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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

The we'll known physiogomies
of Joe Seraphine and Bill Odds
appear as front seat spectators in a
picture in the Duluth Herald Tues
day showing the New York ball
team before the Chicago grand
stand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Rev. Stidd, the newly appointed
pastor of the M. E. church ar
rived Saturday and on Sunday
conducted his first services. A
large congregation was present and
Mr.. Stidd made very favorable
impression. Before coming here
he was pastor of the Merritt Mem
orial church in Duluth for three
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Frank Bracoo spent several days
in Tower last week on a visit with
his parents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Mrs. Dolph Walker and daughter,
Ailene, returned Friday from a
months visit at St. Paul where
they had been in the interest of the
health of Miss Ailene. Will
Walker went to Duluth to meet his
mother and sister.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Attorney Dave Lawrence of Two
Harbors was in the city Wednes-
day for a few hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Deputy Game Warden Jas.
Beatty came up from the Ashawa
district Sunday and spent several
days on Burnside lake on business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Mrs. B. L. jerks left Wednes-
day afternoon for Fargo, N. D., in
response to telegram announcing
the death of her brother, Eli Hill
larry, in that city of tuberculosis.
She was accompanied by her child
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

The Miner office is receiving
new covering of shingles this week,
Contractor Carlson doing the work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

The best clothes are those made
by the, Hirsch- Wickwire company.
For sale by the Columbia Clothing
Co.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Try the double-wear Komelk
sole. For shoe repairing call at
los. Martinetti's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Knutson's Orchestra went to
Tower this afternoon where they
furnish music this evening for
grand ball.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Thos. Harri returned Wednesday
from years stay at Ely, Nevada.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Bert Burgess and John Mahady
were up from Tower over Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS,

Gus Goldberg of Tower was in
the city yesterday on business.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29

produce a pound of dry matter In a
plant growing in a rich soil where the
plant food was evenly balanced, than
in one of opposite nature. Later, in
1873, a German investigator found
that the yield of dry matter was
greatest where Transportation was
least He also found that the enrich
ing of the soil enabled the plant to
produce dry matter with less water.
Now the question may arise in
your minds: Why should cultivation
decrease the amount of water actual
ly used by the plant? Cultivation
permits the air and sunshine to enter
the soil more readily, causing a con-
sequent liberation of plant food, which
is equivalent in effect to the addition
of food arti6cially.
That cultivation actually decreases
the amount of water used by the plant
is shown in the results of experiments
conducted at the Utah Experiment
Station in the vegetation house. Ger
tain tanks were planted to corn. An
equal number of tanks containing the
same kinds of soil were left bare for
check on the evaporation from the
surface. Forty-eight hours after each
irrigation and then every week, half
the surfaces were cultivated while the
other half were left bare. Table No.
l shows the results.
Table No. /.
Cultivation VS.. Transportation.
Average for Three Years.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29

AS the soil in each set of tar KS was
exactly alike, and as all other condi-
tons except the cultivation were iden-
teal it necessarily follows that the
reduced amount of water required to
produce a pound of dry matter in the
cultivated pot was due to the cultiva-
ton and its effects.
There is, then, a double reason for
cultivating your crops. You not only
hold the moisture in the soil by pre-
pairing evaporation from it's surface,
but you make it possible for the mois-
ture retained to produce in some in
stances more than twice as much
plant growth This means that by
the practice of cultivation you can
make your irrigation water cover just
twice as much ground.
There is a marked variation in the
amounts of water required for differ
ent varieties of plants. For example,
all other conditions being equal, the
potato plant requires more than two
and one-half times the water to pro-
duce pound of dry matter that the
corn plant requires.
Further experiments at the Utah
Experiment Station gives us these re-
suits:
Table No. 2.
Relative amounts of water required
by different crops to produce one
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29
mound of drv matter.

pound OF dry matter.
Potatoes required 1878 lbs. water
Potatoes required 1878 TBS. water
Oats required 1908 fbs. water
Wheat required l049 TBS. water
Sugar Beets required 1929 TBS. water
Corn required 753 TBS. water
This table shows us not only the
different amounts of water required
by various crops but also gives us an
idea of the immense quantity used by
these plants for a small amount of
stored up material.
The results of other experiments
will give us still further light on the
subject of the most economical
amount of water to give the various
plants.
In Table No. 8 we see the yields of
various crops as a result of the appli-
cation of different amounts of water
in terms of the depth in inches over
one acre. The yields are given per
acre.
Table No. 3.
Amount of water in acre-inches VS.,
yield per acre.
Average for four years.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29

doubled. The maximum yisla IN
acre of land there, is much ieSS nsr
portant than the maximum yie'" =
acre inch of water.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29
1000

Profit on land alone .......... 1000
Profit on water alone $500
Thus the profit is more than
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29

as the profit on the water per
acre foot approximately,
when applied to one acre.
Thus the profit on the water is
over four times the profit on the land
alone. This being the case we should
figure Our crop returns not in terms
OF acres of land but acre-inches of wa
ter. We will not then confne our Is
acre inches of water to one acre of
land in order that we may reap the
greatest possible tonnage on that one
acre, but will spread it over a larger
area, so that we can get greater re-
turns from our water. For example,
if we spread the IS acre inches over
three acres of ground We will reap,
according to Table No. 8, three times
1876, or 5l.28 tons as compared with
2l.89 tons if the IS acre inches are
confined to the one acre of land. Or
using oats as another example, we get
a yield of 62 bushels of oats with a
5-inch application of water and 81
bushels with a 20 inch application.
Now, if we were to spread the 20
inches over acres of ground, making
an application of S inches on each
acre, we would get a yield of 4 times
62, or 248 bushels of oats on those
four acres with the same amount of
water that it took to produce 81 bush
els on one acre. Whether or not this
is a paying proposition can be de-
termined by solving a simple problem
in arithmetic. The average cost of
producing and harvesting an acre of
irrigated oats is about $500.
Problem III.
20 inches of water over acre pro-
duces 81 bushels of oats.
81 bu. oats a Soc ......... .$4l 90
NoSt ................. O.UO
Profit on land and water ...... $500
Profit on land only ........... 1000
Profit on water alone 80. $500
20 acre inches of water over 4 acres
produces 248 bu oats.
248 blu. oats a Soc .$l24.O0
Cost on = acres ............ $500
Profit on land and water .....$o200
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29

leaves as profit on land alone $lO65
Amy addition profit, then, over
$l0.6s per acre which a farmer may
obtain through irrigation is due to the
irrigation and that alone. Comparing
these values we have, taking an aver
age crop of sugar beets as an ex-
ample:
20 tons q $3.50 $4,000
as the total return.
Taking as cost of production :. 31.00
we have NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500
as profit on land and water.
After subtracting ........... 1905
the profit on land alone,
we have NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4S.3s
as the profit on the water per
acre foot approximately,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-29
The soil is a sandy loan with ex

The soil is sandy loan with ex-
cellent under drainage.
Now, after studying this table for
minute, if were to ask, for exam
pie: What would be the most eco
nomical distribution of water under
these conditions for sugar beets?"
many of you would answer: AT the
rate of fifteen acre-inches per acre."
because the fifteen inch application
gave the greatest yield.
Let US look at it from a new point
of view. We inferred in the opening
of this talk that the value of the land
is dependent to a very great extent
upon the water supply. Let us make
this point little clearer.
Our land without irrigation is limit
ed practically to the growing of
wheat. In Idaho the yield is about
Is bushels per acre, allowing an am
pie margin. Taking the figures of
several leading dry farmers the aver
age cost of producing a crop is $500
per acre. Example is selflexplana-
tory.
Example I.
Is bu. wheat a Csc ........ .$l6.25
Subtracting cost .............. 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
Diversity in Farming.
From the Charleston News and Courier

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The farmer is in hazardous business
at the best His success depends to a
very large extent on the weather.
Droughts or excessive rains are disas-
trous to him. Early frosts threaten him.
AS in other hazardous businesses. he must
make large profits in the good years to
make up for the losses of the bad years.
His profits must be recorded in ten-year
periods. He cannot Judge from the rec
ord of one year what his profits are.
Moreover it Is evident that as a success
sion of seasons must assist one another In
maintaining general average of success,
SO the best insurance he can have in any
one season Is the planting Of diverse
crops, the harvesting of which will take
place at different seasons OF the year. he
can thus escape g. complete calamity IN
the event Of storm or other natural dis
turbance.
The man, for instance. who has made
money on truck In the spring can face
the loss Of his cotton crop with equanim-
ity. In the average for the year he finds
things balancing up, and although ne has
lost the profits of the one crop In the de-
struction Of the other. he has been In
sured against absolute loss on the entire
years operations. 1t Is the capacity OF
the soil in this section for widely diverse
crops that makes 1t SO valuable This
is not a one-crop section. The lands are
not merely good cotton lands. They are
good truck lands. good orchard lands.
good pasture lands. They can be made
to yield wealth in variety Of ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
EAGLE TAKES CAP OFF HEAD.
French Schoolmaster in England Ha:
a Novel Experience.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, September GA schoolmas-
ter from Paris. who Is spending his vaca-
ton near the Lake Of Annecy, has had a
great fright. An eagle stole his cap, and
he does not yet know whether it was his
cap or a piece Of his own flesh that the
eagle wanted.
The schoomaster was returning on his
bicycle from an excursion, when sudden
ly he felt a heavy blow on his head, as
if he had been struck with a club. 1t
stunned him for while and he could not
make out whence the blow had come
until he saw some people little distance
away looking up at the sky. He looked
up too. and saw an eagle circling in the
air only about fifty yards above his
head and carrying his cap In his claws.
There was no doubt now that the eagle
had swooped down and carried of the
cap. The schoolmaster was thoroughly
frightened and got back on his bicycle
to return to Annecy as fast as he could.
Had the eagle in bouncing down upon
him intended to carry off his entire
body. and was the bird of prey deceived
by getting only a cap? The whole thing
is mystery that still makes the school,
master shudder. The eagle stuck to the
cap which he had carried away, but
there must have been some disappoint-
ment when he tried to make a meal OF It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
NEW RESIDENCE SOLD
ON WYOMING AVENUE
One of Row of Six Nolan
Houses, Now Nearing Com
pIetion, Brings $4,000.

One of the most important realty
transfers of the week in the northwest
residence section was the sale to Mrs.
j. Collins of the house at PAS Wyom
ing avenue. the consideration in the
transaction being s35 900. The house
in question is one of a row of six
semf-detached dwellings in the block
in Wyoming avenue between 21st and
ed streets, which are now in the final
stages of construction. All of the six
houses are the work of John II. Nolan,
operative builder. In the same thor
oughfare between 22d and Esd streets,
Mr.. Nolan also is placing the finish ing
touches on another row of three houses
Of the same general character
The sale OF the property at 214S wy
oming avenue to Mrs. Collins was
made by Harry Y. Bouic & Co, in con-
nection with John Childress, real estate
brokers' The property at 2010 Wyom-
ing avenue. valued at $4,000 was
taken in part payment.
Like the other five houses in this
particular row. the residence sold to
Mrs. Collins stands on a lot thirty five
feet wide and about 120 feet deep. and
since land in this section commands a
price OF $500 square foot. it is OBJ
vious that the lot alone has a very con-
siderable value.
The new dwelling is Of particularly
attractive design. with parquetry floor
ing throughout the first floor and solid
mahogany stair ratings and newell
posts. Besides a reception hall at the
entrance, the first floor contains a par
Tor. library. dining room and buffers
pantry. The kitchen and laundry are
in the basement The second floor con-
tains four chambers. a dressing room
and two baths. The third floor con-
tains two chambers and two baths be-
sides separate servants quarters of
three rooms and bath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
TITLE COMES FROM BRAZIL.
Father of Escaped Prisoner Was a
Court of Dom Pedro.
Special Cablegram to The Star,

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN September 9.-Max Schie-
mangk, whose daring escape from He'll
bronn Jail was recorded recently, and
for whom the entire German police
are at present diligently search
ing, addresses from Charlottsberg letter
TO the Berliner Tageblatt, in which he
admits that he owes his liberty to the
help of a devoted friend. He also adds
that the examining judge was involun-
tarily of assistance to him in the act.
The letter is signed Count de Passy."
which title the writer declares he has a
perfect right to make use Of.
The Tageblatt states that a few days
ago 1t also received a letter from friend
of Schiemangk, who declared that the
count" owed his title to his adaptive
father, who was formerly at the court of
Dom Pedro of Brazil, and well known in
London society, and that the ''entire
English infantry is equipped with a
knapsack of his invention" 1t may be
added that Schiemangk's assumption of q
military officers rank is believed to have
been intended to facilitate the sale OF
military decorations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
According to Tolstoi.
From the Dundee Advertiser

From the Dundee Advertiser
The attempt of q Hungarian land own
err. named Joseph Gendlich. to live &C
cording to Tolstoi's principles has led to
a curious riot near Grosswardein. in Hun
gary. Gendlich works on the fields with
the villagers OF his estate at Bihar-Jorda
and not only pays them better wages than
his neighbors, but divides the crops with
them after they have been harvested.
His family, whom he expected to live IN
the same style as the peasants. out VINO
strongly objected to this literal accep-
lance OF the masters teachings, recently
got a doctor to certify him as insane. and
sent for the Grosswardein ambulance am 1,,n 70
however. would not allow their bene-
factor to be carried of in TINS =, fasnon,
the ambulance men they armed them
selves with seythes and piach,orks anq
Gendiich's projection. Seeing that blood
shed was inevitable II they persisted a,d tine
authorities wisely recalled the gendarm es
and ambulance, and Gendlich Is to be
left in peace for the present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
BROTHERS FIGHT AT WEDDING
Bridegroom Nearly Stabbed to Death
After Long Enhancement.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. September 9.-The meeting OF
two brothers who had been estranged
from each other for some time resulted
in tragic wedding party the other day.
To effect a reconciliation one Of them,
who was to be married. invited the other
at the request of his mother to the wed
ding feast
The brothers were reconciled, but the
enmity soon reasserted itself, with the
result that before the wedding feast was
over the elder got up and tried to stat
the younger. He cut him in the throat
with knife, and 1t was only with diffi-
Guilty that the other guests succeeded in
preventing him from committing murder.
The result was that the bridegroom had
to be carried to the hospital and his
brother was sent to prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
Russian Excavations at Olbia.
From the London Standard.


The site of the ancient Greek colonial
city of Olbia is on the southern bank OF
the Bug and is partially covered by the
modern Russian village of Parutino. Re-
newed excavations are now proceeding
under the supervision of Prof. Parma
kovsky of the Imperial Archaeological So
ciety During the last fortnight many
interesting finds have been made In the
old city metropolis of terra Gotta
statuettes and masks, and personal orna-
ments in gold and silver. rings. beads,
necklaces, ear pendants, bracelets. etc.
The most valuable object, however, Is a
second Eros in bronze, of superb work
manship and artistic merit. standing
about fifteen inches with its small pedes-
tai. The greater and more valuable re-
s,,lts of the researches desultorily made
during the last few years are now in the
Hermitage Museum at st. Petersburg
OIbia was originally founded by Greek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
HOrneSe

We Will give you title TO a lot
worth 100000 for $500, enabling
, you to raise funds from building
associations or banks on the first
mortgage, We taking second mort
gage for the cost OF the lot. provid-
} ing you VIII build home at once.
Lots situated in convenient. de-
sirable northwest section of the
District. Write for. particulars.
BOX 16Os STAR OFFICE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
Typhoid Extinction.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Is typhoid to go the way of dinhthf

from the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Is typhoid to so the way Of diphtheria ?
There are signs of it, Antitoxin seems
to have routed diDhtheria now it is be-
ginning on typhoid. This new practice
has been introduced in the German army
and now every soldier must be vacci-
mated with this anti-typhoid virus. The
practice is to be introduced here. The
vaccination of the soldiers at Fort Sheri-
dan is to begin shortly, and a company a
day is to be subjected to the treat:nen,
until all are vaccinated.
The results will be watched with much
interest. The practice is already regard
ed as beyond the experimental stage, and
the effort will now be made to make it
work. The theory Is. of course. correct
Typhoid is a germ in the blood. 1t can
be SEEN The next thing is to kill II.
They think they have found poison that
will do it. They are doing it, and soon
the method will be universally practiced
and the terrors of typhoid will no longer
afflict humanity.
That will be next to getting rid of war
It will save more lives and relieve man.
kind OF oceans of sorrow. A great age
this, that brings the abolition OF war and
the extinction of typhoid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

pie who enjoy 1t into social harmony.
The immediate products do not abide;
the better they are the more quickly
they vanish. but they leave behind
something spiritual and permanent. 4
busy mother who was wonderful
cook, once said to me. Sometimes it
hardly seems worth while to cook
things when they go so fast, but then
I think, after all they leave behind
them a memory of a jolly home table
that does last. SO perhaps 1t pays
am sure she was right. The memory
of that home table has lasted forty
years and more, and does not yet seem
to be fading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
c. w. Morris Opens Office.

Charles w. Morris, who has been active
ly engaged in real estate enterprises in
Washington for several years past, has
opened an office In the Evans building,
142O New York avenue, and he has sent
out announcements that he proposes to
conduct a general real estate business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
Mount Pleasant Residence Sold.

The real estate corporation of Boss Il
Phelps has just closed the sale of prem
ises No. 1910 Lamont street northwest
for Kennedy Bros. to Timothy Cava-
naugh. The price paid for the property
was $500. This was the last of about
thirty houses recently built by Kennedy
Bros in Lamont street The house con-
tains eleven rooms and three baths
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
The Art Of Cooking.

From the Atlantic.
+ am heartily sorry for people VINO
never do their own cooking. Cooking
is an art, not only creative but social.
It takes the raw materials and con-
verts them into product that is every
wav n,easinr and that brings the peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
It's All in Knowing How.

From F1iegende Blaetter.
II can't think why people disparage
temperance drinks SO much. With a few
half bad
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-06
Blizzard over Middl. West.

st Louis.--'rhroughout tho Middle
West the new year was ushered in
with blizzards and zero weather, steam
railroads. electric roads. telephone
and telegraph wires suffering as a re-
suit. In Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri,
Minnesota, Texas and other states
rapid drops in temperature were
noted, thirty.six degrees in eight
hours being the record at Kansas
City. Through trains are reported at
Kansas City and Omaha to be many
hours late, and prospects are that
this delay will be added to. despite
heroic efforts of the railroads to
keep their rights-of-way open. North
ern Texas is in the grip of severe
storm, gradually extending south
ward. and stock in the Panhandle
country is suffering greatly.