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The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
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GOSSIP.

Mahmout might be called acting
champion and Gotch retired title hold
er. This is merely suggestion.
World champion pugilists are made
or unmade according to the geograph-
ical habitat Of the critic
Both Freddie Welsh and Owen Mo-
ran are talking of nothing save a pro-
spective battle with Ad Wolgast
The Cleveland Maps have drafted
Tom DAILY to hike through the bush
league in quest of star baseball play
ers in embryo.
Rube Oldring of the Athletics lets
the world in on the information that,
barring accidents, Philadelphia team
will repeat in 1911.
Billy Papke has "soured" on the an.
tipodes and is headed for home. That
fellow Smith must have seasoned Bill
ly's ring diet with too much vinegar
There is no dearth of middle-weight
fighters. There are Kelly, Papke
Dave Smith, Harry Lewis, Klaus, Nc
Goorty, Jim Sullivan and Joe Thomas
of England.
Nicholas Altrock, who was often re
ferred to as the Handsome One,
brought Joy to the hearts of the Min
neapolis rooters by signing contract
for 1911. Nicholas was the first mar
to sign a Miller contract.
Four major league teams so far al
is known will have Indian players OF
their staffs next season. They ar.
Meyers and Rustenhaven of the al
ants, Skillen Of the Detroit Tigers
Bender Of the Athletics and Cheuneal
Of the Chicago White sox
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
1T Is A MISTAKE

Many have the idea that anything
will sell if advertised strong enough.
This is a great mistake. True, q
few sales might be made by advertis-
ing an absolutely worthless article
but it is only the article that is
bought again and again that pays.
An example of the big success OF a
worthy article is the enormous sale
that has grown up for Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. This wonderful rec
ord is the result of great merit sue
cessfully made known through per-
sistent advertising and the mouth-to-
mouth recommendation given Cas-
carets by it's friends and users.
Like all great successes, trade .pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting pub
lie, by marketing fake tablets similar
in appearance to Cascarets. Care
should always be exercised in pur-
chasing well advertised goods, espe-
cially an article that has national
sale like Cascarets. Do not allow a
substitute to be palmed off on you.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
CHEATED FOR YEARS.
Prejudice Will Cheat Us Often II We
Let II.

You will be astonished to find how
largely you are Influenced in every
way by unreasoning prejudice. In
many cases you will also find that the
prejudice has swindled you, or rather,
made you swindle yourself. A case
In illustration:
'T have been a constant user OF
Grape-Nuts for nearly three years"
says a correspondent, "and I am hap
py to say that am well pleased with
the result Of the experiment, for such
1t has been.
"Seeing your advertisement in al
most all of the periodicals, for a long
time / looked upon it as hoax. But
after years of suffering with gaseous
and bitter eructations from my stom-
ach. together with more or less loss
of appetite and flesh, concluded to
try Grape-Nuts food for little time
and note the result.
II found it delicious, and 1t was not
long till / began to experience the
beneficial effects. My stomach re-
sumed its normal state, the eructa.
tions and bitterness ceased and have
gained all my lost weight back.
'T am so well satisfied with the
result that so long as may live and
retain my reason Grape-Nuts shall
constitute quite q portion Of my daily
food"
Read ''Ths Road to Wellville." h
| pkgs. There's q Reason"
| Ever read the above 1etterS A nev
| ono appears fron t1me to {lDes Tbs,
are sseeinss truss saa g g hsns'
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

Joe Tinker, who plays shortstop for
the Chicago Cubs in summers, acts on
the stage in winters and still hnds
time to devote to his family and
friends, has just devised a scheme
which. if put into operation and prop
erly executed on the ball field, will
break up the bunting game and cause
speedy baserunners to stand stone
still on the base lines, bewildered and
helpless. 1t may revolutionize base
ball tactics of the day
Incidentally, Joe confided that this
scheme was the main reason why he
wanted to play third base, because in
the new plan the third baseman is to
play the leading role, and, like all act
ors, Joe has pictured himself in the
star part.
Now, at first sight this scheme may
not appeal to some of the wise follow
ers of the national game, but a bit of
careful consideration of the thing TN
doubtedly will convince him that it is
one of the most sensible suggestions
for improving the defensive part Of
IuS Sdu0 tudI LIDS COlu0 up SluC0 90,
when Charley Comiskey began playing
far back of first base and taught the
pitcher to cover the bag when balls
were hit to the first baseman.
Joe's scheme is so simple that one
wonders why some shrewd major
league manager had not thought OF
1t before, but If such is the case, ii
has never been put into practice
The scheme is simply to keep the
first baseman out of the muddle OF
fielding bunts and have him stick tc
the bag, have the pitcher always go te
his left to cover ground only in that
territory, while the third basemar
takes care of every chance to the
right of the pitcher, and the catche,
handles everyone that is dumped just
In front of the plate.
In this way first base Is always GOV
cred by the regular man, while the sec
ond baseman is always stationed or
the middle bag, ready for a play there
and the shortstop runs down to thir6
to prevent the baserunner from going
from first to third on the play.
Its very seldom we see runner
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
TEN MILLION PEOPLE
IN The CANADIAN
WEST BY 1920
"Toronto star,v Dec. 1eth. 1s1o.


The prediction is made that before
1920 Manitoba, Saskatchewan, AL
berta and British Columbia will have
ten million people. 1t is made not by
a sanguine Western journal but by
that very sober business newspaper.
the New York Commercial 1t is
based upon actual observation, upon
the wheat-growing capacity of the Ca
madam West, and upon the prospects
of development following the build
Ing of railways. The writer shows
how the position of leading wheat
market of the world passed from
Milwaukee to Minneapolis and thence
to Winnipeg. Canada's wheat-grow-
ing belt is four times greater than
that of the United States, and only
five per cent of Canada's western agri-
cultural area Is under cultivation.
There are 170,000,000 acres of wheat
lands which will make these Western
Provinces richer, more populous, more
dependable for food supplies than the
Western States can ever become The
center of food supremacy will change
to Canada, and 25 years more will
give this country 100000 popula-
tion west of Ontario.
All these estimates Of population
are in the nature of guesses, and must
not be read too literally. But the
enormous area Of wheat-growing land,
the rapid construction of railways,
and the large volume Of immigration
are facts which must be recognized.
They point to the production of an
ever-increasing surplus of wheat and
other cereals. However rapidly the
urban, the industrial and commercial
population of Canada may increase,
the increase of home consumption is
hardly likely to keep pace with that
of the production of wheat; for sim
gle acre of wheat will provide for the
average annual consumption of four
people.
While production in Canada is thus
running ahead of consumption at
prodigious rate, consumption in the
United States is overtaking produc-
ton, and the surplus for export is
growing smaller year by year. 1t is
true that the limit of actual power to
produce wheat is as yet far away.
By methods Of intensive cultivation,
such as prevail in France, the produc-
ton could be greatly increased. But
with the overflowing granary of Can
ada SO close at hand, it seems likely
that our neighbors will begin to i'm
port from us, turning their own en-
ergies more largely to other forms Of
agriculture.
1t must be remembered that while
the Northern States resemble Canada
in climate and products, the resem-
blance diminishes as you go south
ward. The wheat belt gives place to
a corn belt, and this again to semi
tropical regions producing cotton, to-
bacco, cane-sugar, oranges and other
tropical fruits.
The man who secures a farm in
Western Canada at the present time
secures an investment better than the
best of bond of any government or
bank. 1t is no unusual thing for q
farmer in Western Canada to realize
profit of from s5 to SO per acre.
Their are thousands of free home
steadsT Tof 160 acres each still to be
had, and particulars can be obtained
by writing your nearest Canadian gov
ernment agent.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

forced at second base on a buEt," said
Tinker, IL talking over the plan. But
with this scheme in operation 1 can
see no reason why the play couldn't
be pulled often and once you get to
doing that the bunting game is broken
up. You see, the first baseman be-
ing on the bag would hold the runner
close to that spot and prevent his get
ting a big lead before the batter
touches the ball.
There's too much confusion in
handling bunts, anyway, and there's
no reason that can see why the third
baseman and pitcher, with the aid of
the catcher, couldn't handle every
thing. The pitcher would go to his
left as he delivered the ball and al
ways be on the spot ready to handle
the ball. AS it is now he runs
straight in and has to be prepared to
jump to either side, then probably be-
comes entangled with the third base
man or the first baseman in getting
the ball.
Then, knowing that the second
baseman would always be stationed
on the middle bag, many play could
be made there that would not be at
tempted otherwise because of fear
| the baseman would not be on the spot
A third baseman with good arm and
active on his feet could rush in, scoop
| a ball and whirl and shoot 1t to sec
| ond without hesitating that instant
that loses so many runners. He would
always be assured that there was a
man on each base ready to receive the
| ball.
Il should Judge that, having :he
first baseman stick to the bag wonld
take about six feet off the lead OBJ
tanned by the baserunner. That's
enough to permit many play al
second that would not be made other
wise. The second baseman would al
ways be there, you see, for he wouldn'
have to be playing halfway between
the bags, ready to cover first, if the
1rst baseman was after the ball.
| I've been thinking of that scheme
for long time, and have always be
lieved would put it through if giver
! a chance"
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

Moorhead.-A day or two ago the
Fargo milk inspector condemned sixty
head of cows in the South Side dairy
herd owned by j. J. Hanson, under
test for tuberculosis. At recent
United States inspection the dairy was
rated No. for sanitation. 1t is alleged
that tubercular cows have been sold
the last day or two to Fargo butchers
for food, and that hearing has beer
ordered by DR.. Ladd, pure food COM
missioner for North Dakota.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Different Now, OF Course.

tNOWy VI SOdtoCs
Civil service reform has given us
splendid army of civil servants. 1t
wasn't always so."
The speaker, Mayor Whitlock of To
ledo, smiled.
when 1 was writing my first short
stories," he resumed, I'VE had civil
servants of a different stamp. An
elderly resident of my native Urbana
sought out, back in those days, his
congressman.
Congressman he said, I support
ed you at the polls, and now expect
you to get my boy good civil serv-
Ice job
"'All right, friend;' the congress
man answered, what can your boy
do?'
dor snorted the other. Whas
can he do? By crinus, man, If he
could do anything, do you think I'd be
bothering your"
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Art in the Nude.

The photographers lady was very
preoccupied showing some samples of
work to prospective sitters, when q
tall and raw-boned individual, appar-
emily from "the land" stalked solemn
ly into the studio, and intimated that
he would like to know what the "pic-
ters" were worth.
Like that, So 6ozen," said the
photographers lady, handing him
one.
The farmer gazed long and earnest
ly at the photograph of a very small
baby sitting in a wash basin.
"And what would it cost with my
clothes on?" he finally asked.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Football Dates Arranged .

Minneapolis. = Minnesota's foot
ball program for the coming sea-
son will commence with Ames on
Sept. Both and end at Champaign, ILL.,,
on Nov. 25, with Illinois, according to
the schedule which has been arranged
by the Minnesota authorities. The
schedule is as follows: Ames, Sept.
80, at Minneapolis; South Dakota. Oct.
Z, at Minneapolis; Nebraska, Oct. Il,
at Minneapolis; Iowa, Oct. %, at Min
neapolis; Chicago, Nov. 4, at Mime
apolis; Wisconsin, Nov. 1S, at Madi-
son: Illinois. Nov. rs. at Champaign.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

Clarke probably Withdrawing the wai-
yer.
Murphy's action, however, shows
that he is after first baseman TO sup
plant the great Chance, whose playing
days are believed to be numbered
Jimmy Archer, the Cubs catcher, has
played the position quite we'll and he
may fit in for Chance next season, al
lowing Chance to direct the game
from the bench.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
MAsoNs ASSEMBLE IN ST. PAUL
500 Delegates Attend Annual Grand
Communication.

ST. Paul. = About five hundred dele
gates from Masonic lodges throughout
the state of Minnesota assembled at
noon at the Masonic Temple, st. Paul.
to take part in the grand annual com.
munication of the grand lodge of Min.
nesota, A. F. and A. M.
The proceedings consisted of the
reading of the report of the grand of.
ficers of the state.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
CHANCE NOT TO PLAY AGAIN
Search for First Baseman by Chicago
Cubs Taken to Mean Frank
Will be Bench Manager.

There are persistent rumors In the
wake of the National League meeting
that Frank Chance will play first base
no longer for the Chicago Cubs. These
rumors were given credence by the
announcement that President Murphy
of the Cubs had refused to waive on
First Baseman Jack Flynn, Of the Pi'
rates. It is understood however. that
Tgypn win not 50 TO Chicago. Bred
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
PHONE INCREASE is PROTESTED.
Sauk Center Residents in Arms Over
50-Cent Raise,

Sauk Center.-About 100 citizens
forwarded petition of protest to the
Northwestern Telephone company OBJ
jecting to the raise of SO cents on
business and private phones. Prom
inent business and professional men
join in the petition. Some have taken
out phones and others are awaiting
the answer to this protest sent to st.
Paul
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
SLEEPING CHILDREN TRAPPED.
Father is Killed by Blast of Fire ir
Farmhouse Kitchen.

Albert Lea. The last report
from the fatal fire in the township of
Riceland shows N. c. Jenson, instead
of Hanson, and three of his children
died in the burning house.
Mrs. Jensen escaped from the burn
ing building in her night clothes and
barefooted, and after tying sacks on
her feet walked through the snow to
a neighbor for help.
Three children, aged 6, and
years, were burned in their beds, pro-
badly smothering, as the fire burned
fiercely. Mr.. Jenson arose, says his
widow, about a. m. to build fire
in the kitchen, and shortly after he
left the room. Mrs. Jenson heard him
give loud cry and there was noise
like an explosion and as she opened
the door the flames rushed in so she
could not shut it. She does not know
how she escaped.
Mother and Children Flee.
Two other children, Esther, aged II
year, and Albert, 9 years old, with the
lulduI III MIS-. JSuSOu . dIluS, oSCdpSu,
but Esther is badly burned about the
head and hands and she was brought
ITO the hospital here for treatment.
Probably all four will recover, but the
eldest of the children is in a serious
condition and will be badly SCARED
from the burns.
Mr.. Jenson was 55 years old and
rented the farm on which he resided,
the place being 10 or II miles east of
this city. Every aid possible is being
extended by the neighbors and the
sufferers will be made as comfortable
as can be under the circumstances.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Motherly Advice.

Margery was playing school with
her dolls. The class in physiology
was reciting.
Nov, children" she said, what are
your hands for?"
ITO keep clean," was the prompt
reply.
"Yes," repeated the little teacher,
hands were given us SO we could
keep them clean, and member, too,"
she added, I'VE must keep our feet
clean, cause there might be an acci-
ent."-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
GUESTS FLEE IN NIGHT CLOTHES
Hotel Hart at st. Paul Has Midnight
Fire.

st. Paul. = BY jumping from
windows to the roof of an adjoining
building, fifteen women and ten men,
guests at the Hart hotel, escaped with
their lives, when fire of mysterious
origin threatened to destroy the three
story brick building and was finally
extinguished with an estimated dam
age of about one thousand five hun
dred dollars.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
BOY BANDIT is FOUND GUILTY
Second Degree Verdict Rendered Car
rying Life imprisonment.

Duluth. = Charles Molodroski, the
seventeen-year-old boy who shot and
killed Policeman Harry Chesmore
on a street car Jan. 6, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree in the
district court. The penalty il Life
Imprisonment.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
SWENSON is CLEVER PLAYER
Cover Point for Yale Hockey Team
Has Proven Tower of Defense
In Games He Played.

Swenson, who plays cover point for
the Yale hockey team. has proven a
tower of defense in the games in
which he has participated in seasons
gone by. He is the most experienced
man on the team. His strong point is
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

in coming up the ice and relieving a
tired forward. Swenson is good
skater and can nurse and drive the
puck with the rest of them. He pre-
pared at st. Paurs. the great hockey
school.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
WINS MALPRACTICE SUIT.
Otter Tail Woman Gets $4,000 Dam
aues for Defective SURGERY.

Fergus Falls.-Mrs. ]. L. Sawyer.
wife of former County Commissioner
Sawyer, has won her suit against DR..
j. L. Berthold of Perham for malprac-
tice. Mrs Sawyer broke her arm some
time ago, and DR.. Berthold set it. She
claims that the setting was defective
and has left the arm in permanently
disabled condition. The Jury returned
verdict giving her damages In the
sum of $4,000.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Fame and Fate.

Fame came to the man.
ct will have five-cent cigar named
Tor you," she said, sweetly.
Fate followed on her heels. 3
"Pll make you smoke the cigar!"
hissed Fate.
Hastily the man turned down the
byway to obscurity.-Life.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

the attending present
their positions and the hrs given big lead Too
intended sacrifice
ma
he
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

Mrs. Stoskson Bonds-Stockson, that
stenographer of yours is whistling!
Is she in the habit Of whistling when
alone?
Stockson Bonds-I don't know. I
was never with her when she was
alone!
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Tell WeIIman.

$50 you have a new idea for d.
rigible balloon?"
Eyes. Make the equilibrator larger.
put motor into it, and let it pull the
balloon"
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

Many think they, are fighting sin
when they are having a good time
stabbing sinners.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
ROTATION OF CROPS
w. J. FRASER OF ILLINOIS DAIRY
DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES
LITcHFIELD CONVENTION.
COW RECORD HELPS FARMERS
Establishes Reciprocal Relations Be-
tween Man and Beast, Says Emil
Ek-Underwood Discusses
Convention.

| Litchfield.-One of the best address
es on the program of the Minnesota
Dairymens association, at the after
noon session was that w. J. Fraser Of
Urbana, Ill., head of the department
of dairy husbandry of that state. His
subject was Factors Influencing Pro-
fits in Milk Production
Mr.. Fraser showed by series of
carefully compiled tables that amaz-
Ing results may be obtained by follow
ing better system of cropping. The
figures given showed the relative eff
cheney of four farms of 100 acres each
each cropped under a differenet rota-
ton. and the results.
r. A. Underwood of Hutchinson
spoke on Conservation as 1t Applies
to the Farmer" He pointed out a
number of things wherein the farmer
may become an active factor in con-
serving that which is wasted. Wet or
swampy land can be made the most
productive part of the farm if properly
tiled and drained. If the farmer recog-
nizes the Interchangeable law of repro
duction of kind, he will secure the
best seed adapted to the soil he culti-
Yates. He stated that farmers of Min
nesota and other corn states are los
ing millions of dollars every year as
the result of the wasteful manner of
gathering their corn crop. He also de-
plored the great loss sustained by
herds because of poorly lighted and
poorly ventilated stables. The spread
Of bovine tuberculosis could be pre-
vented if farmers would furnish
stables with an abundance of sun light
and air. He urged farmers to en-
courage the boys and girls to remain
on the farm.
Individual Cow Records Pay.
Emile H. Elk of Cokato addressed
the convention on Individual Cow
Records" He stated that the indi-
vidual COW record is a great induce
ment to every farmer to grow clover
and rotate crops; also that the keep
ing of such records has the effect of
establishing profitable reciprocal rela-
tons between the dairyman and the
cow. The milk from each cow is
weighed and recorded and samples of
each cows milk is tested for butter
fat once month. Mr.. Elk is large
breeder of Guernsey cattle and can
tell to a cent the gross or net earnings
of each one of his COWS for every dol
lars worth of food fed to them.
w. F. Schilling of Northfeld, who
has been at the head of the association
for two years, was reelected. During
that time the membership has in
creased from 800 to nearly 1000. Pro-
fessor A. ]. MacGuire of Grand
Rapids was placed in nomination but
withdrew in the interest of har-
mony. Other officers elected were:
Vice president, Andrew French, Plain
view; second vice president, Charles
Nelson, Rosendale; secretary, F. D.
Currier, Nicollet; treasurer, j. M.
Jack, StantoH.
Butter Is Scored.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27

Many who think they mean right
are right mean.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-27
Butter Is Scored.

Secretary F. D. Currier announced
in connection with the state dairy
mems convention. More than 100 tubs
were entered, but those that received
a score under 80 were not counted.
Alfred Camp of Owatonna, with the
high score of 81 points, was also the
winner of the first prize at the nation
al butter exposition held in Chicago
last year.
The following are the official scores:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-03
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Opera In Dumb. Show.

fhe late Clara Noyello in her rvu.
absences tells how Ma,ibran oace ap
aeafed in SOMA .abG,a" NitAout L.
sering note. She Asd talra ee!,
md was prevented from sia Tag -
the last moment. though crowds Of
early corners already filled the hc.sA
ION the manager telling her. in de,
spair that besides loss of money
these disappointed people wotid ue
dangerous she said. 1 can; spedh
above my breath; should have = l.
It In dumb show" Burn st oa9e
caught at this outburst as I: so@'ousl,
meant and on his knees begged hc-
to try this. and she, fired by the nov,
city, did so. The grateful pahiic raw
ed In praise of this surprising tour de
force, and the sensation 1t made filled
the papers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-03
CRANDMO1HFRS'
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
Color and Beauty of the Hair Pre-.
served with a Harmless Remedy
Made from Sage.

Druggists everywhere comment on
the fact that they are selling large
quantities of sage for making old
fashioned sage tea,' such as was
used by our grandmothers for pro-
noting the growth of their hair max
it fluffy and beautiful and restoring
its natural color.
The demand for this well-known
herb for this purpose has been so
great that one manufacturer has TAX
en- advantage of the fact and has
placed on the market an ideal sage
tea containing sulphur, valuable
remedy for dandruff and scalp rashes
and irritations, called Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Hair Remedy.
The manufacturers of this remedy
authorize druggists to sell it under
guarantee that the money will be re-
funded if it fails to do exactly as re-
presented.
This preparation is offered to the
public at fifty cents bottle, and is
recommended and sold by all drug
gists.
Special Agent, Mann Tankersley
Drug Co., POI W. End Ave.