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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS
Minnesota Grange Association Closes
Convention at Owatonna-Austin
Man Is State Master.

Owatonna.-The Minnesota State
Grange association closed it's conven-
tion and elected officers as follows:
State master, Charles Rice, Austin;
overseer, c. S. Reinhard, Medford;
state lecturer, George R. Brushof.
Owatonna; steward, A. l.. Hassell of
Harris; assistant steward, S. Fl. Hub.
bard, Austin; chaplain, H. G. Hickok.
Owatonna; treasurer, E. May Giles
pie, Minneapolis; secretary, L. l..
Hackett, Austin; gatekeeper, A. R..
Hammergren of Harris; ceres, Mrs. c..
L. Rice, Austin; pomona, Mrs. ]. E.
Cartwright, Dodge Center; flora, Mrs.
E. w. Hart, Austin; woman ASST tant
steward, Mrs. Jay Lightley, Austin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
NEW IN CONFIDENCE GAMES
Mining Promoter Working In New
York Is Very Evidently Man
of Ideas.

Edgar Lewis. moving picture direc'
tor, told a story to his guests in cafe
of a confidence man with new ideas
He called the swindler Nat Pierce in
telling the story. Mr.. Lewis said that
he was sitting near group Of rich
westerners in the Waldorf when he
heard a voice calling NAT Pierce,
please" The westerners became In
terested. One of them said:
That is the name of the clever pro-
moter we met today. Let's see who Is
calling on him."
They stopped the page and took the
card. 1t was that of Senator Elihu
Root.
"Ha. hal" they said, "he must be all
right Here is Senator Roots card"
Soon another page came through
Peacock alley" calling NAT Pierce.
pleased"
The westerners stopped him and
looked at the card 1t was that of NJ
Jusserand, the French ambassador.
This is enough" they chorused, and
went out to look for Nat Pierce and
his glittering opportunity. They found
him carelessly shutting collection OF
cards ranging from Governor-elect
Whitman's to that of President Poin-
care of the republic of Ffance.-New
York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
BIG FIRE AT NORTH BRANCH
Main Business Block Is Wiped Out
With Loss Estimated at
About 100000.

North Branch.-Fire starting over
John Satterstrom's store here wiped
out the main business block of the
city with loss estimated at $780,
900.
The fire was not under control for
three hours after it started. A call
for aid was sent to Pine City and ap-
paratus from there arrived as the
local firemen had controlled the
flames.
A building containing the North
Branch Review and DR.. STEMS office
and the Drew residence are the only
two saved in the block.
Buildings destroyed other than that
in which the fire started are: Sned-
bergs millinery store; Herried & Err.
ickson mercantile store; w. C. Mel.
son, confectionery; city library, Eu.
cid hotel and Strait livery barn. All
buildings, except the hotel, carried in.
surance.
No one was injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Cispelled ALI Doubt.

Speaking of the unsophisticated the
other night, Congressman Robert L.
Henry of Texas related how a young
wife went to butcher shop to buy a
turkey.
The price named for the bird, the
CONGRESSMAN said, was 26 cents a
pound, whereat the young wife hest.
tated.
Isn't &c cents rather high?" she
timidly queried. eff remember right
ly, the price across the way is %
cents"
with the feet on, suppose" wa,
the quick response of the butcher.
NO." hesitatingly returned the Gus.
toner, II think the feet were cut
off"
That's just what l thought" was
the confident declaration of the butch.
er, as he began to wrap up the bird
When we sell a turkey, madam, we
sell feet and all!''-Philadelphia Tele
graph.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
HIS COMING TIME OF EASE
Georgia Farmer Was Looking For
ward to Period When Hard Work
Should Be Over.

A lumber buyer was staying over.
night in little farmhouse in the back
woods of northern Georgia. The men
of the house did. nothing but sit by the
fire and chew tobacco. The lumber
man had told how he had held his job
for seven years.
you got me beat" said the old
cracker. I've only held mine for six
years."
What is your job?" asked the lum.
herman
"Oh, sit by de fire and watch dat
de kids don't fall in"
What do you do in the summer?
he asked.
II sit by de well and pull de kids out
when dey falls in"
What will you do when the chill
dren grow up and don't need watch.
ing?" he asked.
Den, l s'pose rs goner take things
easy and retire." he said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
FLEE FROM BURNING HOUSE
Twelve Tenants Safely Cross Gap to
Neighboring Building on Bridge
Of Bed Rails.

Minneapolis.-The melodramas OF
quarter of century ago, with their
spans of life," had no thrillers sur
passing the situations created by
fire that swept through an apartment
building at S0S-S10 Sixth avenue s and
trapped 13 occupants on the second
floor. The fire, believed by the own
ers of the building to have been in
cendiary, or due to the carelessness OF
some tramp, burned out the stairway
before the occupants were aroused
One woman jumped from window to
the ground in her bare feet, and doz-
en- others crossed from the burning
building on bridge made of bed rails,
to the second story of building at
S12 Sixth avenue S.
Twenty-Five persons in all, including
those on the first floor, escaped and
ran in their nightclothes to the home
of Mr. and Mrs II. A. Crow, S02 Sixth
avenue S.
Believe Fire Deliberately Set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crew declared after
the fire that they believed the fire had
been set deliberately or that some
tramp had taken refuge in the base
ment from the cold and had accident
ally started the fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grow own the entire
row of apartment buildings and rent
| out the rooms and small apartments.
The fire started in the front build
ing at $3.50 a. M, while all the occu-
,,nxa nrlD Ne nd AHvc
l.. Chapman, living on the first floor,
were first awakened by the noise of
flames in the hail. They shouted to
the other occupants and then jumped
out of the window.
| Woman Hurt by Jumping.
Miss Alice Morton, occupying a side
room on the second floor, rushed to
the door of her room and found it
| burning. She threw her clothes to the
ground and before the fire department
arrived she jumped from the window
She sprained her right ankle when she
struck the frozen ground.
! Twelve others on the second floor
found themselves trapped and were
about to jump when A. l.. Schmidt
devised the bridge plan. He knocked
down the wooden bed in his room and
in room adjoining and taking the
side rails, laid them from balcony or
the narrow alley to the balcony of the
adjoining building. Then the men and
women walked over the bridge
through the window and then to the
street. George Flemming, who was
also on the second floor, dropped from
a window without injury, while the
others were crossing the bridge.
An investigation Of the fire showed
that it started in the front of the base
ment 20 feet from the furnace. A
window in the basement was open
The fire burned the furnishings in al
but three of the rooms and caused q
loss of more than $4,000, according tc
Mr.. Grow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
ALL THEY COULD HOPE FOR
Under the Circumstances Almost End
less Entertainments Should Have
Been In Order.

There is a certain Chicago man OF
a remarkably cheerful and optimistic
turn of mind. His wife, on the other
hand, takes things very seriously, and
has no small difficulty in accommo-
dating herself to the peculiarities Of
his friends when, as not infrequently
happens, they differ from her own.
Henry" said she to her husband
one evening, when she had returned
home more or less agitated by some
thing. What do you think they say
about Mrs. Eaton, the bakers wife?'
I'm sure l don't know" said the
husband. Nothing serious, l hope"
They say they can tell when she's
going to have callers by her washing
the children's faces! Now, you're
a pretty sanguine man, Henry, but
what on earth can you hope for a
woman like that?"
Well" said Henry, Il suppose all
we can hope for is that she entertains
good DEAL"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Alleges Crooks Worked City.

apolis.-Isadore Wexler, serv-
ing term in the Illinois state prison,
who. in an alleged confession in Chi
cago, named Minneapolis as one of
several cities where a ring of crooks
have been working under police pro-
lection, was in Minneapolis two years
ago. At that time he was interested in
the cases of some men who were und-
er arrest in this city. Wexler, whose
statement is discredited by members
of the Minneapolis police department,
called on several Minneapolis attor-
neys while he was here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

to do anything else, and this was
about the only thing they could do
without preparation.
How often we see men whc spend
most of their lives as day laborers
working on the street, on railroads
and ships, on farms, in all sorts of
places, where they get only very small
wages, who have the natural ability
to do something infinitely better and
to earn many times as much money,
but they never learned to do anything
in particular, and so they drifted into
the only positions they could fill with
out special preparation.
On the other hand, there are q
great many who are in a position to
prepare for their chosen lifework, who
destroy all their chances of success
by OVERRIDING or by neglecting the
laws OF health. Through ignorance,
indifference or carelessness their fac.
ulties, their tools, are so dulled that
they are unable to do what they long
to.
starting In life with great ambitions
to make place for themselves in
the world and to do something worth
while, and yet they are running the pos
sibility of their doing anything very i'm
portant by ignoring the laws of health
in all sorts of ways lowering their
physical standards, devitalizing them
selves so that they do not have sufh'
cient force for any great accomplish
ment. The very thing that they are
most dependent upon for attaining
their object, strong and vigorous vi
tally, they sacrifice.
One can accomplish wonderful
things with no other capital than TO
bust health and the determination to
| make something of oneself. but nc
matter how much ambition one has
| if he devitaliZes himself, If he ruins
his health by vicious habits, devital
| ICES himself by an abnormal or irregu
lar life, he knows that his only chance
of accomplishing anything very impor
tant is gone.
| GNCi yIHih6 COCc
| to his physical condition. All of his
physical defects, physical weaknesses
will reappear in whatever he does, and
his mental condition will always har
monte with his physical state.
Plenty of good people who are cap
able of doing good work do very poor
work because they do not keep them
! selves in condition to bring out the
best thing that is in them. Unless q
man has kept his tools sharp, KEPT
himself at the top of his condition, the
| best that is in him will not respond
to his efforts. He may be satisfied
with even a second or third best il
his physical standards are down, il he
! is devitalized by violating the laws
of existence or by irregularities o.
| living.
The stream cannot rise higher thar
| it's fountain head If the physical con
dition is low, if one is devitalized, his
ambition suffers, his ideals are cloudy
| his energies lag, his work is poor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Run Down; Gets License Number

Minneapolis, Dec. 1S.-While pros
trate beneath an automobile that ran
him down, Hazard Conwell retained
his presence of mind and noted the
license number Of the car that struck
him. The driver speeded on with
out stopping. according 10 Conwells
story to the police, and the police were
asked to locate the owner of the car.
Conwell was driving in a buggy at
Central and West Island avenues. He
was run down from behind and tossed
to the pavement under the wheels of
the auto.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Wives Have Money Now,

Soldiers wives find themselves in
many cases in receipt of much more
money than they were when their hus-
bands were at home.
"Is a. this money for me?" asked
the wife of Glasgow soldier when
she received her first weeks allow.
ance.
AYE, a. for you," responded the
genial pay sergeant.
will l haze a. this money every
week."
''Weel, them" said she, I'VE can TAX
my guild man an keep him as long as
We like. never had sac muckle
money before London Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
WORKING WITH DULL TOOLS.

criticized carpenter working for
me recently for using dull tools. He
excused himself by saying that he had
been too busy to sharpen them. He
had been working for weeks with a
dull saw and with plane which had
notches in 1t, leaving ugly ridges on
the boards he was planning. This man
had probably wasted more time in
working with dull tools than it would
have taken to sharpen them several
times, to say nothing of the inferior
work he was turning out
There are multitudes of people who
never do good work because they
never prepare for it, never put them
selves in position to do good work
they never sharpened their tools
never trained themselves for it, and
they go through life botching their
jobs.
Every youth should put himself in
superb condition To make his life a
success. He should prepare himself
to do the best work of which he is
capable.
One great reason why so many
people make botches of their lives is
because they didn't start right, they
never learned their life trade. 1t
does not matter what youth decides
to do in life, he should endeavor to
be an expert in it, an artist instead
of an artisan.
Our intelligence Offices are con.
stantly filed with people, no matter
how good the times. who have never
half learned to do any particular thing,
never learned any trade. The great
majority OF house servants do domes-
tic work because they never learned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Hurt by Boiler Explosion.

Parkers Prairie.-A boiler belonging
TO S. L. Perkins was being repaired
in blacksmith shop here and was
fred up, in order to test the repairs,
when it exploded with terrific force,
tearing a great hole through the roof,
and landing on the ground 100 feet
distant, alongside team belonging
to Charles Beterman. 1t then bound.
ed over both team and wagon. Matt
Priske. blacksmith, was blown
against wall and injured, but the ex.
plosion seemed to expend its force up
ward and he escaped death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
As TO Kissino.

The kings and high officials of Flu.
rope, when they meet, always embrace
and kiss each other, no matter what
their relations have been in the past
or may be in the immediate future.
This is kiss of respect 1t may be
given on the lips, the cheek, the brow
or the beard and is nicely adjusted, ac-
cording to the age and rank of the
giver. From this close personal con-
tact 1t passes through many forms;
kissing the hand, parts of the clothing
and even the ground trodden upon,
according to the idea of respec. or
fear inspiring the one who performs
the act.-Christian Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
A. the First Sions

OF falling hair get Cuticura. II
works wonders. Touch spots of dan
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment, and follow next morning with a
hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. This
at once arrests falling hair and pro-
notes hair growth. For free sample
each with 32-p. Skin Book, address
post card: Cuticura, Dept. K, Boston
Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Walker sanatorium Gives Report.

Walker.-Since the opening Of the
state sanatorium for tuberculosis there
have been discharged 500 patients. Of
these 269 have since died, the major
ity from pulmonary tuberculosis, 253
are alive and at work, while 153 who
The majority of the patients received
have been advanced cases. The fig
ures are from the biennial report Of
the state board Of control. At the
completion of the various county sana-
forums now being built the task of
the state hospital will be relieved to a
great extent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Robbers Leave Man In Swamp.

Minneapolis.-A squad of detectives
and uniformed policemen searched
nearly all night for two robbers who
beat, choked and robbed E. E. Howe.
4S17 Yor-; avenue, in swamp near
York avenue and Forty-eighth street
while he was on his way home. Howe
called the police and told them he had
been beaten until unconscious and left
in the swamp. The robbers took some
change from his pocket and took his
overcoat. He lay in the swamp for a
long time, he said, and when he re-
gained consciousness he was almost
frozen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Sighted.

Sighted.
Il saw Blobson out this morning
with his wife and her dog"
WAS he trailing behind his wife
and her dog?"
why, no."
Il guess she was making conces-
sion for the sake of appearances. That
is his usual status at home"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Fire Destroys Brainerd Block.

Brainerd, Mimi, Dec. 1S.-Fire, be-
lieved to have started from defective
furnace, completely destroyed the E.
c. Bane block in the heart of the
business district and damaged the C.
NJ Patek building aNl the Citizens
State bank building Sadjoining. The
first floor of the Bane block, which
was of brick, two stories high and
valued at $4,000, was occupied by the
Paris Drygoods company. Ray A.
Campbell conducted a billiard hall
and bowling alley in the basement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
poa Watches Over Body

Rochester.-The mournful wall of
his faithful dog led to the recovery of
the remains of Harold Meredith, 16-
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Meredith of Pleasant Grove, who was
accidentally killed while hunting. The
dog had kept faithful vigil through the
night over the dead form. The boy
had evidently stumbled over a stump,
discharged his gun and shcstn,g
away the left part of his heas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Overheard by Mr.. Mills.

At lunch, a Western Union office
girl was reading letter from a chum
to the other girls. Describing new
dress the letter said: 1T is certainly
fin de steele"
Fin de SICKLE" repeated one of the
girls, what does that mean?"
fish. Maybe it means it was trimmed
with fish net."-New York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Fire Destroys VILLAGE Hall.

Duluth.-As the result Of the de-
struction by fire of the Mountain Iron
village hall all departments of the
village government, including the fire
department, are homeless. The blaze
started on the second floor of the
frame structure and spread through
the floor and to the roof before it was
discovered A special meeting of the
council will be called to provide a
new fire hall. The loss was $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

gun announces the setting of the sun
during the fast of the Ramadan, be-
fore he thinks of satisfying his cray
ing stomach with any solid food. he
takes his cup of coffee and lights his
nine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
ASK SIX MILLION
FOR INSTITUTIONS
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL
WANTS LEGISLATURE TO
MAKE BIG APPROPRIATION
SUPPORT FOR 10000 WARDS
Needed improvements and New Build
ings Figure Prominently in Budget
-Reformatory for Women Is
Asked by Board.

st. Paul-The next legislature will
be asked to appropriate $6,340,933 for
the support and improvement OF the
sixteen state institutions over which
the state board of control has super
vision. This amount covers a period
of two years and is $2S3, 467 less than
was asked for two years ago. Advance
sheets of the boards seventh biennial
report has been filed with Governor
Eberhart and it, together with the
list of needed moneys and recommen-
dations, will be transmitted to the
coming legislature.
New Buildings Needed.
While support for the 10000 or
more state wards confined in the vari-
GUS institutions makes up much of the
appropriation asked for, needed i'm
provements and new buildings figure
prominently in the budget as prepared
by the board. The item of building
and ground maintenance is also con-
siderable.
The board asks that the appropria-
lIUu b6 40 AoAio"os
Anoka State Asylum, $371,000; Hast
ings State Asylum, $424,300; Fergus
Falls State Hospital, 1923, 900; Roches-
ter State Hospital, $538,000; st. Peter
State Hospital, s728,000; School for
Blind, s15O,60O; School for Deaf, $685.
400; School for the Feeble Minded,
SS74,9S3; State Public School, $780,
600; State Training School, $237.500;
Home School for Girls, $27S,S50; State
Reformatory, $534,S00; State Prison,
$174,O0O; State Sanatorium, $4,000;
Hospital for Crippled Children, $105.-
600; Hospital for Inebriates, $163,500;
Miscellaneous, $232,000.
Ask Additional Appropriation.
The standardizing of many of the
old institution buildings in respect to
fireproofng and the installation OF
money and labor-saying power plants
are among the important things asked
In the matter of the latter, 100000 is
asked for the State Public School al
Owatonna, $4,000 for the Fergus
Falls Insane Hospital, and 5000 tC
| improve the present power plant al
the st. Peter Insane Hospital. The
fireproofing of all old buildings used
in the housing of the states wards is
asked. The board says the need OF
the latter is imperative.
Additional and extraordinary appro-
priations asked for are $4,000 for a
hospital building ct the Anoka Insane
Asylum, the same amount for similar
building at the Hastings Insane Asy
lum, $4,000 for tuberculosis building
at the Rochester Insane Hospital, $40,
600 for the furnishing and maintain
ing of home for blind women al
Faribault, and $4,000 for a woman's
reformatory. The latter is to be appro.
| priated from the prison revolving
fund.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Given Sentence for Assault.

New Ulm.-Stanis Sperl was given
an indeterminate sentence in the
state penitentiary by Judge I. M. o.
sen for assault in the second degree
on Otis Richter of st. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Pipes, Coffee and the Orient.

In the Arabian Nights" entertain
ments," which are said to be such
faithful pictures of Oriental manners,
there is no mention of the pipe.
Neither is coffee to be met with in
those tales. so delightful to all ages.
We with difficulty imagine an Oriental
without his chibouk, and yet it is GER
tain they knew nothing of this luxury
before the sixteenth century. At
present, such Is the almost imperious
necessity felt by the Turk for smok-
Ing and coffee that as soon as the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
INQUIRY Into AIIeqed outraoes.

London, Dec. 21.-Prime Minister
Asquith has appointed committee to
make an inquiry into the accusation
of outrages and breaches of the laws
of war alleged to have been commit
ted by Germany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Large Sum for BELGIAN Relief,

Faribault-The committee in charge
of cash contributions for the Belgian
relief fund has raised s1,2s5. In addi-
ton to this carload of flour was
shipped by the Shefield-King Milling
company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Romhard Turf rr.o,.

Athens, Dec. Is, via London.-A
British squadron has bombarded Turk
ish troops, who had concentrated on
the coast CT the Gulf of Saras, the arm
of the Egean sea north of the Dardar-
elIea,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
More Flour for ReIaians.

Mankato.-A carload of rye -four
was shipped from this city for the re-
lief of the Belgians. Two carloads
more have been bought with dona-
tons of more than $1,000 In cash in
this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
No Annarent chann.

Five years ago was a physical
wreck. l took up regular gymnaaslm
work, and look at me now"
I'm looking. Are you trying to
sh9x me what gymnasium work viii
do. or what 1t won't dof'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
French Wounded Return.

Paris, Dec. 21.-No fewer than "a
per cent of the French wounded re-
turned to the firing line before Dec
II, according to figures supplied by
the surgical department of the min
lister Of war.