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let us consider few fundamentals of crop
growing.
First there are six positive, absolutely sa-
sential factors. They are: ~ the seed.
(2) the plant home, (3) the food of which the
plant is made, ca moisture, 90 heat, CO. light.
Now except in the case of the seed and plant
food these factors are largely beyond the farm
er's control Dame Nature can, however. be
trusted to attend to them satisfactorily. How,
then, has the farmer made use IF his ability to
control the two factors? BY exercising judg-
ment and care in the selection of seed and by
ignoring the matter Of plant food entirely. The
result? When the land worn out and had
no plant food to give the good seed the agricul-
turist arose irately in farmers institute and
told what he thought of the seed seller. The
trouble all the time was not with the seed but
with the soil, which had had the elements OF
plant food removed in previous crops, and as
a consequence could not respond to the call Of
the seed.
What are these elements? There are ten
in the list, but eight are provided abundantly.
Three-oxygen, hydrogen and carbon-come
directly from the air and water Most nor
NAL coils contain enough potassium, magne-
stun. iron calcium and sulphur, although some
times the first must be supplied. The problem
of plant food, therefore, narrows itself, in most
cases, to maintaining and increasing the phos-
phorus and nitrogen.
Now nitrogen is as easy to catch as the
measles If one knows how. The air contains
It in inconceivable amounts. Dr. Hopkins has
estimated that the air above an acre of ground
contains about 900 worth, If sold over
the counter at ordinary commercial rates. In
order to induce this nitrogen to enter the
earth. where it may reappear as food for man,
all that is necessary is to plant clover, alfalfa,
peas or any legume. By means of the bacteria
upon the roots these legumeS draw the nitro
gen into the SOIL How necessary the element
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$IOO Reward, 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to learn
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Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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A Perennial Mystery.

Average Man-These Sunday papers
Just make me sick! Nothing in them
but commonplace personal items
about a lot of nobodies no one ever
heard of.
you in the Sunday Cannon
Average Man (half an hour later, to
messenger boy)-Here, rush around to
the Cannon Office and get me forty
copies Of the Sunday edition.
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AIgzIEa- azazz1vC


We all feel the results; and it is
not the man with the hayseed in his hair who
feels 1t first but the man with the pen behind
his ear. Month by month the price of each
separate commodity puts little large punc.
ture In his salary, until by the end of the year
his savings, which began hopefully as an un-
known quantity, have ended as "X=nothing"
He 1t is who knows the cold dread of middle
age; for unless the land can be induced to
yield abundantly prices will not settle down to
the point where the man on a moderate salary
can live free from fear. Farmer and clerk
alike, We are all vitality concerned in this
problem of maintaining and increasing the fer
tility of the soil that is fertile and of restor-
ing soils that have been cruelty exploited.
Fortunately they can be restored. Intelli-
gence is more potent than avarice and can
undo the evil it has wrought. Even those soils
that have been exploited to the point of appar-
ent ruin can be nursed back to health. DR..
Cyril Hopkins, head of the agronomy depart
ment of the University of Illinois, soil spe-
cialist Of national reputation and the author Of
numerous pamphlets and book entitled "Soil
Fertility and Permanent Agriculture" is one
of the most enthusiastic workers along this
line. He is man Of hard facts and loves
pretty theories as the devil loves holy
water. Every fact that he gives out must
prove itself over and over again in tests upon
his own farms, or those belonging to the uni
versity or upon one of the various experiment
tai plots. There are about thirty of these plots
scattered through the state of Illinois, where
the soils are carefully examined and then
cropped according to their needs. l could tell
YOU tales of what Mother Earth has done in
.he way of corn, wheat, oats, or clover when
abe has received proper treatment that would
set you to building castles in the air upon an
earthly foundation. The corn yield upon one of
the university farms in 1909 was 81 bushels
70 the acre, due to treatments with limestone
and PHOSPHORUS. But before we go farther
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28
Eesy for Her.

An extremely corpulent old lady was
entertaining her grandchild at lunch
con when she found occasion to repri-
mand the little girl for dropping some
food on the tablecloth.
you don't see grandma dropping
anything on the table," she said.
"Of course not replied the child;
God gave you something in front to
stop it."
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I had been to Hell-fer-Sartain. and
I had heard preaching there. II l
went back now tue way / had come l
should save six long weary miles. I
was tired. as was Old Faithful, but
had not been to the mouth Of Hell-fer-
Sartain and had not seen the church
there. and while my curiosity was sat
isfied, my conscience wasn't, and so
from sheer stubbornness I saddled Ola
E.ithfuI and rode on down Heller
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On HeHFer-Savtan Creek

Sartian through an avenue of cucum-
Der trees. Never had seen so many
cucumber trees in my life as were On
that one rocky road, and had they
only been starred with their great
creamy blossoms they would have
been compensation for the whole toll
some trip. Disappointment awaited
me at the mouth of the creek. The
church there was closed, and above
its doors was not the picturesque title,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28
Bears the
At the First Try.

What do you think of my dough
nuts, George?"
Dear, you are a wonder!"
do you think so, really, darling?"
II certainly do. Scientists have
been trying for years to produce arti-
fetal rubber, and here you do it the
first rattle out of the box"
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"SPOHN'S."

This is the name of the greatest of all
remedies for Distemper, Pink Eye, Heaves,
and the like among all ages of horses Sold
by Druggists, Harness Makers, or send to
the manufacturers. $50 and $l.00 bottle.
Agents wanted. Send for free book. Spohn
Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases,
Goshen. Ind.
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but everything had quieted down
there, as It was quieting down all
through the mountains, except over
toward Jackson. Yes, the good old
times were gone!-John Fox. Jr.. in
Scribner.
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No Hurry.

What are you in such rush
about?"
Promised to meet my wife at three
o'clock down at the corner"
We'll, there's no hurry. 1t isn't four
O'clock yet"
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Consider This Advice.

Consider This Advice.
No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and invigorator of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
It cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are i'll, for your own sake as we'll as
those you love, give it a trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
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First and Foremost.

First and Foremost.
my wife has great deal TO say to
me about her first husband"
Nonsense; you're wife was never
married before"
IT know 1t. That's what makes hs5
reflections so painful. "-Puok
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potassium, magnesium and other es-
sential abundant elements supple.
mented by the amounts returned in
manure and crop residues for the pro-
duction Of large crops at least for
thousands of years; whereas II the
supply of phosphorus in the soil is
steadily decreased in the future in &C.
cordance with the past and present
most common farm practise, then
poverty is the only future for the
people who till the common agricultu-
raj lands of the United States"
Phosphorus may be applied in lib
sral amounts-as much as 1,G00 pounds
the acre every three or four years
nd it costs about ST ton.
After the problem of returning the
elements to the soil has been solved
the farmer may find another condition
Of the soil which must be corrected
before his farm will produce as 1T
should. This is the tendency Of GER
tain soils to acidity. Glover. alfalfa
and other valuable legumes cSs1ot
thrive upon soil that is sour Some
times on acid soils when applications
of farm manure are made, the legumes
will seem to grow well, but examina-
ton reveals the fact that the nitrogen
gathering bacteria fail to develop
properly. Hence the most valuable
contribution the legumes have to make
to the soil is largely lost. Upon GER
tain fields belonging to one of the
most famous agricultural stations In
the world, that of Rothamstead, Eng
land, applications of natural limestone
were made a century ago. They are
still moderately productive, although
other fields near by, which have never
received the application, are extreme
ly unproductive.
Care should be taken that limo
stone is used for the one and only pur'
nose of correcting soil acidity.
And while we are upon this
subject of soil stimulation, have you
ever thought that most OF our I'M
hot In uiQw and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28
The Family GrowIer.

why are you weeping. little boy?"
81 broke de pitcher"
well, there's no use crying over
split milk"
"G'wan! Dis wuz beer."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
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COuIu AOU oO d1y VI
my homework. My
sickness was called
Retroflexion. When
/ would sit down I
felt as if I could not
ge t up. I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We &c t a BILE Com
pound and did just
as you told me and
now I am perfectly
cured, and have a
big baby boy" =
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Now He Knows.

ION what grounds does your father
object to me?' he asked.
ION any grounds within mile of
our house." she answered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
Buy Furs and Hides. Send for catalog los.
n. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
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Pettit's Eye Salve Restores.

No matter how badly the eyes may be
diseased or injured. All druggists or How
ard Bros, Buffalo. n. Y.
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Mrs. Wins1ow-s Soothing Syrup.
For children teething SoFtens the gums reduces in
hammation alays pain. wind collie. 2c bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28

We surely owe to men the same
duty as we owe to pictures-to try and
see them in the best light.-Emerson
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28

WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Black Duck, Minn.-'About a year
ago I wrote you that I was sick and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28

1t will never rain roses. If we want
more roses we must plant more trees.
George Eliot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28

Some politicians are too modest to
face the nude truth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28
Important TO motners

Examine carefully every bottle of
a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the ~ <<@1
Signature of&xNzzzsZM
In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
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cNSW2ZkZD~ NGE2id
&1E = WAX R0ZzZLN
40 ,ESE12ZkzT~

Is exactly the same as when men are
exploited in workshops and nothing
returned to build up their bodies. You
cannot haul phosphorus and nitrogen
In oats and wheat and corn from your
farms year after year and maintain
the fertility of the soil, if you give
back no phosphorus and nitrogen in
return. Twelve thousand abandoned
farms in the state of New York alone
testify to this. After sixty years of
cultivation the lands of the corn belt
are beginning to hint at the same
thing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-28

for fear they would bring their earthly
smell into his new residence.
With quiet Indifference old Mother
Earth endures this ingratitude, but
the time comes when she has nothing
for his greed. What happens then?
Look to India for one answer. Ten
million Of our own Aryan blood starve
there in a single famine year-starve
upon a soil that once was, and still
could be, almost inconceivably fertile.
Russia offers another reply, where
with stomachs empty men enter a
world that never fills them. Yet an
other answer, centuries old, may be
found in the Tigris-Euphrates valley,
which, once marvelously fertile, now
scorches uselessly in the tropic sun.
The necessity of man forged weapon
that brought him plenty; but the greed
OF man forged a weapon that brought
him penury. For do you think there
can be prosperity when the earth no
longer. yields? Do not forget that the
shame of Rome was coincident with
the time when one bushel Of seed re-
turned but four in the harvest. When
the soil exploited, that Is when 1t
Is SO farmed that the essential ele-
ments are taken out In crops and moth
Ing returned to build It up, the result
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ANS best friend is his
mother-the earth. All
she asks is the oppor-
tunity and she will
yield him the wealth of
an account that has
been growing for ages.
And he has treated her
as he usually treats his
best friends. He has
taken all she had to
give, bought an auto
mobile and a house in
town and then hid his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-17
BAD CROWD TRYING
ITO GET" GOLDEN
RULE CHIEF

ferred by the prosecution. For ex-
ample, men who have known Koh-
Ter intimately for 20 years and
more testify that they never saw
him take a drink.
AS for the charge of incompe-
tence, that has been popularity dis
conuted from the first, since 1t is
common knowledge, here and the
nation over, that Kohler has beer
instrumental in building up one OF
the most efficient police depart.
ments in the country.
The general impression here is
that the whole matter is quasi
political "frameup." Those who
are pushing the charges against
Chief Kohler are in the main PEG.
pie whose interest it is to have an
administration of police
affairs, keepers of disorderly
houses, of gambling houses and
grill rooms, politicians of the
machine" type and "soreheads'
among the police.
Chief Kohler is holdover from
the Tom Johnson regime. The
present city administration, which
is reactionary as compared with
the Johnson administration, is
not in sympathy with Kohler.
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Sanford, remains with the Holy
Ghosters' flock. The wife and chill
dren are penniless.
The Whittakers came under the
Influence of Elijah" Sanford 13
years ago. They sold little farm
they owned, turned the greater
part of the proceeds over to Sand.
ford, and went to live at Shiloh.
After several years of the ascetic
routine of the Shiloh community
Whitaker was appointed high
priest" and the family Joined the
expedition that Sanford led to
the holy land with a view to estab-
fishing a colony there.
On this trip one of Mrs. Whit
takers children died. 81 had no
food, and could get none," she
says. "The little one grew worse,
and each day l watched 1t grow
thinner-and thinner. They would
not give me food. If I asked for
it the answer would send me
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-17
Partly Political Frameup and
Partly Job of Underworld, but
He's Disproving Charges.

CLEVELAND, o., June 10
Fred Kohler, Cleveland's golden
rule" chief of police, seems to be
in a fair way to be acquitted of
the charges that have brought him
before the civil service board for
trial. OF the 23 charges brought
against Kohler, IL have already
been ruled out by the president OF
the board. The other charges, the
most important of which are those
of incompetence, drunkenness and
Immortality, are supported in the
main by witnesses whose testi-
mony carries little weight, chiefly
politicians, disciplined policemen,
keepers and inmates of disorderly
houses, gamblers, and other folk
of the underworld.
To offset this dubious testimony
the defense is introducing the tes-
timony of formidable body of
citizens of prominence and good
repute. The testimony for the de-
Tense already in goes far toward
counteraeting the allegations of
drunkenness and immortality pre-
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away ashamed that I had asked.
One day the little eyes closed, and
las l Rugged the quiet little form
to my heart / knew IL was gone
They had starved it to death. They
said that it was only the carnal
spirit that needed food"
After the colony had been estab-
lished under the walls of Jerusa-
lem, Elijah" decided to take a
cruise around the world in his
yacht. He left Ralph Gleason to
supervise the colony.
Gleason at once set up claim
|of kinship and supernatural COM
nunion with God. This broke the
faith of Mrs. Whitaker, who then
began to lay plans to escape. When
the homesick colonists were
brought back to Maine Mrs. Whit.
ltaker managed to smuggle ashore
ting. letter that bIought. her free
dom. The court sent Sheriff Tefe
then OF Cumberland to the shiy
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with an order, and mother and
children were brought ashore.
Mrs. Whitaker is but thirty
three, but she looks fifty. The
privation she has undergone dur
ing the past decade has made her
a prematurely old woman. Her
Oldest child. Edna, bright girl
of sixteen. has had but little edu-
cation. and has seen practically
nothing of the world. When she
came ashore she had never ridden
on a trolley car, had never seen an
Automobile.
In their efforts to get service
upon Sanford in the 100000
damage suit brought against him
by Mrs. Whitaker, Sheriff Trefe-
then and his posse, in launches,
are making a systematic search of
the maze of inlets along the
coast, while swift auxiliary
schooner is patrolling the waters
off shore.
II Is believed that SANFORD. in
his yacht, the Coronet, is hiding in
some unfrequented inlet. The Of
ficials are bending every effort
to locate and surround the Coro-
net, as they fear that Sanford
may escape to the high seas and
thence to foreign waters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-17
HANDSOME MAUD SAVILE
SOON TO BE A COUNTESS

aristocratic family, will bring him
a large fortune.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-17
BORING TUNNEL
FOR POWER
PLANT


Good progress is being made by
Wright & Sweeney in the digging
of the big tunnel for the Nisqually
power plant. The contractors have
been delayed some by the slow
ness of manufacturers in deliver
ing the machinery desired to car.
ry on the work, and the little SOC
horsepower electric plant the con-
tractors will put in to furnish pow
er for drilling is not yet installed
but the work is going ahead and a
steam engine is being used now.
Up to date nothing but solid
rock has been encountered in the
tunnel. The bore is being made
from but one end now. Later II
will lgo from both ends.
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and that Elijah" lives on the fat
of the land on palatial yacht,
while his followers, who have
turned all their money over to
him, starve on thin lentil soup.
Mrs. Whitaker has brought suit
against Sanford for $4,000 dam
ages; charging false imprisonment.
Atty. Comedian, former private
secretary to Speaker Tom Reed,
who represents Mrs. Whitaker,
says: "If there is anything in the
law that can reach SANFORD and
Sandfordism, we intend to find ii
and drive the Holy Ghosters out
of Maine.
Mrs. Whittaker's condition is
pitiful, since her husband, who is
entirely under the influence of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-17
RAILROAD MACNATE PREDICTS
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
WITHIN FIVE YEARS

CHICAGO June 17-"Within five years government will
own all the railroads in America declared
OF the santa Fe railroad
discussing rate regulation The
step presaging- that result
Mr. Ripley said he believed the bill
the initiative of the the
as an economic necessity He would estimate the
that would be required
asked to make estimate
critics considerably higher than their capitalization
The railroads believe
can force hem Foreseeng
pensve legislation with
railroads will willing TO SELL = 8, Fl, E.
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LONDON, June IT. - Miss
Maud Savile, the beautiful young
er daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Eden Savile, became engaged re-
Gently to marry the Earl of earn
wath, who came into the title and
estates not long ago. Although
the title is Scotch, the young earl
Che is twenty-seven) lives in Full
ham, where he owns a quaint
house with large grounds, said to
be the most valuable piece or real
estate in West London. Though
he is not rich he has refused to
sell any of this land to building
spectators, althougmh they offer
ed him large inducements. He
doubtless was fortified in his re-
fusal by expectations. for his
bride-elect, who belongs to an old,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-17
boy COP CARRIED
To- STATION WAS man

CHICAGO, June 17.--To do q
good act and then find 1t was n
dead loss of time and energy was
the experience of Patrolman Will
lam Duffy.
The policeman found Mcdonald
curled up in a hallway.
Poor kid" soliloquized the
cop, as he knelt beside the figure.
Somebody has made him stupid
with whisky. Wake up, son."
Gently he shook the sleeping fig-
ure. Mcdonald snored on.
Picking him up In his arms,
the policeman carried the sleeping
human to a patrol wagon at State
and Van Buren, STREETS and rode
with him to the Harrison street
emergency hospital. The nexo
morning Duffy, still of the opinion
that he had youthful prisoner.
found his charge asleep In the
Icell.
Come on, son; wake up" said
the policeman. You've got to
go to court"
There 1t was found that the
prisoner was thirty-eight years
old He is four feet tall and
weighs Ninety pounds.