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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14
A BRIDE" he said. Il bet she'll
make some fool break"

A BRIDE" he said. Il bet She II
make some fool break
Give me porterhouse steak,
thick, as close as you can come to
two pounds" she said. No, not
that one-nor that. 1 think I'll
have to ask you to bring out a new
quarter. No, I don't want two
pounds and three-quarters; it will
be just right if you cut out that
large bone. That will do, thank
you. This dime is smooth.
gave you perfectly good money and
you may give me good money in
change. That's better, thank you.
Will you open the door, please"
And when the butcher recovered
he said to himself, well. 1 sup
pose it does r man good to get
what's coming to him once in a
while"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

Tower NEws-Wm. Hazel
bladt of Ely visited here with his
sister, Mrs. Frank Shoberg, several
days this week. *** P. E. NORM
was called home from Winton yes
terday, his young son, Everett, be-
ing i'll with diptheria. *** Miss
Enice Porteus visited with young
friends in Ely several days this
week *** Attorney ]. w. Osborne
OF Ely was business caller in the
city Wednesday. *** Theodore
Helvey was in Ely last Saturday
when he made final proof on his
homestead claim before u. S. Court
Commissioner, A. J. Thomas.
Fred Johnson and Gust Lee accom-
panied him as witnesses. *** Rev.
Jos. F. Buh of Ely was a caller in
the city Wednesday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14
STRATEGY OF VIRGINIA FOX
Made Tracks to Hole In Ice, Doubled
Back and Watched Pursuing
Dog Drown.

A Virginian who is fond Of study
ing wild animals in their natural
surroundings once had an opportu-
nifty of seeing himself an example
OF the cunning for which the fox
has become proverbial.
AS the amateur naturalist was
standing near the bank of a river
one winter day he saw a fox run
out upon the ice and make straight
for hole. At the edge of the open
ing he stopped, turned, followed his
tracks back to the bank, ran down
the stream and paused to await de-
velopments.
In little while dog came tear
ing out of the woods with his nose
close to the ice and snow. He ran
along the ice with his head down,
following the scent until he reached
the opening. It was then too late
to check his speed; he plunged into
the water and was lost under the ice.
The fox meanwhile had waited in
plain sight to watch the effect of his
little trick. After the dog came into
view the fox remained perfectly mo-
tionless until he saw his old enemy
disappear. Then with look on his
face which seemed to combine a
good-natured grin with mild con-
tempt, he went nonchalantly off
about his business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

Our own little Wolgast of Mich
igan kind of took the kinks out of
the plucky little Enelishman. Nor
an, at the San Francisco scrap on
July 4. 1776 and 1911 are few
years removed only in time. The
opinion is prevalent that the Brit
isher took the wrong day on which
to display his ability. History re-
peats itself and we would suggest
that our English cousins send the
next fellow over to try his luck on
June "a.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

refused to do their bidding while
in the senate and are determined
to put him out of business. Hav-
ing the state cinched with a good
collar and seat hold, the combine
is beginning to show it's teeth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

THIRTEEN were drowned. a
dozen or so killed, hundred in
jured by fireworks, four killed by
the heat and several other accidents
on July 4th in Philadelphia. 1t is
gratifying to note that the old
town has come out of it long
enough to get a move on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14
BUYING MINNESOTA BUTTER

From the dairy farms of Mimi
esota to the New England market
is long, long way. 1t used to be
considered a prohibitive distance
so far as the transaction of bust
ners deal in quick time is concern
ed. Nowadays all that is changed,
at least, in the opinion of Con-
neticut dealer who recently called
up Minneapolis to buy butter.
Minnesota butter is commodity
that in itself is likely to prove an
incentive for the smashing of re-
cords. Its fame extends even as
far away as New England, and
though in the old days quick, up
to-date transactions at such dis
tances were out of the question,
the New Haven firm which resort
ed to the use of the long-distance
telephone to order carload of but
ter from Minneapolis has called at
tention to a very important fact
with regard to telephone service
between distant cities.
The record for long-distance
merchandising is believed to have
been established by this instance.
The message was received at Min
neapolis at l o'clock in the after
noon. By nine that evening the
car had been loaded and shipped.
This assured the receipt of the
butter in New Haven at least a day
and half sooner than if the deal
had been arranged by mail.
This is only one of the later day
wonders of the telephone. Some
how, without any noise or fuss,
this little instrument, which only
recently observed its hirty-ffth
birthday, has won its way into
universal acceptance as necessity
When it was invented it was con-
sidered toy, and was laughed at.
That was as recently as 1876.
Today the whole business and
social world demands the best in
the way of telephone service. The
telephone is in every commercial
house, in thousands of residences,
and has even more recently found
its way onto the farms. This is
the most useful work it has done,
for Tightening the labors and ban
ishing isolation on the farms is an
achievement worthy of standing by
itself.
To spread telephone service over
the farms, where once such thing
was unknown, has been a work of
education. Attractive literature
has found its way into every cor
ner of rural America, telling the
farmers the benefits and values OF
the telephone. How to Build
Rural Telephone Lines" is the
title of booklet which the West
ern Electric Company has been dis
tributing over every section of the
country. For it is fact that the
farmers themselves can do most OF
the work of construction, and this
booklet has been made the text
book from which many successful
rural telephone companies of today
have grown.
Work of an educational nature
has made possible the network of
telephone wires in the farming Sec
tions where formerly such a thing
was not even thought of. 1t was
education of the sort fostered by
the example of the man who
bought Minnesota butter in Con-
neticut and who demonstrated
what the long distance telephone
can do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

P. R. VAIL of the Virginia
brewery is in bad with the state
brewery trust and the city council
of Virginia are looking into the
matter. The brewery trust has a
grudge against Senator Vail who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14


LosT-A gold 1ocket and chain
on the d. & 1. R. passenger Sat-
urday July, 9Th. The 1ocket is
large and has initials, F. E. F. in
monogram on front. Has pictures
of lady and gentleman inside.
1t may have been swept off train
between Winton and Ely. Locket
was enclosed in small brown leather
sack.
Finder will be rewarded for re-
turning to Rev. w. H. Farrell
Methodist Parsonage, Ely, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

Myrtle-So Clarence Dough pro
posed to you the other day? Was he
very nervous?
Natica-I should say so. Why. he
was up In the air.
Myrtle-You don't mean it And
were you calm, dear?
Natica-No; l was up in the air.
too. You see. he proposed to me
when he took me up in his new bal
loon.
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The columns of the MINER are open to the
public for the dicussion of affairs of public
nature. Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be published under any
condition. We invite communications OF
public nature and only request that you sigr
your name-not necessarily for publication bu
as a guarantee of good faith. Write and get 1t t.
this office not later than Thursday noon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14

Mother is suffragist,
Brother is an atheist,
Sisters theosophist,
Granpa is a pessimist,
Grandma's a Christian Scientist
Uncle Bills an ultramonatist,
Aunt Jane is a pantheist,
Cousin Joe's an optimist,
Cousin Sue is an artist,
The baby is an oppositionist,
The hired man is an anarchist,
The hired girl is a socialist.
In fact, everybody is all list"
But Father;-he works.
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Not in Ely

Buffalo Express: The butcher
smiled as the young woman trinity
clad and smiling to herself, crossed
the street and approached the shop.
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venture.
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would be hailed as a real benefactOr of

would be hailed as real benefactor of
humanity.
But while waiting for this millen-
MUM, here is a chance to take the
curse off our custom made selfishness?
In this wide and prosperous land of
ours, at this joyous season, there are
100000 homes in which the return Of
Christmas chiefly points mutely to the
vacant chair by the heart, emptied
since last years carols were sung;
who see in the first snowflakes but a
winding sheet for the new and yet
ungrassed mounds in Gods acre.
In those homes are third Of q mill
lion innocent children, and happy,
glad-faced boys and girls, bearing al
ready in their tender bodies the seeds
of the dread disease, half of them des-
tined to an early death, or q blighted
and stunted life.
| Five dollars apiece year from each
of us, properly applied, would stop this
harvest of death, and break this
pathetic procession of child victims 10
the altar Of the Moloch Of Ignorance
Intelligence and money would have
saved the lives OF 100000 Of the past
years victims. A little more money
and little ncrs intelligence would
prevent the further spread of the dis.
ease and heal 90 per cent of these
smitten children.
Do you want to aid in promoting the
speed Of such intelligence in every
city and every country OF the union, n
awakening the hygienic conscience Of
the nation to stamp out this plague
Then put down first and largest upor
your list Of expenditures for Christina.
Red Cross Seals!
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portunity for misleading the guessers
instead Of an opening the sheet is
drawn up a few inches from the floor
in order to show the feet of those who
stand behind il. Boys accordingly put
on skirts, and girls slip their hands
into their fathers shoes, getting down
on all tours in order to deceive.
Another mirth-provoking trick for
children of all ages and one that viii
be heartily appreciated by adults IS
called mesmerism. Blacken the center
of the under side of small plate By
holding 1t over the flame of candle,
BEING careful not to soil the edge CT
top. Put this plate upon another and
place them in front Of you. The per-
son to be mesmerized must be seated
so that by no possibility can he see his
reflection in the glass, but must be in
full view of the audience.
The mesmerist says impress!vely:
"You must look me steadily in the eye
all the time. Don't remove your eyes
an instant from my face. but do just
as / do slowly-see (picking up the
] blackened plate and handing it to the
victim so that the black is toward the
spectators). Hold it so (taking up the
other plate and holding 1t with the
concave side toward himseIf). Now
this way (rubbing his finger round and
round the back Of his clean plate and
the one who is mesmerized drawing
his round the blackened ono uncon.
scious of its condition), now sc
drawing the finger down the right
cheek). Never mind how they laugh
You must not dock down. Steady
Now again rubbing the finger as be.
fore and drawing 1t across the othel
cheek. The operation may be repeat
ed until the face Of the one mesrner.
ICED presents most comical appear.
ance and the audience is convulsst
with laughter.
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Or. HUTCHINSON
MAKES APPEAL
FAMOUS WRITER AND LECTURER
SAYS RED CROSS SEALS WILL
SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
SMALL AMOUNT FROM EACH IS
ALL THAT'S NEEDED.

Peace on earth. good health
to menli" is the new Christmas
greeting. Or. as the revised YER
sion has it, Peace on earth to
men OF good WILL" peace on
earth to men Of good health, the only
real and permanent peace known, says
DIR. Woods Hutchinson.
Not all the strains Of the multitude
Of the heavenly host singing together,
and of the anthems that rise from
Christmas day congregations, beautiful
and inspiring as they are, can bring
peace to the hacking cough, or cheer
to the gaunt bosom Of the consump-
tive. The heartiest Christmas spirit,
the most cordial of Christmas greet
ings, are poor substitutes for sunshine,
fresh air and good food. A turkey for
the poor once year, while far better
than cod liver oil, is not enough. What
they need is beefsteak every day!
Our Christmas customs. admirable
and beautiful as they are in theory,
have too largely degenerated into a
sweet antiphonal service of selflshness
-"giving to those who can give to us
again;" precisely as the IowIy Nazar-
enc, whose birth we are supposed to be
celebrating, forbade us to do. Each
year we sit down with groan and a
pencil to figure UP: Lets see, how
many have NE got to send presents to
this year. What did they send us last
Christmas, and how much did 1t cost r.
Any benevolent tryant who would
abolish the silly slavery Of the presen.
customs. and make 1t a misdemeanor
for any person Of sound mind to send
2 Christmas present to anyone ovel
fifteen years Of age, or in receipt Of ar
Ancome o. more than $50 a month
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CHRISTMAS GAMES.

4 sheet should always be provided
fog children's Christmas games. Ar
ranged as a screen It serves many pur-
poses besides shadow pictures and
lantern shows.
Two capital games are played in
this manner. For one an opening
about six inches wide should be cut
in the sheet at convenient height for
different persons to stand and show
only their eyes. No light should be
back of the sheet, and the company
seated in front must guess whose eyes
are staring at them.
A variation Of this idea may be even
more amusing because It affords OPP
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on the opposite side Of the earth and
there we Ind the low tides again. The
returning magnetic spirais, As degrees
away from the sun and moon electric
currents, electrolyses the salt water,
swells it and there we find the high
tides. EIectrolysis does not act on
fresh water and therefore no tides in
fresh water lakes while IN fresh tide
water rivers the tides are caused By
waves and backwater.
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we wish to cab your attention to
the fact that most infectious diseases.
such as whooping cough. diphtheria
and scarlet fever are contracted when
the child has cold. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy will quickly cure
cold and greatly lessen the danger OF
contracting these diseases. This REM
edy is famous for its cures of colds.
1t contains no opium or other mar
cotic and may be given to child
with implicit confidence. Sold by all
dealers.
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A Des Moines man had an attack
of muscular rheumatism in his
shoulder. A friend advised him to 80
TO Hot Springs. That meant an ex-
pense OF $4,000 or more. He sought
for quicker and cheaper way to
cure it and found 1t in Chamberlain's
Eminent. Three days after the first
application OF this liniment he was
well. For sale by all dealers.
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the traffic heavy This city said after trying other kndrsos0tsS
Wood Blocks
Washington O. where political servants work and where
the brains Of the country gather People who orsos0s
Wood BIOcks
Regent street. London The Bsed Boomn Noise know,
It's gone now 1880 vehicles daily Imagine the din and OF
this traffic any other pavement than CrsOss5 Wood Blocks
The finest all the world Champs Esees in Paris
paved with Ceosotsd Wood Blocks The Strand London most
tOroughfars has 0rsosd Wood Bloch pavement Broad
way the best known street the continent paved with
OreOosd Wood Blocks from the posoce the Battery Phlade
phia prize roadway Market street. Orsososd Wood Block
pavement La sae the Wall Chicago the west is the
proud poes Of nOiseless 0vOsotsd Wood Block pavement
Why should Eurcpes Americas largest cities select
this form Of pavement for their best Streets if they did not believe
for the Champs Eysees the Strand Broadway Market street. La
Sale atresta
The that cities vented ncssss dean durable
and acceptable upon these Streets and with these points
in view The selection was easy.
Paris the Rue de Riv which bears $4,000 vehicles per day
has CreOsd Wood Block paving So has the Rue DOp with
traffic Of So40O vehicles London King Williams with
26OOO vehicles Oxford with 1880 ell paved with
Wood Beth Of these ces have scores Of other
heavy traffic streets paved with this material
Isn't the fact that this pavement has up the traffic
Of the largest cities earth enough hp pt Fargo
in the OreOsoed Wood Boe& column
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force from the sun and moon con-
denses the waters Immediately under
those bodies and there we ind the low
tides. That force passes to It's polarity
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ABOUT the usual number of elk died in Jackson's
Hole last winter" | asked MIR. Crawford, old
resident or the valley. about what percentage of
the elk calves died last winter He said. 80 per
cent" l next asked Mr. George Wilson. another
old resident, the same question. He said "S5 per
cent" Mr.. Kelly said rs per cent. The calf crop
each year is about 80 per cent. of the WHOLE while
thcre are very few young elk growing up.
At Mr.. Crawford's place there was fed about
$3.50 elk, two-thirds of which number we're old
COWS The yearlings from this number Of cows
(about l,5Oo head) had they not perished for want
or food, would number 1000 head about one-half
OF which would have been males with spikes. All
male elk one year old have spikes that easily
distinguished. All spike bulls to be found in
the herds with the cows
drove past this bunch of elk at the Crawford
ranch strung out for nearly mile In length. and
watched carefully. counting Just 12 spikes Among
the elk fed key's ranch and my place to-
gether numbering 1000 head. l counted about rs
spike bulls
The state game wardens report for the previous
year says: About Is per cent of the calves and
a few old elk perished last winter" Yet the young
bulls OF that age nearly a minus quantity mot
per cent. of them being accounted for), while
among the about 1000 elk being fed at the three
places named. there is great disparity OF males
of all ages.
= Are the elk degenerating? Are the calf elk
less hardy than in the years past? Does breed
ing to immature and inferior males the
calves to succumb to the rigors OF winter? These
time
At birth elk calves probably half males.
Now. among the three lunches OF elk fed near my
place. probably about 1000 head. not to exceed
5 per cent. OF them are males. II is true that
many bulls winter ogh up in the hills away from
the herds. and that these not to be found in
the valley now; yet It is fact that there is n
great disparity OF males. OF all ages While at
birth so per cent. are males yet now there is not
to exceed 10 per cent males. Nonresidents in
variaby kill males for trophies. Residents kill
the larger portion OF females. which leaves the
ratio about even. as so per cent OF each is
shot Now the question is. what becomes Of this
40 per cent. of males?
Buffalo Jones' at one time oficial hunter in the
park. to exterminate the mountain lions told me
he had learned that lions had preference for
male elk, around n lions den he had found 19
dead calf elk. killed by the lion. and all were
males
Some years ago when there was practically
law on the game a few OF the settlers In the val
ley conceived the idea Of catching elk calves to
sell to parks and othcr places In this took
part It our desire to get about three females
Gilpin observer., 1911-09-21

he counted SO dead elk. all starved to death.
These were nearly all males have letter from
a In Montana saying that hundreds OF elk
perish by starvation on the sheep range north Of
the park These nearly all males. These are
some of the causes OF the disparity in male elk.
and not the alleged fact that the resident set
tiers kill one occasionally. or tpat the non-resi-
dent kills a few for trophies. Dr. even that the
tusk hunter in his nefarious practice. kills males
for their teeth. To prevent these things from re-
curing we must take better care OF our elk 1t
is not game wardens. but feed. that these ami
mails need.
1t is therefore a fact that we. by permitting this
annual normal loss among the elk for want OF
feed, by allowing one-third or onehalf OF the
calves to perish year after year. are destroying
the males only and making 1t necessary that the
breeding must be done by immature and inferior
males, thereby raising degenerate. weak calves
that succumb easily to hard winters.
II is necessary in breeding farm stock to Sc
lect the best sires. In breeding among wild ami
mails natures intention is to eliminate the weaker.
inferior animal for in their fights during the rut-
ting season the stronger. more mature male drives
the others away. In the case OF the elk there Is
not enough mature bulls to go around, and this
is causing inter-breeding to some extent. all OF
which has a tendency to create weak offspring.
Nov. the state Of Wyoming and the national
government going to try another experiment
drive the elk like cattle to better t?) feeding
ground. We hope they may succeed on this pro-
posed new elk range. There were plenty OF elk
Few years ago, DeIore the settlers LOOK up inc
grazing ground. They we're driven from these
ranges. but not as cattle What new Inducements
they now going to offer the elk to get them
to stay on the proposed ranges? WIN the sheep
men give up this new feed ground for the elk?
VIII any arrangements be made toward winters
sustenance. or will the elk be sacrificed? Would
It not be better to refuse permits to flock masters
on a scope OF ground twenty miles wide along
the north park line. in order that portion OF the
elk now coming this way from the park could go
north to winter? Would 1t not be better to save
the feed on the Grey Bull. Meeteetse and Stink
ing water rivers to the east Of the park and
on the Madison and Snake river tributaries west
of the park. for the elk? n this can't be done.
where the elk will go themselves, how can It be
done where they will have to be driven?