partially destroyed. A large
,sawmill, together with much lumber
also was burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
She Has a Mission.

She has beauty and wealth.
She has culture and position:
But she's still spinster.
Because she has Q mission"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
Mary's Lamb.

Mary had a little lamb,
So we have oft been told;
Twas butchered ten years later
And as spring lamb" was sold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
Tho Reason.

IT'S said the bustle's coming back,
But we won't talk of 1t. alack:
We think 1t wrong to talk of thiA9s.
4 woman wears behind her haok.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
Same Old Story

I dreamed I was a millionaire.
But, alas! when ! awoke
I found myself. as usual.
Just broke, broke, broke.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
How He Made Good.

How he Wade GOOD.
what is the secret of your sue.
cess?" we asked of the great physi--
clan.
81 acquired the art of concealing my
ignorance" answered the wise M. D.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-12-10
THE NEW POSTAL CARD.

Designs for the new postal cards to
be issued by the government it is said
have been approved by Postmaster
General Hitchcock. The cards will be
furnished in accordance with a con-
tract effective Jan. LIST 1910.
On the ordinary card the head of the
late President Nc Kinley will appear,
as now, but . much better likeness of
the martyred president has been selec-
ted. On the new small cards, intended
for index purposes and for social cor
respondence likeness Of President
Dincoln will appear. The . cent in
ternational card will bear portrait of
Gen. Grant.
A novel and pleasing innovation has
been made for the double or reply pos
tai. On the first half will appear a
portrait of George Washington, while
the stamp on the second or reply half
will be likeness of Martha Washing
ton. The borders of the stamps on all
the cards will be diversified in design
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-12-10
Post Office Hours.
Milwaukee's Great Home Paper

The circulation Of the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin, hos been Increasing
very rapidly during the past nine
months. Today we are serving over
$1,000 readers. We now wish to in
crease this number to $4,000 within
the next few months. In fact. over
$4,000 new readers have decided that
this was the paper they preferred over
all others There it . reason for this.
The wisconsin IL essentially a
home" paper. Every issue contains
something that will prove of interest
to every member of the family. It's
news columns are complete with the
latest foreign, national and State hap
penings. Besides the regular news of
the day, it's many special departments
contain much of interest to old and
young. It's columns are clean and pure
and all the news worth printing are
given each day in the same place.
If you are not a reader of the Mil
waukee Evening Wisconsin, we advise
you to subscribe for this paper at once.
The price is but $500 year. You can
get it thrsugh your local newspaper or
postmaster The State of Wisconsin is
proud of it's great newspaper.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-12-10
"The Old Woman"

Was than you young man, we heard
using those words, when speaking of
your mother. sThe old woman. A
nice phrase to be using about the dear
soul who kept her vigil over you in your
infancy, kissing away your tears In
childhood and remains your friend in
maturit5. Is this all the love you have
for the silver haired mother who bathed
your scorching brow all through the
long sleepness nights of affiiction when
your brain was wild wi9h burning few
er? Is there no other term you can
find for her who has followed you
through every trial, tribulation and
misfortune of your life? Has mother
through all these ears of labor, watch
ing and waiting, been wasteing her
love on worthless bunch of clay, who
In rosy dawn of manhood has no other
ter m more fitting than ''the old wo
mao" by which to address or speak of
his mother?
Mother, young man, is the sweetest
name in all the world and should be
held in reverence by every boy. The
time is coming when her feeble hands
will be folded, her watchful eye closed
and the lips once warm with mother
love be cold, the fond heart whose an
xious beating once followed your way
feet will be stilled forever.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-12-10
J. E. Himley
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