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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
SECOND ALFALFA CROP CUT.
St. Cloud Reformatory Farm Gets
Yield of Ton to the Acre.

st. Cloud.-It is being found by ex-
perlments now in progress at the state
reformatory farm here that alfalfa can
be grown with desirable results in this
part of the country. The experiment
is being tried on a six-acre tract of
land, and will next year be tried on
double that area This year the crop
is being reserved for feeding the
younger stock, for which it is par
ticularly adapted In the alfalfa coun-
try, the Southwestern states and Cali
fornia especially, six crops of grass
are harvested annually. Thus far this
summer two crops have been taken
at the reformatory. The first cutting
occurred on June 10, when the yield
was about ton to the acre. The Sec
ond cutting was done today, when the
yield was the same as in June. Some
of the California crops have run as
high as three tons to the acre, but in
that territory, so-called alfalfa coun-
try, the normal yield is one and one
half tons to the acre. With favorable
conditions the rest of the season, the
fields may yield two more crops. 1t
is necessary, however, in obtaining this
that more moisture be received, as al
falfa is grass demanding it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
THREE ARRESTED FOR ARSON.
Burning of Eveleth Theater Laid to
Proprietor of Rival House.

Duluth.-Evcleth furnished an arson
sensation when three men were ar
rested on charge, following investi-
cations by State Fire Marshal S. F.
Fullerton, of causing the fire which
destroyed the Empress t h r.
Among the men arrested was Max
Stiditch, proprietor of the Bijou the
alter in Eveleth, rival house. The
other two men are Charles Tousche,
an Austrian interpreter, and Marteo
Istovitch, bartender. The men were
arraigned before Judge Neil and they
pleaded not guilty. Their examination
was set for August 1, and they were
released on their own recognizance.
Stiditch is a man of considerable
property and is interested in other
business besides that of the theater.
The state was represented at the ar
raignment of the men by Senator J.
A. Boyle, in the absence of the as
sistant county attorney. Fullerton left
for st. Paul.
The Empress was the second Evel-
eth theater to burn within a few
months, the Othello being the first.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
SEEKING FARM LANDS.
Rotterdam Man Looks For Suitable
Site for Colony.

A. Van der Spek, president of the
Association of Dutch Farmers, with
headquarters at Rotterdam, was in con-
ference with George A. Ralph, state
immigration commissioner, regarding
Minnesota lands last week.
Mr.. Van der Spek represents an or
ganization that is looking for homes
for large colony of Hollanders some
where in the United States or Canada,
and Mr.. Welsh spent considerable time
explaining to him the advantages of
living In Minnesota. Mr.. Welsh laid
special stress upon the value of the
cut-over and half timber lands of
Northeastern Minnesota, where people
of small means can make a start and
gradually build up home and have a
profitable farm.
The association which Van der Spek
represents has membership of about
one thousand farmers. He did not give
any definite information as to when
or how many of them will come here,
but said that he was simply looking
for information so he would be able to
tell his people where to find the kind
of land they wanted, what it would
cost and what it would produce.
Mr.. Van der Spek, when showing his
card, explained that the "Mr." in front
Of his name indicated that he is a doc.
| tor of laws. He is q member of a firm
| of lawyers in Rotterdam.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
MINNESOTA LANDS ATTRACT.
Hundreds of Inquiries Being Made
Concerning Opening.

In addition to the announcement
made by Lester Bartlett, registrar of
the Cass Lake land Office, to the state
immigration department that 1920
acres of land would be opened for en-
try in that district in August, George
Welsh, immigration commissioner, says
that several thousand acres will be
opened simultaneously in the Duluth
land district at the same time.
you can safely say that at least
10000 acres will be opened for entry
on Aug. o." said Mr.. Welsh last night,
Gin both districts. The Crookston dis
trict will not open land in that locality
for entry at this time. 1 have en-
deavored to get government charts of
the district to aid settlers in locating
in the district but have been unable
to do So
Hundred of inquiries have been
coming in to the immigration depart
ment concerning these and other lands
in northern Minnesota for some time.
A great many of the inquiries come
from districts in western Nebraska,
Kansas and other parts of the country
where dry farming has been expert
mented with, and 1 predict that when
the lands are opened for entry many
of these former farmers of those states
will locate in Minnesota"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
EXODUS TO DAKoTAs BEGINS.
Fields Near Winona Deserted by Men
on Annual Harvest Hunt.

Winona.-The exodus of men to the
Dakota wheat fields has started in this
city and west-bound passenger and
freight trains are bearing daily quota
of laborers seeking their annual thar.
vest of high wages" The inducement
offered by farmers is causing a scare.
ity of men in this section.
Barley and rye are being stacked
some oats has been cut, and wheat is
about ready for the reaper. In South
Dakota the harvest is little later, and
in North Dakota crops are a week in
arrears of those farther south.
Many of the harvest hands this year
are starting in Southern Minnesota
then going to South Dakota and then
to Canada, where vast areas of new
wheat land have been opened. This
course gives them several weeks work
before threshing begins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
lNCENDIARY is HUNTED.
Suburb of New Duluth Search Woods
Has Caused 100000 Damage.

Enthusiastically the entire sub.
urb OF New Duluth is searching for
the 1ncendiary who has been terrorlz-
ing that suburb for more than year.
Probably score of fires, some OF
them destroying property worth from
$4,000 to $4,000, have been traced to
this unknown man.
For the first time in the year the
inhabitants have description of the
man, and every one is on the hunt for
him. He is believed to be half-mad
recluse who has been camping in the
woods near New Duluth. Early We'd
nesday he attempted to set fire to the
boarding house occupied by Hike Mon
ovitch, making three successive eff
forts. He was seen each time and driv-
en- away, after he had lighted torch
of oiled paper which he carried, and
applied it to the building. In spite of
the fact that they were armed, the &C.
cupants of the boarding house were too
frightened to open fire on him, or cap
ture him.
He returned twice, after being driv-
en- away, and repeated his attempts.
Four men remained on watch until
daylight. The man is described as be-
ing OF very heavy build and wearing a
long matted beard. officers are scour-
ing the woods There is a big reward
for his capture, and every resident of
New Duluth is joining in the search.
The damage traced to this man is
placed at upwards of 100000, and
there have been several narrow es-
capes from fatalities in the fires he
has started
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
DISFIGURED WITH CRUSTS

"SoMe time ago I was taken with
eczema from the top of my head to
my waist. 1t began with scales on my
body. suffered untold itching and
burning. and could not sleep. I was
greatly disfigured with scales and
crusts My ears looked as If they had
been most cut off with a razor, and
my neck was perfectly raw. / suffered
untold agony and pain. tried two
doctors who said had eczema in its
fullest stage, and that it could not
be cured. 1 then tried other rem
edies to no avail. At last, tried a set
of the genuine Cuticura Remedies,
which cured me of eczema when all
else: had failed, therefore I cannot
praise them too highly.
Il suffered with eczema about ten
months, hut am now entirely cured,
and I believe Cuticura Remedies are
the best skin cure there is." (Signed)
Miss Matte J. Shaffer, R. F. D. 1, Box
s, Dancy, Miss, Oct. 81, 1910.
81 had suffered from eczema about
four years when boils began to break
out on differeE: parts of my body. 1t
started with a fine red rash. My
back was affected first, when 1t also
spread over my face. The itching was
almost unbearable at times. l tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing
seemed to help me until I began to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
One box of them cured me entirely. l
recommended them to my sister for
her baby who was troubled with tooth
eczema. and they completely cured her
baby" (Signed) Mrs. F. L. Marber-
ger, Drehersville, Pa, Sept. 6, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
| ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuu.
| cura," Dept. L, Boston.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
Rifle for Under Water Action.

When he is working in water infest-
ed by sharks and other sea monsters
likely to do him harm, the diver has
at present to rely for his safety on the
use OF the knife, or, failing that, on a
quick return to the surface. Now
comes the invention of Captain Grobl,
German diving instructor, who has
constructed rifle which can be fired
under water, and is designed for the
better arming of the diver. The most
remarkable thing about this is that it
fires, not bullets, but water, which is
propelled with such force that it has
an extraordinary power of penetration.
Indeed, he inventor himself has
pierced armor plate of medium thick
ness with the water jet from his
weapon. The rifle has stout barrel
and is loaded with cartridge cased
In india rubber.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
NILS, POLICE SEEK THIRD man
BRIGGS SAFE is oPENED-PoST.
AGE STAMPS IN 1T.
County Attorney O'Brien of st. Paul
Refuses to Issue Warrant.
for Another Suspect.

Minneapolis. = The Minneapolis po-
lice were thwarted in an attempt
to arrest a third man in connec.
ton with the operations of the robbery
syndicate revealed since the killing
of the outlaw Jerry Mccarthy by Pc.
hceman Olinger. Richard O'Brien,
county attorney of Ramsey county, in
whose jurisdiction the suspected man
lives, refused to issue a warrant for
the arrest of the man. 1t is believed
the man lives in New Brighton and
that he is sought for having received
property stolen by Mccarthy in his
robberies.
Detectives Wirtenshon and Pasolt,
with Martin Brennan, the real estate
and loan broker who was held up and
robbed by Mccarthy the night of July
ID, went to Mr.. O'Brien with the re-
quest that the warrant be issued. He
refused to issue it on the ground that
the Minneapolis detectives did not
have sufficient evidence to warrant the
arrest
A. H. benson, the man who con-
fessed being member of the crime
syndicate, told Police Chief Mealey
that Fred A Briggs had pawned a
cane and diamond stolen from Bren,
nan with a saloonkeeper. Detectives
called on the saloonkeeper Wednesday
and demanded the goods. He denied
all knowledge of them.
Stamps in Briuus' Safe.
A large quantity of postage stamps
was found in the safe of Fred A.
Briggs, implicated as a member of the
Mccarthy gang in the confession OF
benson when the strongboX was open
ed at police headquarters. 1t was the
theory of Chief Mealey that the
stamps might represent loot taken by
Mccarthy in postoffice burglaries
Briggs has not yet been given an op
portunity to explain their presence in
the safe.
Chief Mealey declared little of i'm
portance was added to the evidence
against the robbery sydicate'' by
the contents of the safe. He would
not say just what was found
Present when the strongbox was
opened were the police officials an6
Frank Booth, Briggs counsel. The
safe was taken from Briggs home by
detectives, who ransacked the place
in an effort to find evidence of the re
lations between the cigar salesman
politician and Mccarthy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
NOT A "FULL-LENGTH" PAPA
Child Wanted Original of Portrait That
Had Been Made So Familiar
to Her.

An amusing incident is related o.
q young service matron who had re-
linquished her husband for two years
and who, having before his departure
insisted on good photograph, applied
herself assiduously to the INFRINGING
of her two-year-old baby with a view
to the child's familiarity with her dis
tinguished father Each day she would
call the baby girl to her and, kneeling
beside her, would hold up the photo
graph, pointing aut each feature to
the child.
One day the officer came home, and
the baby girl, then four years old,
was summoned. "Come, DEAR" said
the mother in glee, papa has come
home at last!" The child surveyed
the officer in perplexity and finally
shook her head.
What is the matter, dear?" asked
her neither. WELL" replied the child,
"he locks something like my papa. but
my papa hasn't any legs!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
BIG SOIL EXPOSITION
NORTHWESTERN LAND PROD
UCTS SHOW" DESIGNATION
CHOSEN FOR EXHIBITION.
WILL BE HELD IN DECEMBER
Advertising of Booster Project Will
Be Started on Automobile Tour
to Nontanas
Capitol.

1t will be the Northwestern Land
Products Show officially, which is tc
| De held in st. Paul in December, But
everywhere it will be known as the
| st. Paul Land Show"
This was determined after a confer
snce of Northwestern Development
eague officers. 1t was proposed to call
The big show of soil products the ma
| :ional Land Show" but Pittsburg has
Incorporated the word National into
long title for it's land exposition, and
the development, league people wanted
20 confine the show to the states which
t is intended to benefit. These are the
states which are in the league and GER
tain to have exhibits: Minnesota
North and South Dakota, Montana
Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Alas
ka also will be represented. Every
other state will be secondary to these
states and the special interests con
lected with them.
Announcement of Shows Plans Soon
The Northwest Development league
the plans for the show within few
days, as it is to be given under the
| auspices of the league organized in
Helena the first of May. The PROPOSE
ton of the league has been accepted
and the leagues secretary, Will A
Campbell, becomes general manager OF
the land show.
One of the first advertising stunts
TO be pulled off to boost the land show
will be to send an automobile in the
Minnesota State Automobile associa
ton tour from the Twin City to Helena
and Great Falls, Mont. The special
train being fitted out by the Great
Northern will also be big advertise
ment for the land show. Posters will
be hung in the windows of the train
and business men from the Twin City
will talk land show, that every one see
ing the train may know the show is
an assured fact
T. n. RiseIow Chairman Of Finance
H. H. Bigelow has been named chair
man of the finance committee for the
land show, together with Eli S. War
ner, st, Paul, and p L. Howe of Min
neapolis. 1t is understood some money
has been subscribed, and with some ex
pert show people the work has actually
started on the land show.
1.-THE December dates are necessary
as there are land shows running con
tinuously from October IL, until De
cember g." said Mr.. Campbell. 1.-THE
Pittsburg show opens first, October 70
and runs for two weeks; then comes
the show in Omaha in which some
Western States are interested, open
ing October Is and continuing until DC
tober %. The New York shows opens
in Madison Square Garden, November
8, and runs a couple of weeks. Their
we have the Chicago show, which does
not close until December 9. This
makes it necessary to have the show
here in December. Just what days
will be selected cannot be said now
but December is the best time-the
early dates bring show too close fol
lowing big state fairs"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
LAD is eoRED BY ANGRY BULL.
Hired Man on Farm Near GAINESVILLE
Saves Him From Being Killed.

arnesville-Russell, the ten-year-
old son of j. C. Barry, farmer liv-
ing west of here, had one of his arms
fractured and suffered other injuries
as result of being gored by an an
cry bull on his fathers farm.
Cries attracted the hired man to the
scene who beat off the bull with a
neckyoke and saved the lads life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
Low Water Bars Steamer,

Winona--The steamer Morning Star
has gone to the bank at Davenport as
the result of the continued low water
in the Mississippi river. The boat
started on the run between Davenport,
st. Paul and Saltwater in the early
part of June, and expected to run until
September, but the low water has
made it impossible to keep up the
service, as on the last trip the boat
stuck repeatedly on sandbars. Should
the water come up soon the service
will be resumed; otherwise it will be
discontinued until next year,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
Foreign

The Copenhagen Geographical So
ciety has Cancelled the diploma grant
ing gold medal to DR.. Frederick A.
Cook for his alleged discovery of the
north pole.
The Venezuelan consul at Willem-
stad, Curacao, has received an official
communication from his government
that all reports of Castro's landing in
Venezuela are untrue.
Denise Moore, an American woman
who lived in Algiers, was killed at
Henry Farman's aviation school at
Mourmelon, France. She fell 120 feet.
Miss Moore was trying for pilots
license.
Henri Bernstein, the playwright,
added another duel to his list when
he fought Leon Daudet, editor of
L'Action Francois, first with pistols
and then with swords in Paris. Both
men were wounded.
Revolutionists In Haiti now hold all
important towns on the island except
Port au Prince, the capital, and the
downfall of President Simon is be-
lieved to be certain.
Miss Annie 8. Peck, the American
climber, accompanied by Carl Volk-
mar and five Peruvians, assembled two
peaks of the volcano Coropuna July
16. Coropuna is one of number of
volcanoes in southern Peru, the eleva-
lions of which are given at $4,000 to
10000 feet.
Lady ON, consort of the Korean
emperor, vi Heui, who abdicated in
1907, is dead. Lady ON was a pal
ace politician of great skill. She was
attendant upon the queen Of Korea.
who was murdered.
The veto bill, which curtails large
ly the powers Of the British house Of
lords and adds immensely to the
rights of the house of commons, was
practically made law. 1t passed it's
third reading in the house Of lords
with the opposition of only a single
peer.
Jose Ramos and six confederates
were arrested at Mexico City as con-
spirators in a plot to assassinate Gen
eral Reyes. Anonymous letters re-
vealed the plot to the authorities,
who have also received report that
President de la Barra and Madero
were also to have been done away
with.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
Thinnest Man WEEDS.

The thinnest man in the world was
married recently by Municipal Judge
John r. Newcomer at the city hall.
81 had to look three times to see
him." said the Judge.
The man is Arthur Anterior, twenty
four years old. Though five feet high.
he weighs only 3S pounds. He mar
ried Blanche Buckley, nineteen years
old, who weighs 1876 pounds.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
Roosevelt Won't Speak.

Springfield, Illinois. = Former Presi.
dent Theodore Roosevelt says he
mer. In a letter to Secretary Dickin
son of the board of agriculture he de
clined to be the guest of Illinois at tha
state fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
DAM FOR RED LAKE RIVER.
To Supply Water For Grand Forks
and East Grand Forks.

East Grand Forks.-At a meeting
here preliminary plans were laid for
the cooperation of the two cities in a
plan for a dam across the mouth of
the Red Lake river, the purpose of
which is to raise the level of the
water to a point where uniform
supply for both cities will be insured.
North East Grand Forks and Grand
Forks get their water from the Red
Lake river.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis July ee.-Wheat, Sep
tember, 94%c; Dec $3.50; No l north
durum, S9c; No. 8 corn, 63kc; No. q
white oats, 491ac; barley, maltins,
s1O7; No. 2 rye, soc; No. I flax. $2.10.
Duluth, July 26.-Wheat, September,
96%c: No. 1 northern, s1.00A; No. du-
South st. Paul, July 26.-Cattle--
Steers $$'3S @S'SSO COWS COWS $SSSS@ 5s
lambs $2.75 @6.5O.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
FARMER CUT TO PIECES.
Falls Into Blades of Harvesting Ma.
chine and is Terribly ManqIed.

GAINESVILLE. = Joe Nadratoski.
farmer living seven miles west of
this city, met a frightful death
late yesterday while harvesting in his
field. Nadratoski had climbed down
in front of the binder to adjust the
blades, when the team became fright
ened and started, throwing him onto
the blades and mangling him under
the binder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
Quarters and Halves.

George AIDE. at the recent Lambs
Gambol in New York, objected to the
extravaganza Of the modern wife"
1T is true that the married men Of
today" he ended, have better halves,
but bachelors have better quarters"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-28
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN TENTED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for the
Perusal of the Busy Man.
Latest Personal Infer
nation.
Washington

Congress has concluded the bust
ness for which it was convened in ex-
traordinary session April last. The
Canadian reciprocity bill was passed
by the senate by vote of SO TO II.
President Taft did not receive the
measure for signature before leaving
for Beverly as the house had ad-
journed before the senate took the
final vote, and the engrossment of
the bill must take place while the
branch in which it originated is in
session.
Chairman Dillingham; of the United
States senate committee on privileges
and elections appointed Senators Hey
burn, Sutherland, Bradley, Bailey and
Paynter as a subcommittee to sug-
gest what recommendation shall be
made to the senate on the request for
an Investigation of the election Of
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin.
Senator Boies Penrose, Republican
leader of the United States senate, cor
IOUOTdlSu USlOIt Tic SOAhhlAe
tee of that body the evidence given by
Edward Hines, so far as he had been
named in the testimony of the Chi
cago lumberman.
Former Senator Nelson w. Aldrich
of Rhode Island, a witness before
the Lorimer investigating committee.
emphatically denied telling Edward
Hines of Chicago that President Taft
was very anxious to have Lorimer
elected Aldrich's testimony was to
the effect that Hines asked him what
the administration thought of Lori
mer, and Aldrich informed him that
Lorimer was mot Objectionable" to
President Taft.
Extravaganza in public and private
life was scored in speech Senator
Kenyon of Iowa made in the United
States senate. He thought it was time
congress did something to decrease
the cost of living. He proposed bill
which would scale the duty but pre-
serve Republican protection of the
wool industry, and asserted that con-
gress has sufficient information to
carry out such revision without await
ing the report Of the tariff board.